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Sat. night - Any Single Shot Bar Drink, $1. 00 Longnecks, margaritas Jan. 27<John Conlee-Live! along with Texas Fever College & Faculty I.D.’s - $2 00 OFF Admission 822-2222 2309 FM 2818 South MV vy yAXTjywy ^ SALE SALfe £>AL£ SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE w _ By NADJA SABAWALA Of The Battalion Staff “A medical-reporter is a journalist who says they have specialized knowledge that gives them Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) Television news is an improper medium to transfer good, accurate medical knowledge, Dr. Bruce B. Dan, a physician andjournalist, said. “There are syndicated medical reporters on TV who not only tell you what to do, but they also make a diagnosis and treatment over the air,” Dan said during part of the journalism de partment’s Science and Technology Lecture Se ries Thursday. Dan said that without knowing the history of the patient, few physicians would be able to make a fair diagnosis of a person’s ailments. There is a fine line between the objective jour nalist, who observes and reports the facts, and the doctor, who recommends treatment to his pa tients, Dan said. These physician/journalists are known as medical-reporters, he said. the right to be a reporter in that area.” he said. However, Dan asked, “Would you want them telling you which drugs you should be taking?” Limited time slots for news topics add to the confusion, Dan said. He said when physicians are interviewed, they don’t understand that quotes must be quick and in terms the general public can understand. Dan said the typical broadcast allows f'm only 90 seconds to relay his news. Dan said another problem with transferring medical news through the airwaves is the limited language and vocabulary. For example, when the AIDS epidemic began to receive coverage, “con dom” was not a word to be readily used on tele vision, Dan said. “You couldn’t mention the sort of things that were important to mention to talk about the epi demic and really deliver information to the American people because of television,” said. Medical news has become the most po news on television today, Dan said. Altk some people turn off the news at certain sect of the broadcast, like sports or weather, even is interested in their own health, and the me.;,, section loses only a small amount of its audifl Dan said. Dan said perhaps the greatest misfortunt broadcast news medicine is that people arc getting their medical information iVomtheiti tors anymore but from the mass media. 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Ads will be published on Wednesday, Febuary 14th To place your ad come by the English Annex. Deadline is February 9, 4 p.m. Services at depot to expand By PAM MOOMAN Of The Battalion Staff R Amtrak has good news for Bryan-College Station travelers. It is expanding its services with two new routes to Dallas and Houston. Anne Bell, director of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitor Bureau, said Texas A&M layed a big part in Amtrak’s Col- ege Station depot. Amtrak wanted to be near the University, she said. Many Bryan-College Station passengers have ridden the rails since Amtrak opened the depot Dec. 14, 1988, Bell said. “They’ve (Amtrak) bee;, pleased with the ridership from this area,” she said. High ridership numbers justify almost doubling the service, she said. The daily routes will be more convenient for passengers, she said. The fare to Dallas is $34 one way and $68 round trip, while the Houston fare is $19 one way and $38 round trip. There will be a limited number of discounted seats on each train, but they only will be available through travel agencies. Train 522 will depart College Station at 11 a.m. and arrive in Dallas at 3:15 p.m. For the return trip, train 521 will depart Dallas at 2 p.m. and arrive in College Station at 5:40 p.m Travelers to Houston will de part College Station at 5:40 p.m. on train 521 and arrive in Hous ton at 8:15 p.m. For the return trip, train 522 will depart Houston at 9 a.m. and arrive in College Station at 11 Amtrak has a toll-free number (1-800-USARAIL) to answer questions about fares and sched ules. Regents hear presentation for Master Plan detailing possible renovations on campus By CHUCK SQUATRIGLIA Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M may become a greener, safer, more unified campus in the next few years. The Texas A&M Board of Re gents heard yesterday the presenta tion of a final plan for a “University Master Plan” that details extensive renovations to be made around cam pus. The goal of the plan is the long- range planning of construction on campus. Some of the objectives of the plan include: • the unification of the main campus with the west campus, lo cated across Wellborn Road. • minimizing pedestrian and ve hicular “conflicts.” • providing additional parking and shuttle bus service on campus. • providing more open “green space.” • reinforcing and defining the campus perimeter. • providing for long-range plan ning and development for the cam pus. The plan was designed because of the rapidly growing student body and the problems associated with such an increase, Gene Schrikel, head of the firm hired to devise the plan,said. Some specific proposals of the plan include closing the central cam pus to all vehicles, creating 6300 parking spaces, increasing student S arking spaces from 28 percent to 6 percent of all spaces, increasing green s|)ace on campus with them; bicycle traffic from the “academ core.” The plan was created bf Sd rickel, Rollins and Associates Inc a Arlington, Texas. A total o] $215,000,000 has been spentont proposal so far. In other action, the Board: • was presented with the lows bid for the University Center expat sion and new parking garage, f See Regents/Page 6 A3>f Campus Emergency Telephone • use the telephones in the blue domes for any type of emergency. • press the red button to be connected with the University Police Dispatcher. Dial-a-Ride Univ. Police (if on campus) Univ. Police Dispatcher (Escort Service) Student Locator Student Counseling Srv. Rape Crisis Center Guard Room Escort Srv. 847RIDE 911 9-911 845-2345 845-4741 845-4427 268-RAPE 845-6789 Keep this ad with you for emergency purposes. Emergency telephone loca tions are to the right. Locations: 1. Fish Lot (PA61) - corner of Beef Cattle Road and Joe Route Blvd. next to the bus stop. 2. Duncan field behind the University Press building off Lewis Street. 3. Jogging track - north of Floral Gardens, adjacent to Mt. Aggie. 4. Research Park - Hwy. 60 entrance on the right side by the lake. 5. Hensel Park - near caretaker cabin, in the parking lot. 6. Olsen field bus stop (PA63). 7. Zachary parking area off Bizzell Street (PA50/51). Texas A&M University Department of Student Affairs 409/845-3111 Convenience telephones are located near each residence hall. For additional informa tion, or to report emergency telephone re pairs, contact the Department of Student Af fairs at 845-3111.