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The Battalion
Tuesday, August 3,"
University professor appointed to NSF
By JASON COX
The Battalion
One Texas A&M University
professor will be dividing his time
between College Station and Wash
ington, D.C., this fall, because of a
recent appointment to the National
Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. G. P. "Bud" Peterson will
be thermal transport and thermal
processing program director for
the NSF while maintaining a posi
tion as department head in
A&M's College of Engineering.
Peterson has been at A&M
since 1981 and was named depart
ment head July 1. He said the en
gineering department's search
committee thought the position
would be a good experience for
him in his career at A&M.
"The search committee felt the
NSF job would be a plus for me as
department head," Peterson said.
"At first, I thought it would be
crazy to do both jobs, but now I'm
more optimistic."
In Washington, Peterson will
handle requests for federal re
search funding in heat transfer,
thermal processing and thermo
dynamics. He will also head the
NSF Young Investigator Award
Peterson to maintain A&M position
Program, the NSF Research Initia
tion Awards Program and the
Small Business Innovative Re
search Program.
Laura Nowlin, director of com
munication for the Texas Engi
neering Experiment Station, said
although A&M receives funding
from the NSF, Peterson won't
have to make budgetary decisions
involving the University.
"You're not put in a position to
be a decision maker when it comes
to funding for your home universi
ty," she said. "They understand
about conflict of interest."
Peterson said the Clinton ad
ministration sees technology as a
means to create jobs through ac
tivities like the Small Business
Program, which aims to stimulate
economic growth. He said the
creation of jobs through new tech
nologies and a stronger manufac
turing base are goals of the re
search program.
During the one-year appoint
ment, Peterson plans to return to
A&M once every two or three
weeks for several days to handle
departmental duties.
Nowlin said the appointment
is an honor for Peterson and the
University.
"It's always great for people in
the University to have experience
with funding agencies," She said.
"It helps them understand how the
decisions are made and is valuable
administrative experience."
Nowlin said those in the engi
neering department are behind
Pearson as he takes on the two
new positions.
"This was the overwhelming
desire of the faculty," she said.
"He's very well respected and
well liked."
The support by the engineering
faculty is what convinced him that
it would be possible to do both jobs
at once, said Peterson. He said the
Washington position will add to
his knowledge of the field.
"A person in this position gets
a keen insight into new technolo
gy, trends and issues that will be
important for the next five to ten
years," he said. "One sees innov
ative research year in advance.
I'm looking forward to learning a
great deal."
Nowlin also said the appoint
ment should increase Peterson's
personal knowledge.
"Any kind of position like this is
always very valuable for the Uni
versity," she said. "He'll be gain
ing a better understanding of the
priorities as they are seen in Wash
ington in regards to research."
Nowlin said it shouldn't be too
difficult for Peterson to keep up
with both jobs.
"Nowadays, with telephones,
faxes and electronic mail, it won't
be a problem," she said. "And he'll
be coming back quite frequently."
Peterson said he will be de
pending on associate department
head Dr. Richard Alexander, as
sistant head Dr. Richard Griffin
and senior mechanical engineer
ing faculty members to keep
things running smoothly.
"It will be a challenging time,
but I'm looking forward to it," he
said.
Peterson is a specialist in heat
transfer and thermal control of
electronic components, and he has
published more than 70 journal
articles. In 1992, he was recog
nized for outstanding achieve
ment by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
Two students
injured as car
collides with
bicycle rider
A bicycle rider and a
motorist collided around
1:30 p.m. Monday on
Spence Street between the
Sterling C. Evans Library
and the Eller Oceanogra
phy and Meteorology
Building.
University Police De
partment Lt. Bill Zikus said
this is a major accident be
cause it caused an injury.
"A motor vehicle was
going northbound on
Spence Street, and a bicycle
rider coming off the mall
going eastbound collided
with the vehicle," Zikus
said. "The bicyclist shat
tered the windshield."
The bicyclist suffered an
injury to his right arm and
hip joint and was treated at
the A.P. Beutel Health Cen
ter Monday afternoon,
Zikus said.
