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► Campus
Computer science
professor honored
Dr. Laxmi Bhuyan, a Texas A&M
computer science professor, has
been named a Texas Engineering
Experiment Station Senior Fellow
in recognition of his research
achievements.
To be named a TEES Senior Fel
low, a faculty member must earn
the designation of TEES Fellow for
three consecutive years.
Bhuyan received a commemora
tive plaque and $5,000 to support
his research activities.
► State
NASA searches for
insulation answers
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP)
— NASA wants to know why an un
usual amount of insulation in one
of space shuttle Atlantis’ booster
rockets burned off during last
week’s launch.
The nozzles at the base of the
solid-fuel boosters are insulated
with 1 1/2 inches to 3 1/2 inches
of carbon material to protect
against the tremendous heat and
exhaust of a launch. Some of the
material is expected to burn away.
But the material on the right
booster nozzle was reduced to as
low as an inch in some spots, an
inspection found.
Atlantis’ six astronauts were in
no added danger during the Sept.
16 liftoff on a flight to the Russian
space station Mir, NASA mission
operations director Lee Briscoe
said Tuesday. Additional protection
is provided by a layer of glass and
metal insulation.
If all the insulation had worn
through, the shuttle could have
veered off course.
The insulation problem arose in
the same booster where a wrench
was found rattling around following
the retrieval of both boosters from
the Atlantic Ocean, where the rock
ets are dropped during the shut
tle’s ascent. The wrench did not
appear to have caused any dam
age during the launch.
NASA has been extra-sensitive
about booster problems ever since
a booster leak caused space shut
tle Challenger to explode shortly
after liftoff in 1986, killing all sev
en astronauts on board.
New application
process proposed
AUSTIN (AP) — Would-be col
lege students could find one-
stop shopping at university sys
tems under an idea floated by
new Senate Education Chairman
Teel Bivins.
Under the idea he’s considering,
students would apply to the Univer
sity of Texas System rather than UT-
Austin, for example.
Bivins, R-Amarillo, said Tuesday
he’s looking at it as a potential way
to make the admissions process
more efficient and student-friendly.
"If a student applies only to
UT-Austin today and is rejected,
they have no knowledge of
whether they might be able to at
tend school at (UT) Pan American
or UT-Dallas,” he said.
Currently, students who wanted
to apply to all the UT System
schools would have to send an indi
vidual application to each one,
Bivins said.
“One of the things I’d like to
do is try to put the focus on the
student and assist the student
not only in getting into a higher
education institution but also ma
triculating through that institu
tion," he said.
UT System spokesman Monty
Jones said UT-Austin refers the
names and addresses of applicants
who aren’t admitted at that campus
to other system institutions.
“In the real world, it’s likely that
for a lot of students, their first
choice might be UT-Austin and
their second choice might be
(Texas) A&M, and the other way
around. ... They are roughly com
parable in stature and they have
similar admissions standards and
similar programs,” Jones said.
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► This day in history
► Weather
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Sept. 25, the 269th
day of 1996. There are 97 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1789, the first U.S. Congress, meeting in New
York, adopted 12 Amendments to the Constitution
and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of
the Amendments became the Bill of Rights.)
In 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail from
Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second
voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers,
Publick Occurrences, published its first — and last —
edition in Boston.
In 1890, Mormon president Wilford Woodruff issued a
manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy.
In 1919, President Wilson collapsed after a
speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a national speaking
tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1957, with 300 U.S. Army troops standing guard,
nine black children who had been forced to withdraw from
Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly
white crowds, were escorted to class.
In 1978, 144 people were killed when a Pacific
Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a Cessna private
plane collided over San Diego, Calif.
In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as
the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Five years ago: A national commission faulted the
government for a lack of leadership in the fight
against AIDS.
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ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters is 65. Ac
tor-producer Michael Douglas is 52. Actor Christopher
Reeve is 44. Actress Heather Locklear is 35. Basketball
player Scottie Pippen is 31. Actor Will Smith is 28.
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WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS
IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES
1996-97
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Who’s Who applications are now being accepted for both undergraduate
and graduate students in the following locations:
Commandant’s Office (Military Sciences Building)
Student Programs Office (2nd Floor MSC)
Student Activities Office (125 John J. Koldus Building)
Sterling C. Evans Library
Office of Graduate Studies (125 Teague)
Office of the Dean of each College
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (10th Floor Rudder)
Completed applications must be received by the Student Activities Office
no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 27, 1996. They may be
hand-carried to the Student Activities Office, sent through Campus Mail,
or sent through U.S. Mail. (See the application for addresses.)
Make sure your organization gets its
place in A&M history.
1997 Aggieland Contracts
Now Available
Student Organizations
Greeks
Corps of Cadets
Residence Halls
Sports Clubs
Pick up a contract in Room 004 Reed McDonald
Contracts are due at 5PM on Friday, Sept. 27.
Call 845-2682 for questions.
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