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State & Local ftlnesduy Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday, April 2(1,1*! Ra' Earth Day ’94 focuses on awareness By Jan Higginbotham The Battalion In recognition of Friday’s Earth Day, two Texas A&M student groups will host several events to increase student s awareness of envi ronmental issues. The Environmental Issues Committee (EIC) and the Texas Environmental Action Coalition (TEAC) will join forces to sponsor the Earth Day Extravaganza at Rudder Fountain from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. Brad Dressier, EIC project leader for A&M’s Earth Day, said about 1 5 student organizations will have booths at Rudder Fountain. Each booth will cover a different topic of environmental concern. Dressier said some of the groups will have games for students to play to learn about en vironmental concerns and solutions. Several local bands will also be participat ing in the awareness program. Dressier said two bands will play for an hour Friday to get students interested in Sat urday’s Aggie Woodstock. This free concert will feature six local bands from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Grove. James Rohrer, secretary for TEAC, said the bands represent many different types of music and will attract a wide variety of students. Dressier said the groups involved in this weekend’s celebration are hoping to increase environmental awareness. “We’re trying to get people interested in “Hopefully, people will real ize there are a lot of little things they can change in their lives.” — James Rohrer, secretary for TEAC different environmental issues,” he said. “We’re presenting this information so peo ple will be informed. We want to let them know that all these different organizations recognize the issues and show them these en vironmental concerns are something we need to address.” Rohrer said the events should encourage people to get involved with environmental concerns. “Hopefully, people will realize there are a lot of little things they can change in their lives,” Rohrer said. Brazos Beautiful, Inc., a community orga nization that works on cleaning up the envi ronment, will also participate Friday to offer students information. Diane Craig, executive director of Brazos Beautiful, said the group will have a display showing students what they can do with recy clable materials. She said the group enjoys working with Texas A&M students because they are a major asset to local environmental improvement ef forts. “The students at Texas A&M are one of our biggest benefits when it comes to improving the environment,” Craig said. Alpha Phi Omega, a campus service orga nization, will participate in the Earth Day cel ebration Friday. Michelle Shodrock, Earth Day project chair for Alpha Phi Omega and vice president for TEAC, said the group is interested in teaching students about recycling. “We want students to come away with something they can take home with them and use everyday, so they can have Earth Day everyday,” Shodrock said. She said recycling is one way Alpha Phi Omega and all students can fulfill their ser vice obligations. “One of our principles is service to the na tion and our community, and recycling is one way we can serve our community,” Shodrock said. TEAC will also be sponsoring the Earth Day Garage Sale and Recycling Event at Junction 505 Recycling Center in College Station Sat urday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students are encouraged to donate goods for the sale instead of taking them to the landfill. TEAC and Junction 505 also will be col lecting recyclable goods. eilVIIUIlineilLai awareilCbb. \_iauic maicnaia. -—— — - “We’re trying to get people interested in She said the group enjoys working with lecting recyclable goods. Midwife goes on trial in death of Waco baby 'Hie Associated Press ing a 29-month period. In addition not “testifying against” Pirie, prose- district attorney’s office. He f to the 1992 case, she’s also accused cutors say. said that each of the five deal A _ r f 11 .11.1 11 —r- V 1 /~ .1. 1 11, • 1 ta- • 111 1 st p: five babies who diea during births assisted by a midwife charged in the 1 992 death of an infant remain faithful to her. Prosecutors say they’ve had a tough time with their case because many parents are steadfastly loyal to Julia Pirie, 36. Testimony began Tuesday in the case of Pirie, who assisted the births of at least five babies who died dur ing a 2 9-month period. In addition to the 1992 case, she’s also accused of recklessness in the birth and sub sequent death of Hilary Watson, daughter of Aaron and Laura Wat son of Waco. But of the families whose babies died, only the Watsons agreed to testify at a grand jury session — and did so reluctantly. The Watsons agreed only after being subpoenaed and making it clear that tney were merely there to tell the truth about what happened. not “testifying against” Pirie, prose cutors say. Two of the families whose babies died at or on the way to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco after developing complications during home births have filed wrongful death suits against the hospital. Prosecutors say other parents have said that the deaths constituted “the will of God.” Dr. Darrell Wheeler, a neona- tologist at Hillcrest, brought complaints against Pirie to the district attorney’s office. He has said that each of the five deaths involving Pirie could have been avoided with proper treatment. Pirie said she has assisted in the deliveries of more than 50 babies since her indictment in August. On Monday defense lawyers Mark Prislovsky of Kerrville and Frank Hill of Hutto asked Judge George Allen for the second time to move the trial out of Waco be cause of pretrial publicity. MEN'S TENNIS TEAM 1994 S.W.C. CO-CHAMPIONS Thanks for a great year! Fran & Nick McGuire '64 Eddy McGuire '91 xximiiimwziiBjawMiMaiaaKijaiazmziiatiiiiitmKminiiwninimmmiBiaBMiMiiauaaziinnnrinnnBii The Aggie Players Association Theater at A&M since 1945 A contemporary staging of George Bernard Shaw’s' April 21-23 & April 27-29 Rudder Forum 8:00 pm Tickets are available at the MSG Box Office, 845-1234 Come see the inspiration for My Fair Lady and Pretty Woman. MATHEMATICS CONTEST Annual Freshmen and Sophomore MATHEMATICS CONTEST THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994 7:30 P.M.