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Kroce reported his findings at a fiposium sponsored by the Univer- ■ of Chicago and discussed the fork Wednesday in a telephone in n-view. iThe development could lead, in ■ral years, to new ways to treat can- ferjsaid Dr. Janet D. Rowley, sympo- lum coordinator and an expert on B>rmalities in chromosomes, the within cells that carry the “It is very exciting,” she said. “It’s one step in a long process of under standing how a normal cell becomes a malignant cell.” Croce studied hereditary material known as DNA from a patient with Burkitt’s lymphoma, a cancer involv ing lymphoid cells most commonly found in African children. He found a gene known to cause cancer in chickens had moved from one chromosome to another. He also found the cancer gene had recom bined with an active gene involved in the production of immunoglobulin, a protein active in the body’s defenses against disease. Croce said his laboratory has evi dence the cancer gene was activated and produced a protein. He said the next step is to find out how that gene product works and once that is understood, he said re searchers will attempt to find a way to shut off the apparent cancer-causing mechanism. “We are all excited,” he said. “We are working around the clock.” A scientist from Harvard Universi ty reported at the same symposium Croce’s finding had been confirmed in the Harvard lab. Dr. George Khoury, chief of the laboratory of molecular virology at the National Cancer Institute outside of Washington, said Croce’s research was significant in the effort to under stand how cancer genes are turned on, and possibly how they can be turned off. “The assumption is that the move ment of this in some way turns on this gene,” Dr. Rowley said. “And it’s this turning on that may be related to the cancerous nature of the cell.” EM [ | CK[ Committee considers acuity senate’s role savings, oft the reg- fo\\ owing. v, Enchilada o Dinner, r. Summer in Salad, t\\\o Dinner, , T&co Salad. and save \<sm 1STMJ RANTS • 693-2484 • 823-8930 by Rebeca Zimmermann Battalion Staff A major concern of the'committee tudying the future of the Academic mndl is to prevent overlap between e council and the proposed faculty nate, committee chairman Clinton Phillips says. The ad hoc committee, appointed Texas A&M President Frank E. andiver, met this week to begin dying the council’s future role and unction. ■The Academic Council is the only niversity-wide body dealing with demic matters. The council pri- rily is made up of administrators, Rans and department heads — only B of the 167 members are elected faculty members. A faculty senate was proposed a tear ago to increase the faculty’s role TUniversity governance. Faculty members will have a chance Idiscuss the senate’s proposed con- tution during an open meeting of ie senate steering committee at 3 Tuesday in Rudder Auditorium. The faculty will vote on ratification of the constitution Nov. 9. If passed, the constitution must be approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Re gents. The proposal is not on the re gents’ November meeting agenda, so it will be January before the board takes action on the senate proposal. The proposed constitution calls for a unicameral body but doesn’t address what role the Academic Council will have. “We’re going into a transition period,” Phillips said. “It all hinges on whether the faculty approves a senate.” A committee may be established during the transition period to help define senate and council roles, Phil lips said. “The ad hoc committee felt it was not in a position to come up with spe cific recommendations yet,” “he said. The committee did agree to reduce the size of the council. Since faculty members would be represented by the faculty senate, faculty delegates from each college and department probably would be eliminated, Phil lips said. “It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen to the council,” he said. “We really are not sure what role this coun cil will play in the future. The func tions of the Academic Council ... du plicate what’s in the senate docu ment.” The council handles primarily routine matters presented by various council committees. The council approves or rejects new courses, cur ricula changes and degree candi dates. The faculty senate constitution states its functions will include review ing or initiating University policies and regulations, curricula changes and approving degree candidates. Instructional standards, hiring of faculty, tenure promotions, overall University planning and evaluation of University administrators, person nel and appointments also are a part of the proposed constitution. staff photo by Jorge Casari Just following orders’ Howard Higgins, a sophomore from San Antonio, carries a stuffed elephant on campus Thursday. When asked why he was carrying one of the