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State & Local Mond Page 2 The Battalion Monday, January 3l,15j; - 31 lot Not always lonely at the top Audra Robertson, a junior chemistry and bio chemistry major from Odessa, receives congratu lations after winning the title of Miss Black and Mary Macmanus/The Battalion Gold for 1994. The pageant was sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Saturday night in Rudder The ater. Greek organizations come togethei to discuss mutual interests, image Councils want to dispel myth about Greek group By Eloise Flint The Battalion Texas A&M's three Greek councils will work to gether this semester and plan to hold meetings to keep the lines of communication open. The collaboration began in January when represen tatives from the Interfratemity, Panhellenic and Pan- hellenic Councils went on a retreat. Lenita Hanson, Greek coordinator, said this was i /. • the first time the groups If we don t increase participation. chapters more involved in campus activities. "There is a myth that Greeks only wanttoapp themselves to things that pertain to them," he said "If we don't increase participation, then at least, can publicize how much Greeks really are involve; Price said. "If you look at almost any activity, Greeks ai; big part of it." Pan-hellenic Council President Julius Cox said: new collaboration!. discussed the uniqueness least WC Can publicize how of their organizations. * # "The retreat resulted much Greeks really are involved. in an understanding of the value each organiza- -lohn Price, adviser for the Interfraternity s , MAr , tion is to the Univlrsity," J J J ? We can accc: Hanson said. Council phsh more wort have a strong impaj "All three orga’ zations are individe and 1 would never;, to see them put- gether as one,"( "They learned about each other and how they can interact to impact the students." Donald Eknoyan, president of the Interfratemity Council, said the three councils will work together in the future to accomplish their goals. "We learned about working together to distinguish between fragmented, conflicted and smooth situa tions," Eknoyan said. John Price, adviser for the Interfraternity Council, said they are planning regular meetings with the presi dents of the three councils. Price said the main goal of the meetings is to get together, and what- three of us can do is amazing.' Eknoyan said the councils are currently workind gether on their newsletter. The Forum. "I'm trying to promote interfratemalism,' said. "Involvement of Greeks is there. We just recognition of it." Hanson said she is looking for an increase im eration and collaboration among the groups. "They do a lot for A&M individually, but they can build a better public image," Hanson said WAS An Prosecutors expected to call Branch Davidians to testify to resp ftle of firearm This The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — For nearly three weeks, jurors in the murder trial of 11 Branch Davidians have listened to law of ficers describe the carnage of a shootout at the country commune of David Koresh. Federal prosecutors this week are ex pected to call witnesses who were living inside the religious sect's compound when the Feb. 28, 1993, gun battle broke out after a failed federal raid. Four agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were killed and at least 16 wounded in the shootout. Six Branch Davidians are believed to have been killed. The gun battle led to a 51-day standoff that ended April 19 when fire destroyed the Davidian compound near Waco. Ko resh and about 80 followers died, some from gunshots. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Jahn de clined to say who his next witnesses are likely to be. However, a defense lawyer indicated Victorine Hollingsworth, 59, a Branch Da vidian who was classified as a material witness in the case, was expected to take the stand early this week. Still to come is key prosecution witness Kathryn Schroeder, who lived at the Da vidian compound. She also was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to a less er offense and agreed to testify for the government. Prosecutors would not say when she will appear in court. On Friday, government attorneys questioned ATF agents about a sec shootout near the compound the da; the raid. Defendants Norman Allison a Woodrow Kendrick were arrested ina nection with that incident. Like the other nine defendants, face murder and murder conspir;: charges and could face up to lifeinpns: if convicted. an insti tance t acond ioved Sup { :pect sure th tion sa\ | Presi ibplaus I the l session Communication satellite to relay medical informati® Dse on The Associated Press SPACE CENTER, Houston — A satellite deployed by the space shuttle Discovery last year could even tually help provide health care to remote areas of the world without actually going there, NASA scientists say. Six Houston medical specialists tried out the $363 million Advanced Communications Technology Satellite on Saturday by examining patients in Boul der, Colo., more than a thousand miles away. Color images of the retinas of five patients from the Fitsimons Army Medical Center in Denver were beamed to the Johnson Space Center, where doctors spent about 45 minutes examining them. On four of the five cases, the local medical spe cialists arrived at the same diagnoses as doctors in Colorado. During a similar exercise last weekend, the Hous ton doctors were right in five of six cases. NASA believes that the technology might soon al low remote areas access to health care from such in stitutions as Houston's Texas Medical Center, one of the world's leading medical complexes. Dr. Roger Billica, chief of medical operations at Johnson, said “that is one of the biggest challenges in medicine right now." “Telemedicine'' has been used for decades, but such medical advances as CAT scans and ultrasound have outpaced the transmission limits of traditional phone lines and many satellites. NASA's new satellite, deployed in September, pro vides transmission beams 20 times more powerful than standard satellites and allows individual users to hook up to each other with space-based switchers. ACTS also uses an uncluttered partofthesp trum with bands five times wider than thoseusedf traditional transmissions. Such advances are only now allowing doctor; use high-resolution imagery, such as retinalpho: raphy, to diagnose patients many miles away. “The whole intent here is to see whether wea provide health care to remote sites of the worlcf country without having patients travel long distil and do it at a cost that is comparable to traditic] medicine or cheaper," said Charles Lloyd, a 1’ medical projects office manager. idy h ter dc NA( QUICK CASH!! Tax Refund Loans in Less Than 3 Days Bowman Business Services 696-6776 $ 5. 00 off with this coupon Expires 04-15-94 Texas A&M Flying Club New Membership Meeting Tues. Feb. 1st, 7:30 p.m. at Clubhouse Introductory Flights Available by Appointment For more information or directions to Clubhouse contact: Chad McNutt 696-0433 Kyler Trace Tucker 289-4440 MCAT The most complete arsenal of test prep tools in the world. 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