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l FREE AUTOGRAPH SESSION BUCKY RICHARDSON Saturday, March'7, 1992 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All A " * Collectibles The Ultimate in Sports Cards 730 E. Villa Maria, Bryan (Across from Manor East Mall) 822-7828 UNuostyBookstores r I I I I I I I I I COUPON SAVE $32 On Routine Cleaning, X-Rays and Exam (Regularly $71, With Coupon $39) Payment must be made at time of service n i i i i i i .1 1 CarePlus 1 DENTAL CENTERS L. — FYP 4^0.07 ^. J BRYAN Jim Arents, DDS Karen Arents, DDS 1103 Villa Maria 268-1407 COLLEGE STATION Dan Lawson, DDS Paul Haines, DDS 1712 Southwest Pkwy 696-9578 c/> O Northgate 846-4232 Culpepper 693-9388 Village 846-4818 O Computer software CO at DC Educational Discount Prices! LU IBM & Macintosh Versions h— CaronteM Bmfcni n PNC Pta> Wcrt*wfect5J *495° 135* Lotus 123 Rd 11 ‘606’° W 08mm QuattroPro 3 M95° *79* Cl TifboCn- , 159 po *54* BoriandC++3L0 5 49ff D ‘109* Ml Mathematics Students 5 59S n »179” RnJUai cc AutoCadHeUO i 3£03 t 'WF < Mac Write 1 S 24GP° *99* Lotus far Macintosh *495° *8GF* F- Reference vtQEP *79* IX. o Over500 software CO packages available at Educational Prices. ULa LU * Prices subject to change. 1— Computer Books Q_ s 1/2 Price O C<aTpjter Books Pitished by o Sytoex, Que, Wofdvvere, MB arti Others at 1/2 prioe! NOTES-N-QUOTES 112 Nagle St. 846-2225 Fax # 846-2985 ¥7 A r send a fax or have one sent to you at our store Typing • Resumes • Copies • Printing • Lecture Notes We’re Stjix Here! ! $ Bungee Tump Afraid to Jump? Try Slingshot! $ 10 00 Slingshot ^ Located at Hwy. 21 & Waco St. ^ W 4 k>Al Bryan. Tx. • (800) 572-5999 AS Cntzrntvtiatud Mtinatfaud k s Tension Headache? Individuals with moderate to severe Tension Headaches wanted to participate in a 4-hour headache relief research study with an investigational medication In tablet form. Flexible hours. $75 incentive for individuals who are chosen and complete the study. Daily, till 6:30 776-0400. Weekends 361-1500. High Blood Pressure Study Individuals either on or off high blood pressure medication needed to participate in a high blood pressure research study involving an investigational oral medication and an investiga tional intravenous medication. $600 incentive paid to those chosen to participate upon completion of the research study. SKIN INFECTION STUDY Individuals age 13 and older wanted to participate in a research study for bacterial skin infections such as: abscess, infected burns, boils, infected hair follicles, impetigo, and others. Investigational oral antibiotic in capsule form. $100 incentive for those chosen who complete the study. Asthma Study WANTED: Individuals, age 12 and older, with mild to moderate asthma to participate in a clinical research study tor 15 weeks with an investigational medication in capsule and inhaler form. $400 - $500 incentive for those completing the study. For more information call: BIOPHARMA, INC. (Formerly Pauli Research) 776-0400 !! 5 Page 8 The Battalion Thursday, March 5,1992 What's Up THURSDAY MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: General meeting. 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder. Call Javier at 846- 8441 or Rosanna at 764-8487 for more information. SOCIETY OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS (MAES): General meeting. 7 p.m. in 106 Richardson. IVCF GRADUATE BIBLE STUDY: Special speaker: Dr. Susan Geller, prof, of mathematics and expert in the Hebrew language, will be speaking on Blood Covenants and their use in the Old Testament. 7:30 p.m. at 602 W. 26th St. in Bryan. Call Pat Johnson at 775-0719 or Kurt Vandervort at 845-6258f for more information. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS: Special guest speaker, Payne Harrison, author of the New York Times best-seller Storming Intrepid. 7:30 p.m. in 124 HRBB. Call Craig at 822-4289 for more information. DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASING: Canon Office Equipment Show - featuring all Canon copiers and facsimile machines on state contract. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in 212 MSC. Call Guy McShan at 693-9986 or Donna Young at 845-4553 for more information. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Free conversational English classes for International Students. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 203 College Main. Call 846-7722 for more information. ROBERT SCHIFFHAUER AND MARY CIANI SASLOW OF THE FACULTY OF THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE: Reception for their joint exhibition on the Blessed and the Damned and Maps and Mountains. