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TATE & LOCAL
Wednesday, September 26,1990
'Take Charge of Your Health’
health fair exhibitors will provide
information, medical testing service
By JAMES M. LOVE
(The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M students and faculty
avean opportunity to collect infor-
nation on health-related topics, is-
ues and services provided by stu-
, lent organizations and community
-Ssioni rroups during today’s Health and
/Vellness Fair.
nji The Department of Student
.jjj rlealth Services will present “ Take
large of Your Health” from 10
i,m. to 2 p.m. on the MSC’s first-
loor walkway and in the Flagroom.
More than 40 exhibitors w ill cover
ms such as nutrition, AIDS, fit
ness, safety and substance abuse.
The A.P. Beutel Health Center
,vill have nurses available to provide
iee services such as blood pressure
:hec:ks, S-Peak flow meters, blood
yping, blood glucose levels, ham
string tightness tests, scoliosis
screening, nutrition counseling and
height and w'eight checks.
Samples of skin creams, pain
medication and athlete’s foot pow
der also will be offered free of
charge.
Cholesterol checks, however, will
be $5, and Coronary Risk Profiles
will cost $6.
Dr. Erika Gonzalez-Lima, health
education coordinator, encourages
everyone to participate in the fair.
“If anyone has any questions
about diseases or health in general,
this is a good place to come and ask,”
she says.
Voices of Praise, a student singing
group, will perform in the Flagroom
at 1 1:45 a.m., followed by an address
by Mark Johnson, A&M head base
ball coach.
In the MSC dining area, the
American Heart Association Food
Services will host a demonstration of
healthy foods.
“The dietary menu will be there in
order to show healthy food can be
low in cholesterol, low in calories,
and low in fat and still have taste,”
Gonzalez-Lima says. "Not every
thing that tastes good has to be a
hamburger.
“We just want to show some good
tasting alternatives to junk food.”
Andrea Beshara, graduate assis
tant and coordinator of the fair, says
this is the second time the A.P. Beu
tel Health Center has hosted this
event.
She says the fair used to be during
the spring and was organized by the
Department of Student Affairs.
“We moved the fair from the
spring semester up to the fall in or
der to address the new students and
freshmen who may not be aware of
all the health services and facilities
on campus,” she says.
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Richards promises no income tax,
greater insurance industry regulation
orrection
A story in Monday’s issue of The
lattalion incorrectly quoteo a Texas
A&M professor who spoke Friday
luring a graduate study seminar.
In response to a comment from
maudience member. Dr. Nabil Saf-
at said if the United States was
igainstaggression, it would not have
nvaded Panama.
The Battalion regrets the error.
DALLAS (AP) — Democratic gu
bernatorial candidate Ann Richards
promised about 150 retired citizens
Tuesday she would support broader
insurance benefits and never turn to
a state income tax to increase state
revenues.
Richards, speaking at a political
forum sponsored by the American
Association of Retired Persons in
Arlington, said she supports better
regulation of the insurance industry
w r hich can be confusing to seniors.
“It’s about time to have a gover
nor as concerned with buying insur
ance as selling insurance,” Richards
told the group.
“We’re not asking for a handout,”
said Richards, 57. “We re just asking
for what is rightf ully ours.”
Richards said a state income tax is
“out of the question” to increase state
revenues. She said she’ll turn instead
to oil and gas earnings, which are ex
pected to rise because of the Persian
Gulf conflict.
If a lottery failed to pass the Legis
lature, Richards said she would con
sider raising the state franchise tax,
which companies pay based on their
annual capital.
Gordon Hensley, a spokesman for
GOP candidate Clayton Williams
said Richards’ focus on the franchise
tax is “anti-business.”
He said crime-fighting is the big
gest promise Williams has made to
retired citizens.
“The elderly need to have the
safety so they can walk outside,”
Hensley said. “Williams has com
mitted to beefing up law’ enforce
ment agencies. Ann Richards has
not.”
Poor districts
win decision,
get no money
OCA desires unity
in Aggie Olympics
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
Come rain or shine, Texas
A&M students will gather at Dun
can Field to participate in Satur
day’s fifth annual Aggie Olym
pics.
