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ATS GROUP MATHEMATICS ECON 202, 203 TUTORING $6.95 per session. SUN 3/8 MATH 151 7 - 9 ECON 202 9-11 MON 3/9 TUE 3/10 846-2879 MATH 142 MATH 151 5-7 5-7 MATH 151 MATH 142 7-9 7-9 MATH 152 ECON 202 MATH 161 9-11 9-11 MATH 251 ECON 203 MATH 253 11-1 11-1 Northgate, Behind 7/11, 2 Pesos next to BURGER BOY WED 3/11 THU 3/12 MSC Town Hall presents Texas A&M’s own /LYLE\ LOVETT MONDAY, MARCH 30 Rudder Auditorium Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 7 Rudder Box Office 9a.m. - 12 p.m. and Foley's at Post Oak Mall or call 1- 800-275-1000 reserved seating Jerry Brown *Bill Clinton *Tom Harkin *Paul Tsongas* c £ o 00 k- 0/ res wo c o ,c/> 3 « CL * C 'Sc k_ I E o •* c o c U CO * c £ o k_ CO • Candidate Info. (Presidential Candidate Platforms) • Register to Vote • Campaign Literature • Other election Info. • Vote Tuesday (March 10) and attend the Democratic Party Precinct Caucus: 7:15 p.m. at your polling place MONDAY (March 9) Come see the living and breathing four legged symbol of the Democratic Party Next MONDAY 7:30 am till 5:30 pm AGGIE DEMOCRATS Behind the Academic building (near the RCC) a poll will be conducted to determine who Texas A&M students want as the next (NEW) president of the United States. Stop by the Aggie Democrat table at the MSC through Tuesday. Next Meeting: March 25 at 7 pm in 504 Rudder- Questions: Ivonne Vasquez 847-2286 or Patrick Gendon 847-6492 * co -< 00 nr O * 00 n 3 o 3 * O 3 X tx» -T 7T * “O su c </J o 3 CTO CU C/5 * * re 00 T o 3 ♦Jerry Brown *Bill Clinton *Tom Harkin *Paul Tsongas* (f GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER STUDY ^ Individuals are being recruited for a research study on Generalized Anxiety Disorder. If you experience anxiety or would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. $200.00 will be paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. CALL VOLUNTEERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.® 776-1417 /? ULCERATIVE COLITIS VIP Research is seeking individuals with ulcerative colitis. If you've been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and you're 12 years of age or older, you may qualify for a five month study of a currently available medication. $200.00 will be paid to those who complete this study. CALL VOLUNTEERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.® 776-1417 ACNE STUDY VIP Research is seeking individuals, 12 years and older, with mild-to-moderate acne for a 12-week research study of an anti-acne medication. $100.00 will be paid to those who complete this study. CALL VOLUNTEERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.® 776-1417 J /f GENITAL HERPES INFECTION Individuals with genital herpes infection are being recruited for a research study of an investigational antiviral medication. If you would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. A monetary incentive will be paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. CALL VOLUNTEERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, INC.® 776-1417 J Page 8 The Battalion Friday, March 6,1992 What's Up FRIDAY TAMU BAHA’I CLUB: Informal discussion on the Baha'i Faith. 8 p.m. in 102 Zachry. Call 693-6789 for more information. MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (MSA): Friday prayer. 12:50 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in 226 MSC. Call Agus Rohmat Widodo at 846-2888 for more information. HOSANNA! STUDENTS: Don Pope guest professional saxophonist in concert. Noon to 1 p.m. in the MSC Flagroom. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: General meeting topic: “Sex and Relationships." 7 p.m. in 108 Harrington. Call Travis Keep at 847-4060 for more information. JOURNAL: Planning meeting for Saturday’s garage sale. Items for sale will be priced. 6 p.m. at 201 Grove St. (Sara and Greg’s place). Call Greg or Sara at 696-3637 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. Applications are due by March 27. Call 845-5826 for more information. COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: General meeting. 7 p.m. in 200 Kleberg. Call Jaime Palau at 693-1423 for more information. RIO GRANDE VALLEY A&M HOMETOWN CLUB: Meet at about 10 p.m. at Grahams. Bring your friends! Call 693-3724 for more information. AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION (AMA): Hoop it Up 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Cost is $32 per team. Includes t-shirt. Sign up in Blocker Lobby. 8 a.m. at the Grove. Call Adriana Patino at 693-5126 for more information. SUNDAY TEXAS A&M BICYCLE CLUB: The 20-mile East Bypass Tour. 1 p.m. at the fountain between the MSC and Rudder. Call Travis Keep at 847-4060 (or more information. TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: Autocross 3. Registration from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Come and run the fast course with us! It will be a semi-road course. Fast and Fun! 9 a.m. at the Riverside Annex. Call Casey or Terry at 776-6045 for more information. Vol. 9 KOREAN AGGIES ASSOCIATION: Meredith needs help for the picnic on Saturday. Whoever wants to help call Bo Chang at 847-3202 for more information. HILLEL STUDENT ORGANIZATION: Shabbat services. 8 p.m. at the Hillel Student Center. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: Weekly Bible study. