The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1988, Image 4

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the present and name every signer of The Declaration of Inde
pendence.
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ing community by bringing international foreign policy-makers
to campus.
Stop by 216 MSC and fill out an application now through February 10.
Information Sessions
February 2 at 7:30 pm in 305 Rudder
February 4 at 7:30 pm in 507 Rudder
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INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday - February 3,1988
510 Rudder
7:00 p.m.
COME JOIN US !!!
Office located in 223G MSC
Committee Meetings every other Wednesday
Starring Placido Domingo
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Tuesday, February 2, 1988 7:30pm
Rudder Theatre, $2.50 with ID
Supported by MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness
MSC Visual Arts cordially invites \ T ou to attend a
reception for the opening of an exhibit, "Going in Style," a collection of
international travel posters from the 1920's and 1930's, immediately
following Otello in the MSC Gallery. This exhibit will be on display
February 1-19, Monday through Friday, 9am to 8pm in the MSC
Gallery.
Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, February 2, 1988
Congressman
calls Reagan
peace obstacle
What’s up
Tuesday
DALLAS (AP) — Rep. Jim Chap
man has voted for aid to the Nicara
guan rebels in the past, but says he’ll
cast his vote against President Rea
gan’s $36 million proposal when
Congress considers the issue this
week.
The conservative Democrat from
Sulphur Springs said he believes the
Reagan administration, and not Ni
caraguan President Daniel Ortega, is
the bigger obstacle to peace in the
region. .
“Ortega is literally on his knees,”
Chapman said. “Our president has
basically told him to shove it,” he
said, adding that he sees Ortega
loosening the reins of the Sandinista
regime.
“We’ve got a president who re
fuses to discuss our national security
interests with the president of Nica
ragua, who in a letter this week has
begged the president to meet with
him anywhere,” Chapman said last
week.
The House Democratic lead
ership is against the administration’s
request, even though $3.6 million in
“lethal” aid would be withheld from
the Contras pending the outcome of
cease-fire talks that began last week.
Twenty congressmen a letter to
Reagan Jan. 21 suggesting that any
aid request carry the stipulation that
the monies be placed in escrow' while
the cease-fire talks were proceeding
and that all the aid be “non-lethal.”
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: Dudley Fishbum, executive editor ofTheEa
will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 201 MSC. ■
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS: Tim Chinn, director of the Brazos,;,
ley chapter of ASCE, will speak at 7 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering.
FACULTY FRIENDS: will have a faculty forum lecture, “Signs of the Ages
astronomical evidence for God’s existence at noon in 110 Civil Engineering f
WILEY LECTURE SERIES: will have an informational session at 7:30piJ f
305 Rudder. Membership applications are available in 216 MSC. | D
AGGIES FOR JACK KEMP: will meet at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. Enn
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: will have a meeting at 8:30pT r l j| £
704 Rudder. L:,,),
SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7p.m, iri!L”
Blocker.
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Arthur Anderson*
presenting information on careers in data processing at 7 p.m. attheRanif '
Inn penthouse.
BETA BETA BETA: will meet at 6 p.m. in 109 Heldenfels.
AGGIE LEAGUE OF ENGINEERS: will meet at 6 p.m. in 203 Zachry we’v
for the Aggieland will be taken. All engineers are welcome
THE BIG EVENT COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 MSC.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg
AFRICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in the Zachrybuij j
to take pictures for the Aggieland.
MT. PLEASANT AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m.in
der.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
ALVIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the Flying Tomato
NATIONAL RESIDENCE HALL HONORARY: will have a general havt
long
saul.
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Adult clubs
remain open
despite zoning
8:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 109 Military Sciences.
CAP AND GOWN SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY: will have an informations
for juniors wanting to apply at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN:*^
sent “Digital Painting” by artist Julia Hoerner at the CAED gallery fhrough'J
12.
SILVER TAPS: will be at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Academic Building.
TEXAS A&M GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will have its first spring meetingz|
p.m. in 104 Halbouty.
BRYAN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 352 MSC.
PHYSICAL THERAPY CLUB: will meet at 6 p.m. in 164 Read.
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Remember to nominate your parens^
Parents of the Year. Applications are available in the MSC Student Pub)
Office and in Sterling C. Evans Library through Friday.
MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will have a meeting for all prospective members*:) |
p.m. in 507 Rudder.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have a revival at 7 p.m. in lOSHarringlor
AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry. Non-members are»i
come.
INTRAMURALS: will have a Sports Club meeting at 7 p.m. in 167 Read %i| )rou
quetball singles and team bowling entries close.
Wednesday
EL PASO (AP) — The city noti
fied owners of several adult busi
nesses three weeks ago that they had
to close or move by Feb. 10, but offi
cials now say they don’t have juris
diction over some nightclubs.
Under a zoning ordinance
amended last year, adult-oriented
businesses cannot operate within
1,000 feet of a church, school, resi
dential area, park, day-care center
or another adult establishment.
INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS: Marvin Kuers Jr. of Michawpingt
speak at 7 p.m. in 203 Zachry. ■vorli
POLITICAL FORUM: Terry Anderson, associate professor of history, will to| j t . sil >
Businesses had until Feb. 10 to
comply, and city attorneys told own
ers they had to appeal to the City
Council if they did not want to move.
