Friday, January 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 5 : obser- luadran- have a essstu- ISC and Iton. Tower. ms pro- srepare (etball nen. ish a! 1704 153 igol A&M astronomers look to the heavens The Association of Amateur Astronomers will provide a lhance to examine the heavens vith telescopes from sunset to nidnight Saturday at Southwood Galley Athletic Park. A variety of 6-inch to 14-inch [telescopes will be available for the ntblic to use, said Emily Glass, an electrical engineering graduate student from Corpus Christi and Ipresident of the association. The Pleiades, a cluster of stars n the constellation Taurus, and he Orion Nubula, a cloud of gas ml dust particles, also will be vis ible through the telescope, as w ill ther astronomical objects. If the skies are clear, the view'- ers wall be able to see Venus and Jupiter, she said. “1 didn’t realize all the things that were up there,” Glass said. “It fascinates me to see more than planets and stars. There are ga laxies, nebulae and star clusters. It’s absolutely fascinating!” People of all different, levels of knowledge and interest in astron omy have attended the viewing sessions in the past, Glass said. “People who come learn a lot,” she said. Glass advises that those inter ested dress warmly for the event. Admission for the viewing ses sions is free. Faculty/Staff/Administrators Mildred Allison, a staff associate in the chancellor's office, will be honored for her retirement with a reception today from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rotunda of the System Administration Building. Harris Granger, head of medical physiology, has been granted a Merit Award by the National Institues of Health for his outstanding research. Callie Green, Texas A&M bookstore clerk, will be honored for her retirement with a reception today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the MSC bookstore. Marj Leinhart, staff accountant in the College of Geosciences, will be honored for her retirement with a reception today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 229 MSC. Dr. Bob Metzer, extension cotton specialist, received the 1988 Gotten Exten sion Education Award. Dr.John F. Reading, a physics professor, has been appointed chairman of the National Research Council’s Graduate Fellowship Evaluation Panel in Physics and Astronomy. Deputy Chancellor Dr. Herbert H. Richardson, formerly chief scientist for the Transportation Department, has been selected chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s executive committee for 1988. Dr. Rand Watson, a chemistry professor, has been named a fellow in the Amer ican Physical Society. Dr. Charley V. Wootan, director of the Texas Transportation Institute, was cho sen as the 1987 recipient of the George S. Bartlett Award for outstanding contri butions to the progress of transportation. Students Sixty students are listed in the 1988 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. FROM HOUSTON: Kristin Allen, finance; Stacey Allen, secondary education; Gregory Cannon, applied mathematical science; Catherine Chickering, market ing; Rhonda Franklin, electrical engineering; Jeffrey Koecher, finance/account ing; Allison Kruest, industrial engineering/modern languages; Karen Leather- man, accounting; David McDowell, accounting; Kimberly Morton, industrial engineering; and Linda Porter, accounting. FROM DALLAS: Robert Canaan, nuclear engineering; Jefferson Hurley, bioche mistry; Jody Manley, journalism; and Andrew Pendleton, history. FROM SAN ANTONIO: Melinda Fritz, accounting; James Jumper, bioengineer ing; gneLDquglas Schelding, aerospace engineering. FROM F>ASADENA: Natalie Hopkins, history; and Michael Kastefnsmidt, electri cal engineering. Others include Sheila Amin, Lewisville, economics: Vijayabalan Balasingam, Republic of Singapore, electrical engineering; Douglas Beall, Waco, Mechanical engineering; Sherry Beisert, Pinehurst, accounting; James Bonnen, Angleton, biochemistry; Dulcinea Chapa, Lakewood, Colo., secondary education; Gayle Cougot, Huntsville, agricultural economics; Melinda Daggett, Fort Worth, mar keting; and John Humphries, civil engineering and Edward Silverman, animal science, both from Amarillo; Jerrell Dingmore, Greenville, agricultural econom ics; Renee Dix, Abilene, marketing/management; Karen Dunphy, Kingwood, civil engineering; Angela Funk, Nederland, accounting; Brian Goeken, Keyport, N.J., environmental design; Rebecca Hassler, Richardson, civil engineering; Ed win Hinson, Graham, finance; Mason Hogan, Clyde, animal science; and Kristin Johnson, Solon, Ohio, finance; Kevin Lunsford, Penryn, Calif., chemical engi neering; Christopher McAndrew, Spring, industrial engineering; Steven Mcknight, Longview, wildlife and fisheries sciences; David Mendoza, Beaumont, computer science;! V. Curt Moore, El