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Begin Summer with a
Cultural Fiesta!
WHO: Festive Texas A&M Students
WHEN: Monday, May 15 through Sunday, May 21,
1989
WHERE: Scenic MEXICO CITY
WHAT: Pyramids, Museums, Mercados, Bullfights,
and mucho, mucho more!
For more exciting details,
join us in a Informational Meeting
Tuesday, March 7, 1989, Room 231 MSC, 8:30pm.
•“Total cost for roundtrip airfare and 6 nights in Aristos Hotel is $406
for double occupancy and $359 for triple occupancy. A nonrefundable
$50 deposit is due by noon, Thursday. March 30,1989 in room 223G in
the MSC Browsing Library, second floor. Deposits will be taken from
3:00 to 5:00pm on March 27 to 29, and 9:00am to 12:00pm on March
30 in room 223G.
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Find out how you can have your medical school tuition, required books and
fees paid in full—plus earn more than $600 a month while you attend school.
Clip and mail the coupon below, and we'll send you full details on the Armed
Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program.
We'll tell you how you could qualify for a Physician's Scholarship from the
Army, Navy or Air Force.
If selected, you'll not only beat the high cost of medical school, you'll also gain
valuable medical experience serving on active duty 45 days each school year as
a commissioned officer in the Reserves,
After graduation, you'll serve three years or more—depending on the Service
you select and the level of scholarship assistance you receive—as a respected
Armed Forces physician. You'll also get good pay, regular hours, great benefits
and the chance to work with a variety of patients and the latest medical
technology.
If you meet the age requirements noted below for the Service of your choice—
and want to cut the expense of medical school—send for more information today.
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a difference because we know that our success is in the hands of our people.
We're always looking for more engineering and computer science talent who share our desire
to push the leading edge of technology. That's why we're offering on-campus presentations
and interview times for students who are approaching graduation.
ON-CAMPUS PRESENTATION & INTERVIEWS
CONVEX Computer Corporation will be at Texas A&M on the evening of
March 8th for a company presentation and on March 9th for daytime
interviews.
For more information or to sign up, contact your Placement Office.
In addition to a great work environment in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, we offer all
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Hispanics deserve
no extra pay,
FBI contends
MIDLAND (AP) — Hispanic FBI
agents who speak Spanish don’t de
serve extra pay for their language
ability, the FBI argued Thursday in
a class-action discrimination suit
against the bureau.
Attorneys for the FBI argued that
Hispanics who speak Spanish have
an ability comparable to being a pilot
or a laboratory technician. Those
specialists aren’t paid extra for their
expertise.
Attorneys for the 311 Hispanic
agents suing the FBI argued the bu
reau was comparing apples to
oranges and pointed out that U.S.
District Judge Lucius Bunton al
ready has found that the FBI dis
criminates against Hispanics in pro
motions, assignments And working
cohditiojis. ^
Bunton made: that ruling after a
two-week non-jury trial last summer
in El Paso. He is now presiding over
the damages phase of the trial, in
which he will decide how the FBI
should change its procedures and
whether Hispanic agents should be
compensated for suffering discrimi
nation.
A&M professor heads
program researching
control of mosquitos
By Sharon Maberry
STAFF WRITER
The class-action lawsuit was Filed
in January 1987 by Bernardo “Mat”
Perez, then the No. 2 man in El Paso
and the FBI’s highest-ranking His
panic agent. Eventually, 310 of the
FBI’s approximately 400 Hispanic
agents joined Perez in the suit. The
FBI has about 9,0 0.0
agents.
The plaintiffs contend Hispanic
agents are given an unequal number
of dangerous undercover assign
ments and are more likely to be sent
out of town, away from their fami
lies, for months at a time on boring
wiretap-listening duties.
Mosquitos simply may be pesky in
sects to most people, but they rep
resent more than 20 years of re
search to a Texas A&M entomology
professor.
Dr. Jim Olson heads a mosquito
research program emphasizing mos
quito control in rice-producing
areas.
“The focus of our research has
been on mosquitos associated with
wetland agriculture such as occurs
along the upper coastal zone in rice-
producing areas, which are the ma
jor man-made, man-supporting
mosquito habitats in the world,” Ol
son said. “Some of the biggest cen
ters for malaria are in rice-produ<
ing areas of Asia and Africa.”
Olson and his colleagues study the
biology and behavior of wetland
mosquitos to develop better strate
gies for controlling them.
“Our research has an emphasis on
decreasing the indiscriminate use of
pesticides,” he said.
The 83 mosquito species in I exas
alone make Olson’s job difficult.
However, his efforts have met with
considerable success.
Olson helped define the swarm
ing and mating behavior of one spe
cies of mosquitos, which aided in dis
covering when this species is most
concentrated, he said. Knowing
when these mosquitos are likel) to be
in the same place, they can more ef
fectively be controlled with less pesti
cide and less environmental harm.
Olson also assisted in making an
effective and safe pesticide economi
cally feasible. BTI, a toxin produced
hn bacteria, is safe for the environ
ment, but was too expensive to ust
he said. Olson’s efforts helped rt
duce BTI’s cost from $5 peracren
27 cents to 47 cents per acre.
A third project on which Ota
worked was a method to better it
fine likely mosquito breeding sfe
using aerial infrared photograpt
he said.
“Using this method, we can cove
large areas of land otherwise in*
cessible by ground,” Olson said
“Then we can more effectively coi
trol mosquitos with less pesticide
Olson is the director of the \
tional Riceland Mosquito Manas
mem I’rogj'awi, created in 19"!)
the Environmental Protect
Agency anci now overseen bv I
United States Department of Ajjij
culture, he said. I exas. Arkansas
Mississippi. Louisiana and Califort
participate because they are maj
rice-producing states.
“This national program involn
cooperative research of our unit
Texas A&M) and the land grants
stitutions of Arkansas, Mississipp
Louisiana and the UniversityofL
fornia,” Olson said. 'It's augmenii
by grants from the LSD A for allot
$450,000 each year. The tnonev
distributed in accordance withned
to each of the participants ofll
program.”
Flie national program is bejjt
ning cooperative research for
trolling mosquitos in rice-produos
areas with international countti
through the World Health Orjjai
zation, Olson said.
“Right now, we are advisingWHI
and countries serviced bv WHO' 1
how they might modify their pit
grams to be effective,” he said.
USC Pageant Committee
Presents:
A Decade of
Dreams
The 1989
Miss Texas A&M
University
Scholarship Pageant
Saturday, February 25, 1989
7:30 pm R udder A uditorium
Tickets available at the
Rudder Box Office
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