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State & Local Page 2 The Battalion 1 uesday, April 1 Energy Dept, may turn cancelled super collider site into buffalo range Heart-healthy exercise da The Associated Press AUSTIN — Where scientists once hoped to discover more about the forces of the universe, may become a home where the buffalo roam. State officials and conservationists have proposed restoring the site of the defunct superconducting super collider near Waxahachie into native blackland prairie. If the restoration goes forward, it would cover 10,000 acres with grasses several feet high, scores of wildflowers and a small herd of bison. The conversion would be the largest prairie restoration in the United States. “We’re surprised and delighted that our proposal has been so well re ceived,” said Jeff Weigle, director of science and stewardship for The Na ture Conservancy of Texas. Last year Congress canceled the col lider, which was to have allowed scien tists to examine the collision of sub atomic particles accelerated through a 54-mile underground tunnel. Officials directed the Energy De partment to make the best use of the $2 billion in state and federal funds that had been invested in the project. In addition to the blackland prairie proposals, several other post-collider alternatives include a regional comput ing center, advanced research in cryo genics and superconductivity and can cer research. The blackland prairie restoration is supported by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “Our native blackland prairies once covered more than 1 2 million acres in Texas. Today fewer than 5,000 acres re main,” said former Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, now a member of the Parks and Wildlife Commission. Until the 1880s, much of the black land prairie was intact, stretching from the Red River in northeast Texas to the Colorado River in central Texas. The rich, heavy, clay soils supported large herds of bison, as well as pronghorn, an antelope-like deer. But the crush of agriculture trans formed grassland into farmland. Complete restoration of the area would take decades, Weigle said. The Nature Conservancy has recom mended that the federal government set aside $30 million, and that private sources pay for the rest of the project.. Coach offers to take caning for Singapore vandal The Associated Press HARLINGEN — A high school coach is offering to put his hide in the place of an Ohio teen-ager who faces a public flogging in Singapore as pun ishment for a vandalism spree. “(The teen-ager) will have to be present when I receive this punish ment for him,” Daniel Vogler wrote in a letter to Singapore officials and the White House. “I can assure you that justice will be served when he has to watch another person punished for his crime,” said Vogler, head freshman football coach at Harlingen High School South and a former Marine sergeant. “I have a pretty high threshold for pain,” he said. Michael R Fay, 18, faces three lashes on his bare buttocks with a narrow rat tan cane in Singapore after pleading guilty to vandalism, mischief and pos session of stolen property. His family and President Clinton are urging Singapore officials to grant clemency to Fay, who recently has claimed his confession was coerced. jy Clauc _ |f Qatial ■Try to r user to at s people ju Hne sort TS’ hai piliar t< llom V ind Trans entering hand-heli Td reliat "We asked by emor, by of Texas Jjt, admanst Jiake on aments as 1 as we William .1 ennie Muver/Ac Bolts: "One of things TAMU students, friends and family work out to a step aerobics routine to raise money f- y-v A r-v> y—v ■ y~ \ 1—1 y—\ —\ Ay-/— y—V y— » -% ♦ i y—\ r-x y~v *~N C.' -> ♦ i it* y~l -V v / 11. 1 the American Heart Association on Saturday. Liberal Arts Awareness Fair Wednesday, April 20, 1994 MSC Flag Room 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (5) $100 Scholarships will be given away. 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Accounting Marine Sciences ACCT-327 MARS-310 Business Analysis Marine Engineering BANA-303 MARE-205 BANA-424 MARE-206 BANA-459 MARE-209 Chemistry Mathematics CHEM-227,228 MATH-130 CHEM-237,238 MATH-131 Economics ECON-202 MATH-151 MATH-166 ECON-203 English Oceanography OCNG-401 ENGL-104 Physics ENGL-251 PHYS-201 ENGL-301 PHYS-202 ENGL-334 Political Science Maritime Administration POLS-206 • MARA-363 POLS-207 MARA-373 POLS-331 POLS-347 Marine Biology MARB-311 History MARB-350 MARB-408 M ARB-410 MARB-412 MARB-435 MARB-489 HIST-106 HIST-373 For more information about programs at Texas A&M University at Galveston, contact (409) 740-4428 or come by our table in the MSC on April 20 and 21. The Battalion JULI PHILLIPS, Editor in chief MICHAEL PLUMER, Managing editor BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor HEATHER WINCH. 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