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DALLAS (AP) — Buoyed by
the hope that “you can’t keep
good things down,” Dr. David
Pistenmaa is working on a pro
posal to turn part of the failed
super collider into a high-tech
cancer treatment center.
Pistenmaa, professor of radia
tion oncology at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas, moved to Texas
in 1992 to be near the super col
lider, which was under construc
tion near Waxahachie. He left
Washington, D.C. with the un
derstanding that he would be
able to take advantage of the
massive physics project’s linear
accelerator for medical purposes.
“When the super collider was
canceled, we thought all hope
was lost,” he said. “I thought
that was it. But there were de
termined people in Texas.”
Since Congress canceled the
$11 billion atom smasher in Octo
ber, negotiators for the federal
government and the state of
Texas have been discussing how
to repay Texas for its $539 million
contribution to the failed project.
On Monday the Texas Nation
al Research Laboratory Commis
sion, which oversees Texas’ in
vestment in the super collider,
approved a settlement with the
Department of Energy.
The settlement would give
Texas $145 million in cash plus
title to the buildings and land
on the super collider’s sprawl
ing campus.
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students during new student
conferences this summer. An
additional 1,300 cards have been
produced for students who did
not sign up for the athletic
sports option when registering.
Kotch said the department is
expecting students to request
the cards when they return in
the fall.
“We think we’re going to have
quite long lines the first week of
school,” he said.
John Gerik, a junior account
ing major, said the cards will be
beneficial for students.
“This is a really good idea,”
Gerik said.
“I’ve encountered problems in
the past when friends have tak
en my I.D. to get football tickets.
This is definitely going to make
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able to reduce their health ben
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ployees to reduce their body fat
content and to maintain better
cardiovascular health.
Bonnie Corbett, Texas A&M
program coordinator for Health
Promotions, said the depart
ment on campus has several
weight management programs
available to University employ
ees.
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Texas could receive another
$65 million if the state’s plan to
turn the collider’s partially
completed linear accelerator
into a proton-beam cancer ther
apy center is approved under
peer review.
Pistenmaa is the medical di
rector for a team of scientists
analyzing the feasibility of the
project. A report is due to the
Department of Energy in late
September.
Proton therapy is a form of
radiation therapy available to
treat cancer and other diseases.
In some ways it is similar to X-
ray treatment, but it is much
more precise.
Because of the proton beam’s
precision, radiation oncologists
can give much higher doses of
radiation to destroy localized tu
mors. It will result in less dam
age to surrounding healthy tis
sue and fewer side effects.
The beam “stops within mil-
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limeters of the place that
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treating a tumor from several!
rections, all of the tissuestf
yond the tumor get no rail
tion,” Pistenmaa said.
In contrast, a high-energj
ray beam goes through the bilco:
he said.
Proton-beam therapy isl
for treating tumors that are
ficult to reach because oftl
sensitivity of adjacent ti
He cited tumors of the eye,
the base of skull and adjacei
spinal cord, as well as pituit®
tumors and pediatric brain
mors, as examples.
A Texas treatment facil
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ter care of themselves,” Corbett
said. “They focus on five areas
which include general health
screening, health education, be
havior modification, policy and
insurance benefits.”
“There are 14 different class
es to choose from,” she said,
“with most of them starting in
September.”
Brizzolara noted that, statis
tically, the 413 employees
whose health claims were ana
lyzed for the study are not the
same as the rest of the Texas
A&M employee population.
“The estimates may be a lit
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not too much question that it’s
still a substantial portion of
claims.”
Page said.
Page said this “hands-on”
training is essential in properly
preparing firefighters.
Drills are conducted on Bray-
ton Training Field, and classes
take place in classrooms on or
near the Texas A&M campus.
The program, established in
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smaller fire departments.
“A lot of the smaller towns
just don’t have the facilities
needed to offer this kind of
training to its firefighters,” Page
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Page said the program is vir
tually self-sufficient.
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“The majority of ourfurj
come from the tuition fee;
Page said.
State funding for the progn
has been at a standstill for
years, he said, but funds in
lege Station have not.
Bryan-College Station ti
nesses display signs welcoi
firefighters to the area,
establishments offer spa
events for the firefighters
offer discount coupons.
Debbie Kelley, manager
Rother’s Bookstore, saidi
school boosts what would ot
wise be a slow time for
the Brazos Valley.
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off sounding like gun shots:
the University Police Depart
ment, said the department is no
tified when the engine is about
to be turned on.
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ceived any complaints, we al
ways get a phone call from the
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