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Call 845-1515 NASA turns to New Mexico cave for clues to life on Mars Tubularmcm The Associated Press Don't Worry when an accident or sudden illness occurs CarePlus is open when you need them 7 days a week with affordable medical care CarePlus\>th Family Medical Center 2411 Texas Ave. and Southwest Pkwy. 693-0683 10% A&M student discount iue tat • Kappa Alpha • FightNight Benefitting M.D.A. Thursday, April 21st Friday, April 22nd Saturday, April 23rd *9:00- 1:00 7:00- 12:00 7:00 - 12:00 *30 minutes after Muster $7.00 at the Door • Beer will be sold L.U.L.A.C. Recreation Center DALLAS — It was a trip to “in ner space” for NASA researchers who said Sunday they have com pleted a successful six-day recon naissance trip into New Mexico’s Lechuguilla Cave for clues to the possibility of life on Mars. The team of five scientists, in cluding three from the National Aeronautics and Space Administra tion, emerged late Saturday from the nation’s deepest cave after tak ing samples of rocks and organisms found 1,000 feet underground. Larry Mallory, a soil biochemist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who led the scientists’ group, said they examined bacte ria and other organisms in rock formations and pools of water. The bacteria derive energy from sulfur and iron, believed to be two main ingredients of Mart ian soil. “There were core samples taken in an area with a lot of corrosion residue that has a large communi ty of bacteria,” said Mallory, 41. We were interested in coring through this rock to see the color changes and to look at the basic microbiology in the rock.” Chris McKay, a NASA planetary scientist from the agency’s Ames Research Center near San Francis co, Calif, said the cave is uniqi because it contains rock like tn on Mars. “Larry’s work shows that there are organisms down here,” said McKay. ‘‘We want to know how they are making their living, un derstand the chemistry and biolo gy involved and see if it is applica ble to Mars.” He said NASA is curious whether any life that may have ex isted on Mars’ surface could still re main in the planet’s underground environments. The work is part of ongoing NASA research at possible Earth counterparts to Mars. ‘‘We did a lot of work in the Antarctic, Siberia, the Gobi Desert and high mountain environ ments,” McKay of San Francisco said. "A lot of these environments are in some sense Mars-like.” But in scientists’ first look at “inner space” linderground, team members had entered Lechuguilla Monday. The cave is located in a surface wilderness area of sprawl ing Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico. Their journey with cave explor ers of the Huntsville, Ala.-based National Speleological Society led to the Western Borehole section of the cave, which has been surveyed to a length of more than 70 miles and a depth of 1,593 feet. Microbiologist Penny Boston said water samples were also taken from pools in the cave. The scien tists, who also included NASA en gineer Larry Lemke, and cavers planned to return in the fall for more, she said. Access to the cave is restricted by the National Park Service be cause of its scientific value and rough terrain. ‘ It’s an amazing environment. I’m very impressed with it,” said Ms. Boston, who consults for NASA from Boulder, Colo. “It is unique.” By Boomer Cardinoli Davidians Continued from Page 3 government would like them to.” Those at the site Sunday paid $ 1 to park and another $ 1 for a program, with the money going to a fund for the survivors. Sev eral booths sold videotapes, cas sette tapes, booksi T-shirts, caps and pins. Two large placards with the names of the dead were erected near a tree, and several tables were loaded with pictures and re ports about the siege. “It was a massacre,” said San Antonio resident Don Rex, an artist who was wearing a sand wich board that compared the standoff to the legendary battle at the Alamo. Like those who died at the Alamo fighting for Texas’ inde pendence, Rex said Koresh and the others died "for standing up for what they believed in.” “I can’t believe what happened here,” said Rex as he stood near the chain-link fence that sur rounds a quarantined section of the complex. The sand-colored compound is gone. Now, there are only mounds of debris and dirt sitting amid the bluebonnets and others wildflowers blooming this spring. “This used to be a place where people could go to live,” said David Thibodeau. Thibodeau, 25, was one of those who spoke Sunday. He also was one of those who survived the fire. “That fire shouldn't have hap pened.” said Thibodeau, a drum mer who played in Koresh s band and followed his teachings. "People couldn't get out," he said. “It was terrifying, you thought you were going to die any minute.” The fire began several hours after the FBI began assaulting the compound with tear gas. The flames, fanned by stiff winds, quickly consumed the complex. Only nine people survived the blaze. Other Branch Davidi ans at Sunday’s gathering had left the compound during the 5 1 -day siege. Drug Ring Continued from Page 1 “The juveniles were