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Thursday
ALPHA ZETA (AGRICULTURAL HONOR SOCIE-
TY):An initiates meeting will be held at 6:15 p.m. in 701
Rudder.
TEXAS A&M SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB:Nomina
tions will dose in a general meeting at 8 p.m. in 701
Rudder.
INTRAMURAL - RECREATIONAL SPORTS:A Di
visional Swim Meet will he held at 7 p.m. at the P.L. Downs
Pool.
MBA/LAW DAY:Tickets for MBA/Law Day, a program to
inform students about graduate studies in law and busi
ness, will be on sale at the MSC Box Office Oct. 25
through Nov. 5 and at the A&A lobby from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., Nov. 1 through Nov. 5. Program tickets are $2 and
BBQ-lurtch tickets will be $4.50.
TEXAS A&M HOCKEY TEAM:A New Orleans Trip
will be discussed in a meeting at 8 p.m. in 204 Library. All
those going must attend.
AGGIE BLOOD DRIVE: The blood drive will be held
from 1 l a.m. to 9 p.m. on the second floor of the MSC or
in Lounge A of t he Quad and mobile units will be located
outside Sbisa and the Academic and Agency Building
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES:A11
recognized student organizations are invited to apply for
cubicle space in the Renovated Pavilion. Deadline for
applications is October 29. Come by 221 MSC for applica
tions and more information.
MSC HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE:A Halloween
Children’s Party will be held at 7 p.m. in 230 and 231
MSC. Faculty, staff and students children are welcome.
Attention ladies! Anyone interested in competing in the
1983 Miss Texas A&M Scholarship Pageant should pick
up applications available now in 216 MSC at the Hospital
ity cubicle. The deadline for all entries is Nov. 5 at 5 p.m.
MSC OUTDOOR RECREATION:Sign up in 216 MSC
for Thanksgiving trips: backpacking - Caney Creek Wil
derness, Ark. and rafting - Big Bend National Park. Also,
sign up for the weekend canoe trip to the Neches River to
be held Nov. 6 through Nov. 7.
INDIA ASSOCIATION:A celebration of Indian New
Year will be held on Nov. 13. All members must get their
Diwali tickets from executives before the end of this week.
Just call one of them and reserve your tickets. No tickets
will be sold after the deadline.
EVENING PRAYER BREAK - CANTERBURY
ASSOCIATION:A prayer break open to all - a time to
relax, pray, and share - will be held at 10 p.m. at the All
Faiths Chapel Meditation room.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS A&M: A party will
be held from 8 p.m. to midnight at Bee Creek Park (on
Southwest Parkway) to give the students of Texas A&M a
chance to meet some of the local candidates for public
office. Beer and lots of candidates will be there. Everyone
is welcome!
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST:A Leadership
Training Class will be held at 8 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
NOTE: The time is !A hour later than usual because of
Yell Practice. Everyone is welcome!
CIRCLE K:A11 members please meet on the first floor ol
Rudder Tower at 7 p.m. before going to St. Joseph's
Hospital to take our decorated pumpkins to the children
there. Also, the candy is in so plans will be made for the
candy sale.
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD HOMETOWN CLU-
B:Aggieland photo session, originally scheduled for to-
dav, has been postponed until Dec. 2 at 8:30 p.m.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMM IT-
TEE:A four point program for economic recovery,
based on high-technology agricultural and industrial de
velopment, will be presented in a meeting at 7 p.m. in 404
Rudder Tower.
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN GHAPEL:The group will
meet at 6:30 p.m. at the University Lutheran Chapel and
then go to the Sherwood Nursing Home to sing and visit.
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Discovery may fight herpes
United Press International
NEW YORK — Experts have
confirmed that a cottonseed ex
tract called gossypol shows activ
ity against the virus that causes
genital herpes, a sexually trans-
hnitted disease that has struck
some 20 million Americans.
As a result of that test tube
research in Helsinki, Finland,
scientists have started investigat
ing gossypol in humans as a pos
sible weapon in the war on genit
al herpes.
The substance also appears to
knock out the bacterium that
causes gonorrhea, another sex
ually transmitted disease, work
of the Helsinki scientists shows.
Gonorrhea makes tens of
thousands of young women ster
ile each year.
of sperm. Side ef fects, however,
include reduced potassium
levels in users.
Studies showing gossypol’s
killer effect on the virus that
causes genital herpes and also
against the microbe that causes
gonorrhea were published in
the American Journal of Obstet
rics and Gynecology, official
publication of eight gynecolo
gical and obstetrical associations
and societies.
How gossypol got into the
genital herpes and gonorrhea
picture is a saga of international
cooperation on the research
front.
The Ford Foundation based
in New York and the United
States Agency for International
Development, an arm of the
State Department, provided
financial support to the Helsinki
scientists, Drs. Tapani Luuik-
kainen, Karri Wicnmann and
Antti Vaheri.
They used gossypol supplied
by Dr. C.G. Chang, of The
Population Council, New York.
The council is funded mainly by
the Rockefeller Foundation.
Genital herpes virus used in
the studies in Helsinki was pro
vided by Dr. Fred Rapp of the
Pennsylvania State University
Medical School, Hefshey, Pa.
Dr. Wayne Bardin, head of
biomedical research at The
Population Council, comment
ing on gossypol, said, ‘‘It seems
to have a killing effect on genital
herpes and gonorrhea.”
Dr. Linda Atkinson, popula
tion studies program officer at
the Ford Foundation, said the
Helsinki team investigating gos
sypol against the genital herpes
virus and gonorrhea bug was
funded by a grant Iter office
oversees.
“We’re pleased with the prog
ress,” she said. “And the de
velopmental potential looks
good.”
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Dr. Sheldon J. Segal, head of
population sciences studies at
the Rockefeller Foundation,
said he has seen enough about
gossypol to fund two clinical
trials. He did not say where the
trials involving humans are
going on.
Segal said the foundation has
put well over $ 1 million into gos
sypol studies.
Gossypol is the substance
used experimentally in China as
an oral male contraceptive. Over
months, it stops the production
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