Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Dr. Ronald E. Marcotte, chemistry professor, works with the only Double Mass Spectrometer System in Texas. 13

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Working in the cole room are graduate students Roger Campos, Johnny Lara and Anna Briones. I wasn't too thrilled about discover- ing snakes in the biology department until they told me that they were do- ing reserach on snake venom as a pos- sible cure for cancer, I guess maybe my prejudice against snakes is un- justified, especially if their research provides a clue to help cancer vic- tims. a chem prof plays billiards with atoms! In chemistry, they have this con- glomerate of machinery called a Dou- ble Mass Spectrometer that identifies chemical compounds and forms ions. It does all sorts of other stuff too, but when he wouldn't let me play billiards I decided to check out something else One of the Biology department's snakes which is milked for its venom. 12 Exploring a microscopic world is Vivian E. Garcia, research associate.

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Keri Macomb takes inventory in the Physics' department stockroom. Good news! I got a call from the per- sonnel office today about a campus job. But I must specify three job preferences . . . Anyway, I told them I would take the first available job that I qualified for and then left to investigate the art de- partment. On the way over there, I got slightly sidetracked and wound up in some group's meeting. They sounded interesting too so I stayed there for a while. When I finally made it to the art department, I almost stumbled over my history professor! Maybe he didn't notice ... Michael Diaz carefully stacks silica bags in the art department. 14