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FOUNDATION
The 12th Man Student Foundation invites everyone to attend the last
general meeting of the semester. Our guest speaker will be Texas A&M s
track coach, Ted Nelson.
Where: 110 Student Services Building
When: Tuesday, April 6 at 7 pm
Come out and get involved in Texas Aggie athletics!
Sore Throat?
We are looking for individuals 18 years of age or older with sore
throats to participate in a 2 hour research study involving an oral
rinse or spray for the relief of sore throat. Patients who complete the
study successfully will be compensated $40.
BioLogica Research Group, Inc.
776-0400
NOTICE
PHYS 202 has been added to the list of courses to be taught in
Summer 1993. It will be a ten-week course with lecture and lab times.
Lecture: MWF 8-9:25 a.m. (ENPH 202)
Sect. 301 lab: MW 12-2:50 p.m. (HELD 217)
Sect. 302 lab: MW 2-4:50 p.m. (HELD 217)
These sections are established on the SIMS system
and are available for student registration.
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Alpha Chi Omega
Annual
4-Man Scramble
Golf Tournament
Texas A&M Golf Course
Sunday, April 25, 1993
Register:
April 1-18
MSC, Blocker, and
the Alpha Chi Omega House
For more information phone:
696-5516
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AGGIES
General Meeting
Monday, April 5
8:30 p.m.
110 Student Services Bldg.
Religious journey to Austin
CRAIG FOX/The Battalion
Michael Pierce, a pastor for the Church House of Prayer, pulls a cross hometown of Porter, a distance of 1 70 miles. Upon arrival in Austin,
he built to help spread the word of Jesus Christ. This is the fifth year Pierce will celebrate Easter at the State Capitol building,
in a row that ne has taken on this task of traveling to Austin from his
Judicial Board
Continued from Page 1
Ballots filled out incorrectly would be reject
ed by the tabulating computer. The commis
sioners speculated anywhere from 10 to 40
percent of the ballots would have been
thrown out because of the confusion.
Campbell and Cook said they altered bal
lots to ensure all of the votes would be count
ed.
"We only changed marks if we thought it
was obvious what they (the voters) meant,"
Cook said. "We admit, we did not think
twice about it because this was also done last
year. We didn't think we were doing any
thing unethical."
The Judicial Board ruled although mem
bers of the Election Commission did alter
election ballots, no re-vote would be held be
cause the commission acted in good faith.
The board's final ruling stated:
•The two-column format did not alter the
outcome or integrity of the election.
•The alteration of ballots was inappropri
ate, even though the Election Commission
acted in good faith.
•The absence of a sample ballot at polling
places did not affect the outcome or integrity
of the election.
•The throwing out of ballots by the com
mission was appropriate under the authority
granted to the commission.
"We only changed marks if
we thought it was obvious
what they (the voters) meant
... we admit, we did not
think twice about it because
this was also done last year.
We didn't think we were do
ing anything unethical."
-Michelle Cook,
Election Commissioner
•Regarding unattended ballots, no evi
dence of wrongdoing was presented to the
Judicial Board.
The board recommended in future elec
tions the commission not alter ballots, never
leave ballots unattended and clarify ballot in
structions to voters.
Kim Tenpas, Residence Hall Association
president, said the ruling was a "cop-out."
"A lot of things happened that affected the
elections this year," Tenpas said. "They
were tampering with the ballots, and I ques
tion the validity of the whole election. This
did not uphold what it means to be an Ag
gie."
Mason said he also questioned the board's
decision.
"The question here vyas if regulations were
violated, and yes, they were," Mason said
"They based their decision not on the viola
tions but on the characters of [the commis
sioners]. We feel sorry for every Aggie. Jus
tice was not served."
Steve Beller, student body president, said
he did not think anything was done with the
intent to alter the election results.
"They [the commissioners] did not do any
thing to pull the wool over anyone's eyes,"
Beller said. "What we are questioning here is
a simple mistake, and it's effect on the elec
tion."
He said no matter which way the ruling
would have gone, not everyone would be
happy.
"If this is there decision, then I accept it,"
Beller said. "Any decision you make there
will be a group of students who doubt it."
Birth Control
Continued from Page 1
the beagle dog was not the most
appropriate model to study a
progesterone drug because the
dogs react differently to them
than humans do," she said.
Regulatory authorities disre
garded this data, Steinberg said,
but there was much activity by
women's groups in the United
States based primarily on the bea
gle dog study.
Depo-Provera critics also
charge a lack of information about
the long-term effects of the drug,
but Upjohn disputes this argu
ment.
"We now have long-term data
in women, not just animals, that
shows Depo-Provera is safe and
effective," Steinberg said.
The World Health Organiza
tion conducted a long-term study
by following 12,000 women using
Depo-Provera for nine years. The
organization found no overall in
crease in the risk of breast or other
types of cancer they studied, she
said.
"The FDA has approved Depo-
Provera because the benefits out
weigh the risks," she said.
Currently, Depo-Provera is
available to women in 90 coun
tries and has been used world
wide since 1969, Steinberg said.
Dr. Ethel Tsutsui, biochemistry
and biophysics professor and
head of women's studies at A&M,
said the United States lags behind
the rest of the world in contracep
tive choices for women.
"Europe and some third world
countries have more choices than
we do," she said.
"This is because the drug com
panies are not so anxious to re
search in new contraceptives be
cause I think they are afraid of the
far right.
"The fundamentalists and pro
life people who aren't really in fa
vor of contraceptives have threat
ened to boycott drug companies,"
she said. ^'The companies have
cold feet and don't carry out the
research any more."
Dr. Judith Baer, associate pro
fessor of political science, said, a
safe, easy use of birth control for
women is not a priority in the
United States.
Still, one danger that some crit
ics foresee with an injectable birth
control is the abuse of it.
"There is a danger that we
have seen in Norplant," Baer
said. "People have been talking
about making people use it as a
condition to probation - when it's
not voluntary."
Historically, there has been
abuse of compulsory birth con
trol. With a method like Depo-
Provera, which is long-term and
easy-to-use, the danger can be
great, Baer said.
"The policy of the United
States is that it has been against
this since 1979," she said. "But no
one is willing to take an oath that
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"We now have long
term data in women,
not just animals, that
shows Depo-Provera
is safe and effective."
-Florence Steinberg,
Upjohn spokesperson
this won't happen again."
Andreadis said it is retrograde
to allow Depo-Provera to be used
in the United States.
"It was banned in the U.S. and
dumped in third world countries
in the '70s," Andreadis said. "It
was deemed unfit for use in the
United States."
Because Depo-Provera is long-
lasting and requires no effort on
the part of the patient, it has a
special appeal to the third world
because it is injectable, Andreadis
said.
According to an article in
"Population Reports," Depo-
Provera injections are considered
a safe, effective form of modern
medicine.
Tsutsui said there may be
abuses of this drug among
women who can't understand
how the drug works and don't
ask questions.
"At least they should be told
how it works and what the risks
are," she said. "I'm not sure that
they are being informed."
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tive Health Professionals (ARHP)/
a national association of physi
cians and educators, launched an
educational campaign in March to
increase knowledge of contracep
tive options for women.