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Go Big Red, Beat Furman! She l l . i a i J . (Eaiiet "One of Anirrioa s Oldest (lollem* i^ewspapers" VOLUME LXXVIII Virginia Military institute, Lexington, Virginia Septemt>er 30,1988 NUMBERS Settle Automates EPA International Scene: More Violence In Soviet Union Two local chemistry profes-sors are assisting scientists from the National Bureau of Standards and the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) in automat-ing the preparation of a variety of sample types for analysis by instrumental methods. Col. Frank A. SetUe, Jr., of Virginia Military Institute, and Dr. Michael A. Pleva, of Wash-ington and Lee University, have been working on "expert system" computerized analyses for several years. Now, a new grant to the VMI Research Laboratories of $71,000 from the National Science Foundation will allow undergraduate stu-dents to participate in the project. Dr. Settle has directed VMI research to automate the increas-ing number of samples to be analyzed for EPA, but now the efforts will turn to automation of the preparation of the samples to increase sample thoughput and Soviet Union: Soviet troops have again been used to quell ethnic violence in the Azerbaijan republic. The trouble started when Azerbaijani attacked a bus load of Armenian students, and it soon spread through out the regional city of Slepanabert. It was called the worst outbreak of violence since 32 people died last February in riots in Are-menio. Lebanon: The Lebanese President Amin Gemayel will end his six-year term at midnight Thursday. Both the Christian and Muslims cannot agree on a candidate to succeed him. Ger-mayel hoped that Army Com-mander Michel Aoun would lead a transitional government of six military officers, but three Mus-lim appointees refused to parti-cipate. Burma: Violence continued to plague Burma this week. Oppo-nents of the ruling Burma socia-lists program party named re-tired Brig. Gen. Aung Gzi as president of the newly formed League for Democracy. The League demanded the abolish-ment of the ruling party's one-party dictatorship and free and fair elections. Rumors were widespread that government troops were executing anti-government protesters and low level anti-government leaders. Isreal: Israel joined the United States, the Soviet Union, France, Japan, China, Britain and India as only the eighth country to send a satellite into space. The satellite, Ofek-1, is designed to collect data on space conditions and the earth's mag-netic field. to assure that all samples are processed in the same manner. The system will consist of a laboratory robotic work station and a microwave dissolution unit. The robot weights the sample in a container, then adds the acid necessary to dissolve the sample, and places the container in the oven for rapid heating. When the sample is dissolved, the robot removes it from the oven, and, after cooling, it can be analyzed by one or more chemical techniques. The robot and the microwave unit will be controlled by com-puters operating under the direc-tion of an expert system pro-gram. It contains knowledge about the conditions required to dissolve samples of interest to EPA. Once a sample type has been identified by the analyst, the expert system will provide the robot and the microwave unit with the information necessary See Settle Cont'd pg. 10 John Adametz '89 sacks Richmond QB. INSIDE: Keydets Continue to Fight But Fail to Win pg. 7 Girls of Summer pg. 3 Thumbs Up Weekend pg. 8 Domestic Scene: Navy To Reduce Presence In Gulf By DanFranzen Neither George Bush nor Michael Dukakis came away with a clear victory in their de-bate Sunday night. Polls taken after the debate show that voters felt neither candidate delivered a knockout blow to the other, though Bush spent much of the debate on the defensive. Political analysts feel that Dukakis made a small gain by holding his own against Bush, who has more ex-perience with national publicity. However, the debate is not ex-pected to sway many voters either way. The candidates will debate again on October 13th or 14th; the Vice-Presidential nominees, Quayle and Bentsen, will debate on October 5th. The countdown began on Monday for the liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery. The shuttle was scheduled for launch at 9:59 a.m. on Thursday at the time of this writing. This will be the first shuttle launch since the Challenger disaster on 28 Jan-uary 1986. The shuttle has been redesigned and extensively tested since then. President Reagan's spokesper-son, Marlin Fitzwater, announ-ced that the Navy will be reduc-ing its presence in the Persian Gulf soon. The number of ships in the Gulf will be reduced, and the ships will play a surveillance role rather than their current close-support role. The decision to reduce the Navy's role fol-lows the Iran-Iraq cease fire agreement. A filibuster by Republican senators defeated a Democratic effort to raise the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.55 per hour. The Republicans opposed the idea because they felt it would raise unemployment and reduce the number of jobs avail-able in America. Democrat Ed-ward Kennedy of Massachus-setts announced that another effort will be made to raise the minimum wage, maybe in the next Congress.
