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For information, contact Felicia James at 845-4728. □ A proposed departmental merger would bring administrative changes but few curriculum changes. By Eleanor Colvin The Battalion Peace Corps recruits Texas A&M students Peace Corps representatives will be recruiting at Texas A&M today and Friday. An information table will be in the MSC hallway from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and an informative film will be shown each day at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder. The Peace Corps' mission is to promote world peace by training Americans for education, business, science, forestry, health and agricul ture projects in foreign countries. New Peace Corps programs are slated to begin this year in Haiti, South Africa and other countries. Texas A&M computer science and electrical engi neering faculty members will decide this week whether to take steps toward merging their depart ments, which have similar programs and goals. If faculty members reject a proposed investi gation into the feasibility of combining the two departments, the departments will continue to operate independently. Henry Taylor, a professor of electrical engineer ing and a member of the faculty committee study ing this issue, said that if the proposal is ap proved, the departments will look to other top 20 engineering programs for guidance. “We want to study a variety of universities that have combined programs, separate programs and those that have merged, then separated again,” Taylor said. “By studying these three groups of schools, hopefully we can determine the potential effects for our program.” Dr. B. Don Russell, executive associate dean of the College of Engineering, said merging the two departments would enable them to link concepts and offer integrated courses. “There is a great similarity between the two de partments,” Russell said. “Many faculty members and administrators in the computer science depart ment have electrical engineering backgrounds.” With the current system, A&M’s computi engineering program is administered by bi departments. Taylor said merging the departments would cilitate a smoother flow of resources and ideas “It may be easier to generate ideas if thi partments are unified,” he said. “A single depst ment may encourage the development of more terdisciplinary projects because of the concenla tion of resources.” If the departments are combined, Russell there will be few curriculum changes. "We will continue to offer the same degreesai classes,” he said. “The majority of the changes*; be procedural and administrative.” A final proposal would be revealed at the end the spring semester, and it might take a year a! that to fully integrate the departments. "Combining the staffs and procedures.is an tricate process,” Russell said. “We would certaM make compromises to accommodate the facul and staff of both departments." Niels Bauer, a computer science graduates: dent, said that since the College of Engineering the largest on campus, the potential realignmsil is significant and might have unforeseen kinks. “Although it’s still early in the process, the!i ulty seems to have little input," Bauer said. “ ulty concerns are not appropriately addres: things may not go over smoothly. “Students may not see the problems withmanap ment, but they will certainly feel the ramifications But Russell said the plan, which is being stud ied by faculty committees from the two depart ments and the administration, will be researched before any action is taken. Stu A&M study results show exposure to nature reduces stress □ Those who participated in driving simulations through natural areas performed better on math tests taken afterwards than those who drove through urban areas. By Kendra S. Rasmussen The Battalion A Texas A&M study determining how roadside environments affect drivers com muting to and from work indicates that ex posure to natural scenes improves mental performance. Dr. Roger Ulrich, associate dean for re search at the Environmental Psychophysiolo gy Lab in the College of Architecture and an architecture and landscape architecture pro fessor, said the environment one encounters while driving to work alters job performance. “It has, of course, long been known that commuting to and from work is quite stress ful,” Ulrich said. “One of the general implica tions (of this research) is to have environ ments that are livable and facilitate emo tional well-being.” Ulrich said an unpleasant commute may limit productivity and problem-solving skills. Researchers established this relationship by exposing 160 participants to simulated commutes to work and then asking them to mentally perform math problems. Biosensors detected changes in heart rate and blood pressure, muscle tension and sweaty palms in subjects. One simulated drive ran through a rural East Texas area where there were few power lines and buildings, another went through a “mixed light” section of Austin, a third went through a Houston area with basically no natural elements, and another ran through a golf course. Dr. Louis Tassinary, associate professor of architecture, said participants who viewed the golf course or rural East Texas route tended to experience less stress when doing math problems. Furthermore, those who ROADSIDE STU HE B uirsck bruary yAmy Prc 'HE BATTAL ih.y Tlhey h I clothe 1 We o hem on T1 have t What 9 'riends ha how that ion X and Jimmy 1 unior acc< umbed to he show ' ther blanc “The fi bought it hing else ourse, the ippeal to he coffee unny shov drove past the golf course had more success with the problems. 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