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Foul up allows abuse
of psychiatric code
AUSTIN (AP) — A legislative foul-
3 means new state laws providing
criminal penalties for mental health
care providers who abuse patients or
ile fraudulent insurance claims will go
off the books Sept. 1, a newspaper
leports.
This is a tragedy,” Jerry
Boswell, Texas director for the
Citizens Commission on Human
jhts, told the Amarillo Daily News,
takes all the teeth out of the
psychiatric abuse laws.”
State Sens. Judith Zaffirini, D-
laredo, and Mike Moncrief, D-Fort
i, said corrective legislation is
keing drafted so lawmakers can act
mil early in their 1995 session.
"It’s unfortunate, and it is a
problem, but it’s a temporary
problem," Mrs. Zaffirini said.
Senate panel looks
into prison delay
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AUSTIN (AP) — A state Senate
committee on Tuesday looked into
Belays in a new system of state jails,
while prison officials canceled a
party they had planned to celebrate
completion of some new prison
facilities.
It. Gov. Bob Bullock convened an
emergency meeting of the Senate
Criminal Justice Committee to look
into reports that the first state jail, a
2,000-bed facility in Beaumont, won’t
be ready by a Sept. 1 deadline.
Bullock also was concerned that in
14 months since the state jail system
was approved, no director for the
program had been hired by the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
State leaders say the launch of the
state jail system is critical because it
is a first-time approach to housing
and rehabilitating nonviolent offenders
I through intensive educational and
; behavioral programs.
Texas sets tougher
foster care laws
j DALLAS (AP) — The alleged
| beating of a child by his foster parents
has prompted the state’s child
protection agency to toughen policies
j regarding foster care.
The Texas Department of
; Protective and Regulatory Services
'announced the changes Monday,
! following a six-month internal review.
! Under the new rules, no more than
two children can be placed in a home
licensed as a “therapeutic foster
home."
In addition, when foster families
move to a new region, social workers
in that region will assume
responsibility for the case.
Dallas houses new
‘Cowtown’ plaza
DALLAS (AP) — Cattle rarely held
much appeal for Dallas before
appearing on a sizzling platter.
The city has always been more
interested in oil, money, cotton and
fashion. To Dallasites, stock was
something bought on paper, not on
the hoof.
So imagine the surprise of some
when a new downtown park featured
a bronze cattle drive to celebrate
Dallas' pioneer heritage.
Twenty bronze steers, herded by a
bronze cowpoke on a bronze cow
pony, fill the expanses of Pioneer
Plaza, across from Dallas City Hall.
There will be 70 steers in the park
when it is completed next year.
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JUPITER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Explosive
jolts from comet fragments have left
Jupiter pocked with black scars, one
of which is now the most prominent
visual feature on the planet. An even
bigger trauma is coming: three
punches near the same location
within a 20-hour period.
Astronomers said Tuesday that a
dark black patch, resembling a black
eye, left by the impact of comet
fragment G has become the most
easily seen mark on Jupiter in the
nearly 400-year history of observing
the planet.
Jupiter is in the southwest sky just
after sunset.
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Weather
Thursday will be fair to partly cloudy,
highs in the middle to upper 90s.
— National Weather Service
WEDNESDAY
July 20, 1994
Vol. 93, No. 176 (6 pages)
"Serving Texas A&M since 1893"
Fljyhnoife
Using the
descent stage
as a launch
pad, ascent
engines
thrust the
Eagle upward
at 80 feet per
second into
lunar orbit.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the
moon—the first time any human had walked on the
surface of another celestial body. The journey took
420,000 technicians eight years and $25 billion to
achieve. More than 500 million people worldwide
watched Armstrong on television.
Rendezvous
radar
antenna
VHP antenna
Aft
equipment
bay
Windows —
RCS
thrust
chamber
■assembly
Forward
hatch
Egress
platform
Landing
gear
Ladder
A&M faculty recall
heavenly journey
Descent
stage
left
behind
AP graphics
Source: NASA
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
As Americans celebrate the 25th an
niversary of the moon landing today,
some are reminiscing about the past
and looking to the future.
On July 20, 1969, two American as
tronauts took the first walk on the
moon, thrilling millions worldwide who
watched on television.
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong
and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. left the
first footprints on the moon’s surface
and erased limitations society had
placed on space travel and exploration
with their more than two-hour walk.
See related editorial/Page 5
Aaron Cohen, a Texas A&M engi
neering professor and former director
of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, said
the landing became a reality because
the nation came together.
“This was the time of the Cold War,
when Americans were trying to get
ahead of the Soviet Union,” he said. “But
this only played a part in the decision.
“Americans, as a whole, were ready
to take a chance on scientific improve
ment.” Oran Nicks, research engineer
and former director of space research
at A&M, said for centuries men have
looked to the sky and wondered what
exists in space.
“I am extremely privileged to have
lived when these exciting break
throughs in space technology occurred,”
he said. “I feel gratitude to have been
even a small part of the accomplish
ments made in space over the past
quarter of a century.”
