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V e ^ te s ni ^ er ^Bay • September 8, 1994 A • / *The Battalion • Page; ini lleir url tn sideiits emy Keddie AT I ALIGN iel Schwertner, sophomore ite^ture major, sat in the Tattoo Consortium and jat the signs on Texas Av- iis tattoo, a tribal design, Jfway through, coesn’t hurt now, but it did rst” Schwertner said, ichvertner had to first decide te wanted, where he wanted |ize and how much he to spend. He also had to to having a life-long piece [ork on his arm, as tattoos oh y be removed surgically. Afforhe made his decisions, his Ii was shaved, scrubbed with exas a&m Universityifio', and stenciled. H . Hies Stevenson, a tattoo Tg Hit Tattoo Consortium, said re different peopl# orked ° n ^^rtner’s tat- thht pain caused by the out- he thread of cor k" 1 w !' ot most people com es of the Tex. 1 » b0 “ t ' "***? the color - t ■ j- He also said tattooing on asemating discovet Hreas is more uncomfortable Heshy areas. p., i i j L .Hrst started off a little light- f the band, hadkH and we had to stop ;- Schw . some paiat inM sa j d /ell said. Later,^L asn ’t the pain, but the /er the band wh: ousness ;- ■wertner said it felt like \\ isconsin nati was pinching him at ' traditions fromH u t during the outlining it amazed at thesirHe someone was jabbing a hat he formed up r arch. rectors since Ji Photo by Carrie Thompson/! m Battaiion Michael C, a tattoo artist, applies a sun tattoo on Marc Mayo, a senior marketing major. needle into him. And that is ex actly what hap pened. Michael C, a tat too artist at Tattoo Consortium, said the needle works like a cross between a quill and a sewing machine, driving one to two millime ters through the epidermis into the top of the dermis. This process results in a permanent mark which stretches with the growth of your skin. He said the most popular tattoos for college students are cartoon characters, Taz the Tazmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian, and the most popular place is on women’s lower ab domens and on men’s ankles. But he said he has seen tattoos on faces, and described those individ uals as freaks. “As a professional artists I be lieve things should be coverable,” Michael C said. Michael C said that tattoos came to the United States in the 1700’s from the South Seas to Cal ifornia and Boston, Mass., and were then viewed as traveling side freak shows. Over time though, he said tattooing has become more popular and has yet to reach its peak. “Five years ago, college stu dents who got tattoos were seen as radicals,” he said. “Now you see people in the Corps and fraterni ties with them.” He said college students make up 60 percent of his customers, but they only make up 30 percent of his revenues. With the rise in popularity of tattooing, the government is stepping in with regulations. Since last March, the tattooing industry is overseen by the state health department. The state hgs made an age re quirement of 18, requires steril ization of equipment and pro hibits tattooing individuals who are intoxicated. “I never thought there could be a lawsuit over this,” Michael C said. “Maybe a few upset peo ple would come in and try to bust me up.” State law also ensures the ster ilization of equipment. Needles and ink tubes are heated at 215 degrees Celsius for at least 35 minutes with 15 pounds of pres sure applied, a process referred to as auto-enclavement. “There is no fluid-to-fluid trans fer from an individual to another,” Michael C said. As Schwertner’s tattoo was be ing finished up, Rebecca Ramirez, a freshman civil engineering ma jor, waited. She chose a rose. “I’ve always wanted one, but to day I’m going to do it,” she said. “I don’t think my parents would have let me while I was at home.” Both are expected to be a bit sore today. ? that is for soma; bers,” she said aleased at the poi :ed orders of the football games heard worldwide ! and said thathel ■e because he speif Powell said. “ ro more copies.’ 28 of the book win i id for operational^ L'lls will sign copiel t the MSCBooks™. _ __ A as Ben-Musa I Battalion |ortwave radio provides broadcast link ) the world, solution to television ban ■ ^ -With the Texas A&M football team on ibnlion,'bone-crushing hits by the ■ecking Crew or blazing touchdowns m those running back speedsters won’t .seen on television. But A&M fans, students and alumni puhrithe wdrld will still'bG' .fllle to'listen to ery A&M football game thanks to Joseph M. Costello and Dave South, “The Voice of Texas A&M,” broadcasting for the third straight year on WRNO Worldwide. 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