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The Battalion
Page 3
Great American Smokeout
Event encourages student
smokers to 'lighten up
rather than light up'
By Kim Horton
The Battalion
The American Cancer Society, in conjunction with
Eta Sigma Gamma and the Texas A&M Cancer
Awareness Society, is sponsoring the Great Ameri
can Smokeout with a series of activities this week to
educate and encourage smokers to quit.
The Great American Smokeout is a nationwide
event that has occurred yearly for the past 17 years.
Jay Hays, a representative for the American Can
cer Soefety, said the Smokeout provides students
with an excuse to quit for at least one day.
"It gives students and citizens the opportunity to
lighten up rather than light up," Hays said.
He said the organization targeted the night club
crowd to let them experience a smoke-free night out.
"Students tend to smoke only
when they drink. Alcohol inhibits
the individual's reasoning and
therefore, his or her ability to
quit."
- Ron Webb, A.P. Beutel Health
Center graduate assistant
"Many bars liked the idea," Hays said. "They
had received many complaints from nonsmokers of
secondhand smoke."
Initially, some of the bars were reluctant to partic
ipate because they felt it would interfere with their
business, Hays said.
"We assured them we would only be providing
information," he said. "Our purpose is not to hassle
or give sermons."
Dr. Brian Colwell, faculty adviser to Eta Sigma
Gamma, an honorary health education group, said
he hopes to see businesses cater to non-smokers.
"We need to see businesses become more aware
of the demands for smoke-free environments," Col
well said.
Ron Webb, a graduate assistant in the A.P. Beutel
Health Center, said he hopes students will become
more aware of the harmful effects of smoking.
"Smoking increases your blood pressure, heart
rate and chances of suffering a heart attack, stroke,
or numerous lung disorders," Webb said.
Webb said people experience immediate health
benefits when they quit smoking.
"As soon as you stop smoking, the body starts re
pairing itself," Webb said. "Your blood pressure
and heart rate returns to normal."
But, Webb said, quitting is not an easy task. It's
hard for anyone to quit because of the nicotine ad
diction, he said.
Kevin Ivy/l'HE Battalion
"Students probably have an even harder time,"
Webb said. "Students tend to smoke only when they
drink. Alcohol inhibits the individual's reasoning
and therefore, his or her ability to quit."
Webb said in order to quit smoking successfully,
students need to set a quitting date and stick to it.
The Smokeout will take place Thursday and en
courages nonsmokers to adopt a smoker for the day.
A booth in the MSC will offer information and sur
vival kits.
Wednesday evening, the Hall of Fame will begin
the activities with a Smokeout Dance. Charlie's, The
Tap, Denim & Diamond's, and Hurricane Harry's
will provide customers with a smokeless environ
ment Thursday night.
Mugging victim
fires three shots
at teen attackers
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - It seemed
like a perfect night for a mug
ging. The street was dark, the
hour late, the Brooklyn neigh
borhood rough.
The teen-age boys who
stalked Arthur Boone as he
left a corner market Sunday
missed one thing: the .44-cal
iber Magnum tucked in his
belt.
One of the muggers, nick
named "B-Boy," put the barrel
of a BB gun to Boone's head.
The other, "Taz," reached for
his wallet.
Then Boone fired three
shots heard 'round the city.
In what investigators are
calling a swift act of self-de
fense, Boone shot and killed
his assailants with the unli
censed .44.
He waited for police to ar
rive, told them he was a victim
of past muggings and quietly
surrendered.
As news of the incident
spread through the crime-
weary city, some hailed the
41-year-old machine worker as
a hero.
The muggers "used poor
judgment and I'm delighted
they did," said Jerry Preiser,
president of a city gun club
that sent Boone a $500 "coura
geous victim" award."1 think
they got what they deserved."
Boone was arraigned on
charges of criminal possession
of a weapon and freed Mon
day without bail.
In 1984, "subway vigi
lante," Bernhard Goetz, a
white electrical engineer, shot
four unarmed black youths he
felt were menacing him when
they asked him for $5 on a
subway train.
Goetz was acquitted of at
tempted murder and served
eight months in jail for illegal
possession of a weapon.
This time all parties in
volved were black.
Boone, a father of two
daughters who has worked at
a Domino Sugar factory for
more than a decade, had one
arrest: in 1989 for drunken dri
ving, authorities said.
Clinton gains NAFTA support as vote nears
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Seizing the
momentum on the eve of a House
showdown. President Clinton
won a rush of converts Tuesday
for the North American Free
Trade Agreement. Opponents ac
cused the
White House of
doling out bil
lions to line up
support.
An Associat
ed Press survey
showed more
than 200 House
members were
supporting the
pact or likely to
do so. Oppo
nents' numbers
were dwin
dling, and stood at roughly 200.
"Tomorrow, the Congress has
simply got to vote for hope over
fear, for the future over the past.
They've got to vote for confidence
in the ability of the American peo
ple to compete and win," Clinton
told the nation's governors, sum
moned to the White House to pro
vide evidence of widespread sup
port for the treaty.
Mickey Kantor, the administra-
Clinton
tion's trade representative,
worked with Florida lawmakers
over terms to shield the state's
tomato growers from damage in
the event Mexico violates export
standards.
Clinton met at the White House
with Rep. Floyd Flake, D-N.Y.,
who emerged to announce his
support. Flake said the president
had pledged to support new
Small Business Administration pi
lot programs to provide funds for
urban areas. "It's my hope my
district would be one of those,"
said Flake.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio,
said the administration was serv
ing up "pork” in the "basement of
the White House."
Said Rep : . David Boniof, the
House Democratic vyhip, "I shud
der to think what it will take to
get votes to pass a decent health
care bill next year."
Clinton pledged to send thank-
you notes to any lawmaker who
supports the agreement. He wrote
GOP House leader Bob Michel it
would be inappropriate to cam
paign against candidates in 1994
on the basis of their support for
the agreement.
The Flouse vote is set for
Wednesday, and it will take a ma
jority of 218 votes to win ap
proval. Passage there would send
the accord to the Senate, where
Democratic and Republican lead
ers issued fresh predictions of
passage.
"Let me make it clear and un
mistakable: The Senate will pass
the North American Free Trade
Agreement," said Majority Leader
George Mitchell.
The accord is designed to cre
ate a free trade zone for Mexico,
Canada and the United States by
reducing tariffs over 15 years.
Supporters say the pact would
open a vast new Mexican market
for American industries, and
serve as a linchpin for broader
agreements involving other coun
tries in the hemisphere and Asia
and Europe as well.
Opponents say thousands of
jobs will be lost as American firms
move factories south to take ad
vantage of lower wages and laxer
environmental standards in Mexi-
NAFTA
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