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The Battalion
Friday, February 28,
A&M agency
links education,
research efforts
By Tanya Sasser
The Battalion
The Texas Engineering Experi
ment Station (TEES) is "bridging
boundaries" by strengthening the
bond between research and edu
cation at Texas A&M.
TEES is an agency of the Texas
A&M University System whose
purpose is to conduct research in
all engineering disciplines, said
Laura Nowlin, TEES director of
information and publication.
"Most people don't realize the
amount of paperwork that is nec
essary to get money for research
and to actually conduct the re
search," Nowlin said. "TEES is
responsible for managing that pa
perwork."
TEES also helps put together
proposals when a certain depart
ment is applying for a grant.
"Basically TEES brings money
into the system," Dr. Richard Hall,
deputy director of TEES, said.
"Eighty-five to 87 percent of TEES
funds go back into the Universi
ty-"
Agency researchers brought in
$32.4 million in contracts ,and
grants last year for a wide range
of research projects.
"TEES is the primary agency
through which we do engineering
research in the College of Educa
tion," Hall said. "About 99.9 per
cent of the school of engineering
works through TEES."
Most of the present TEES re
searchers are A&M faculty mem
bers within the College of Educa
tion, Nowlin said. Because of the
rapid growth of TEES, the number
of researchers from other univer
sities is increasing, as are pro
grams within those institutions.
Nowlin said TEES is also be
ginning to collaborate research ef
forts with other countries. Joint
study projects involving faculty
and students from the United
States and Mexico are being
planned.
"We are forming some agree
ments with some Mexican agen
cies which highlights our theme of
'bridging boundaries'."
Former TEES Director Herbert
Richardson was recently named to
the chancellorship of The Texas
A&M University System.
Through Dr. Richardson's leader
ship, support for TEES' research
has tripled.
"Since Dr. Richardson was ap
pointed chancellor, it has been a
time of change for TEES," Nowlin
said.
"We have so many projects
going on at one time, we can't re
port on all of them," she said.
Health worker quits amid HIV scare
'Our town is scarred; Her credibility is zero/ newspaper editor says
BOGOTA, Texas (AP) — In a town as
small as this, everyone seems to know his
neighbor.
Except no one seems to know the area's
most visible resident. Dona Spence, the
health worker who alerted residents three
months ago that 36 area teens were carrying
the HIV virus.
But now health officials say they can nei
ther verify nor dispute the numbers, and
Spence has quit her job.
''It's going to take a long time for this
town to recover from this," Denise Wood, ed
itor of the weekly Bogata News, said Thurs
day, the day after Spence unexpectedly re
signed from the Ark-Tex Council of Govern
ments.
"Our town is scarred," Wood said. "Her
credibility is zero."
Three weeks ago, the small East Texas
town made headlines when the Dallas Morn
ing News reported that area high school bas
ketball teams were refusing to play nearby
Rivercrest High School because of Spence's
chilling information.
The resulting publicity. Wood said, has
turned a cheerful, farming community into
one hurt and distrustful of outsiders.
"This is a town where you leave your
keys in the car when you go to the store," she
said. "The whole town is very anti-Dona
right now."
But Rivercrest students continue to direct
their anger at the media .
"I don't think they're mad at her because
they didn't believe her in the first place/'said
18-year-old Tiffany Parish.
"And besides," Parish said, "Hoaxornot,
Spence accomplished her original mission, to
educate the area about AIDS.
As for Spence, she has changed her tele
phone number and remained out of sight,
There was no one at her home Wednesday
night or Thursday.
"Now they know it can happen," Parish
said.
But Dona Spence and the furor she has
sparked remain the talk of the town.
Ladies pay to play at charity
By Alysia Woods
The Battalion
Local ladies paid big bucks
Wednesday night for eligible
bachelors from the Bryan-College
Station area in the fifth annual
"Dream Date" Bachelor Auction
sponsored by the Sundance Club
in the Hilton in College Station.
This year's proceeds from the
event went to the Sheltering Arms
Emergency Shelter, a licensed
emergency shelter for abused, ne
glected and abandoned children.
The shelter is a branch of the Twin
City Mission, a local non-profit or
ganization.