An official at the health
center said at 3:30 p.m. the
bicyclist was still being
treated but refused to com
ment on the condition of
the patient.
Zikus said the driver of
the car received minor cuts
in the accident.
A citation will be issued
in the accident, but Zikus
said he will not know who
is to blame until the investi
gating officer completes his
report.
Zikus said the two peo
ple involved in the acci
dent are both Texas A&M
students.
Corps nets more fish
Trigon official attributes increased enrollment to incentives
By JASON BROWN
The Battalion
Recruiting efforts to increase Texas A&M Corps
of Cadets numbers are working. Col. Donald J. John
son, deputy commandant of the Corps, said Friday.
Johnson said 625 incoming freshmen have en
rolled in the Corps and predicted that number to in
crease by 25 to 50 students before the first day of fall
classes. Last fall 540 freshmen were enrolled in the
Corps by the beginning of the fall semester.
Brian Taylor, a junior in the Corps, said he is
amazed at the increase from last year.
"My outfit hasn't had this many freshmen since
1987," he said.
Johnson said Corps numbers have decreased in
the past few years because of nation-wide military
cutbacks and lack of incentives for freshmen to join
the Corps.
Johnson said the University increased incentives
for Corps freshmen this year. A new program will
give 40 freshmen cadets each an $8,000 scholarship,
and 393 cadets will have a $2,000 Sul Ross scholar
ship. That is an increase of 29 from last year.
The $8,000 scholarship requires applicants to be in
the top 3 percent of their high school class and the
Sul Ross scholarship requires applicants to be in the
top 10 percent. Both scholarships require a score of
at least 1,100 on the SAT and the applicant must
have shown leadership ability.
Johnson said the University has also made a large
effort to recruit ROTC scholarship recipients. Be
cause many different schools offer incentives to
ROTC scholarship holders, Johnson said, they must
be recruited heavily.
The University is offering all freshmen with an
ROTC scholarship free housing for a year. Current
ly, 93 scholarship recipients have enrolled in the
Corps, Johnson said, doubling last year's numbers.
He said more are expected before the beginning of
the semester.
Improvetnents in Corps appearance were also
made to increase recruiting.
Dennis Hoffman, manager of the military property
warehouse, said freshmen and sophomore cadets will
wear the same style of uniform as junior cadets this
year, and female uniforms have been tailored to fit
cadets better.
Capt. David Onaka of Air Force ROTC said the
cadets should also be credited for excellent recruit
ing. He said cadets worked very hard in the spring
and summer contacting incoming freshmen and re
cruiting in uniform at the summer conferences.
Johnson said Corps numbers will continue to
grow as long as the high level of recruiting is main
tained. He predicted the Corps to reach 2,000 mem
bers again within three years. The Corps had 1,804
members in the 1992-1993 school year.
A&M graduate lends
a hand in flood relief
Non-profit organization provides
purified water for Midwest victims
By CARRIE MIURA
The Battalion
A new Texas non-profit organization that was founded by a
Texas A&M graduate is supplying purified water units to Midwest
flood victims in need of water.
Water for the World was established six weeks ago to provide
water purification equipment, technical assistance and financial
support to any country during a water crises, said the corporation's
founder Robert A. Hutchinson, Class of '47.
Hutchinson, president of the Dallas-based corporation, has lived
and worked overseas for 27 years. He said he witnessed many
people suffering in Africa, Asia and all over the world.
"We would like to do something good for people and give
something to someone in need," Hutchinson said.
Water for the World was designed to help the third world coun
tries obtain healthful water, he said.
Hutchinson said his organization is raising funds for water pu
rification units, which will later be donated to different locations
selected according to a real-need basis.
Ed Atshley, president of Global Water Technologies, said Water
for the World and his company are working together to help relief
efforts in the Midwest.
Atshley designed the water purification systems that operate 24
hours a day in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.
The self-powered system is called the LS3 - life saving, life sup
porting, life systems.
Atshley said, the contamination of water is due to the intrusion
of chemicals and compounds that are unsafe including bacteria
causing cholera and typhoid.
