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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
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Prosecutors expected to call Branch Davidians to testify
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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.
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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.
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