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Senate approves
budget proposal
for $39.56 billion
&M researcher says
follow-up drug report
to study use by youths
By Susan Singer
Reporter
two-year follow-up study of
HjfBcjcican-American youths who un-
Brwent treatment for inhalant use
twill examine how they are doing
four years later, a psychology pro-
$131 lessor at Texas A&M says.
■ Dr. Dwayne Simpson, director of
$28.11 He Behatuoral Research Program at
JSt&pi&M, says interviews will be con-
}750j;Hicted with the 150 adolescents ad-
Hitted to the Youth Advocacy Pro-
businesielriam in Austin from 1981 to 1984 to
“stagefoillitermine if any long-term patterns
hen tlitjH drug use or any physiological ef-
es UtibHcts of inhalant use have been expe-
ears. fcfttnced by the youths. Separate in-
find a vtift views also will be conducted with
time | the parents,
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itM's SmiHLittle research has been done on
suppontcfwhy inhalant use is so popular
■long Hispanic youths, ■ Simpson
he studtE Isays. But the purpose of this study is
"ElectiKi to discover why they prefer it and
lownifiiHactly what the long-term effects
Hve on their health as well as their
)St COM!! lives.
ausemoafi 'It is important to understand the
ntsando reliance the youths have on the ex-
sewerliHided family and the difficulty they
Hy face with cultural orientation,”
H says. “Their peer network and
reference groups will also be exami
ned.”
T he biochemical status of each
subject will be examined through
blood and urine analyses, but Simp
son stresses that the program isn’t a
medical study. It will examine ideol
ogy and look for contributing factors
to the problem. And the information
will be used to add to existing suspi
cions and confirm the role of known
factors, he says.
The study, funded by a $430,000
grant from the National Institute on
Drug Abuse, will be used in drug-
abuse prevention programs and
treatment programs, he says.
“There is no standard in deter
mining what is drug abuse,” Simp
son says. “Any use is abuse because
of the threat to one’s health.”
According to Simpson’s original
study, a large variety of substances
are inhaled for the purpose of intox
ication and most have hydrocarbons
as an active ingredient. Some of the
more common inhalants are gaso
line, airplane glue, spray paint, shoe
polish, lighter fluid, fingernail pol
ish remover and hair spray.
Another class of inhalants of re
cent popularity consists of amyl and
butyl nitrates, sometimes referred to
as snappers, poppers, Rush and
Locker Room.
AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate ap
proved a two-year state budget
Tuesday that totals $39.56 billion
and would require new revenue of
over $6.6 billion.
Even though the measure is ap
proximately $1.3 billion higher than
a House proposal, Lt. Gov. Bill
Hobby described it a “very bare-
bones budget” and “a good bill.”
The Senate bill was sent to the
House, 26-3, after a debate that fo
cused on spending enough money to
stop the brain-drain of college fac
ulty members in recent years.
The Senate bill is higher than the
House version because “we don’t
want to cut AFDC (state child wel
fare) or turn people out of nursing
homes or cripple higher education
— that’s where the differences are,”
Hobby said.
But there are some human-serv
ices reductions in child protective
services, he said.
“There is a reduction to the level
where not even all life-threatening
cases can be investigated,” Hobby
said. “That’s tragic, but that’s the sit
uation we’re in.”
Republican Gov. Bill Clements
has said he would veto any budget
that requires more than $2.9 billion
in new or increased taxes. Extending
sales and motor vehicle taxes sched
uled to expire Sept. 1 would raise
the $2.9 billion.
The House has scheduled its bud
get debate for next Tuesday, follow
ing debate over what kind of tax
plan to adopt. House Speaker Gib
Lewis said he has told Clements the
House might pass a tax bill the gov
ernor will not like.
The final legislative version of the
appropriations bill almost certainly
will be written by a House-Senate
conference committee. A two-thirds
vote of each house would be needed
to override a gubernatorial veto.
Sen. Grant Jones, chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, said the
Senate proposal would restore
higher education spending to 1985
levels, plus a 2 percent-per-year in
crease for four years to account foi
inflation.
“Texas had built up some won
derful momentum in the area of
higher education,” Jones, D-
Temple, said. “Professors from
across the country were interested in
coming to Texas because there ap
peared to be a major dedication to
higher education.
“Unfortunately, in the cuts that
we’ve made in previous years, partic-
ulary in the late-lamented special
session . . . Texas has a perception
problem of having lost its dedication
(to higher education).”
Senate Education Committee
chairman Carl Parker said a faculty
turnover rate of 450 per year
jumped to over 1,100, half of whom
have not been replaced, after 1986
higher education funding reduc
tions.
