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'Page! V* local Battalion/Page 3 September 21, 1982 Community education sign-up starts today by Jane North Battalion Reporter Registration for the College Station Community Educa tion programs begins today and registration for Bryan programs will be Monday. Ann Palmer, director of the College Station Commun ity Education program, said dasses are designed for per sonal enjoyment and enrich ment. The programs provide a complete change of pace, since there are no tests or grades given, she said. The programs allow peo ple to meet others in the com munity and get involved in the community activities. She said facilities are open every day to get full use of the taxpayers’ money. Marvin Dixon, coordinator of Bryan Community Educa tion, said his programs help provide a service to the com munity through the use of facilities for activities. Enrollment in both prog rams has increased every year. Dixon said the Bryan prog ram registers up to 800 people each session. The College Station prog ram has an average enroll ment of 1,500 during each session, Palmer said. She said 80 percent of the students are women between the ages of 18 and 35 who either work or attend school full-time. attend school full-time. Both Bryan and College Station offer classes for Gen eral Education Development (GED), for the high school equivalency certificate. Registrations can be mailed to or brought by the Bryan Community Education Offices at 100 W. 25th St., Bryan, or phoned in at 775- 3243. Registration for College Station Community Educa tion will be held at the A&M Consolidated High School on EM 2818 at 7 p.m. for College Station residents. All other re sidents can register at 8 p.m. No phone-in or mail-in regis trations will be accepted. Meetings slated Academic Council The Texas A&M University Academic Council will elect a vice chairman for 1982-83 and vote on curriculum changes to day at 1:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder. The council will consider new courses in agriculture, environ mental design and medicine. These courses have been approved by the curriculum committee and need council approval to be offered. Faculty concerns The Texas A&M chapter of the Texas Association of College Teachers will host programs on faculty concerns and the Texas Legislature today in 302 Rudder. Frank Wright, TACT execu tive director and higher educa tion lobbyist, will speak at 1 p.m. on “How Faculty Can Influence the Texas Legislature.” Gwen Morrison, a member of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, will speak at 3 p.m. on “Faculty Salaries and Concerns of Higher Education in the Coming Legis lative Session.” TACT President Forrest Burt will speak after Morrison on “How TACT Can Effectively Serve the Needs of Texas A&M Faculty.” NOW IN COLLEGE STATION PLUM • FOOD • ORIIMK= Houston’s ‘bubble-boy’ has eleventh germ-free birthday K- CULPEPPER CS EffliV KlflRNMG A m\\ lilU (limiUK ft Mrk'i lil\i v\ lii( h qivi s \ lilv’SI j|\\(l (.jllMpSf M IVKldibll I \ I MS I 11 \ I M\\ Will 1)1 i \ki\<| plv i ichIw m Ms wliifli liwi |:xKilm s sii|\ili< am i w In vpin t (I i<)(,i ilii k i\ ilii lii|lii ol'(.‘ihI s pKoplii lie Woks I .Si i how ( .(kI s WokcI |>KO\iilis mi vmm, i\ iln wuldli ol ilu uwpiilk < I i.\w,i v, wou'li I < ovlfiioxs w Ini It will \fii < i i s \ll Will \oi bi ymom, i liosi w I to lit t <J i In I AKI V WARNIN( A Don’t miss this exciting motion picture at Association of Baptist Students Center 304 Highland C.S. Sept. 21, 1982 7:00 P.M. Phone 693-1529 gk Gospel Films A4uskegon. Mtchigon United Press international sterile rooms have been set aside HOUS1 ON — For almost 11 especially for him. Twice a year -years, Houston’s “Bubble-boy” he undergoes extensive medical David has lived inside a plastic evaluations. d’s ivided that, hi ■ed tat ample, srgenct he Uni le injai ids. Mi i tract# would hischai he cfiai itching ir hints e, e sub® whicli finist an, collate cersioit jht tif possess tQUIjli iBC'sJ: ist friey his satf leave, anytltif a the It oniclet Sultenfe' lender# 1 ise Rid* smiefr® a ry Bad 1 erf nc yFloff ..Cole* Hutdii"? •ick.Ca^ a Wern^ arr.Sosi' Harai |101 flcGloltf'’ Robin# 1 ' .delj* mernu" 1 E ngst# McCul Starasi 11 ' ioGare 11 ,hn R rj ’ -ri/# 1 *?; exa) Unions jitoro^ opinio^ cuity^ -rapM' 1 edit*'' clu« vf cri tter he** protective unit which safe guards him from everyone and everything. The youth, who is the world’s oldest survivor of untreated se vere combined immune defi ciency, has never been touched by ungloved human hands. He will celebrate his 11th birthday today with a small party at home with his family, priest and sever al close friends. David, whose last name has not been released, continues to , thrive physically, socially, psychologically and spiritually, despite being confined to the sterile units, his doctors said. He asked his parents for a new computer game as his birth day present. He is in fifth grade and teachers report he is doing well in school. He does not leave his home to attend class. ' Doctors worldwide who have • studied David’s condition say the only foreseeable chance the youth may have to fight germs could be through a new kind of bone marrow transplant. He was born with rare inherited im munological disorder which left him with no germ-fighting ability. The transplants are still consi dered experimental, and Dr. William Shearer, David’s physi cian for the past four years, said there is ho need to rush into any thing risky because the boy has never been ill. "Many treatments have been considered for David,” Shearer said. “But the only one that appears to have any promise is to transplant bone marrow. David regularly goes to Texas Children’s Hospital, where two Now you know United Press International The total amount of pressure exerted by the earth s atmos phere on the average human body exceeds 15 tons. But, be cause the pressure is exerted equally on all parts of the body’s surface, 15 pounds per square inch, and is balanced by our own internal pressure, we don’t even notice it. ! The Resale Gallery""H He was the second baby in the United States to be delivered in a germ-free environment. His older brother died of the same disorder, and doctors prepared David’s mother for a special birth procedure when David was born. 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