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State/Local The Battalion Friday, Oct. 14, 1988 Page 3 ity council approves land lease ? or Amtrak service, parking area By Kelley Wondrash Reporter The College Station City Council hursday approved a land lease which be used to provide a location and irking area for Amtrak railway services hichbegin Nov. 15. The council approved the site, located 'f Marion Pugh Street where the Marion ugh Lumber Co. once was, by a 6-1 ite. The council decided on the location cause it would give Amtrak immediate cess to the railway. Councilman Dick Birdwell said many tizens were interested in the restoration id use of the old College Station depot a possible site for Amtrak. Birdwell id if the Amtrak service failed, the site could be used as a park and historic ea. Mayor Larry Ringer said the College ation depot area was not as accessable as the Marion Pugh location for Amtrak. Despite the approval of the Marion Pugh location. Ringer said people enthu siastic about restoring the station and that the idea would be considered. In other action, the council unani mously approved a motion to continue the War on Drugs committee in both Bryan and College Station. “Bryan has also shown a desire to con tinue the program,” Ringer said. He said some people feel the school districts should also become involved in the committee because the War on Drugs is a problem for the community as well as the city. He said the idea would be ex plained to school districts. “Obviously drugs are a big problem in the community, so the committee is a good idea,” Birdwell said. The council also: • Witnessed former Mayor Gary Hal ter’s signing a proclamation recognizing the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of College Station. • Signed a proclamation designating Oct. 9-15 as “Public Power Week” in College Station. • Unanimously approved a donation to the College Station Library for energy related material. • Unanimously supported Proposi tion 1, the Good Roads Amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot. • Unanimously approved an agreement between the city and the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to contribute funds for the purchase of right-of-way to construct the Southwest Parkway interchange. The city agreed to pay 10 percent of the esti mated $500,000 cost of the interchange. If the cost of the interchange is more than the estimated amount. College Station will be responsible for the additional cost. Berlin school head speaks on learning to participate n World Food Day ,s> By Alan Sembera Senior Staff Writer Texas A&M will take part in World iod Day Monday via live teleconfer- ce linking universities and commu- Jties throughout the United States and (janada with an international panel of ex- :rts to discuss Africa’s food problems id solutions. JA&M also will begin a community Jttod drive for the Brazos Valley Monday ; tlcoincide with World Food Day. BDuring Monday’s teleconference, the Bine] will discuss African and American ■rspectives in areas such as food pro- Bction and distribution, agricultural Bide. international aid, African debt and | tie causes and effects of famine. ■It also will discuss national and inter- Htional levels of responsibility for bu rn rights and social justice. The teleconference will be broadcast im Washington D.C. from 11 a.m. to 2 rest of ) areni ms, iiiii vers i hen ik eub'i n cattl :llow, 11 ete? lit rrawe aftcW :eir eie irownl es and ndoni m! You ngrighl a m leop, I un rards»! to, II Irop tint i p.m. It will be shown in 601 Rudder by MSC Great Issues. The first hour of the program will fea ture the panel discussion, and the second hour will include a local speaker, Dr. Harriet Kunkel, Dean of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture, who will talk about higher education in agriculture. The last hour will be a question-and- answer session with the Washington panel via satellite. The A&M food drive is being spon sored by Great Issues, the International Development Forum and Students Against Apartheid. Organizations participating in the drive include Greek organizations, the Corps of Cadets and the Residence Hall Association. Any organization can join the food drive, which lasts until Oct. 21. World Food Day is observed by more than 140 countries. Its purpose is to get the people of the world more directly in volved in eliminating hunger and cre ating a secure food supply for the world. By Lesa Y. Smith Reporter The specialization of information re duces the amount of knowledge students can obtain, Free University of Berlin president Dr. Eberhard Laemmert said Thursday. Laemmert spoke on “How to Cope with the Ever Growing Body of Human Knowledge,” sponsored by the Depart ment of Modern and Classical Lan guages. Every 40 minutes enough data is sup plied to fill a world-wide encyclopedia, Laemmert said. People don’t know what to do with this increase in specialized information. “We at the university behave just like the Ford Motor Co.,” Laemmert said. “Even