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Review of collider project
^ )nly beginning of research
DALLAS (AP) — A physicists’
view of the multibillion-dollar
per collider Monday begins an
iportant phase of research for
ie giant atom smasher that will
st through the 21st century, a
ngressman said.
More than 800 physicists and
17n| her scientists attending the
inference on Super Collider
ysics and Experiments were
I heduled late Monday afternoon
1 tour the site near Dallas that
|ill cover the 53-mile under
ound complex.
“This conference is an impor-
nt first step in the research that
|ill be conducted at the super-
nducting super collider for
arsand decades to come,” Rep.
apDrft® artin F ros L D-Dallas, said.
. . iPresident Bush on Friday
5,1 Igned an appropriations bill that
Kftpi Icluded $225 million to permit
lacks til qrk on the SSC’s first construc-
lon phase within the next 12
lionths.
, I Scientists will use the circular
™ fcinnel, to be constructed about
civil 10 miles south of Dallas in YVaxa-
ikingpl Iachie, to bombard atoms and
™udy the debris.
“Also, we in Texas are partic
ularly interested in exploring the
possibilities of international par
ticipation in construction of the
SSC,” said Frost, whose 24th Con
gressional District includes De-
Soto, home of the Texas National
Research Laboratory Commis
sion and the U.S. Department of
Energy’s SSC Laboratory.
Dr. Roy Schwitters, SSC lab di
rector, read a letter from Energy
Secretary James A. Watkins wel
coming the international confer
ence to north Texas and thanking
scientists for their support.
“The super collider is one of
the administration’s highest prio
rities in the area of science,”
Schwitters read. “The project
holds great promise for increas
ing our knowledge of the funda
mental constituents of matter and
the origins of the universe and
for furthering advancements in
medical research and technol
ogy”
The funds appropriation was
“a tremendous victory for the ad
ministration, for the international
science community and for
America,” Watkins wrote.
Texas Supreme Court decides gulf
between schools unconstitutional
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Su
preme Court found “glaring dispari
ties” between the state’s rich and
poor school districts and ruled Mon
day that the way they are funded is
unconstitutional, one of the most
far-reaching decisions in the court’s
149-year history.
The 9-0 ruling could have enor
mous financial and social implica
tions for the 3.3 million-student
Texas school system, the nation’s
second-largest behind California.
The court found the public school
finance system violates the 113-year-
old constitutional provision for an
“efficient system” of public schools
and ordered legislators to find a so
lution by May 1, 1990.
“A remedy is long overdue,” Jus
tice Oscar Mauzy’s opinion said.
“The Legislature must take immedi
ate action.”
Gov. Bill Clements said he will call
for a special 30-day session of the
Legislature in the spring to grapple
with the problem.
Although the court said it would
not tell the Legislature how' to cor
rect school finance inequities, it
warned, “A Band-Aid will not suf
fice; the system itself must be
changed.”
Nearly $10 billion in state funds
will be made available for public
schools in 1990-91, and almost $12
billion is expected to come from lo
cal districts.
Because of the disparities in dis
trict property wealth, annual spend
ing per student ranges from $2,112
to $19,333, the court said without
placing an exact date for the figures.
The Legislature meets in special
session Nov. 14 on workers’ compen
sation, but Clements said he would
withhold the school finance issue un
til a task force has had time to make
proposals.
“I am extremely pleased that this
is back in the hands of the Legis
lature, where it belongs,” Clements
said.
An Austin state district judge had
held the school finance system un
constitutional in a case brought by
poor school districts against the state
education commissioner and others.
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ign students used menus, food,
aifrl models to show how the restau-
t they created could be pleasing
[he palate as well as the waistline.
Jkorge Mann, a professor in the
5 c jtiz( Ihitecture department, said he as-
j lied the three-week project to
make students look beyond “brick
mortar” in order to develop a
e tempi taurant completely.
