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State & Local The Battalion Friday, August 9, The Battalion (USPS 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Daily Newspaper Association Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Poultry experts flock to A&M Richards may recaU legislate By Jeff M. Brown The Battalion The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen Managing Editor Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Jennifer Jeffus Callie Wilcher Art Director Richard James Lifestyles Editor Rob Newberry Sports Editor Jayme Blaschke Opinion Editor Keith Sartin Editorial Policy The Battalion is published da ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi days, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. Publication is Tuesday through Friday dur ing the summer sessions. The newsroom phone number is 845- 3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting newspaper oper ated as a community service to Texas A&M University and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University and is a division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Jour nalism. . Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, faculty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or com plaints about any of the editorial content of the newspaper should be directed to the managing edb tor at 845-3313. Subscriptions Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-1111. Second class postage paid at Col lege Station, TX 77843. Location: The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. Campus mail stop: 1111. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from .the advertising de partment at 845-2696 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office at the En glish Annex. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Battalion Adviser Robert Wegener Production Manager Paige Force BATTIPS The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by call ing BATTIPS, The Battal ion's phone line designed to improve communication be tween the newspaper and its readers. The BATTIPS number is 845-3315. Ideas can include news sto ries, feature ideas and person ality profiles of interesting people. Readers also are en couraged to offer any other suggestions that could im prove the newspaper. The Poultry Science Associa tion's 80th annual meeting will take place at Texas A&M next week, rounding up an interna tional group of academic and in dustry members. Lee Cartwright, an associate professor of poultry science and a poultry specialist with the Texas Agriculture Extension Service, said the 900 individuals attending the meeting will come from as far away as Australia and Great Britain. Members will present papers and participate in symposiums discussing topics such as im provement of egg composition, fat content of poultry products and decrease of phosphorus in waste. "A lot of the research might be interesting to many different fields, so all students are encour aged to attend," Cartwright said. There will be social events as well as sessions on pathology, genetics and nutrition. Monday night the association will hold an ice cream social, and Wednesday evening former Dal las Cowboy Bob Lilly will appear at a barbecue hosted by the Phizer Animal Health Company. Thursday evening, the associa tion will hold its annual banquet and present awards for out standing work in poultry. Although people might think poultry science is a narrow field, Mary Van Elswyk, a graduate student in poultry nutrition, said the subject has wide-ranging benefits. "A lot of people have a mis conception that we just deal with chickens," she said. "Most of the research done with poultry can be transferred to other spe and even humans." species AUSTIN (AP) — Legislative leaders and Gov. Ann Richai; said Thursday they remain hopeful that lawmakers can write® fund a state budget before Tuesday's end of the special session. But with time running out, Richards said she was prepared immediately call another special session if the Legislature fails. "My inclination is — if we by any chance do not finish- we'll continue" on Wednesday, she said. "We had a long discussion yesterday with the leaderstyj Richards said. "They really do want to finish, and they're try hard to do that. But we do not want to finish at the expense! legislation that is good legislation." House Speaker Gib Lewis and Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, whop: sides over the Senate, said they hoped to wrap up by Tuesday, "We're working 24 hours a day, as you know, to achieve: goal," said Lewis, D-Fort Worth. Bullock said meeting the deadline was "a real possibility." The current state budget expires on Aug. 31. Lawmakers are struggling with a projected $4.8 billion del for 1992-93 if all services are continued at present levels. O LSL eptei he be easoi Sloe 17-7-1 &M icton ear. 1 DON’T CRACK UNDER PRESSURE Course links geography, literatur rave a By Susan Maguire The Battalion Two Texas A&M departments offered a joint course earlier this