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local Battalion/Page 3 November 10, 1982 attalion/Paf rs blowing t| “comes acai rezhnev m is weapons ? in an araisr the other p nev wouldlt he Soviet pe guns before wise of Re Brezhnev's ones who e. Our ne, but just tem and the h of a deti develop a 1 to wipe out he can hint top it?” Onesided riority over r do, becaus at totheoth by Tracey Taylor Battalion Staff Rape is one of the fastest [rowing violent crimes in the ountry and many feel that it nay be a defenseless crime. In the program presented by he Department of Student Affairs Tuesday, “Rape: It Can appen To You,” a panel of ivomen discussed three aspects )f the violent crime — preven- lon, defense and aftermath. To best avoid attack, Kabrina Reisig, a member of the Univer- i Police Department, said one ihould: walk with confidence, be iwareof the people around you and the situations you find your- mi! r: >! 1 ' n T m sse I would I o know tin ness tome, m, I offer® de Mae Qi Maintenam Grets erry •ty/d uch Rape: Awareness is best prevention, panel says self in and know what to do and where to go if an attack is attempted. She recommended that stu dents call the police depart ment’s escort service if they must walk from a distant parking lot to their dorm room. A police car will meet students in the parking lot and walk them back to their dorm rooms if called before- hand. The type of defense used against an attacker may depend on the rapist himself, Sherry Ackles, a resident advisor here said. She said there are three types of rapists. The first type is the power rapist who feels he must domin ate women in order to overcome a sense of inadequacy. The second is the angry rapist who holds women responsible for ev erything wrong in his life. He expresses his hatred by degrad ing and humiliating women. The third type is the sadistic rap ist. This man goes out with the intent to kill. Ackles advocated the active defense of using your body or a weapon over the passive approach of using the mind in stead of the body — for all types of rape. After a rape, Dr. Kerry Hope, a psychologist with the Student Counseling Service, said the first and most important thing to do is seek medical attention. “Do not bathe, douche, wash your hands, change clothes or comb your hair, ” she said. “Go to the Health Center, they know what to do.” She said that a member of the counseling service is on call at the Health Center 24 hours a day and is called immediately when a rape victim comes in. She also said that awareness is the main deterrent to rape. “Being a little paranoid is healthy,” she said. “I think most of us are not quite paranoid enough.” Leasing isn’t just for big business anymore. Look what Benchmark can lease for your business... [Vf Office equipment and furniture. [Vf Computers and word processors. LTK Passenger cars and trucks. Q* Medical and dental equipment. [Vf Capital equipment. BENCHMARK LEASING, INC. Bryan, Texas*(713) 775-4881 Ag essay wins award from staff and wire reports Former U.S. Agriculture Sec retary Orville Freeman and a co author received the top Mitchell award of $30,000 for an essay presenting methods industrial ized countries can use to prom ote agricultural improvements in Third World nations. Mitchell awards totalling $100,000 were presented to 14 authors Sunday to begin the four-day Woodlands Confer ence on Sustainable Societies. Texas A&M University Presi dent Frank Vandiver spoke at the conference. The essay awards were f ounded by George Mitchell and his wife, Cynthia. Mitchell gra duated from Texas A&M in 1940 with honors in petroleum engineering. He is the founder and chairman of the Mitchell Energy and Development Corp. Mitchell donated the land for the Texas A&M at Galveston campus and also serves as the general chairman of the Target 2000 committee, a committee formed to study where Texas A&M should and will be in the year 2000. Freeman and Ruth Karen, an expert on the corporation’s role in society, said corporations in industrialized countries can bring about agricultural im provements in undeveloped na tions by working directly with small farmers, extending credit, teaching new agricultural tech- niques and providing marketing assistance. The authors maintain that the key to significant agricultu ral improvement in the Third World is the family farm, not the large, collection units estab lished in many countries. The conference is the fourth sponsored by Mitchell Energy and Development Corp. and will focus on what business can do to help sustain the world’s societies. Speakers include: S. Bruce Smart, chairman of the Con tinental Group; former Agricul ture Secretary Bob Bergland; Dr. Wolf Hafele, director of West Germany’s Nuclear Re search center; David Kinnerse- ly, a senior adviser to Britian’s National Water Council; and Lin Zi Xin, a development policy planner for China. NOTICE Look for our ad. in Tliurs! Battalion Larry <2? Swede 693-6030 Group to study effects of ultrasound scanning by David Johnson Battalion Staff A Texas A&M professor is part of a research team that is studying possibly harmful side effects from ultrasound scan ning, which is used to produce images of body organs by the bouncing of high frequency sound waves. Dr. David Gross, associate professor of veterinary physiol ogy and pharmacology, is attempting to determine the safety of ultrasound proce dures. He is collaborating with Dr. Douglas Miller, a physicist from the University of Ver mont, and Dr. A.R. Williams, a biophysicist from the University pf Manchester, England. Ultrasound commonly is used to detect birth defects, heart murmurs and hardening of the arteries by measuring the echo from high frequency sound waves. It is used in addi tion to X-rays and ainneocente- sis or CAT’ scans to diagnose problems that those methods are unable to detect. Ultrasound can produce pictures of organs (and tissues which are too soft to absorb X-rays. In addition, ultrasound is a quick and pain less procedure that allows for faster diagnosis in critical cases. Because of its apparent lack of side effects, ultrasound is con sidered safe for use in cases where other diagnostic techni- ques might be harmful. For pre gnant women, ultrasound can he a time-saving and safer pro cess for determining fetal posi tion and growth. Although ultrasound has no known harmful effects on hu mans, Gross said, scientists have confirmed that large doses of ultrasound waves could create microscopic bubbles in the bloodstream causing an embol ism which blocks blood flowing into the heart. Gross said the group’s experi ments will focus on finding the bubbles, if there are any, in the blood stream and determining how dangerous they are. The research project, which is in its preliminary stages, is being funded by a $347,936 grant from the National Institute of Health. Gross said the funds, which took over a year to get, are being used to build unique equipment such as a measuring device developed by Miller for the experiment. Gross said he expects enough results over the three-year ex periment period tojustify furth er funding. “In fact, you generally raise more questions as you go along than you find answers,” he said. 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