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Corps of Cadets Commandant
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling reaf
firmed Friday his emphasis on ca
dets’ grades and reported grades
during Spring ’89 were the best he
had seen during his two-year com
mand.
Darling addressed members of
the Texas A&M University System
Board of Regents during the board’s
monthly meeting as a representative
of the Corps Enhancement Commit
tee.
“Grades are of number one prior
ity, and I am pleased to report that
we’ve made good progress,” Darling
said.
He said the average grades of all
Corps units during the spring were
higher than a 2.4 grade-point ratio.
Seventy percent of the units had
grades averaging higher than a 2.5
GPR, 20 percent had grades averag
ing higher than a 2.7 GPR and fresh
men and sophomore cadets had
higher grade averages than their
non-Corps peers.
Regent L. Lowry Mays asked Dar
ling what the information proved.
“What you’re saying is that you’re
going to make better grades if you’re
in the Corps?” Mays asked.
“I would like to think so, sir,” Dar
ling replied.He said the facts wert
impressive for Corps recruitment.
Darling reported 769 freshmen
joined the Corps this year, 78 more
than last year. Forty-seven transfer
students alsojoined the Corps.
Total Corps enrollment this year
is 2,186, 17 more than last year
while the Aggie Band has 295 enroll-
ees, 11 fewer than last year.
Total female enrollment is up
two, totalling 102 women cadets this
year. Minority students account for
17 percent of the total Corps’ enroll
ment.
Officials break ground at Research Park
for A&M, UT offshore technology center
By Andrea Warrenburg
Of The Battalion Staff
Officials broke ground Saturday
morning at the Texas A&M Re
search Park for the headquarters of
the Offshore Technology Research
Center — the first National Science
Foundation-sponsored engineering
research center in the Southwestern
United States.
U.S. Representative Joe Barton,
members of the A&M Board of Re
gents, A&M President William H.
Mobley, and representatives from
the University of Texas at Austin
and oil companies gathered to cere
monially break ground on the $3.7
million facility.
The $16 million five-year NSF
program is a joint effort between
A&M and the University of Texas to
help the United States reclaim its
competitive edge in offshore dril
ling, specifically in deep oceans.
“If successful, it will enable the
United States, the gulf coast and
Texas to produce huge quantities of
petroleum from the deep Gulf of
Mexico,” John E. Flipse, director of
the OTRC said.
The Center, to be located at En
terprise and Mariner streets in the
park, will include a 100-foot by 150-
foot by 20-foot wave tank for model
testing. The tank has a hydrolically
adjustable pit in the center reaching
depths of 50 feet to test model plat
forms.
The tank will be equipped with a
computer programmed wave-maker
that can create a 3-dimensional sea
with waves three feet high, coming
from different directions. The fa
cility is the only one of its kind in a
university setting in the United
States.
Flipse said the OTRC will benefit
A&M by providing opportunities for
faculty and graduate students to
work in the facility and by bringing
industry into the teaching process.
Mobley told the crowd that A&M
and UT complement each other and
when the two universities collabo
rate, there are not many things they
cannot accomplish.
“The OTRC is a great step toward
what promises to be one of the most
exciting research parks in the na
tion,” Mobley said.
The 42,000 square foot building is
scheduled to be completed in Fall
1990.
Thousands turn out in extreme heat
for Miller Lite’s ‘biggest’ concert bash
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lass of ’89 writes check for $25,000
as gift to Sterling C. Evans Library
By Cindy McMillian
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Sterling C. Evans Library received
a $25,000 endowment from Texas
A&M’s Class of ’89 in a ceremony
Saturday attended by A&M Presi-
ey at dent William Mobley and three
tornf members of the Board of Regents.
Mobley accepted the class gift on
behalf of the student body and fac
ulty, praising it as “perhaps the most
meaningful gift in recent times” and
“an investment in the future of
A&M.”
The Class of ’89 has been raising
money for the gift since its members
were freshmen with such events as
Howdy Dances, T-shirt sales and the
Senior Weekend, including Senior
Banquet, Senior Bash and Ring
Dance.
Betsy Benson, chairman of the
Class of’89 Gift Committee since her
junior year, said most of the money
for the gift was raised during Senior
Weekend.
Benson said the committee began
taking suggestions for gift ideas last
November, and support for a library
gift was overwhelming.
Seniors voted on the gift in Feb
ruary, choosing between four ideas,
and the library endowment received
the most votes.
A sculpture of the Aggie Ring re
ceived the second highest number of
votes, Benson said, so it also was do
nated.
The work is a cast bronze and
gold-plated replica 14 inches in di
ameter, and is mounted on a three-
and-a-half foot mahogany pedestal.
It was completed in August by
Rodney Hill and is on display in the
MSC Flag Room.
Other gifts donated by the Class
of ’89 include an 8-foot Aggie Ring
for use in taking portraits during
Ring Dance, restoration of the two
existing ring used in pictures, and
$500 checks presented to each of
this year’s class councils to begin
their class activities.
HOUSTON (AP) — They called it “The Biggest
Party in History.”
They exaggerated. But Randy Quaid’s long-prom
ised, long-awaited bash Saturday at the Astrodome,
sponsored by Miller Lite and headlined by The Who’s
concert performance left most celebrants quite satisfied.
An estimated 120,000 braved record heat to join the
mirth in Houston.
Smaller events sponsored by Miller Lite were held
Saturday in Midland-Odessa, Corpus Christi and San
Antonio. The W’ho and most of the other acts who per
formed at the Astrodome Saturday replayed their per
formances Sunday for crowds in Dallas, and a smaller
event was held in Mercedes.
At San Antonio’s HemisFair Park, more than 50,000
tickets were sold for headliner concerts by George Strait
and Hall & Oates.
Few problems were reported. Guards wfere notified
that somebody was selling bogus beer tickets.
Temperatures were 102 at San Antonio’s shindig.
“I hope everyone realizes that the purpose of this
party is to raise money for Texas Special Olympics, not
to sell a lot of beer,” Quaid told the San Antonio-Ex
press News.
About 25,000 people crowded onto the Naval Air
Station in Corpus Christi, for barbecue and bands, in
cluding Cheap Trick, Huey Lewis and, via satellite, The
Who.
A steady bay breeze kept the 97 degrees from feeling
even hotter.
Four thousand turned out in Midland-Odessa’s 100-
degree weather for the “We’re Having A Party” cele
bration at Twin Cities Speedway.
Comedian Paul Rodriquez of Los Angeles opened
the show, saying he was pleased to be involved with the
event.
“I
I hope everyone realizes that the
purpose of this party is to raise money for
Texas Special Olympics, not to sell a lot
of beer.”
— Randy Quaid,
promoter
Miller Brewing Co. has pledged $1 million in pro
ceeds from the events to benefit the Texas Special
Olympics.
The extravaganzas have been hyped for more than a
year, with actor Quaid appearing in Miller Lite com
mercials enticing the public with his “I’ll get back to you
with more details” slogan.
Keith Chappell, 29, told the Houston Chronicle he
was impressed with the Houston extravaganza, held at
the Astrodome, the Astrohall and its parking lots. “I
was too young to make Woodstock, but I wouldn’t have
wanted to miss this.”
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HowYe you going to do it?
“Afy chem lab report is due Monday.
My English lit. paper is due Tuesday.
My economics paper is due on Wednesday.
And the big games tomorrow.”
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