Friday, February 17,1989 The Battalion Page 7
Presentation on abortion,
ebate end in stalemate
3y Melissa Naumann
REPORTER
For every opinion, there is an op-
asite one. This was evident as pro-
Ichoice and pro-life advocates de
bated the issue of abortion at a pre-
|sentation and discussion Thursday.
The presentation was sponsored
Iby the Texas A&M chapter of the
{National Organization for Women.
The program opened with the
pro-life film “The Silent Scream”
[followed by a videotaped rebuttal
[from Planned Parenthood. “The Si-
jlent Scream” chronicles the devel-
{opment of a fetus and describes the
{abortion process. Planned Paren-
jthood said the film was inaccurate
{and presented distorted facts.
Dr. Bedford Clark, a professor in
[the English department, asked three
[questions to begin the discussion: Is
[a woman’s choice to have an abor-
[tion affected by the issues of fetal
[pain, the usefulness of fetal tissue in
certain transplants or the sex ot a
child?
The discussion led to the topic of
adoption instead of abortion, and
both sides were emphatic in their
stands.
Dr. Walter Bradley, a professor in
the mechanical engineering depart
ment, said many people are waiting
to adopt.
“The idea of the so-called un
wanted child is a bogus argument,”
he said. “Let’s not pretend that
there’s nobody who wants these chil
dren.”
John Grillo, a research associate in
aerospace engineering, said the peo
ple who want to adopt are too choosy
and want perfect children.
Soon the moderator, Dr. Wendy
Stock, a psychology professor and
faculty advisor for NOW, urged the
audience to talk about abortion and
not the supply and demand of the
baby market.
The question of human rights also
was prevalent. Stock momentarily
stepped out of her role as moderator
to express her opinion.
“1 am outraged that you actually
think you have a right to tell me
what to do,” she said.
Rose Ann McFadden, a junior
journalism major from Freeport,
compared the decision to have an
abortion to a jury’s decision to exe
cute a convicted murderer.
“There’s no judge and no jury to
decide if the baby gets to live,” she
said. “My rights do not come over
the baby’s rights.”
Edward Narbuth, an employee of
the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service and a member of the Texas
Right For Life Association, stressed
cooperation between both sides.
“Let’s work together and let’s
make an alternative that is better
than abortion,” he said.
When an unidentified participant
expressed dissatisfaction with the
discussion and asked what both sides
were doing to work together, Sean
Dunham, a freshman theater arts
major from Round Rock, answered
his question.
“What they’re doing is fighting
each other,” he said.
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Firm asks A&M, UT for help
in microchip war with Japan
By Stephen Masters
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Texas A&M and the University of Texas have been
asked to help the United States beat japan in the micro
chip business.
Sematech, a microchip-making consortium of the
federal government and several companies, selected
A&M and UT to research methods to streamline pro
duction, said Dr. Mark Weichold, an associate professor
of electrical engineering at A&M and one of the re
search directors of the project
Weichold said five A&M faculty members from the
electrical engineering and industrial engineering de
partments and at least one graduate student are work
ing on the project.
Weichold said tin industrial engineering side ot the
research would concentrate on producing a generic
model to simulate an actual manufacturing environ
merit.
Tt would include things like introducing raw materi
als, new products, modifications of those products and
new equipment into the manufacturing process,” he
said. “We want to be able to eventually take all these
things into account and predict what the impact of
those things is going to be on the outcome.”
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The electrical engineering side of the research would
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crochip, tie said.
Dr. Don Phillips, a professor of industrial engi
neering and one of the A&M project leaders, said in a
release that Japan now' controls 50 percent of the
world’s microchip market. He said the United States
has dropped to 37 percent of the market.
Weichold said this trend is what the program is de
signed to reverse.
“The Japanese are very good at manufacturing,” he
said “Somehow we’ve lost that edge. We want to try to
gain that back. Applying proven manufacturing proc
esses and things that have been around in industrial en
gineering for years to the semiconductor manufacturer
is a new thing.
“You would think that an industry that is perceived
as high tech as semiconductors are would have all the
latest tools at their disposal. That’s not the case at this
time. The industry has grown so fast that it really hasn’t
had the time to sit back and apply proven practices.”
Weichold said the contract was awarded to the Texas
Center for Excellence. The center competed against
similar centers in other states for the contract. The five-
year contract pledges $1 million per year to be split be
tween A&M and UT.
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