Cohen, the space center’s director in
1969, said the landing on the moon
brought Americans together during a
difficult time.
The landing also helped to stimulate
technological advantages.
“We were working on using our sci
ence and technology to make the land
ing happen,” he said. “We didn’t think
much about the aspect of bringing the
country together.
“But in retrospect, it is easy to recog
nize that the country was brought to
gether by the accomplishments of
NASA and the astronauts involved.
The space program achieved something
that made America proud.”
While most Americans celebrate the
past on this anniversary, some are
looking to the future and predicting
what role space technology will play.
Cohen said he thinks the country
will eventually build a space station
where Americans can learn to live and
work in space and return to the moon.
“Americans should take advantage
of attributes on the moon,” he said.
“The main benefits are low gravity and
low vacuum.”
“Space innovations can be parallel to
the idea of a ship in a harbor,” Cohen
said. “A ship in the harbor is safe, but
that’s not what ships are built for.”
Nicks said even if people never live
on the moon, it could be used for many
things, including medical recovery.
“People who can’t get around on
earth may be able to get around on the
moon because of the decreased amount
of gravity,” he said. “The moon has
one-sixth the gravity level of the earth,
allowing people with disabilities to
move around easier.”
Aggie Access Card System to start in Fall ‘94
By Amanda Fowle
The Battalion
Most students living on campus will no
longer have to carry keys to gain access to
their residence halls beginning this fall.
Instead, they may run their A&M iden
tification card through a scanner located
at the outside doors of residence halls.
Tom Murray, associate director of stu
dent affairs, said the Aggie Access Card
System will be used in all residence halls
except Law Hall and Puryear Hall begin
ning Aug. 21.
“Law and Puryear will not use the sys
tem because we are still not certain about
the future of these two halls,” he said.
Plans for demolition of the two halls
have been put on hold indefinitely.
The ID card system was tested on Nee
ley Hall and Spence Hall last year, as
part of an effort to increase security in
residence halls.
The doors are equipped with magnetic
locks that disengage when residents scan
their ID cards. Residents then have 15
seconds to enter the door before it locks.
If the door is held or propped open
longer than 45 seconds, an alarm will
sound to alert residents that the door is
open, and an alarm will sound at Univer
sity Police Department. The alarm stops
ringing when the door is shut.
The doors are also equipped with motion
detectors that unlock the magnetic door
when someone is exiting, Murray said.
“Students should not stand too close to
the door if they are waiting on guests or a
delivery,” he said, “because this disen-
Please see Card, Page 6
A&M students serve as literacy volunteers
By Stacey Fehlis
The Battalion
Texas A&M students are vol
unteering their time to teach
adults how to read through a
program called Literacy Volun
teers of America (LVA).
The program started in 1985
as a one-person staff operation
called the Brazos Valley Adult
Literacy Council, and then ex
panded in 1991, to become affili
ated with Literacy Volunteers of
America.
Chris Cramer, corrections liter
acy coordinator for LVA, said vol
unteers are trained as tutors and
then work with people to teach
them how to read or to help them
improve their reading skills.
He said volunteers must com
plete a three session, nine-hour
training program before they can
begin teaching.
“The volunteers then commit
to 50 hours of tutoring,” he said.
“Most tutor for two hours a week.”
Jen Wonn, support services
and family literacy coordinator for
LVA, said A&M students volun-
llliteracy Problem
in Brazos Valley
One out of every four people
in Brazos County are illiterate,
between 20,000 and 30,000
people in our community.
teer their time for the program.
“We need volunteers from a
cross section of the community,”
she said. “Therefore, it is impor
tant to have college students as
volunteers.”
Cramer said students have
characteristics that make them
assets to the program.
“Most college kids are cre
ative and energetic,” he said.
“This program gives them a
way to use their talents toward
a worthy cause.”
Wonn said there are many rea
sons why people volunteer their
time to the program. “The most
common one,” she said, “is a gen
uine desire to helping people less
fortunate than themselves.”
Shelley Claussen, a junior agri
cultural economics major, said
reading and writing is a part of
life that many take for granted.
“To give such a small amount
of my time and be able to help
someone change the quality of
their life is quite a reward,” she
said. “To think that I could
change someone’s life is a won
derful feeling.”
Claussen said her work helps
those who have fallen through
the cracks of society.
“It’s not our fault, but those
who can’t read have, in some
way, been neglected from soci
ety,” she said. “Someone needs
to go in and help those who have
been pushed aside.”
Brandy Pace, a senior zoology
major and LVA volunteer, said
she volunteers as an LVA tutor
for two reasons.
“I would like to be a teacher,
and this is giving me an opportu
nity to work with people and de
velop my teaching skills,” she
said. “Also, if someone else can
benefit from my education, then
I would like to help them learn.”
Bart Mitchell/THE Battalion
Whoa! Little horsey
Chris Boutros, a graduate veterinary major, holds a miniature
foal as Dr. Bob Mealey examines the animal. The foal is re
covering from surgery at the TAMU Large Animal Clinic.
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