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A&M expert:
Bats deserve
more credit
COLLEGE STATION (AP) —
Bats, those companions of vampires
and dark nights, aren’t nearly as bad
as they seem, a Texas A&M re
searcher said.
“The problem is that most people
have never seen a bat up close or
touched one,” microbiologist David
McMurray said. “They’re much
more attractive in many ways than
rats or mice, animals we accept or at
least tolerate.”
In the United States, bats do
much more good than evil,
McMurray said, particularly in activ
ities such as insect control. Most bats
dwelling in temperate climates are
insect eaters, and they eat a lot.
A typical 20-gram adult bat prob
ably eats at least one-third of its
weight in insects every night,
McMurray said.
Multiply that by the estimated 20
million bats that live in a place like
Bracken Cave near San Antonio and
the thousands of other bat colonies
around the country, and tons of in
sects are eliminated every night.
In some regions of the world,
fruit-eating bats play an important
role in pollinating fruits and night
blooming flowers, McMurray said.
Nonetheless, bats get a bad rap,
largely due to the role given them by
the active imaginations of genera
tions of novelists.
While most bat-phobia comes
from traditional myths and igno
rance, McMurray said some bat
myths have some relation to reality.
Blood-eating, or vampire, bats do
exist, McMurray said, but are rarely
found outside the tropics. They
usually feed on the blood of cattle
and horses, not people.
These real-life vampires use ra
zor-sharp incisors to shave off a thin
patch of skin and lick the blood that
oozes out.
The attacks do cause substantial
economic losses in some areas in
Latin America but encounters be
tween humans and vampire bats are
very rare, McMurray said.
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county commissioner seolfiev
By Elisa Hutchins
Staff Writer
College Station Police Sgt. Gary
Norton said Thursday that his name
will be on the ballot for Brazos
County Commissioner, Precinct 1,
when the 1988 November election
rolls around.
Norton, 35, said, “It’s my opinion
that there is a real need for some
major changes in our commissioners
court. They must be willing and able
to work in harmony with county offi
cials, and we’re not seeing that now.”
The four commissioner’s spots are
$30,000-a-year jobs, and are four-
year terms. Two positions are up for
re-election in 1988 - Precinct 1 in
College Station and Precinct 3 in
Bryan.
Norton, who is running for Pre
cinct 1 commissioner, moved to Col
lege Station in 1964 and has spent 13
years on the police force in several
different areas. He was a patrolman
for four years and also has worked
in administrative positions on the
force like overseeing a $3.1 million
budget.
Currently, he is in charge of po
lice officer recruiting and training.
He would not discuss specific is
sues such as differences in policy
with current commissioners, but
mentioned broad changes he would
like to see made.
“The good-old-boy system needs
to change,” he said. “People need to
get involved and be concerned with
how their tax dollars are being
spent, not just let a few take charge.”
The man to beat in the upcoming
March primaries is Precinct 1 Com
missioner Bill Cooley who has had
the position since 1973 and will run
again in 1988.
“I fully intend to win the elec
tion,” Cooley said. “I’ve been rep
resenting my constituents, and they
aren’t bashful about letting me know
if they have a problem. I don’t think
communication is a problem I
Besides Cooley’s spot, Preffli i
headed by Billy E. Beard, is if
election. The two remaiim;. Fifty thous
missioiK'is arc Waiter Wikost*the “Dor
cinct 2 and Milton Turner, mby memb
finer 4. pfforttocl
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rectors, ft is made upoffeifoe Irashbag
commissioners and is oveM£|the Memor
County judge Richard Holmpeach people
Commissioners oversee ere handed
county budget, which for thfDmplexes th
88 fiscal year is more than S2 f
lion, a court spokesman said Lisa Blackb
also are responsible for roadripd to spon:
nance in their pretm®, do proj<
making sure voting locationsitanted to do
areas meet letral rpmiirpmpnl' ll
areas meet legal requirements
Norton said he is optimistit
the outcome.
Cooley said it will be and"
ing race and expects to see adj
than average voter turnout»
of the 1988 presidential elect gO Jr JNf
A&M officials dedicate
new computer system
By Mary-Lynne Rice
Staff Writer
With the cutting of a maroon and
white ribbon tied around Texas
A&M’s new IBM 3090 computer,
Provost and Vice President for Aca
demic Affairs Donald McDonald
dedicated the computer system
Thursday morning.
University officials and IBM rep
resentatives hailed the computer sys
tem as an excellent tie between the
two organizations and an opportu
nity for A&M to expand its comput
ing capabilities greatly.
“This is a red-ribbon day for us,”
Associate Provost for Computing
and Information Systems John
Dinkel said.
Syd Heaton, IBM vice president
of information services, said, “There
have been many, many conversa
tions spread over the last three or
four years that had to do with the
importance of bringing together a
couple of what I consider to be ex
cellent organizations back together
in a partnership mode.
“I view this not really as the culmi
nation of all those conversations, but
really the start of the two organiza
tions having the opportunity to work
together. It’s only going to get better
from here.”
The computer, which was in
stalled in August, replaced part of
the existing system and now handles
most computing work on campus.
With the introduction of the 3090,
A&M’s computing capacities will
double, Dinkel said.
“In addition, the vector facility,
which is a piece of hardware and
software associated with the 3090,
provides us the capability of doing
large, scientfic, numerically-inten-
sive kinds of computations,” he said.
“It probably will increase capabili
ties on campus three- or four-fold
over what we had prior to the instal
lation (of the computer) in August.”
A&M is the only academic institu-
“We’re delighted to have
the new equipment, the
new facility, the new capa
bilities. ...”
— Provost Donald
McDonald
tion in Texas to have a 3090 with the
vector facility, he said.
The new system also has the po
tential to link the University with in
dustry, Dinkel said.
“The 3090 with vector facility is
not a supercomputer, but it does
provide very large-scale educational
capabilities,” he said. “The equip
ment itself is very widely used in in
dustry.”
McDonald said, “We’re delighted
to have the new equipment, the new
facility, the new capabilities, and
we’re also delighted to have IBM.
Each organization has a lot to offer
the other. It’s going to be an exciting
future.”
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