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By Carol Martin
Reporter
The Texas A&M Student Y As
sociation and radio station KKYS-
FM are sponsoring the “Big
Hug,” an embracing event for
Aggies and local residents from
noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Kyle
Field.
The Big Hug is similar to the
“Big Kiss,” said Vu “Doc” Tran, a
senior business analysis major
from Houston and chairman of
the “Big Hug.”
But instead of having partici
pants kiss, as the “Big Kiss” spon
sors did, the “Big Hug” sponsors
decided that everyone wotdd hug
each other instead, Tran said.
He said this decision was made
because kissing someone who
might be a stranger isn’t always
easy.
“You can hug anyone!” he said.
Although the Big Hug will oc
cur the day before Valentine’s
Day, the real purpose of the event
is to promote fellowship between
people who may or may not know
one another already, Tran said.
“The main reason for the Big
Hug is to show brotherly love,” he
said.
The Student Y will hold prere
gistration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m,
today through Friday in the
MSCand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
today and Friday in the Com
mons, Tran said.
Tickets are $2 per person ($4
including a T-shirt) and $3 per
couple ($>7 including T-shirts).
Students can register with their
dormitories today through Fri
day, Tran said. The hall with the
most participation will be an
nounced before hugging begins,
he said.
Dave Mendoza, a senior com
puter science major from Beau
mont and chairman of Youth Fun
Day III, another Student Y pro
gram, said proceeds will go to
Brazos County’s Stepping Stones,
a United Way agency dedicated
to helping troubled teens.
In case of rain, he said, the
event will be held in 351 G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
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Task force sponsors Awareness Week
By Ronnie Calhoun
Reporter
The Security Task Force, a
committee that consists of Texas
A&M personnel and the local po
lice departments, in conjuction
with Creating Attitude for a
Rape-free Environment (CARE),
are sponsoring Security and Per-
r - 1 sonal Safety Awareness Week
f If Monday through Thursday.
A Th e week-long program fo
cuses on personal safety, sexual
assault prevention and home se
curity.
Erika Gonzalez-Lima, a mem
ber of the committee, said the
program is for the entire commu
nity with an emphasis on the
A&M campus.
The theme for this year’s pro
gram is “Lock It Up or Lose it:
How can you prevent being the
next victim of crime?”
Men and women issues start
the program at 7 p.m. Monday in
201 MSC.
“Dating and the Hidden
mergen«J Threat" will be discussed at 7
p.m. Tuesday in 201 MSC.
The Safety and Security Ex
hibit Fair will be from 4 p.m. to
10 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Thursday in 212 MSC.
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Gonzalez-Lima said the ven
dors will exhibit products related
to safety, such as alarms and dead
bolt locks. Door prizes will be
given at the conclusion of the fair
and you don’t have to be present
to wim Each vendor has donated
a prize over $25 that can be won
by registering at the vendor’s ta
ble.
On Wednesday from noon to 6
E .m. in front of the MSC, the Col-
:ge Station Police Department
will be offering A&M students a
reduced price for sandblasting
identification numbers on auto
mobile T-tops, wire-rim hubcaps
and other vehicle parts to in
crease chances of recoving the
items if they are stolen.
CSPD Officer Bernard Kapella
said the service normally costs
about $60, but the police depart
ment will be providing it for $20.
“We want to get the students to
take advantage of this,” Kapella
said.
“Lock It Up or Lose It” is the
topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 201
MSC. The program will have
speakers from the Bryan, College
Station and University police de
partments and the Brazos County
Attorney’s office.
“Stereotypes, Safe Sex and
Spring Break planning” will be
discussed at 7 p.m. Thursday in
701 Rudder.
Gonzalez-Lima said there will
be celebrity guests throughout
the week that will include
McGruff, PC and Freddie.
McGruff is the Crime Watch dog
and PC is the remote control mini
car from the Bryan Police De
partment. Freddie is the robot
from the College Station Police
Department.
The celebrities can be seen dis
tributing balloons outside Rud
der Tower and the MSC at 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday.
Gonzalez-Lima said the goal of
the committee is to start a Crime
Watch program on campus.
Scholars to discuss race relations
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Several prominent scholars will
discuss “Race and Ethnic Rela
tions in the 1990s” during a con
ference sponsored by Texas
A&M’s sociology department
Thursday and Friday at the Ag-
gieland Inn.