summer that gave Texas teachers a chance to learn about the Southwest's geography and literature. Dr. Donna Norton with the Educational Curriculum and Instruction department said the purpose of the course — the Ad vanced Summer Geography Institution for Teachers — is to enable teachers to give their students new insights on geography through literature. "Because geography is an area that stu dents are behind in, we want to tie it in with literature and make the subject exciting for both teachers and students," she said. "There is a national thrust for literature- based programs right now." A group of elementary, high school and college teachers accompanied by a group of instructors from A&M, traveled to New Mexico, Colorado and West Texas and stud ied the literature of each area. Before the 11-day trip, each teacher took two short preparatory classes — a multicul tural childrens' literature course and a field geography course. The course was funded by National Geo graphic, The Texas Alliance for Geography and the Hobby Foundation. Each participant went through an applica tion process in the spring and explained how they would combine literature and ge ography together in their classes. The teachers chosen were from social studies and English disciplines. Dr. Bob Bednarz, an associate geography professor and co-director of the program, said people began to realize during the 1980s that there was a lack of geographic training at all levels. He said the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education was created by teachers and col lege faculty in 1986, and its purposeisto sure teachers get the proper training. On the first leg of tne trip, M( eled to Plains. New Mexico to study the G Sloe lost to one f ised l 3ucky xmfer : unny trip, the groupt * It's t They then went to Colorado to le about settlers who crossed the Contk Divide. While in Colorado, the groups! ied old mining towns. Then the groupt back to New Mexico and saw ancient Inc cave dwellings. They traveled to Santa Fe to learn; the cultural clashes between Hispare American Indians and tourists. Finally,t went to El Paso and crossed the border: Mexico to study writings about the Ai can industries moving to Mexico. The i group studied all genres of liters;, involving those areas, Norton said, fe with o: biographies and non-fiction to science tion and poetry. ^ ■ The ailed. mm UT, A&M chairmen suggest mergers, closings, not cutbacks TAG-Heuer SWISS MADE SINCE 1860. CLofzn Ut (Formerly of Texas Coin Exchange) *-/ no.. ’Very Personal Investments" Rare Coins, Loose Diamonds, Precious Metal, Fine Jewelry & Watches 313 B South College Ave. 846-8916 (Skaggs Shopping Center) HOUSTON (AP) — The Legis lature should follow the prece dent set by the military base clo sures and merge or close schools instead of impose cutbacks that would lead to higher education mediocrity, the chairmen of the boards of regents of the Univer sity of Texas and Texas A&M said. "There would be some hurt feelings, of course, but compare that adverse effect with the over all positive effect of shutting down unnecessary schools," A&M Board of Regents Chair man Ross Margraves Jr. said. "Why can't we follow the same concept as the U.S. gov ernment did in shutting down military bases?" Margraves and UT Board of Regents Chairman Louis Bee- cherl Jr. said the politically un popular move would be better than across-the-board cuts. Margraves and Beecherl didn't name specific closure or merger candidates, but in interviews with the Houston Chronicle published Wednesday they said the state's budget problems should make their idea a more realistic possibility. An expected revenue shortfall of nearly $5 billion has caused the state to target higher educa tion for $500 million in cuts. The House on Monday approved an appropriations bill requiring UT and A&M to absorb 84 percent of senior college and university budget cuts. Opposition from school si porters quickly has doomedi previous calls to close or mei schools. Since 1960, only public universities in the nal have been closed, according the Texas Higher Educalii Coordinating Board. Closure candidates named the past included Sul Ross Si; University at Alpine, East 1;; State at Commerce and UT-f| mian Basin at Odessa. It's Vou on Stage Post Oah Hail for OacHo-School fasfiion sfioms hosted htj Creative Impact Group of Chicago. Here is your chance to morh with a big-city fashion coordinator. If you are chosen, you'll be in the PostOah Mall hach-to-school fashion shows on Hugust 16 and 17! HuqdsMZ Dillard's / Sears court 8-22 years old males & females ReQistraHon bepins at 5:30pm fluditions Degin atE:D0pm We're On The Move • • I The Battalion has moved its Advertising Office from the English Annex to Rm. 015 in the basement of the Reed McDonald Buildiniy. Phone numbers and hours will remain the same. Display ads: 845-2696 Classified ads: 845-0569 Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come See Us At Our New Location! MEXICAN CAFE Open 24 hrs. 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