professors are only responsible for one bolt on the front left wheel. When you consider the product of today’s stu dents and their performance, they need to know more than the front wheel.” Students specialize their studies too much, he said. So much that they know a lot about very little. They need to in crease information so they can increase their knowledge. It is important for the student to go be yond what he knows to obtain more knowledge, he said. The student needs to ask: What must I know and what must I do with that knowledge? Graduate students are no exception to this rule. They need to perform more basic re search than specialized research, he said. More and more graduate students dwell on the specifics and miss the importance of general information. Educational systems, elementary to college, filter information to students, he said. Flooding information to students instead of filtering information creates better students. The explosion of knowledge outside the human mind is technology’s achieve ment to replace manual labor, he said. Tools for mental activity have been cre ated right before our eyes. Computers, calculators, and copier machines have replaced the need to think, he said. Today, one computer will spit out data and tomorrow another will come along and determine what informa tion is necessary. Acceleration of infor mation doesn’t necessarily accelerate knowledge, he said. The Free University of Berlin was founded after World War II because many students and professors objected to pressure from the communist. In Advance Medical facility to be named in ceremony A ceremony to formally name the Texas A&M medical sciences facility in honor of Joe H. Reynolds, long time University medical school sup porter and vice chairman of the Board of Regents, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Room 141 of the Medi cal Sciences Building. Actor will speak on racism in theater New York actor, director and pro ducer Woody King will present a speech on racism in American theater Friday, October 14 in the Rudder Fo rum at 3 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. The topic of King’s presentation will be “The Institutionalized Raoism in the American Theater.” King recently directed the Broad way production of “Checkmates,” starring Ruby Dee, Denzel Washing ton and Paul Winfield. However, Theater Arts Program Director Roger Schultz said King’s greatest claim to fame is for his direc tion of the original Broadway version of “The Great White Hope.” Chappell Hill to hold Scarecrow Festival By Chuck Lovejoy Staff Writer Scarecrow mania will grip the small town of Chappell Hill Saturday and Sunday during the town’s annual Scarecrow Festival. Among the highlights of the festi val are scarecrows lining the city’s streets, bluegrass music, doggers and arts and crafts. The main attractions — more than 100 scarecrows — were made by Chappell Hill residents. The towns people begin organizing scarecrow making classes in early October to prepare for the event. Melani Bayless, director of the Convention and Visitor Bureau of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, said the scarecrows are made in a variety of forms. “There are some scarecrows which are very funny, and there are some which are historical and portray im portant Texas figures and scenes,” she said. Past highlights of the scarecrow display have included a stuffed farmer sitting on a toilet, a straw woman beating her straw husband with a rolling pin, and scarecrows re sembling Mickey Mouse and Big Bird. Even some animated figures have been built. This year’s festival is supposed to be the biggest ever, with plenty of en tertainment and activities. Among those scheduled to perform are: bluegrass singer LouLou Barber, the Houston International Folk Danc ers, several groups of doggers, a choir of German singers and Scottish dancers wearing kilts. Visitors will be able to tour Chap pell Hill on hayrides, stopping at some of the town’s historical land marks. While on the rides, tourists can re view the regiments of scarecrows and the town’s many antique homes. Other activities planned include pumpkin carving contests for chil dren, raffles for scarecrow dolls and a pumpkin bake-off competition. Arts and crafts also will be dis played throughout the town, includ ing handmade quilts, crocheted items and other hand-crafted goods. Home grown canned foods and baked goods also will be sold. The Scarecrow Festival began about 20 years ago when the town’s residents decided to celebrate the fall harvest. “Several themes were suggested, but the townspeople couldn’t decide between them,” Bayless said. “Fi nally, someone stood up and said, ‘How about scarecrows?’ Everyone loved the idea.” Chappell Hill is located southeast of College Station at the intersection of FM 1155 and Hwy. 290. The festi val will be open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. BEAT BAYLOR Texas Aggie Watches! Quartz Movements! Swiss Made! 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