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The Battalion
Thursday, October251
Engineering college expands
scholarships, professorships
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By BILLY MORAN
Special to THE BATTALION
The College of Engineering
will use recent donations of over
$180,000 from private and corpo
rate donors to add new scholar
ships and professorships.
Erie A. Nye donated $35,000 to
establish the Alice and Erie Nye
'59 Endowed Scholarship. The
scholarship will be part of the En
gineering Scholars Program.
The Engineering Scholars Pro
gram began three years ago and
involves about 500 undergraduate
engineering students who must
maintain a GPR of 3.6.
Students in the program at
tend engineering seminars, do re
search in their department and,
during their senior year, have the
option of taking graduate-level
classes.
Mrs. C.L. Bryan donated
$25,000 to establish the Clifford L.
Bryan '24 Scholarship. It will be
awarded to an undergraduate stu
dent pursuing a degree in engi
neering.
Dr. John G. Heit donated
$30,000 to establish the Dr. John
G. Heit '43 Scholarship in Engi
neering. The degree will be
awarded to a student pursuing a
degree in engineering, is a United
States citizen, has financial need
and maintains a grade point aver
age of 2.75. Preference for this
award will be given to students
from East Texas.
Chevron Corporation donated
$50,000 for the Chevron Endowed
Professorships in Engineering.
Also, $32,000 was donated by
Chevron for scholarships in the
departments of computer science,
and chemical, civil, electrical, me
chanical, and petroleum engineer
ing. Minority engineering pro
grams and other student organi
zations will receive $8,300.
All of the donations are part of
the University's Capturing the
Spirit Campaign which has a goal
of raising $500 million by Aug. 31,
1996.
Official receives appointment
National committee selects A&M system deputy chancellor
By ROBIN GOODPASTER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
Dr. James G. Butler, the assistant deputy chancel
lor for external affairs for the Texas A&M University
System, was reappointed as a member of the Nation
al Animal Damage Control Advisory Committee to
advise the secretary of agriculture on animal damage
control operations.
The committee works with the legislature for agri
cultural concerns. A specific concern is animal dam
age control.The program's goal is to minimize
wildlife threats to agriculture, human health and
safety, and threatened and endangered species.
"We set policy for what the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture needs to do, recommending
wildlife damage control," Butler said. "Animal dam
age control deals with damage that wildlife has
caused."
Examples of damage control include beaver
damming problems and bird migratory problems.
"Beaver problems lead to erosion and highways
being closed due to excessive water," Butler said.
"Geese in migration spend a few days on the golf
course, and this causes problems."
The policies implemented by the committee in
clude lethal and non-lethal measures.For example,
Butler said that repellents are used to try to deter
birds from roosting.
Butler said lethal measures are always used as a
last resort.
"The biggest problem in Texas is predation of
cows and calves by coyotes," he said. "There are sub
stantial losses throughout the state. We try to trap or
relocate them, but sometimes the animal has to be
destroyed."
The National Animal Damage Control Advisory
Committee is working with A&M researchers to tie-
in with the Denver Wildlife Research Center.The ani
mal damage control program is administered by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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student, explains ozone breakdown to Dwight
Barry, a senior philosophy major, as Michael
Worsham hands out fliers near the MSC
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Club to provide rest stop for game traveleis
By
By WILL HEALY
Reporter of THE BATTALION
The Navarro County A&M
Club Friday will provide free
refreshments for students going
to the SMU game at a rest stop in
Richland from noon to 8 p.m.
The A&M club has formed a
rest stop committee which will
provide coffee and donuts to
A&M students on their way to
the game.
The rest stop will be located
onHighway 6 a few miles south
of 1-45.
Robert Keathley, ’61, a co-
chairman of the A&Mdub'sn
stop committee, helped org
this to communicate an "A
helping Aggies 1 ' message.
Keathley expects tosa?fe|
to five thousand AggiesintJ
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available antibiotic medication. Participants who qualify and complete
the study will be paid $200.
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Individuals with genital herpes infection are being recruited for a 3 week
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The Battalion
ATLANTIS TILLMAN, Editor in Chief
STEVE O’BRIEN, Managing Editor
JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor
MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor
HEIDI SAUER, News Editor
TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment
Editor
GARY CARROLL, City Editor
J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports
Editor
CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor
RICHARD S. JAMES, Photo Editor
Staff Members
Reporters — Melody Dunne, Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Brandi Jordan, Cheryl Heller, Tanya
Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski, Mack Harrison
and Will Healy.
News desk — Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlik, David Thomas, Lance
Holmes, Lauri Reysa and Jennifer Smith.
Photographers — Darrin Hill, Randy Nichols, Sandra Alvarado, Billy Moran, Jennifer
Lockard, Ricardo S. Garcia, Karl Stolleis and Robert Reed.
Lifestyles writers — Susan Owen, Anas Ben-Musa, Tricia Martinez and Julie Polston.
Sports writers— K. Lee Davis, Michael Plumer, Don Norwood and Ruly Medrano.
Columnists — Anthony LoBaido, Stacy Feducia, Dwayne Purvis, Shawn Ralston, Matt
Dickerson, Robert Vasquez and Toni Garrard.
Cartoonists — William Harrison, Thomas Deeney, George Nasr and Clay Welch.
Clerks — Darra Dees, Pejcharat Harvey, Shelley Rowton and Carrie Miura.
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ANNOUNCING
TAMU - STUDY ABROAD
SPRING *93 IN
Receive TAMU credit and grades Business
and Liberal Arts Classes including Arts, f
History, English, Management, and
Accounting
The Study Abroad Office is still
accepting applications but you
better hurry.
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RESERVE YOUR PLACE ASAP!!!
Study Abroad Office 161 Bizzell Hall 845-0544
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October 29, 1992
7 - 9 PM
110 - 111 Student
Services Bldg.
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For further information
call 845-1515 and
ask for Jennifer Wood.
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