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STATE & LOCAL
Friday, February 9,1990
A&M professor receives
presidential appointment
By JULIETTE RIZZO
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M, while striving to become a world-class
university, continues to uphold its longstanding tradi
tion of maintaining a worlu-class faculty.
Dr. Norman Borlaug, distinguished professor of in
ternational agriculture since 1983 and the only agrono
mist to win the Nobel Peace Prize, recently was ap
pointed to President Bush’s 13-member Council of
Advisers on Science and Technology.
Borlaug, also known as the “father of the green revo
lution” for his notable contributions to wheat crop
yields and crop management in underdeveloped coun
tries, was appointed to the Council by President Bush.
Bush recognized Borlaug for his pioneering efforts in
agriculture that have increased food supplies in devel
oping nations.
Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for simi
lar efforts in science and technology, which aided in sta
bilizing political unrest.
Dr. Harry Cralle, associate professor in the depart
ment of soil and crop sciences, said this appointment
comes as no surprise to the department.
“He is a remarkable man whose work habits are un
believable,” he said. “His professional accomplishments
are remarkable but to know him is to realize his per
sonal attributes exceed all he has done professionally.”
Borlaug, 74, has had the opportunity to interact on a
personal basis with people in many countries and con
tinues to put in 12-hour work days on campus interact
ing with visiting scientists and teaching Agronomy 608
— Internationa Agronomy Development.
A spokesman from his office said a lot of younger
people do not put in the hours he does. Borlaug works
for what he believes in, she said.
Cralle said agronomy is what Borlaug has believed in
ever since he was young and acquired his interest in the
field from growing up on his grandfather’s farm in
Iowa. He has been dedicated to the field ever since and
has even been known, when doing research, to sleep in
the field in order to get an early start in the morning.
As a newly appointed member of Bush’s panel, Bor
laug was informed by the president of his responsibili
ties, which include advising the president on such topics
as science, technology, research, development and in
creasing U.S. competition in global markets.
Currently, Borlaug devotes his time to many of these
areas. While he is a professor at A&M, he also moon
lights as an agronomist at a grain improvement center
he helped establish outside Mexico City.
His most recent research endeavor involves leading
the Sasakawa-Global-2000 agricultural program in sub-
Saharan Africa where many have died from drought
and famine. Borlaug’s research in Africa focuses on
mass producing sorghum, which is used in America to
feed livestock, as a cereal grain substitute for human
nutrition.
Additionally, Borlaug is a distinguished member of
the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honor
member in the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
“It (his appointment and his other efforts) are inspir
ing examples that show that a single individual can
work hard and change the world for the better,” Cralle
said. “By far he deserves this honor.”
Eagle, Channel 3 revamp
news formats for audiences
U.S. economy
benefits from
foreign aid
By PAM MOOMAN
Of The Battalion Staff
Reducing U.S. foreign aid
would not reduce the federal
budget deficit, a specialist in in
ternational agriculture said
Thursday.
James Goodwin, coordinator
of International Agriculture Pro
grams at Texas A&M, said for
eign aid actually benefits the
United States because about 70
percent of the money spent is re
turned to this country in salaries
and purchases of U.S. commodi
ties.
Goodwin spoke as part of a
three-member panel discussing
the formulation of U.S. foreign
aid. The panel discussion was
See Panel/Page 10
By SEAN FRERKING
Of The Battalion Staff
In an age of face-lifts and tummy
tucks, even the news media seem to
want a new look.
The Bryan-College Station Eagle
will begin a new format Sunday
while KBTX-TV Channel 3, a CBS
affiliate, started its alterations in Oc
tober.
Jeff Braun, KBTX news director,
said the changes were made to make
the broadcast more accessible to the
viewing audience. He said the man
agement of the station decided to re
fashion their approach to the news.
The new set has increased local
coverage, highlighted area issues,
and made the weather report more
cortcise to cover a wider region for
KBTX viewers,-Braun said.
Technological advancements
made the set that KBTX had been
using for more than four years stale,
Braun said. The old set had to be
abandoned because the new equip
ment required a new style and a new
building.
The move to a new location was
the culmination of a nine-to-12
month process. In October, the 5
p.m. news was revamped and “First
News at Five” premiered. Braun said
the show focuses on the local audi
ence’s interests and issues from
around the area.
