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Thursday
Logan Brothers Band
Friday
“Ladies Night”
CD Release Party
Peeping Tom
Saturday
“Ladies Night”
CD Release Party
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For your student organization
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SATURDAY • EEB.3 • vs SMU • ^
IVleit @ 2=00 p.m. Women @ 7=00 p-itt.
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tbe Men’s and Women’s basketball games witH
SMU, we will Have a paper airplane toss witH
tHe closest to tHe target winning $500 for tHeir
favorite recognized student organization.
Each student will have the opportunity to throw
one airplane, so the more that attend from your
organization, the better your chances
of winning!
4.0 & Go Tutoring
700 E. University Dr., Suite #108
Mark from CBK Begins Management 211 this week
Sunday
Feb-04-96
Monday
Feb-05-96
RHYS 218
Part I
4pm - 6pm
ECON 202
Part I
4pm-6pm
Tuesday
Feb-06-96
PHYS 218
Part II
4pm - 7pm
ECON 202
Part II
4pm-6pm
Wednesday
Feb-07-96
PHYS 218
Part III
4pm-7pm
ECON 202
Part III
4pm-6pm
Thursday
Feb-08-96
ECON 202
Part IV
4pm-6pm
For Professor Allen
* Mark's CBK
packet & all
tickets on
sale at 5pm
MATH 141
Part I
5pm-7pm
MATH 141
Part II
5pm-7pm
ECON 203
Part I
6 pm-8 pm
ECON 203
Part II
6pm-8pm
For Professor Ullmer
MATH 141
Part III
5pm-7pm
ECON 203
Part III
6pm-8pm
MATH 141
Part IV
5 pm-7 pm
ECON 203
Part IV
6pm-8pm
MATH 152
Part I
7pm-10pm
ACCT 209
Part I
7pm-9pm
FINC 341
Part I
8pm-11pm
FINC 341
Part II
ACCT 209
Part II
7pm-9pm
8pm-11 pm
FINC 341
Part III
8pm-10pm
ACCT 229
Part I
9pm-11pm
ACCT 229
Part II
9pm-11pm
*MGMT 211
Test Review
ACCT 229
Part III
9pm-11pm
MATH 151
Part I
MATH 152
Part II
7pm-10pm
MATH 152
Part III
7pm-10pm
ACCT 209
Part III
ACCT 209
Part IV
7pm-9pm
9pm-11pm
MATH 151
Part I
MATH 151
Part I
10pm-1am
MEEN 327
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Page 2 • The Battalion
Campus
Thursday • February 1,
System dives into oil business, cashes in
â–¡ A&M is receiving 25 percent
of royalties from oil drilling
projects on West Campus.
By Eleanor Colvin
The Battalion
The Texas A&M University System is get
ting its feet wet — with oil — in a money mak
ing venture with the oil and gas industry pio
neers of Union Pacific Resources Company.
Union Pacific was recently praised in the
Wall Street Journal for the innovative
drilling procedures implemented on the
Texas A&M campus.
The System began contracting Union Pa
cific in 1994 to remove oil deposits from Sys
tem properties, including the A&M campus.
Terri Parker, System director of commu
nications, said money raised by the drilling
is sent to the System general land office and
is then invested as needed.
“The money is redirected throughout the
System so that all seven universities and
eight agencies benefit from the drilling,”
Parker said. “Texas A&M receives about 25
percent of the royalties earned from the in
vested money.”
Union Pacific has been drilling on West
Campus near the George Bush Presiden
tial Library Complex site for two months
and recently placed a well next to Easter-
wood Airport.
System Real Estate Office employees said
they anticipate that this venture will be
profitable, though productivity reports are
not yet complete.
“Union Pacific paid us about $744,000
just for the right to drill,” Parker said. “Ob
viously, they must think that there is some
thing of value here.”
Glen Dowling, executive director for plan
ning, evaluation and institutional research,
said Union Pacific’s techniques are innova
tive and its drilling process is admirable.
“The Union Pacific people are very effi
cient,” Dowling said. “There was minimal
noise at the site, and they were in and out as
quickly as possible.”