Ten owners wfote back asking for
extensions, assistant city attorney
John Batoon said.
But city officials recently Reviewed
the ordinance and discovered that
five of the businesses can stay put,
Batoon said Monday. The night
clubs do not fall under the city’s defi
nition of live, nude entertainment —
the category regulated by the zoning
ordinance, he said.
Live, nude entertainment applies
to nightclubs featuring totally nude
dancers as well as stores that rent
and sell pornographic videotapes.
But nightclubs employing dancers
who wear minimal clothing are not
affected by the ordinance.
and present a slide show on the present conditions in Vietnam at 7:30 pj.
Rudder Theater.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: Representatives
Conoco will speak at 6:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry. Job information will beavailate
PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA: will meet alii
p.m. in 215 Reed McDonald.
STUDENT “Y” YOUTH FUN DAY: will have a mandatory organizationalro
ing for staff and counselors at 7 p.m. in 206 MSC
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION: will meet at 11.45 a m. in MSC
ing hall to have lunch with the rabbi.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the
man’s lounge.
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: General and executive members will have
taken at 8 p.m. in the Zachry lobby.
CO-OP STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION: will have an organizational meetinct
p.m. in 352 MSC.
TAMU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: will have an informal meeting and now
classes at 7 p.m. in 350 MSC. New members are always welcome.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will hold elections and discuss plans
the semester at 8:30 p.m. in 507 A-B Rudder. v"- j
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have an Aggie supper at 6 p.m.atMS
Presbyterian Church.
GREAT COMMISSION STUDENTS: will have a monthly rally at 7:30 pm
102 Zachry for Christian fun, fellowship and food Hi
TAMU RUSSIAN CLUB: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 123 Academic and thenwi!|
to the Flying Tomato
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 MSC. New membersare
come.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION: will havete
general meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. in 105 Blocker.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have a revival at 10 p.m. in RudderTheato
MSC LITERARY ARTS: is accepting submissions of poetry, prose and
art through Feb. 20 for the 1988 Litmus.
Five nude nightclubs covered by
the ordinance have scheduled hear
ings before the City Council when it
meets Feb. 9, Batoon said.
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDckc
no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only pubit
the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What’s IM
a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions art
on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. i
have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315.
New insect control methods
may result from A&M studies
By Stan Golaboff
Reporter
Texas A&M researchers have
found a new way to study insect me
tabolism that may help in developing
new insect control methods, said
Howard Williams, senior scientist
for the chemistry department and
associate research chemist for the
entomolgy department.
Using nuclear magnetic reso
nance spectroscopy, researchers
have found a way to observe the
chemical reactions that go on inside
an insect without having to kill the
insect. Before this, researchers had
to kill the insect, Williams said.
Joining Williams in this research
was Dr. A. Ian Scott, director for the
Center for Biologial Nuclear Magne
tic Resonance, and Dr. S. Bradleigh
Vinson, professor of entomology.
The process works by putting the
insect in a test tube containing a
‘locking solution.’ The tube then is
placed in the spectrometer, which
consists of radio circuits inside a
powerful magnet. Using this equip
ment, the researchers are able to
chart the chemicals in the organism
and follow chemical changes, Wil
liams said.
“NMR is like an X-ray that not
only allows us to find where things
are, but what they are and how they
are formed,” Williams said.
This is possible because the nuclei
of many atoms resonate at a definite
radio frequency and can be seen,
Williams said.
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By using this process, r<
may be able to find a way to cot
insect populations and the da®
caused by insects. Researchers
the tobacco budworm larva fe
experiments, partially becausf
larva are a big problem in ft
Also, the larva fit into the five
limeter tubes that are used,* 1
helped increase the accuracy(
results, Williams said.
The research that Williams
and Vinson have doneisjustp*
the work carried out at the 0
for Biologial Nuclear Magentt
onance. The research is ft®
from various sources, such asT
A&M, the National InstituK
Health and the U.S. Depart^
Agriculture, Williams said.
Authorities continue to search
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for suspects in teacher’s death
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities
continued their search Monday for
three men seen leaving the home of
a school teacher whose body was
found over the weekend, the second
local educator killed in less than two
weeks.
Todd’s nude and bloodied body
was found by his sister Sunday eve
ning, sheriff’s Lt. Juan Jorge said.
The sister said she had tried to reach
her brother by telephone all day and
finally decided to check on him.
man who had a very violent (to
Jorge said. “There’s a lot of M
We don’t know if he was
stabbed or beaten.”
A neighbor of Benjamin Jesse
Todd, 45, a teacher at Galena Park
Middle School, told police she saw
three men running from Todd’s
Houston house about 7 p.m. Sun
day, and that they drove away in a
blue truck.
The house was spattered with
blood, indicating a struggle had
taken place. A bloody knife was
found in the upstairs of the home
and the victim’s car is missing, offi
cials said.
Galena Park Independent^
District spokesman Dixie Parri'
Todd was a Spanish and Engii^
a-second-language teacher for-
22 years.
“All we know is we have a dead
Parris said the district'
counselors to the middle schoj*
help students cope with theteacf 1
death.