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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1982 The aiD ly Lobo 1981 - 1985 1-18-1982 New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 086, No 76, 1/ 18/1982 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1982 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 086, No 76, 1/18/1982." 86, 76 (1982). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1982/2 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Lobo 1981 - 1985 at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1982 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. .. NEW MEXICO Vol. 86 No.77 Monday, January 18, 1982 Rising Costs of Higher Education Concern Administrators, _Students Manuel Franco from New Mexico's various in three out of the four" tuition stitutions of higher learning, recommendations made, Gallegos ASNM is attempting to present a said. University of New Mexico unified front to the Legislature this student leader!> and administrators year. Besides the LFC's lO percent expressed some concern over 1982- tuition increase recommendation, . 83 state budget recommendations Although the Legislature is not the 'BEF and Governor Bruce King by the Legislative Finance Com likely to support no tuition in both recommended a 5 percent mittee released last week. crease, "the Legislature will increase while the BEF staff sometimes split the baby as a recommended no tuition increase. ASUNM President Mike Austin compromise,'' Austin said. said Friday that the Associated ASNM Lobbyist Michael The House Subcommittee on Students of New Mexico will "hold Gallegos said the LFC recom Higher Education is expected to our position" of wanting no tuition mendation was "the lowest it has make its recommendations today increase despite a 10.2 percent been in the past six year concerning higher tducation to the tuition increase recommendation s, .•. however we are not satisfied House Appropriations and Finance made by the LFC. with it." Committee. The committee is The Associated Students of New chaired by Democratic Sen. John Mexico is made of student leaders, But the students "did well in continued on l!age 16 Computer Intelligence Questioned The "Star Wars" robots R2D2 native intelligence in a box ~ust vanced automation of assemby and C3PO are examples of around the corner," George Luger, lines); they want to design com something we are commg ·to expect associate professor of computer puter models of the activity of from computers: intelligence. Even science, said. "But it isn't true. One human intelligence that it be better in the games we play we are often of the things we have to learn is that understood and perhaps extended; competing against silicon chips. advances are made through an and it is great fun." Faced with the overwhelming awful lot of hard work." influence of compute~;s in our daily Yet even with this qualification, He said artificiai intelligence is of lives and the tremendous range of the advances which have already interest to psychologists, linguists tasks these machines now ·perform, been made in artificial intelligence and philosophers as well as. it is tempting to think that in- approach the marvels. of science engineers, technicians and com telligent computers have become a fiction. For instance, some com puter scientists. "Each group may reality. But, according to a UNM · puter ,programs actu.ally . e~hibit have its own reasons and goals in BiiiWoohter computer expert, the. era of ar- medical "judgement" JD helptna to the study of artificial inteJiigence, but many of the programs and tools A line forms Saturday to purchase textbooks at the Un_iversity tificiat intellig~mce is not yet here. diagnose and . treat · hospital foe development are shared by aiJ Bookstore. · "One of the problems with patients, Luger saad. groups," artifi~ial intelligence re~arc~ in the ..Judgement is simply a built-in One problem in artificial in past .as people have saad we ve got _ thing based on statistics, where you telligence research is to define combine a lot of bits of information "intelligence." to decide whether you've got a "Indeed, such a definition is well strong probability of something." beyond the current state-of-the-art Semester Break Sees Adjustm,ents Other ·examples of these expert of psychology, computer science, systems programs can be found in biology, medicine or any of our such diverse areas as mineral ex other modern science, just as 'life' In Athletics, Fina/nci(ll Aid, Bars ploration, automatic design of and 'meaning' are not definable by integrated circuits, law and its modern science.'' Luger said. "Instead, we search for a interest rates have made it hard to application and guidance systems Manuel Franco the University Arena mezzanine. behavioral