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Langford Gallery, ground floor of the Langford Architecture Building. - BRITISH AGGIES: We will play pool and socialize. Anyone who is interested in our club come join us. 9 p.m. at Hornback’s pool hall. Call Mary Ann at 847- 0652 for more information. CENTER FOR ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT: GMAT Preparation - Material designed to improve verbal and math scores on the GMAT will be present ed. Get Ready for Calculus. This is a review and re fresher course in all of the algebraic and trigonometric skills necessary for success in calculus. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 244A Blocker. Both are free. Register in ad vance in 243 Blocker. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 242A Block er. Pat or Venesa at 845-2724 for more information. GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENT SERVICES: Rap Group will feature two short films. The first, titled Gay Life in Rural America, takes a glimpse at the life of an openly gay mail carrier in rural Louisiana. The sec ond feature, In My Garden, interviews surviving spouses who lost their partners to AIDS. Everyone is welcome to attend! 7 p.m. on the 6th floor of the Li brary, viewing room 604D. Call the Gayline at 847- 0321 for more information. AGGIE ORIENTATION LEADER PROGRAM: Be an O.L.! Orientation Leader applications are available at 106 YMCA, Student Activities, Off Campus Center and the Department of Multicultural Services. Appli cations are due by March 27. Call 845-5826 for more information. BIG EVENT: Deadline for Big Event registration is March 9. Big Event is April 4. Come to 127 Student Services for registration forms. Call 845-3051 for more information. FACES - FRESHMEN ADJUSTING TO COLLEGE EXPERIENCES: Mentor recruitment - students want ed to mentor ethnic minority freshmen. Applications available in the A-2 Annex at tf\e corner of Hughes and Moses Halls and are due by March 13. Call Alisa Reyna at 847-6500 or Gloria Flores at 845-9804 for more information. STUDENT GOVERNMENT: Filing for 1992 Student Body Elections. Filing will be March 9-12. Positions are available for Student Body Pres., Senate, Class Councils, Yell Leaders, RHA and OCA. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 139 MSC. STUDENT ACTIVITIES: 1992-93 Budget Request Forms for eligible recognized student organizations are available until March 31 in the MSC Student Fi nance Center (217 MSC) and the Department of Stu dent Activities (Suite 163 Student Services Building). Call 845-1133 for more information. LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS (ES- CALA): Weekly meeting. Join us to share our music, friendship and faith. 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center Library. Call Rosa at 846-6518 for more infor mation. SWE & ACM: LORAL Space Industries will be send ing a speaker to talk about their company. They are interested in computer science majors and engineers with computer knowledge. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Bat talion, 013 Reed McDonald, no later than three busi ness days before the desired run date. We only pub lish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us. What’s Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no guaran tee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3313. Computer viruses can destroy programs Continued from Page 1 -pletely innocent victims. Viruse can be spread through modeit lines and sharing diskettes witi other people. "Be sure you know where you disks have been," he said. HTii problem with the spreadingo! viruses is you don't know yot have it while you are spread^ it." Flynn said viruses will destio, all information stored on a coni puter's hard drive, but theyeasi can be found before anythingbaii happens if a good scanning pro gram is used. Computer Accesi will provide free scanning disk to anyone who thinks they migk have the virus. People make viruses by find ing ways to alter the disked when it is copying programs^ being loaded into the computer The virus simply lies dormant® til it is triggered and becomes at tive. Childs said the people wlit create viruses are usually justbe ing inventive, but playing games with viruses can cause serious problems, like shutting down® portant medical systems in