Paso, industrial engineering; Angela Payne, Lubbock, computer science; Perri Lynn Postma, Cypress, accounting; Brent Richburg, Plainview, agricultural engineering; Traci Ryan, Liberty, eco nomics; and Melanie Sattler, Arlington, civil engineering; Mamie Swerdlin, Den ton, Psychology; Patrick Thomasson, Athens, Ga., Mechanical engineering; Beverly Thompson, Diskinson, civil engineering; Shelly underbrink, Portland, accounting; Edward Vasquez Jr., Scottsdale, Ariz.,psychology; Meredith Voy- tek, Dayton, accounting; Paul Williams, Lufkin, business analysis and research; Kristina Zinke, Piano, accounting; and Tara Zinsmeister, De Soto, elementary education. Salutes is a community service provided by The Battalion to list students, faculty and staff who have received honors and awards (such as scholarships, retire ment/etc.). Space is limited and is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee that your submission will run. Submissions may be re fused if they contain incomplete or incorrect information. If you have any ques tions, please callThe Battalion at 845-3315. Appointment to panel causes controversy AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem ents, an opponent of abortion, un knowingly appointed a doctor who performs abortion services to the State Board of Medical Examiners, it was reported Thursday. The appointment to the panel that regulates physicians sparked protests from right-to-life advocates. The governor’s appointments sec retary, James Huffines, told the Dal las Times Herald and Houston Post that Dr. James G. Morris of Lubbock asked that his appointment be with drawn after the governor’s staff in formed him of the controversy cre ated by his nomination. Nominees usually serve until confirmed or re jected by the state Senate at the next session. “We shared information we had learned and laid out kind of the sce nario and the facts and that’s when he decided to take his name out of consideration,” Huffines said. The appointment was not sought by Morris but offered by Clements, the newspapers reported. Clements has been an ally of anti-abortion forces. “We did not know about the doc tor performing abortions at the time we offered him the appointment,” Reggie Bashur, the governor’s press secretary, said. “If we had known we certainly would have taken that into consider ation,” Bashur said. Huffines said he had checked with 15 to 20 “leading citizens” in Lubbock before recommending Morris’ appointment. He said all of them had given the physician a strong endorsement. None, he said, ever mentioned that the doctor per formed abortions as part of his prac tice. Police suspect at least two in murders EL PASO (AP) — Police suspect more than one person in the deaths of five young women whose bodies were found buried in the desert in the northeastern section of the city, a homicide detective testified. Lt. Paul Saucedo’s testimony at a change-of-venue hearing Wednes day was the first new information about the case to come out since the fifth body was found Nov. 4. Police consistently have refused comment. Following the hearing, Saucedo declined to talk about any suspects. Saucedo, head of the El Paso po lice crimes against persons division, testified at a pre-trial hearing for David L. Wood, 30. Wood is accused of sexually assaulting a woman near where the bodies of the five women were found from September to De cember. He also is accused of kid napping a woman at knifepoint Sept. 19. Both the El Paso Times and El Paso Herald-Post have cited uniden tified sources as saying Wood is a suspect in the five killings, which are unrelated to the two charges pen ding against Wood. He has not been charged in the deaths, and police have refused to discuss Wood with reporters. During the hearing, Wood’s attor ney, Luis Islas, asked Saucedo whether Wood was the only suspect in the case, and Saucedo replied that he was not. Man dies trying to stop bank robber SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A bank customer was shot [and killed as he tried to subdue a robber, who was holed [up Thursday in a residential neighborhood, officials said. Vern Hanah, 47, was pronounced dead at Medical Center Hospital at 1:15 p.m., hospital spokesman Inez Eisazadeh said. The FBI and police tactical teams were at a resi dence, just west of downtown San Antonio, where the gunman was barricaded. Continental National Bank President William Mc- Ginty said around 12:15 p.m. he heard a commotion outside his office, and discovered that the bank was be ing robbed. McGinty said he shouted to Hanah, who was walking inside the bank. The customer tried to grab the gun man, and was shot in the chest and arm, officials said. The banker said the gunman pointed a pistol at him, but McGinty ducked and the suspect fled. ©IlceaDim© HBauelks, Contemporary Christian Concert featuring AG