Speed Reading!
Get assigned reading done in less than half the time
Our Course Will:
Increase Comprehension
Improve Retention
Teach Study Skills
Textbook Reading
October 19
Introduction Class
Rm. 504 Rudder
6, 7:30 or 8:30 p.m.
(Choose any 1 hour class)
Power Reading
(713) 320-9671
call direct or collect
Sponsored by: C. K. I.
AUTHORIZED HEWLETT-PACKARD DEALER
505 CHURCH STREET COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
77840
409/846-5332
HEWLETT
PACKARD
LASERJET SERIES II
$1,700.00
LASERJET IIP
$1,000.00
7475A PLOTTER
$1,230.00
LASERJET SERIES ll-D
$2,700.00
DESKJET PLUS
$645.00
DESKWRITER
776.00
PAINTJET
$905.00
ATTN: FULL TIME FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF
PLEASE CALL FOR EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNT PRICING
PRICES APPLY TO CHECK OR CASH PURCHASES ONLY
Page 4
The Battalion
Wednesday, October 18,1$ ; .
NSF: U.S. science in 2011
dependent on minorities
By Todd Swearingen
Of The Battalion Staff
Dr. John A. White, head of the National Science
Foundation’s Engineering Directorate, stressed the
need to increase the representation of women and mi
norities in the engineering field and to improve fund
ing of pre-college education.
“In order to try to sustain this country’s science and
engineering talent at world class levels, we do it through
research — advancing knowledge,” White said Tues
day. “But we do it by investing in faculty members to
reach students.”
White said that the purpose of the NSF is to develop
human resources rather than strictly sponsoring re
search and that Congress has sent a strong message in
dicating a desire to see a greater percentage of the NSF
budget spent on pre-college education.
“At the turn of the century, we’re going to findti;
white males constitute about 20 percent of the pops
tion, and 80 percent of those entering the work foi
between now and the turn of the century will
women, blacks, and Hispanics.
“So, we’ve got to do something in engineerings
cause we’re losing the market share on women, j;
we’re not even in the market with blacks and His;
White said that he is concerned with significantly in
creasing the representation of women and minorities in
engineering.
“It’s a critical problem for us nationally,” White said.
“All you have to do is look to the year 2010 and ask
‘Who will be the practicing engineers — who will be the
practicing scientists in this country in the year 2010’ be
cause everyone that is going to be that is alive today.
“We aren’t going to be able to snap our fingers and
create an adult, white male. If we think that the white
male is going to carry the load for the country, it’s not
> work — the numbers aren’t there.
White said that a primary function of NSFistofooj
on the long term health of the nation’s engineering!r. :
scientific endeavors and that something must t
before it is too late.
He said the NSF has proposed a program to devel;;
a consortia of colleges to solve the educational and c
nority problems at the undergraduate level.
“If we want to impact the involvement of wo®
blacks, and Hispanics, we ought to go where theyare-
we ought to support them, and link them upwitht
universities in the consortia,” White said.
He said that in order to participate, a consortia
universities must graduate at least 2000 bachelor'sdt.
grees a year, of which at least 600 must be womenaii
300 minorities.
going to
White said that the NSF supports basic scientificrt
search, awards scholarship, and fosters in formation«.
change between the U.S. and foreign nations. Hesaii
the NSF is interested in research into micro-scale diet
ical processing, optical high speed communication
and micro-mechanical electronic devices.
Mother gets probated sentence
tor baby’s cocaine overdose
RICHMOND (AP) —The mother
of a 17-month-old boy who died of a
cocaine overdose praised the Lord
after hearing that she would serve
robation instead of a jail term for
er son’s death, but a prosecutor
called the sentence a losing proposi
tion in the war against drugs.
“Thank you, Jesus! Thank you,
Lord!” shouted Nealie Beaty, 26, af
ter State District Judge Ogden Bass
told her Monday she would serve 10
years probation. She had faced 10
years in prison in the 1987 cocaine
overdose death of her son, Robert
“Bubba” Beaty Jr.
A jury convicted Beaty last week
of third-degree injury to a child.
The jury cleared her of first degree
injury charges, which carried a life
sentence.
Beaty’s 27-year-old husband, Rob
ert, is serving a life term on first de
gree injury charges. He also is serv
ing an extra 18 month term and was
fined $1,500 for refusing to testify
against his wife.
Prosecutor Dale Summa said he
was disappointed in the outcome of
the week-long trial, which was
moved from Brazoria County to
Fort Bend County because of pre
trial publicity.
ecutors may pursue aggravatedp
jury charges against herafterrett
testimony dif fered from an eaii
deposition.
“There are a lot of battles in this
war against drugs,” Summa said. “I
think this was a losing effort here.”
eir
He said a cocaine possession
charge is pending against Nealie
Beaty in Brazoria County, and pros-
Nealie Beaty’s parents andsen
representatives from
lenge, a Christian rehabilitadone
ter in Wharton County, attend
much of the trial. They welcois
the probation, which was assess
with no fine.
In Advance
Pikes will sponsor benefi
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
will sponsor a “Cruise for the Cu
re,” a benefit for cerebral palsy,
tonight at 9 in the Baja Yacht
Club.
Charlie Piper, a Pi Kappa Al
pha member, said the benefit will
include limbo contests, an auction
of Pi Kappa Alpha members for a
“night of servitude” and giftcer
tificates for.car washes, meals and
lingerie.
The cover charge, which
be donated to the local chapterof
the Cerebral Palsy United Asso
ciation of Texas, will be $2
drink specials will run from
10 p.m.
