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• March 22, 1996 ild chool FRIDAY March 22, 1996 1 with a hole in it,' he ‘surgery’ and ;n they get a little The Battalion ^Jggie Page 3 include cow milk- animal hospital. /'M, and develop- Veterinary Med- )ming and open oeneficial to both ime on a weekend pace for the home- lave done it on the he said. “Having vay for the gradu- tere since they left of’65, said that of ecoming, most are more years ago. lents really start ear, about half of tories we tell get 11 believe anything ■emember what re- ; planned for alum- olf tournament at rday, they will pic- nd then watch the )lsen Field, dnner and awards ight at the Clayton a Hickey, associate speaker, wo continuing edu- jmni. have called to re- ited about coming. ; response from the out 80 people have r, and 125 are com- ig to just one event; should be a really ad for everyone.” Powered by the sun A sketch of the Texas A&M Sun Raycer Club's solar-powered car shows what the group will build to race in Sun Rayce, a national nine-day race from Indianapolis to Golden, Colo. mg ran on Page 1 of n then began receiv- ganizations and the l their organizations liversity. : University wasnot d among A&M of-1 diately launched ar i a week later fiW, lior industrial eng ae Board’s decision, details surroundinf sion,” Voelkel said not guilty decision, lazing.” jor, said the decision ps,” Boenig said.Toi wide a precedent for cadet can run for! en if they do not re- e right to runjnsl s University,” Torn i how willing a per ps Bloc voting doei just getting there idum on this year: ' the student bodyt v elections should h inoffs may interfen e, there is no bette t body,” Torn saii . 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Donald Building, TeW* sights on building winning solar-powered car Sun Raycer Club sets By Kristina Buffin The Battalion A s society strives to find alterna tive fuels to replace fossil fuels, the Texas A&M Sun Raycer Club is doing its part by building a car that runs solely on solar power. Every two years, there is a national competition, Sun Rayce, which invites college students to build solar-powered vehicles for a nine-day race from Indianapolis to Golden, Colo. The A&M club is comprised of 15-20 members and five pro fessors. The team entered the 1995 race as part of a senior de sign project. However, Blake Jennings, co-president and a junior mechan ical engineering major, said that because of monetary con straints, the students ctecided to form a club through the Memo rial Student Center. “Money was primarily the reason because we had no other choice,” Jennings said. “Through the University, we were al lowed to have our own bank account, and to enter the contest, you had to be a university team.” Some of the biggest engineering schools in the nation enter the contest. Universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Texas are in the competition. In 1995, MIT won the race, and A&M finished in the top 30. Tim Uno, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said A&M has a good chance of placing first in 1997 if they can raise the necessary money to build the car and get more peo ple involved. “We will definitely qualify,” Uno said. “We should at least be in the top third. I think that if we continue going where we are going right now and get more people and money involved, we could win. We are aiming to win, and I think it is a realis tic goal.” Most teams have budgets of over $1 million. A&M’s budget in 1995 was $35,000 whereas the 1993 winners, the University of Michigan, worked on a budget of $1.2 million. This year, A&M is hoping to raise $300,000 through corpo rate sponsorships. “It will take us about a month to build a new car,” Jennings said. “A lot of our planning depends on the money. We need the materials and the people in each specialized area to help build the car.” While some students use the experience to help build their resumes, Jennings said the competition is a matter of prestige and pride. “It will be shown on the world news, so it will get a lot of publicity,” Jennings said. “Personally, I am doing it to get ex perience, but it is a lot of fun, and it is tough competition. Unless you enjoy it, there is no point. It is like taking one or two extra classes.” Dennis Waugamen, adviser to the club and an associate pro fessor of engineering technology, said the competition enables engineering students to use their classroom knowledge in prac tical situations. “It teaches problem solving, organizational and system engi neering, and specific mechanic and electrical engineering prob lem solving,” Waugamen said. “It gives them first-hand experi ence working with engineering problems and taking a project from the concept stage to the implementation. It also involves the challenge of competing.” It is the practical nature of the project which attracted most of the members of the team. Uno said building the car involves more than math and physics. He said it also involves hands-on experience. “There is so much more involved in designing a car,” Uno said. “We are progressing steadily, and we are trying to do a lot at once, but we have made a lot of contacts. The faculty have been really helpful, but we need more people with experience in other fields.” Waugamen said the team is nothing but enthusiastic and is ready to create a car which will win in 1997. “There is the excitement of the project and the mechanical and electrical problems to be solved,” Waugamen said. “The in terest is to create a highly technical vehicle and compete.” Si SUPPORT MUTATION fcrt+UK O* M* V4« 1 Mrr.tvs CM WtttKK K* Kv>Xv:« I CRMViw; ?r. KTVmW iVCWJrwWIM 1 a presentation of 4rmsc townhall Persons with disabilities please call 345 ■ 1515 to inform us of your /Cb special needs We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. @RUM0RS deli Health Professions Symposium Free! Meet over 50 Representatives from Medical, Dental, and Nursing Schools, Vet Medicine, and Allied Health, Military Scholarship, and Public Health Administration Programs MSC Flagroom March 26 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Texas A&M University Executive Council of Health Organizations $ i } \