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Page 4AThe BattalioiVTuesday, September 15,1987 We know that a cheap calculator can cost you blood, sweat and time. Investing in a Hewlett-Packard cal culator, on the other hand, can save you time and again. HP calculators not only have better func tions. They function better. Without stick ing keys and bad connections. Through October 31, you can get the cream of the calcula tors at a non-fat price. We’re cutting $10 off the HP-12C. That buys you more built- in functions than any one else’s financial calculator. And we’re giving away a free Advantage Module, a $49 value, with every y P-41 Advanced Scientific calculator you buy. This 12K-byte plug in, menu-driven ROM was designed spe cially for students. So drop by your campus bookstore and compare HP calcula tors with the rest. By midterm, you’ll see what a deal this is. FREE $49 HP-41 1 ADVANTAGE MODULE 1 with purchase of HP-41. Pur chase must be made between I August 15,1987 and October 31, i 1987. See your local HP dealer for details and official redemp- I tion form. Rebate or free Mod ule will be sent in 6-8 weeks. \^OR $10 OFF AN HP-12C.^ we never slop asking HEWLETT mLEM PACKARD University Employees The Choice is Yours. Texas Health Plans protects your good health at an affordable price. You now have an alternative to traditional group health coverage. Texas Health Plans is the option which provides coverage of all the health care services you are likelv to need — including preventive care — for one monthly premium. There are no large routine doctor bills or any routine claim forms. Texas Health Plans has been chosen by thousands because we offer more than 150 choices. Texas Health Plans members choose from more than 150 participating physicians in private practice throughout the mid-Texas area. That’s one more reason why thousands of people have chosen Texas Health Plans as their source of prepaid health care. Shouldn’t you try Texas Health Plans? Ask your group administrator how you can enroll today. A healthy idea. A quahty choice. Tfexas Health Plans, Inc. (817) 778-5233 or 1-800-792-3497 A qualified Health Maintenance Organization. Rhc Are yo you itu You cc Univer your ec a P of tne high pressure system in the Gulf ol Mexico, resultinginwr | e nign skies in the morning and partly cloudy skies and warm andhumi temperatures for the remainder of the day. The low pressures^’ over Oklahoma will move to the northeast with an area of rain ttii; southwestward into the Midland-Odessa area. Contad Room 5 845-507 Forecast: Today. Overcast this morning becoming partly cloudy thisafterr* with warm temperatures am I high humidity. Winds will be south* mpn. H mtherly winds; lo* seven to 12 ntf jh. H igh temperature 95°. Tonight: Partly cloudy and mild with light temperature Wednesday morning 73°. Wednesday. Overcast through mid-morning, then partly cloud).* and humid for the rest of the day. High temperature is expected!! reach 96° and the southerly, low-level flow will continue. A20pri chance of rain. Prepared by: Charlie Biti A&M Staff Meteor { s San Infotrac terminal!" installed in librar: to aid in researct Lai ' one thin ph 9 By Mary Kay Mulvaney Reporter Instead of shuffling aimlessly from one floor to the next searching for books and references in the Ster ling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M students can now use the Infotrac system. The system provides an easy and efficient alternative by tracing the material for the students. The four Infotrac terminals, in stalled in November 1986, are lo cated in the reference section on the first floor of the library. Infotrac is a combination of three indexes that are installed on micro film, said Bill Kinyon, public infor mation coordinator and business reference librarian. The Infotrac system consists of the national news paper index, the business index, and the magazine index. The Legaltrac database and the Government Publications Index -— which are included with the Infotrac data base — can help students find information pertinent to legal and governmental issues. Each of the in dexes dates back to 1980 and one In fotrac terminal has the full text of the Wall Street Journal, also dating back to 1980. When the student types in a topic, Kinyon explained, the Infotrac lists all the articles that match the subject. “You can do in five minutes on In fotrac what might take you several hours otherwise,” he said. Kinyon said the students’ re sponse to Infotrac has been good. t he system is free foranyoc: he said, although manystudt;' are unaware of it. Danny Cosby, a senior Ei mem major, praised the n® though he said hedidntrei about it until recently. "Infotrac is very helpful said. Suzie Kupiec, a senior finr accounting major, said Infoci easy to follow, step-by-step; lions which make it "user-fre:- “What takes literally houn: periodicals and indexes tale 30 minutes on Infotrac," i said. There are journals located ble between the four Infotra’ 1 nals that tell users il thelibrar ! specific article in the 1981 collection. There are printers ana - (■,.i h terminal. Kevin Pikes, a senior major, said, “It’s great, it real' out a lot. “It’s a shortcut that savesd! looking through all thosebooll Kinyon said Infotrac isjil part of the Wiley Laser DiscSl donated by James and Virjif;; ley. I ndexes for business, agrifl psychology, science citations! clopedias and dissertations; available, but these terminals®; 10 p.m. “Infotrac is an asset totht- and should be taken advantaf all,” Kinyon said. c (Bausch *$7< ♦$9< Vandiver attributes success of University to combined efforts $9! c F Same day i ★Eye By Cindy Milton Staff Writer Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver assured a “sound state of the University” during his annual guest appearance at the Faculty Sen ate meeting held Monday. “The modern university every where is in a state of change,” Van diver said. “The modern university is seeking new roles, new things to do and new models to follow. “We must be doing something right. We have students coming over the walls and transferring from other places.” With the increase in enrollment to nearly 39,000 and the 270 new fac ulty members, Vandiver attributed the University’s success to the Board of Regents and two Texas legislative representatives, as well as to the Sen ate. Budget appropriations and ac cess to the Available University Fund allowed average salary increases of more than 9 percent to A&M’s fac ulty and staff increases of more than 4 percent, in spite of the fact that the Legislature did not provide the funds for staff salary increases. Enrollment of minorities has in creased by 18 percent over last year, he added, and he expects significant progress in this area in the future. “I hope that this farsighted action has sent a clear signal to our faculty, and indeed to the nation’s academic community, that Texas A&M is firmly committed to continuing the progress we have made thus far,” he said. Vandiver expressed his i :r the increase in enifl ich may strain the Uiii| lity to provide quality wj its students. He added | irollment management p; considered at the Board; its’ meeting next weektr; se admission requirement CHARLE! DO He added that the prof A&M’s research program, ■ continues at about 10 perct! year, will put the Universit) nation’s highest rankings. “I think that when thena® search rankings are released 1 ] be in the top ten,” he said trend continues, it shouldn« realistic to aim for the l tutions nationally within thef cade.” The Faculty Senate also" sented with long debates. • I Considerable discussion,: place on a revised Uiiif statement on academic freed 1 sponsibility, tenure and pron; The statement, once app( l ;: the Senate, will give g 1 academic freedom and resp; in the classroom, faculty ten 11 ] financial exigency — “an ii financial crisis which thread survival of the institution as* and which cannot be ailed less drastic means,” as definfdl statement. After almost two hours of on amendments concerning 1 ure bill, however, a final was postponed until the nedj t, to take Alt' mR, ce place on Monday