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The Battalion
Monday, August 2,1
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By STEPHANIE MARTIN
The Battalion
An orientation program edu
cating older incoming students
about A&M's services and ad
dressing age-related issues will be
held Aug. 27 for both graduate
and undergraduate students.
"Transitions ‘93\ An Orienta
tion for Graduate Students and
Aggies Over 24" is designed to
provide older students with an
overall orientation to the Univer
sity about student life, cultural
events, and University services,
said Ann Goodman, a coordina
tor at the Off-Campus Center.
"Aggies over 24 have different
needs," she said. "For example,
they may have been out of school
for several years. We have one
student as old as 57. Their needs
are different from the average 18
to 19-year-old."
Since 1989, Transitions was only
for the undergraduates over 24,
and the Graduate Student Council
and Department of Student Affairs
had a separate orientation.. "This
year's Transitions will be a more
cost-effective way to provide a
quality orientation to both groups,"
Goodman said, adding that gradu
ate students and students over 24
are likely to socialize with one an
other anyway.
"Graduate students traditional
ly have had no formal orientation
to the University," she said.
"They are primarily orientated to
specific departments and organi
zations concerning their majors."
Some of the activities will be
held for both student populations,
while other sessions will split par-
ticipants into groups. Family mem
bers of the students are encouraged
to participate, and there will be a
special Aggie family member ses
sions during the program.
Goodman said family members
who live with a student are often
affected by his or her academic
stress periods, and need to know
what to expect. The orientation
also includes a session on finan
cial budgeting since many older
students must live on a reduced
income while they attend school.
Transitions '93 will be held in
Rudder Tower and Rudder The
ater, with on-site registration be
ginning at 11:30 a.m. the day of
the conference. The program con-
cludes with a barbecue in the
Commons Dining Room, where
one undergraduate and one grad
uate student will each receive a
book scholarship from the A&M's
bookstore, and other door prizes
will be given away.
National Night Out provides chance to meet neighbors
By MICHELE BRINKMANN
The Battalion
Bryan-College Station residents are encour
aged to meet their neighbors Tuesday during
the 10th annual National Night Out (NNO).
NNO is a nation-wide effort to bring crime
and drug prevention to the spotlight through a
yearly celebration.
"This is the closest thing to a neighborhood
watch," Cpl. Betty Lemay of the University
Police Crime Prevention Unit said.
This year Bryan and College Station will
have separate programs in celebration of
NNO after three years of working together
on the event.
The College Station events will be held
Tuesday at the Texas A&M Married Student
Housing complex.
"The events will be geared toward kids, in
part to get the parents out too," Lemay said.
Events include a bicycle parade, personal
safety talks, a coloring contest, hayride and
making homemade ice cream.
The University Apartment Council of Texas
Aggies is sponsoring the event.
"The events get people together in a com
munity environment to meet the neighbors,"
Lemay said.
Bryan residents are asked to go out at 8
p.m. to meet the neighbors or organize a block
party. They are also asked to leave their out
side lights on all night.
A Good Guy vs. Bad Guy softball game will
also be held today at Travis Field at 6 p.m. in
Bryan. Police officers, firefighters and other
public servants will participate in the event.
Crime prevention messages will be built
into the game, and at the end of the game the
community residents are invited to form the
letters NNO for an aerial photograph. Local
businesses have donated security related door
prizes such as car alarms.
Bryan Police Crime Prevention Officer Joe
Bostick said in a department news release that
spectators can expect a few surprises at the
game.
"It's going to be a lot of fun for young and
old alike, and you might learn something new
about how to reduce your chances of becom
ing a victim of crime," Bostick said.
Methods of protest divide pro-life movement
Operation Rescue tactics draw fire
Dallas sibling
deaths baffle
investigators
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — An East Texas
couple buried their teen-age
children Sunday still strug
gling to cope with the brutal,
yet unexplainable way the
youths died.
James Brian King, 14, and his
13-year-old stepsister, Christina
Ann Benjamin, were found last
week by a road worker in rural
Telico, 30 miles south of Dallas
and 15 miles from the teens'
home in Garrett.
Lt. Royce Gothard of the El
lis County Sheriff's Depart
ment said the girl's naked
body was in the brush beside a
gravel road. Her head and
hands severed and the body
was covered with cuts.
Clues are scarce and
Gothard said the Texas
Rangers and FBI may be called
in to help.
He said the Sheriff's Depart
ment has contacted the Texas
Rangers for help and is pre
pared to call the FBI on Mon
day if the case is not resolved.
King's fully-clothed body
was found nearby in a creek
with no visible wounds,
Gothard said.
A memorial service was
scheduled for Sunday after
noon at a church in Palmer,
about four miles from Garrett.
Autopsy results from the Dal
las County Medical Examin
er's officer were pending,
Gothard said Saturday.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — The street outside
the Fairmount Abortion Clinic is
quiet. Patients come and go
through the front door, instead of
sneaking through an entry in the
back of the building.
The scene is a drastic change
from two weeks ago, when sign-
toting anti-abortion protesters
swarmed around the clinic —
praying, singing, and pledging to
stop the "baby-killing."
It was all part of Operation
Rescue's 10-day "Cities of
Refuge" campaign, which consist
ed of abortion protests nation
wide.
Now the protesters have van
ished, the signs have been packed
up, the echoes of prayers have
faded and anti-abortionists are
looking to the future.
While such protests have be
come an icon for the anti-abortion
movement, some insiders say
those tactics no longer work. They
say it's time for the movement to
change — or die.
"This is a crossroads for the
pro-life movement," says Bill
Price, president of Texans United
for Life. "Its credibility and its fu
ture are at stake."