Union Pacific uses a horizontal drilling
style that is uncommon in the oil and gas in
dustry. In the A&M horizontal drilling oper
ation, workers drill 7,000 feet down and then
drill sideways.
Dr. James E. Russell, head of the petrole
um engineering department, said Union
Pacific’s methods are recognized as one of
the major oil and gas industry advances of
the last 10 years.’
“One of the best parts is that you can ac
cess more of the layers of oil through hori
zontal drilling,” he said. “Of course, A&M
can benefit tremendously from the royalties
of the oil once it is sold.”
Texas A&M is the only System school
with wells on campus, but the System also
has wells on property in neighboring
Fayette, Burleson and Washington counties
in Central Texas.
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Gwendolyn Struve, The Battai#
Manhattan Construction Company workers
guide wet cement Tuesday into a wooden
frame to form a column on what will be the
George Bush Presidential Library Center.
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
Dawn Dorsett, a Class of '92 wildlife and fisheries major, removes the
otholith (part of a hearing organ in the head cavity) of a striped bass.
Dorsett works for the Texas Park and Wildlife Department as a fish
eries technician.
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Poultry science prof
runs for Congress
â–¡ Fred Thornberry said
his top campaign issue
will be education.
By Heather Pace
The Ba h align
A Texas A&M professor de
scribed by supporters as a
“problem solver” is running for
Congress.
Fred Thornberry, a professor
and extension specialist in the
poultry science department, is
a Republican candidate for the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Thornberry, who has taught
at A&M for twenty-five years
and has done consulting work
for environmental and industrial
firms, said his background pro
vides him with the experience
necessary to make a difference
in Washington.
“My long-term experience with
people of all walks of life has giv
en me a wide breadth of knowl
edge and experience that can be
utilized in serving the people of
the state,” Thornberry said.
“I’ve listened to the problems
these people have faced, and I
know what their feelings and
hopes are.”
Thornberry said his top cam
paign priority is improving ed
ucation. He supports research
funding and state and local
control of primary and sec
ondary education.
“It is of utmost importance
that we maintain a strong edu
cational system and a strong re
search effort to develop our in
dustries and advance our tech
nology,” he said.
Those who have worked
with Thornberry emphasize
his willingness to work for the
common good.
Lee Cartwright, associate
professor and extension special
ist in the poultry science depart
ment, said Thornberry’s involve
ment with youth programs such
as 4-H Club and Future Farm
ers of America show his dedica
tion to helping people.
“His emphasis has been on al
lowing people to develop their
own resources to make a living,’
Cartwright said.
Thornberry has proven him
self, Cartwright said, by taking
action to improve citizens’ lives,
and will continue to impact the
community with his problem
solving ability.
“His interest has always been
on the grassroots level, with the
average citizen of Texas, trying
to give them an edge in improv
ing their standard of living,’
Cartwright said. “He i,s„one of
those rare indiyiduals who is
good in emergency situation
and just doesn’t give up.”
Elizabeth Erwin, a senior en- .
vironmental geography major,
said that even though she is un
familiar with Thornberry’s plat
form, she will not vote for him
because he is a Republican.
Erwin, a Democratic, said
that even if some of Thornber
ry’s ideas mirror her own, she
does not think he represents the
bulk of her political views.
“He’s a Republican, and I
don’t support any of their plat
form,” Erwin said. “It’s hard to
believe he is supporting educa
tion for one thing. And he proba
bly doesn’t support welfare and
probably isn’t pro-life.”
Erwin said she feels like a
political minority on campus
because so many professors
are Republicans.
“I do feel like I’m in the mi
nority, big time,” she said. “And
when I do get a professor that
seems liberal to me, I completely
freak out.”
Rachel Bi
heBaitai.k
The Battalion
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Stew Milne, Photo Editor
Michael Landauer, Opinion Editor
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Dave Winder, Radio Editor
Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor
Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor
Staff Members
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson,
Linn Bowden, Eleanor Colvin, Gregory Eahrenholt, Johanna Henry, Lisa John
son, Michelle Lyons, Headier Pace, Kendra Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Angela
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Buffin, Helen Clancy, Amber Clark, Marisa Demaya, Krislin Deluca, Thomas
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