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wmmmmmmmm Wednesday, September 29,1993 The Battalion they weie cated An intoxi. ed and in. iion 0I i curtain Dogs, was am. it artments- i by a fe|. al harm. 'Idsmobile right win- e motorist dividuals ' to an ob- ayground ;ft awn brand ras stolen, - A green A'as stolen, ind white ycle was Center-A red bicycle i reported 20 in cash se. and black s stolen, o front li- from the ry - A ma- stolen, ents - The watch that dresser in aning was ’air aan th Arden, ;e prices, size 31 1 editor ■ditor ts editor iblay and loeLeh ,hn Scroggs, ida and ; nE semeswn ods), 1 i pern M Unive rs ' , ^ l, = Divis ion <> d McDona" 1 zertising,» nday throur r . To charts Page 3 Health Tips A healthy lifestyle controls cholesterol By Connie Johnson A.P. Beutel Health Center September is National Cholesterol Educa tion Month. Elevated cholesterol is a contributing factor to the development of heart disease. Knowing your cholesterol level and reducing it when it is elevated can help prevent heart disease. Here are some common questions asked about cholesterol. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a waxy substance used by the body in cell membranes, in sex hormones, to form Vitamin D, to help transmit nerve im pulses, and to form bile acids. How does the body get cholesterol? The body makes 65-70 percent of the choles terol it needs for normal function and gets the rest from foods. Cholesterol is found in anima| foods, such as meat, poultry, seafood and dairy products. Egg yolks and organ meats are very high in cholesterol. Foods of plant origin such as fruits, vegeta bles, grains, cereals, nuts and seeds contain no cholesterol. How does cholesterol increase the risk of heart disease? Too much cholesterol in the blood can slow ly build up to form plaque, a thick, hard coat ing that can clog arteries feeding the heart or brain, leading to a heart attack or stroke. However, studies show the amount of satu rated fat in your diet affects the blood choles terol levels more than the amount of choles terol in your diet. Therefore, to control blood cholesterol lev els, the diet must be lower in saturated fats and cholesterol. What other factors affect the cholesterol levels in the blood? Excess body weight causes an increased blood cholesterol level. Exercise decreases the amount of choles terol in the blood, and soluble fiber binds the cholesterol and other fats in the intestinal tract so less is absorbed. WTiat about low density lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins? The role of LDLs and HDLs is to carry the cholesterol and other fat substances through the blood. Because the blood is made up of mainly wa ter, fat soluble substances will not mix into the blood directly but need a carrier to get to the cells and organs of the body. LDLs are responsible for carrying the cho lesterol to the tissue and are the major contrib utors to the build-up of plaque. HDLs carry the cholesterol away from the cells to be eliminated from the body. Higher HDL levels are associated with lower risks of heart disease. How does a person know if they are at risk for heart disease? First, they should have their cholesterol lev el checked. There are a variety of places where choles terol blood tests are done. The finger prick test, used to get quick re sults, will determine only your cholesterol lev el. But because other factors such as HDL and LDL are also indicators of heart disease risk, these levels can be determined in a complete blood test performed in a physician's office or clinic. Cholesterol levels under 200 mg/ dL are de sirable. HDL cholesterol levels below 35 mg/dL are considered a risk factor. Genetics also play a key role in determining heart disease risk. If high cholesterol and/or heart disease tends to run in a person's family, monitoring the blood cholesterol level and maintaining a healthy lifestyle that reduces the risk are even more important. A healthy lifestyle includes not smoking, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy body weight, limiting the amount of fat in the diet, balancing the types of fat eaten. It also includes watching cholesterol intake, eating plenty of complex carbohydrates and fiber, limiting sodium and salt, and if drinking alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation. What if a person knows his cholesterol level is high? See a physician. A person can lower his cholesterol levels by making appropriate dietary and lifestyle changes. Begin a healthy lifestyle, and expect to see changes in blood cholesterol levels in one to three months. What if all this doesn't work? Is a person destined to have a heart attack? No, not at all. There are other options available with the assistance of a physician, and new studies are being conducted to find out more about con trolling blood cholesterol levels and preventing heart disease. In football terms, the best offense is a good defense. For more information, the Health Education Center located in the A’.P. Beutel Health Center has a variety of handouts for students and can provide additional information concerning cholesterol and nutrition. HEALTHY MALES WANTED AS SEMEN DONORS Help infertile couples; confidentially ensured. Ethnic diversity desirable, ages 18 to 35, excellent compensation. Fairfax Cryobank 1121 Briarcrest Dr., Suite 101 Bryan 776-4453 FAIRFAX jg ✓ a division of tlte Genetics & IVF Institute HEY AGGIE STOCKHOLDERS Do you own Wal-Mart Stock? YYYYES - Then you qualify to join SAM'S i_ U B MEMBERS ONLY New opportunity beginning October 1, 1993 Come on out to see us! 1405 East Bypass • College Station Campus News Briefs Campaign goal beyond halfway Texas A&M's "Capturing the Spirit" fund-raising cam paign has passed its halfway point. The goal of the campaign, which started three years ago, is $500 million. Of that, $312,455,801 has been raised by more than 200,000 individual and corporate or foundation donors. Campaign Director Jim Pal- incsar, said if the campaign keeps going at the pace it's at, the goal should be reached be fore schedule. The campaign has received 48 pledges of $1 million or more as well as thousands of smaller pledges. More than $2 million has come directly from faculty and staff, he said. Texas A&M Interim Presi dent E. Dean Gage, said the money raised during this cam paign will not lower the amount of state funds but will allow the University to give ad ditional support to various ar eas and programs across cam pus. Aggie license plates sales up A report recently issued by the Texas Department of Trans portation showed 5,071 Aggie Pride license plates have been sold. The sale of the 