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je 6 ies 25 ,7 e i. 50 3. i /e. iergy- rs are f this /■ has »f the They Inc. small 40), a shut- toilet Store com- i0), a cad- r AA arger The an in from has /n in play st fa- tame reets carts who imo- to 1 the . jam n. to con- nds, and :lud- ^ate. July the ■s — :> res- Gay- >wn, has ‘Spie ine a »usi- i to it," gas, sent s as fcew, cre- can nere bers -t of ■ng, “For the first-time summer school students, you may be developing a mild complex after your first week of classes.” Trey Jacobson pages ClayDesta’s destiny Midland bank officials pleaded no contest to violations of the state insurance code. ^ page 2 The Battalion Vol. 90 No. 150 CJSPS 045360 6 Pages College Station, Texas "Serving Texas A&Msince 1893" Friday, June 7,1991 Super Collider funding passes; Rep. Barton says project on schedule By Greg Mt Joy The Battalion Congressional supporters of the Su perconducting Super Collider (SSC) are calling the passing of an appropriations bill approving $434 million in funding a landslide vote. Congressman Joe Barton, R-Ennis, said the SSC is on schedule and under budget, despite challenges to its funding forme third straight year. Craig Murphy, spokesperson for Bar ton, said the May 29 vote was a resound ing defeat for anti-SSC forces. "We can hope this vote will put them torest finally," Murphy said. "Every year we win, it will be tougher for them. Rea listically, though, they will be back." Murphy said the bill should come up before the Senate within a month, and should be recieved there more positively than it was in the House, where it was cut by $100 million. "We consider $434 million a floor figu re," he said. "It should go up in the Sen ate, because the House was considered the toughest hurdle. We're 100 percent sure the figure won't go down." Murphy said the bill's passage is good news for A&M research planned at the SSC. "A&M certainly has the inside track on SSC research," he said. "If SSC is on schedule, A&M's research is on schedu le." Murphy said the SSC should be com pleted by the end of the century, but sur face work at the facility is underway. The long-term schedule and the $100 million cut in the project's budget, how ever, worry some A&M physics officials. Dr. Peter McIntyre, an A&M physicist who has worked closely with the SSC, said the cut was troubling because it could slow down future construction, adding needless cost increases. "As a taxpayer, I don't like to see the construction stretched out," McIntyre said. "In construction, time is money. The longer the project takes, the more in cidental costs will be incurred." McIntyre said lengthening the project also causes problems with graduate stu dents who would work at the SSC. "We can't take on a graduate student in 1991 for a project we can't start until the turn of the century," he said. "As a result, future experiments are greatly af fected by funding cuts." McIntyre said A&M students and pro fessors involved in experiments at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermi- lab) in Illinois are helping bridge the gap created by SSC construction. "Fermilab gives us the ability to pro vide for the here and now as well as for the future at SSC," he said. Barton, however, said Fermilab was one of the main opponents of the SSC. "Building the SSC will benefit Fermilab because millions of dollars of work for the SSC will be subcontracted to Fermilab scientists," he said. Murphy said the opposition by Fermi lab officials was hard to understand. "The small group against the SSC seems to be on a quest," he said. "No body really understands it, though." Murphy said the bill probably wouldn't linger long in the Senate. "The SSC funding bill was the first out of the House, and the Senate will proba bly get to it just as quickly," he said. Murphy said the bill woqld go to Presi dent Bush after any differences were worked out in a House-Senate confer ence committee. "The bill will go finally to the President to sign," he said. "The President regards the SSC as one of his highest federal sci ence priorities and is expected to sign the funding bill into law." PENNY DELOSSANTOS/The Battalion Watch the bouncing ball Linda Arnold shows members of the basketball camp Thursday the technique of ball handling. Arnold is an assistant coach at the First Academy in Dallas. Fraternity punished Alleged hazing injures several pledges By Karen Praslicka The Battalion A Texas A&M fraternity faces one year of probation for the al leged hazing of several pledges by active members in which some pledges sustained minor injuries, including a broken arm. Phi Delta Theta is also subject to new restrictions and require ments, including no alcohol at any of its sanctioned events and partic ipation in community service pro jects. No charges were filed against the fraternity by pledges involved in the alleged hazing. But Dr. John Koldus, vice presi dent for student services, said A&M's judicial office can still take action against individuals in volved. He said the investigation will continue until all specific de tails are discovered. Koldus said the injuries were caused by the students chasing each other in a field and general "horseplay." In an official statement. Dr. Ma- lon Southerland, associate vice president for student services, said the fraternity's good record and cooperation were factors in deciding disciplinary action. The fraternity's national head quarters placed the A&M chapter under probation and mandated 12 requirements. The judicial board of A&M's In- terfratemity Council (IFC) also re quested probation for the frater nity and added five other