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The Department of Philosophy and Humanities - Music Program
Presents
“Music of Lotus Realm - An Introduction to
Chinese Buddhist Music”
Li Wei
Faculty Member, Rollins College (Orlando, FL),
Ph.D. candidate (Ethnomusicology), Columbia University
Monday, March 22 4:00 p.m. 402 Academic
Monday, March 22,1993
The Battalion
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Austin residents continue to
fight 'environmental racism 7
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — East Austin resi
dents who helped persuade six oil
companies to move storage termi
nals from their neighborhood
have vowed to continue fighting
what they call "environmental
racism."
The East Austin Strategy Team
was instrumental in the successful
campaign that resulted in the tank
farm's relocation.
Residents in the predominantly
minority neighborhood began
complaining that emissions from
the 52-acre facility were causing
health problems after Mobil Oil
Corp. announced plans last year
to expand its facilities.
Exxon, Chevron, Coastal States
Gathering Co., Citgo Petroleum
Corp. and Star Enterprise also op
erated terminals in the tank farm.
Exxon last month was the last
of six companies to agree to move
after being picketed, boycotted,
investigated and sued by the
group.
EAST chairman Ron Davis, at
the group's victory party this
weekend, said the fight was not
yet over.
"This is the beginning of many
battles that we are going to face,"
Davis told about 275 people gath
ered at a park. "We're trying to
stop environmental racism from
occurring."
•Ken Oden, who filed lawsuits
against and negotiated with the
oil companies as Travis County
attorney, said residents had over
come incredible odds.
"To me, what was most re
warding was to see us successful
ly come out of a situation in
which everyone predicted fail
ure," said Oden.
Residents now are urging the
city to move a solid waste dispos
al facility and the Holly Power
Plant from their neighborhood.
Residents have complained the
solid waste facility emits unpleas
ant odors, pollutes water and at
tracts rodents.
The power plant, they say, is
noisy and poses a fire hazard to
nearby homes.
They also opposed the city's ef
forts to move the municipal air
port to Bergstrom Air Force Base,
where they say noise levels would
disturb the neighborhood.
Petrochemical group to investigate
links between industry, cancer risks
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — A petrochemical
industry research group, spurred
by public concern linking the in
dustry with cancer, has commis
sioned a comprehensive survey of
what is known about the disease
in the state.
The nine-month review, ex
pected to begin April 1, will ana
lyze all published and unpub
lished scientific cancer and popu
lation data. It will be publicly re
leased about a year after its com
pletion, officials said.
The study will be flawed by a
lack of sufficient detail, re
searchers say, but it will be valu
able to have the collected informa
tion even if some puzzle pieces
are missing.
"It's good to examine every
thing to identify the data gaps,
maybe even draw some conclu
sions if the studies are finding the
same things," said Jean Bender,
director of environmental epi
demiology for the Texas Depart
ment of Health.
The survey/ funded by the non
profit Texas Institute for Advance
ment of <xhemical Technology at
Texas A&M University, was
spurred by concern that the indus
try is posing cancer risks to people
living near petrochemical facili
ties.
One newspaper report said
nearly a quarter of cancer deaths
in 1990 occurred along the Texas
coast, home to more than 100
chemical plants, refineries and
toxic waste sites.
"We felt it was time to
obtain the best
possible
understanding
through a critical
review and analysis."
-Charles Holland,
institute president and
A&M professor emeritus
"We feltvt was time to obtain
the best possible understanding
through a critical review and
analysis," t s ( 4i4 Charles Holland,
? 'resident of’ me institute and pro-
essor emeritus of chemical engi
neering at Texas A&M.
The institute chose Sharon
Cooper, an assistant professor of
epidemiology at the University of
Texas Health Science Center in
Houston, to lead a team of four re
searchers.
Their work will be reviewed by
a committee of institute and state
experts, but the researchers have
been told they also may submit
their work to independent scien
tific journals.
Cooper, who said she never
has done research for industry be
fore, insisted the institute will not
control the study.
"They could have done it
themselves, but they wanted to go
to academia to make it more rigor
ous and they're going to great
lengths to make it more indepen
dent," Cooper said.
She predicted that the study,
which will focus on the whole
state, would be hampered by sev
eral factors, including the state
cancer registry's lack of complete
reporting from the about 400 pri
vate and public hospitals in Texas.
The study also would be
flawed because of cancer's nature,
she said.
"Cancer is a multifactorial dis
ease — many diseases actually,"
Cooper said. "And there are many
other risk factors than occupation
al and industrial ones."
Courthouse
to receive
renovations
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO - A $7.3
million appropriation by Bexar
County commissioners will!
help pay for the first major
courtnouse renovation since
1926.
