THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1981
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• nd last full official meeting before
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“ pester. The senate held an “un-
fficial” session April 15 to orga-
jze senate committees and brief
and old members on current
|tivities.
The new senate does not offi-
ially take office until two weeks
election results are finalized;
at date came a week after the
enate’s April 15 meeting.
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jon of the speaker of the senate
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ence of the speaker.
Also on tonight’s agenda is the
confirmation of executive branch
members nominated by SG Presi
dent Ken Johnson, including ex
ecutive vice president, university
committees coordinator, record
ing secretary and parliamentarian.
Confirmation requires a two-
thirds vote of the senate.
Johnson said earlier he does not
“expect any great controversy”
over confirmation of executive
branch members.
Another important item will be
the confirmation of 180 student
members of University commit
tees. Of 69 University committees
dealing with various facets of
academics, student services or
business affairs, 37 have one or
more student members.
Applications for the positions
were reviewed by Johnson, ^SC
SI SG President Brad Smith, ex
ecutive vice president nominee
Jeff Bissey, University commit
tees coordinator nominee Julie
Walshak, Judicial Board Chair
man nominee Greg Hood and Off-
Campus Aggies President Paul
Bettencourt.
Bissey said Tuesday there were
still openings on the convocations
committee (which deals with plan
ning for commencement exer
cises), menu boards and two
cooperative education commit
tees. However, he said nominees
would probably be found in time
for the meeting tonight.
Aggie med student says
charter class unique one
By DIANE FLETCHER
Battalion Rec
Battalion neporter
On June 6 an important chapter will be added to
the [c jfcas A&M University’s history. The 32-member
Barter class of the College of Medicine will gradu-
Bcerst®', giving birth to the University’s first crop of Aggie
t thattljBctors.
than tlef “That we are Aggies means that we are unique,”
oring Dipid senior medical student Mark Sicilio.
o hashtf “This is not to say that Aggies will be able to relate
probleswhere people of other medical schools will not. It’s
n, morMnot to say we ll know more or know less, or that we ll
nplaintsBake more or make less.
t of sum "But I think that those who know us will see the
:oofficeiinlluence that A&M has had on our lives.”
mean if Today, the Aggie medical students, officially rec-
ized as the Texas Aggie Medical Student Associa-
n, are uniting to help save lives.
The Association, with the aid of Alpha Phi Omega
id Student Government, is sponsoring a campus-
de organ-donation program in association with the
jiving Bank in Houston.
Sicilio explained how the Eyes of Texas A&M-
jving Bank Project began:
I “I was watching a film on organ donations — to tell
the truth I was falling asleep — and all the sudden I
ppleiMs! Kmembered when I was a student at A&M in Col-
abouta lege Station and when I gave blood: ‘Why don’t we
irrythis one step further? It’s only a logical progre-
cesmMpsion. ’
partM The program is now a reality. University students
iginewj who wish to register a part of or all parts of their body
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for transplantation, therapy or medical research may
do so during the Aggie Blood Drives held each
semester.
Sicilio describes himself as a team player; one who
works best when working with others. The charter
class of the College of Medicine has adopted this
attitude of working and helping each other.
“Our class is like one big family,” Sicilio said. “The
friendships that have been established in these years
will be forever — they’re lifetime.”
Sicilio will begin a three-year residency in pediat
rics at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple
after his graduation. He says he enjoys children,
because he still has a little bit of child left in himself.
He said a friend once asked him, “Mark, when are
you going to grow up?”
Sicilio answered, “I kind ofhope I don’t. Because I
want to be a pediatrician, and I want to relate closely
with the children under my care.”
He wears a Mickey Mouse watch to the hospital
each day because the children like it and he does too,
he said.
Once Sicilio needed to examine a Spanish
speaking child who was scheduled to go in for
surgery. The child was crying; Sicilio tried to calm
him by talking to him in Spanish. The frightened
child screamed and cried more.
Sicilio then pointed at his Mickey Mouse watch,
and the child’s tears slowed as his interest increased.
“It helps me to establish a rapport with them — to
show them that I’m not only their friend, but one
that’s going to try to take care of them. ”
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A Texas A&M University
ffiedical researcher will soon be-
n testing interferon, the body’s
pay 8 own “wonder drug, ” to discover if
it can successfully fight an often
nerve cancer that mainly
is not« strikes children under 5.
The interferon, produced from
cattle embryos at Texas A&M Uni-
^”4 Icrsity’s Agricultural Research
’ 1 and Extension Center in Amarillo,
will be tested on laboratory mice
at the main campus, said Dr.
George C.Y. Chiou, head of
medical pharmacology and tox-
icology at Texas A&M.
Preliminary results from the
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study should be available in sever
al months, he said.
A clinical study on humans, us
ing the same Texas A&M-
produced interferon, has already
begun at a Chicago medical re
search center, Chiou said.
The cancer, called neuroblasto
ma, can spread almost anywhere
in the body and is usually fatal in
children — the prime targets — if
not diagnosed and treated before
an infant is a year old, he ex
plained.
The disease results from a fai
lure of nerve cells to differentiate
as the body develops, said Chiou.
Another drug developed in part
by Chiou has shown promise in
treating neuroblastoma.
The drug, called “BrACH” for
bromoacetylcholine, has inhibited
the spread of cancer and has pro
longed the lives of mice more than
200 percent in laboratory tests,
Chiou said.
He became involved in de
velopment of BrACH more than
10 years ago at Vanderbilt and la
ter at the University of Florida be
fore coming to Texas A&M to
assume his position as department
head.
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What s Up
WEDNESDAY
EUROPE CLUB: Will meet to elect officers at 8:30 p.m. at Mr.
Gatti’s in College Station.
LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL: Will meet at 6 p in. at
Dr. Lute’s house.
RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATION. Will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the .Alamo. Jennifer Berry will speak on
“Environmental Issues of the 80s.“
FINANCE ASSOCIATION: Will have their spring barbecue at
6:30 p.m. at Hensel Park.
BETA BETA BETA: Will meet to initiate new members at 7 p.m.
in 601 Rudder. Dr. James R. Wild will be the speaker.
MATH CLUB: Will sponsor a help session for students in Math
130, 150, 151, 152, 230, 253 and 308. The session will be held
from 7-10 p.m. in 203 and 207 Academic. Admission is $1.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: Will have an party at 7:30 p.m. in Tree-
house Apartments party room.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: The Newman Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 302
Rudder.
CANADIAN CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
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at the A&M Presbyterian Church.
MANAGEMENT SOCIETY: Will have a party at 7:30 p.m. at 901
Munson.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Will have a night
prayer service at 10 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church.
MSC AMATEUR RADIO COMMITTEE: Will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in 308 Rudder.
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UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: Will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 145
MSC.
INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Will hold a wor
ship service at 7 p.m. at The Canterbury House, Jersey Street.
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