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Friday, November 19,1993
Conference to
address racism,
sexual issues
Leaders unite for Drive-In
By Michele Brinkmann
The Battalion
The "Connecting The Pieces" Drive-In for Diver
sity conference will address multicultural issues at
several workshops in Rudder Tower Friday.
The workshops deal with a variety of diversity
issues including: leadership development, gender
issues, international awareness. First Amendment
rights and gay and lesbian issues.
The workshops are designed to bring togeth
er student leaders and staff of the Southwest re
gion in an attempt to combat racial and sexual
discrimination and to promote appreciation for
cultural diversity.
Dr. Malon Southerland, interim vice president
for student services, said the program was started
because of the need to discuss these issues on a
wider range.
"Past conferences
have been very pro
ductive and have
drawn people
from all over this
region," he said.
Gloria A. Flo
res, conference
coordinator,
agreed.
"In past confer
ences, we have been able to share and get ideas
with institutions across the state," she said. "This
year we are trying to make sure people at A&M re
ally take advantage of this program.
"The faculty has been very supportive of the
conference. Some have even called and said they
will send their classes over."
Dr. Thelma J. Douglass, the associate vice pres
ident for student services and dean of student life
at Sam Houston State University, will be the
keynote speaker. Her speech will focus on the
meaning of diversity in the campus community.
She will also discuss diversity initiatives and
how to help the process and progress of awareness.
The workshops at the fifth annual regional con
ference are sponsored by the Department of Stu
dent Affairs and will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Campus News Briefs
Scientists study birth
defects in Brownsville
Medical scientists at Texas A&M Uni
versity are dedicated to solving the prob
lem of why so many babies with serious
birth defects are being born near
Brownsville, Tx.
The University plans to spend more
than a million dollars over the next three
years to fund the research.
The National Institutes of Health-fund
ed research team will screen birth records,
conduct genetic and nutritional studies
and analyze soil and water samples to see
if they can find a link between environ
mental pollution and the normally rare
neural tube defects (NTDs).
Since 1991, more than 30 babies have
been born with NTDs in and near
Brownsville. This concern gained wide
spread attention when health authorities
in Brownsville reported six babies all born
within six weeks with a NTD known as
anacephaly.
Anacephalic babies are born with se
verely under-developed brains, some
times with no brains at all and is invari
ably fatal.
Researchers say that NTDs are among
the most common birth defects, but they
still don't occur that often.
Dr. Stuart Shalat, the study director
and a Texas A&M epidemiologist, said he
hopes the research will find the solution
to this rash of birth defects.
He said, "Texas A&M Is rich in re
search expertise and has a history of com
mitment to the rural communities of
Texas."
"What we have in Brownsville is a
tragic puzzle," Shalat said. "Our goal
isn't to point fingers at anyone or any
thing. We just want to find the truth."
International officials
visit U.S. universities
Texas A&M University is hosting dele
gations with visitors from around the
world.
Visitors include three deans from the
University of Western Sydney's colleges
of commerce, humanities and science and
technology in Australia, who are hereto
explore potential collaborations.
Professor Nikoli Karlov, deputy minis
ter of science and technological policy of
the Russian Federation and president of
the Moscow Institute of Physics, is visit
ing to learn more about Texas A&M and
the College of Science.
The Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico,
Carlos Hank Gonzalez, is here to receive
the first international Norman Borlaug
Award. The award is presented by the Phi
Beta Delta International Honor Society for
promoting international cooperation.
Ten university presidents and ad
ministrators of technical universities
from the People's Republic of China are
touring United States universities.
While at A&M, they will visit several
administrative departments because
their primary interest is in the planning
and administration of universities.
Ambassador Dr. Friederich Hamburg
er, chief of cabinet and foreign policy ad
viser of the Austrian Association for Inter
national Cooperation in Research Devel
opment and Education was a guest lec
turer to a marketing class while touring
United States universities.
Nuclear engineering
under-used, says dean
A University official testified in front of
a Congressional hearing last month, say
ing nuclear engineering is under-used in
our nation's health care system.
Dr. Kenneth Peddicord, interim dean
of engineering at A&M, said there is a
valuable link between isotope production,
university research reactors and nuclear
engineering education to help solve med
ical, health and environmental issues.
"Tn view of the national need, the uni
versity reactors remain an underutilized
resource for isotope production," Peddi-
cord said. "The faculty and researchers in
the nuclear engineering departments have
the capability to make numerous future
contributions relating to the use of iso
topes in medical and life science fields."
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The Battalion
CHRIS WHITLEY, Editor in chief
JULI PHILLIPS, Managing editor MARK EVANS, City editor
DAVE THOMAS, Night News editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Aggielifeeditor
BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor MICHAEL PLUMER, Sports editor
MACK HARRISON, Opinion editor WILLIAM HARRISON, Sports editor
KYLE BURNETT, Photo editor
Staff Members
City desk - Jason Cox, James Bernsen, Michele Brinkmann, Lisa Elliott, Cheryl Heller, Kim Horton, Jan
Higginbotham, Jennifer Kiley, Mary Kujawa, Kevin Lindstrom, Jackie Mason, Kim McGuire, Carrie Miura, Stephanie
Pattillo, Geneen Pipher, Jennifer Smith, Mark Smith and Andrea Taormina
News desk — Rob Clark, Jennifer Petteway, Trish Reichle, Khristy Rouw and Heather Winch
Photographers - Mary Macmanus, Marty Mien, Amy Browning, Lauren Donahue, Varnell Hopkins III,
Tommy Huynh, Kevin Ivy, Tim Moog, Gus Morgan and Holly Organ
Aggielife - Dena Dizdar, Jacqueline Ayotte, Margaret Claughton, Lesa Ann King and foe Leih
Sports writers - lulie Chelkowski, Matt Rush and David Winder
Opinion desk ■ Toni Garrard Clay, Lynn Booher, Tracey Jones, lenny Magee, Melissa Megliola, Jay Robbins,
John Scroggs, Frank Stanford, Jason Sweeny, Robert Vasquez and Eliot Williams
Cartoonists - Jason Brown, Boomer Cardinale, Clifton Hashimoto, George Nasr, Gerardo Quezada and
Edward Zepeda
Graphic Artist - Angel Kan
Clerks- Grant Austgen, Eleanor Colvin, Wren Eversberg, Carey Fallin and Tomiko Miller
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