1‘Students were given lectures
1 mother professors on how to cre-
nutritious food and on the envi
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tsan
ronments that are most conducive to
relaxation,” Mann said. “We chose to
have the presentation at Cenares to
give students the chance to receive
input from outsiders.”
Brian Runyon, a Dallas architect,
said he was impressed by the pro
jects.
“They have done more in three
weeks than we used to do in half a
semester when I was in school,” Ru
nyon said. “They have good ideas
and very creative concepts, but they
are lacking in what actually goes into
restaurant design, like the spacing of
tables from the kitchen and bar
areas, etcetera.”
Dr. Bethann Witcher, a nutrition
specialist from Texas Agriculture
Extension Service, said she reviewed
dietary guidelines with the students
and credited most of them with cre
ating nutritious menus.
“The project participants used my
suggestions at varying degrees,”
Witcher said. “For instance, this stu
dent did an excellent job because he
took the foods that Americans love
and cooked them in such a way that
makes them less fattening.”
Brian Nettleton, a visiting profes
sor from Melbourne, Australia, said
he told students how important envi
ronments are at restaurants.
“People want to feel either re
laxed, excited, or stimulated in res
taurants,” Nettleton said. “These en
vironments can be created by trees,
water daylight or shade.”
Karen Gosby, a senior environ
mental design major from Dallas,
created a restaurant that would be
beneficial to A&M students because
it would be an economical and nutri
tious drive-through.
Todd Fisher, a senior environ
mental design major from Naca-
doches, said his restaurant would be
located on Jersey because he wants
to preserve old railroad depots. He
said his health food restaurant
would also serve as a museum.
That ruling was overturned last De
cember by a 2-1 vote of the Austin-
based 3rd Court of Appeals.
But the Supreme Court found
“the state’s school financing system is
neither financially efficient, nor effi
cient in the sense of providing for a
‘general diffusion of knowledge’
statewide.”
The lawsuit, known as Edgewood
vs. Kirby, was filed in 1984 by school
districts with low property values.
Public schools are funded largely
through a combination of local
property taxes and state aid. The
federal government also contributes.
MBA/Law Symposium
brings experts to MSC
By Todd Connelley
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M students interested in
business or law careers will have a
chance to meet with the experts this
month.
The 1989 MSC MBA/Law Sympo
sium “See You at the Top” will let
students hear professionals speak on
graduate school and career opportu
nities in business and law.
The symposium, which won the
MSC Program of the Year award last
year, will be on the first floor of the
MSC on Oct. 11,25 and 28.
The first date will feature a group
of law school representatives from
across the country. SWAPLA,
Southwestern Association of Pre
Law Advisors, sponsors the trip each
year.
“This is the first year SWAPLA
has decided to come to Texas
A&M,” Marc Carroll, chairman of
the MSC MBA/Law Committee,
said.
Carroll said that the law school
representatives will distribute litera
ture and answer questions about en
tering law school.
The second date will be com
mitted to informing students about
different business schools, Carroll
said.
“Business school representatives
from as far away as the University of
Chicago will be here to talk with stu
dents,” he said.
The last day of the symposium
will feature speakers from various
Texas law firms and corporations.
“Most of our speakers will be for
mer students,” Carroll said. “Texas
Sen. Kent Caperton and Gloria
Smith, president of the Black Wom
en’s Lawyer Association, are going to
be here.”
The first half of the day, panel
presentations will give students a
chance to converse with profession
als on such topics as career opportu
nities with an MBA or a law degree
as a stepping stone to politics.
“In the afternoon we will have
roundtable sessions featuring two or
three speakers and about 30 stu
dents,” Carroll said.
The symposium will be free on
Oct. 11 and 25, but students will be
charged $5 on Oct. 28.
“The reason we are having stu
dents pay for the 28th is to make
them feel more committed,” he said.
Carroll said that students not ma
joring in business or pre-law are en
couraged to attend. “We actually try
to focus on students in other majors,
like liberal arts,” he said. “We want
to open doors for everyone.”
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