Dr. Gail Thomas and Dr. Wil
liam Kuvlesky head the race and
ethnic relations study group that
organized the conference to ad
dress educational issues, employ
ment and income needs, and law
and politics.
The participants will present
the papers they have written
about these subjects on the first
day of the conference. Friday will
be devoted to rountable dis
cussions.
Speakers include anthropolo
gist John Ogbu of the University
of California at Berkeley, who
studies minority education, and
sociologist James Blackwell of the
University of Massachusetts, who
works with higher educaton re
search and policy.
Thousands of civilians
get Air Force furlough
because of budget cuts
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Thou-
nds of civilian employees at Kelly
Air Force Base will be furloughed
and 641 others will lose their jobs
ainly because of federal budget
cuts for the Air Logistics Center, of-
icials said.
The furloughs and permanent
layoffs at Kelly are expected to save
e Pentagon $13.7 million, officials
aid.
The Air Logistics Center at Kelly,
e dty’s biggest employer with
15,090 civilian workers, is the Air
Force’s major repair base for the
5A transport plane.
U.S. Rep. Albert Bustamante, D-
an Antonio, and Kelly AFB officials
id Monday that 404 “on call” work-
irsand 237 temporary workers will
be terminated March 20.
Those cuts will collectively save
e Air Force $5.25 million, said Col.
Stan Frost, the logistics center’s com
ptroller.
The 14,449 permanent civilian
mployees subject to the furloughs
dll receive notices later this month
hat the furloughs will begin on a
aggered basis in April and will save
he government $1.41 million a day.
The civilian employees probably
rill receive six-day furloughs each
By Jennifer E. Townsend
Reporter
The Business Career Fair, an en
tirely student-run endeavor to bring
job seekers and prospective employ
ers together, offers many opportuni
ties to those willing to participate.
Business Career Fair began in
1980 because students saw a need to
bring companies and hopeful em
ployees together in an informal and
unintimidating setting, Daniel Wil
liams, vice president of the Business
Student Council, said.
Lynn Zimmerman, adviser for the
Business Student Council, helped
students start the Business Career
Fair in 1980.
“We thought it would work only if
the students ran it,” he said. “After
all, they are the ones looking for the
careers.”
Zimmerman said it was unusual to
see a career fair run entirely by the
students. Other universities contact
Zimmerman and ask how they han
dle such a massive event, he added.
Rona Davis, president of the Busi
ness Student Council, said 11 com
mittees work on career fair with
about 250 student volunteers serv
ing on the committees.
“We have been preparing for
Business Career Fair since August,”
she said.
“We have all learned so much
about how to put on something of
this magnitude,” she said.
The students are solely responsi
ble for the planning, organizing,
budgeting and managing of the ca
reer fair.
See related story, Page 3
Williams added that he felt more
students need to recognize the bene
fits that come from taking advantage
of the career fair.
Davis agreed.^
“Business Career Fair
gives students a chance to
gain information about a
variety of different career
possibilities, so they can
make a good career
choice. ”
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Zimmerman said, “Business Ca
reer Fair gives students a chance to
practice the kinds of business tech
niques, skills, principles and con-,
cepts they have been learning about
in the classrooms.
“Companies tell us how unique it
is and how impressed they are with
the quality of leadership among our
students.”
Zimmerman explained the main
objective of the Business Career
Fair.
“Business Career Fair gives stu
dents a chance to gain information
about a variety of different career
possibilities, so they can make a good
career choice,” he said.
Mark Armstrong, a senior man
agement major, said he was taking
advantage of career fair because he
was getting more interested in his
future career plans.
“I want to get as many ideas for
career opportunities as I can,” he
said.
“More students need to realize
how much the career fair can help
their future,” she said.
Women in business is one sympo
sium offered among the career fair
activities. Retailing and international
business are also symposium topics
that may be of interest.
Receptions for students and
speakers are held after individual
symposiums.
A Business Career Fair Banquet is
held to give students the opportu
nity to sit at company tables and talk
with recruiters.
The career booths set up in the
Blocker Building provide yet an
other opportunity to meet prospec
tive employers. Students will be able
to speak with recruiters from 80 dif
ferent companies at the booths.
Williams said that students can
gain a wealth of information by talk
ing to the recruiters.
