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THE PRINCETON REVIEW (800) 2-REVIEW (409) 696-9099 lnfo.tpr@Review.com Page 2 • The Battalion CAlIVIPEJS Wednesday • Juneli 111 ■ Exhibit: Gender roles, fashion change togetli Continued from Page 1 another popular exhibit features a talking G.I Joe figure with a high-pitched voice and a gruff-voiced Barbie, an idea created by a group of performance artists called the Bar bie Liberation Organization. “People play it all the time and laugh,” she said. “It’s funny when you hear Barbie say, ‘Vengeance is mine,’ and G.I. Joe say, ‘Shopping is fun.’ The dolls get [viewers] to think about the voices on the talking dolls and things we absorb as children and then accept as fact.” Hastedt said the exhibit attempts to por tray how gender roles and fashion change together. “The exhibit intends to make people aware that these barriers are there — how clothing changes and how roles change,” Hastedt said. Women’s clothing during the 19th century reflected the ideal woman’s role in the domes tic realm. Women wore corsets, restrictive un dergarments meant to narrow the torso and high-heeled shoes to appear feminine. “To them, ‘real women’ get married, have children,” Hasdedt said. “She was a feminine woman—motherly. ” With women moving into the working world, the fashion gap has narrowed. Jill Buckner, a senior biomedical science major. said women’s appearance has grow: to men’s because individuality has be greater part of culture. “Women can wear men’s clothes,:: never know it,” she said. Julia K irk-Black welder, head of lb ry department, said clothing curtailet cal activity for women and kept the: activities outside the home. “Women who press for health and ship roles tied that to clothing re ! Kirk-Blackwelder said. The leisure lifestyle of the 1920sr the frilly frocks and corsets, and the became the era of bobbed hair, boy. nres and modern clothing. TUNNEL: PCs will replace current minicomputer Continued from Page 1 various aerodynamic parame ters,” Nicks said. “The comput ers take those measurements, make corrections and transfer them into engineering terms so we can use them for design.” Gregory Steen, wind tunnel research specialist, said person al computers will be purchased to replace the current minicom puter and terminals. Steen said the terminals and the minicomputer purchased in 1984 are old and expensive to repair. “Technology has changed so much since then,” Steen said. “We’re just trying to take advan tage of the new technologies that are out there now.” Steen said the computers will be faster, more accurate and will save money, Steen said, new in strumentation and scales are also on the way. Steen said the new equipment should be in place by the end of the summer. There will be a transition period when person nel will make sure the new equipment is working and run ning accurately, he said. Steen said the industry will benefit as a whole from Navis- tar’s contributions. Nicks said different vehicles and structures are tested in the tunnel for the aerodynamic af fects of travelling through wind. Designs are developed to im prove the fuel efficiency of trucks and to reduce the drag of the wind, which is affected by the truck’s shape, he said. “We can make measurements on different changes, and engi neers can use it to design more efficient trucks,” he said. Nicks said tests also are being made for NASA on the space shuttle’s landing configurations. “They are trying to refine their control capability with the cross- wind conditions,” Nicks said. The wind tunnel is also used to test airplane designs, new he licopter configurations for Bell Helicopter, offshore oil-drilling platforms, buildings, bicycles, wings and various components on Indianapolis 500 racing cars, he said. Nicks said aside from all the work done for industry, they also do basic research and training for students in engineering classes. “The first reason we’re here is to train engineers,” he said. “Re search has always been a good way to learn.” The research and develop ment applies to real-world prob lems, he said. “The University helps the in dustry by offering this capability to improve their products,” Nicks said. “Better U.S. products means the better competitive po sition for the country on an in ternational basis.” UT: Hazing investigation contin Continued from Page 1 Dr. Sharon H. Justice, UT dean of students and assistant vice president for student af fairs, said she criticizes the Cowboys for their actions while they were still on probation for a hazing incident that occurred last spring. “The university has made it ! very clear on numerous occa sions that it will not tolerate hazing,” Justice said. “In re cent years we have officially warned and penalized the Cowboys for hazing. For this to have occurred while the group is still on probation from last year’s spring pad- • dling incident is inexcusable." The suspension was levied after university officials inter viewed more than 40 of the Texas Cowboys about "Picnic,” an initiation gathering, and determined that underage I pledges purchased and con- I sumed alcohol, were paddled and ate hot dogs covered with tobacco. Representatives for the Texas Cowboys could not be reached for comment. Justice said the Cowboy’s : punishment was the most severe punishment the university gives. “The cancellation of a I group’s registration is the most severe penalty that can be levied, and only the fourth time it has been used,” Justice said. Previously, three UT frater nity chapters. Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Ps Sigma Nu, were strip; their organization stai. hazing offenses. The university inv* tion began after thek 19-year-old Gabriel Ber Higgins of Idaho, a UT! more and Cowboy plede pulled from the Colorao er near Bastrop onAp- His body was found clothed with no signso' os or other injuries, i An atitopsy later re that Higgins blood-alcoi! tent was 0.21, two t® amount that is cons: legally drunk. Investigators withtb trop County Sheriffs & ment, Texas Range: Texas Alcoholic Bevera? mission began n coopers vestigation into Higgins at the same time. Lt. 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