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Bonus incentive for the first 100 pa tients chosen to participate and who complete study. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY Wanted: Symptomatic patients with physician diagnosed Irritable Bowel Syndrome to participate in a short study. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 ASTHMA STUDY $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Wanted: Individuals ages 12-70 with asthma to partic- $200 ipate in a research study to evaluate asthma medica- $200 tions - $ 200 incentive for those chosen to participate. $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 ACUTE BRONCHITIS/PNEUMONIA Do you have any of the following? 1. Productive cough 2. Fever 3. Rattle in chest. Call for information about a three week antibiotic reseach study with close MD supervision. $100 incentive for those who qualify. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 !£• PEDIATRIC SORE THROAT STUDY |£j $75 Children 3 to 12 years with sore throat pain to participate in $75 $75 a currently available over-the-counter pain relief medica- $75 $75 tion study. No blood drawn. Free strep test. $75 for those $75 $75 who qualify. Evenings & weekends call 361-1500. $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 S300 $300 $300 ll™ HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY $300 individuals with high blood pressure medication $300 $300 dai| y to participate in a high blood pressure study, t^oo $300 $300. incentive for those chosen to participate. 5300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Hot spring ALLERGY STUDY H™ $100 Looking for individuals (12 years and older) with spring tree $100 $100 and grass allergies to participate in a short study. Monetary $100 $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. Free skin testing $100 $100 to determine eligibility. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday, April 5,1989 MSC home brew Local beer-makers learn still art By Richard Tijerina STAFF WRITER Some Texas A&M students may consider themselves experts at drinking beer, but a course offered by MSC University PLUS teaches them to be expert brewers. And though these beer drinkers are learning how to become beer brewers, Barbara Collier-Foyt, the course’s instructor, said it’s impor tant to recognize the difference be tween the two. “We stress that we’re trying to promote responsible brewing and responsible arinking, as opposed to just straight consumption,” Collier- Foyt said. “We’re trying to create new dimensions to the way students consume beer by developing respect for what they’re consuming.” The course, which began March 2 and ends April 20, has been offered by University PLUS every semester since Spring 1988. Collier-Foyt, a former student of the class, is teach ing it for the first time this semester. Wayne Helton, MSC programs manager, said University PLUS’ goal is to offer courses that might interest anyone in any area, and obviously a small amount of interest in home brewing of beers exists. “It hasn’t been tremendously pop ular in that there hasn’t been a huge demand for it, but we’ve always had at least 10 people a semester,” Hel ton said. “If we can organize some thing for a small group like that, then we will certainly do so.” This semester’s class has six peo ple in it, and they have been in structed on the proper techniques and the right equipment to use while brewing beer at home. Collier-Foyt said students en rolled in her class want to learn more about the experience of making quality beer. “The people that show up are * really interested in learning about more quality beers,” she said. “They’re not just big beer drinkers. They’re interested in import beers and the whole experience of brew ing as a sort of art form.” Collier-Foyt credited the growing interest among college-aged beer consumers for the popularity of the class. Although she is brewing a batch of beer at home, Collier-Foyt said her students are waiting until the end of the course to brew their beer. The students will brew a batch with a commercially available malt extract Barbara Collier-Foyt, the instructor of the beer-brewing class offered by University PLUS, shows off two first-place awards she Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack has won for her home brew. The class was started in Spring 1988, but this is Collier' Foyt’s first semester as its teacher. product, which is easy for the begin ning brewer. She said the total cost for the aver age ingredients, which include hops, barley, water, sugar and corn, is $20. With these ingredients she said it is possible to brew four to five gallons of beer. Collier-Foyt said the quality of the beer depends on the quality of the ingredients used and the care that’s taken while brewing it. “The taste just depends on how well you make it,” she said. “Some times you can make an extract that will taste like vinegar and you’ll have to throw it out. If you follow all your instructions you’ll be fine. It’s just like following a recipe. “If you’re