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■ s rs d44 Ifor The exas r’ard )nio gan / to citv 61, at a he \econl number^ of out-patients THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1978 Long waits at Health Center I CROCKER HALL home srsity Plan. >f the elec- By GEORGE ROWE Battalion Reporter lp r Claude B. Goswick, director f the A.P. Beutel Health Center, L the health center has set a re- U f 0 r the number or out-patients Idled the past few weeks. Under these crowded conditions, long wait is the major problem, pswick said. Brenda Zimpher, a sophomore, id that “having to wait" is the worst part of going to the health center. She said that to occupy the time, she either reads or re-copies notes. * Goswick said that medical treat ment is less personal with the re cord numher or paients. In August tlie health center handled 5,623 out-patients, and 92 in-patients. So fell this year the health center has handled 81,352 clinic patients, and 1,375 in-patients. Goswick said that upper respirat ory infections have been the most common ailment the past few weeks. Bronchitis, tonsillitis, colds and ear infections are other common ailments of Texas A&M University students, Goswick said. that they carry, and bacteria,” Gos wick said. “It’s crowded conditions crowded apartment complexes, and crowded classrooms,” that have caused the number of sick people at the clinic, Goswick said. Food Services needs workers “All these students have been at home all summer. They have been out of contaact with each other. They’re bringing all their viruses Goswick said that there is “a lot of poison ivy nowadays.” This is due to people partying on the river banks, he said. He added that there will be an increase in the number of people coming in with poison ivy when wood is being cut for bonfire. Goswick stresses that preventive medicine is very important. He tells the patient how to care for his ill ness, and also whether he should at tend class. Goswick said he tells people with fever that they shouldn’t go to class, but said that they probably go anyway. ANNUAL CELEBRATION DANCE SATURDAY - SEPT. 16-8 P.M.: 1 A.M. Q-HUT “A” GIRLS FREE GO 1 MILE WEST AFTER 2818 TURN LEFT AT REST AREA YOU ARE THERE! * * * * * * * * * * f * * TAMU UNIVERSITY DR. * * * * By SUSAN SHILLINGS Battalion Reporter Students interested in working at any of the live cafeterias on campus should consult the manager of the particular cafeteria, said Col. Fred Dollar, director of food services for Texas A&M University. There are approximately 100 jobs available for students. At Sbisa, there is a shortage of 50 workers; at Duncan, 19; at the Commons, 18; at the Memorial Student Center, 10; and the Rudder Tower dining room, 4. The salary is $2.50 an hour. The student starts out as a helper and within a week will know all the jobs. Dollar said. These jobs consist of cooking, serving, cleaning, mixing beverages, washing dishes, work ing the cash register and checking ID cards. Dollar said many students have changed their majors to food technology after working for Food Services and realizing the oppor tunities and benefits in the field. T’ve had four or five phone calls in three weeks from large to national companies asking for graduate students who have worked for us with a starting salary of $1,000 a month and fringe benefits,” Dollar said. Dollar said a shortage of student employees has become a problem recently and that the percentage of students working for Food Ser vices has decreased by an undetermined amount over the years. He said approximately one-third of the employees are students. Dollar added that a working student gets a discount for his meals at any of the cafeterias. Students who work and do not board pay $1.50 for breakfast, $1.90 for lunch and $2.30 for supper. Research team seeks cure for cow disease An 11-member team of top scien tific talent at Texas A&M University has been assigned responsibiltiy to come up with a control of brucel losis. This bacterial disease (brucella abortus) of a cow’s reproductive sys tem, the major damage being the abortion of calves, has been labeled “a scourge’ of the cattle industry which has been “cussed and discus sed” for generations as a psychologi cal, economic and political night mare. Director Neville P. Clarke of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta tion said that the team’s task is the first formal research in Texas on brucellosis in recent years. Brucellosis is referred to as bang’s disease in cattle, and as undulant fever in humans. However, death frorfi it is almost unheard of. The team from Texas A&M’s Col lege of Veterinary Medicine will explore every facet of brucellosis ranging from infected coyotes and quarantined commercial cattle herds, to the use of powerful mic roscopes and electronic computers. “We must know more about how the organism lives within a cow, reaction to the cow, and really why a calf is aborted,” explained Dr. Garry Adams, head of the team. “We will work on a combination of long-term fundamentals, and short term application to provide im mediate relief for cattle producers.” Adams added that individual ran chers want a more simplified, economical, practical, and reliable control than is available at present. We're quite happy to announce the opening of College Station's newest fine bridal shoppe in the Texas 707 Center Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 707 S. Texas Ave. Texas Instruments HEADQUARTERS! TI-59 Up to 960 program steps or up to 100 memories. Magnetic cards to record pro Qrams. 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