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Page 4 The Battalion Friday, A p . State tries 'Peace Corps' solution in colonias Spade Phlll| P s ’ R by Matt Koi Continued from Page 1 Black said most colonias resi dents speak only Spanish and un employment is thought to be more than 50 percent in the communi ties. "1 don't think anyone is confi dent about the numbers," he said. "It's tough to say just how large the colonias population is because so many residents have fallen through the cracks." State officials estimate 800 to 850 colonias in Texas totaling about 450,000 residents. Officials also estimate an average income be tween six and eight thousand dol lars in a family of at least five peo ple. Colonias originated in Texas in the 1950s when Mexicans settled in rural areas to avoid paying for municipal services like water and sewage. Consequently, the colo nias became unhealthy as well as unsightly. Health officials estimate nearly 80 percent of the residents will be infected with hepatitis-A by the time they are 35. 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HOW VsJCLL I CAN D(?AW THE STRIP WITH MY LEFT HAND ?... <£) Rebels overthrow Afghanistan Continued from Page 1 was stopped by rebel militiamen at Kabul's international airport about 2 a.m. Thursday. Wakil denounced the former .president for cowardice. He said Najibullah feared "he would have to answer for some of his past deeds," referring to Najibullah's six-year reign as the head of the feared secret police known as KHAD. Wakil said the current head of the secret police, Ghulam Farouq Yaqubi, killed himself Thursday after learning of Najibullah's es cape attempt. Wakil would not comment di rectly, but hinted Najibullah was being held by non-governmental forces. Russia's ITAR-Tass said he was arrested. Agence France Presse said the leader had success fully fled the country, but officials in nearby Pakistan and India said he had not gone there. Members of the presidential guard prevented people from en tering the U.N. compound in Kab ul, leading to reports Najibullah was taken there. U.N. officials in New York said they i confirm the reports. Wakil said presidentialr.i had been taken on by a 45 generals and 17 officers "other armed forces."Hei: specif iy what he meant by th ter, but apparently was to some or the rebel group cause he frequently ment "our mujahedeen brothers. 1 Government officials sail! er in the day thataco four top generalsanda commancier had assume^ A&M lands NASA design prof Continued from Page 1 Bryan Kelly, an engineer with the project, said there are two ma jor differences between the ACRV project and Apollo of the late 1960's. "With Apollo, there was a fleet of ships ready/ for the retrieval of the capsule, and a highly trained recovery team," Kelly said. "Now, our parameters are that we use current available recovery re sources. "The ACRV must be designed so that the Coast Guard, using their recovery equipment, can make a recovery," he said. "Noth ing can require special equipment or training." Another major difference to consider is, unlike the Apollo as tronauts — who were in space for less than two weeks — space sta tion astronauts will be in orbit for months at a time, and will suffer significant-muscle degeneration, Kelly said. "When the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury spacecraft splashed down, their crew was trained to assist in the recovery," he said. "With the ACRV, the crew will be quite a bit less capable, and can't be expected to help." The first stage of the ACRV project was designing a full-scale model of the re-entry vehicle, Cioni said. The second stage involved placing the model in the water tank at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, and making adjustments in designs ac cording to initial test results. The third stage involves testing under actual ocean conditions, which will be done at the Offshore Technology Center, he said. Tests will be done with and without a crew, and simulated rescue opera tions will also be performed. "Essentially, we're starting from scratch," Cioni said. "We're relearning what we knew) 1 ago, but learning it withiif Guard's equipment in Several factors were ces when selecting A&M fort> year contract for testcl ACRV, Kelly said. "A&M's Offshore Teel Center was chosen becatij state of the art, and hasbj puter control needed control of wave motio: speed, everything," ] "Size was also an in? factor, because the ACRV? wide and weighs nearly pounds. "We looked at Bets David Taylor Naval RS Center, which is an excels ity, but the transportatio? would have eaten ourlutfj said. "A&M's proximity#) ton is an extra bonus,aid looking to use it as as# stone for working in theGit Space grants aid research studeii Continued from Page 1 enhance education with space ap plications, with education as the focus," Nicks said. "Universities focus a lot on research, but first and foremost, research is for teaching. "The number of graduate stu dents with fellowships is growing each year," he said. "These grads are doing research, so although space grant won't directly supply a school with research projects, it is supplying people who will go out and get the research projects." In Texas, three schools have space-grant status: the University of Houston, Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, there is a consortium with 20 other Texas universities, called "space grant affiliates." For the Texas consortium, there are 18 funded graduate fellow ships, Sheppard said. These are divided among the consortium members, with the actual space grant schools taking precedence. Texas A&M has had two grad uate fellowship positions the past two years, and plans to add a third for the 1992-93 year, Shep pard said. There are also plans to add undergraduate scholarships within the next year or two. A&M plans to boost its role in certain areas of space research. Nicks said. Life supports' health and medicine area currently under scrutiny! school. "With life supports]/! you're dealing with a close- environment," Nicks: the bioscience, agricultu# chemical engineering prog# A&M, there's not another better equipped to deal wit 1 kinds of questions. "Right now we're devela) proposal for our consort take a major research role# areas," he said. "We'll pres# proposal to NASA when it? pleted and hopefully takea leadership role in the future