“Business Career Fair gives stu
dents the opportunity to ask specific
questions about a company,” he said.
“One of the major complaints most
recruiters have is that students don’t
know enough about the company
they are trying to get hired by.”
All students are encouraged to
speak with recruiters.
“Students don’t have to go look up
information about a company in the
library or make phone calls,” Wil
liams said. “The information is right
here. It’s free and at the students
disposal.”
Williarns added that freshmen,
sophomores and juniors can benefit
from the career fair as much as
graduating seniors.
“Freshmen, sophomores and ju
niors make contacts at this time that
will eventually lead them to getting a
job when they graduate,” he said.
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and the on-call workers may be re
called in September, officials said.
“We looked at all the cost options,
but this budget will not bend,” Bus
tamante said. “We hope to bring
back the on-call workers by Sept. 20.
That would be a six-month release.”
At one time, furloughs were esti
mated at 10 days each for the logis
tics center employees, but that num
ber has been reduced to six and may
even be less than that, Frost said.
“This.decision was not taken hast
ily or lightly,” Frost said. “We have
reduced funding dramatically to
hold onto people. We have made 50
to 60 percent cuts in other areas to
hold it to the bare minimum, areas
like travel, supply and overtime.”
Ken Christensen, Kelly deputy di
rector of personnel and civilian per
sonnel officer, said this was the first
time that civilian employees at Kelly
had been furloughed.
The center now has 16,107 mili
tary and civilian personnel, com
pared to an all-time high of 28,000
during the Vietnam War.
The logisitics center is under the
Air Logistics Command, which is re
sponsible for transporting Air Force
supplies as well as maintaining and
repairing equipment.
EL PASO (AP) — El Paso County
Sheriff Leo Samaniego, confronted
at a political meeting by the father of
a missing woman, told the father he
might be considered a suspect in his
daughter’s case.
Samaniego made the statement
Monday night at a meeting of Demo
cratic primary candidates while an
swering questions from Ernesto Bus-
tamante, whose 18-year-old
daughter, Veronica, disappeared
Dec. 11.
Bustamante criticized the sheriffs
handling of the case at the meeting.
Bustamante acknowledged that Sa-
maniego’s opponent in the March 8
primary, Jesus Reyes, recently vis
ited the Bustamante home to offer
his services as a private investigator.
Reyes was not present at the meeting
Monday.
“I think Mr. Samaniego is not fol
lowing through on the investigation
because he has hit a dead end,” Bus
tamante said.
Samaniego called the criticism po
litical, but Bustamante said he went
to the meeting “to try and get some
answers.”
In a phone interview after the
meeting, Samaniego said: “I’m not
accusing (Bustamante) of anything,
but there is suspicion until you prove
exactly what’s taken place.
“I should have probably made it
more clear, but what I was trying to
say is, I can’t discuss (the case) in
public.”
Bustamante said, “I was a little
shocked.”
Samaniego said investigators are
treating the disappearance as an ab
duction, though some aspects of the
case seem at odds with the assump
tion.
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UT engineering professor
helps make ‘dumb’ robot
AUSTIN (AP) — The big blue ro
bot bolted to the floor at the Univer
sity of Texas cost $60,000. But the
blue tool has only one arm, two fin
gers on its hand and is too “dumb”
for precision work.
“And, at 900 pounds, it’s far too
heavy to go into space or inside a nu
clear reactor,” mechanical engi
neering professor Delbert Tesar
said. “It’s an assembly-line robot. It’s
a good demonstrator and that’s
about it.”
Unfortunately, Tesar said, such
inept robots are the state of the art in
the United States, a consequence of
what he contends has been a na
tional decline in mechanical engi
neering and an overemphasis on
electronics.
“Robotics is the best example of a
marriage of the mechanical and the
electronic,” he said. “If the mechani
cal is not equally strong, you’re not
going to accomplish much.”
On the other hand, he said, real
robots are a long way from their spe
cial-effects Hollywood cousins be
cause they have only a trivial amount
of computer power. So far, they are
limited to such tasks as spot-welding,
spray painting or moving things
from one place to another.
“Only in the most elementary
sense do we have software to drive
them,” Tesar said. “Going beyond
that is such demanding work nobody
wants to do it.”
Nobody, that is, but a few people
including Tesar, a robotics re
searcher for 25 years and UT-Aus-
tin’s resident expert since 1985. Te
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