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Monday, February
Forum examines women's issues
CRIME WATCH
By Julie Polston
The Battalion
The MSC Great Issues Committee will
sponsor a symposium Feb. 18-19 on women's
issues to discuss crime victimization, social
attitudes and give students safety tips.
On Tuesday, Brazos County Attorney Jim
Kuboviak will discuss crime victimization in
the program "Get Smart." Kuboviak will give
students safety tips on how to avoid being
victims of crime.
Dr. Katherine Dettwyler will speak
Wednesday on the changing social attitudes of
the female anatomy in the program "Beauty
and the Breast."
Dettwyler, an anthropology professor at
A&M, will focus on the recent controversy
over silicone breast implants and breast
feeding in the United States. Dettwyler said
society views breasts as sexual objects, rather
than as a natural way of feeding babies.
"I will relate these issues to the way our
culture perceives women's breasts and what
they are used for," Dettwyler said.
The final presentation, "Sex, Power and the
Media: Rethinking the Myths of America's
Dream Girl" will also take place Wednesday
evening in the MSC.
Former top model Ann Simonton, who has
appeared on the cover of "Sports Illustrated"
and "Cosmopolitan," will discuss the media's
role in exploiting women.
Simonton, director of Media Watch, has
traveled nationwide to present her views on
the effects of media images in advertising and
pornography. Simonton will also discuss the
hidden costs concerning America's beauty
standard, which include eating disorders and
the
cosmetic surgery.
Barbie Platen, chairperson of
committee, said "One of the reasons we
thought this program was important, was to
make people aware of the kind of advertising
and things that are out there."
"If you are shocked by the images on the
program advertising poster, then you would
really like her," Platen said. "You should be
agreeing with what she's saying, more than
being shocked that we're bringing her."
Platen said the focus of MSC Great Issues is
to bring programs about social and economic
issues to the A&M campus at no cost to
students. Programs are almost always free
unless a speaker has an unusually large
speaker fee.
Future Great Issue programs include the
recession or recovery of the American
economy, and ethics of the medical field.
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SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) -
Support for the United Farm
Workers of America is growing
again, fueled
FORT WORTH (AP) - A
Tarrant County jury has acquitted
a man accused of setting a house
fire that killed his 27-year-old
wife and severely injured his
three infant daughters.
Scott Berns cried and hugged
his attorneys Saturday after the
verdict exonerated him in the
September 1988 blaze that
destroyed his home in the Fort
Worth suburb of North Richland
Hills.
"I would like to thank God
and my lawyers. It's been a 3 1 /2-
year nightmare,” Berns said. "I
just want to get home and see my
little girls.”
Berns was charged with
starting the fire that killed his
wife, Patti, and injured his 17-
month-old triplet daughters so
severely that they were forced to
undergo months of rehabilitation.
Berns said he was asleep on a sofa
when the fire started.
Prosecutors presented four
expert witnesses who testified the
fire was arson. Others testified
that Berns had said before the
blaze that arson was the best way
to kill someone.
Defense attorneys described
Berns as a caring husband and
father who rescue his daughters.
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trademark
boycotts and
uncertainty
about the
economy,
union leader
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said Sunday.
"We get a
lot of
Chavez
pressure,
Chavez said.
"But we've been able to overcome
all of that.
"Now we're going to start
growing.”
The growth has been spurred
in part by new union efforts which
have been helped by a new
recession-drive awareness of the
plight of workers, he said.
"People are thinking more
today about working people . . .
than they have in the last 20
years.”
Chavez told more than 200
union members gathered for the
UFW's biennial convocation that
the organization was increasing its
efforts and urged them to support
boycotts. "The boycott is your
strength,” he said.
"They can't resist that force.
That's our best form of winning.”
The UFW, led by Chavez, a
longtime labor leader and
advocate of farmer workers'
rights, has been boycotting the
sale of grapes since 1985.
The effort centers on educating
consumers about the use of
dangerous pesticides on
agricultural products.
The union contends pesticide
exposure is responsible for high
cancer and birth defect rates
among the children of farm
workers.
"Birth defects after birth
defects after birth defects. That is
frightening,” said UFW Secretary
David Martinez.
"The parents, they feel bad
because they believe they're
bringing the poisons in with them
from the fields,” Martinez said.
Growers benefit financially
from the sale of these products,
Martinez said, while consumers
and farm workers are left to deal
with the risks they represent.
Protect your textbook investment: Books are your second
major college expense.
As a new semester starts it is important that students know|
theft is the number one problem at A&M.
To reduce your chance of being a victim:
□ Permanently mark your textbook with your name and
student number. Stolen textbooks are resold every semester.
□ Use ink to mark your textbooks in "secret" places that only
you can identify.
□ Always keep your books in sight (some have been stolen
within five seconds).
□ Don't Ifeave property such as books, backpacks, purses or
anything of value unattended even "just for a minute." A minutf
is all it takes.
□ Report any crime or suspicious activity immediately to the
University Police Department. 845-2345.
Anyone wanting an up-to-date report of crimes committed on
( campus can call Crime Line at 845-6500. Crime Line is a 24-hour
service of the Crime Prevention Unit of the University Police
service of the Crime Prevention Unit of the University Police
Department. When a person calls Crime Line, he will listen to a
recorded message which gives information on recent crimes
committed on the campus.
Like all universities, Texas A&M is not immune from the
criminal element. Having knowledge of the types of crimes being
committed enables people to take action on protecting themselves
or their property. People will have a better sense of awareness of
what is going on around them. Crime Line gets this message out.
Crime Line also gives crime prevention information and tips
on how people can better protect themselves or their property,
Examples include Operation Identification, traveling safety,
personal protection, car theft prevention, apartment/resident hall
security, and con games.
Crime Line contributes to the UPD goal of making faculty,
staff, and students more aware and watchful for crimes. By
listening to the types of crimes which are occurring at A&M,
people will be able to recognize and report suspicious activity.
The crime prevention unit and the University Police
Department are "Dedicated to serve and protect you as a member
of the Aggie community."
For further information regarding crime prevention contact Lt.
Bert Kretzschmar or Cpl. Betty Lemay.
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SAN ANTONIO — A group of Texans,
including a former Army helicopter
commander involved in two friendly-fire
deaths during the Persian Gulf War, are
developing a device they hope will prevent
future tragedies.
Lt. Col. Ralph E. Hayles Jr. has joined
with two San Antonio businessmen and an
inventor to create Identification Systems
Inc.
The company is developing a system,
dubbed Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), to
help attack vehicles identify their own
troops using low-power microwaves. The
San Antonio Express-News reported in
Sunday editions.
The information exchanged between
attack vehicles and receivers mounted on
other vehicles takes less than a second and
has a range of 16 miles, Hayles said.
"This is new technology,” Hayles said.
"This is not something that is out there
now.”
Hayles said the first 100 units of the
system could be sent to the Army for testing
for about $3.5 million.
The company eventually hopes to equip
31,716 attack vehicles and 52,884
transponder vehicles at a cost of about $205
million.
"Eighteen months from the day we
start, we will hand 100 of these things to the
Army," he said. "We hope this becomes a
solution.”
Hayles, commander of an AH-64
Apache helicopter battalion during the war.
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fired a missile at U.S. troops, killing two.
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