description of these sell bonds at the present time. The .. for lighthouses and telescopes. The athletic department will pay up activities.' • bond market "has improved ..There are three main reasons The fo/Jowing is an update to $140,000 a year to help retire the Luger said one famous somewhat ••• but it's still not why people work in the area of compiled by the New Mexico Daily _ bonds when it has a budget surplus. behavioral description of in attractive enough right now," artificial intelligence," Luger said. Lobo of some of the news events The Regents also approved the ''They want to extend the range of telligence has been offered by Alan final plans for the Ronald Merrett said. which took place during the things computers can do (for Turing, a British mathematician. semester break. McDonald House to be located continued on page 17 example, the use of robots in ad- continued on page 16 north of the Children's Psychiatric Board of Regents Center. The house will provide a At the December meeting, the place to stay for some. families of Regents reduced the athletic children being treated at the department's budget estimate for University of New Mexieo/BCMC 1982-83 to $4 million from the Hospital. department's estimate of $4.6 The next scheduled Regents million {see interview with Athletic meeting is Feb. 2 in the Roberts Director John Bridgers on page 20). Room, second floor of Scholes The department estimates it will Hall. receive between $4.24 to $4.S9 New Mexico Educational . inililuii ln·!'~Y~!lUes in }9iji.ijj, Assistance Foundation's efforts to . f' d . ~" . The Regents reaf arme oucrmg """.. __ student loan notes from the half·price athletic tickets to UNM state · · • : . ~· h faculty and staff and paying the Foundation Presideii~· ·~?1 n.• other half of the tickets' price with Merrett said that the foundation's funds from the faculty and staff purchase of about $34 million in benefits account, which also pays student loan notes from the State for such benefits as social security Treasury has been approved and and life and medical insurance. the foundation will actually buy the This policy had been questioned by . bonds Feb. L State Oemocratic Rep. John Mershon of Cloudcroft, chairman Merrett said that Federated Tax of the Legislative Finance Com Free Trust in Pittsburgh has agreed mittee, who felt that the cost shoUld to lend the foundation about $42 perhaps be picked up by the athletic million - $34 million to buy the department. notes and $8 million to provide In 1980-81; $27,700 from the funds for student loans - for the benefits account Was used to make rest of this academic year. The up for the discount tickets. interest paid on the loan notes will The Regents also reaffirmed the provide funds for future .student present policy of using capital. loans. Joe Cavateua improvement funds to retire bonds The Foundation was set tip last sold to pay for the building or the year .to obtain funds for student Wednesday night's storm that dumped almost two inches of snow on Albuquerque was part of the University Stadium press box and loans by selling bonds, but high bad -weather that froze most of the'' nation, includ~ng I!Nf¥1.'s ~~IJ,tl] P.llJZa.. • • • • • , •.• • -· '~ .. '· ll " ., "' •-. ~ ,, " • <I • . ,_ . -' - .... ' .L' / '7' Pal-(<' 2, N<•w Mt•xic•o Dail:· Lobo, jallllM)' !h. lflii2 l'ugt• 3, New M~xic•o Daily Lobo, Janunry 18, W82 WorId News by United Press International Supreme Court Moving Quickly on Equal Rights Ruling WASHINGTON - The Equal high court vacate the ruling by U ,S. saw the. development as "a very abridged on account of sex, has opinion - that Callister acted Rights Amendment, dealt a body District Judge Marion Callister of encouraging sign," adding, "We be~n approved by 35 of the 38 states unconstitutionally, blow by an Idaho federal judge, Idaho. asked the court to expedite. They needed for inclusion in the Con The Reagan administration, may ~njoy a boost of sorts from the are asking for a response even stitution. Indiana was the last state however, opposes the move to rule ecome Supreme Court, But it is still caught The court's order came with faster than we had asked." But to ratify, Jan. 12, 1977. quickly. But it suggested last extraordinary dispatch. Under in a narrowing time trap, even if the court vacates Callister's Also, five states - Idaho, Thursday the court might consider The amendment, the focus of normal circumstances, actions decision, the justices would be vacating Callister's decision and decided upon by the justices in Keniucky, Nebraska, South Dakota pitched political battle for nearly a ·refusing to go as far as NOW and Tennessee - have acted to delaying further consideration until decade, faces a final deadline of conference are not announced until wants.