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State and Local
erchant replaces diamonds in stolen rings
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By Stephen Masters
Senior Staff Writer
Association of Former Students
ficials were worried about replac
ing the diamonds in six of the stolen
Aggie rings recovered last week, but
ter a week, the problem essentially
|is been solved.
Texas Coin Exchange Wednesday
replaced the stones on six of the
Jven rings stolen July 6 from the
; Clayton Williams Alumni Center,
company President John Huntley
The stones were offered, and
school board
lay delay plan
to desegregate
H DALLAS (AP) — A plan to oper
ate a desegregated Dallas school sys
tem with less federal court supervi
sion may be delayed, according to
^ two Dallas School Board members.
I School board President Mary Rut-
Idge and Vice President Rene Cas-
rfla said Tuesday the timetable set in
April for developing the plan may
be too ambitious.
Rutledge and Castilla voted with
e six-trustee majority that in April
dered the Dallas Independent
■-«:hool District’s staff to prepare by
Sept. 30 a proposal addressing the
issues raised in lawsuits over the dis-
“llhfBict’s desegregation. The move was
»posed by the board’s three black
! members.
I The school board is scheduled to
•view the plan in October and vote
ealSn it in November. The district’s at-
unr ftoineys are to ask a federal judge on
Jan. 4 to declare the school system
i S TI( flSeseg re gated.
or «p| Noting racial tension in the city
regarding other matters, Rutledge
said, “Perhaps there is not a lot to be
st in delaying and a lot to be
iained.”
It is unlikely that a majority of
_ustees will support a delay beyond
fflanuary for approaching U.S. Dis-
•ict Judge Barefoot Sanders with a
proposal, Castilla said.
set in the rings free of chatge. Hunt-
ley said.
The diamonds range in size from
4 points to 20 points, Huntley said.
A point is equal to one-hundredth of
a carat. He estimated the total re
placement cost, including labor, at
about $800.
Huntley said the rings had been
damaged in the removal process be
cause a drill was used on the metal to
get the stones out.
He said retouching was necessary
to improve the appearance of the
rings.
Ron Spies, controller of the Asso
ciation of Former Students, said all
but one of the rings taken had con
tained a diamond. Previous reports
claimed all seven rings contained
stones.
Spies said the repaired rings
would not be put out in the center
immediately after they returned be
cause no security system has been set
up for the ring display.
“The problem is finding the best
way to protect the rings and how
long it will take to set it up,” he said.
University Police Director Bob
Wiatt said his department is working
with the center to make sure the se
curity will be better once the rings
are again on display.
“We have an officer observing
who will make recommendations,”
he said.
“We are involved in the assess-
Study shows characteristics
of good marketing professors
ment of the situation to make sure
this doesn’t happen again.”
UPD detectives Bert Kretzschmar,
William Scott and John Phillips re
covered the stolen rings July 27 in
Smith Park in College Station after
Crime Stoppers received an anony
mous tip.
Wiatt said the caller overheard
two teens in a convenience store dis
cussing leaving a purse in “the
park,” but did not say which park.
Because the store is near Smith
—
Park and because the UPD has had
f jroblems with.nearby Southgate Vil-
age Apartments, the detectives
chose to search the park where they
discovered the rings with metal de
tectors.
Rings taken in the theft were do
nated by former A&M president
Gen. J. Earl Rudder, Class of ’32,
James Moore, Class of ’26, William
Taylor, Class of ’39, R.L. Fambro,
Class of ’47, James Uptmore, Class
of’53, Charles Jameler, Class of’65,
and Jere Swatzell, Class of’79.
By Velia Velez
Reporter
A national study shows that marketing professors are
concerned about their students learning subject
material, willing to help students in and out of class and
conscious of making class exciting and informative.
The study, conducted by professors from Texas
A&M and California State University at Sacramento,
was the first national study on characteristics of the
“best” marketing professors.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Conant, assistant professor of market
ing at A&M and project leader, said communication
skills were listed by professors as the most important at
tribute for effective teaching.
“Good professors are aware of voice, tone and hu
mor in order to keep the attention of the students and
help get them involved in the subject matter,” he said.
Other important attributes stated were organization,
preparation of lectures, knowledge, scope and depth of
the subject and concern for students.
“The professors who participated in the study talk
about going the extra distance for students who have
problems both in and out of class,” he said. “The pro
fessors demonstrated care and empathy for students
and can draw even quiet ones into a conversation.” ,
Conant said the professors try to personalize their
classes by getting students involved in class. The profes
sors ask students questions and often require partici
pation as part of the final grade. He said one professor
considered himself a facilitator of learning.