not a high priority when there was dope floating around that we had to seize,” Barnes said. “They were mules (drug carriers). We had to get the leaders, the people who were calling the shots. “We are now getting all of that paperwork (on the juveniles) ready,” he said. It is a violation of federal law for either customs or the U.S. attorney’s office to disclose the identity of those juveniles, officials said. At the time the 1 2 people were indicted, the thret yet-to-he charged juveniles were students at Coroni do High, Barnes said. But he said he does not tow whether they still attend the school. U.S. Customs Service spokesman Roger Maieraid his agency stands by its initial statements as to the! number of individuals involved and the Coromd High School link. • - - \ ‘Not everyone is implicated at the same level, Maier said. “Our initial investigation was that they al had a tie to Coronado. The basis of the entire devel opment of this ring was people who had some tie-in with one individual basically a recruiter.’ (a Coronado graduate) who was Bosnia Continued from Page 1 Ciftluk, northwest of Sarajevo, from four days of detention at a Serb barracks. But many other UN. personnel still remained hindered by Serbs, who began restricting their move ments last week as an insurance against further NATO attacks. In another reflection of U.N.- Serb tensions, British peacekeepers briefly duelled with Serb forces at Kobilja Glava, north of Sarajevo, in what UN. spokesman Maj. Rob Annink called a “very heavy fight” at close range. There were no British casualties. In other developments, the Washington Post reported Sunday that the Clinton administration re jected widening NATO air strikes in response to the Serb offensive against Gorazde. It said the United States also agreed for the first time to discuss a European proposal to slowly lift economic sanctions against Serbia prior to a full peace settlement. Sanctions were placed againsi Serbia in 1991 for funding Serb revolts in Bosnia and Croatia. The NATO jet shot down Satur day was one of two British Sei Harrier jets flying a mission against a Serb tank firing into the center of Gorazde. After being hit the plane exploded and crashed The pilot bailed out and was safe. Bosnian Serbs have denied shooting down the plane. Cli Re There i is. Accot pves of m igarettes next time nic fit,” ^ood new smokers a gress will ongoing the issue co industt Under the larges leased a 1 are used i governme nies mus .more that ]each yea I been kep ditives jf released ■ ] even allox Althot that toba' illegal dn less. It is to form deals wit! The g< 400,000 ^ MSC Film Society of Texas ASM Fel Hu Tlie Story of the Flying Tigers A pREMIERE SCREENINCj wirh speciaL quesrs Gen. Charles Bond '49 and Gen. FLyiNq TicjjER Pi Lots Tex" Hill '36 Frank Christopher and Frank Boring ThE FILm's directors anJ ProJugers TucsdUy ApRil 1 9tIi, 1 994 7:70pivi RuddeR AudiTORiuM AdiwissioN $1.00 A speciaL Book siqNiNq of "A FLyiNq TiqER's DiARy" is scliEduLEd For TuEsdAy From 2PM to 4PM in tIie MSC BooUstore wirli GeneraL BoNd ANd Dr. TERRy ANdERSON oF tIie TAMU HisroRy Dept. Parents Continued from Page 1 itating, he said A&M. The family toured A&M and fell in love with the atmosphere. “The spirit is what sets A&M apart,” John said. “Other schools have it, but not to the degree of A&M.” At the Air Force Academy, he said there was also a tight sense of community, but it only had about 2,500 students. “For the number of students at A&M, the closeness is unique,” he said. Donna said students at other schools in Texas are “me” oriented, whereas at A&M, they are “you” oriented. “At A&M, they reach out to others,” she said. “I just like walking across campus and hearing people say ‘Howdy!’ It’s like being in a small town where everybody likes everybody. If I could have gone to A&M back then, I would have gone.” While John was in the Air Force, the couple made frequent visits to A&M, often flying in from out of state to attend football games and Bonfire. said ‘I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere,” id. “I love the football games.” Donna The Van Duyns met in Lubbock when John was in pilot training school and Donna was a student a( Texas Tech. John was the base commander at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi and Donna worked as a teacher until last year. When John retired in January 1 993, the couple de cided to move to Bryan. “We loved coming here,” Donna said. “So when we were down here, we saw the house and we liked it, so here we are!” Donna enjoys working at Cain Dining Hall because it gives her a chance to interact with the students. “Basically, I just love working with kids,” she said. The Van Duyns plan to talk to the previous Parents of the Year, Rodney and Sue Hill, to find out what will be expected of them. “We really don’t know what responsibilities we'H have,” Dona said. “We’re still in the clouds on this.” “1 figure we can meet a lot of students and have them over for dinner,” she said. John said whatever their duties, the coining year will be interesting. 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