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A&M receives $3.3 million in grants
By Lisa Elliott
The Battalion
Several Texas A&M University
researchers will receive financial
help for their projects after the
Texas Higher Education Coordi
nating Board handed out $60 mil
lion in grants to state-supported
universities.
Texas A&M received 26
awards worth $3.3 million.
One project at A&M that was
awarded funds involves the elec
tronic X-ray camera for mammog
raphy. The camera is being stud
ied to improve the detection of
breast cancer.
Peter McIntyre, physics profes
sor, is working on this project. He
said have the results should be
available within a year.
"It will be a very important de
velopment if it can be turned into
a product for market," he said. "It
will lower the dosage of X-rays
being sent through the breast cur
rently. These high doses of X-rays
tend to produce cancer as well as
detect it."
The funds supplied by the
Higher Education Board are im
portant for this project, McIntyre
said, because they will pay for the
building of the first camera to be
sent to Scott and White.
In addition to this project,
A&M received 25 other awards.
For advanced research programs,
including the sciences, engineer
ing, and mathematics, A&M re
ceived 14 awards totaling more
than $1.3 million.
For advanced technology pro
grams, including agriculture and
aquaculture, biotechnology, envi
ronmental science and manufac
turing technology, A&M received
12 awards totaling more than $1.9
million.
Kenneth Ashworth, commis
sioner of Higher Education, said
the board is issuing more funds
this year to projects with commer
cial applications.
"In addition to grants for basic
research and applied research,
this year we've made awards to
support previously funded, suc
cessful projects that show the
most potential for commercializa
tion," he said.
In addition to funds from the
board, he said, each of these new
technology development and
transfer grants is supported by
matching funds from business
and industry.
Campus News Briefs
A&M 'to re-engineer'
engineering program
Texas A&M University is one of six uni
versities in four states that will be working
towards a common goal to fundamentally
change how undergraduate engineering stu
dents are taught.
The campus leader for Texas A&M is Dr.
Cesar Malave, associate professor of industri
al engineering.
"Our goal is to re-engineer the engineer
ing education culture and curriculum,"
Malave said. "Desired changes include em
phasis on collaborative learning, faculty in
teraction within and between institutions,
technology-enabled education, and integra
tion of topics across disciplinary and depart
mental boundaries."
College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies
at Texas A&M University.
Richardson, who is an associate professor
of geology and of oceanography, joined the
Texas A&M faculty in 1986. She received an
A.B. degree from Smith College and a Ph.D.
degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Her new assignment became ef
fective Sept-Ti
Distinguished Graduate
Student Award given
will host the sixth annual National Association
of Military Marching Bands' high school com
petition on Kyle Field Saturday, Nov. 6.
Aggie Band Director, Lt. Col. Ray Toler said
the contest will bring 32 high school marching
bands and more than 3,500 people from
throughout the state to the A&M campus-
Toifer said many of the bands performing
Saturday have historically been judged as
"first division" units in regional and state con
tests.
"So we have every reason to expect an en
tertaining afternoon and evening of music and
marching at Kyle Field," he said.
H
versity, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technolo-
I y in Indiana, Texas A&M University-
ingsville and Texas Woman's University.
College of Geosciences
names associate dean
Randy Turk received the Paul R. Hensar-
g Distinguished Graduate Student Award.
The award was presented to Turk during
the annual Administrative Leadership Insti
tute at Texas A&M University.
The award was given in honor of the late
Dr. Paul R. Hensarling, former Texas school
superintendent, who also was head of
A&M's Department of Education and Psy
chology and professor emeritus of the De
partment of Educational Administration.
Friends of Evans Library
to hold second Fun Run
Dr. Mary Jo Richardson has been named
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Aggie Band to host high
school competition
The friends of Sterling Evans Library will
hold their second annual Fun Run before the
Louisville football game Nov. 13 at 8 a.m.
The Fun Run is sponsored by H.E.B.
Pantry Foods in conjunction with the Texas
A&M Athletic Department.
Coach R.C. Slocum will lead the run
which takes place on the west side of campus
and will start in front of Olsen Field.
Pick up registration forms at the Sterling
Evans Library administration office on the
sixth floor.
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Class of 7 94 committee
reviews gift suggestion
By Jacqueline Mason
The Battalion
C lass of '94 committee members are reviewing suggestions for
a class gift to represent the senior class and benefit all stu
dents for years to come.
Class Gift Co-Chair Leslie Trevino said the Class of '94 may con
sider building an "Aggie Wall," like the Vietnam Memorial, with
the names of all deceased Aggies. Other suggestions include en
dowments and scholarships.
"Right now, we have a few ideas, but we are in the process of
taking ideas," she said. "The gift will represent something the ma
jority of seniors want."
The gift committee, consisting of 11 members, researches all gift
ideas as if each one were to be implemented, she said. Eventually,
they will narrow down the choices and allow seniors to vote on
them during the spring elections.
Past gifts include the Twelfth Man Statue from the Class of 1980
and the Silver Taps Monument from the Class of 1991.
But, Zack Barcevac, a member of the Class Gift Committee, said
the committee is looking for a gift that is more than just attractive,
such as providing money to maintain certain University services.
"There are various areas, I feel, we can benefit the University," he
said.
Trevino said seniors can choose either one gift or several when
they vote next spring.
The class council has been raising money for the gift since 1990
and has already raised more than any class before, she said. The
money comes from T-shirts sales and Ring Dance ticket sales.
"We are expecting to have around $94,000," Trevino said.
Barcevac said the committee will stop taking gift suggestions in
February, so that it will have time to research them. But for now,
the Class Gift Committee is open to all ideas.
"Whatever the Class of '94 wants us to look at is what we will
look at and research," he said.
Vendors
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tion distributor of the Houston
Chronicle, said his company does
one-fourth of their business during
the first two weeks of school and
he is afraid moving vendors to a
central location might negatively
impact the vendors' business.
"In the past, they moved the
vendors to the second floor of the
MSC, and it virtually put us out of
business," McMurrey said. "Taking
us off the beaten path prohibits
contact with many of the students
and hurts both us and the stu
dents."
McMurrey said he wished ven
dors could have the opportunity to
express their concerns to the Con
cessions Committee before plans
are finalized. However, he said he
has confidence the committee will
make the best decision for every
one.
"I've worked with Dr. Kibler
and Dennis Busch in the past, and I
know they are both fair men and
will do what is in the best interest
for everyone," McMurrey said. "I
don't blame them for any decision
they've made concerning the fair. I
know they are trying to do what's
best to take care of the students."
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