Off Campus Aggies is hosting
yet another Aggie Olympics
where teams of various student
organizations will compete for
the first-place trophy.
Caroline Kevetter, a junior En
glish major and OCA director of
special projects, says teams will
participate in 12 competitive
games. The sports will range
from an all-American softball
game to the vigorous sport of
“pantyhose polo.”
“The Olympics will be a giant
‘fun day’ where different organi
zations will get to know each
other,” Kevetter says.
Teams include the Corps of
Cadets, Residence Hall Associa
tion, Student Government and
many more.
The events start at 9:30 a.m.
and last until 4:30 p.m. Lunch
will be provided for athletes.
Kevetter says OCA is trying to
accomplish several goals during
the annual Olympics.
“We want to accomplish cam
pus unity,” she says. “Something
like this can introduce you to
many people and you get to learn
about organizations you didn’t
even know about.”
Although the title of being first
place is desired by teams, partici
pants will be recognized for their
efforts with plaques and certifi
cates, she says.
Anyone interested in partici
pating in Aggie Olympics can call
the OCA office, 845-0688. Spot
openings are limited and there
will be a $1 charge per participant
for lunch.
Police force gains grant
to guard against gangs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Plain
tiffs in a landmark education finance
lawsuit rejoiced Tuesday in another
legal victory and accused state lead
ers of “playing chicken” with school
children.
“Unfortunately, so far I don’t
think they’ve taken us seriously,”
plaintiffs attorney A1 Kauffman
said. “We’re tired of the Legislature
and the governor playing chicken
with the children in poor districts.”
State District Judge Scott McCown
in Austin ruled Tuesday that the $ 14
billion-a-year school finance system
remains unconstitutional despite
new measures the Texas Legislature
passed this year.
McCown deferred ordering im
mediate changes and gave lawmak
ers until Sept. 1, 1991, to act. The
Legislature convenes in regular ses
sion in January.
Last October, the Texas Supreme
Court ruled unanimously in
Edgewood vs. Kirby that the state’s
education finance system is uncon
stitutional and discriminates against
students in property-poor districts.
Kauffman and Edgewood Super
intendent James Vasquez promised
Tuesday to keep fighting until edu
cation equity is achieved, no matter
how long it takes.
“It’s been a long one, it’s going to
continue and so far we’ve won the
major battles,” Kauffman said. “The
war is not over, though, until we get
long-term equality for every student
in the state of Texas.”
State attorneys said Texas will ap
peal the Tuesday ruling. Kauffman
said he did not know whether the
plaintiffs also would appeal on the
grounds that the judge provided for
no monetary relief until at least next
year.
Vasquez said he sometimes won
ders whether he’ll see the end of the
legal fight in his lifetime. The battle
began in the late 1960s with another
lawsuit filed by an Edgewood par
ent.
It’s a tragedy that it takes the judi
ciary to tell the legislature what it’s
supposed to do, Vasquez said.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San
Antonio Police Department, in the
wake of the gang-related shooting of
three teen-agers, announced it has
received a federal grant to battle
gangs.
“It will allow the police depart
ment to go after the gangs, to pursue
the gang members bent on some
type of criminal activity,” Police
Chief William O. Gibson said Mon
day.
The police department is getting
$142,608 in federal money from the
U.S. Justice Department. The city
has contributed $5,246. The money
will go toward a special three-person
task force to identify and track
gangs.
Already city police have identified
about 57 youth gangs, which have a
total of about 1,600 members. Four
teen of the gangs are believed to be
involved in criminal activity, Gibson
said.
“The gang unit is not the begin
ning; it is a continuation,” Gibson
said. “This is not something that we
just started to do. We’ve been per
forming intelligence on these groups
for several years.”
The announcement comes after a
gang-related shooting at Sam Hous
ton High School earlier this month
in which three students were
wounded.
It also follows a roundup Friday
of 22 people, some of whom claimed
to be gang members.
But the new task force, which be
gins work Monday, also will target
adult gangs.
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