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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1984)
i WE LL HELP GET YOU THE MONEY TO KEEP ON GROWING. If You ’re finishing up your fine two yean of college and you’ve decided to go on. to complete vour education, but you don’t know where the money’s fpoeng to come from, here’s a possible solution The Army College Fund. Here’s how it works You quahfy to train in a skill you’d like to learn, one that entitles you to the Army College Fund Then each month you put aside some of your Army salary Just like a savings account Except the government matches your savings 5 for lor more In two years, you could have $15,200 for college Your Army Recruit er has a booklet that explains all about Army College Fund Pick one up CaHTTS-tlM ARMY BE ALL YOU CAM BE. Furniture Outlet 0gwa TFO your fumitura Nooma bade* Sale on our ovoryday low pricos. Chock those pneos mm thoy lost 5 pc Dtnmg set Gt9*' 7pc Dining set 149'*' Bookcase* 24" S pc coffee Me rndtables WT* l nips 24" Bed frame* IS** lull si/e mattresihiet H9" < hesis 44" Dreseer Me miror Mite stand* Xtr' Sola Sc chair I 79"' 5 pc Living Room Serf 229^’ Toxao Furniture Outlet Open 9-7 9t 712 Vide Marie S WHY PAY MORE? T L O U P OX'S ^ BOOKSTORE HAS USED BOOKS! SHOP EARLY AND SAVE SSS! AND WE RE STILL PAYING CASH FOR USED BOOKS NOW NORTHGATE ONE-HOUR FREE PARKING BEHIND THE STORE 1st-come, Ist-serve birth control info available in area BySUZANNA reoneHo first-come, fu t-sen One Thnrsd^ crowd The PTH hers drove up front lur surely walk masde hut we can’t o dock.” says a staff The quiet and says. “If y’a reenter in the order on up. MtDrr i for then ck cry so be judgemental. She u lets diems know about the they have "We just want so make sun one knows there are | the pal.* she said “There are aher natives so sexual activity also." rr referred to a pamphlet “It’s Okay to say NO WAY" pres- as a method of de “ Only one woman went to the window before she should, the peo ple m the room are aware of the or der they arrived. and walks straight to the window, not aware an honesty system of rust come, first served is in effect. The the quiet “What does cveryonc ehn BPin?^ she said “tome up and LINE UP m the order you were outside." she said. The lights still aren’t on when the people line up. Although the women at the win dow are whispering, the rest of the people in the room can hear what is Tii out numbers five through mne" from the receptionist, whether they’re asking for birth control or for a regular exam Sally Miller g nurse practitioner for the dime, says PPH designated Thursdays for the people who for teenagers brine wired about sex by their m Other pamphlets available at cover top* s birth control "We place a lot neaden, kaaasnseaioo and preven tion." Miller said PPH refers chems to physKnam if there seems to be a •enous problem “We want to take care of people who don’t really have serious problems," Miller said, "the reproductive, health care needs of AmebicjiMy v twoctmwi. • Miller says PPH’i Branch Advo cacy Council. cKtxens who are inter ested mi advocating planned paren thood throughout the community, help educate the community by giv- mg speeches and holding seminars for various organizations “AM we have to do is be in vised." Miller said She said church groups, high schools, fraternities, sororities ami other groups have asked PPH to speak at their meetings. Thursdays this summer weren't as busy as the seven person staff is used to. but PPH expects the slow days to end abruptly wWa the fall ■ gets into full swing Mexico’s primitive Indians dying out ESTACION CREEL, Mexico — Tarahutnara Indians — said to be one of the most primitive peoples on the North American continent —arc hoping for a bumper crop of corn this year because of heavy rains in the state of Chihuahua. say tt will take T good season to help the estimated 50.000 Indians who inhabit the vast wilderness of the “Barrancas del Cobre." Mexico’s fabled Copper Canyons, located about 550 miles southwest of El Paso “The Tarahumaras are dying out." said Dr. Jose Luis Aguilar, who operates a government medical clinic in Guachochi. a remote village several hours distant from,this rail road town near the Continental Di- “ At a time when Mexico w hurting from a population explosion, the Tarahutnara Indians are declining in population." he said. "The Indi ans are victims of a-high infant mor- 1 ulity rate, malnutrition and respira tory illnesses " Aguilar said the tribe is one of the most primitive pe« .pies on the North turkeys which were once hunted by che Indians to supplement their meager diet of corn and native plants. Aguilar said Infant mortality rate among the Indians is still as high as 50 percent. Aguilar said. But survivors often live to or 100 The Tarahumaras are known for their endurance in running During certain holidays the Indians kick a Com is flourishing this year, said Sebastian Cruz, a 70-year-old Indian leader who lives near Creel. But Ta rahumaras will not score the crop, taking only what is vive. he said ning non-stop for 60 i la the more remote areas of the Sierra, Aguilar said, the Indians are known to run down a deer and kill the animal with a knife First-class lodges and hotels have brought more tourists into Creel and the Tarahumaras in the area have assimilated into the general “mes tizo” or Mexican national culture. Sebastian said Breechloths are worn mostly by the Indians from the more remote areas of the mountains. Both men and women Tarahu- mara Indians wear sandals made from leather or old rubber liras, se cured by leather scraps wrapped about the ankles Women wear big skirts, several at the same tune Babies are carried on the back. Usually always the women wear a bnithilv colored band around the forehead is a “Gurandero." a reb- who provides herbs lor conduct rehgsous services wrl a combination of Roman Catholi cism, Indian nature worship and su- Techntcal progress in the area is helping government sonologists to reach many of the Indians. Aguilar said Batterv-op^rated radios are bringing some semblance of ctvibra tion to the area, he said, assisting the Indians in their effort to become btl- *re in goal — m Spanish and Raramun ioli- But distances are still the mam obstacle to bnngwig the T arahumara into the mainstream of Mexican life Tarahumara Indians, he is reluctant to speak to strangers The Chihuahua al Pacific© Bail- in either Spanish or hss native dr- rood is still the mam communication alcet. Raramun " knk with the outside world The rail- The nose Tarahumaras live in rood begins at Presidio, Texas, en caves or one-room log cabni huts in ten nr,* ..ring Opnaga and passes the mountains during the summer through Estacion Creel on its way months, but when f comes, they across across the Sierra Madre so the leave caves and corn fields and make Gulf of California town of Los Mo- their way down into the bottom of chis in the state of Sinaloa the canyons, where the dimatr » The railroad, completed in 1961 "ter nearly 100 ^ears. has resulted 400 area, hut has benefited the Indians for church very bole, Aguilar said. Aguilar said the Indians have bf ‘ ‘ ^ While the changed, the Mad res is of the Sierra of helping highway from Creel so Cky. 100 “ • y«1|^hre! deans. Aguilar i The trip by car or truck from | exploited for Chihuahua City to Creel takes move —* lumber and than 10 hours, mostly because the and ns natural beauty, last 25 miles of the tnp is up and A "The more the beat- . veils and across streams and rivers the mote difficub n he- While the Tarahumaras will not the Tarahumaras to harvest all of this year’s bumper eorn & crop, Sebastian said, there wifl bt a the intrusion of speciaJ bonus Some of the corn wil away the be fermentei lions and wOd "teswiao." a tasty