Object Description
Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. September 30, 1988 |
Issue Date | 1988-09-30 |
Volume/Number | Volume 78, number 6 (Volume 78 repeated through 1988-89 academic year) |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
Subject |
Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Title | Page 1 |
Issue Date | 1988-09-30 |
Full Text Search | Go Big Red, Beat Furman! She l l . i a i J . (Eaiiet "One of Anirrioa s Oldest (lollem* i^ewspapers" VOLUME LXXVIII Virginia Military institute, Lexington, Virginia Septemt>er 30,1988 NUMBERS Settle Automates EPA International Scene: More Violence In Soviet Union Two local chemistry profes-sors are assisting scientists from the National Bureau of Standards and the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) in automat-ing the preparation of a variety of sample types for analysis by instrumental methods. Col. Frank A. SetUe, Jr., of Virginia Military Institute, and Dr. Michael A. Pleva, of Wash-ington and Lee University, have been working on "expert system" computerized analyses for several years. Now, a new grant to the VMI Research Laboratories of $71,000 from the National Science Foundation will allow undergraduate stu-dents to participate in the project. Dr. Settle has directed VMI research to automate the increas-ing number of samples to be analyzed for EPA, but now the efforts will turn to automation of the preparation of the samples to increase sample thoughput and Soviet Union: Soviet troops have again been used to quell ethnic violence in the Azerbaijan republic. The trouble started when Azerbaijani attacked a bus load of Armenian students, and it soon spread through out the regional city of Slepanabert. It was called the worst outbreak of violence since 32 people died last February in riots in Are-menio. Lebanon: The Lebanese President Amin Gemayel will end his six-year term at midnight Thursday. Both the Christian and Muslims cannot agree on a candidate to succeed him. Ger-mayel hoped that Army Com-mander Michel Aoun would lead a transitional government of six military officers, but three Mus-lim appointees refused to parti-cipate. Burma: Violence continued to plague Burma this week. Oppo-nents of the ruling Burma socia-lists program party named re-tired Brig. Gen. Aung Gzi as president of the newly formed League for Democracy. The League demanded the abolish-ment of the ruling party's one-party dictatorship and free and fair elections. Rumors were widespread that government troops were executing anti-government protesters and low level anti-government leaders. Isreal: Israel joined the United States, the Soviet Union, France, Japan, China, Britain and India as only the eighth country to send a satellite into space. The satellite, Ofek-1, is designed to collect data on space conditions and the earth's mag-netic field. to assure that all samples are processed in the same manner. The system will consist of a laboratory robotic work station and a microwave dissolution unit. The robot weights the sample in a container, then adds the acid necessary to dissolve the sample, and places the container in the oven for rapid heating. When the sample is dissolved, the robot removes it from the oven, and, after cooling, it can be analyzed by one or more chemical techniques. The robot and the microwave unit will be controlled by com-puters operating under the direc-tion of an expert system pro-gram. It contains knowledge about the conditions required to dissolve samples of interest to EPA. Once a sample type has been identified by the analyst, the expert system will provide the robot and the microwave unit with the information necessary See Settle Cont'd pg. 10 John Adametz '89 sacks Richmond QB. INSIDE: Keydets Continue to Fight But Fail to Win pg. 7 Girls of Summer pg. 3 Thumbs Up Weekend pg. 8 Domestic Scene: Navy To Reduce Presence In Gulf By DanFranzen Neither George Bush nor Michael Dukakis came away with a clear victory in their de-bate Sunday night. Polls taken after the debate show that voters felt neither candidate delivered a knockout blow to the other, though Bush spent much of the debate on the defensive. Political analysts feel that Dukakis made a small gain by holding his own against Bush, who has more ex-perience with national publicity. However, the debate is not ex-pected to sway many voters either way. The candidates will debate again on October 13th or 14th; the Vice-Presidential nominees, Quayle and Bentsen, will debate on October 5th. The countdown began on Monday for the liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery. The shuttle was scheduled for launch at 9:59 a.m. on Thursday at the time of this writing. This will be the first shuttle launch since the Challenger disaster on 28 Jan-uary 1986. The shuttle has been redesigned and extensively tested since then. President Reagan's spokesper-son, Marlin Fitzwater, announ-ced that the Navy will be reduc-ing its presence in the Persian Gulf soon. The number of ships in the Gulf will be reduced, and the ships will play a surveillance role rather than their current close-support role. The decision to reduce the Navy's role fol-lows the Iran-Iraq cease fire agreement. A filibuster by Republican senators defeated a Democratic effort to raise the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.55 per hour. The Republicans opposed the idea because they felt it would raise unemployment and reduce the number of jobs avail-able in America. Democrat Ed-ward Kennedy of Massachus-setts announced that another effort will be made to raise the minimum wage, maybe in the next Congress. |