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November 11,12,17,18, & 19
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Committed to a New American Theatre realized through Cross-Cultural Casting
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The Battalion
Friday, November 11,1988
A&M team tests
hormone to kill
household fleas
What's Up
Friday
By Patti Easterling
Reporter
Two Texas A&M researchers have
discovered a product that they hope will
make that common household pest, the
flea, no longer a bother.
A&M entomologist Roger Meola and
his research assistant, Kathleen Palma,
are testing a synthetic hormone known as
an insect growth regulator that inhibits
the fleas’ maturation.
Palma said the synthetic hormone was
created by a Japanese company and is in
tended to mimic the natural juvenile hor
mone the flea produces.
When an insect moves from the larva
(childhood) stage to the adult stage, it
loses the juvenile hormones it produces,
she said.
The insect growth regulator, com
monly called an IGR, acts on the insect
at the larval stage and blocks further de
velopment, causing the flea to remain at
the immature stage.
It is not until the adult stage that the
fleas become the bothersome creature
that creates havoc in pets’ and pet own
ers’ lives.
Palma calls the reaction to IGR the
“Peter Pan Syndrome,” because it actu
ally stops the insect from growing up.
“The synthetic hormone interrupts the
normal maturation process before the
flea is old enough to bite or reproduce,”
Palma said.
IGR seems to be most effective on
fleas, but it also is being tested on cock
roaches and fire ants.
Meola and Palma have been testing
the effects of IGR at A&M since the
summer of 1987, but toxicity and safety
studies of IGR have been in process for
the last 20 years.
Meola said the benefits of IGR should
outweigh hose of conventional pesti
cides be ause of its safety and the
amount c time it remains effective.
Palma said the hormone can work only
on insects.
Meola said, “It has a very low rate of
toxicity, which makes it safe for humans
and other animals that conventional pes
ticides might harm.”
In the past, it was impractical to treat
outdoor areas with pesticides because
they break down and become ineffective
when exposed to sunlight, Meola said.
“Testing being done on IGR has
shown it to be up to 30 times more effec
tive than conventional pesticides when
exposed to sunlight,” he said.
Field testing is being conducted in
yards of local pet-owners, and Palma has
dicovered that IGR can reduce the num
ber of adult fleas in a yard by as much as
90 percent.
Palma estimates that it will be at least
another year before the product is avail
able for commercial use.
“It will probably be released in a small
market area, such as for pest controllers
and veterinarians, before it is released
for commercial use,” she said.
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UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have a Bible study at 6:15 p.m. atfe
Presbyterian Church
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 4 p.m. at Rudder founlaiB
an anti-apartheid march across campus and to city hall.
LATTER-DAY SAINTS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Richard E. Hall, 1sl
selor of the Houston Mission will speak during the sandwich seminar at noaij
the Institute Building.
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT CENTER: will have a freshman/newcomer
at 6:30 p.m. and service at 8 p.m. at the Hillel Building.
ZEN MEDIATATION GROUP: will have a lecture on Buddhism at 4 p.m.
College Station Community Center.
WESLEY FOUNDATION: will leave for the fall retreat at 5 p.m. from theW(
Foundation.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: call the Center for Drug Prevention and Ed
tion at 845-0280 for details on today's meeting.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: John Watson will speak
"Finding Peace in a Christian Life” at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. A /o I /-l
ET ALIA DANCE SOCIETY: will meet and practice from 7-9 p.m. in266Reat fVdS U U
STUDENT ACTIVITIES SEMINAR: Applications for the 1989 SpeakersSer;
are available through Nov. 22 in 208 Pavilion.
STUDENT Y YOUTH FUN DAY: Applications for counselors and coacheS: ^ LBuR HA5 BEGU
available through Nov. 18 in 211 Pavilion. ACROSS Ah
REVERSE THE GR
EFFECT..."
Saturday
Deer hunters
outgun, outman
forest officials
Forest service officials in East Texas
say law enforcement officers are out-
manned, outnumbered and outgunned as
they try to cope with problems caused by
the annual invasion of deer hunters.
“It’s scary as hell,” Billy Ball, spe
cial agent for the U.S. Forest Service,
said Thursday. “These guys are carrying
cannons, and we’re regulated by policy
with six-shooting pop pistols.
“You’ve got six shots. And some of
them have got bandoleers,” shoulder
belts with ammunition pockets.
