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Page 2 _ The Battalion '
Thursday July 25,
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Funding reduced for pre-kindergarten programs
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prove the newspaper.
Gov. Ann Rich
ards has met with
legislators who
staged a walkout.
AUSTIN (AP) — Republican
lawmakers Wednesday praised
cuts made to pre-kindergarten
programs, defended voting for
vocational education funding,
and criticized Gov. Ann Rich
ards for meeting with legislators
who stormed
out of the
House in pro
test.
"The peo
ple of Texas
want the cuts,
and the Legis
lature can do
it if they want
to, like last
night," Rep.
Tom Crad-
dick, R-Mid-
land, and
president of the Republican Cau
cus, said at a news conference.
Debate on the education bill
started Tuesday and ended early
Wednesday, and was briefly
grounded to a halt by about 40
lawmakers who left the House
angered over the education cuts.
Republicans led a successful
effort to cut an estimated $392
million from education programs
for students considered at risk of
dropping out.
Included in that amount was
money for schools that want to
offer pre-kindergarten classes to
3-year-olds.
"In a budget crisis year, this is
a program we do not need to
implement," said Rep. Troy Fra
ser, R-Big Spring, who pushed
the pre-1
agn-
program
Despite cutting pre-kinder
garten, Fraser defended his vote
for funding ninth-grade vocatio
nal education. State Comptroller
John Sharp has recommended
that program be eliminated.
"I came up through a vocatio
nal program," Fraser said. "I
had four years of vocational
culture. I think it's
that is important."
Craddick and Fraser also crit
icized Richards for meeting with
lawmakers who walked out of
the House chamber when law
makers gave tentative approval
to the cuts. Most of the protest
ing lawmakers were members of
the black and Mexican-American
caucuses.
Richards, a Democrat, how
ever, said the budget issues
should not be framed by partisan
politics.
"It is not a Democratic-Repub
lican fight, and I think anyone
that tries to make it one of those
does a disservice to the people of
Texas," she said.
The walkout halted debate be
cause a vote showed a quorum
was not present.
pre-kindergarten
for cutting
program.
Opponents argued that cut-
tine tne
ting the program would cost the
state in the long run by hurting
young children's education.
Lawmakers are in special ses
sion to write a budget and face a
projected $4.8 billion
shortfall for 1992-93.
House Speaker Gib Lewis or
dered the chamber doors locked
and sent House staffers to round
up the missing lawmakers. State
troopers also were alerted but
not sent after the lawmakers,
said Ron Hinkle, chief House
sergeant-at-arms.
The walkout lasted nearly an
hour, during which protesting
legislators met with Richards,
who was hosting a Governor's
Mansion reception for new state
Education Commissioner Lionel
"Skip" Meno.
pS b S a u n cS„"c»« picking 'cool' clothing help,
to stay comfortable in heat
By Robin Goodpaster
The Battalion
PENNY DELOS SANTOS/The Battalion
Frank! Franks, a senior from Rich
ardson, takes her shoes off to stay
cool while studying on the System
Administration Building steps.
Choosing the right clothes
can help a person beat the
summer heat, a scientist with
the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service (TAEX) said.
Dr. Ann Beard, consumer
science specialist with TAEX,
said colors that reflect rather
than absorb heat, such as
white or light colors, are better
than black or dark colors.
Beard said psychologically
"cool" colors such as green or
blue remind people of water
and keep them cooler, but
"hot" colors such as red or
orange make people feel
warmer.
"Fabrics such as cotton,
linen and rayon are absorbent
and let the sldn breathe
better," she said. "Silk and
wool are also good if they are
lightweight fabric, but
lightweight wool is hard to
find."
People do not realize how
uncomfortable tight jewelry
and scarfs can be. These
accessories can make them feel
warmer. Beard said.
The body's cooling system
consists of evaporation of
perspiration and the radiatior
of heat off the skin. If either
process is hindered, body
temperature will rise and not
allow the body to cool
properly.
Beard said body temperat®
regulation is especially
important for the elderly and
for children because their
bodies do not adjust as quids!;
cna
to temperature changes.
Loose clothing is cooler, ifit
is not so loose that one has to
wear additional layers underi!
Beard said. Studentswearing
the new fashion trend of
boxers hanging out under
shorts will be warmer with tw:
pair of shorts instead of just
one.
Unlined clothing that is ow
around the neck or wrist wil
let body heat escape and keep
people cooler. Beard said.
"The less air that circulates
around the body, the hotter
you will be," Beard said.