hospi tals or causing a person to losea: entire dissertation. "As far as I am concerned,thj is deviant social behavior ant should be treated as such. Itcouli cost people a lot of time," he said A&M computing centers wl check all computer systems or campus tonight to test for tin virus, said Daniel Tostado, anigli supervisor in the Learning Re source Development Center. "We will be using anti-vin software to scan the systemso: the evening of March 5 to test, Tostado, a senior petroleum eng neering major, said. " I have no heard of any instances of th Michelangelo virus being foun on campus so far." Frh j ] Ml fav wa stu to i am Tia stir 2 adr pol ide fre ri g ow Thi reje the: Mb ult har Thi case I pre: tha con lose tha pla infl of ( the Europe races to slow growth of ozone hole BERLIN (AP) - With a sky-is- falling urgency, European nations are rushing to ban ozone-eating chemicals after a study said a vast hole may open over their conti nent this winter. In recent weeks, startling new data have prompted governments to shave years off their timetables for banning chemicals that weak en the earth's natural sunscreen. "It's time to understand that sensible people don't utter dire warnings unless they are really very scared," said British scientist Joe Farman, who in 1985 discov ered the only known ozone hole, over the Antarctic. On March 23, the 12-member European Community is expected to ban production and consump tion of ozone-eating chemicals by 1995 and reduce their use by 85 percent by the end of next year. The EC's environment minis ters endorsed the proposals dur ing a meeting in Portugal on Feb. 22. The community said it will seek to get the rest of the world to follow suit. The action followed President Bush's Feb. 11 order for a U.S. ban on chloroflourocarbons, or CFCs, by 1995. The bans are a full five years ahead of the international Montre al Protocol signed by the United States in 1987, and two years earli er than the EC's previous ban. But some European nations are moving even more quickly. Ger many and the Netherlands are considering comprehensive bans by 1993. CFCs commonly are used in re frigerators, air conditioning and aerosol sprays, and in foam and solvent manufacturing processes. The ozone layer is a form of oxygen in the Earth's upper atmo sphere. It provides a shield from the sun's ultraviolet rays, which can increase risks of skin cancer, cataracts and reduced immunity to disease. The EC's environment chief. Carlo Ripa di Meana, said Wednesday that the additional ra diation caused by the unexpected ly high ozone depletion will lead to an estimated 1.6 million new cases of cataracts. "If this continues it will have major effects on the Earth's sea and food chain and could have an impact on human health," he said. The issue gained urgency last month after NASA said a new hole in the ozone layer could de velop above Europe and North America this winter. A European study begun in Oc tober, involving 300 scientists from 17 nations, also showed depletion much greater ozone than earlier believed. Esko Kyro, director of the dankyla Observatory in Finlan said depletion over the Arctic b winter was 20 percent worse thi in previous years. "We are worried. .. . It's are concern. What is obvious is CFCs on a worldwide scale mu! be phased out as fast as possible, he said. But environmental groupssa the bans do not go far enough regulating the use of compound that will replace CFCs and whid still pose dangers to the ozone, though at a reduced rate. "There has been a patchy re sponse characterized by a mixtuif of panic and muddle, said Chrf Rose, Britain program directorfo the environmental group Green peace. "I think the problem is tlul the public has been convinced Ihal the problem is solved." L Wil alle extr app: The doii resi^ chaj Unit repo pro! regu R< Arar year $463, ENGINEER’S WEEK ’92 "Mardi Qras" theme Schedule of events and sign-up booth in Zachry lobby Feb. 20 thru took travi oftei Com the Unit chari Kr horm empl assist Aran- Way as do faith institi March 3 AAH Playday 1992 Benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Pe wi I'v held; hot a Alla Friday, March 6, 1992 7 p.m. All Greek Party at The Tap featuring the 2nd Annual PI-GUY CONTEST! have: Sin Amer >t asi Weve &un-ri c 0ntrc MAROONED $7.97 Cassette, $11.95 CD Sale Ends 3/12/92 Saturday, March 7, 1992 PLAY DAY GAMES Bryan Utilities Lake Park 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Mth c Not si five t Seattle Ma levelf