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Elizabeth Ireland (4) of Pearland plays along with Tho Tho
Ditshwane ot the Meduno Dance Group, of Soweto, Africa,
during the final weekend to the Renaissance Festival.
Staff gets pay raise
Texas lottery responsible for increase
By GINA HOWARD
Reporter of THE BATTALION
Texas state employees will be
the latest lottery winners due to a
3 percent pay increase which will
affect all employees of the Texas
A&M University System.
Due to the success of the state
lottery and lower than expected
franchise tax refunds. State
Comptroller John Sharp deter
mined that sufficient funds will be
available to grant the pay raises to
state employees on Dec. 1 for the
1993 fiscal year.
The University is not sure if the
increase will include student
workers, said Mary Miller, assis
tant vice president for finance and
administration.
"The unofficial word from
Austin is that the raise will in
clude wage and student workers,"
Miller said. "We should be receiv
ing the official word very soon."
Miller said she is not sure of
the exact number of employees
the pay increase will affect be
cause it is hard to get a specific
number on how many employees
are in the system.
"From any two sources you
will get two separate numbers,"
she said. "The only thing we
know for sure is that every mem
ber of the faculty, staff and admin
istration will definitely be affect
ed."
The increase is the second raise
state employees will have re
ceived within the same number of
budget cycles. The pay increase
that went into effect last year was
implemented in two increments,
one 2 percent increase and one 1
percent increase, but this year the
raise will appear all at one time.
A&M hosts programming contest
By ROBIN GOODPASTER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
About 200 computer programmers from
four different states competed at Texas A&M
Saturday in the 17th Annual South Central
Regional Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM) Scholastic Programming
Contest.
Each team, which consists of three team
members, attempts to solve six problems
within a five-hour time period. The team that
solves the most problems within the allotted
time wins.
However, most of the programmers did not
have time to finish the more difficult problems
Saturday.
The problems required competitors to write
a program which would determine how many
unique shapes a metal ruler could form, as
well as all the possible functions of a four-
button digital watch with more functions than
buttons.
Because of the difficulty of the problems,
most teams solved only two or three of the
problems during the five-hour contest - no
team solved all of the problems.
"This is one of the toughest contests I've
been to," said Jon Gray, a computer science
major from the University of Tulsa. "The
problems were very difficult."
The contest is designed to determine the
best computer programmer in the area, and
the problems were designed to challenge the
participants, said Seann Herdejurgen, ACM
chapter president.
Walter Daugherity, ACM faculty adviser,
created the problems that the participants
attempted to solve in hopes that it would
challenge their existing skills and knowledge.
This contest showcased the skills of top area
computer programmers, pitting their skills
against each other in a tough competition, said
Chad Mueller, assistant contest director and
student vice president of ACM.
Teams came from Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Oklahoma.
A banquet followed the competition, and
the keynote speaker was Dr. Edsger Dijkstra,
originator of structured programming
methods.
The winning teams were from Abilene
Christian University and Rice University. The
teams will compete in Indiana at the national
ACM competition in February 1993.
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Police Beat
The following crimes were
reported to the University Police
Department between the dates
of Thursday, Nov. 5 and
Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Misdemeanor Theft
•Parking Area 89 - Someone
siphoned approximately 10
gallons of gasoline from the
victim's vehicle.
•Langford Architecture Center-
A green and black, Murray 10-
speed bicycle was stolen from
the bicycle rack.
•Underwood Hall - A gray,
Peugot 10-speed bicycle was
stolen.
•Lechner Hall - A white,
Cannondale 21-speed bicycle
was stolen
•Texas Transportation Institute
A Hewlett-Packard calculator
was stolen from a fourth floor
lost and found storage room.
Disorderly Conduct
•Bonfire Site - A subject
observed urinating in public
was issued a citation.
Harassment
•Mosher Hall - The victim has
received several obscene and
vulgar telephone calls.
•Rudder Hall - The victim was
the recipient of an obscene
telephone call.
Criminal Mischief
•Mosher Lane - Someone
damaged the driver's side
mirror on the victim's 1986
Chevrolet.
Forgery
•The Pavilion - The victim
discovered an acquaintance had
used his name and fee slip to
fraudulently obtain an
identification card.
Burglary of a Vehicle
•Parking Area 61 - A radar
detector was stolen from the
front seat of the victim's vehicle
by someone who broke out the
passenger's side window to gain
entry.
Fire
•Hughes Hall - Someone set fire
to a plastic pumpkin that was
filled with paper. The Resident
Adviser extinguished the blaze
before any damage was done.
Assault
•Wells Hall - During an
argument, the victim was struck
in the head and leg by an
acquaintance. The victim did not
wish to file charges at this time,
The subject returned to the
victim's room later in the
evening and the situation ended
in a call to the police
department. The subject was
issued a Criminal Trespass
warning which prohibits his
entry into Wells Hall.
•Joe Routt Boulevard - The
operator of a motor vehicle
became impatient as a group of
40 high school ROTC students
crossed the street. The motorist
struck the knees of two of the
cadets as she tried to drive
through the formation.
Minor in Possession of Alcohol
•Two citations issued.
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