Tuesday, February 8,1994
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Campus News Briefs
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Group seeks men to talk
about relationships
A men's therapy group is looking for members
to discuss relationships in a group setting. The
group will begin meeting Feb. 28, and participants
need to sign up as soon as possible. Six to eight
men will be chosen for the discussions. Interested
students or community members can call 845-8021
for information.
Red Cross holds blood
drive at Rudder, Commons
The American Red Cross will be holding a
blood drive on the Texas A&M campus through
Friday, Feb. 11.
Students can donate blood at the Commons
and Rudder fountain from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at
least 110 pounds and in good health.
Donated blood will be used to service 21 coun
ties, including Brazos County.
Educator workshops to
teach about those at-risk
Texas A&M's College of Education and the
Texas Education Collaborative are sponsoring a
conference titled "Innovative Practices for Learn
ers in At-Risk Situations."
The conference will be held Feb. 11-12 at the
University Center complex and will feature work
shop sessions on providing a family atmosphere
for at-risk students, reaching students in at-risk'
situations through the arts, emergent literacy
strategies for English as a second language stu
dents and technological teacher education prepa
ration for at-risk students.
Co-op education seminar
held for employers
Employers interested in Texas A&M's coopera
tive education program are invited to attend a
seminar Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
Room 292 of the MSC.
While involved in a co-op program, students
work for a business in exchange for academic cred
it and pay.
A&M has the third largest co-op program in the
country.
Registration for the seminar is $65. To register,
call Carol Grover a1847-8819.
A&M professor wins
prize for animal research
Dr. James Womack, a geneticist in A&M's Col
lege of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the
1993-1994 Ciba Prize for Research in Animal
Health for his pioneering studies of the genetics of
domestic cattle.
The prize is awarded every two years to recog
nize researchers whose work is likely to make a
significant contribution to animal health or animal
husbandry.
Business school offers non
credit language courses
Non-credit courses in business French and
business Japanese will be held this spring at Texas
A&M.
The French course, scheduled for Feb. 8
through March 17, will be held from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in 226 Academic
Building.
The Japanese course, scheduled for April 5
through May 5, will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays in 226 Academic Build
ing.
Registration forms are now available at the
Center for International Business Studies in 513
Blocker Building. The cost of each course is $35.
Education Fellow working
with Gage and Mobley
Dr. Viola Florez, a professor of educational cur
riculum and instruction in A&M's College of Edu
cation, will be working in Interim President E.
Dean Gage's office this semester as an American
Council on Education Fellow.
Florez, who will also be working with Chancel
lor William Mobley, has been at Texas A&M since
1982, and has served on A&M's Faculty Senate.
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Camels get ready to rumble
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I THAL DESERT, Pakistan— With a pink sequined
cape gracing his furry hump, Jhara the wrestling camel
is working himself into a pre-match frenzy.
Jhara is the humpback equivalent of Hulk Hogan.
He's foaming at the mouth in anticipation of his
heavyweight battle against another prized camel in the
white sands of the Thai Desert, 250 miles south of Is
lamabad.
I Some 100 male camels, bursting with excess energy
at the height of the mating season, have been brought
to the tomb of the Muslim saint Mohammed Musa for
the annual extravaganza that dates back further than
any of the 10,000 spectators can remember.
I "It's not considered worthy of a gentleman to at
tend camel wrestling," Zaigham Khan, a young Pak
istani journalist, explains to a visitor.
I "But it's a lot of fun."
I The camels look like they're dressed for the circus
as they parade in front of the boisterous crowd of men
in turbans who size up the beasts and make their bets
on the head-butting and neck-locking that is to come.
Each camel wrestles only once at the two-day festi
val and there's no overall winner. This leads to intense
haggling over the matchmaking, and disputes are set
tled by farm worker Ghulam Shabir, who has the
gruff, bombastic presence found in fight promoters
everywhere.
At last, Jhara enters the ring against Anoki, another
renowned grappler. They start by locking necks, then
Jhara goes for a leg bite, followed by an attempt to trip
his rival. They back off, then butt heads, kicking up a
sandstorm with their hind legs. The crowd roars.
A dozen referees with sticks keep the fight clean.
Butting heads, locking necks and biting are legal.
Chomping on sexual organs is not.
After feverish scuffling, Jhara and Anoki are cov
ered in dust, but neither titan has scored a take-down
or sent his opponent running away, the traditional
way matches are decided. The match is declared a
draw, disappointing many fans.
Volcano puts Indonesian village at risk
The Associated Press
LUMAJANG, Indonesia —
Thousands of people struggled to
escape from villages endangered
Sunday by flows of volcanic debris
from Mount Semeru in East Java.
The volcano began erupting
Thursday, and heavy rains have
turned its lava and ash into surg
ing, sludgy rivers.
More than 2,000 people were
able to flee the lava and debris
while thousands of others were
blocked.
Reports showthat the volcano
had spewed out at least 3 billion
cubic feet of lava.
One villager said people had
become used to thundering^
sounds from the volcano, which
had been active since late January,
so the violence of Thursday's' 1
eruption took them by surprise.
"It was terrible. We were only’
aware after the lava speedily’
flooded our villages. It was really'
out of our prediction," said Sukir-"
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