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Page 4 • Tut Battalion ^j I£ BATTALION Friday • October 28, -V TUDENT HNMENT Abortion pill study revealt lay • Oct UNIVERSITY PARENTS’ WEEKEND 6 95 IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION... GC vf TUDENT RNMENT UNIVERSITY Plan Ahead! Make your reservations now! APRIL 28, 29, AND 30 0 , c ^ REFILL, REUSE, RECYCLE E.I.C. encourages you to reduce your waste by using REFILL MUGS. RE FILL MUGS are available at all cam pus markets and dining centers. November 8, from 9 am - 5 pm in Commons Lobby, MSG Hallway and Rudder Fountain there will be tables with recycling information and a peti tion asking to expand the current uni versity recycling program. Students will be able to voice their con cerns by way of a survey. November 15 is Texas Recycling Day. Please celebrate by T hinking Before You Throw. REDUCE, REUSE, RE CYCLE. Thanks for taking care of Texas - its the only one we’ve got! ^cycU®" Senate Constituency Opinion To: (Senator) Of: Southside Northside Off-Campus Education Science Architecture Business Engineering Liberal Arts Agriculture General Studies Concerning the issue of. Yes, I agree. No, I do not agree. Optional Information: My name is NEW YORK (AP) — Fearful of violence, a research organiza tion is conducting the first na tionwide study of the French abortion pill RU-486 without saying where the work is being done or how many clinics are participating in the task. “You may have noticed there are some nuts out there who do bad things to people who deliver abortions,” said Dr. C. Wayne Bardin, research director at the Population Council, the nonprof it group sponsoring the study. More than 100 women have been given the pill since Septem ber as part of the $8 million study, which could make the drug routinely available in the United States by 1996, Bardin said. The availability of RU-486, now called mifepristone, will not be advertised, Bardin said Thursday at a news conference. Women coming to clinics for sur gical abortions will be quietly taken aside and advised of the new option, he said. Security guards were posted at the entrance to the news con ference in a New York hotel. Re porters were asked to show iden tification before being admitted. The study is aimed at deter mining the safety and effective ness of RU-486. When it is com pleted in the spring of 1995, an application for approval of the abortion pill be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration, which has promised to expedite its review, Bardin said. “It is a tragedy that pro-abor tion advocates want to use women as guinea pigs," Wanda Franz, president of the National Right to Life Committee, said in a statement. “NRLC opposes test ing of RU-486 for abortion both because it kills unborn children and because its long-term side ef fects for women are unknown.” Bardin said more than 12 and fewer than 20 clinics are involved in the study. It will include 2,100 woraeni who are in the first two® of pregnancy. Immediately aftertli; tlf conference, Plannedl hood Federation of Amet® nounced that its clinics the country are participate “We’re excited to be a its introduction intothet States,” said Jane < ecutive vice president] Planned Parenthood Fei of America. She not expect PlannedPar hood’s participation top any additional security. The Population Ct testing the drug ui agreement reached ini the drug’s maker, Rous of France. The company® partly in response to pres.-® from the Clinton administ tion, which, unlike can predecessors, wanted] w j|(j|jfe ce drug made availablein™ United States. Inspectors fine Wendy’s for skimpy burgeis PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A patty raid on a Wendy’s has left inspectors asking “Where’s the beef?” and others wondering “What’s the beef?” Tests on 24 uncooked patties Wednesday found 22 weren’t quarter-pounders as advertised, several as much as a quarter- ounce light. City inspectors grabbed the whole batch of 960 patties and fined Wendy’s $100 a burger, or $96,000, in keeping with state law and federal Department of Agriculture guidelines. The fine for skimpy burgers was the first in the 25-year his tory of Wendy’s Internal Inc., the nation’s thirdlars hamburger chain, co spokesman Denny Lynch The patty inspections follow-up to an August raid: also found underweight buii at the Wendy’s in the city' ney section. Trial REPLANT February 18, 1995 Sign-ups go out November 9 For more information call 862-2524 Continued from Page 1 BLOOD DRIVE November 14-18 Sponsored by: APO - OPA - Greek Council - Angel Flight - SGA was aware that Armstrong had received a summons to appear in court. “I think that’s all he knows as far as I’m con cerned,” Slocum said. “He asked the officer who gave him the summons what it was about, but the officer said he didn’t know. Apparently someone’s telling (the media) a whole lot more than they’re telling Antonio.” Slocum said he has no idea what Armstrong thought the summons meant. “I would be totally speculating,” Slocum said, “and that would be out of line for me as a coach. It’s a private matter.” Wirt said he wished the situation had been set tled earlier in the year. “I didn’t want it to be a big deal,” Wirt said, “but I feel I’ve been screwed over a little bit Cannon said Armstrong should be treate; fairly as any other student would be in his case. “We should go through the same process,’ non said. “We need to get to the bottom of it, court of law.” Slocum said Armstrong should not be judge: people before he is tried. “He should get the same justice anystuc: should have in this matter,” Slocum said. “Idi think we should try him before then, getting the cart before the horse. Somethingrt unfair about that to me.” Slocum said he does not believe Armstag's al, which is scheduled for two days beforetheft ball match-up against the University have any affect on the game. “We want people to be treated fairly, said. “We want to get to the bottom of the and then see whatever action may or may ml: taken after that.” Coh 's feedii )ebat ntinued fr< Bush si ke educati He believ to the mical en ase fundi chers’ sali Aggies for to lowe eniles to b make jm ement agi steve Pry i ipt Imrn; ntinued Fr m the P ard of Reg il Arts Dep “The prop lot of m Sis: :ery inexp duate pro The 1994-95 Texas A&M University Campus Directory NOW AVAILABLE S tudents: If you ordered a 1994-95 Campus Directory, stop by room 230 Reed McDonald Building between 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday to pick up your copy. (Please bring ID.) If you did not order a Campus Directory as a fee option when you registered for Fall '94 classes, you may purchase a copy for $3 plus tax in the Student Publications office, room 230 Reed McDonald Building. D epartments: 1994-95 Campus Directories are $3 each. You may charge and pick them up in room 230 Reed McDonald Building. (Please have part number, FAMIS account number, account name, billing address, contact per son and phone number that directories should be billed to.) The Campus Directory includes listings of departments, administrators, faculty, staff, students, other information about A&M, plus yellow pages. RECYCLING: If your building currently is being served by TAMU Recycling, just place your old phone books in a separate container (Plastic sack, cardboard box, etc.) and place it with the rest of your recyclables. You may want to discuss this with your custodial staff or whomever takes care of recycling or your building. Also, a two-day, on-campus phone book drive is planned for old phone books. The drive will take place Nov. 17 & 18. Watch for more information about this event in the future. •;As\ 4