- 9:30 P.M. Room 317 Milner Hall \t is intended to award at least six prizes: 1 • $150 for paper judged to be the best overall 2. $125 for second best 3. $ 100 for third best 4. $80 for fourth 5. $60 for fifth 6. $50 for sixth Contest problems will cover topics up through Math 151 Engineering Calculus I) for Freshmen, and through Math 251 (Engineering Calculus II) for Sophomore contestants. Eor purpose of this contest, freshmen are first-year undergraduate students, and sophomores are second-year undergraduate students. AN NU AL SPRING HALF PRICE SJ JLi JEr p. On All 1 -4-K St 1 8K t Gold St Diamond Jewelry When Love Moves The Heart Its... LUUfTlarkr Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Thursday 10-9 Jemeter/ 3841 Bellaire Blvd -Houston,Texas 77025-713/668-5000 Residents work to improve ,, beauty of B—CS environmm By Jan Higginbotham The Battalion C oncern for the environ ment is growing as Earth Day draws near, but many local residents say the Bryan- College Station area is in good shape. Diane Craig, executive direc tor for Brazos Beautiful, Inc., an organization that promotes the beautification of the Brazos Val ley, said there are no major envi ronmental concerns in Brazos County. “We are fortunate because our citizens are very well-edu cated,” Craig said. “We live in a city with very few pollutants.” Litter is the main problem in the Bryan-College Station area, Craig said. “But litter is always a con cern,” she said. Brad Dressier, Earth Day pro ject leader for Student Govern ment’s Environmental Issues Committee, agreed there are no major environmental problems in this area. “I don’t think there is any big environmental concern that we need to be distraught about,” Dressier said. Michelle Shodrock, vice pres ident of Student Government’s Texas Environmental Action Coalition, said the local environ ment appears to be in good con dition. "Compared to other cities in Texas, it is very good,” she said. “People are getting more con scious. There were a lot of bad things going on with the envi ronment in the seventies, but it's getting better.” Craig said Brazos Core; much cleaner than it was years ago, and she attributesi improvement to continuoiis; forts by the community. “There are lots of beauts';; tion efforts going on,” shea “We’ve got just about adoption program you am of, and we have several mote] a waiting list.” Economics play a role in t ternuning a community’s ronmental status, Craig said. "An aesthetically pleastugj vironment is economicallyV| efacial,” she said. "Locally, I see the envirt:] mem improving because*:' seeing that an attractive ate.; tracts business.” Although the environmer. Bryan-College Station isinj shape, Dressier said p need to get involved. "I believe many environme tal issues are put ontheki] burner by government he said. “These issues do deserve: be examined more closely representatives need to tale| more active role.” Shodrock said students it: local residents should becoc more involved in recycling. “There are a lot of recydis centers in town ready to ben; lized,” she said. Craig said people have tot conscious of everything theydij "People are finally rete that what goes around cons around,” Craig said. “We have to be not onlyt cerned about today but at the future. We have to beg stewards of the earth.” !AJ i id Shanno feturn a tuc isull t Associi CHICAC a wot I to a stt after The sti In 5,80i Vit brea je at le, o had Icerous The eff tn accej |s disck |a in a 1 lead use llhe lati learch lier thai llhe fin prnal o The Battalion JULI PHILLIPS, Editor in chief MICHAEL PLUMER, Managing editor KYLE BURNETT, A^ie/ifeeditor BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor DENA DIZDAR, Agg/eZ/Teeditor HEATHER WINCH, Night News editor SEAN FRERKING, Sports editor TONI GARRARD CLAY, Opinion editor WILLIAM HARRISON, Photoedto I JENNIFER SMITH, City editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, SpecialSectionse(li:?| Staff Members City desk — Lisa Elliott, lull Rhoden, Kim McGuire, Eloise Flint, Jan Higginbotham, James Bernsen, AngelaNt« I Mary Kujawa, Melissa Jacobs, Stephanie Dube and Nicole Cloutier News desk — Rota Clark, Andreana Coleman, Josef Elchanan, Mark Evans and Drew Wasson Photographers - Mary Macmanus, Stewart Milne, Tim Moog, Blake Griggs, David Birch, Amy Browning,Sip Hsieh, Jennie Mayer, Nick Rodnicki and Amanda Sonley Aggielife — Margaret Claughton, Jennifer Gressett, Paul Neale, Traci Travis and Claudia Zavaleta Sports writers - Mark Smith, Drew Diener, Nick Gtorgandis, Jose De Jesus Ortiz and Kristine Ramirer Opinion desk - Jay Robbins, Lynn Booher, Roy Clay, Erin Hill, Michael Landauer, Jenny Magee, MefaMegtel Frank Stanford, Jackie Stokes, Robert Vasquez and Dave Winder Graphic Artist - Pey Wan Choong Cartoonists — Boomer Cardinale, Chau Hoang, George Nasr, Kalvin Nguyen and Gerardo Quezada Clerks- Eleanor Colvin, Wren Eversberg, Jennifer Kerber, Tomiko Miller and Brooke Perkins The Battalion (USPS 045-360) is publisher! daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring seme*A| Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods), at Texts M ( l University. 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