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/The Battalion STATE & LOCAL 3 ednesday, July 25,1990 e asked and here’s what you said ... hat kind of effect do you think the sale of the MSC Bookstore to a private company will have? lark Bonnen Senior — Physics, Philosophy Vngleton I’d hope they are still going to share profits with student organiza tions. If they’re doing that, then it ioesn't bother me too much. John Habermann Junior — Civil Engineering San Antonio / believe in helping your own. I al ways bought my books there to help the University and to keep the money in the University. If A&M can make more money selling it to a private firm, then that may be good, but I always thought it would be bet ter self-owned. Krista Hierholzer Senior — English College Station On the news, they said it was going to be about the same prices, more se lection, and they were going to ex pand and make it bigger. But it doesn’t matter to me because I don’t buy my books because I’m on schol arship. Phyllis Janysek Junior — Secondary Education Karnes City I think it will improve it. They can offer different services if it gets fran chised out into another group. Plus, they don’t have to keep it sold per manently. So, there is minimal risk involved with the University. If they don’t like it, they can buy it back in 10 years. Everett Morgan Junior — English Kenedy I think it will be a better way to have it managed and there will be better services for students because it is an outside interest. They’re interested in making money and they will do whatever it takes to help students. jSusan Moy Junior — Marketing San Antonio I think it is going to give other priva te!- owned bookstores like Pother’s or Loupots competition. I think ba sically that is the main thing that other private bookstores will have to worry about. Chester Yeary Sophomore — Environmental De sign El Paso I think it will be better because a lot more resources come in and private spending allows for more books. Dr. Roger Smith Professor of Physics I would hope that they can make it as good a bookstore as Stanford has — a store that you can go in and buy a lot of technical books. I’ve seen many bookstores that have more se lection of technical books and I would like to see it move in that di rection. If this is a good way of doing it, that’s good, and if it doesn’t work out, then it’s too bad. David Dubofsky Associate Professor of Finance It’s been my experience that the A&M bookstore used to charge more for the books than the recom mended retail price. So, I hope Bar nes & Noble will at least start charg ing more reasonable prices. I talked to a book (representative) and they were telling me that a book was retail priced $45 and I would go over to the bookstore and they were charg ing $50 for it. Mary Broussard Program Coordinator for the Pro vost’s Office “It’s happening to a lot of universi ties around Texas. It probably won’t upset the quality of the books or the prices. But we won’t know really un til the actual transition. Editor's Note: “We asked and here’s what you said” is a feature in which a reporter and a photographer randomly choose 10 people from around campus and ask them a question chosen by the editor. The responses do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Battalion. Store owner maintains innocence Afasi claims charge ofobsenity is unjust SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A re cord store owner, who rebuffed po lice orders to stop selling a contro versial 2 Live Crew album, pleaded innocent Tuesday to an obscenity charge. “I’m incredulous,” said Dave Ris- her, owner of Hogwild Records And Tapes. “I shouldn’t have to go through this as an American citi zen.” Risher was charged in June with promotion of obscene material for selling the rap album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” after city vice squad officers warned stores not to sell the record. Many store operators pulled the album from their shelves, but Risher refused. Teresa Weaver, president of Citi zens Against Pornography, and one of her family members bought the record at Risher’s store and filed a complaint with police. Authorities notified Risher by mail of the Class A misdemeanor charge. County Court-at-Law Judge Tony Jimenez released Risher Tues day on a $400 personal recognizance bond and scheduled pre-trial mo tions for Sept. 17. After he was booked, Risher ac cused Weaver of launching a one- woman campaign against the album. “One woman started this whole crusade and look where I am right now,” he said. “It doesn’t seem like there is a wide public outcry for this to be banned, purged or for it to even be defined as obscene.” Weaver did not return a tele phone call Tuesday from the Asso ciated Press. Risher, who faces up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine or both if con victed, said he hasn’t listened to the album lyrics and isn’t a rap music fan. But, he said, somebody had to stand up to the police order. “If they came in and said, ‘You can’t sell this,’ and every record store owner said, ‘Ok, we won’t sell it,’ where are they going to come in next? After the record, stores — if this crusade gained momentum — would they go in the libraries and the newspapers?” Risher said. The 2 Live Crew album also came under attack in Florida, where a fed eral judge ruled the record “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” obscene. Two band members were arrested in Florida for performing the album material, and a record store owner was arrested for selling the album. .Child receives liver, intestine transplant What’s Up PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 3-year-old Texas girl was resting comfortably Tuesday after re ceiving a transplanted liver and small intestine in ] arare, 14-hour operation, hospital officials said. “Things appear to be going well,” Children’s . Hospital spokeswoman. Sue Cardillo said. Tracey Kay Gonzales of Corpus Christi was in ritical condition and was breathing with the help if a respirator in the hospital’s intensive care unit, Cardillo said. Her condition was considered rormal following a transplant operation. Multiple organ transplants involving the liver leButi and abdominal organs are rare and have a poor uccess rate. Since 1983, three adults and three :hildren have died within a year of their surge ries at Pittsburgh hospitals. Doctors will monitor Tracey for signs of infec- ion or organ rejection. The first 72 hours follow- ng surgery are the most critical, and it will be at even! east a week before physicians will be able to give • v j n i( a prognosis for Tracey’s recovery, Cardillo said. ^ H The toddler’s mother, Pam, was at her bedside P ifcfnllowing the surgery, which began at 5:25 p.m. Monday and ended at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday. The Dwyoi rean stud I he reality is that this kid had no other alternative for survival.” — Sue Cardillo, Children’s Hospital spokeswoman organ donor was not identified. Tracey needed the operation because she suf fered from short gut syndrome, which left her small intestine unable to absorb nutrition. Her liver had been damaged by a high-protein liquid she had been fed intravenously since birth. In the most recent small intestine transplant at Children’s, 3-year-old Rolandrea Dodge of Fruit- land, N.M., lived for six weeks with a trans planted liver, spleen, small intestine and parts of a large intestine and stomach. She died in Jan uary 1989. After her death, transplant pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl of the University of Pittsburgh recommended Children’s temporarily halt trans plants involving abdominal organs until the drug therapy used to prevent organ rejection was im proved. Rolandrea received the anti-rejection drug cy closporine, which had many adverse side effects. Tracey is receiving an experimental drug, FK- 506, which Starzl has said is safer and more po tent than cyclosporine. Cardillo said the advent of FK-506 was not the main reason doctors decided to operate on Tra cey. “The reality is that this kid had no other alter native for survival,” she said. While no multiple abdominal organ transplant patient has survived, a 31-year-old man who un derwent a small intestine transplant May 2 at Presbyterian-University Hospital in Pittsburgh is alive. Starzl and surgery professor John Fung said June 13 that the man, whose name has not been released, had received the first successful trans plant of a small intestine. Wednesday TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: will have a general mem bership meeting at 7 p.m. in 118 Civil Engineering Building. For more in formation call 823-0969. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E at 845-0280 for more information. OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING CENTER: will have roommate referral sessions from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at the Off-Campus Housing Center. Call Andy at 845-1741 for more information. Thursday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general meeting at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will have a general meeting at 6 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. listn Texas A&M University's new video yearbook has just arrived. Capturing the sights and sounds of the past school year, AggieVision has been called A&M's newest tradition. it is available for pickup through Wednesday for those who ordered it. Then it will be mailed to permanent addresses of those students. Others may purchase the one-hour video for only $30 plus tax (total $32.33). Students can get their A&M VHS video yearbooks at either the English Annex or 230 Reed McDonald from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. "This is one of the finest video yearbooks I've seen," said Bob Levitan, president of YearLook Enterprises. [POcste 5a[°) 0§}©Q!3 AggieVision is an official production of Student Publications, Texas A&M University VggieW? NEM/ The Wednesday, July 25 8:45 PM Admission $1.00 $.50 with TAMU ID Breakfast Club