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State and Local
Commission will compare
national, state drug abuse
By Jackie Feldman
Reporter
The Texas Commission on Alco
hol and Drug Abuse is conducting a
statewide survey to compare Texas’
drug and alcohol problem with the
rest of the nation.
The survey is being conducted by
Texas A&M’s Pulblic Policy Re
sources Laboratory. It received the
survey contract after submitting a
suitable experimental design to the
commission.
However, the laboratory is just
collecting the data, said Dr. James
Dyer, researcher for the laboratory
and the survey’s principle investiga
tor. The laboratory will send the
data to the agency for analysis and
interpretation after the survey is
completed.
The TCADA plans to release the
initial results in September, Eric
Fredlund, a research analyst for
TCADA, said. A complete review of
the data will take six months to a
year.
The study has two forms — a
phone survey and a written survey.
The phone survey deals with the
COndtntB af luli population, and the written
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Graphic by Susan C. Akin
survey focuses on seventh through
12th grade students.
“We choose a random phone
number and then sample a member
of the household according to the
guidelines of the experiment’s de
sign,” Fredlund said. “We want to
get a cross-section of citizens; when
we choose a person, we won’t know
if he uses alcohol or drugs.”
TCADA chose 150 schools and 32
sample districts, Fredlund said, in
order to get a cross-section of rural
and urban areas.
The survey targets 10 classes of
substances, including cigarettes,
marijuana, crack and heroin.
Treatment, intervention and edu
cation is an important function of
the TCADA, Fredlund said, but
funds will not support these areas.
“One of the things our agency
does is provide the money for drug
and alcohol treatment for people
who cannot afford to pay for it
themselves,” Fredlund said. “But we
don’t have enough money to provide
treatment for everyone who cannot
afford it. This survey’s results will
help us make more efficient use of
our monies.”
The survey will determine types
of drug problems faced by different
ethnic, age, gender and demogra
phic groups. This information will
enable development of prevention
programs.
Surveys are conducted based on
need and availability of funds. Since
the last study in 1981, hospital drug-
related deaths have increased.
“In 1981, the survey showed Tex
ans below the rest of the nation in
terms of experiences people have
with various substances and the rate
of substance use,” Fredlund said.
“Now Texas may be more like the
rest of the nation’,’
Program seeks
host families
for students
By Barbara Jones
Reporter
An international student ex
change program is trying to locate
Bryan-College Station families to
serve as hosts for students from
abroad who will be arriving in Au-
gust.
The American Scandinavian Stu
dent Exchange program will bring
about 25 foreign students who will
attend local schools through June.
The students participating in the
program are between the ages of 15
and 18, have studied English for five
years and have at least a B average.
Interested families must fill out a
short application and be inter
viewed.
“Although it is not a requirement
for the families to have children of
their own, if there are children in
the family they too must be present
during the interview,” Rebecca Ol
sen, a local representative, said.
The families must provide food, a
bed and a quiet place for the student
to study.
For additional information con
tact Mikael Olsen at 775-9598.
ITS'
Texas ranks
high in flow
of illegal guns
DALLAS (AP) — Federal
agents in a new investigative
group that is trying to slow down
violence by Jamaican drug deal
ers in New York say Texas is the
No. 2 source of guns for the
gangs.
Richard Gardner, special agent
in charge of the Bureau of Alco
hol, Tobacco and Firearms office
in Dallas, said the investigators
will work with other bureaus
around the country to stop the
gun flow from Texas, second
only to Florida in weapons sup
plied to Jamaican drug gangs in
I New York.
Since mid-1986, there have
| been at least 1,200 guns confis
cated in other cities that can be
traced to purchases in the Dallas
area for the gangs, Gardner said.
Texas laws allow any adult with
a valid Texas driver’s license to
buy unlimited amounts of guns,
with no background check or
waiting period.
Reviewer; Van Halen album
rides border of predictibility
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By Staci Finch
Music Reviewer
They’re back! The boys of Van
Halen are back with their eighth al
bum, OU812. And it would be nice to
say it is their best effort yet, that the
veterans of hard rock ’n’ roll are on
the cutting edge of the music scene,
but that would be bordering on a lie.
Don’t get the wrong impression
here. The album is good. In some
places it’s really good. But in most
places it’s a little predictable.
Take the first song of the album,
“Mine All Mine.” At the bridge, the
keyboards take over, a familar tactic
now that Eddie has become a piano
player.
But he needs a little more work.
His piano playing has a sameness to it
all through the album. Songs like
“Feel So Good” and “A.F.U. (Natu-
rallly Wired)” have some oft-heard
keyboard lines that are nothing new
compared to older albums.
Come on, Eddie. What happened
to that hard drivin’ Van Halen sound
we are used to?
There are a few songs that rate the
Graphic by Taani Baier
old sound of the bad boys from L.A.
A song like “Cabo Wabo” deserves
lots of stars. The song is hard, driv-
in’n with a tough rockin’ sound that
is expected. Obviously, this one rates
lots of stars.
Lots of guitar, lots of Van Halen.
The guitar for a few songs is great,
the old Van Halen we have grown up
with. Unfortunately, not enough
Van Halen. The first single off the
album, “Black ’n’ Blue and also
“Sucker in a 3-Piece Suit” are straight
rock ’n’ roll and are good old guitar
rock ’n’ roll. The only problem is that
it’s predictable. Eddie does nothing
new. The riffs are old, the phrasing
the same.
However, new Van Halen fans will
find a lot on this album. Actually,
there is something for everyone,
from old music to new. This album
runs the gamut of styles, and for
some, the new is as good as the old.
For others, some of the old fans
are getting tired of this top 40, mid
dle of the road sound. Where did
they go — those leaders of rock ’n’
roll? We lost them, somewhere be
tween “Fair Warning” and this al
bum. Maybe it was the addition of
Sammy Hagar, maybe it was the ad-
dtion of keyboards on the “1984,” ,
who knows. But whatever what it was
we need them back. Van Halen was a
leader of its time, and it’s time for
them to return. Is it Van Halen or
Van Hagar? It’s up to the listener.
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