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church behind the Chicken. Call Brian Coats at 693- 6874 for more information. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ SUPPORT GROUP: Meet every Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the 3rd floor group room of the YMCA Building. Facilitated by Dr. Birch and Dr. Kuan. Everyone is welcome. Call 845-4427 or come to the Student Counseling Service on the 3rd floor of the YMCA Building for more information. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Bible study. 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 203 College Main. Call 846-7722 for more information. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: General meeting. 7 p.m. in 292A Rudder. Call Ron Heath at 693-8071 for more information. BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION (BGSA): General meeting. Old and prospective members welcome. 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. Call Kevin Williams at 693-4625 for more information. THE TOUCHSTONE: FREE PROGRESSIVE/LEFT EUROPE CLUB: Europe Club party. 10 p.m. at the Plantation Oaks Apts, party room. Call Antoine at 764-9799 or David at 696-1362 for more information. SATURDAY BAHA’I CLUB: Layli Bashir speaks on non-violence. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in 102 Zachry. 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Rumours. Call Leslie at 846-6634 for more information. TEXAS A&M BICYCLE CLUB: The 32-mile Tunis Tour. 9 a.m. at the fountain between the MSC and Rudder Tower. Call Travis Keep at 847-4060 for more information. KOREAN AGGIES ASSOCIATION: Picnic and softball tournament. 4 p.m. at Hensel Park. Call Bo Chang at 847-3202 for more information. PRE-MED/PRE-DENTAL SOCIETY: Presents Dr. Denton Cooley - pioneer of open-heart surgery. Seating starts at 11 a.m. Limited seating, so please come early. 11:30 a.m. in 201 Vet Medicine Building. Call Brent Patterson at 696-2829 for more information. BILL THOMASON MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: Fifth Annual Bill Thomason 5-K Memorial Run/Walk. Benefits the American Cancer Society. Entry form $7 - pre-registration - $5 for all students. Starts and finishes at Aerofit Club and Activity Center. 9:30 a.m. at Aerofit. Call Chris at 846-8868 or Bill at 846-5391 for more information. OPAS JR. PRESENTS THE MAKE BELIEVE BRASS: Show for children and the family. Brass quintet which has been playing at Disneyland for the past seven years. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Call 845-1234 for more information. LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Supper 6 p.m. at the Lutheran Student Center. Call Martin at 847-1835 for more information. S.O.T.A. (STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE): Get together for pool. 4 p.m. at Yesterday's. Call Tommy Armstrong at 764-1987 for more information. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION/BRAZOS VALLEY FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: A presentation of the stages of Alzheimers, followed by a time of small group discussion. 3 p.m. in 160 TAMU Medical Science Building - West Campus, across University Drive from the vet school. Call Jane Donaldson at 776-2277 or Pat Stirling at 693-1680 for more information. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 013 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us. What’s Up/'s a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are wn on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3313. Sen for w/ Demo "Supe weeke Demoi ed to r Sen. T call it i Hai confer Wash! after a ing fir percei Carol!; Tw Group monitors classes for bias Continued from Page 1 ing as we go," he said. "We are still working on a set definition." The group selects which pro fessors will be monitored based on the personal experiences of stu dents in the organization. Keetch said many members of the chapter have taken classes they feel were taught with enough political bias to interfere with learning. "Political bias is a real threat to education," Keetch said. "Educa tion should be a search for truth, not a search for political bias." The results of the monitoring process will be compiled, pub lished and made available to stu dents in time to be used during Irop pc i said l Keetch said he feels any oppo sition that might come up from students or professors would be unnecessary. "1 think this (monitoring) is one of the most unradical things I could ever think of," Keetch said. "All that we are doing is looking for honesty in the curriculum." Job prospects in B-CS area brighten Continued from Page 1 manufacturing, wholesale/retai trade and services. A decrease! staff, however, is expected inedc Party woulc drawa Ne meam cuses! Ref winles the w; "Tl deleg; Ho beyor mistu cation, according to the survey. inMi Kerrey intends to support Clinton in race Continued from Page 1 Kerrey said, “and I did not begin to do that until very late in the campaign." Kerrey won a big victory Feb. 25 in South Dakota, but never translated his assets into widespread appeal outside his own region. He consistently fin ished at or near the bottom of the pack. Kerrey, whose campaign is about $1 million in debt, said money problems contributed to his decision. "We ran out of gas," he