Sen. Bob Glasgow, D-Stephen-
ville, said that if there are further
drastic cuts in higher education, it
could take Texas 10 years to recover.
Jones said, “It’s so easy to tear
down a system, and yet it’s so diffi
cult and takes so many years to reb
uild. We have maybe 10, perhaps 15
years, in which to build a new econ
omy and that economy has got to be
built on research ... so Texas is at a
major turning point in its history.”
Although the Senate bill would
appropriate $5.1 1 billion for higher
education, Leedom said the total fig
ure spent on colleges, universities
and professional schools actually to
tals $15 billion when federal grants,
endowments and the like are in
cluded.
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12-week course developed by TAES
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By Alan Sembera
Reporter
Ififty percent of adult males and 35 percent of
adult females in Texas are overweight.
And 20 percent of Texans are considered cli-
:ally obese.
These facts led the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service to develop a 12-week weight control
Jfcson series to help Texans improve their diet
and exercise habits and maintain permanent
weight loss, said Alice E. Hunt, nutrition special
ist at the extension service.
The program is administered by county exten
sion agents in 50 counties and was developed at
Itexas A&M by health and nutrition specialists,
Hunt said. Over 3,000 Texans have taken the les
sons since 1985, she said.
A survey of participants in the series showed
an average weight loss of 7.6 pounds one year af
ter completion of the lessons. There also were
significant improvements in blood pressure, flex
ibility and cardiovascular f itness, she said.
The program’s success is due to its emphasis
on long-term fitness habits, she said, which incor
porate small changes into people’s eating and
exercise habits that help them lose weight.
Some of the changes include eating more nu
tritiously balanced, low-calorie food, measuring
food serving sizes, modifying recipes to reduce
sugar and fat and starting exercise programs, she
said.
“I think the whole principle of the program is
not to do it fast and quick,” she said. “It has to
make small changes in both diet and exercise that
can be maintained throughout a person’s life
time.”
Quick weight-loss diets may be successful in
the short run, but over 90 percent of the people
who lose weight with these diets gain it back
within a year, Hunt said, which often creates a cy
cle of quick weight loss and then weight gain
when normal eating habits are resumed.
Being overweight by any amount is harmful
because it triples the risks of heart disease and
high blood pressure and doubles the risks of cer
tain types of cancer. Hunt said.
The chance of an obese person dying from any
cause is three times that of a person of normal
weight, Hunt said.
Obesity is defined as being overweight by 20
percent or more of standard body weight.
Hunt said the program developed here is not
designed for people with serious physiological
problems but added that 90 percent of the peo
ple who are overweight can lose weight with just
a moderate reduction in calories, increased phys
ical activity and some behavioral modification.
\ssociate dean explains diseases of dogs
By Craig Eichhorn
Reporter
[Veterinarians from United States
! military bases throughout Europe
mei in West Germany for the Sev
enth Medical Command Army Vet-
Jinary Medical Conference, which
was addressed by Dr. E. Dean Gage,
|sociate dean of the College of Vet-
linary Medicine at Texas A&M.
At the conference May 20-22,
Gage discussed new surgical condi
tions, procedures and techniques in
the treatment of spinal diseases in
dogs. Gage also explained to the 70
veterinarians meeting in Kaiserslau
tern ways of diagnosing and treating
specific conditions and diseases.
The research for the presentation
was done from clinical cases in the
late 1960s and early 1970s, Gage
said. The research showed the par
ticipants how to diagnose and treat
such diseases as slipped discs in
dachsunds and paralysis in German
shepards. The information pertain
ing to the German shepards is ex
tremely valuable because German
shepards are used as guard dogs on
military bases, Gage said.
Gage also told the group about
the progress made in veterinary
medicine in the United States.
The military personnel who in
spect the food supply for the
550,000 personnel in Europe were
helped by the presentation because
improvements were also made in
this area, Gage said.
Gage described the military per
sonnel attending the conference as
“an interesting group, intensely in
terested and attentive.”
Military personnel are isolated
and have one meeting per year, so
they gain as much as possible from
that meeting, he said.
Gage was invited to the confer
ence by the University of Maryland,
which has a contract with the U.S.
government for continuing educa
tion overseas.
Dr. Norman Heidelbaugh, a pro
fessor and the head of veterinary
public health, joined Gage at the
conference. Heidelbaugh has at
tended the annual meeting for seve
ral years.
Gage said many of the people who
attended the conference have an in
terest in returning to the United
States and starting a veterinary prac
tice here.
“It was a wonderful trip,” Gage
said.
He says he will probably return to
Germany next year foi the confer-
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