Kevin Wood, administrator of
the shelter, said the proceeds will
be used for several projects, pri
marily a new shelter.
"We're in the beginning stages
of getting a new shelter," Wood
said. "We're looking at land right
now."
Sheltering Arms provides a
temporary home for children un
der 18 until a permanent home,
such as a foster home, is found.
The shelter also provides free
counseling for children and their
families.
The auction featured 24 area
bachelors. Admission of $1 was
collected at the door and everyone
was allowed to bid.
Leigh Kubin, chairperson of the
Bachelor Auction Committee said
the shelter was a good choice for
this year's auction.
"They (the shelter) are really in
need of food and clothing for the
children," Kubin said. "Basically,
they don't get any state funding.'
Kubin said the auction, which
is always a success, chooses differ
ent charities each year. Past chari
ties have included the Muscular
Dystrophy Association and prena
tal clinics.
Bachelors that were auctioned
included local students, physi
cians, waiters and club managers.
Ages of the bachelors ranged from
21 to 45.
Each bachelor was introduced
by emcees Brooke Stevens and
Chris Scott and modeled on a run-
auction
way. Some danced and the crowd
cheered when a few bachelors
stripped.
The highest bid went to local
television reporter for KBTX,]oel
Thomas, who sold for $425. Texas
A&M quarterback Bucky Richard
son was scooped up for $40(1,
Each bachelor had their own plans
for the date with the person who
bid the highest.
One onlooker commented on
the courage of the bachelors.
"I sure wouldn't do it," said
David Todaro, a Blinn student,
Bachelor Joe Gimblet said he
was not having much fun, al
though it was for a good cause.
"Now I know how some girls
feel," Gimblet said.
Chief plans community policing Students
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"I feel confident and think we
have a quality program," he said.
"But down the road, there might
be some things we'll want to look
at."
One of the programs Feldman
hopes to develop is community
policing. An officer presently pa
trols the Southgate area in College
Station - bordered by George
Bush Drive, Dexter Drive, Holle-
man Drive and Wellborn Road.
The program involves officers
on foot patrolling door to door
and speaking with residents about
crime.
Feldman, who says he "bleeds
Aggie maroon," earned a degree
in education from Texas A&M,
and then played professional
baseball for six years as a pitcher
with the San Francisco Giants.
After Feldman left basebqlj be
cause of a bad arm in 1965, he re
turned to College'Statiofi'vvithout
any plans about what he was go
ing to do. Then some acquain
tances told him about an opening
for a police officer.
"My friends asked me if I want
ed to be a police officer, and I said
'You've got to be kidding,' " he
said.
Feldman said after about a
week or two of thinking about it,
he decided to join the force and
has stayed with it.
Brymer said Feldman brings a
strong sense of loyalty and devo
tion to the community and the de
partment, as well as a strong sense
of vision about departmental
goals for the future.
"He brings a lot of strong ex
pertise to police work," Brymer
said.
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whenever asked upon.
Many A&M students who
served in the Gulf attended the
rally and gave their testimonials
and opinions about the war.
Mike Yeager, a junior psycholo
gy major from Galveston who is
also in the Marine Reserves, said
he volunteered to blow up mine
fields in Kuwait.
"There were guys there who
were married and had kids," he
said. "I felt it was the right thing to
do."
give views on war
John Fernandez, a sophomore
at A&M, dropped out of school to
serve in the Persian Gulf.
"I was proud to serve and have
no regrets in serving my country
to its fullest capacity," said Fer
nandez, a Marine.
A handful of students protested
the rally's glorification of war and
the killing of innocent people.
"I don't think this war should
be celebrated as a victory," said
protester Mark Fletcher, a research
associate in chemical engineering
at A&M.
Many of the people who were
killed were innocent civilians who
had nothing to do with the war, he
added.
"I feel it (the war) was unneces
sary in the first place," said
rotester Kade Roberts. "Itwas
ighly politically motivated and
could have been avoided."
The rail)' was not meant tobea
pro-war effort, said Brandi Smith,
vice-president of public relations
for College Republicans.
"It was meant to show our sup
port, to commemorate and to hon
or those who served and are still
serving in Desert Storm," she said.
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