Officials point to shrinking availabil
ity of public hunting lands and rising
prices for deer leases as reasons for in
creased pressure in the state’s four na
tional forests — Sabine, Davy Crockett,
Angelina and Sam Houston — all in East
Texas.
“I wouldn’t go out there myself nor
take my family,” Carl Gidlund, a U.S.
Forest Service public information offi
cer, said. “It’s turning into an arsenal
out there.”
Firearms deer season began last week
end and continues through Jan. 2. Last
year, Texas for the first time moved past
Pennsylvania to become the nation’s
leader in the number of hunting licenses
issued.
For Forest Service officials, the first
weekend included death threats against
officers, fights between hunters arguing
over a deer, the wounding of a 14-year-
boy by a hunter firing at a wounded deer,
discovery of an unconscious hunter who
fell 30 feet from an illegal deer blind, in
vestigation of illegal blockades set up by
some hunters to keep other hunters off
public land, and alcohol and drug use.
“What’s changed on the forest is that
we’re seeing a lot of military weapons,”
Ball said. “We’re seeing people moving
away from the traditional weapons to a
military look, dress, weapons. We call it
‘the Rambo syndrome.’ They get their
faces painted up and they’re wild
looking.”
On Thursday, officials were investi
gating incidents of nails spread over
some federal forest roads.
“We presume it’s people trying to
keep other people out of their ‘exclusive’
hunting areas,” Gidlund said. “One wit
ness said he picked up 20 pounds of
nails.”
On Wednesday night, three hunters
told authorities they were ordered — at
gunpoint — from national forest land by
other hunters.
“It’s locals who say ‘My daddy and
my granddaddy hunted here and you city
slickers aren’t hunting here,’ ” accord
ing to Ball. “And we have to referee
these things.”
Ball said he advises his officers, who
are equipped with six-shot .357-caliber
Magnum pistols, to wear fluorescent
orange vests so they will be seen in the
woods.
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS: will have a bn
workshop from 10 a.m.-noon and from 1-3 p.m. in 214 Reed McDonald
resentatives from KBTX-TV will answer questions and look at tapes are
sumes.
TAMU VOICES OF PRAISE: will have a musical of gospel choirs fromae
Texas at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE: will have a chili cook-out and toumars-
games from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Central Park.
CHINESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have the 1988 Chinese Film Fes
in 201 MSC. ‘Thank You! Sir” will be shown at 7 p.m. and “Rouge of the Nr 1
will begin at 9 p.m. Admission is free and the movies are English subtitled.
STUDENT Y/AGGIE FRIENDS: will have an activity for Bryan-CollegeSts:
children. For more information call the Student Y office at 845-0690.
Sunday
BRAZOS VALLEY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP J
cia DeBauge, a doctoral student from the College of Agriculture, will speakate^
“Supportive environments for mentally impaired older adults” at 3 p.m ini
Medical Sciences.
RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: will have a bird walk from 8-10 aiu
Hensel Park.
CHINESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have the 1988 Chinese Film Fes:, WAXAHACHI
in 201 MSC. “Chopper and the Six Friends" will be shown at 1 p.m. and‘P^ymountv resider
Between Two Chinas” will begin at 3 p.m. ’ „ '
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Bible study at 9:30a.rt;“;,'. J
the St. Mary's student center. co l.der on Thun
earetena, a new h
Monday
mall
Hhe 53-mile s
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“I’ve been thre:
MSC SCONA: will have an informational meeting for students applying for dir ulation in this co
gates at 8:30 p.m. in 224 MSC. this, ' real c.stau
SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS: will meet at 5:30 p.m.inlllMhh sa id. “The
Thompson ml. * u u l. double inside the i
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will have a fashion show rehearsal: JL n . ,
8:30 p.m. in 226 MSC. if , ’ , . ^
BRAZOS VALLEY GUITAR SOCIETY: Gerald Blakeman will play jazzan^F 1 ™ 3 ^ 4 ’ UUI
classical guitar selections at 7:45 p.m. at the Canterbury House, 902Jrpermanent
sey.
18,000, about 30 i
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: call the Center for Drug Prevention andEduc: As word spreac
tion at 845-0280 for details on today's meeting. that the Departme
MSC VISUAL ARTS: will have a reception for artist Alfredo Bustinzaat7pu ^ s j te f or t h e gj.
the MSC gallery
OCA SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE: will meet at 6 p.m. in 231 MSC
COLLEGIATE 4-H: will meet at 8 p.m. in 123 Kleberg.
