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If you meet the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Wednesday, June 15,1994, to complete the application for eligibility verification (requires several days to process). 2. If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring by September 7,1994, you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, Visa or Mastercard no later than June 17,1994. Men’s 10KY-$306.00 14KY - $415.00 Women’s 10KY - $172.00 14KY - $200.00 Add $8.00 for Class of ‘93 or before. White Gold is available at an extra charge of $10.83. The approximate date of the ring delivery is September 7, 1994. Thursday • June 2,1994 Life in space Amino acid found in Milky Way MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An amino acid has been found for the first time in large galactic clouds, proving that one of the mole cules important to the formation of life can exist in deep space, researchers say. Yanti Miao and Yi-Jehng Knan of the University of Illinois at Urbana reported Tuesday at a meeting of the American As tronomical Society that they detected glycine in clouds of gas and particles near the center of the Milky Way. “This supports the concept that life could occur elsewhere in space,” Knan said, though he emphasized that finding the amino acid in no way proves that life exists elsewhere or that glycine from space played a role in Earth’s biology. Patrick Palmer, a University of Chicago astronomer and an expert on molecules in space, said the finding “is an important step toward an understanding of interstellar chemistry.” He said that more than 100 molecules have been found in space but that this was the first discovery of one of the basic mole cules of life. The discovery adds fuel to the debate among scientists over whether the amino acids that formed early life arose in space and were somehow deposited on a primitive Earth, or were created on Earth through at mospheric chemistry and such energy sources as lightning. “This discovery forces a re-examination of the whole idea,” Palmer said. Miao, Knan and their colleagues used ra dio telescopes of the Berkeley-Illinois-Mary- land Array in Northern California to scan galactic clouds 23,000 light years from Earth in the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains the solar system. The researchers said the instruments de tected the signature of glycine, the smallest of the commonly occurring amino acids, in an active star-forming region known as Sag- itarius B2. Miao said that the glycine may have been coating grains of matter in the cloud and was then boiled off as the grains were heat ed. The amino acid was detected in a gaseous state. “The fact that glycine can exist in this very harsh environment of space may mean that it is more common in the universe than we thought,” Knan said. “This supports the concept that some of the chemistry for life may be out there.” Palmer said the idea that asteroids or comets could have brought these amino acids to Earth is controversial. The mole cules in large meteorites would be destroyed in the collision with Earth, and molecules on very small space rocks would be destroyed by ultraviolet light from the sun, he said. But in theory, Palmer said, intermediate- size meteorites could deliver amino acids to Earth. “It is a fascinating idea,” he said, but still unproven. Satellite betters storm tracking CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — New equipment is expected to help forecasters better predict the paths of major storms during the Atlantic hurri cane season which begins today. A new satellite will be working by the season’s end in November to pro vide a national weather picture every 15 minutes. And more Doppler radar units have been erected on the ground to measure wind speed and thunder storm activity. But all this won’t help emergency planners gauge what people are go ing to do, said Bob Sheets, director of the National Hurricane Center. Sheets said he worries about complacency among people living in coastal high-rises. Only 30 percent of those living on Florida barrier is lands evacuated before Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida in 1992, he said. “i don’t think the people on the bar rier islands really understand what would have happened if (Andrew) hit there,” he said. “Instead of the loss of 15 lives, there would have been loss of life in the hundreds, and that’s what’s going to happen if they don’t get out.” Forecasters are excited about the new storm-watching satellite that will be used for the first time this season. During storms, forecasters will be able to activate the satellite to provide details every six minutes. The new satellite is the first of five that will be strung around the globe over the next eight years. land, concludes that for men, the ris k of heart attack is decreased by tw o hours each week of “conditioning physical activity.” They defined this exercise as jog ging, walking, skiing, bicycling, swim ming and gymnastics. In the study more leisurely activities, such as gar dening, fishing, hunting