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Page 2 • The Batialign (TA.MPUS Thursday - Januaiy 19 Shakespeare joins 20th century technology □Texas A&M helps bring Shakespeare to CD-ROM. By Lynn Cook The Battalion The World Shakespeare Bibli ography, housed at Texas A&M University, is making the transi tion from textbooks to hypertext in a j oint venture between A&M, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C., and the Cambridge University Press. The bibliography, which is compiled from more than 30,000 books and periodicals, 20,000 arti cles and 2,000 playbills and posters, has been housed at A&M since 1985. The first hypertext CD-ROM edition of the bibliogra phy, containing all entries be tween 1990 and 1993, is sched uled for release later this year. This edition will give the bibli ography wider access and will condense its information. Dr. James L. Hamer, professor of English and editor of the World Shakespeare Bibliography, said the bibliography notes all im portant articles, books, book re views, dissertations, reviews of films and theater productions and audio visual materials per taining to Shakespeare. In recent years, there have been close to 5,500 entries in each annual edition. More then 30 countries from North and South America, Europe and Asia donate materials in almost 80 different languages. “It will include virtually every type of scholarly work written about Shakespeare as well as a considerable number of produc tions, films and musicals,” Hamer said. “It will allow scholars and students to locate studies and oth er materials on any topic associat ed with Shakespeare.” With this system, the comput er screen will have the feel of a book, Harner said. Many schol ars are “book people” and are hot comfortable using computers, he said. The appearance of the screen helps put the user at ease and bridges the distance be tween books and hypertext tech nology, he said. “Literary scholars are browsers,” he said. “They’re book people. Electronic index ing isn’t always the best way.” The Bibliography and its relat ed materials are in the process of being moved to the second floor of Blocker. The new quarters will al low additional room to display posters and playbills of Shake spearean productions from around the world. The CD-ROM edition will be available on computers in the new quarters or on the A&M In ternet system. Through the In ternet, students and faculty will be able to access the bibliogra phy from their own personal computers, Hamer said. The text on disk will be fully searchable down to the word. Users will be able to pinpoint and link texts according to any thing they chose to research, in cluding theme, author or even a specific performer in Shake spearean roles, Hamer said. Re lated entries will already be linked together but users will be able to form new links to speed up their search. “People will be able to gate almost instantaneot from one work to anot Hamer said. With each new edition o! bibliography, more andj past editions will be adf When complete, the Shakespeare Bibliograph CD-ROM will contain allij ography entries 1900 to sent. Harner said he hopes the future, copyright permij will be given to enable theB ography to include pictu, copies of posters, film and rec ed theater production clips. T Aggies help stray animals □ Vet students gain experience spaying and neutering animals. By Tracy Smith The Battalion Texas A&M veterinary stu dents are putting their educa tion to good use through weekly trips to Austin to spay and neuter stray animals at the Austin Humane Society. The program, started in 1971, was designed to benefit fourth—year students, as well as the community, by giving them hands-on experience spaying and neutering animals at the shelter. Since 1971, more than 23,000 ani mals have been spayed or neutered by these students. Dr. John Shaddock, dean of the College of Veterinary Medi cine, said the program is a “win—win” situation. “The veterinary students get the opportunities to practice surgery in real world conditions and they have the satisfaction of knowing they are helping reduce the population of unwanted pets,” Shaddock said. The program, admired by hu mane societies across the coun try, branched out in June 1994 to help animals in the Brazos Valley as well as animals in Austin, he said. Kathy Bice, executive director of the Brazos Valley Animal Shel ter, said A&M students spay and neuter cats and dogs from the shelter every Thursday. She said the program saves lives by giving the shelter flexibility to provide mobile adoptions. “This is a worthwhile experi ence, both for the students as well as the community,” Bice said. Bice said hands-on experi ence for the veterinary students is vital. “It would be terrible