PHI ETA SIGMA: will meet at 6 p.m. at Mama's Pizza.
FISH CAMP: applications for chairpersons will be accepted through Nov. 1
dents began celel
Hune — even tf
to approve fundir
proja'
Hdany people di
H8 Waxahachie,
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battaliw I’*'
216 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired d
date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask.: J 60 *
to do so. What's Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events andactrr ■mout 50 peopl
ities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no gus but not quite sure
antee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. 'n
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In Advance
Iwn Waxahaehh
Mise to the pol
Christmas workshop registration openstrwtuidTfc
Registration for Christmas
workshop classes sponsored by MSC
University Plus begins Monday at 10
a.m. in the University Plus Craft
Center, located in the MSC base
ment.
For an additional $1 fee, registra
tion by phone is available beginning
Nov. 15 at 10 a.m.
Classes will offer instruction it sonic ot ^ cr state
making ornaments, Christmas stod C0I1 8 ratu ^ atc t ^ ien
ings, potpourri, painted T-shirts,j» F mother televi.'
gerbread houses and candy, amoii ' * 1C S rou P rus
other crafts and foods. n? use t0 wa '* * or
Registration is open to anyone li P® 1 ;,, , .
years or older. ^ definite!
For more information or to retis t ° v ' a ’ sa j^
ter, call 845-1631. of th u e / l,s u C u ° u
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Plan to seal cargo trucks instigates concern
EL PASO (AP) — U.S. Customs will
allow trucks sealed in a Mexican factory
to zip through inspection in a pilot pro
gram that one inspector called ludicrous
and an open invitation to smuggling.
In a program similar to one instituted
last month in Brownsville, U.S. Cus
toms will allow security personnel em
ployed by a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico wire
factory to certify that the plant’s trucks
are free of drugs.
The trucks’ door locks will be sealed
and most of the trucks will be waved
through Customs without inspections.
Mike Mack, Customs district director,
said the idea is to speed up the flow of
collecting super
maps now.”
Bob Hamilton
ing, a small rura
trucks across the Rio Grande between
Juarez and El Paso, which is the busiest
port of entry along the U.S.-Mexican
border.
About 650 to 800 trucks leave Juarez
maquiladoras, or twin plants, daily to
cross the bridge to El Paso.
Trucks have been known to wait more
than six hours to clear U.S. Customs.
Customs assistant district director
William Nowak said Thursday, “What
we’re trying to do (with the plan to seal
cargo) is identify the safe shipments and
expedite them through, which will give
us more time to inspect the risky ship
ments.”
During a 90-day pilot program, 15 se
curity employees at the Packard Electric
twin plant in Juarez will inspect ship
ments of wire harnesses leaving the plant
for the United States.
They will seal the doors and the trucks
will pass through Customs unopened,
subject to spot checks.
“If during the security screening proc
ess, if (Packard employees) should find
drugs aboard the shipments, they will
notify Mexican aduana (Customs) and
they have a number to call U.S. Cus
toms,” Nowak said.
Packard spokesman Richard Hamilton
said the company sends about 75 loT-^bb s agency tc
trucks to the United States daily. borne is wor
Mack said that if the prog*JNdenly inflated
deemed successful, it might beexpati This day can’
to other companies. |? r anybody who
Although U.S. and Mexicancuste c ounty,” Hamilto
officials and Packard Electric seem(j| Even better the
fident drugs won’t be “piggybad: 111 ? his house, Hai
aboard shipments, Customs inspedj
Charles Giunta isn’t so sure.
“This is about the most ludicrom
I’ve seen,” Giunta, head of the ElPk
local of the National Treasury
ees Union, said. “This is an open^
tion to smuggling.
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HEY OFF CAMPUS AGS!
If your lease ends in December, give your
apartment manager a written notice of your
intent to vacate the unit 30 days before your
lease expires. Do this even if you plan to re
new your lease for spring. If you have any-
questions, visit the Off Campus Center lo
cated in Puryear Hall, or call 845-1741.
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Wednesday, November?
Tuesday, January 17
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All sessions will be
at 5:00 p.m. in the
Off Campus Cen
ter, Puryear Hall,
across from the YMCA
Building.
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