Price has been an ardent critic
of Operation Rescue, calling the
group and its tactics "radical."
Prior to the 10-day campaign.
Price urged Operation Rescue to
cancel its protests.
"There are some very deep
philosophical differences (be
tween our groups) regarding tac
tics and strategy. We still have the
same objective ... but we have
some very deep differences re
garding how to reach the end," he
says.
Price says Operation Rescue's
explosive tactics have caused a rift
between the two groups and in
the movement.
Summer heat causes hostilities to flare
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — It's easy to lose control when you
get hot under the collar, but getting hot above the
collar may be the main concern in a heat wave.
High temps and hot tempers go hand in hand,
and the culprit is the effects of heat on the brain, ac
cording to researchers who study human behavior.
As the mercury rises, so do violent crimes, aggres
sion and a general tendency of just feeling negative.
Many people experienced that during July, with
temperatures in the upper 90s and above in most of
the Southeast.
Research shows that "heat increases the chemicals
in the brain that cause the negative feelings," said
Leonard L. Martin, a University of Georgia psychol
ogy professor who specializes in moods.
"Heat puts people in a bad mood. It makes them
irritable. Most of the ill effects you see are a result of
the mood, and not the heat directly," Martin said.
Craig Anderson, who teaches psychology at the
University of Missouri, said there are numerous
studies on heat and aggression, some going back to
the 1700s.
"It is clear from our more recent studies that hot
temperatures and cold temperatures increase feel
ings of hostility," he said. "When you're very, very
uncomfortable, one of the feelings produced is an in
crease in hostility."
Aggressive behavior, including violent crime,
tends to increase in hot weather. The murder rate,
spouse battering and other forms of assault also go
up in hot weather, he said.
Anderson said some factors are difficult to gauge,
such as the role increased consumption of alcohol in
summer might play on the crime rate.
Also, more research is needed to determine exact
links between temperature and secretion of hor
mones that affect mood, Anderson said.
The hypothalamus of the brain, which controls
body temperature, has been closely linked with emo
tions such as anger, he said.
There are clearer links between heat and physical
illnesses, including those affecting the brain.
tM^Campus News Briefs
Research Park
officials, director
report to Mobley
Officials with Texas A&M
University's Research Park
and Dir. John Millhollen will
report directly to President
William Mobley in September
instead of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System.
This will strengthen the con
nection of Research Park to
Texas A&M and Bryan-College
Station.
A&M licenses
computer-based
conference system
The Texas A&M University
Board of Regents licensed a
computer-based conference sys
tem developed within the Texas
A&M College of Veterinary
Medicine to a Bryan company
called Forum Inc.
The new system enables
small-group conferences on
personal computers and runs
on inexpensive local networks.
The software uses Microsoft
Windows to provide an easy-
to-use graphic format. Future
development plans include
multi-media and Internet com
munication capabilities.
Merrel appointed
vice chancellor for
strategic programs
Dr. William J. Merrel, vice
president for research policy at
Texas A&M University, has
been appointed vice chancellor
for strategic programs with Tire
Texas A&M University System.
Merrel will serve in the new
position while continuing to
serve as professor in oceanogra
phy and marine sciences at
A&M.
His job will consist of formu
lating and initiating high priori
ty system-wide programs in ar
eas including expanding ma
rine programs and creating an
A&M System urban develop
ment strategy and developing
an overall System research
management policy.
Dr. Yennello
receives Junior
Faculty Award
Dr. Sherry J. Yennello assis
tant professor of chemistry at
Texas A&M University, has re
ceived a Junior Faculty En
hancement Award from Oak
Ridge Associated Universities.
Yennello, one of 10 winners
chosen from 171 applicants to
receive $5,000, will use the
award along with $5,000 from
the University, for nuclear re
search at A&M's Cyclotron In
stitute and at Michigan State
University's cyclotron.
Dr. Best named
director of space
grant consortium
Dr. Frederick R. Best is the
new Texas A&M University as
sociate director of the Texas
Space Grant Consortium.
Best will focus on education
issues including coordinating
the scholarship and fellowship
programs that annually award
$1,000 and $5,000 grants to un-
dergraduate and graduate stu
dents in space-related research.
A&M to present
beef conference
August 16-20
The office of Mexican and
Latin American Programs at
Texas A&M will present a con
ference entitled "Technology
for Latin America: Beef Indus
try Program II" August 16-20
on the A&M campus.
Topics to be covered during
the conference are the beef in
dustry, cross breeding, embryo
related technology and comput
er programs for beef cattle.
For more information about
the conference, contact Dr.
Gabriel Carranza, director of
the Office of Mexican and Latin
American Programs, at 845-
3367 or 845-3673.
Dr. Kuo named
head of industrial
engineering dept
Dr. Way Kuo, an Iowa State
University professor, will be
come the new head of the
A&M's University department
of industrial engineering.
Kuo specializes in quality
engmeering^ystem. design ani
has received numerous honors
from the Institute of Industrial
Engineers and other profession
al organizations.
Until Kuo's arrival in Au-
ust, the acting department
ead of industrial engineering
is Dr. Newton Ellis.
Healthy dog
drug requires
more research
Pharmacologists at the Texas
Veterinary Medical Center in
College Station caution pet
owners that it is too early to tell
if a new veterinary drug called
deprenyl will live up to claims
made for it earlier this spring in
tabloids.
The drug has been rumored
to make dogs live longer and
act young again. Researchers
have been swamped with in
quiries from pet owners as to
the truth to the tabloid articles.
Researchers say the new
drug may be helpful to veteri
narians treating a couple of spe
cific conditions in very old dogs
that are otherwise healthy.
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