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Page 8 The Battalion Wednesday, November2U Nerd House STUDY ABROAD IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION JUNE 1 - JULY 3, 1992 Observe Problem Solving Instruction in Primary and Secondary Schools... '‘jQfTroH] Study with Teacher Educators at Nottingham Polytechnic, The University of Salford, and Stafford Schools in Workshop Settings... Meet Prominent British Educators... Experience the Cultural Diversity of One of the World's Greatest Cities... 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Chart by Tom A, Madison 11 j 1 Satellite problems dela launch of space shuttle Continued from Page 1 ' Sow mur tw/mmoTm.Jce, but look on the mmsux-EvmoNE expects you to suck! " If repairs take much longer than a week, the Thanksgiving holiday could be a further compli cation in scheduling, he said. NASA prefers to avoid paying ex tra holiday on a launch day, espe cially given current budget con straints. Lt. Col. Ernie Jaskolski, an en gineer for the Air Force Space Sys tems Division, said two of 10 in struments, a gyroscope and ac celerometer in the guidance unit, malfunctioned during testing. Although just three of five pairs of instruments are needed for flight, managers wanted all to be working, he said. The two bad instruments recorded 24 errors within three hours, and "it was gettingwc-, said Hal DiRamio, a system* ager for Boeing Space Transp;, tion. The $50 million sattl booster is made by Boeing Deg and Space Group near Seattle Officials said they wanttcl derstand why the unit faile: fore sending up the satellite* repaired booster. The satelb self appeared to be fine, they# Mission commander Freds Gregory and pilot Terence "ll Henricks planned to returVc Johnson Space Center in Ho:; later this week. The rest:: fj crew planned to stay atKen : Space Center until the next lac A at,e ™p l - , .... ,W\ The crew s main job dunr: 10-day flight is release of fc fense Support Programsatf" I. 9 Richards warns against Medicaid change Continued from Page 1 said. was scheduled to vote on a measure that would block implementation of the rules until Sept. 30. Medicaid was designed to reimburse states for up to 83 percent of their Medicaid spend ing, but in at least one state the government is paying $4 for every $1 paid in by states, Wilen- sky testified. In October 1990, states sought $497 million in matching funds. Seven months later, the re quests had skyrocketed to $2.5 billion and by July 1991 $3.8 billion had been requested, she 'HCFA currently estimates states will re quest at least $5.5 billion in federal matching funds for donation and tax programs in isca year 1992," she testified. ,. ., States no longer are receiving icai funding on the basis of poverty or need, ' , u on "how aggressively they have been a . this new 100 percent federal money, s e sai • But Richards noted the states are being i hard. In 1984, Texas spent $691 n 11 * 110 " ° n Medicaid. "The best estimates tell us tha ‘ in the next two years, our share of that cos be two and a half billion dollars, she sai Te mav v but co n4htai "It gets so easy to get within this be Dr and suddenly start thinking about them: for Bu — them being the states," Richards said tial cu our taxpayers were different. They're no; suited are the same people." 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Texas Ave.), 693-6074. HOURS: M-Sat, 10am-8pm; Sun, 12noon-6pm. Shevardrad/ reappointed: Soviet Ford® Minister Continued from Page 1 as foreign minister. Withprw from Yeltsin, Gorbachev Boris D. Pankin, the Soviet a sador to Czechoslovakia wh demned the coup fromthestt Pankin replaced Abe Bessmertnykh, who wasfiie|j taking an ambiguous stand: coup. Before announcing She' nadze's reappointment lues Gorbachev telephoned Prime Minister John Majoi asked if he would acceptParfi the new ambassador in Londti Major called back an how! and said he welcomed it,ca! Pankin "an excellent appi ment.” Shevardnadze joined theli munist Party in 1948, when! Stalin ruled the country. In 1985, he became Geo:: minister of internal affairs at: came famous for purging co: officials in the mountainous:: ern republic. Position off® plan to unify communicatic units at A&M- VI St pic Continued from Page 2 1 C A § ant tioi Te: In the bu< tie; of different places. Manyo university's have established kind of position." Strong management ex: ence and professional expen in public affairs were amonj qualifications required, : Dempster, who led the se: committee responsible forfi; the position. Henry's vast ex: ence is in these and many othe eas more than qualified him the job. Henry has served as thep: dent and CEO of the Nations stitute of Building Sciences. He established his own: suiting practice, which in merged with two other Los A les firms to create the sec largest international public: tions firm in the West and the in the United States to start ~ rsmm panic and sports marketing' sions. jit /r In 1978 he was responsibic\/| the worldwide media camfil-T A. that led to the selection of Los geles as the site of the Olympic games. Henry is active in the Relations Society of Amtf Academy of Motion Picture- jUn and Sciences and the Acaden/Ioble Television Arts and Sciences, lents He has been honored Vedm awards from PRSA, the WorlA&M stitute of Black Communicatb lear Women in Communications^ dev the Council on Non-Theatrica; ve in tertainment.