“One respondent said that their job is to see that stu
dents learn,” Conant said. “He said professors should
not just give lectures to a passive class, but instead inject
energy and dynamism into the class.”
Challenging and fair exams and immediate return of
those exams was another attribute listed by professors.
Conant said one professor stated she often would stay
up late grading exams in order to get them back to the
students the next day.
The other contributors to the nine-month study were
Dr. Denise T. Smart, assistant professor of marketing at
A&M, and Dr. Craig A. Kelly, associate professor of
marketing at CSU at Sacramento.
Participating in the study were 27 women and 117
men with an average of 12 years of teaching experience
each. The male-female ratio used in the study reflects
the male-female ratio of teachers in the field.
The study was conducted via a questionnaire that was
sent to department heads of 104 colleges and universi
ties in the United States. The department heads of each
college chose the two “best” marketing professors to re
spond to the questionnaire.
Conant said the selections were based on course eval
uations and feedback from students, former students
and parents. Questions used in the study were open-
ended questions on the overall subject of teaching and
specific questions on lecturing, syllabus construction,
class discussion, exam grading and student rapport.
Conant said the results of this study do not offer new
or significantly different findings from other teacher
studies, but reconfirm previous findings of other re
search and point them out in the marketing discipline.
A report of the study will be published in the Journal
of Marketing Education in the fall. The results from the
study were used for a paper on lecturing effectiveness,
which won the 1988 American Marketing Association
Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference Best Paper
Award in the Marketing Education Track.
EASTGATE LIVE:
Friday: Joe King Carrasco.
Dance rock from Austin. Open
ing, Kerouacs. Cover $5.
Saturday: Krank. Local heavy
metal. Cover $3.
Tuesday: Dru Wilson. Solo
acoustic. Cover $2.
Wednesday: Lippman Jam.
Open stage. No cover.
BRAZOS LANDING:
Friday: KANM Benefit. Three
bands: Lesson 7 3rd Person, and
Trio of One. Cover $3.
COW HOP EXPANSION:
Thursday: 2 Against 1. Cover.
Friday: Fusion. Cover
Saturday: 68 Degrees. Cover.
Tuesday: Cory Bergon. Cover.
Wednesday: A.K.A. Cover.
HALL OF FAME:
Thursday: Southern Rain.
Cover $2.
Friday: Dan Rogers and the
Texas Rose Band. Cover $4.
Saturday: Carl Fincey and
Texas Blend. Cover $4.
MSC SUMMER DINNER
THEATER:
The Aggie Players will present
‘Lion in Winter” Aug 4-6 at 6:30
).m. in the MSC. Call 845-1234
or more information.
PARKS AND RECREATION:
The Pepsi Games of Texas
Opening Ceremonies will be Fri
day night at Olsen Field. Athletes,
entertainers and community
groups will perform in this olym-
pic-style event. A laser show and
fireworks display will end the eve
ning. Donation of a can of food at
the gate is admission.
RINGLING BROS. AND
BARNUM 8c BAILEY CIRCUS:
The circus comes to The Sum
mit in Houston for 18 perfor
mances from Tuesday to August
21. Tickets are available at the
Summit Box Office, all Ticketron
and Rainbow Ticketmaster out
lets or by calling 1-800-426-3094
Mon - Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Use
Mastercard or Visa. Tickets also
are available by sending a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope with
check or money order payable to
A.O.C. Ringling Bros and Bar-
num & Bailey Circus, The Sum
mit, 10 Greenway Plaza, Hous
ton, Tx 77046.
AT THE MOVIES:
“Young Guns.” Opens Aug.
12, at The Schulman 6 theater.
Twentieth-Century Fox pre
sents a western starring Emilio
Estevez (Breakfast Club, Sta
keout), Keifer Sutherland (Lost
Boys; Bright Lights, Big City),
Lou Diamond Phillips (La
Bamba, Stand and Deliver),
Charlie Sheen (Platoon, Wall
Street) and Kasey Siemaszko
(Gardens of Stone, Biloxi Blues).
It is the saga of six young kids
hired to guard an Englishman’s
ranch agaist the mob. Based on a
story of the young west about
Billy the Kidd and the Lincoln
County Merchant Wars.
MICHAEL KEATON...
In an
unexpected film...
About thirty remarkable
days in the life of an
ordinary man.
CLEAN.™
SOBER
WARNER BROS, presents
an IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION
a GLENN GORDON CARON film
MICHAEL KEATON KATHY BAKER CLEAN AND SOBER
MORGAN FREEMAN M. EMMET WALSH TATE DONOVAN
music by GABRIEL YARED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RON HOWARD
written by TOD CARROLL produced by TONY GANZ and DEBORAH BLUM
DIRECTED BY GLENN GORDON CARON
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