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The Battalion
Thursday, February 16,1989
Court rejects claims
against bus driver in
death of young girl
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Su
preme Court on Wednesday re
jected claims against a school district
and bus driver in the death of a 7-
year-old girl who was killed by a
pickup truck after getting off a
school bus.
One justice, however, questioned
whether the Mount Pleasant Inde
pendent School District was being
held to a “standard of care” that was
strict enough. Another said the dis
trict had violated the “ordinary stan
dard of care.”
The Supreme Court majority held
that the doctrine of sovereign immu
nity barred prosecution of the case
against the district and driver John
Gullion.
The majority opinion by Justice
Franklin Spears extended the ruling
to cover the standard of care that
should be required of school dis
tricts, which sparked comments by
individual justices.
The case arose after third-grader
Misty Lindburg was killed in Octo
ber 1984 as she tried to cross U.S.
Highway 271 in Mount Pleasant af
ter being dropped off by a school
bus driven by Gullion, who had 15
years experience as a bus driver.
Misty, according to court records,
darted onto the highway and was
struck after the bus had driven off
and was approximately 200 yards
away.
The Titus County trial court
ruled that the child’s estate get noth
ing. The Texarkana Court of Ap
peals reversed the trial court, hold
ing that the school district owed a
high degree of care to its student
passengers, similar to the duty owed
by common carriers. It ordered a
new trial.
The Supreme Court reversed the
Texarkana court and said the estate
should get nothing.
Spears’ opinion said the school
district was not created to operate a
transport business, and transporting
students is only incidental to the op
eration of schools.
Police Beat
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department from Feb. 1 through
Feb. 8:
BURGLARY:
• Someone broke into the
computer graphics room of the
Teague Building and stole two
IBM computers and an Apple
Macintosh computer.
• Someone broke into a room
in Thompson Hall and stole $70
from a metal locker.
• A video cassette recorder
was reported stolen from the Bi
ological Sciences Building West.
The VCR later was found under
a University vehicle outside the
building.
• Three students reported the
theft of stereo equipment from
their vehicles.
• Another student reported
that someone stole the battery
from his car.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• Two bicycles and two back
packs were reported stolen from
various locations around campus.
• A student reported that
someone stole his textbook from
the lab at the Institute of Electri
cal Science.
• A student reported that
someone stole the hubcaps from
hrv
• A man reported that he &
two men running from the MS.
with a fire extinguisher.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• Someone discharged a
extinguisher in the Civil E».
neering Building.
• The same day, someonealj
discharged a fire extinguisher
Thompson Hall.
• A student reported t|
someone pushed over hismoiu.
cycle and damaged the paint
• A student reported th
someone cut open her car covet
• Someone damaged a sectim
of plywood flooring at Mt. Ag»
UNAUTHORIZED USE0F\['
HICLE:
• A student reported seeis
another student attempt to drin
an ambulance belonging to i|*
Emergency Care Team.
HARASSMENT:
• A student reported recer,
ing annoying and obscene phoct
calls.
• Another student reporttc
receiving annoying and threatet-
ing phone calls.
• A third student reports
that she received an obscene am
berating phone call because sk
had not completed a Corps run,
Discovery may lead to AIDS drugs
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say
they have determined the three-di
mensional structure of an enzyme
the AIDS virus needs to spread its
infection, a step that could lead to
new AIDS drugs.
An enzyme is a protein that ini
tiates or speeds up a chemical reac
tion. The findings, published in
Thursday’s issue of the British jour
nal Nature, are the first report on
the three-dimensional structure of
any protein of the virus.
The discovery will help research
ers develop drugs to block the en
zyme and keep the AIDS virus from
spreading, said Manuel Navia, who
with eight other scientists from the
Merck Sharp and Dohme Research
Laboratories in Rahway, N.J., and
West Point., Pa., reported the find
ings.
the AIDS virus makes copies of it
self.
To reproduce, the virus infects a
cell and hijacks the cell’s protein
making machinery. It then orders
the machinery to produce proteins,
including the aspartal protease, for
assembling new viruses.
The proteins are manufactured in
a string, like cars on a train. But the
proteins, which new viruses need to
infect other cells, will not work un
less they are separated. The newly
analyzed enzyme is responsible for
cutting the proteins apart.
If a drug can be found to inhibit
the enzyme’s function, it could*
the spread of infection, Naviasaii
Haseltine said such a dn
also keep an infected person'll
being infectious to others. Resean
ers would have to make surethai
drug would not block similar
zymes elsewhere in a person’s!)
Levy said.
William Haseltine of the Dana-
Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
called the finding “an important and
critical step along the pathway to ra
tional, anti-AIDS drug devel
opment.”
The enzyme, which looks like a
tangled string in the general shape
of an angelfish, is called an aspartal
protease, and it comes into play as
Task force wants state to increase AIDS fundin
AUSTIN (AP) — State lawmakers must pledge $50
million to $75 million for AIDS prevention, education
and treatment now, or Texans will pay an “awesome
price” later, the head of a special AIDS task force said
Wednesday.
