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I CUESS THIS MEANS ONLY ONE THING-.- MEN ARE SO SHAMELESS, AREN'T THEY? % Coming Attractions: at a MSC Political Forum near you: J Bob Dole Jesse Jackson Texas Mayors Panel The Texas Rangers The Soviet Space Program The Persian Gulf Election '88: The Presidential Debates Political Awareness Day D.C. Trip Austin Trip Insight General Committee Meeting - February 9, 7:00, MSC 212 Our Aggieland Picture will be taken after the meeting!! £,08/ -Q by Scott McCullar TR7 SELypiVG IT BACK A/OW. SHE. SAT5 IT'S CLEARING UP--- n IS 'iy fechnical writing class Doasts high enrollment neighbor ; women 2*' other oK' ; who occ ae two "'i ist time Charles. ■, whofH iodieS' i said, come offl By Stephen Masters " Reporter Each semester nearly 3,000 Texas J&M students take English 301, technical Writing, making it the gest program of its kind in the na- n. Although technical writing is re- ired in only a few A&M degree ns, it is suggested for almost ev- one, the director of technical king, Dr. Elizabeth Tebeaux, said. “We teach students how' to write or the job so they are pi epared to •^te in a working situation,” she id. “For years teachers have been id to read what you write. Bosses en’tpaid to read it, and they won’t less it’s in their best interest to read it.” She said between 30 and 35 dif ferent degree plans at A&M require e class, but that this number will icrease as degree plans are brought to compliance with the requir- entsof the core curriculum. The technical writing course in volves 10 to 12 written assignments, including a 15-page formal report and an oral report. All assignments are to be prepared professionally and omitting even one will result in a failing grade. Even though the program is so large — and growing — some stu dents are turned away each semester from lack of room, Tebeaux said. “We had 29 sections available last fall and we have 65 this semester,” Tebeaux said. “They’re ail full. We usually end up turning students away each semester so that we can keep the size of the class small. Each class is usually smaller than 25.” Dr. Sam Dragga, director of writ ing specialization, said the Depart ment of English also offers a writing specialization that is recommended by about 35 departments. “Some departments suggest writ ing specialization in a focused area,” he said. “It even satisfies the minor requirement in some departments. It’s possible m get a writing speciali zation in anycfield, though.” Writing specialization requires English 210, Argument and Com- postion; English 301, Technical Writing; English 320, Technical Edi ting, and Speech Communication 404, Technical and Professional Speaking. The is also student required to take six hours of course work that is usually related to his major, which has a writing component of 25 per cent or more. A grade of B or better is required for all courses. “Employers find the specialization attractive,” he said. “They are looking for good communication skills and this piece of paper certifies that the prospective employee is an effective speaker or writer. It sets him apart from other students com ing out with the same transcript for technical classes.” esidents fear i ne | bankruptcies laljdue to Exxon i thd^l line Girl $2 ciai pvti HAWKINS (AP) — Moves by xxon Co. USA to recover money aid to about 900 royalty owners :ould bankrupt many people in his East Texas town, residents ay. The oil giant is seeking the toney to recoup some of the fosses it suffered when it lost a .1 billion judgment in federal lourt over crude oil overcharges etween 1975 and 1981. As a result, Exxon is seeking 600 million in revenues it claims ere overpaid to royalty owners ased upon the overcharges. About $450 million of the toney is sought from corpora- ions, with the other $150 million eing sought from individuals, Boy Scouts of America, ed ges, school districts, charities nd a cemetery association. Many of those caught in the are residents of this town of 1,300, located about 20 lies north of Tyler. Many current residents are de- icendents of farmers whose es- ates transferred royalties from ne generation to another from roceeds of the 10,000-acre awkins Field, where oil began owing in 1941. "What you have here is are a )t of little people, and it’s like a ension to them,” George W. ramblett, Jr., an attorney rep- esenting a group of royalty own- rs and trusts, said. “What’s hap pened is that they’ve spent the oney.” Physician gives typhoid vaccine to AIDS patients |lie tase (bout GRAND PRAIRIE (AP) — A phy sician in this Dallas suburb has been using typhoid fever vaccine to treat AIDS patients. Dr. Terry Pulse said the typhoid vaccine treatments seem to be work ing for the five AIDS patients he has treated with the drug. “I consider it research,” Pulse said. “It’s still new but I’m willing to trailblaze.” The idea originated 30 years ago as a treatment to halt the growth of some cancer tumors. A patent for the use of this type of treatment is held by Salvatore Catapano, a New York research technologist. Pulse, a family practitioner who said he treats about 500 patients with AIDS-related illnesses, said he ob tained a license for the drug from Catapano, whose patent allows him to receive a royalty every time the drug is used for treatment of AIDS. “I studied a week with Catapano before I decided to do it,” Pulse told the Austin American-Statesman. “The patent says it is for the ‘remis sion of AIDS.’ But the jury is still out on a cure. Patients also need their doctor’s approval before I will give them the typhoid vaccine.” Pulse’s use of the vaccine as a treatment for AIDS recently was the subject of an Atlantic Monthly mag azine story. It said the 7-3-year-old researcher is one of several cham pions of a new and controversial the- See related story, Page 1 ory that AIDS really is an extreme form of syphillis. Stephen, the pseudonym of a gay Austin resident who asked to remain anonymous, has had AIDS for 13 months. He began the typhoid vac cine treatments with Pulse in early January. Stephen, 31, and two Austin friends who also have AIDS fly twice weekly to Dallas for four $30 vacci nations. They believe the drug is helping to reduce the number and size of their Kaposi’s sarcoma le sions. Kaposi’s tumors, rare except in those with damaged immune sys tems, form on blood capillaries in side and outside the body. They are a principal killer of those with AIDS. Stephen said, “All three of us have seen a change. I’m not saying we’re cured, but it’s very encouraging. I have about 300 lesions. Now, some really large ones on my legs are crusting over and shrinking.” Stephen said he also believes the vaccine is stimulating his immune system because Fie has been having allergic reactions to cedar fever. Ce dar pollen normally fills the air in Central Texas in winter months, but without a reasonably healthy im mune system, the body doesn’t react to it. 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