Another way to staycoolis
to keep clothes clean. Beard
said pores in dirty clothes havi
already been filled with salts
from perspiration and body
heat cannot escape properly.
Department of Education awards $250,000
Grant allows business
revenue
Richards told news reporters
she was concerned about the
vote to cut funding for pre-kin
dergarten.
center to boost programs
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
In Advance
College of Medicine will sponsor symposium
Texas A&M's College of Medicine is sponsoring a two-day
symposium Thursday and Friday.
Dr. Robert Wells, professor and head of A&M's Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics and director of the Institute of
Biotechnology in Houston, will address job-hunting strategies,
career opportunities, job diversity and job satisfaction.
His presentation, "Biology and Chemistry of Unusual DNA
structures: The IBT and Career Opportunities in Biomedical Sci
ences," will follow a poster session featuring original research
by College of Medicine graduate students. Both presentations
are free and open to the public.
The symposium will be Thursday and Friday in the lobby of
the Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building. The poster session begins
at noon Thursday, and students will be available from 11a.m. to
noon Friday to answer questions. Wells will speak at 1 p.m. Fri
day in Lecture Hall 1 of the Reynolds Medical Building.
For more information, contact Julie Myers at 845-6237.
Texas A&M's Center for International Business
Studies will improve its research and exchange
programs because of a $250,000 Department of
Education grant, an official with the center said
Wednesday.
The government awarded 16 such grants this
year to universities across the country. A&M's
center received $40,000 more than the amount it
was awarded in 1990.
Karen Burke, associate director for the center,
said the grant will benefit A&M students by im
proving international business curriculum.
A&M does not have a degree program for inter
national business, but the center is working on a
program that will offer students courses in the
subject.
"The center concentrates on promoting the
study of international business," Burke said.
One way the center promotes the subject is by
offering commerce and culture courses in interna
tional business taught by A&M faculty and schol
ars from foreign countries, including a professor
from Moscow.
Other commerce and culture courses will foci:
on foreign languages. The center will work wit 1
the College of Liberal Arts to offer these courses
Burke said. 0
The grant will help the curriculum program b;
providing funds for visits by guest lecturers fror
foreign countries and visits from foreign business
men, she said.
The center's research will also have a chance t
expand as a result of the grant.
Burke said the center targets several countries
for research, including Mexico, Latin Americ
Europe and Japan as well as others of the Nortf
American continent.
She said the research is not a comparison o;
business markets but a study of the differences.
"We see how to make U.S. companies more
competitive in the world market," she said.
The grant benefits A&M by providing an of
portunity to increase the number of agreement!
with foreign universities, Burke said.
The agreements apply to all of A&M's colleges
allowing for the exchange of faculty and students
The agreements also allow joint research between
universities.
A&M student dies
Huong Stephanie Nguyen, a
sophomore pre-med sciences
major from Mesquite, died of
natural causes July 12.
Services for Nguyen, 18, were
July 13 at the Vietnamese Faith
IBaptist Church in Dallas, with
interment at Sparkman Hillcrest
Cemetery. Nguyen will be hon
ored at Silver Taps Sept. 10.
Spokesman denies
threat from landfills
What’s Up
CORRECTION
Wednesday's edition of The
Battalion incorrectly named
Texas A&M's Off-Campus
{Aggies president. His name is
I Warren Talbot.
The story also incorrectly
I reported a delegation from
'the University of Texas at
tended the rally. UT delegates
met at the Capitol Friday.
I Also, 150 people attended
! Tuesday's rally.
DALLAS (AP) — A TU Electric
spokesman denies that 11 land
fills filled with waste from the
company's Comanche Peak nu
clear power plant pose a threat
to residents near the facility
southwest of Fort Worth.
TU Electric spokesman Mark
Manroe said the company oper
ates 1 25 monitoring wells around
the landfills and two have
shown small quantities of chemi
cals in the water.
But he says the levels are well
below federal regulations for
safe drinking water, adding that
the landfills contain relatively
small amounts of chemicals.
On Tuesday, the Citizens As
sociation for Sound Energy
called for the chemicals to be re
moved.
The group also urged the Nu
clear Regulatory Commission
and Texas Water Commission to
investigate.
Dallas-based CASE and TU
Electric agree there are at least 11
landfills at the plant near Glen
Rose, which is about 45 miles
southwest of Fort Worth.
Both parties say at least five of
them contain toxic chemicals.
However, CASE says a sixth
landfill contains traces of hazard
ous waste.
Thursday
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