requirements. The IFC requires the fraternity to pay for a guest speaker and ed ucational seminar on positive pledging available to anyone on campus and for the fraternity's ex ecutive officers to meet with Dr. Mike Leese, the Greek adviser, once a month. IFC officials could not be reached for comment. Southerland said the University will accept the provision for heav ily supervised probation, along with the recommendations and ac- See Groups/Page 4 Program trains teachers to add global curricula Educators learn to 'internationalize' classrooms By Tammy Bryson The Battalion More than 30 social science edu cators from Texas will learn how to internationalize their present classroom curricula in a two-week program beginning Monday at Texas A&M. The Summer Assembly For Global Education (SAGE) will take place beginning Monday until june21. The program is designed to help elementary and secondary teach ers bring global education into their classrooms, said Dr. Kerry Cooper, director of the Center for International Business Studies (CIBS), a division of Texas A&M's College of Business Administra tion. Cooper said the goal of SAGE is to show teachers how to increase their students' awareness of the effect that foreign countries have on the United States. "The program is useful because so many students who come to A&M don't know anything about international relations, and they need to be informed in order to do well here," Cooper said. Cooper stressed that for stu dents to learn more about how the world works, teachers have to know more about topics such as international economics and rela tions. "This year's program includes classes focusing on the Pacific Rim, Mexico's third-world debt and Canada's recent trade agreement with the United States," said Karen Burke, asso ciate director of CIBS. Other sessions will cover eco nomic concepts such as interna tional trade and financial institu tions, exchange rates and problems faced by developing na tions, Burke said. Dr. Larry Wolken, a senior lec turer in finance, developed and teaches many of the sessions in the program. "We also bring in a number of visiting speakers from different countries to teach in order to give the program a strong cultural as pect," Cooper said. Educators who attend SAGE are selected by application from across See Educators/Page 4 Conferences change to ease adjustment for new students By Susan Maguire The Battalion Texas A&M freshman and transfer student conferences are changing the program's format to make adjusting to life at A&M easier for incoming students, an official with A&M's Student Affairs said. Dub Oliver, a program specialist for Student Affairs, said that this year University President William Mobley will greet students and parents and officially kickoff the conference. He also said the math assessment test that helped advisers decide whether students should take calculus or pre-calculus courses is no longer required. "A lot of students would take a credit-by- examination test the day before and place out of calculus or pre-calculus," Oliver said. "It didn't make sense for them to take the math assessment test, when they had already earned credit." A new program called "Aggie Culture, It's Not Just Maroon and White" also is being offered to focus on A&M's cultural atmosphere. Oliver also said a student life program will have a student speaker's input, along with the staff speakers. Even some programs for parents will be different, Oliver said. The Aggie Parents of the Year 1990 will give a presentation during the parents' social in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center for every conference. Oliver said many of the social programs will stay the same, such as the ice cream social on the first evening and the mixer dance on the last evening. lo nelp keep the conferences running smoothly, 200 student student volunteers, or orientation leaders, have been selected to assist conference administration, Oliver said. Linda Richardson, coordinator for freshman conferences, said her office takes care of the administrative tasks of registering the students for their conferences. Richardson said around 6,300 freshmen are expected this summer for orientation, and 5,800 have already registered. Around 2,500 transfer students are expected, and 1,500 have registered, she said. "The number registered changes daily, and, it seems, hourly," she said. There are 12 freshmen conferences this summer: seven in June, four in July and one in August for out-of-state students and those who could not attend one of the earlier conferences. "We try to put 500 students in each conference," Richardson said. "A huge number of parents also attend." Four transfer student conferences are scheduled this summer. One is in June, two are in July, and one is in August. Each transfer student conference lasts two days. Richardson said students have many chances to see advisers about courses before they register. She said students will be offered "pre professional" meetings, or advising sessions for students studying pre-law, medicine and education. Another help session offered to freshmen is led by orientation leaders giving advice about scheduling, Richardson said. "What's neat is they get hands-on attention," she said. "We could let them register by phone, but this one time they get help." RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion Galley Callahan and Scott Votaw teach incoming freshman how to wildcat. I 3 dis- 1BA he se- s is it to eles ride t be tted tup an- :ted be- ulls ulls irst /ear aim You you •ally me, the : we i be ion- 50. 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