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State & Local Page 2 The Battalion Monday, March 21, Women’s health issues focus of week’s events By Melissa Jacobs The Battalion Women’s health will be the fo cus of three programs the Texas A&M Health Education Center is sponsoring this week during Women’s Week. Lori Lindemuth, student assis tant at the Health Education Cen ter, encourages women to attend the programs. “I think it’s important that women are aware that they have special health needs, and this is a chance for them to come together and learn about them,” Lindemuth said. “We are focusing on health issues that women need to be con cerned about now because they will probably be affected by these issues five years from now.” The Health Education Center staff is presenting a program Mon day on women and nutrition in the Health Education Center, which is Room 0 1 6 of the Beutel Health Center, from 4 to 5 p.m. “We will focus on weight con trol, exercise, osteoporosis, pre menstrual syndrome and eating disorders,” Lindemuth said. The American Anorexia and Bu limia Association estimates that 25 percent of all college females en gage in cycles of binging and purging. They also estimate that as many as one in 1 00 women can be classified as anorexic. Anorexia nervosa is a disorder that involves lack of eating and an obsession with weight loss. Sally Miller will present a pro gram Tuesday about women and sexuality. Miller is an obstetri cian/gynecologist nurse practi tioner at Scott & White Clinic. “She will discuss methods of contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS,” Lindemuth said. The Texas Department of Health estimates that one in 240 students on college campuses have the HIV virus, which causes AIDS. Eta Sigma Gamma, which is a health education honor society, is presenting a program called Arm Yourself Against Breast Cancer on Wednesday. The program will include how to perform breast self-examina tions that help to detect breast can cer. The American Cancer Society says one in nine women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their life. The programs will be presented in a lecture-style with time allotted for questions from those who at tend. To promote the programs, the Health Education Center staff sent letters to women’s student organi zations and residence hall advisors. They also distributed fliers in the Memorial Student Center. Each of the programs will be held in the Health Education Cen ter from 4 to 5 p.m. on their re spective days. GLBA Continued from Page 1 officers in the organization said as many as 100 to 200 different people have come to events in the past. GLBA holds Gay Awareness Week every spring semester One of this week’s events, ti tled “Hands Across A&M Rally and March,” will consist of same sex couples holding hands as they walk around campus. “We want to show we have a right to hold hands in public,” Tubbs said. Allies, a support network of student, faculty members and staff, will have a reception Wednesday, and GLBA also will have an information table at the MSC this week. An Open Letter to members of the College of Liberal Arts: Allen’s past and present leadership and representative positions make him an excellent candidate. He is a responsible and responsive Aggie. Gig’em Jason Hightower VOTE ALLEN WILLIAMSON Senate #5 on the Ballot Pd. Tor by the Committee to P.lect Allen Williamson,Michael Rutledge Treas. CLASS OF 1995 ON SALE NOW!!! NEW Car Stickers Elephant Walk Shirts March 28-31 MSC 10-4 JOIN PROJECT BELONG FOR SUMMER OR FALL COHORTS EARN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND COURSE CREDITS WHILE MENTORING AN AT-RISK YOUTH Applicants are REQUIRED to attend a two-day orientation meeting *** Tuesday, March 29: 7:00-8:30 pm, Room 108 Psychology and *** Wednesday, March 30: 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Room 106 Psychology Requirements: 1) at least one semester at A&M with minimum 2.0 GPA 2) make a 2 semester commitment to BELONG 3) provide transportation or have access to it For details, CALL project BELONG staff at 845-8800. E-mail: postmaster@ppri.tamu.edu Schedule o/events Resurrection week Gay awareness week W/omen’s week Monday, March 28 — • Illusionist and investigative reporter, Dan Korem, Rudder Auditorium — 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 — • Men’s Bible study, 201 Rudder — 6:30 a.m. • Women’s Bible study, 401 Rudder — - 6:45 a.m. • Steve Camp Concert, Rudder Aud.