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MSC Great Issues Presents Author Paul Loeb GENERATION AT THE CROSSROADS APATHY & ACTION ON THE AMERICAN CAMPUS Generation X Myths & Realities Wednesday, March 6th 7:30 p.m. MSC Room 212 Free to the Public For more information call the Student Programs Office at 845-5722 THIS SPRING BREAK MAIOR ►ss majors... 3 Teal ' n Wandsjweri VMd/ vna* mas® roaJ ors • • • ' to scry ^ ^ee meer\n3 \nternat\ona\ Research material has never • been this much funl The weather is great, the border. Shopped better '' and you can party on ^ sides of the vour snrinn u paracllse ' great clubs, live music, lots of sunshine! Spend your spring break on the “Streets of Laredo,” beside the Rio Grande! For more information call 1-800-361-3360 • j Laredo Convention • |_55|^ and Visitors Bureau ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF! A. P. Beutel Health Center & Dial-A-Nurse will close at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, for Spring Break. Services will resume on the following schedule: A. P. Bentel Health Center 8 a.m., Monday, March 18 Dial-A-Nurse 4 p.m., Sunday, March 17 Page 10 • The Battalion Campus Wednesday • March 6,1996 Evan Zimmermann, The Batfaijon A TURTLE'S TALE Pepita, a 6-year-old female Kemp's Ridley sea turtle has been at Texas A&M since 1990. She was part of the Head Start program to hatch sea turtle eggs and release them, but she has a spinal deformity that will not allow her to be release. Kemp's Ridley are from the Gulf of Mexico and ^ are the most endangered sea turtles. They are also the smallest sea turtle averaging 100 pounds. Pepita weighs 35 pounds and lives in the Bio Aquatic Facility of the biology department. Breakfast: Advice open for everyone Continued from Page 1 carbohydrates and iron and had diets low in fat. Dr. Jane Cohen, health education coordinator and a nu trition specialist, said students can improve their health without taking much time out of their schedules. “There are many individual restaurants around campus, so students can grab food and go if they want to,” Cohen said. “It is something to get the day started and your metabo lism going.” For some students, breakfast consists of whatever can be eaten on the way to class. Pfrommer, a senior health science major, admitted that the program helped her to realize she does not always make the healthiest food choices. “Even though I’m a health major, I don’t eat very well,” Pfrommer said. All students can receive advice on improving their eating habits by taking advantage of the Computrition program available at several campus computer labs, including the one in the health center basement. Cohen said she hopes the program will eventually be come available for students to use in their dormitory rooms via the campus computer system. Dr. Lucille Isdale, health center director, said participa tion in the Computrition program inspired her to consider changes in her own eating habits. “When I looked at my analysis, I found I was low in everything, so I think I’ll visit with Korb again,” Isdale said. Building Continued from Page 1 He also said it is not feasible at this time to tear down Heaton Hall. “In order to raze the build ing, we would have to plan a re placement,” he said, “and right now there is no building being planned.” Though Heaton Hall’s prob lems are not as severe as those of other campus buildings, such as the English Annex with its multiple masonry fractures, Dowling said he would like to see it torn down in the next five to seven years. “I’m not trying to minimize (the problems),” he said, “but Heaton is not in the same catego ry as Law, Puryear and DeWare.” DeWare Field House and Law and Puryear Halls are closed and will be tom down, possibly as ear ly as this summer. Dowling said the steel struc tures in these buildings are bowed and rust is eating away at main support beams. “DeWare, whether we tear it down or not, is coming down,” he said. “It’s falling down.” Dowling said the buildings have not been condemned or ren dered unsafe, but renovations would be too costly to justify. “When you get into high main tenance,” he said, “at some point you just realize that a building is not worth the maintenance that it would take to keep it going.” Smith, a former student who lived in Law as an undergradu ate, said he agrees that the build ings should be demolished, de spite their part in A&M’s history. “We can get too bound up in tradition sometimes,” Smith said. “We need to look at what is best for the future of the campus.” Day Care Continued from Page 1 she is also concerned about the effect other departments in the Grenada Building, in cluding the University Police Department and the Radiological Safety Office, will have on the children. Collie said she worries that the amount of radiation needed to operate the radiological office could be hazardous. “As a mother,” she said, “I am not willing to take a risk like that with my child.” Miller said there is no cause for worry be cause measures are being taken to relocate radiological laboratories and their waste de positories. “I have been very open concerning the in formation on radiological safety,” she said. “We do not want the children in the same building with radiological materials, and we are working on finding an alternative loca tion away from the site of the child care fa cility for them to do all of their lab work.” Miller said the Radiological Safety Office and UPD headquarters would each have their own entrances, separate from the main entrance to the child-care center. The children, she said, would not come in contact with employees of either agency. Collie said she is also worried about “sick- building syndrome,” caused when fumes from paints, sealers, new furniture and new carpet emit fumes hazardous in rooms that are not properly ventilated. Collie suggested that the advisory com mittee check the ventilation in the Grenada Building before opening the center. At the meeting, Moore said she and other students on the advisory committee felt they were not being heard by the committee and were being silenced by Miller. She said Miller had told her and other members of the committee to keep quiet to the media. Miller said she had not meant to silence students on the committee, but she had asked the committee to refer members of the press to her for the factual information. “I encourage all students both in and out side of the committee to share their opinions on what is being done, and I really appreci ate all of the concerns that students bring forth,” she said. “I just encourage them to come to me for the facts about their concerns before they take them to someone else. “As for the students on the committee, they are the voice of the students as far as the child-care committee is concerned. I think they should share with the world what we are doing, and I encourage them to gath er input from the students on campus and share it with the rest of the committee." The child-care center advisory committee is in the process of evaluating surveys from prospective center users about their needs and concerns. Subcommittees are also work ing to outline a job description for the cen ter’s director and are designing a program for the center’s activities and curriculum. The Texas A&M Student Publications Board is accepting applications for Editor The Battalion (including on-line and radio operations) Summer 1996 The Battalion (including on-line and radio operations) Fall 1996 Qualifications for editor-in-chief of The Battalion are: Be a Texas A&M University student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major GPR at the time of appointment and during the term of office; Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable student newspaper; or have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, or have completed at least 1 2 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I and II), JOUR 301 (Mass Comm Law) and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Aggieland 1997 Qualifications for editor of the Agg/e/and yearbook are: Be a Texas A&M University student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major GPR at the time of appointment and during the term of office. Have at least one year experience in a responsible position on the Aggieland or comparable college yearbook. Have demonstrated ability in writing through university coursework or equivalent experience. Have completed or be registered in JOUR 210 (Graphics) or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Cagle in the Student Publications office, room 230 Reed McDonald Bldg. Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Friday, March 22, 1996. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Publications Board Meeting beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 1996. Texas ASM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The Student Publications Program is committed to increasing diversity and urges people from under-represented groups to apply. 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