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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1991)
is contract l 8' ‘tter :or? I feel ened to g the hell gays, ‘red the less. ruck deterrent The Post New ided the laybe ne said. r won't. ;uns. It not quite are risks .ffs with ’ in the o believe common 'e that 11 not be iture. If n, maybe ; a stick will die stupidity eath e of the •ctrical fitO Tuesday, March 26,1991 State Local The Battalior»^K\ 3 Students experience nature Program provides credits for geography field trips By Melinda Cox The Battalion Thanks to Texas A&M's De partment of Geography, some students can spend time at the beach, the desert or the moun tains and still earn college credit. Dr. Vatche Tchakerian, assis tant geosciences professor, orga nizes trips to Colorado and New Mexico. "The trip to Colorado is in the fall, Oct. 2 to 6, and the New Mexico trip is in the spring," Tchakerian said. "The main pur pose of the trip to Colorado is to introduce students to the physi cal geography of the natural world." Students learn about geomor phology, the study of the earth's landscape. "We go out of the classroom and see what glacial, peri-glacial and fluvial processes look like," Tchakerian said. "We also spend time looking at volcanoes." He said students have a lot of fun on the field trips. "The trip to Colorado takes us to Estes Park in the Rocky Moun tains National Park," Tchakerian said. "Students take a three-mile hike up the Rockies." Not all of the students' time, however, is spent in the field. Students are earning college credit and must fulfill certain homework requirements, he said. "They must do exercises and reading," Tchakerian said. "Homework is done at night during study sessions." Tchakerian said students also have free time in the evenings, but homework assignments must be completed. "We expect punctuality from students in returning to the buses and starting in the morn ing," he said. A second trip is offered to stu dents to New Mexico. "This trip provides a chance to look at primarily arid geomor phology," he said. "We look at various vegetation and land- forms in New Mexico and sand dunes. The dunes in the White Sands Desert are beautiful. We also study caves in Carlsbad." Students interested in the Col orado or New Mexico trips must miss two days of classes because the trips run Wednesday through Sunday. The absences are University- excused. Students also must bear a $200 expense per trip, which includes costs for trans portation and lodging. They also must bring their own spending money. The Department of Geography also organizes a third trip for stu dents to Galveston. Students involved in the Gal veston trip take a boat ride to study activity in the bay, said Dr. Steven Jennings, assistant geos ciences professor. "The trip will show how a bal- See Trip/Page 9 Supercomputing Technicians Gene Kienke (on knees), Cesar Flores » , and Bill McCollum, from Digital Corporation, a new VAX 9000 supercomputer in Zacnry Engi- RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion neering Center. The new computer, which is seven times faster than the current VAX computers on cam pus, went into use Friday, ahead of schedule. Off-Campus Housing Fair in MSC offers rental, leasing, utility information for B-CS By Karen Praslicka The Battalion Anyone seeking a place to live in Bryan-College Station can save time and gas money by stopping at the Off-Campus Housing Fair Wednesday. Representatives from local apartment complexes, duplexes, fourplexes and mobile home parks will be on the first floor of the MSC from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. to tell people about their prop erties. "It's an opportunity for them to come on campus, instead of having the students roam around town finding the right apartment complex," said Andy Jones, assistant coordinator of Texas A&M's Off-Campus Cen ter. The housing fair will provide students, faculty and staff op portunities to "monopolize their off-campus options," Jones said. Several "service providers" also will be at the fair. These in clude representatives from Bryan-College Station utilities companies, apartment locators and furniture rental stores. A program titled "Students' Rights as Consumers" is at noon. A representative from the local apartment association, the A&M students' attorneys office, a realtor and a property owner will answer questions about how to look for off-campus housing and what to do before signing a lease. "There are important things everybody needs to know before they dive into an apartment and sign a lease," Jones said. "These include students' rights and re sponsibilities as renters and how to break a lease if necessary." About 3,000 people attend the fair each year, and Jones said he expects at least that many Wednesday. He said although the fair is tar geted toward students, faculty and staff members are welcome to attend. "A lot of times we have visit ing professors, and they need a place to stay, even if it's just for a semester," Jones said. "We're trying to reach as many people as possible," he said. "That's what the Off-Cam pus Center is for." Jones said the Off-Campus Center also serves as a "clearing house" of information for off- campus students and students planning to move off campus. Some of its services include: □ Helping work out landlord and tenant conflicts and room mate conflicts. □ Holding lease discussions to make sure students understand their rights and responsibilities. Here’s YOUR chance to be in the Aggieland! 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