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Instructors provide
possible life-saving
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By Stephanie Dube
The Battalion
Participants in a self defense seminar
Wednesday night learned the best weapon
against assault is awareness.
The Women’s Safety Awareness and Self
Defense seminar, held on the A&M campus,
was presented by the Brazos County Rape Cri
sis Center.
Chris Kirk, president of the center, said he
hopes the program will heighten women’s
awareness of the alternatives available to them
in different situations.
Kirk, who gave a presentation on the pros and
cons of weapons available for self defense, said
the center does not advocate the use of weapons.
“But we hope those who do will use the
weapon lawfully and become proficient in its
use, ’ Kirk said. “The greatest weapon is the
mind.”
Bert Kretzschmar, lieutenant supervisor in
charge of the Crime Prevention Network of
University Police Department, said women
should use common sense and judgment in a
potentially dangerous situation.
“The best advice I can give you is that there
Melissa Robles (left) and Sara Lewis (second
from right) learn self defense techniques at
are no absolutes,” Kretzschmar said.
When approached with a gun or knife, Kret
zschmar said a woman has a two percent
chance of being killed if she fights at once.
Boh Wiatt, director of UPD, said sex of
fenders range from peeping toms to actual
rapists, and he stressed that all offenders are
potentially dangerous.
“Awareness is your best defense,” Wiatt said.
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Wednesday night.
Raymond Montoya, an officer in tk
Department brought several
Polic
from his martial arts school to te!Tl
women self defense techniques.
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Doctor wants regulation of genetics fie
By Jan Higginbotham
The Battalion
A visiting professor from the
Stanford University Medical Center
told a group of Texas A&M stu
dents Wednesday that the govern
ment needs to get more involved
in the field of genetic engineering.
Dr. Aaron Hsueh, director of re
productive biology in the depart
ment of gynecology and obstetrics
at the Stanford University Medical
Center, said in his “Brave New
World” speech that a consumer-
oriented industry has been built in
the field.
“The government needs to
corViyTii and re'gtilate that,” Hsueh
said. "There is a lot of money in
volved and a lot of things at stake.
“I think the government needs
to take a more active role.”
Hsueh is visiting Texas A&M as a
part of the Burroughs Wellcome
Lecture series, a program sponsored
by Burroughs Wellcome, a pharma
ceutical company. Texas A&M is the
only institution in the state hosting
a Wellcome visiting professor.
Hsueh spoke to a group of pro
fessors and students on recent ad
vances in technology in the field
of genetic engineering.
‘We have become more and
more dependent on our technol-
ogy,” Hsueh said. “If the tech
niques continue to be available, I
don’t think we can stop it from
advancing.”
Hsueh also discussed the ethical
issues involved with genetic engi
neering and the responsibilities
those issues place on scientists.
“We have to decide how far we
can go,” he said. "Are we going a
little bit farther than we should?
How much do we want to know
and how much do we want other
people to know?"
The world of science has an
obligation to society, I Isueh said.
“I think scientists have a respon
sibility to communicate with the
general public. We have to be open
and tell people what is going on. ’
Hsueh said this can be a prob-
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to stay in their laborator
do research.
Many advances are bein|
in the field of genetic en[
ing. I Isueh discussed teem
being used to alleviate pto!j
with infertility.
I le said one out of five ii
can couples have problem;
fertility and much research
ing done in tbe field.
"We have learned a lot ate
production,” Hsueh said
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