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Page 6 The Battalion Monday, January 23,1989 o MSC Political Forum POLmCAL FORUM WANTS YOU... TO JOIN US! FIRST GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday. January 25th 212 MSC 7:00 P.M. ^Tr CONTACT LENSES ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $7900 SPARE PAIR- 5 10 pr.*-STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES $ QQ00 P r *- STD - EXTENDED wear soft lenses $99 ( .00 pr*-STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES Daily Wear or Extended Wear Same Day Delivery on Most Lenses With Purchase of 1st Pr. at Reg. Price. Sale Ends 1/27/89. Can 696-3754 for Appointment Sale Applies to Std. Daily Wear Clear Only Charles C. Schroeppel, O.D., P.C. Doctor of Optometry 707 S. Texas Ave.-Suite 101D 1 Blk. South of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection College Station, Texas 77840 ♦EYE EXAM AND CARE KIT NOT INCLUDED STUDY ABROAD OFFICE Study in Mexico, Scotland or Germany for TAMU credit! Find out how YOU can be chosen. INFORMATIONAL MEETING Tuesday, January 24 11 a.m. - 12 noon OR 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 251 Bizzell West STUDY ABROAD OFFICE, l&l BIZZEU- WEST. PHONEi 843-0544 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 SSS IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY $100 Wanted: Symptomatic patients with physician diagnosed $100 linn lrritable Bowel Syndrome to participate in a short study. $100 f l $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $1 00 $100 K K $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 SSS , ASTHMA STUDY $£ $400 Individuals who have regular asthma to participate in $400 an Asthma study. $400 incentive for those chosen to $ 400 $400 .... $400 $400 .Participate. | 400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 FREE STREP THROAT TESTING $100 Bor individuals 12 years and older with sore throat willing $100 1° participate in a study to treat strep throat. Diagnosed $100 strep throat welcome. $100 incentive for those chosen to $100 participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 CEDAR/WINTER ALLERGY STUDY Looking for mountain cedar allergic individuals to partici pate in a short allergy study. $100-$200 incentive for those chosen to participate. Free skin testing available to determie eligibility. $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $200 CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 State considers insurance report Former FBI agent reports State Board of Insurance has failed AUSTIN (AP) — State lawmakers Monday will consider a report that portrays the State Board of Insur ance as inept in regulating Texas’ $25 billion insurance industry. Sen. John Montford, D-Lubbock, who has called for the resignation of all three Insurance Board members, will ask Eugene Gee, a former FBI agent, to testify before the Senate State Affairs Committee on his in vestigation into the board. Gee’s preliminary report sparked controversy last week. The report concluded the state’s insurance de partment is “dangerously misman aged,” creating a situation that “is an invitation to fraud.” The Insurance Board has been heavily criticized in recent months by legislators and consumer-rights advocates, who have charged the in dustry has not been effectively regu lated. The criticism grew in October when Dallas-based National County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was de clared insolvent with a deficit of $56 million, making it one of the state’s largest insurance company failures ever. Since the failure of National County Mutual, Insurance Commis sioner Doyce Lee and several other high ranking officials in the insur ance department have resigned. Insurance Board members said most of the problems outlined in the ' report have been addressed or are being investigated internally within the department. Board Chairman Edwin J. Smith Jr. described Montford’s actions as a “witch hunt.” He and the other two board members said they would not resign. Texans pay about $25 billion an nually in premiums. Currently, there are a record 32 Texas-based insurance companies in receiv ership, meaning they are under some kind of oversight by the Insur ance Board because of financial problems. Smith defended the agency, say ing it has made changes in problem areas. But Montford said, “They really didn’t even stir until we started to breathe down their necks.” a pickup or a flatbed trailer. The bill also would repealtl» fense to a violation of the child seat law that allows the person cape a fine by showing later Is acquired a safety seat. Also during the meeting, the State Affairs Committee will consider a bill by state Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur that would prohibit carrying children under age 12 in the back of l he process of writing a budget continues for the I lature, and lawmakers will re debate on education issues t House Higher Education Coi tee meets Monday and the Hi Public Education Committee Tuesdav. San Antonio man crusades to save ‘Howdy’ for Texans SAN ANTONIO (AP) — To all those contributing to the erosion of the Texas speech pattern, Buddy Calk, in his soft-spoken West Texas drawl, has just one word. Howdy. The 37-year-old Calk is worried that a bit of Texana is fading away, and that’s why he launched a one- man crusade to “Save the Howdy.” “I saw this article last summer that said only 6 percent of Texans still greet folks with ‘Howdy,’” Calk said. “I thought that was pretty darn sad. Pretty soon, we’re all going to sound like we came from Pittsburgh or something.” The catalyst for Calk’s cause was a poll conducted last May by the Pub lic Policy Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. The poll of 1,008 adult Texans determined that, for 44 percent, the preferred greeting is “Hi.” More than 20 percent say “Hello.” The en dangered “Howdy” qame in a distant third. Calk couldn’t stand still for that and decided to take action. He wrote to Gov. Bill Clements and urged him to back a bill making “howdy” the of ficial state greeting. Clements wrote Calk back. “Howdy,” the governor began. “The gradual loss of this salutation is unfortunate. I am glad that proud Texans such as yourself are deter mined to keep.this distinctly Texan greeting alive.” Calk wrote similar letters to radio disc jockeys in San Antonio, but said the results have been less than over whelming. He said he worries that unique parts of Texas tradition keep disap pearing. “When was the last time you saw a horny toad? Or someone who really worked at making a living on horse back?” Calk asked. His deep feeling for his native state is sincere, said Calk, who said he thanks God each day that he was born in Texas. Scrambled Eggs T\ | SURGERY I sjr 4 (?] \§ 1111/ \ III! V LfoV V The OOOP NE.WS l£> -THAT UNCLe WALPO /£> TH£ CRiriCAL LIST. THL 0AP N&WS IS HS'S PSAP. Warped A st DAI steppe* 16th a preme abortic investif las clin In tl Corvey challen centur except The for Me said sh be fret mental damen decisio child." On than a versary tion cli within set wit! of gas< thoritit Abo fires ai Clinic, by Scott McCul MHMR offers mental health services locally The Brazos Valley Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority cur rently offers a variety of services for mental health and mental retarda tion patients. 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