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State & Local [page 2 The Battalion Officials allocate funds for dump AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Dis posal Authority on Monday au- thorized spending abbut $900,000 lo buy a West Texas ranch that .jlc: become home to a low-level luelear waste dump. * ’o authority's board also vot ed to conduct extensive studies at an 1,800-acre site on the approxi mately 16,000-acre Faskin Ranch in Hudspeth County for possible location of the dump. Rick Jacobi, general manager of the authority, said that officials hope to quickly conclude pur chase negotiations with the ranch owner. Statewide Capital of Hous ton. Further board action would be required to finally designate the proposed dump location, which is off of Interstate 10 about seven miles southeast of Sierra Blanca Board purchases West Texas ranch for nuclear waste site and 90 miles southeast of El Paso. There will be a Hudspeth County public hearing, likely in April, be fore the board makes a final site designation. Because a Texas Water Com mission license is required to build the dump, the board also voted to submit an application to the commission with an applica tion fee of $415,000. Jacobi said that the Water Com mission must conduct an adminis trative review to make sure the li cense application is complete. The commission probably will not formally accept the applica tion until May, he said, and the authority's staff said the commis sion likely will not decide on a li cense until June 1995. Environmentalists and Hud speth County residents protested the board action. Some said the process was moving too fast, since a number of site studies have yet to be done, and without proper public input. They also expressed concerns about environmental safety. "I'm very dismayed and up set," said Bill Addington of Alert Citizens for Environmental Safety in Hudspeth County. He said after the board action, "We're concerned with it (the dump) being placed anywhere in Hudspeth County or the West Texas region. We are concerned with it being placed anywhere in Texas." He said that it means more waste will be transported on state roads, increasing accident chances. A prominent Mexican environ mental organization called the Group of 100 said the planned dump violates the spirit of inter national agreements to protect the border environment. Board Chairman Milton Guib- erteau of Houston said, "We're not trying to contaminate West Texas. We're basically trying to provide a safe method for disposal where waste can be regulated, rather than being stored in multi ple unregulated sites throughout the state. Open adoption includes birth mothers Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series in The Battalion on adoption in Texas and how it has changed over the years. Today's arti cle focuses on By Jayme Blaschke The Battalion When closed adoptions were commonplace, the birth mother was often a shadowy threat to the adoptive parents, but as adoptions have opened, her role has expand ed beyond the birth. Marya Brieg became preg nant in 1969. Because the father denied responsibility and she al ready had a two-year-old daugh ter to support, she made the deci sion to place her second child up for adoption through DePelchin Children's Center in Houston. "The hospital put a sheet up at the birth, so I couldn't tell if my baby was a girl or a boy — I never got to see it," she said. "They told me nothing, not even if it lived. Once I signed the final papers, I was told not to try to find out any thing about the baby, and to never contact the agency again. No con tact, ever." The DePelchin of today is radi cally different from the one Brieg dealt with 20 years ago. Not only do they offer extensive counsel ing, but the birth mother is al lowed much more control over the actual placement of the child. Melinda Perry, director of post adoption at DePelchin, said al though the center still does not of fer totally open adoptions, the birth mother is supplied with much more information about the adoptive family, and vice versa. "Many years ago these women were told to go away, and they find it hard to come back and ask 'Was he placed?' " Perry said. "Openness is healthier. The birth mother is more secure with her decision when she has an idea of the type of people that have be come her baby's parents. It helps with the grief process. "The children get more infor mation about their history," she said. "Years ago we didn't give reasons why the child was put up for adoption, and now we give that and more. This way's a lot more honest." If the agency had the types of post-placement therapy then as Too rr lexas Miss TAMU KARL A. STOLLEIS/The Batialw, See Adoption/ Page/ Junior Jill McClure won the Miss Texas A&M crown Saturday night. McClure, an English major from Woodville, received $1500 in cash, $500 for wardrobe and the opportunity to represent A&M in the Miss Scholarship Pageant in July. Crime Stoppers What’s Up lexas Ran; Ruben Si at home, to the duj With no loi ijs walking rigf |ium, and Rai and watch. | Anarbitrat decide Sierra's jut after that h to the highest 1 | And it won I The Rangei |uben a five-y ound $25 mi: aranteed. R buck Berry, r anding close ears. And Sierra uaranteed. The word a m is that Ran; Ruben's long-t Texas. "I think thi: dangers don't 1 vorth it down doming News : raley said on 1 ending a sign; aithin him." But don't bl ship or Sierra c matter of econc Not very m Sierra over five On Sunday, Feb. 2 at 1 a.m. a young woman was walking alone along Dartmouth Street near the intersection of Harvey Road in College Station. As she passed a group of young white males, they verbally jeered and harassed her. One of the males left the group, ran up behind the woman, grabbed her and dragged her into the alleyway behind the strip shopping center on the southeast corner of the intersection. Once they were hidden from view, the suspect assaulted the woman and left her lying on the ground as he ran off along Dart mouth Street. The suspect is described as a 20 to 22-year-old white male, ap proximately 200 pounds, with short brown hair parted on the side. He was last seen wearing a white oxford shirt with stripes, slightly faded blue jeans, wine col ored rope belt, and brown boots. This week the College Station Police Department and Crime Stoppers need your help to identi fy the person(s) responsible for this sexual assault. If you have information that could be helpful, call Crime Stop pers at 775-TIPS. When you call. Crime Stoppers will assign you a special coded number that will protect your identity. If your call leads to an arrest and grand jury indictment. Crime Stoppers will pay you up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Stoppers also pays cash for information on any felony crime or the location of any want ed fugitive. TUESDAY THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL RESEARCH AND THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: Dr. John Kochevar will be speaking on “Autologous Growth Promotion Mechanisms in Cancer Cells.” 7:30 p.m. in 201 VMS. CENTER FOR ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT: Free review session for the TASP writing section. Will include skills necessary to succeed on the test, types of questions likely to be on the test and general test taking strategies. Register in advance in 243 Blocker. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in 246A Blocker. Call Pat or Venesa at 845-2724 for more information. PRO-CHOICE AGGIES: General meeting. 8:30 p.m. in 231 MSC. Call John at 847- 0993 for more information. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS: Entries will be closing for Free Throw, Squash Singles and Slam Dunk. 5:30 p.m. in 159 Read. Call 845-7826 for more information. ORTHODOX STUDENT ORGANIZATION: OSO is a group of Eastern Orthodox Christians from various ethnic backgrounds. Discussion group. 5:15 p.m. in 230 MSC. Call Paul Comits at 847- 4667 for more information. ASSOCIATION OF A&M GUITARISTS: Organizational meeting - elect officers - plan future events. Guitar and Bass Workshops: bring your guitar! 8:30 p.m. at Rumours in the MSC. Call Kelly Shatzer at 696-3522 for more information. STUDENT COUNSELING SERVICE: Final week for screenings for therapy group for Lesbians and Gay men titled, ( "Coming Out and Relationships” on the 3rd floor of the YMCA Building. Call Mr Chris Maglio or Mr. Brian Reinhardt at 845- 4427 for more information. RPTS UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE: General meeting to discuss upcoming Graduate study opportunity, Job Fair, etc. 5:30 p.m. in 151 Francis. Continued on Page 10 The Battalion USPS 045-360 The Battalion is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, holidays, exam periods, and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters; publication is Tuesday through Friday during the summer session. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. Editorial offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building. The newsroom phone number is 845-3316. Fax: 845-2647. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editorial board or the contributor, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M student body, adminis trators, faculty or the A&M Board of Regents. 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