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Monday, September 10,1984/The Battalion/Page 3 5$ s one pam r, as I sti|| otery ston )lown it of dv require function,) math wen t it was | after kI) — not tin Y of ray t • MAKEi ancce’suv t oss a ed. 1 practroi the truci: ncee does if it's unn •luecanfe d smiled s H'sn’t eyo made nni icky davi no ideal in thehii »d whoev Herpes vaccine may help man By CATHIE ANDERSON Reporter A successful vaccine against the herpes virus in cattle has pro vided information which ultima tely could help prevent herpes and other herpes-related diseases in humans, says Dr. Stewart Mc Connell of the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine. , Dr. Saul Kit, head of biochemi cal virology at Baylor College of Medicine, developed the vaccine which McConnell tested on cattle at A&M. 1“ Swine and cattle herpes do not affect humans, but the viruses are similar in their chemical makeup and ability to cause recurrent in fections, Kit explained in an ear lier press release. H “Information we obtain from developing and testing these vac cines will also be transferable to preventing herpes virus infec tions in humans — particularly chicken pox, genital_and oral her pes,” Kit said. I ■ McConnell, who has worked with Kit for two years on this ex periment, said researchers are looking for a preventative method for herpes, not necces- sarily a cure for people who al ready have the virus, ft “This is not its (the vaccine’s) intended purpose,” he said. “K- nowing the difficulty when it comes to getting studies done (on humans), I feel that it will take another five to 10 years before we come up with a vaccine for peo ple.” p Even this estimate, he said, may be too optimistic. 1, Several animal vaccines for the herpes virus currently are on the market, McConnell said. These vaccines, however, can be poten tially harmful to animals at cer tain ages or at certain stages of pregnancy. “The uniqueness of the new product is that it’s a little safer and that it prevents what we call ‘colonization of the ganglia,”’ said McConnell. “I guess the best way to explain this is ... if you have any friends who have cold sores, you may find that they will get them after a condition of stress. Our vaccine stops the condition from arising because of outside stimuli-like stress. “I feel good and bad (about the vaccine), ” McConnell said. “I feel good because there’s something promising coming. I feel bad be cause we haven’t got it for use right away, and I’m really sad that it can’t go into the hands of peo ple (ranchers) who really need the product.” The product cannot be mar keted yet to animal owners be cause experiments are not yet completed. Several cows, from 45 days to four months pregnant, were vac cinated on July 12, McConnell said. Next, on Aug. 22 the cows were inoculated with the herpes virus. “They’re all healthy,” McCon nell said. “We’re expecting them to calve in either late December or early January.” A one-time vaccination that could be given to pregnant ani mals would be a major benefit for ranchers, farmers or feedlot own ers, McConnell said. Speed reading has drawbacks By MARCY BASILE Reporter While you attempt to read Beo wulf, your friends are out partying. Instead of getting frustrated and ditching your studying to go out, why not investigate another option — speed reading. At least one speed reading course is offered throughout the yetir in the Bryan-College Station area. The Learning Center, located at 505 University Dr. E., offers a speed reading course individually tailored to the student. The course, accord ing to Learning Center Director Dr. Carol Robeck, consists of reading a prepared booklet aided by a speed encourager. “Students read to i tape that has a beeper,” she said. “The object is to keep up with the beeps. The beep er’s timing is preset for each individ- uzd.” As the student progresses, the beeper is set faster. Eventually, the student is taken off of the beeper and reads while being timed. This is to see if the increased reading speed is being maintained. The objective of the Learning Center’s course is to alter the usual word-by-word reading style. “Chun king,” or reading groups of words at a time, is a faster reading style. The course also helps students with out lining and organizing ideas. Do speed reading courses actually increase reading speed? “Depending on the person’s be ginning reading speed, reading speed could possibly double,” Ro beck said. “If a person comes in reading about 180-200 words per minute, they could be reading prob ably about 400 words per minute.” College students often take speed reading courses to help them make better grades. But think twice before taking k speed reading course. Speed read ing is designed for certain types of reading material. “You can’t speed read things you need to comprehend,” said Jerry Os- lin, a senior English mkjor who took a speed reading course at Richland Junior College. “You should speed read only things at a sixth grade level, magazines and newspapers.” Robeck agreed with Oshn. “Speed redding is kssociated with certain material,” she said. “Once past a certain speed, a person is just skimming the material. Comprehen sion does drop.” Oslin said 40 percent comprehen sion at the fast reading level, be tween 700 and 900 words per min ute, was extremely good. A reason for a decrease in comprehension is the totkl emphasis on increasing reading speed. The Learning Center’s speed reading course costs $100 for eight lessons. The lessons are given over a four week period, two lessons per week./" Pope Paul begins first Canadian visit United Press International QUEBEC — Pope John Paul II arrived Sunday in the cradle of North American Catholicism, begin ning a historic 12-day pilgrimage to Canada with a tribute to Quebecers as the “first witness to the faith” in the New World. The 64-year-old pontiffs char tered Alitalia DC-10 arrived at Que bec City Airport at 11:25 a.m. after k flight from Rome’s Leonardo Da Vinci airport, marking the first time a pope has visited Canadk. Tne pope, brushing back his hair against k stiff breeze, left the plane at 11:42 a.m. and kissed the tarmac at Ancienne-Lorette Airport. A 21- gun salute was sounded. He arrived protected by the tight est security ever assembled in Can ada following last Monday’s bomb ing in the Montreal Central Station, in which three people were killed and more than 40 injured. Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, Quebec Premier Rene Le vesque and Governor General Jeanne Sauve were kmong 2,000 in vited guests on hand to greet the pope on the first stop of a 12-day pil grimage through Canada. On nis arrival at Quebec airport, the pope said he had come to Can ada as “pastor and brother” to the 11.4 million Catholics who make up 43 percent of Canada’s population of 25 million. The pontiff stressed he was mak ing his first visit ever to Canada as a spiritual leader, and not as a head of state. “My word does not claim to furnish an answer to all your ques tions or to replace your searching.” John Paul, who will spend a third of his Canadian visit in Quebec, said he wks “very happy” to begin his na tionwide pilgrimage in the cradle of North American Catholicism. “I greet you, Quebec, first church in North America, first witness to the faith, you who have raised the cross along your roads and who have spread the Gospel throughout this blessed land,” he skid. Sauve greeted the spiritual leader of the world’s 800 million Catholics, saying “we receive you as k prophet. “More than any other contempo rary leader, you have been success ful in identifying the causes of our universal anxiety,” Skuve said. As the pope’s plane approached Quebec, he broadcast k statement by radio hailing the “dkuntless faith” of Canadians and prkised French ex plorer Jacques Cartier, who founded Quebec and held the first mass in North America on Sept. 8, 1535. “On this day it is with a full heart that I pky tribute to the dauntless faith of those men and women who, following Jacques Cartier, were will ing to cross the seas to establish the faith and the Church in Canada,” the pope said in a prepared statement broadcast by radio. “Here, 450 years ago, Jacques Cartier raised the cross,” the pope said, recalling Cartier’s first trip to “New France” and the explorer’s ex pressed desire to evangelize the na tive people. Authorities refuse to discuss spe cific security arrangements or to dis close how many federal, provincial and municipal police, military per sonnel and volunteers are assigned to protect the pontiff. About $15 million of the $50 mil lion total cost of the papal tour is be ing spent on security. A Vatican spokesman said the bombing in Montreal Monday did not change any plans for the trip, John Paul’s 23rd trip outside Italy. ■ ; Sully Symposium: a chance for Aggies to improve communications mshint ' The Bio. brary ist iers. Hr ■ersity Pit iplainti t. ics, they ■liter. Ifi should (it he first fi: service lb unds. rary By PATRICIA FLINT Staff Writer As a group grows larger, the need for communications between mem bers becomes more important. To help improve communications be tween the student body and the stu dent leaders of Texas A&M, Lambda Sigma, a sophomore honor society and service organization, will be sponsoring a series of talks. The talks, called Sully Sympo sium, will be held every Wednesday between 11 a.m. and noon in front of j the Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue. 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The purpose of the symposium is exchanging ideas, primarily between student leaders and the student body, about the needs and responsi bilities of all students, says Cindy Gay, Lambda Sigma president. “We wanted to bring back what A&M was like in the past, the atti tude that we had when the school was smaller and there was more con tact between people,” Gay says. “We wanted to carry out the services of years past, plus something distincti ve.” Robert Beard, in chkrge of public relations for the new project, agrees with Gay. “Originally we thought of it be cause we thought there was k pretty strong need for it,” Beard says. The symposium gives both groups a chance to communicate in an open-air type forum, in which all are encouraged to give their views and ideas. “We don’t want to control the crowd; we don’t want them stifled,” he says. “We want a freer exchange. We want people to be able to speak up and give tneir ideas.” Dr. Ron Darby, professor of General Meeting Socio'tjf Tues., Sept. 11 7:30 p.m. 268 E. Kyle Bring your I.D. For information call: Jenny 260-0276 Kelly 696-6125 $49 °° For Four Months Tennis Racquetball Wallyball Weight Room Aerobic Classes Steam Room Saunas Whirlpools Some Limitations: 81 Non-Prime Time Hours Per Week $2.50 Per Person/Hour Court Fees Aerobic Classes Extra if you can live with these limitations its the best bargain in town!! For further information call 846-8838 or stop by the club at 4455 Carter Creek. gpsa roYaL RACQUET CLUB 4455 CARTER CREEK 846-8838 chemical engineering and fkculty advisor of the group, supports the students’ efforts to improve commu nication on campus with the Sully Symposium. “It is important to establish and maintain good communication be tween the student body and student leaders, the faculty and administra tion,” Darby says. “Communicktion is the key to effectiveness in any or ganization.” Three A&M football players — Matt Darwin, Ray Childress and Scott Polk — will be speaking at the first symposium. Darwin says they will be discussing what it is like being a student athlete, but said specifics of the talk have not yet been de cided. Other speakers lined up for Sully Symposium for the next few weeks kre Dr. John J. Koldus, director of student services; Dkvid Alders, stu dent body president; and Pat Wood, director of the Memorial Student Center, Confirmation of the six other speakers for the semester still is pen- aing. Gay says that they chose those people to speak because they rep resent groups that are of interest to all Aggies. Dr. Koldus, although not a student leader, was asked to speak beckuse he works so closely with the students, Gay says. She says that more students would like to talk to him than almost any other adminis trator. Every student leader has jumped at the chance when asked to speak, Gay says. Other Lambda Sigma activities in clude: an annual Christmas tree sale, an elevator escort service to A&M alumni at football games, and poster routes. UNHAPPY? TIRED? Having a hard time with your hair? Tired of 10 min. haircuts? Tired of getting your hair all cut off? Unhappy with the way your hair turns out after a cut? THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 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