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Thursday, March 8, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 by Paul Dirmeyer Engineer reports on rail shattered by derailment 'I • on theji Riiosisin;, e order i itli of legal ^ year. Ead ' averted for a fk ow tuition public colleges: 5ood investment for society shuttle | isecl at |g * in Hut# •en sa\ui[ veeks, wr element! it backgra l undenti \limit; uo front abj ‘‘glu tm^r\ now if.jj,' the linito tli/ed ab# « ad<H United Press International [low tuition public colleges Id universities are a good in- stment for society, providing gher education opportunities foi millions who otherwise jwoiild be locked out, a report ton as to f rpm t h e National Coalition for wer Tuition states. |The report cites research awing low tuition at public leges and universities and at amunity, technical, and ju- colleges is essential for educational opportunity ihe United States. ■ Low tuition is an investment Sit is repaid many times over > us to. Sin the greatly increased fed- n't wantnSl, state and local taxes paid nglitigat by college graduates and in the ' absolt Sreased productivity and well- rescue by Sng of the American people,” tht report said. he coalition issuing the Tuition Factbook” hi des the American Associa- |nof Community and Junior lieges, the American Associa- jn of State Colleges and Uni- sities, and the National Asso- and tht nment te quesi isurance I each oi $100 mi ciation of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Schools belonging to these groups are subsidized by state or local tax funds. Their costs of instruction are close to those at private and independent schools, but the tuition they charge is lower because of the large portion of their budgets covered by public funds — taxes. On occasion this fact is brought up by independent and private colleges that point out they, loo, could offer lower tu ition if they received big subsi dies from state treasuries. James Trulove, director of public affairs for the AASCU, said the coalition hopes the re port will help state legislators focus on the need to keep the subsidies coming and in amounts sufficient to keep tu ition as low as possible. He said some schools have had to raise tuition because state legislatures did not give public colleges and universities requested amounts. One state BecDoctors can predict eight gain resulting om quitting smoking icidenti JniversilV :il ihn TR T HE no ten-s| from iTifi ack. United Press International le BOSTON — Most liiiing $l#U n a b° u t 10 pounds wit credit olio weeks after they stop smok- , ,| ie ing. and doctors said Wednes- beVVare ijdat by measuring a certain Kmical in the body they can non predict exactly how much lien fro thut gain will be. DopyCenB i was stii IScientists aren’t sure why, but 11 j it 2i Host smokers weigh less then heir non-smoking coun- nurse fcrparts. Smokers’ fat cells also ' S .Ikensid Imain higher levels of an en- | creditfi fnie believed to help regulate ■'lb G Ri he depositing of fat into body tells, according to a report pub- muisher in the New England urnal of Medicine. Enzymes are substances the y uses to regulate the speed which chemical reactions take SC HI EE •ied the cut a' ' 0 | ; a bio ce. By measuring the level of athleyHd versity 1s and enzyme — adipose-tissue li- protein lipase — doctors can diet within a pound or two much weight a person will , or possibly lose, after he she stops smoking. The enzyme is measured by ing a sample of fat from a lient’s buttocks using a nee- about a week before they Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to i :30 p.m. Delicious Food | Beautiful View ^ Open to the Public { “Quality First” notably not in this situatiion is California. A treasury surplus made it possible for California to lower tuition recently. Trulove said some two mil lion students at the nation’s public colleges come from fami lies that are below the poverty line and that higher tuitions would lock many out of higher education. The case for low tuition in the report is supported by re search that shows: • The percentage of high school graduates going to col lege generally is lower in states with high tuition. • The percentage of veter ans receiving benefits under the C.I. Bill who go to any college has generally been low in states with high tuition. • A great many students at public colleges have parents who can provide little or no as sistance. They earn a substantial part of their college expenses and are dependent on low tu ition. • Most Americans, including the great majority of minority and working-class students, are dependent on low-income pub lic colleges for an education. United Press International MARSH ALT — A chief engi neer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad said Wednesday he had never seen a rail shatter the way a section of track did last November where an Amtrak train derailed, killing four peo ple. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded two days of hearings Wednesday on the Nov. 12 accident in which four women were killed and 72 people were injured. C.D. Barton said a 30-foot piece of rail that had been used to repair the track less than an hour before the accident was broken into at least 50 pieces by the derailment. 'T looked at that and I couldn’t believe it,” Barton said. “I’ve never seen a rail break like that in my 30 years of railroad ing. Normally a rail will break and not shatter into so many pieces.” Fragments of the rail recov ered from the scene near Mar shall ranged in size from pile inch to seven feet long, he said; Previous testimony indicated the method used to cut the rail to repair the track violated com pany and federal safety stan dards. Instead of using a saw to cut the rail, a torch was used, v An NTSB spokesman said heat from torch cutting can weaken a rail and cause it to split., Under company guidelines when a torch cut is made, trains should be required to travel only 10 niph over that section. The Aintrak that derailed was traveling 70 mph because two supervisors said Tuesday they believed the track was safe. Alpha Lambda Delta Apple Polishing Party March 22, 1984 Room 201 of MSC Not 302 Rudder • Sign up in cubicle • Pick up invitations in cubicle on 2 nd Floor Pavilion What are you doing You could he learning: oCSlW daimciimg O AEROBICS o RHOTOGRARHV o GUITAR a A PUD IV1UCH IVIORE/ Registration 224 ms « MAR.7-8 9aivi-6 pivi stop smoking. Fifteen smokers were tested at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the method was found to be accurate. “We’ve been able to identify an enzyme that has allowed us to determine how much weight people would gain if they stopped smoking,” said Robert M. Carney, an assistant profes sor of psychiatry at Washington University Medical School. “Most people gain weight when they stop smoking and this is often the reason people give for not wanting to stop. Now we can predict within a pound or two exactly how much they will gain,” he said in a tele phone interview. Carney and co-author Dr. Andrew P. Goldberg believe smokers probably weigh less be cause either smoking lessens the taste of food, therefore reduc ing the incentive to eat, or it somehow changes smokers’ me tabolism, making them use up energy faster. “Either one or the other or both may be the case,” Carney ^aid. “We’rejust not sure.” OFF THE CUFF BY BOB DODSON Time is the great healer-but money is a great pain killer. ★ ★ * The most fattening thing you can put into a banana split is a spoon. The only thing most folks know about money matters is that it does. 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