clean and careful, you can come up with something that re sembles any of the more interesting import beers that you can get in clubs.” Bill Van Tassel, a senior market ing major and student in the class, said the decision to take the course was an easy one because he’s always liked the taste of beer. “I’ve always wondered how it (beer) was made,” Van Tassel said. “I decided to learn more about it from an expert. Barbara is great. She’s been able to answer every ques tion I’ve had.” Tom Taber, a freshman geology major who took the class last semes ter, said learning to brew his own beer wasn’t hard. “It’s hands-on experience, so it wasn’t difficult,” Taber said. “The instructor’s showing you how to dr* it. After you finally brew it younell, you’ll get to know how to brew it I’ve learned a lot about it.” Collier-Foyt said the class has a! ways been enjoyable and that stu dents leave the course with some thing more than just learning howto brew beer — they learn something fulfilling, which they can keep doing. “We’ve had a lot of fun,” she said “The beers we made in the classbotli semesters were successful. Every stu dent walked away from class with a six-pack of their own beer. The; were able to take it home and shaie it with their friends. Several students reported they got their own supplies when they went back home ana got started themselves.” Nederland man lives ‘government of the people’ NEDERLAND (AP) — Democracy is practiced in Nederland almost unnoticed when the City Council meets every second and fourth Tuesday. Discounting reporters, only two or three people usually attend. But one Nederland man is always there. He al ways sits in the same seat in the front row of black-cushioned wooden chairs that fill the coun cil chambers. He usually sits quietly while the council tends to its business of keeping Neder land a clean, well-run city. When Mayor Homer Nagel asks for comment, however, he’s ready. “Mayor, have you all found a place for us to take our garbage?” he asks. “Why do I have to come down to city hall and make a complaint before you all will do any thing? “What are you all going to do about all the stray dogs running all over Nederland?” His name is Robert Rothrock, and he’s on a first-name basis with all the council members, but they just call him Rothrock. He said he’s been keeping watch on the city councils of every town he’s lived in since 1954 on a personal crusade for better government. “Most people think to get better government you’ve got to write to your congressman or your state representative,” Rothrock said. “But I think you’ve got to start right where you are. If each citizen would just help keep his own town clean, then it would spread up from the local to the state to the federal, and we’d have good govern ment at every level.” Since moving to Nederland in 1957, Rothrock said he’s attended every City Council meeting he could make when the meeting didn’t confict with his job. Since retiring from the Mobil Oil refinery TH If each citizen would just help keep his own town clean, then it would spread up from the local to the state to the federal, and we’d have good government at every level.” — Robert Rothrock in 1985, he’s now able to go to almost every coun cil meeting. Rothrock, 63, said he thinks most people reall; believe that you can’t fight city hall and as a result feel helpless and unable to influence theii coun cil members. He said he learned otherwise during a water shortage in Haltom City in 1954. “The City Council voted to ration water and it got so bad that you were allowed to flush you toi let only once a day,” he said. “But enough of us citizens showed up at city hall to force them to start delivering water to us by having a fire truck come to every nouse to deliver a gallon of water. “I found out that you really could do some thing and from then on I decided to start going to city council meetings,” he said. He kept up the practice when he moved to Beaumont in 1955 and eventually every Beau mont City Council member got to know him well he said. Rothrock said he keeps up with what is happening by simply paying attention to what goes on around him. “If I see a city crew out working somewhere,! stop and ask them what they’re doing,” he said. “And I’m liable to pop in city hall anytime witha question or two.” WE RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD INSTRUCTORS! call 845-1631 MSC University PLUS is currently looking tor instructors in a variety of special interest areas, including, but not limited to the following: Planning for Retirement Planning a Trip Fresh Flower Arranging Interior Decorating Antiques Car Buying Stereo Buying Home Buying Drawing Painting Bird Watching Star Sighting Sculpting Airbrush Dirty Dancing Juggling Frisbee Horseback Riding Tai Chi Scuba Eating Right on the Run Massage Interpersonal Communication Assertiveness Training Stress Management Getting Over Being Shy How To Say No Personal Finance Management Time Management Russian If we don't have your area of expertise listed, then call and tell us about yourself!
