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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1985 The aiD ly Lobo 1981 - 1985 10-11-1985 New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 090, No 35, 10/ 11/1985 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1985 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 090, No 35, 10/11/1985." 90, 35 (1985). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1985/114 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 1985 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. --J----New Me~co---------------------- Vol. 90 No. 35 Friday, October 11, 1985 One UNM Admission Requirement ACT. Scores Belovv U.S. Average By Juliette Torrez ''Kids from that background tend Although a 1.984 report on New to score lower on the ACT," said Mexico high school graduates did State average ACT scores, below McCoy. McCoy said although not give a breakdown on students' the national average, could affect in national average scores by students ethnic backgrounds, it states that state student admissions to the Uni from a Hispanic background are up, 44.3 percent of the students who versity of New Mexico. ''They arc not quite as high" as graduated in 1984 went on to col However, a. specific ACT, or national average scores by students lege. American College '}'est, score is not from "Anglo" backgrounds. Prepared for the New Mexico required by the University upon ap However, McCoy said that Coordinating Council of Secondary plication. "We look at a number of statewide, 46 percent of the high Schools and Colleges by Cynthia factors," said Gary Kuykendall, school students arc Anglo, 41 per Stuart, director of admissions at assistant director of admissions. cent arc Hispanic and 9 percent are UNM, the report states tlJat out of "There is no set cut-off of ACT Native American, based on informa scores.'' tion from 1983-84. cont;nued on page 3 Kuykendall said Thursday that UNM has a system that incorporates high school GPA, class rank, ACT scores and subject matter require It's Time for Flu Shots ments from high school, such as three years of math and four years of By Steven Parks viral .infections t11roughout the year,. English. · but the heaviest time of the year is "Ours is not a cut-and-dry sys Now is the time to get flu shots, January and February. tem," said Kuykendall. "Ours .is says Marion Lauer, a registered Lauer said tlfe clinic has given 26 more complex." nurse at the University of New Mex- flu shots since the fall semester be Jack McCoy, an evaluations coor ico Student Health Center. gan. She said the health center gives dinator with the state department of ..The influenza we immunize for about 150 flu vaccinations each education, said Thursday that New is repiratory," said Lauer. "It's year. Mexico high school students who more than just a cold .•. it can be"~:·.. Influenza viruses often undergo graduated in 1984-85 scored below very incapacitating." genetic changes, making it neces- the national average on the ACT. lnfluenza is an illness caused by a sary to update influenza vaccines. Those graduates scored an aver virus. Symptoms of the disease in- This makes it necessary to get im age of 17.5 on the ACT, which is clude fever, chills, headache, cough munized every year, said Lauer. based on a zero- to 36-point range. and muscle aches. This year's influenza vaccine has On a nationwide level, the average Lauer said influenza victims may been updated to protect against the Kathy Gonzalez score was 18.6 points, almost a full be sick for several days, or up to two A/Chile, A/Philippines and B/USSR The chase crew of "The Emerald City, "piloted by Byard Peake point higher, McCoy said. weeks or longer. strains. of Corrales and sponsored by the Deseit Rose Restaurant, He said one possible reason for. a · People don't start thinking about Lauer said a person can be a car- del/ate their balloon Thursday morning after Cutter Field was low state ACT average is because getting a flu shot until the weather rier of influenza even though he ''there are some students who start gets cold, said Lauer. She said the doesn't show any symptoms of the closed due to rain. The Albuquerque International Balloon school speaking a language other ideal time to get a shot is in Septem· virus. Fiesta continues through Sunday. than English. ber or October, before the flu season People with chronic Wncsses can really hits. be high risks for the infection. This Melinda Moffitt, nursing coordi- includes people with diabetes, heart nator for the Student Health Center, • Professors Examine Technical Feasibility