— 7p.m. Wednesday, March 30 — • Coach Tom Landry and Jon Randles, Rudder Aud. — 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31 — • Crucifixion scene & speaker Frank Cox, Rudder Fountain — 12p.m. Monday, March 28 — • “Take Back the Night" rally & march, Rudder Fountain (Co-sponsored by National Oiganization Women)— 8p. m. Tuesday, March 29 — • LesBiGay lobbyist of Texas, Dianne Flardy-Garcia, will speak on “Hate Crimes & Workplace Activism, ” 110 Koldus —7p. m. Wednesday, March 30 — • “Hands Across A&M Rady and March, ” Academic Plaza —12:30p.m. • Allies Reception, 110 Koldus — 7p.m. Thursday, March 31 — • GLBA general meeting. 292B MSC— 7p.m. Monday, March 28 — • “Living as Long As You Can Live" by Dr. Veronica Piziak, 302 Rudder —10 a m • “Take Back the Night" rally & march. Rudder Fountain — 8p.m. Tuesday, March 29 — • Working Women's Teleconference, 601 Rudder — 11 am. Wednesday, March 30 “Professional Women in 21st Century’by Miriam Slater, 410Rudder — 1 p.m. Thursday, March 31 — • “Community Involvement & Opportunity' by Beverly Ugbtfoot. 206 MSC — 1 p.m. For more information call 845-1515. For more information call 847-0321. For more information call 845-4141. Schedules mentioned are only a brief overview & are subject to change. CORPUS nodical p?ncy pi ing w bh jgram par "^ifhougl punds for urr to pr, "We’re s jre medic te of Tex iper Kenn "we spei jo®1 and thjtheir r< "They dc |gd and v As a resu ier< almo eirfent ag< Th<' regie ntists and ;t of Texa< South Te: r$,|but ha eslshow. 10.1) 00 So 10.1) 00 Te JDS ■me res ieifce cen -ould shift Lawmaker pushes for regent spending refonn Others h hiding n The Associated Press DALLAS — A state lawmaker said he plans to push for a law during the next legislative ses sion to limit expenditures by university re gents, following reports of questionable spend ing by Texas A&M University System regents. In a copyright story in Sunday’s editions, The Dallas Morning News reported that A&M System regents spent more than $1.6 million over the past three fiscal years and used the mostly public funds for trips to resort hotels, limousines and bar bills. Records obtained by the newspaper also showed that regents have spent more than $900,000 in the past four years to crisscross the state in system-owned aircraft. The trips in cluded flying Board of Regents Chairman Ross Margraves and his wife to their son’s college graduation in Louisiana and one trip that cost seven times more than flying commercial. State Rep. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, said the method of financing regents’ expenditures at state-supported universities is a “byzantine sys tem” that was purposely created to obscure ac countability. “There’s a relatively simple solution for this, and I’ll push for this in the next session of the Legislature,” said Ogden, who holds a master’s degree in business administration from Texas A&M. Ogden, a member of the House Appropria tions Committee, said he’ll work to “limit and attempt to define what we think is a reasonable amount of expenditures for regents not only at the Texas A&M University System but at other schools.” Business practices of A&M officials and re gents have spawned criminal investigations by the Texas Rangers and the FBI. The spending by A&M’s nine regents was $300,000 more than that of their colleagues at the larger University of Texas System. It also outdid that of all of the regents combined at the University of Houston, Texas Tech Universi ty and the University of North Texas, records snow. Las Vegas, Colorado Springs, San Diego Tnt Galveston for meetings of alumni and i:S booster groups. Regents spent $631 forli:|Ass(>ciat< sine rentals in Baton Rouge, La., $144fo: Money was spent on trips to resort hotels in bills for three regents in Las Vegas and S- DA'LAS food and drinks for one football game*: jded Palm heim Stadium in California. King oi Margraves defended the board’s ex: zorbacks tures. Hberth S “We try only to spend money od ::mnton, > things we feel are necessary and approp: Dtht‘r Rog our capacity as regents,’' Margraves ally Mart “Whatever I turned in for reimburses 15 a.m. something I felt was prudent.” out the Records also show heavy use of the ainst the I owned airline King Air by Margraves, induBiday. a trip last year to his son’s graduation. Clinton ] According to flight logs, Margraves aii(i|ts durin wife, Madeline, were flown from Hoik.min |.>o Baton Rouge, La., on Aug. 4, 1993, toai;;ned tne c their son’s graduation exercises at LouisKted fo State University and to meet with LSD’s tigh schoo cellor "to discuss joint programs and coop: tive efforts between LSU and TAMU Syste rsHli- ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! SOPRANO Kyoko Saito “A gorgeously plush soprano voice!” with pianist Dale Dietert, 8 P.M. 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