Police Beat
The following incidents were re- • Hubcaps were stolen from a car
ported to the University Police De- in Parking Area 56.
partment between Oct. 3 and Mon- • A wallet that was stolen from
day. the Old Engineering Building was
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: found in the men’s restroom, minus
• Someone entered the display the cash. The same incident hap-
case in the library and added mes- pened in the Wisenbaker
sages written on condoms to the dis- neering Research Center.
ported receiving annoying
calls every two minutes.
BURGLARY OF A BUILDING
• Tools were stolen fromthdt
Kenzie Terminal Construction Sitt
• A Digital VT-320 computerk"
Engi- minal was stolen from Thompt
Hall.
play. • Two backpacks were stolen • An Echo line trimmer was
• Some form of projectile was from the: Commons dining area. len from the Grounds Maintenaii
shot through two windows on the • A wallet was stolen from a room Storage building at the Researt
second floor of the Medical Science in Harrington Tower. Park.
Library. • A wallet stolen from the a room BURGLARY OF A MOTOR Vf
• A smoke bomb that was set off in the Engineering/Physics Building HICLE:
on I ramp of Walton Hall burned an was recovered, minus a check from • A stereo was stolen from a
area of carpet within the ramp. Texas A&M. dent’s car parked in Area 30.
• The paint and engine compo- • A student reported that an- • Several cassettes and a stert
nents on a student’s vehicle were other student took two folders from were stolen from an unlocked ar
damaged while parked in Parking his file without permission and re- Parking Area 77.
Area 50. fused to return them. • A radar detector was stole
• A rear windshield wiper was • A ring was stolen from a bath- from an unlocked car in Parlor
bent on a vehicle in Parking Area 2. room in Davis-Gary Hall. Area 2.
The paint was scratched on a • A seat was stolen from a bike • A CD player, backpack and E
parked near the Teague Building. nis racket were stolen from acar
• A research paper was stolen Parking Area 30.
: pa
?d c
car parked on Bizzell Street.
• The driver’s window was bro
ken out of a vehicle while parked in from a filing cabinet in the Zachry • A reserved staff Texas Af
Area 61
• The license plate was stolen
from a car in Parking Area 34.
• Numerous diskettes were taken
from an office in the Wisenbaker
Engineering Research Center.
• Hinge pins were removed from
the gate to the Brazos Bowman Ar
chery Club.
• A Cushman scooter was
knocked over on Bizzell Street.
• A witness reported that he ob
served several people steal a traffic
cone from Joe Routt Boulevard.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT:
• A woman reported finding a
man with drug paraphernalia in a
women’s restroom at the MSC. He
ran from the area when confronted.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A student in Underwood Hall
reported her laundry stolen from
the dorm laundry room. Across
campus that night in Haas Hall the
same incident occured.
• Mirrors were stolen from a mo
tor scooter parked in Area 46. A wit
ness to the theft recorded the license
plate number of the suspect.
• Sixteen bicycles were stolen
from various locations around cam
pus.
Police saw a student carrying a
bicycle down Joe Routt Boulevard
and stopped him after closer inspec
tion showed the bike was still locked.
After attempting to give officers a
false name and several stories as to
why he was carrying the bike, he was
taken to his residence pending filing
of charges by the owner of the bike.
Engineering Center. hang-tag was stolen from a car
• Two textbooks were stolen Parking Area 5, as well as fromoe
from an unattended backpack in the in Parking Area 51.
library. • A stereo was stolen from a
• A watch and ring were stolen parked in Area 50.
from a backpack in the Read Build- • A graphic equalizer was stc
ing. from a car in Parking Area 56.
• A student parking permit was
stolen from a vehicle parked on BURGLARY OF A HABff
West Main Drive. TION:
• The front license plate was sto- • A wallet, gold chain and
len from a student’s vehicle while swering machine were stolen froE
parked in Area 40. room in Cain Hall. Entrance
• A wallet was taken from a gained through an unlocked
locker in the men’s locker room of dow.
Wofford Cain Pool. CRIMINAL TRESPASS:
• A billfold was stolen from an • A man who had been fitf
office in the Halbouty Geosciences from the Grounds Maintenance^
Building. partment was arrested on the pr#
• A Panasonic telephone was sto- ises after reports of his consisteni”
len from the third floor reception rassment of the employees there
area of the Bell Building. THEFT OF SERVICE:
• A wheel was stolen from a bike • A Texas A&M parking pe^
parked in the Mclnnis Hall bicycle inside a car parked on MosherU'
racks. was altered from blue to red
• A money pouch and its con- student who owns the car war
tents were stolen from the crate on leased pending the filing of chab
the back of a Bryan man’s motorcy- ASSAULT
cle. The motorcycle had broken • A woman reported that a c*
down on Ireland Street and was left put his arm around her at there
there while he went to get another ence desk in the library, whicb
vehicle. The money pouch, minus fended her.
the cash was found in a mail box by • A student was assaulted b
Parking Area 33. unknown person who struck hi
FELONY:
• A gold chain and ring were sto
len from a locker in the Sbisa Dining
Hall men’s locker room.
HARASSMENT:
• A student in Hart Hall re-
the face. There was no known
ocation for the attack.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION:
• A College Station man was :
rested after police observed hiir. J
Throckmorton Street yelling e:-
nities at passing vehicles.
to
wl
lo’
1
(
T
th
tn
th
sh
Ai
Ac
a
be
th
fo
ck
37
1
ou
an
in
an
a :
op
we
Gr
po
Te