5,000th li cense plate marked a milestone for the University and the state. If the number of renewals for the plates is counted in that to tal, more than 13,800 sales have been made. These sales account for more than $350,000 that will go di rectly toward student scholar ships. Each purchase of an Aggie license plate costs $30 more than a regular license plate. Of that, $25 goes to A&M and the remaining $5 goes to the stat^ to cover its costs. Approximately 150 Texas A&M students are assisted each year with funds made available through the collegiate license plate program. Chemical group donates research Occidental Chemical Corp. of Dallas recently donated the results of a fuel cell research development program to the Texas A&M University Re search Foundation. The gift includes title to more than 50 patents of the U.S. and other countries as will as 100 international patents. In addition, the University will receive extensive research associated with the project. This gift will primarily be used by the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station. OxyChem's fuel cell technol ogy, which converts hydrogen and air into water and electrici ty, is based on concepts devel oped in France, The corpora tion's interest in fuel cell tech nology stems from its needs for large amounts of electrical en ergy in electrochemical produc tion. OxyChem is a worldwide producer of electrochemicals, plastics and resins. The donation counts toward Texas A&M's "Capturing the Spirit" campaign. Tournament Continued from Page 1 surgery in October, Kepple said he has made a "hell of a lot more progress than anyone thought I would." Kepple attended Bonfire last year and was presented with $1,000, the proceeds from the 1992 tournament. Kepple said he is planning to at- ‘ Bonfi "I want to tell all of the people who enter the tournament that I re ally appreciate what they're doing for me, said Kepple. "They donT know how much I appreciate it. "I am so lucky to be gt a school like A&M where when a student gets hurt like I did, other students are there to help him out. You won't find many other schools like that." October 4 & 5, 1993 (Different employers each day) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Zachry Lobby Monday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 7:45a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ALL MAJORS INVITED For more information Cooperative Education 207 Student Services Building 845-7725 Yeltsin Continued from Page 1 "Motherland or death," the par liament supporters chanted. Parliament chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov donned a bulletproof vest under his suit and vowed to fight to the end against Yeltsin's "rascist" government. Other law makers put on gas masks as ru mors of an attack swept through the building. Outside, Khasbulatov's support ers and police stood watching each other in a rain. Police ignored ap peals by defenders to defect. At least 2,000 riot police and troops armed with assault rifles were deployed around the build ing, stopping anyone trying to en ter but letting people inside leave. In New York, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev sought to reassure the world that Russia remained committed to democracy. "Russia is transforming itself peacefully following the funda mental principle of democracy — free elections," Kozyrev told the U.N. General Assembly. He told reporters the hard-line opponents at the parliament are "drunk" and "mentally disturbed." He said, referring to those inside parliament, "there is no intention, and there was never any intention, to drag them out by force." Classes were canceled Tuesday at the U.S. Embassy compound, just 100 yards from the parliament complex. Police guarded the em bassy compound. Konstantin Zlobin, a parliament spokesman, said he did not think Yeltsin would dare attack the White House. Zlobin said parlia ment was in touch with the gov ernment to try and arrange a com promise. Yeltsin's government set up an employment office for parliament members and their staff, and more than 200 lawmakers were negotiat ing job offers, according to Grigory Bondarev, a former deputy now employed by the president. Bon darev said 76 had already accepted new jobs. Yeltsin on Monday rejected op position proposals to hold simulta neous presidential and parliamen tary elections. The government has cut hot wa ter, electricity and telephones to the parliament, forcing its occupants to subsist on cheese and sausage sand wiches, mineral water and Pepsi. Amsterdam I Atlanta Barcelona Berlin Bombay Boston Brussels Buenos Aires Caracas Chicago Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Dallas Dusseldorf EuroCenter Frankfurt Geneva Gothenburg Hamburg Helsinki Hong Kong Houston Lisbon London Los Angeles I Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Milan Minneapolis Montreal Monterrey Munich New Jersey New York Osaka Oslo Paris Pittsburgh Rome San Francisco San Jose Sao Paulo Seoul Stamford Stockholm St. Petersburg Stuttgart Sydney Taipei Tokyo Toronto Vienna Warsaw Washington, D.C. Zurich A X X X I O G r a d u a t i n g s e n i o r s The international management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company would like to announce that we are seeking December, May, and August graduates of all disciplines with excellent academic credentials (GPA > 3.5) and strong leadership skills for the position of Business Analyst. Business Analysts at McKinsey & Company have the unique opportunity to help leading companies (most clients are in the Fortune 500) in a variety of industries to identify and resolve their most critical business problems. Presentation Thursday, September 30,1993 292-B Memorial Student Center Engineering Majors: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Other majors: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Casual attire Interviews November 4-5 TAMU Placement Center Qualified students should register with the Placement Center and send resumes to Celeste Cheramie at: Two Houston Center, Suite 3500, Houston, Texas 77010 Join the growing list of Aggies who have made McKinsey & Company part of their career: Aggie Degree Graduate school Greg Hawkins '84 MEEN Stanford MBA ’88 Eric Conner '85 CEEN Wharton MBA '89 Mike Mulcahy '86 EGON Harvard MBA ’91 Amy Lister '87 COSC Stanford MBA '93 Gena Basse '89 ACCT Univ. of Texas MBA '93 Bruce Shaw '90 MEEN Dartmouth MBA '94 Jeff Starr '90 ELEN Dartmouth MBA '94 Eleanor Manson '91 MKTG Stanford MBA '95 Travis Hurst '91 ACCT Kellogg MBA '95 George Appling '91 ACCT/POLS — Anne Marie Chard '93 BIEN — April Garrett ’93 ACCT — Jason Reneau '93 ECON --