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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980
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On-campus parking a challenge
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dents parked here until complaints were made
by railroad officials about blocked tracks.
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By MARK TRIESCH
Battalion Reporter
A Texas A&M University resear
cher is conducting experiments that
are really “for the birds. ”
Dr. Garl Rieke, assistant professor
|§f anatomy, is using pigeons as test
«mmuniaM imals in his study of human move-
iment disorders.
■ Rieke is studying illnesses, such as
Huntington’s disease and Parkin
son’s disease, for which no cures are
id
Huntington’s disease is a progres-
movement disorder which gra-
idually strips the victim of his muscle
control, Rieke said.
jTHuntington’s disease strikes
County :J around 40,000 people in the United
indict kin I States every year,” he said. "It
JsidentsaisMlicts men and women equally, and
oolintotkelBually shows up when the victim is
el'niver-135 to 40 years old.”
4 UnivmJ ; The disease destroys 500 to 1,000
»1 in tkf I of the victim’s nerve cells every year,
)endentst«| said Rieke. These cells do not regen-
lockefeleticrate themselves and thus, control of
rmalsc’t the nervous system breaks down.
B Rieke said that when an extract
ter’sdegrtfl from the Japanese seaweed kaininso,
ersityoflifkainic acid, is injected into a pigeon’s
his dod
brain it produces lesions which cause
symptoms similar to Huntington’s
disease in the bird.
“Kainic acid is a selective toxin,”
said Reike. “It destroys certain
neurons in the brain, but does not
destroy the sensitive nervous path
ways. Because of this we can isolate
certain cell bodies that we want to
examine.”
Once the symptoms of Hunting
ton’s disease are recreated in the
brain of the pigeon, Rieke said, the
progression of the disease can be
carefully monitored, and possible re
tardants introduced to combat the
disease.
Rieke said that pigeons were
chosen as the test animal because
their nervous system is very similar
to that of mammals.
Rieke said his experiments will
deal only with the physical aspect of
the muscle disorders. “These dis
eases usually also cause personality
changes in the victims,” he said.
“Since we have no way to measure
psychological changes in the pi
geons, we can only deal with phy
siological factors.”
By NATHAN R. HINES
Battalion Reporter
Finding a place to park on campus
is tough, but it is even tougher trying
to find a legal parking place.
The parking problem was worse
last year because the parking lot be
hind Kyle Field (Parking Annex 62)
was unusable because of construc
tion. Students had to park some
where else; usually across the tracks
in PAs 56 or 61.
Some students dealt with parking
lot problems by using a lot across
from Kyle Field in the area between
Wellborn Road and the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks. This 50-foot
wide strip of land runs through Texas
A&M University grounds, but it is
owned by Southern Pacific.
Texas A&M signed a lease agree
ment with Southern Pacific in 1967
providing authority for use of the
railroad right-of-way for parking on
football weekends.
“We sort of turned our back to
students parking by the railroad
tracks last year because of lot 62
being closed,” said Col. Tom Par
sons, director of security and traffic
at Texas A&M.
“We allowed the parking because
Southern Pacific didn’t seem to parking except on football game
mind. However, we had problems days.
with people parking too close to the
tracks, blocking the trains. Then
Southern Pacific calls us to move the
cars.”
The railroad company must have
had enough of the inconveniences
because on Feb. 6, an agent for
Southern Pacific contacted the Uni
versity police and requested that the
terms of the lease be enforced; no
The University Police then
printed notices and placed them on
the cars that were parked on the
Southern Pacific land. The notices
explained the lease agreement with
Southern Pacific and the railroad
company’s request for the University
to honor the lease. The notice also
said that tickets would be issued the
following week.
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