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For better • Job interviews • Presentations • Conversation • Professional discussion Using the proven Compton method by certified speech therapist. Consuitation or Brochure Call 409-690-3652 Classes & appointments: 303 S. Anderson 2 blocks south of A&M campus STUDENT RATES Start now or reserve for summer session. FRWglAN improvisaiional comedy THE FINAL May 1st 9 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Tickets are $4 in advance & $5 at the door Food Frenzy/Restaurant Tour lii Historic Downtown Bryan May 1st, 1999 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Have a Hearty Appetite? Come Sample 6 Restaurants in Downtown Bryan for ONLY $5.00 Presented by: , ' or Information: • The Downtown Bryan Merchants Corner of lime Antiques 822-7400 and Business Association Alpha Phi 847-1931 • Alpha Phi Sorority llckets Available at Participating • Bryan Coca-Cola Downtown Merchants. 121MAN IS T U P E IM Tl t C Al JISJP A.T1QJS1 Come show your support! Aggie Baseball team plays t.u. Friday, April 30 Enjoy Bevo BBQ before the Game Olsen Pavilion 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Student Foundation Members eat Free Friends eat for only $ 5 Come join us for Sand Volleyball, Basketball, Food & Fun! 12th Man Student Foundation End of School Party Saturday, May 1 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Rec Center Backyard News ♦ Thursday, April 29, 1999 Software to help prevent loss of data to computer crashes BY APRIL YOUNG The Battalion A product from Symantec, Nor ton CrashGuard 4.0, is a computer program that warns users of crash es before they happen, allows them to save their work before any data is lost and walks them through the crash recovery process, but Texas A&M network operations specialist Bob Brooks said he is skeptical of the software. Omar Garcia, public relations coordinator for the Symantec Cor poration, said although crashes are inevitable, protection from the loss of data saves students time and work. Garcia said the most significant features of the CrashGuard are Crash Assistant, Vital Save and Crash Advisor. "CrashGuard Assistant and Crash Advisor allow users to un derstand what went wrong with their computer systems and rec ommend what the user should do,” Garcia said. Vital Save is prompted when the system crashes and allows work to be saved. Garcia said the installation process is simple and uses a small amount of drive space. “It comes on a CD-ROM, so all you have to do is follow the in structions,” Garcia said. “It’s intu itive, it guides you through the process, and it takes up only 5 megabytes of hard-drive space. “The program runs in the back ground, so users don’t have to do anything. Users will be prompted before anything happens. The pro gram is built for the not-so-techni- cal user.” It a user experiences a crash while surfing the Internet, Crash- Guard allows users to restart the crashed Web browser quickly and return to the last URL visited. Brooks said CrashGuard is ben eficial for people who use older versions of Windows, but not nec essarily for others. “The older versions of Windows were notorious for locking up and crashing, so if someone is using one of the earlier versions of Win dows, it’s a good thing to have,” he said. Brooks said, as far as students are concerned, he thinks the pro gram is a waste of money. He said the best and cheapest protection against losing data is to save work often. Norton CrashGuard 4.0 is com patible with major programs, in cluding Microsoft Office ’97 and Microsoft Office’98. Quicken and Adobe Photoshop, and it will save any information that is open at the time of the crash. CrashGruard can be purchased at for about $30 in most computer stores or on the Symantec Website. Discoverer of Titanic says future of exploration lies on ocean floor BY EMILY R. SNOOKS The Battalion Dr. Robert D. Ballard shared his experiences of the study of the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the dis covery of the Titanic and his on going uncovering of the myster ies of the sea. “Deep Sea Exploration” was the third and final event of the in augural season of the Distin guished Lecture Series. Ballard is most known for his discoveries of the RMS Titanic, the German battleship, Bismarck and the U.S. aircraft carrier York- town. Ballard said he and his team discovered the Titanic in the summer of 1986 by finding a trail of debris from the massive ship on the floor of the north Atlantic ocean. He said once they discovered the remains of the ship’s boilers, it was not long until they found the sunken ship. Ballard said the ocean serves as an exceptional preserver of ships and artifacts. He said the Titanic’s chandeliers were still hanging in the dining room when they discovered the foundered luxury liner. Ballard said he and his team have been able to excavate arti facts and antique remains in near pristine condition. Ballard said the discovery of the RMS Titanic sparked interest in the world’s youth population in deep-sea exploration. To keep young people moti vated, he started the JASON pro ject. The JASON machine is a ro botic exploration tool used to view underwater life. The project is in it’s 10th year and consists of a variety of spe cialized scientists who compose a curriculum for junior high- school students to learh about and participate in deep-sea ex ploration. Students participate in deep- sea dives throughout the world by down linking by satellites in classrooms built for the JASON project. Down link sites are in 37 states. Future plans for Ballard in clude a long-awaited exploration of the Black Sea. Ballard said he and his team have two major foci: to discover terrestrial remains of ancient populations that were wiped out by a catastrophic flood and to discover artifacts along the con tinental shelf of the sea. Ballard also wants to explore the thousands of feet of stagnet, anoxic water, which provides perfect conditions for preserva tion. Ballard said the next genera tion of deep-sea explorers will have the opportunity to discover more aspects of the ocean than any other generation. Denver Hi I preemp^L after com aboutsm r (AP) — DaysMj Stern made the Columbine massacre, a Denver pre-empting the s! 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