said. There are four Democrats still in the field — Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin and former California Gov. Jerry Brown. On the campaign trail, Kerrey insisted that Clinton was un electable because of questions about the Arkansas governor's use of a draft deferment to avoid serv ing in Vietnam. But Thursday Ker rey called his attacks "political hy perbole" and said he would cam paign "feverishly" for Clinton if he is the nominee. "The only unelectable politi cian running for president of the United States is George Bush," Kerrey said. For weeks in New Hampshire, site of the critical first primary, Tsongas was perceived as a re gional candidate and Clinton was beset by allegations about his per sonal life. But Kerrey was unable to attract voters searching for an alternative. The first-term senator was an uneven campaigner who alter nately impressed and bored audi ences. He seemed to move weekly from one theme to another — trade, health, shaking up govern ment, patriotism, electability. He was blunt about his prospects and his plans, to the point of saying he would raise taxes to pay for health-care reforms and infras tructure investment. Janice RaVr president owner of the Bryan-College tion franchise of Manpower credits the geographical locatio of Bryan-College Station, tl George Bush Presidential Libra and the stability of Texas A&M reasons for the current econor development. "Here in the Bryan-Collej Station area, employmen prospects are somewhat belt; than those of three months ago’ Ray said. "Twenty-seven perc; intended to recruit new but 17 percent reported planne cutbacks." On a national scope, the studj reveals an increase of job opport nities in the fields of construction] manufacturing and services wil prospects best in the Midwestar Soutl five 7 Bu; challei )emo< irday Fuesda The; can one 'We id Wj Jay," C C Associate dean defends research on animals Continued from Page 1 cultures, and tissue cultures are just a few of the alternatives. "We feel that animals do not have the same physical systems as humans and technology should take the place of animals," Oester- ling said. Smith said although alterna tives to animal testing have been proposed, these suggestions can not offer sufficient answers to problems faced by the medical community. "Medical researchers use com puter models or tissue cultures whenever they provide the appro priate results," he said. "Unfortunately, the cases where those can be used are very, very limited." The main assumption held by animal rights advocates is that an imals have the same rights as hu mans. Oesterling suggests that re searchers and scientists need to concentrate on preventing disease through dietary regulation in hu mans rather than finding cures for these diseases by using animals. "Animals are experiencing pain in drawn-out experiments and many animals are used over and over in different experi ments," Oesterling said. "Re searchers can do anything in the lab and get away with it if it's so- called research." Ninety percent of the animals used at the A&M College of Medicine - and in most research laboratories - are rats and mice, while the remaining ten percent consists of various animals from monkeys, dogs, cats, bats and sev eral others. "We use animals as models of human conditions," Smith said. "Which particular type of animal used often depends on what par ticular study we're doing." Using animals to model hu man conditions is essential to sci entists because each particular an imal may have organs that are similar or comparable to the par ticular human organ being stud ied. "The ultimate defense of using animals is that there is no substi tute," Smith said. "Every medical advance has been made by animal experimen tation." The A&M College of Medicine, as well as the entire research com munity, views animal testing as a serious responsibility and makes every effort to ensure in the hu mane and ethical treatment of ani mals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) sets the standards for regulating research facilities. Failure by a medical research facil ity to comply with regulations can result in loss of state grants and funds for that institution. Animal rights advocates have recently been put in the limelight as a result of violent demonstra tions against research facilities. intif of M In spite of drastic actions tab by animal rights groups, a recei poll performed in Texas by tl Public Policy Resources Laboralj ry at Texas A&M University i cated that 80 percent of the li residents surveyed approve mane use of animals in medical search. In addition, more than 83 cent feel that animal testing has suited in many important medic breakthroughs. A publication by the Texas ciety for Biomedical Resean (TSBR) indicated that without ai mal research, polio would killing thousands of people eai year, and diabetics would be m controlled. The publication goes on state that transplant surged would not be possible, many the vaccines would not be avail able, and many other significa medical breakthroughs would’ non-existent without animal f 1 search. Tex illion icials a [the "Q and the The A&M's campai; [en by ai to reach Cineplex Odeon Theatres $2.95 BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 P.M. 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