The new look for the 6:00 p.m.
broadcast, which started Monday, is
a combination of the best qualities
that stations around the country
have to offer, Braun said.
The updated news program,
which is in the Waco-Temple market
and serves 16 counties surrounding
and including Brazos County, has
received a positive response from its
viewers, he said.
The station still is changing,
Braun said, and will continue to alter
its program to suit the needs of
Channel 3’s viewers.
See Local media/Page 10
Alaskan refuge faces danger
By TODD L. CONNELLEY
Of The Battalion Staff
Lenny Kohm is a man with a mission.
After spending two years in what is commonly re
ferred to as “The Last Great Wilderness,” Kohm is de
termined to convince the country that this refuge is in
danger.
In a multi-projector slide presentation sponsored by
the Texas Environmental Action Coalition, the Brazos
Sierra Club and the Rio Brazos Audobon Society,
Kohm said that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a
fragile land in jeopardy.
Located in northeastern Alaska, it is home to bears,
arctic fox, snowy owls, tundra swans and countless
other species. It’s also home to the Gwich’in, a native
tribe that have lived there for over 10,000 years.
But now, Kohm said, this fragile land is in jeopardy.
“The petroleum industry wants this land,” Kohm
said. “If they move in and start developing they will
eventually destroy this incredible wilderness.
Oil companies are considering converting the ref
uge’s coastal plain into an industrial development. Al
most all of Alaska’s 1100-mile Arctic coastline is open to
development. The coastal plain of the refuge is tne last
125 miles not open to development.
Kohm’s slides revealed some of the damage that al
ready has occurred in areas that are under devel
opment.
“Abandoned oil drums are everywhere,” he said.
“They are so frequent the natives call them Arctic Dai
sies.”
He told the crowd of about 50 that companies still
emit black smoke from their smokestacks even though
See Alaska/Page 10
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By DAPHNE MILLER
Of The Battalion Staff
Residents of Puryear Hallnj
participate Saturday in the do
mitory’s annual “War Games.'
Sean Moran, organizer
“War Games” and a junior urbjJ
forestry major from Houstoi
said the activity is exactly whai
sounds like, a game of war.
Participants are issued gurl
witli paint pellets and safetygof 11 ’
gles, Moran said. 1 hey traveli
the designated war site, a piece
private land they have permissit
to use for the day, and go to war.
A de-militarized zoneisestab
lished first at the war site. This
a homebase, a neutral area whei
weapons may not be fired m
teams are picked.
One team wears red bandanas,
and the other wears blue ones
The teams then choose war base
where they erect their team flag
decide who will defend thefl
and plan war strategies.
Tnen “war” begins. When i
participant gets “shot,” he “dies
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did not get to play war
games until I got to
college.”— Sean Moran
organizer
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mainder of the war. The lea
that captures the opposing teams
llag wins. Moran said tne wit
could last 20 minutes or tw
hours.
“This is a social thing andaw
for all of us to get to knowead
other,” Moran said. “It isagd
way for us to take out aggressk
and stress without gettinghun. I
Puryear Hall residents haitl
been participating in “wargamesl
for at least four years, Moral
said. To his knowledge no o:-
has gotten hurt playing, he said.
“This is"a Puryear'event, an|
everyone really gets excitedaboi
it,” Moran said.
Brazos Valley War Gamcil
rents equipment to participant!.
Guns cost S5 each and paintis|2
per ten shots. Forty guns att
available. A turnout of 30 peoplt,
including the Puryear Hall custo
dian is expected, Moran said
“Little girls play with
lit tle boys grab sticks, pretend to I
shoot everyone and play «
games,” he said. “That is even
little boy’s dream. I did notgelto
play war games until I got toed-
lege.”
Moran said the residents get so;
involved in this game thatpartki-1
pants even choose nicknames.
Moran’s nickname is “Charif
Don’t Surf.” Other participant!
with nicknames include Tom
“The Dog” Voigt, a sophomott
engineering major from Terrel;
and Jeff “Rambo Killer" Bryan,) I
sophomore general studies majot
from Terrell.
Moran said this idea originated
from “Full Metal Jacket,” a movit
about the Vietnam War in whicl
the soldiers had nicknames.
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