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i-tt. yy-.’-'y Monday, April 18, 1994 iges le ■d form, c°nd bet, lles ' plltij: d sab bi 8 tbin^; e y«iott formances? Isced seer? ut with a in throw® >ots Sattmlij y Davis ok first, ■ely. jumped i| b ‘gii jii| uart ad to Ho compete ice Cnaitii ersity Apii nts against a ias done it him in emic and d. ion is ef- d of the our play- e SWCin [uestions urses. ja il e four, ? investi- a paper dit. ;s, :as put tut perfet: The Battalion Page 7 U.S. congressman meets, thanks lung donor’s mother I'he Associated Press TYLER — A U.S. congressman who eceived a lifesaving lung transplant was neeting Sunday with the mother of his lonor, an 18-year-old boy who died in motorcycle accident. Rep. Floyd Davidson Spence, R-South Carolina, said he wantea to meet with Laura Saxon to personally “unite with the mother of the young man from whom I received my lungs.’ Spence received a successful double lung transplant in 1988 after a lengthy battle with emphysema. Spence and his wife, Debbie, have been advocates of or gan and tissue donor awareness ever since. He was to meet Ms. Saxon at a Sun day afternoon ceremony in Tyler, kick- ng off National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness week, April 17-23. Spence said he has become close friends after she wrote to him following the death of her son in a motorcycle wreck in Palestine. Tyler resident Dot McKinley, who re ceived a kidney transplant from Mrs. Saxon’s son, also planned tea join what lias been called an unusual reunion. ‘In most cases, the donor and recipi ent families do not meet personally,” said Judy Milstead of the Life Organ Bank of East Texas. “However, in this situation, these families have nurtured a special relation- hip, and it is their desire to help others see how important it is to give the gift of life.” Giving such a gift only takes filling out a small cjuestionnaire while renew ing a driver s license or filling out a donor card, but officials say they’re still having trouble attracting donors. Frats defeat cadets Stew Milne///;« Hall a Hon Tommy Shiflett, catcher for the IFC baseball Corps baseball team, at Saturday's Frat/CT team, tags out Mike Killian, a junior on the game. IFC won the game, 10-2. European economic bloc to expand Union would extend power of members, compete with U.S. The Associated Press his ter, 1 period Wakalut aid. “Ht surprise st scored seconds for a 2-D hind k Gilchrii Jourtnal aot slap- he Stars iod on) tj :k yoalie in to a H- !7 luk was strong >n three BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union plans to take in four prosperous new members, extending the reach of the powerful economic bloc into the heart of central Europe and north to Russia’s Arctic frontiers. If Austria, Sweden, Norway and Finland join as planned on Jan. 1, they will enlarge the union to 16 nations, 375 million people and an economy worth $7 trillion a year. The North /American Free Trade Agreement of the United SUtesv'Onada dn'd Mexico has 360 million people in a $6 thrillion economy. Such expansion warms the hearts of those who dream of building a European superpower to rival the United States. But some Europeans believe increasing the membership will only delay progress toward united foreign and de fense policies. “A common foreign policy comes from com mon interests, not from a declaration in a treaty,” said Jonathan Eyal, director of studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London. He said larg er membership will make it “even more diffi cult” to define those common interests. Supporters of ever-closer ties among Euro pean nations fear the newcomers will join Britain in defending national sovereignty against visions of a “United States of Europe.”. Also, the NATO-aligned majority will have to accommodate the neutrality of Sweden, Aus tria and Finland. Nor did negotiations with the four candi dates boost confidence in Europe’s ability to unite. Before they were completed a month af ter the March 30 deadline, foreign ministers spent weeks quarreling about how to adapt vot ing procedures and share out Norway s fish stocks. While they wrangled, others took the lead in Bosnia and the Middle East, two areas where the European Union had once hoped for diplo matic success. U.S. and Russian diplomats pressed for peace in former Yugoslavia with some success, and the United States became the broker in Israeli- Arab talks. “It demonstrates what American leadership can provide,” Stuart E. Eizenstat, U.S. ambas sador to the European Union, told The Associ ated Press. “Europe is beginning to come together. But even with that, they still need the entrance of the world’s only superpower to make things fully happen.” In January, the bloc appeared to recognize this when its foreign ministers appealed for American help to end the killing in Bosnia. That was a far cry from a declaration in 1991 by Foreign Minister Jacques Poos of Lqxeyn bourg, then the EU chairman, that European diplomacy would end the war quickly. “This is the hour of Europe, not America,” Poos said on his way to the first of many EU peace missions. All of them failed. The Treaty on European Union, which took effect last November, created stronger links among the 1 2 members and gave the EU exec utive more power to forge a united foreign pol icy. But squabbling among governments and complicated rules for making decisions have got in the way. Wisconsin university holds 54-hour, phone trivia marathon The Associated Press STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Question: What is the number of the Boy Scout troop to which Opie Taylor belonged on “The. Andy Griffith Show? ’ Answer: 44. Q: How many calories are in an 11-ounce box of S’Mores Pop Tarts? A: 1,200. Q: Where is the world’s largest trivia contest? A: Stevens Point, Wis. Q: Where? Teams from around the country gathered in the central Wisconsin city this weekend to field eight trivial questions an hour for 54 hours during the annual marathon competition. The contest is coordinated by WWSP, the student radio station at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. WWSP and the American Trivia Association call it the world’s largest trivia contest. It registered 535 teams and 1 1,836 players this year, said Jim Oliva, one of the question editors. “It’s a lot of laughs,” said Bob Helgert of Amherst, a player since the event was established 25 years ago. “When you’re that tired, you tend to laugh until you cry. Even the silliest things lead to laughter.” From Friday evening until mid night Sunday, the station broadcast eight questions each hour. Teams scattered around the area listened to the radio and phoned in their answers. More than 100 people staffed 1 8 telephone lines at the station to record the replies. Sun, Surf, Sea and Summer School Attend Texas A&M University at Galveston and take Texas A&M University courses • All courses taught at the Galveston Campus are on the course inventory at College Station • On Campus Housing available • No Friday classes Students who are currently enrolled and in good standing are eligible to enroll. Please contact Dr. Mary Jo Richardson, Associate Dean, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies in RM 204, O&M Bldg. Then, call Admissions and Records at TAMU (409) 740-4415. Accounting Marine Sciences ACCT-327 MARS-310 Business Analysis Marine Enginee BANA-303 MARE-205 BANA-424 MARE-206 BANA-459 MARE-209 Chemistry Mathematics CHEM-227,228 MATH-130 CHEM-237,238 MATH-131 Economics MATH-151 ECON-202 MATH-166 ECON-203 Oceanography English OCNG-401 ENGL-104 ENGL-251 ENGL-301 ENGL-334 Maritime Administration MARA-363 MARA-373 Marine Biology MARB-311 MARB-350 MARB-408 M ARB-410 MARB-412 MARB-435 MARB-489 Physics PHYS-201 PHYS-202 Political Science POLS-206 POLS-207 POLS-331 POLS-347 History HIST-106 HIST-373 For more information about programs at Texas A&M University at Galveston, contact (409) 740-4428 or come by our table in the MSC on April 20 and 21. QoaiDoras oca (3LAKJIP0SYY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE Should condoms be provided to high school students on campuses across the United States? 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