symbols of being a senior, he said he was “just following orders.” Higgins is a computing science major. Provost search may end soon The search for a provost/vice pres ident for academic affairs may be nearing its final stages. Clinton A. Phillips, dean of facul ties and chairman of the search com mittee, said 75 nominations were re ceived by the Oct. 1 deadline. He said search committee members, who have been reviewing dossiers on each nominee, will meet next week to pare down the list. The committee may be able to give University President Frank E. Van diver a list of its recommendations by mid-November, Phillips said. Nominations have come from all over the country, he said, and there are some strong candidates. “This is a better crop than last time,” he said. One search was conducted by another committee, but the commit tee was unable to recommend anyone for the position. Vandiver formed a new committee in July to reopen the search. The position has been vacant since January when Dr. J.M. Prescott res igned to direct the Texas A&M Insti tute of Occupational and Environ mental Medicine. Dr. Charles McCandless, associate vice president for academic affairs, is serving as in terim vice president. The addition of provost to the title of vice president for academic affairs was made by Vandiver as part of his University administration reorgani zation plan. The provost/vice presi dent will be second in command to the president. Colombian wins Nobel United Press International STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez — in self-exile because of his socialist beliefs and friendship with Fidel Castro — Thursday won the 1982 Nobel Literature Prize. “He has gradually confirmed his position as a rare storyteller, richly endowed with material, from imagina tion and experience, which seems inexhaustible,” the cita tion by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Garcia Marquez, 55, was the first Colombian writer and fourth from Latin America to win the prestigious prize, which this year was worth $157,000. The citation said Garcia Marquez won for his work combining fantasy with reality to show “a continent’s life and conflicts.” “There was no conflict over the choice of Garcia Mar quez,” Academy Secretary Lars Gyllensten said. “We have had long deliberations over the principles of choosing a winner. It’s not our aim to find the world champion of literature, but to find a good author who merits the prize,” he said. Garcia Marquez was cited also for his journalistic work, in which he stands “strongly committed” to the poor. The Academy said he continues a tradition in Latin America of drawing from a rich, “spiced and life-giving brew” ol literary genres and influences. The author moved to Rome in 1954 and has lived ir exile since then, living at different times in Barcelona New York, Paris and Mexico. Raise drinking age to 21, group says United Press International AUSTIN : —Despite a prediction by Gov. Bill Clements that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will find rough going in the Legislature, the Governor’s Task Force for Traffic Safety has recommended such a change in state law. “We felt our job was to try to sub mit recommendations that would save lives, and for that reason we felt like we could not ignore the life saving possibilities raising the legal drinking age to 21,” said Department of Public Safety Director Jim Adams who headed the 16-member task force. Raising the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 was among 38 propos als unanimously recommended by the task force Thursday. Another ex pected to draw fire is the recommen dation that open containers of alcoho lic beverages in^automobiles be banned. “With an open container law, that would add official sanction to what everyone knows, and that is that drinking and driving doesn’t make sense,” Adams said. The task force’s year of study fo cused on ways to reduce driving while intoxicated and related traffic hazards. Adams said the drinking age and open container recommenda tions are crucial to curbing DWI- related fatalities — primarily among teenagers. Adams said national statistics showed alcohol-related auto acci dents were the leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 16 and 24. The task force also proposed man datory jail time and suspension of drivers licenses for repeat DWI offen ders. Aggieland photos due The deadline for freshmen and sophomores to have their pictures taken for the 1983 Aggieland has been extended to Friday, Oct. 29. Students can have their pictures taken at the Yearbook Associates studio at 9700 Puryear Dr. Photos of juniors and seniors will be taken until Dec. 17. inside Around town 4 Classified 12 National 9 Opinions 2 Sports 13 State 4 Whafsup 11 forecast Today’s Forecast: High in the high 60s, low in the mid 50s. North easterly winds about 10 mph.