said people come into the clinic with contmued on page 6 Of 'Star Wars' Nuclear Defense Program By Robert Fine easier task than going to the moon, ''Buildings in California are built to but it is possible,'' Streifer said. withstand earthquakes without Star Wars- President Reagan's "Some folks have made up their being tested during earthquakes," plan to build an impregnable shield minds about SOL You have to re he said ...It's true, not all ofthe sor against nuclear attack ~ has two member SOl is a project that guards system can be tested, but parts of it professors at the University of New against nuclear attack, not the build can be.'' Mexico at upposite poles. ing ufnuclear weapons. I think it's Strcifer also said it's possible that Edward Angel, assistant chair wise to reserve opinion until enough the Soviet Union is developing its man of the Department of Electrical reseach is done. " own SOl system, and this is impor- and Computer Engineering, said the Streifer said Star Wars could be Strategic Defense Initiative program tested without a nuclear attack. continued on page 3 is technically not feasible. But Wil• liam Streifer, director of the Center for High Technolgy Materials, said Star Wars is possible, ..and it UNM Yearbook a Possibility doesn't violate any physical laws as By Evan Leland were edited by students and all had I understand them.'' substantial budgets, ranging from Angel said computer programs The University of New Mexico $39,000 at Wyoming to $270,000 at (software) are not being developed could have a yearbook by the spring the University of Texas at Austin. as rapidly as computer design (hard of 1987 if enough students support Hoppe said . he hopes this and ware), •'and even if we could write one, says ASUNM Senate Pro Tern other information gathered in the the programs for Star Wars, they Jim Hoppe. poll will help get UNM's yearbook would be so complex it's doubtful Hoppe and Todd Hathorne,. stu started again. we could interpret them. dent goventment's research direc· ''Until we got the survey ques "There would be difficulty in tor, have been gathering information tions back, we didn't know what writing programs because Star Wars about college yearbooks in the hopes angle to start from," Hoppe said. computers wouldn't know all the of restarting. one here. A new yearbook would probably variables involved in a nuclear UNM had a student annual, Tlte cost between $15 and $20, Hoppe attack~ such as the number of mis Mirage, but it stopped publication said. It would be run by students and siles and Hight patterns," he said. about 10 years ago, Hoppe said. paid for mostly through advertising. Angel said computer programs "I think most people would like a ASUNM has a provision in its are constantly being modified, yearbook," he said. "We're a big budget that allocates 1 percent of •• And, because it would take a nuc school and it seems We are a commu student fees to a yearbook; this lear attack to test the Star Wars soft ter campus ..... a yearbook would in· would help cover costs as welL ware, the program would have to be crease school spirit and help people The last student annual failed in 100 percent accurate the fitst time, feel they belong." part. because it was "like a high and most computer scientists believe Hathorne recendy completed a school yearbook, trying to get this isn't possible." poll of 12 universities, asking ques everyone's picture in it," Hoppe Streifersaid, however, manypeo• tions about how they run their year said. A new one would focus more pie believed going to the tnoonwas books. Ten of those questioned had on student organizations, to increase Cornelia Lang, a volunteer at the Agora Crisis Center, receives impossible . I0 years before it hap student annuals or were starting one. student awareness of the various the volunteer for the month of September award from Albu pened, and having an affordable, Yearbook prices ranged from $12 UNM groups and provide an incen• querque Mayor Harry Kinney. The mayor also declared Oct. 10 personal computer was a dream 15 at the University of. Wyoming to tive for those groups to support a as Agora Day. The crisis center is celebrating its 15th years before people could buy them. $26.50 at the University of CaJifor~ "I'm not claiming SOl is an nia at los Angeles. Nine of those eontinued on page 3 anniversary. Pa~e 2, New Mexko D;~ily Lobo, Octob~r II. 1985 Page 3, New Mexico Daily Lobo, October II, 1985 sy_uP_l lVUelle~_o_rt_· ___________________________ Star Wars-- continued from page 1 -TONIGHT Terrorists tant when debating the validity of ALAN Star Wars.