Due to heavy floods, some of the chemical compounds that are
in the water are unable to break down which then causes the conta
minated water to mix with the good water, Atshley said.
"The Midwest has potential for a major epidemic of cholera and
typhoid, like in Central America," he said.
Water for the World has subsidized a portion of the equipment
needed to help the relief teams in Iowa, but it will still take up to
one month to stabilize the water purification systems.
Bill Thomas, manager of the Brazos County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, said there was no national fund-raiser for the Midwest
flood disaster due to, "the public's response being so great."
The Brazos County alone accepted approximately $10,000 dol
lars in donations for the Midwest water crisis.
Thomas said, "The Red Cross is still receiving donations and en
couraging further local support."
Atshley said for the past six years. Global Water purification
systems have been devoted to the water depletion problem world
wide, but for the past two years have been supplying water to
every major disaster in the world.
Atshley said Global Water Technologies established a working-
unit that is operating in Somalia and is now implementing a water
puritication system in Brazil, where electricity is not available.
Water units costs begin at $6,000 dollars. The smaller units are
able to produce up to 2,500 to 3,000 gallons of water per day, At
shley’ said.
The World Health Organization (WHO), located in Geneva,
Switzerland, has estimated that 40 percent of the world's illness is
attributed to impure water.
The corporation is also committed to halting the decline, deple
tion and destruction of the earth's water support systems.
Water for the World is also attempting to raise over $3 million
dollars in order to, "Change the quality of life for young people all
over the world," Atshley said.
Federal jury gives marijuana smuggler death penalty
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROWNSVILLE - A federal jury on
Monday imposed the death penalty on a
convicted marijuana smuggler blamed by
prosecutors for eight murders.
“The only thing that I can ask you to
consider is to start making your peace to
your God," U.S. District Judge Filemon
Vela told Juan Raul Garza.
Garza, 36, was convicted last week in a
10-count indictment naming him as the
boss of a drug ring that imported tons of
marijuana into the United States between
1983 and 1993.
The indictment included three murders.
Prosecutors presented testimony that he or
dered or carried out five more killings, four
of them in Mexico, to try to persuade the
jury to impose the death penalty.
Garza became the fifth person nation
wide to be sentenced to death under a 1988
federal law allowing government prosecu
tors to seek the ultimate punishment for
drug-related murders.
Prosecutors portrayed Garza as a violent
kingpin who controlled the ring by killing
workers — including his son-in-law — for
failing him. The defense said the govern
ment's case depended on uncorroborated
testimony from former Garza workers who
were lying to gain leniency in their own
sentences.
“We are dealing with a man that be
lieves he is so far above the law that mur
der to him is just a business decision/' As
sistant U.S. Attorney Mark Patterson told
the jury Saturday in closing arguments for
the penalty phase of the trial.
Defense attorney Philip H. Hilder said
the government didn't prove that Garza
was guilty of the five additional murders
during the three-day penalty phase.
“They are presenting to you five mur
ders in three days. I mean, that is some
thing like watching 'LA Law,"' Hilder said.
The jury deliberated nearly seven hours
over two days.
The jury convicted Garza in the 1990
killings of Erasmo de la Fuente and de la
Puente's frequent companion, Gilberto
Matos. Witnesses testified that Garza
blamed de la Fuente for the loss of a mari
juana shipment.
Garza also was convicted in the Januan
1991 death of Thomas Albert Rumbo, who
had agreed to cooperate with authorities af
ter he was caught loading marijuana for
Garza.
Defense attorney told jurors that Garza
would never get out of prison and urged
them to spare his life.
"To kill Mrs. Garza really accomplishes
nothing. There is no reason to compound the
killing that has already occurred," he said.
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8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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to 5:00 p.m. in the Clinic Annex building located across
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End of Finals Picnic
5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 10
at Messina Hof Vineyards
Bring your date and a blanket to
celebrate the end of finals! J&SW
Enjoy romantic music
V and the charm of the vineyards. V
Picnic Dinners from $13.99 available by
reservation from Messina Hof’s Gourmet Deli.
Please make your reservations by
Monday, August 9 at 5:00 p.m.
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