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Thursday, January 30, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local (A&M prof trying to aid in cancer research I By WENDY JACKSON Reporter ■ Dr. Timothy M. Lohmain and four of his graduate students are studying three specific proteins and their involvement in the se paration of DNA, which may lead ul progress in the fight against cancer. ■ Lohman received a $205,000 Faculty Research Award from the ■merican Cancer Society to begin |isearch. ■ Lehman, 34, associate profes- r of biochemistry and biophy- ts, said the money will enable him to continue his research, which focuses on how proteins act Hi DNA. This process is nec essary for the replication of ge netic material in normal and can cerous cells. I Lohman said his work is not di- Hctly related to cancer research Hit later could be beneficial to Htneone researching cancer spe- pfically. ■ “The more we understand Hout how normal replication oc- Hrs,” Lohman said, “someone ■ |se might he able to use in trying | to understand what goes wrong Hith a cancer cell.” I Lohman's research is consid er 1 basic research, but because He process he is working on is led to the replication process in Hncer cells, it could be a prelude to more specific cancer research for someone else, he said. Lohman said he receives a great deal of support for his re search from the University. The more publicity he receives for his findings, the more publicity and scientific acclaim the University will receive, he said. Lohman said that the $205,000 is not a grant in the sense that it goes for the purchase of equip ment, but rather an award given to the University to help pay his salary over a period of five years. Lohman received the award af ter the American Cancer Society reviewed the proposal for re search he sent to them. In his proposal, Lohman gave his ideas on the research and ex plained how he would continue his work and carry out those ideas. Lohman and his students have been studying this particular as pect of DNA separation since he joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1981. “The mechanisms by. which proteins bind to and manipulate DNA is of central importance to a variety of cellular processes, in cluding DNA replication, recom bination, repair, transcription and translation,” Lohman wrote in his proposal. Students’ opinions of core proposal will be solicited By FRANK SMITH Staff Writer Sean Royall, Texas A&M student body president, told the Student Senate Wednesday that he has orga nized a committee to seek students’ opinions on the Faculty Senate’s core curriculum proposal. The committee of six students plans to submit recommendations on the proposal to the Faculty Sen ate before the issue comes to a vote. Royall said his committee will pre sent its recommendations first to the Student Senate for its approval be fore going to the Faculty Senate. “I think it’s a responsibility that we (Student Government) should take upon ourselves to learn more about this document and to go to our con stituents and bring their opinions back,” Royall said. Dr. Sam Black, chairman of the Faculty Senate’s core curriculum subcommittee, is one of four sub committee members who explained the rationale behind the subcommit tee’s recommendations to the stu dent senators at Wednesday’s meet- ing. Student Sen. Mike Sims asked Black if a negative reaction from stu dents would have any effect on the passage of the proposal. “Certainly this is the time for your input,” Black said. “I think there’s plenty of time for your voices to be heard, and we would like to hear them.” . Drs. Manuel Davenport, Paul Par rish and William Rundell, the three other subcommittee members who spoke at the meeting, helped field questions from the senators. ^ Davenport said a requirement for each student to take six hours in cul tural heritage courses and six hours of social sciences is intended to help students liberate and develop their individual capacities. And Rundell said the required eight hours of science are restricted to biology, chemistry, geology and physics. He emphasized, however, that restriction is not meant to dis credit other sciences. Parrish told the senators other proposed requirements include Engl 104, Composition and Rhetoric, as well as a choice between another En glish or speech communications course. Black said Faculty Senate Speaker Dr. Jaan Laane would like to call for a final vote on the issue in April, which could require several special meetings* ichigan man charged in teenager’s death in Me! Associated Press IARROLLTON — A Michigan I has been charged with killing a |-aget during a robbery captured equiKfcjdeo tape by a hidden security Hraand aired on television news- Hacross the country. sagaiii-'He tape of the shooting showed hatgowjear-old Matthew McKay, who 1 Contr«:playing a video game at the con- ; Hnce store, falling to the ground ■■beingshot at point-blank range >d StatePng the robbery on Nov. 21. the fit; egotiaii e to McKay died Dec. 9 at a Dallas hos pital. Dallas County sheriffs spokesman Jim Ewell said Marvin Maurice Wells, 21, of Flint, Mich., was charged with capital murder in the shooting and was being held without bond Wednesday in Lew' Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas. Betsy McKay, the youth’s mother, said she was relieved there had been an arrest. Carrollton police Lt. Pete Cole said police had more than 300 sus pects soon after the killing because of the broadcasts of the tape. McKay, who lived in Oklahoma City, w'as returning from a trip to Houston and stopped at the conve nience store for gasoline. The tape shows him playing a video game in a corner of the store when one of three gunmen yells for everyone to hit the floor. The youth fails to respond, and he is shot in the back. His body crumbles to the floor, and the gun man kicks him. “It was just cold-blooded,” Cole said. “There was no provocation. Af ter he (gunman) yelled, ‘Get down, don’t look at my face,’ and he (Mc Kay) refused to get down, he was shot.” Wells was arrested Jan. 17 in Flint after a Dallas County grand jury in dicted him in connection with the Dec. 1 holdup of a service station in nearby Mesquite. dictioi on is ns in A Comedy about life, hope, and getting even. ROBIN WILLIAMS KURT RUSSELL A UNIVERSAL Release © 1985 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS. INC. 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This year the privately funded organization added five new corporate sponsors to the 18 that donate a minimum of $2,500 a year to the program. Among the sponsors are re tailers like Dillard's, Foley's, Sanger Harris, Wal-Mart, Safe way, Eckerd Drugs and Neiman- Marcus. These funds support pro grams that bring the student and faculty in contact with retailing executives. The Executive-in-Residence program is described as the Cen ter's most visible and valuable. Through the program a leading retail executive serves as an ad visor to both faculty and stu dents. The executives meet with se nior level retailing classes and participate in campus activities. The executives also provide valuable input to faculty on the state of retailing in the market place, said Judy Buchholz, the center's administrative staff as sistant. The center also sponsors an "Invited Lecture Series" that brings prominent retailers to campus. The program is de signed to keep faculty and stu dents up-to-date on the happen ings in the business world. Many of these executives send recruiters to the center's Retail ing Career Fair and Symposium. At the symposium, key speakers from the retailing industry ad dress special topics of interest to retailing students and faculty. The February 1986 sympo sium which begins at 9 a.m. in Blocker room 102, will include speakers such as David Stanley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Payless Cashways, Kansas City, and George K. Kapplinger, Manager, JC Penny Store Personnel Coordination, New York. The discussion topics include "Retailing Careers of the Futu re", "Overworked/Underpaid- Myth or Reality?", and "First Im pressions Count-What the Inter viewer Sees". In the Career Fair that follows, some 20 companies will sponsor booths and exhibits and spend time speaking with students about career goals and educatio nal plans. Staff personnel spread the word about the center during the year at various conventions and lectures. Dr. Lynn Berry, center director, said retailers are excited about the center's pros pects. The center also sponsors com- petiti This year more than 125 stu dents in 30 teams competed in the competition for cash prizes. In the competition, students in a marketing class first ana lyzed a local business and pre sented written and oral presen tations of their report to the class. Six teams were chosen to make presentations to a team of judges chosen from the center's advisory board and faculty. The first place team received a $500 prize. The center has helped compa- nies to establish grants, fellowships and scholarships to help A&M students further their education in the field of retail ing. Recruiters say the center is unique. 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