and picking b erries, did not seem to have a mea surable protective effect. “Men who engaged in more than t wo hours of conditioning physical ac tivity a week had a risk 60 percent lo wer than that of the least active men,” the researchers wrote. Control center mirrors ‘TVek’ A little exercise goes a long way BOSTON (AP) — Just a couple ho urs of workout each week are enough to significantly lower men’s risk of he art attacks, a study concludes. Many studies have shown the meri ts of keeping active. Still in doubt, tho ugh, is just how strenuously people n eed to push themselves to benefit. The latest work, conducted in Fin- SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — The dimly lighted room, full of sleek consoles with up-to-date, full- color computer displays, reminds John Muratore of the bridge on the starship Enterprise. Though Muratore is no James T. Kirk or Jean-Luc Picard, the control rooms he captains might be even bet ter than those in “Star Trek.’With this new $350 million Mission Control Center, NASA will be able to com mand a space shuttle and a space station orbiting simultaneously — with capacity to spare. Muratore, who is directing devel opment of the fledgling complex, says, “This is the future. This is dif ferent from all the other flight control rooms in the Johnson Space Center.” “Star Trek’’ has already been through its next generation, but NASA is still monitoring its shuttles from the old Mission Control at Johnson. That’s the same cramped control rooms, filled with the same bulky con soles, that were baptized in June 1965 when astronaut Ed White stepped outside a Gemini capsule for the first American spacewalk. The new center is already being tested: training sessions for flight controllers start in December, it will be used for payload operations dur ing a shuttle flight next May. Then the new room has its first solo flight in July 1995, monitoring all aspects of a shuttle flight except launch and landing. •FIRST CLASS FREE •NO MEMBERSHIP FEE •SUPER SUMMER SPECIAL ivitb givea ways : T-shirts, sunglasses, workout bags •Morning, Afternoon and Evening Classes • Child Care Available Jazzex-dse Fitness enter Wellborn at Grove, College Station, (1 block south of George Bush Drive) 764-1183 or 776-6696 * 15 Years in the B/CS area Eating out By Ann E. Budde, Beutel Health Center Eating out is becoming a regu lar facet of most people’s lifestyles, both because of conve nience and because they want to pamper themselves. A problem many people have with eating out is they often as sociate dining out with a special occasion. This seems to justify splurging for the meal; however, since these special occasions now of ten number 5 to 10 times a week, people need to ask themselves if it is re ally a special occasion or just a part of everyday life. If eating out is a part of every day life, people should incorpo rate food choices into regular eat ing patterns. By doing so, going to a restaurant will not be a spe cial occasion, but simply a way to feed the body. Knowing what they are going to order before entering an eating establishment can aid in sticking to their goals. Impulse buying can strike at a restaurant just as it does in a grocery store. Hopefully, people go to a restaurant when they are hungry; however, because they are hungry the result can be un healthy impulsive choices. They should have a “plan” for eating out. There are two common problems associated with eating out. The first is: restaurant foods are often high in fat. This is of ten due to the cooking method (frying in oil), or added fat for fla vor. The other common problem is large portion sizes. Often the portion sizes are larger than what the average person needs for one meal. This often leads to overeating. Finding the fat located in foods at restaurants is the first step to making healthier choic es. Look for menu descriptors that indicate added fat, such as “buttery,” “creamy,” “with sour cream,” “guacamole," “French fried,” “golden fried,” etc. The dif ference between golden fried chick en tenders with ranch dressing and grilled chick en breast served with barbecue I sauce can add up to 35 grams of fat and 315 calories saved. Other ways to decrease the amount of fat in a meal in clude: -asking for the dressings on the side. -ordering sauces and gravies on the side. -reducing or doing without mayonnaise, tarter sauce, sour cream, and other high fat condi ments. -ordering foods that are grilled, broiled, baked, boiled, rather than fried, sauteed, and/or battered foods. -asking the cook to go light on the cheeses, or request moz zarella cheese over Swiss, Ched dar, or American. As far as portion sizes, peo ple need to have restraint and not eat all that is on their plate. They need to get used to taking home doggie bags. When order ing, they need to ask a waiter to box up half of the meal before it gets to their table, that way they won’t be tempted to finish the whole plate. So „ 'rs/ A/ . 7Qq 1 am /r> free 4| i 32^ '"Wsc/aK June P. Con/es/an/s may s/gn up a/X-frame. 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