Page 14 The Battalion Monday, September 10,19i Claudette Sims presenting Black Women and Black Men: t6e OctcU, DATE: Wed, Sept 12,1990 TIME: 7:00-9:00 p.m. PLACE: 701 Rudder Tower sponsored by Memorial Student Center Black Awareness Committee Tanker readies for Mideast servic Exxon renames repaired ship lo\. 90 N SAN DIEGO (AP) — The ship that caused the country’s worst oil disaster is ready to return to service after it performed well during 10 days of sea trials, officials said Fri day. The Exxon Mediterranean, for merly the Exxon Valdez, returned to a dock at National Steel & Shipbuild ing Co. on Friday after the sea trials that began on Aug. 29. “The sea trials were most success ful,” Exxon spokesman Les Rogers in Houston said. “Everything went well. There’s just some minor adjust ments that have to be made to oper ating equipment.” NASSCO spokesman Fred Hallett said that the adjustments are minor. “There are just some minor things that have to have finishing touches, a plug that has to be put in here, something else there,” Hallett said. “It’s nothing major. It’s just a matter of calibrating some of the equip ment.” As the Exxon Valdez, the ship caused the nation’s worst oil disaster when it ran aground on Alaska’s Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, spilling almost 11 million gal lons of oil. It was returned to NASSCO’s shipyard in San Diego, where it was built and delivered to Exxon for service in 1986. Repairs on the 32,000-ton ship be gan in August 1989 and ended in .My- Workers replaced the single hulled ship’s mangled steel with 3,000 tons of new, inch-thick steel in a job that cost $30 million. The tanker was renamed the Ex xon Mediterranean in July and Ex xon said it would be put in service in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. As one of the biggest tankers in its fleet, Exxon officials said thei is too big for any U.S. Pacific | when fully loaded. They also said declining prodj lion from Alaskan oil fields hasf duced the need for such large t ers to be used on West shipping routes. “Over the next several days, s ship will be fueled and provisioi for its voyage to the Middle Easij Singapore,” Rogers said. “Thee departure time is not firm, butinj be announced in advance.” Coast Guard spokesman Cmdr. Larry Solberg said CoJ Guard officials were on board I portion of the sea trials and gavetl tanker a passing mark. es nv< CHRIS V [The Batta A copyrig |nning tot raphics C iblishers :xas A&M ;nts obtair [xtbooks. Eight ma ies, inch tarper & I ;d a lawst sponsored by McDona|d's WkM I f| J ® Mickey D's Arcade™ I ■ I Now open at the Univ. Dr. Location inko’s copy Lr copyrigh I The trial, Diirt in New I expected t< 1 The pub Irted that ark “copie copyright W©(glk Aft A Monday, September 10 □ Entries open for Triathlon and Elorseshoe Doubles. Registration for these events begins at 8:00 a.m. in 159 ReadBuilding. Tuesday, September 11 □ Entries close for Pre-Sea son Flag Football, Flag Football, and Long Driv ing. Wednesday, September 12 □ Pre-Season Flag Football Brackets Posted, 3:00 p.m. □ Corps Athletic Corporals Flag Football Captains' Meeting at 6:00 in 167 Read. □ The Long Driving Contest is today at the Driving Range. Thursday, September 13 □ Flag football Captains' Meeting tonight at 5:00 p.m. in 601 Rudder. □ Pre-Season Flag Football begins tonight at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 15 □ The Men’s Rugby team is playing at the Polo Fields from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, September 16 □ The Men’s Soccer team is playing at Central Park from 2-4 p.m. REC LOCKERS AND IDs AVAILABLE Recreational lockers are now available for rent at the Recreational Sports Of fice. Lockers rent for $12.00 per semes ter. RecIDsand intramural validations for faculty and staff are available in the Rec Sports Office in 159 Read. Costs are $10.00 per year for Rec IDs and $10.00 per semester for intramural validations. Spouse and dependent cards are also available for $20.00. Call the Rec Sports Office at 845-7826 for more informa tion. Acknowledgements: McDonald's® Rec Sports Highlights is sponsored by your local McDonald's® Restaurant at University Drive, Manor East Mall, Hwy 21, Texas Ave. at SW Parkway and Post Oak Mall. This ad is a creation of Jason C. Rogers and PJ. Miller. Pho tographs are by Rec Sports photogra phers. INTRAMURAL OFFICIALS WANTED The Texas A&M Sports Officiating Program trains approximately 400 stu dents throughout the year to officiate intramural contests. Students are paid for officiating and must training program usually tournament in which they Check out the Recreational and times of meetings those students interested in Pitch Softball and Inner- u> % Apl .