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Page 4/The BattalionATuesday, June 14,1988 PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Pro-Choice Concerned Women’s Center 7324 Southwest Freeway #1010A Houston, Texas 77074 713-988-2200 FREE PREGNANCY TESTING IMMEDIATE SCHEDULING Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $ TO 00 P r - *-STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT • LENSES $ QQ00 pr. *-STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES $OQ 00 pr. *-STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES DAILY WEAR OR EXTENDED WEAR SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES Call 696-3754 For Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., P.C. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY * Eye exam & care kit not included 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D College Station, Texas 77840 ocki 1 block South of Texas & University Qarfieldg F(e§tauraqt & cpub Fun and Fine Food College Station’s Newest Restaurant Featuring Seafood - Hamburgers - Prime Rib - Sandwiches *2.95 LUNCH SPECIALS DAILY DINNER SPECIALS Happy Hour 4 pm - 7 pm & 9 pm - close Join Garfield's Deer Club 54 Beers of the World Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner 6 sun. - 11 am Sun-Thurs 6 am - 12 mid Fri-Sat Bring this ad with yon and receive & FREE FRIED BROWNIE DESSERT with purchase of entree (dinner only). 1503 S. Texas Ave.. C.S. 693-1736 ext. 711 -.L' v fSSSBi IfiMS fflfflStelWSc BBSS fi&»S9 XSH&SSSSkSSiSS BflftitfiMMnttBKI EEffiSS flHB M&K MSB I Come see the difference with contacts that fit right. At TSO, the doctors of optometry know that every contact lens prescription must be exact. The fit precise. You must be completely comfortable. That’s why they take the time to fit you properly. And help you choose contacts that are both easy to wear, and easy to care for. Doctors at TSO also have access to all the latest types of contacts. From soft lenses to rigid gas per- meables to tinted lenses. So have the doctor at TSO fit you for contacts. You’ll see the difference immediately. htyt ( TEXAS STATE OPTICAL Affordable Eyewear. From A Family Of Doctors. Doctor’s prescription required. An indepen dent doctor of optometry is located adjacent to some TSO locations. 8008 Post Oak Mall 764-0010 Endangered turtles ingest man’s trash By Kelly S. Brown Reporter Twinkie wrappers and cigarette butts not only mess with our Texas beaches, but such man-made wastes are turning up in the stomachs of endangered sea turtles. Over 42 percent of the sea turtles that wash up on the Texas beaches have man-made or processed material in their digestive tracts, said Dr. Andre Landry, a marine biolog ist at Texas A&M University at Gal veston. Plastic, found in 80 of the 269 stranded turtles, is the most com mon waste found in their stomachs. Other offscourings include tar, rub ber, Fishing lines, cellophane, wax, styrofoam, monofilament rope, alu minum cans, string and cigarette fil ters. The evidence speaks for itself. Man negatively effects our marine environment when trash is left be hind, Landry said. “The debris is coming from litter ing tourists on the beaches, rivers carrying garbage into the sea and from what is being thrown from ships and boats,” Landry said. Regu lations have recently been passed prohibiting the dumping of trash at sea. In 1986 Landry and graduate stu dents joined with the National Ma rine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Sea Turtle Stranding and Sal vage Network in hopes of finding what was killing the turtles so pre ventive action could be taken. Every two weeks their explora tions begin at Sabine Pass as they board either boats, trucks or a plane. They canvass 232 miles of beach and sea before the search ends on San Jose Island. The stranded sea turtles found al ive are brought to the NMFS Galves ton Laboratory to recuperate, while the dead reptiles are taken to the University for food habit analysis and a necropsy — examination to determine cause of death. In the Gulf of Mexico, five gen eral species of sea turtles exist and all are in danger of becoming extinct. Aside from the trash, their normals meals consist of crab, green grass, coral reef or jellyfish. The leather back, being the largest species, can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. The correlation between trash and the debris found in stranded turtles’ stomachs, Landry said, is a phenomenon that can be found on beaches everywhere. How often these accidental deaths will occur de pends on the access of the beaches to the public. “Texas has high access beaches, so this works with the fact that we have the most intensive Salvage Network, thus our beaches are well covered,” Landry said. Between January of 1986 and No vember of 1987, 269 turtle strand- ings have been documented. Debris was found in 113 of the turtles’ stomachs. “However, we don’t know what percentage was actually killed by the debris,” Landry said. “Such uncer tainty is why we need research. We do know the debris effects have cer tainly not been advantageous.” The number one cause of death for turtles is drowning in shrimp nets, Landry said, while the second is the mutilations of turtles that occurs during explosions set off for build ing petroleum platforms. “This alludes to the fact that most premature causes of death stem from man,” said Kenny Saunders, a graduate student in the wildlife and fisheries department at Texas A&M University.“We should all be con cerned about the future of turtles while remembering that they have a right to life,” Saunders said. “They have an unknown potential value, a biological value as well as an aes thetic importance.” hat’s Up mm Tuesday TAMU COMPUTER USERS GROUPzWill meet the second Tuesday of e month in 308 Rudder Tower at 3 p.m. TAMU SAILING CLUBzWill meet to discuss this summer’s activities in2 der Tower at 7 p.m. All interested students and faculty are invited. Formoit formation call Ronald Cooper at 260-1595. TAMU SCUBA CLUBzWill have first meeting at the Flying Tomato at 7p.n more information call Elsa Haubold at 696-6215. CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Will meet in the St. Marys Sly Center, 103 Nagle St..College Station, at 7:30 p.m., to discuss American Car ; j lies in the 20th Century. IDi e r£ Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Donald, no later than three business days before the desired run date, * only publish the name and phone number of the contact If you asJruitotj so. What’s Up Is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events andh Itles. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. Therein: guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the nemmi 845-3315. Man bites, swallows police officer’s earlobe LUBBOGK (AP) — Part of a po liceman’s ear was bitten off this weekend after a man detained in a routine traffic stop began fighting with officers as he was being placed in a squad car. Willie Jackson, 27, was arraigned Sunday by weekend magistrate Pat Moseley, who set a $10,000 bond on the charge of assault on a peace offi cer. A $300 bond was set on criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and two assault charges. Jackson remained in jail Monday in lieu of the bonds, Sgt. Victor Lugo said. Officer Brian McNeill was treated at Methodist Hospital for injuries suffered in a scuffle that occurred Saturday when he assisted other of ficers. Jackson was stopped by another officer after he saw the man’s car skidding sideways down a street, according to police reports. Jackson lives in an apartr few blocks from where hn stopped. He told police he couple of beers at a birthdar hration. The man failed a field test, the police report said.Hel striking at officers as they cuffed him and placed squad car, and then began kid the interior of the car, the said. He was taken from the atj f eet strapped together withane cord and returned to the vehid;f As the officers returned the to the car, he leaned forwarda off a portion of McNeill’s lefj the report said. Police said the man app swallowed the severed piece «| ear, despite officers’ efforts tj trieve it. He also bit throughi| antenna wire in the back tfl squad car, officers said. Disad' fcontemp aigh sch |ing and t tier pre aimed at the diplo Youth |ited 0 vork/stu combinai |ing, ban and cour aids who Imotivatic Sportive h Dr. Di ■of the A |gram, sai pants is ained e iistrict t las well Sfrom fiv San Am Sand Bee' About Ipants ar Iday and |Aug 6. “The idropped |“They a Imay not lor the ta |who co grounds ecause Itors, to |dent.” YOU’ Isaid, are jpercepti [ties, to y I to comp Texas A&M University System Employees Your Body Is A Wonderful Thing, Cover It With ] Texas Health Plans. 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