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A $ V. Thursday, June 26, 1986,The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local A&M teaching teachers economics By JILL MONTRY Reporter During a special summer pro gram at Texas AlcM, public and pri vate school teachers from around the state are learning the basic prin ciples of economics in an effort to get them interested in teaching eco nomics to their students The program is hosted by the American Economv Institute and helps 60 teachers, chosen front 500 applicants, learn how to bring eco nomics instruction to their class rooms. It runs for three weeks, with six hours of instruction daily. The Center for Education and Research in Free Enterprise at AfcM has sponsored the program for IS years, though this vear it’s being taught differently Dr Jacquelene Browning, assis tant dean of economics, is trying to make the class more interesting and applicable by bringing speakers to help the teachers put the class taught theories into practice “I chose nine guests that I knew were interesting and good speak ers,** Browning said “I wanted the teachers to have topics that would be interesting enough to take back to their classrooms.' 7 One of the chosen speakers is Dr. James M. Griffin, an A&M econom ics professor who lectures about the Organization of Petroleum Export ing Countries and the effects it has on the Texas economv . Browning said class discussions in volving speakers reinforce basK rules of classroom economics. “They're a wonderful application of the open market,** she said. "At the same time, they are topics every one is interested in, so thev're topical but they "also reinforce your basic supply and demand " Browning said she tries to keep teachers from thinking of economics as the “dismal science. lee Mason, Browning’s assistant, said the teachers who participated in last year's class asked for more hands-on instruction and less eco nomics taught straight from the book. "I think the way the class is being done this year gives it a more bal anced approach." Mason said "It's not pureh classroom and this wiU help the teachers in applving it in their instruction." While Browning teaches the es sential theories of economics, Carol Mtllis M* ken/ie shows the teachers how to apph economic concepts in the classroom to help them learn economics and how to teach it, she said. McKenzie is the coordinator for Free Enterprise tky in Richardson, Texas. The organization instructs teachers and elementary and junior high school students on the prin ciples of free enterprise and the American economic system. Browning said if teachers learn the economic tools and implement those tools in different ways, they find areas that are interesting to stu dents “They have to have the big picture before they can put a little bat of it into their classrooms." she said. “E- ven those who teach kindergarten through second grade can introduce economic concepts like money and scarcity into their classrooms." Thafs 'Democratic' to you, GOP AUSTIN (AP) — It is. officially and legally, the Texas Democratic Party But to Republicans, it is always the “Democ rat Party," no “ic.” That irks Texas Democratic Party Chairman Robert Slagle, and he periodically tries to cor rect Republicans who err. Texas Republican Party Chair man (ieorge St rake denies that Republicans are drilled in saving Democrat Party, rather than Democratic Party. “Now that I've found it it really irritates him, I might start using it more," Strake sain Torture trial Ranchhand says he helped defend drifter Irradiation KERRVILLE (AP) — A former ranchhand charged with enslaving and killing a drifter testified Wednesday that he defended the man from an attack bv three other people Carlton Robert Caldwell, 21, also said he helped patch up Anthony Bates after the tnree men attacked Bates at a Salvation Army shelter in San Antonio in 1984 Caldwell, of Alamagordo, N.M., is one of three men charged with vio lating the state's organized crime law in connection with Bates' death in March 1984 Also on trial are Walter Wesley EHebracht Sr., 55; and Wal- ( ter Wesley EHebracht Jr., 35; who run a Hill Country ranch north of Kerrville I he state claims the Ellebrachts lured hitchhikers to their ranch with the promise of work, then forced them to stay. The prosecution al leges Bates was tortured to death with a cattle prod, then his body doused m gasoline and burned. A witness earlier identified voices belonging to Caldwoll and the younger EHebracht on a tape record ing of an alleged torture session in volving Bates. Caldwell testified Tuesday he has been unjustly incarcerated for the (continued from page I) from tropical, third-world nations and the added cost of irradiation would only make domestic products less competitive. • A recent report by ih f United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Associa tion estimates that irradiating pro duce will cost 2 to 5 cents a pound, not including the cost of shipping the produce to and from the irradia tion facility. The cost of building one such fa cility could range anywhere from f 1 million to $10 million, according to three 1985 surveys by the associa tion. The irradiation of pork, which )A last sum- meat of the harmful effects of trichinella spira lis, the parasite that causes trichino sis. Proponents claim that irradiation is so effective pork could be eaten undercooked, or even raw. without ill effects. Burns savs that the irradiation of pork isn't a common practice be cause economical wavs for reducing the occurrence of trichinosis, such as educating the public to cook pork well, have already been developed. The irradiation of poultry and milk, which the FDA is now consid ering for approval, also has certain practical proofems. Burns savs. Be cause poultry and milk have subtle flavors, even low doses of irradiation The irradiation of por was approved by the FDA met. effectively rids the m< History of food irradiation process Although the public knows little about food irradiation, the process has been around for de cades and has been approved for use m 28 nations. Below pa short chronology of its use. 1950s — Irradiation was paten ted by a French scientist as a method of food preservation. World War 11 — The arms made the first serious studies of food irradiation as a means of providing shelf-stable meats for front-line troops. 1958 — (amgress classified the process as a “food additive", sub mitting it to strict regulations and setting back federal efforts to make the process commercially viable. I9f>4 — The Food and Drug Administration approved the ir- i adiation of wheat and potatoes. 1983 — The FDA approved tlie irradiation of 40 kinds of spices. July 1985 — A chemical fumi gant widely used in the fruit and vegetable industry, ethylene di- bromide (EI)B) was banned, re kindling interest in irradiation as a preservative. April 1986 — The FDA ap proved the irradiation of fresh fruits and vegetables can give them a bad flavor and smell due to the break-up of sulphur com pounds within the food. Several years ago. Burns ?nd some fellow researchers made an an gel-food cake using irradiated egg whites. 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According to a 1984 Department of Agriculture report, irradiation has been approved for more than 40 foods in 28 nations, including the Netherlands. Canada and Japan. ( anada exports 90 percent of the co balt-60 used in irradiation facilities world-wide, including 43 U.S. facili ties. U S. facilities m»e their money largely from sterilization of medical supplies I exas is home to six medical sup ply irradiation facilities including I exas Pharmaseal. an El Paso com pany, which is one of the largest such facilities in the country, says Joe (linger, head of the Bureau of Ra diation Control, a division of the Texas Department of Health However, there are no food-irra- diation facilities in Texas, nor has the Bureau of Radiation Control re- cieved any licence applications for such a facility, Clinger says. 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