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Monday, November 26, 1990
Study finds women often
lead with personal power
DALLAS (AP) — A new study
finds women managers are more
likely to lead their organizations with
personal power and charisma than
with a hierarchical system of rewards
and punishment.
The study, led by management
professor Judy Rosener of the Uni
versity of California at Irvine, sur
veyed 355 women who have built
successful careers in a variety of
business and nonprofit organiza
tions.
The responses were compared to
a control group of 101 males in simi
lar positions and organizations, the
Dallas Morning News reported Sun
day.
Dr. Rosener’s findings are out
lined in the current issue of the Har
vard Business Review. The article
could cause a stir because it contra
dicts earlier research that found
little difference in men and women
managers’ styles.
The women surveyed by Rosener
hold leadership positions in organi
zations that tend to be new, fast-
growing and international.
In the national sample, successful
women differed from women who
have fought their way to the top of
larger, more traditional corpora
tions, Rosener said.
“If you look at the Fortune 500,
you will not find these women,” she
said. “Those companies are very tra
ditional, very hierarchal. They have
rules you have to abide by.
“And I hasten to say, there’s a
very strong old boy’s network.”
Security company fined for failing
to properly register airport guards
HOUSTON (AP) — An air
port security company has been
fined a record $60,000 for failing
to properly register hundreds of
security guards who monitor
carry-on baggage checkpoints at
Texas airports.
International Total Services
Inc. was fined for more than
1,400 violations of state law as
well as rules of the Texas Board
of Private Investigators and Pri
vate Security Agencies. The panel
registers the unarmed guards fol
lowing criminal background
checks.
ITS, which is based in Cleve
land, Ohio, was cited for failing to
register guards at both Hobby
and Intercontinental airports in
Houston and airports m Am
arillo, El Paso and Austin.
Ken Nicolas, a spokesman for
the state board, said the company
was fined $60,519 for violations
that began in January I9S9.
The citation is the largest num
ber of violations and the largest
total fine the board has levied
against a single company, he said.
“It doesn’t take but one guy to
screw things up, to let a bomb go
through or let drugs go through
or whatever,” Nicolas said. “It’s
important (to register the guards)
because we want to know who is
working in those positions.”
Nearly all of the hundreds of
guards tied to registration viola
tions have acceptable back
grounds, state records indicate.
The violations occurred be
cause ITS operated in Texas be
fore it had a valid license in the
state, Nicolas said.
The company operated ille
gally under the license of a now-
defunct firm for several months,
he said, and all the guards it em
ployed during that time are con
sidered unregistered by the state.
Many of these guards, how
ever, may have been registered
and undergone background
checks under the license of the
defunct firm.
A statement released on behalf
of ITS denied that public safety
was ever compromised and said
the company, having paid the
fines, has a “clear bill of health
with the division of licensing.”
The statement said ITS never
failed to register its guards, but in
some cases neglected to do so
within the prescribed time.
ITS, a leading supplier of secu
rity personnel at U.S, airports,
contracts with more than 35 air
lines for services at nearly 70 air
ports across the United States.
What’s Up
Monday
ALPHA ZETA: meet at 7 p.m. in 113 Kleberg.
MSC MISS TEXAS A&M SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT: general committee meeting
in Rudder. Call Shanedria at 845-1515 for more information.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: officer elections at 8:30 p.m. in 407AB Rud
der. Call Lynn at 823-3139 for more information.
MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR: Christmas party, free food, bring a Christmas present to
send to Saudi Arabia at 8:30 p.m in the Letterman’s Lounge in G. Rollie
White. Call Michelle at 847-1757 for more information.
FORESTRY CLUB: Virginia Pine Christmas tree sale at 10 a.m. until dark in front of
the Commons.
PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI: general meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Fly
ing Tomato. Call Julie at 845-1957 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at noon. Call C.P.D.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: Recycling committee meeting —
discuss recycling in the local area (campus and community) at 7 p.m. in 205
Engineering Physics Building. Call Curtis at 847-0585 for more information.
POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY: Christmas party from 7 to 9 p.m. in 212 MSC.
Call Melissa at 764-6586 for more information.
Tuesday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at noon. Call C.P.D.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call C.P.D.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: meeting at 7 p.m. in the A'A Faiths Cha
pel.
TAMU SNOW SKI CLUB: club picture for Aggieland at 7:15 in Zachry. Call Jeff at
776-1427 for more information.
TAMU SCUBA CLUB: Jack Flipse will discuss undersea technology at 7 p.m. in
308 Rudder. Call Brent at 823-0788 for more information.
MID JEFFERSON COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will be taking pictures for the
Aggieland and eating afterward. Meet at 7 p.m. in the Lobby of Zachry. Call
Ben at 847-1105 or Amy at 847-2328 for more information.
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: elections will be held to fill offices that have been va
cated at 8:30 p.m. and picture will be taken for Aggieland at 8 p.m. in 102B
Zachry. Call Scot at 764-1988 for more information.
CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: officer elections for summer semester 1991
at 8 p.m. in 127 Zachry. Call Dan at 847-5470 for more information.
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: general meeting, election
for vice president of external affairs, guest speaker Dr. Stuart Youngblood at
7 p.m. in 114 Blocker. Call Rhonda at 774-4358 for more information.
FORESTRY CLUB: Virginia Pine Christmas tree sale at 10 a.m. until dark in front of
the Commons.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: we are having an end of the semester party at the Flying
Tomato at 7 p.m. Join us and meet the other members for food and funl
CIRCLE K: will meet in 223B Zachry.
METHODIST STUDENT CENTER: breakfast and devotional at 7 a.m. in the Stu
dent Center. Call Judy at 846-4701 for more information.
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‘Killer wasps’ bred
to replace pesticides
HOUSTON (AP) — A group of
scientists plan to go to South Texas
this week looking for the tiny “killer
wasps” released two weeks ago to
combat crop-eating insects.
Researchers hope the wasps will
seek out the larvae of the diamond
back moth and lay eggs inside them,
ensuring their destruction.
The unusual experiment could
play a major role in the way crops
are grown in the Rio Grande Valley,
where pesticides are heavily used.
The wasps were raised at a U.S.
Department of Agriculture labo
ratory in Washington and grown
commercially at a private laboratory
in Sinton, a community north of
Corpus Christi. They do not sting
humans or animals.
“We’re trying to find ways other
than pesticides to control pests, and
that’s why we’re cooperating with
the USDA,” said Jonathon Bevil, an
entomologist for the Griffin 8c
Brand Co.
Bevil said the larva of the di
amond back moth has developed va
rious degrees of resistance to most
insecticides, enabling them to cause
extensive damage to the Valley’s cab
bage crop last year.
Farmers this year cut their cab
bage acreage in half, Bevil said.
Griffin 8c Brand, with 150 acres of
cabbage this year, is testing the
wasps on 20 to 40 acres in Starr
County. Other farmers are using the
wasps they obtained from Biofac in
Sinton.
After testing in other areas, scien
tists hop>e to use wasps and not pesti
cides to help farmers boost produc
tion.
“Our research has shown that the
wasps can provide a new way to re
duce insect damage to cabbage,
broccoli and other vegetables with
out using insecticides,” USDA ento
mologist K. Duane Biever said.
In previous tests, Biever found
only 5 percent pest damage to broc
coli fields after releasing 300 to 600
pairs of wasps per acre. In fields
without the wasps, 25 percent of the
crops were damaged.
Scientists say the wasps cost about
the same as chemicals, but can attack
p>ests on parts of the plant insecti
cides don’t reach and are choosy
about the insects they kill.
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THERMOMETER USE STUDY
Individuals with temperature of 99.5 F or higher to participate in a
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY
Individuals with high blood pressure, either on or off blood pressure
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