The multiple-phase facelift,
scheduled to start this spring,
will provide much-needed ren
ovations for the 100-year-old
building's heating and cooling
systems, fire protection system
and electrical system.
In addition to physical mod
ifications for appearance and to
provide more office space, the
building will be brought into
compliance with the Ameri
cans With Disabilities Act.
Commissioner Walter Biel-
stein said an engineering con
sultant told officials the build
ing's antiquated electrical sys
tem is in dire need for an up
date.
"He told us, 'Don't add an
other plug. If you don't do any
thing else, replace this,'" Biel-
stein said.
The Commissioners Court
agreed to renovate the court
house in multiple phases in
stead of trying to do it allaf
one time because of the cost.
The first phase, to be funded
with certificates of obligation
issued in June, will include the
basement, first floor and por
tions of the second and third
floors.
Heating, air-conditioning
and electrical work required
before anything else can be
done are the most expensive
items, estimated at $2.5 million.
The rest of the courthouse
will be renovated during phase
two, which hasn't yet been
scheduled. County Judge Cyn-
di Krier said.
During construction, com
missioners and their staff will
be moved from their first-floor
offices to the fifth floor.
Commissioners' offices and
meeting rooms, now at 6,177
square feet, will be expanded
to 9,091 square feet.
Kriepjqqid attempts will be
made to ensure that the interior
of the building is returned to
its original condition wherever
possible.
Contra funder, Oliver North witness dies at 89
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Ellen Clayton Garwood, who
donated $2.5 million to conservative groups
backing Nicaraguan Contras and later testified
in behalf of former White House aide Oliver
North, has died. She was 89.
Garwood died Saturday, apparently of nat
ural causes, while doing her daily swim in a
pool at her apartment complex, authorities
said.
Her donations to the Nicaraguan Contras,
which made up the bulk of $3 million raised
by the National Endowment for the Preserva
tion of Liberty, earned her personal thanks
from President Reagan.
"Mother would like to be remembered as
someone who cared very much for her country
and her family and she felt if things needed to
be done she should do them," said her son,
William Garwood of Austin.
Garwood was the daughter of State Depart
ment official Will Clayton, who in 1947
worked on the Marshall Plan that helped save
Greece and Turkey from communism after
World War II.
During North's trial in 1989, Garwood testi
fied that her father's work was an inspiration
to her aiding the Contras.
"I felt if Greece and Turkey were threat
ened, how much more the people of
Nicaragua," she said.
Garwood testified that North described
"desperate" Contra needs to her, but she as
serted firmly that he never directly asked for
or received money from her while he was a
White House aide.
She said she had met North a half dozen
times and that he had briefed her on the Con
tra fight on Aug. 23, 1985, before she signed a
check.
"Colonel North showed me a map of Cen
tral America. ... He said, 'This is a desperate
situation .for the freedom fighters. I'm not ask
ing you for money. As a member of the gov
ernment and the National Security CoundU
cannot ask you for money/" she testified.
Garwood said she later wrote a check for
$75,000 to fund-raiser Carl Channell, who had
been enlisted by North.
She donated to the cause at other times, in
cluding one instance in which she gave Retired
Gen. John Singlaub $65,000 for a helicopter to
evacuate Contra soldiers in need of medical at
tention.
In April 1986, Garwood met with Reagan on
a trip to Washington that resulted in her giv
ing $2 million to the Contras, largely through
donations of stock certificates.
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farce!
New York Daily News
A hilarious spoof on the world of opera!
Complete with swooning females, slamming
doors, and mistaken identities, this
uproarious comedy unleashes the likes of
II Stupendo, the star Italian tenor who may
not be able to perform for the company's
opening performance of "Otello." Don't miss
this side-splitting peek backstage!
MARCH 27, 1993
8:00 PM
RUDDER AUDITORIUM
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
1993 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
This program is designed for students in the advanced stages of
their undergraduate training who are considering careers in biomedical
research. It provides an opportunity for students to obtain experience in
the research lab and to interact with graduate students and faculty
within the Medical Sciences Graduate Program. There are six disciplines
within the biomedical sciences for the students to choose from.
A $3000 stipend is provided to students accepted into the
program. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, and the
deadline is March 31, 1993. Interested students should contact:
Dr. Gerald Meininger
Texas A&M Health Science Center
113 Reynolds Building
Telephone: 845-0370 Fax: 845-6509
Tickets may be purchased by calling the
MSC Box Office located in Rudder Tower.
845-1234
Aggie Hostess Informational
meeting:
Wednesday March 24th
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available.
Applications due:
March 30th
For information call 764-7445