“A killer is loose in the human household. Its name
is AIDS . . . and something must be done now,” the
Rev. Chris Steele said in a news conference after the
release of a final report by the Legislative Task Force
on AIDS.
“I assure you that if our Legislature is unprepared
to spend now, we will pay a most awesome price in the
near future,” she said.
Steele chaired the 19-member group studying the
affects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in
Texas.
“To halt the geometric expansion of this deadly epi
demic, the foundations for a succesful state strategy
must be in place before the end of the 71st legislative
session,” she said.
The task force report calls for protection agains
AIDS discrimination, health insurance provisionsfoi
infected people, and expansion of government mei
cal programs for the infected.
Steele said the number of AIDS victims in Texas Ira
doubled since the 1987 Legislature, and she predicitd
the number would quadruple by the 1991 session !)
date, 6,000 Texans have been diagnose with AIDS
Discrimination is the leading stumbling block
combating the disease, because it causes people
avoid testing and treatment, Ms. Steele said.
Sen. Craig Washington, D-Houston, a task fortt
member, said a package of Senate bills covering there
port’s 120 recommendations is being prepared
said the chairman of the Senate Health and Humir
Services Committee, Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, lit
agreed to carry the bills. No House sponsor has
found.
Cadets’ individuality reflected in major
By Denise Thompson
STAFF WRITER
Although the Corps of Cadets is synonymous
with tradition, the individuality of each member
can be reflected in his major and the activities in
which he is involved, George Thomas, a student
development specialist, said.
Because tradition runs so deeply throughout
the Corps, Thomas said people have the miscon
ception that individuality is discouraged. How
ever, each member of the Corps is encouraged to
pursue whatever field of study he chooses.
Incoming freshman most often choose engi
neering- and agriculture-related majors, Thomas
said. However, he said the average cadet changes
majors twice, and by the time those freshman are
seniors, there is a greater cross-section of majors
in the class.
“I think a lot of the freshman come in and
want to be in engineering or agriculture, and
they just decide that their talents don’t really ful
fill the needs for those majors,” he said. “By the
time a class graduates, the choices for majors pre
tty much reflect that of the entire University.”
To better help Corps members scholastically,
Thomas said Corps units are grouped predomi
nantly by major to enable them to help each
other with various classes and projects. Thomas
said this system also has a positive psychological
effect on the students.
“It’s good to have them grouped this way be
cause the older ones can encourage the under
classmen when they get discouraged or have
problems in a course,” he said. “It makes it a little
easier to get through a really tough course when
you can relate to someone who has already been
through it.”
Quiz files are another aid offered to cadets.
Any student can request a test from the Corps
files.
“People can go to the guard room and look up
their class on the master file in there to see if an
old test is available,” Thomas said. “Anyone can
use them, but the Corps units keep them orga
nized and updated.”
Matt Hudson, a senior civil engineering major
who serves as the Corps Scholastic Officer, said
the Corps’ scholastic personnel also encourages
scholastic development in several ways.
“We have a mandatory three-hour study pe
riod every night that’s called C.Q., or call to quar
ters,” he said. “At that time, it is so quiet on this
side that it’s hard to do anything else but study. I
oversee 120 scholastic personnel and we oversee
C.Q., the quiet conditions during the day and we
work with faculty advisers.
“Each outfit chooses a faculty adviser they
think can best help them in their fields, and we
work with them to help provide ample time for
studying. We really are starting to encourage
more scholastics.”
The result of the measures taken to increase
scholastic superiority is evident, Thomas said.
The Corps had its highest grade-point ratio ever
in Spring 1988 with a 2.5. However, the Corps’
Fall 1988 grade-point ratio dropped to 2.37.
Hudson said that while several factors caused the
fall of grade-point ratios, the most common was
that incoming freshman tend to have low grades
their first semester and more activities are spon
sored by the Corps at that time.
“Part of the reason the grades are lower in the
fall is that the Corps has a lot more activitieste
in the spring,” he said. “Another really iraporti
factor is that freshman are trying to adju:
University life and being away from home
really tough that first semester, and it tends
bring the grades down overall.”
Some of the fall semester’s major activitiesn
quire band members and yell leaders being an
able for football games and all cadets working
bonfire.
Dirk Bergoon, a senior agronomy major*
Head Red Pot for Fall 1988, said that while!
grades did not suffer drastically while workii
on bonfire, he gained valuable knowledge fro:
the experience.
“I learned about the real world by going#
and talking to people,” Bergoon said. “Wheny
have to go up to a business and ask them toi
nate a million-dollar crane for a week, you e;
how to interact with people.”
Steve Keathley, a senior speech commu®
tions major and head yell leader, agreed thalfl
perience gained through Corps-related acini'
is invaluable and cannot be measured byagra#
“I think when you start blaming activitiesf:
low grades, you’re looking for an excuse,':
said. “I meet a lot of guys who have a 3.5,at
they don’t know a hill of beans about how tote
die people or conduct themselves in a crowd,
“Being in activities outside of the classroc
teaches you about the real world and how tote
die realistic barriers. Those people who bl
themselves in books have plenty of book k»
edge, but I fear they’re going to crash so®
where down the road in an area that only expe
ence with people could get them through.”
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