to gradu ate and have to enter the real world of veterinary medicine without the surgery experience,” she said. “Students gain confi dence through this program and are able to see the real rewards of a job well done.” Bice said that in Texas, where half-a-million animals are euthanized a year, this program saves lives two ways. “First, the veterinary depart ment doesn’t have to buy ani mals to perform surgeries on, and second, more animals are adopted at the shelter as a re sult,” she said. Don Brittain, a fourth—year A&M veterinary student, said the trips to Austin and to the Brazos shelter have given her the confi dence she feels is necessary for a successful veterinary career. “Instead of performing three or four surgeries a week we are now able to perform three and four a day because of the pro gram,” Brittain said. “Our ad ministrators have gone to great lengths to provide us with an ex perience that is both practical and necessary for our future ca reers in veterinary medicine.” In a recent news release, Texas A&M veterinary officials estimated that if 1,000 dogs and cats had not been spayed, but produced a typical litter of six offspring each, the animals would have produced 1,290,323,500 descendants in the years since the spaying and neutering program started. Dr. John August, head of Texas A&M’s Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, said that while these numbers are purely theoretical and such a population surge could never happen, the num ber of animals that must be put to sleep is still disturbingly high for a society that values its companion animals. In November, the Austin and Travis County Humane Society dedicated a new shelter that in cludes a surgery facility de signed to make the spaying and neutering program as efficient as possible. Texas A&M veteri nary surgery experts helped de sign many features of the five—operating—table suite. Police Beat The following incidents were re ported to the University Police De partment between January 3 and 13: fied. If restitution is made, the victim does not wish to file criminal charges. return at the end of the month. Public Intoxication 1/13 - Beutel Health Center Mall - An intoxicated pedestrian was arrest ed and incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail. Harassment 1/05 - Bryaq/College Station - The victim was being harassed by a for mer boyfriend. Criminal Mischief 1/08 - Dormitory 7 - A third floor window on the north side and a win dow in the door on the east side of the building were damaged. Amy Browning/THE Battauon 1/13 - Parking Area 2 Center Mall - Citations were issued to two stu dents observed urinating in public. Minor in Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 1/11 - Mclnnis Hall - Citation issued. ' Breach of Computer Security 1/06 - Supplemental Information - Sterling C. Evans Library - The vic tim received several unsolicited tele phone calls and an unauthorized e- mail message from a former acquain tance. The acquaintance was previ ously told to cease all contact with the victim. Driving While Intoxicated 1/H - Wellborn Road - An intoxi cated motorist was arrested and in carcerated in the Brazos County Jail. Misdemeanor Theft 1/06 - Hensel Terrace Apartments - A black unknown brand bicycle was stolen Assault by Conduct/Disorderly Conduct by Language 1/08 - Memorial Student Center Post Office - When a student entered the MSC to check his mail, he did not remove his cap. Two individuals yelled racial and abusive comments at the victim and one of them grabbed his cap and removed it from his head. The victim was able to retrieve his cap. The two individuals were last seen leaving in a white Ford GT Mustang. Just follow the paper trail Footprints lead to a vendor’s table in the MSC, promising free gifts to passing students. Credit Card Abuse 1/05 - Supplemental Information - Cain Hall - The subject responsible for the unauthorized use of the victim’s telephone credit card has been identi- Burgla ry of Vehicle 1/07 - UV Row - The student dis covered that his friend’s vehicle had been burglarized and two boxes of un known contents were stolen. The friend is out of town and scheduled to Criminal Trespass 1/10 - Memorial Student Center - Steam Tunnel - Three students were arrested while attempting to exit the MSC steam tunnel and were issued Criminal Trespass Warnings and released. Correction: In a story on page one of the Jan. 17 issue of The Battalion Shawn Williams was mis-identified. Williams is the preside of the local chapter of the NAACP. CONTACT LENSES ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hind-Hydrocurve) Disposable Contact Lenses Available $11 Q 00 -L J. O TOTAL COST. .INCLUDES $ EYE EXAM, FREE ALCON OPTI-FREE CARE KIT, AND TWO PAIR OF STANDARD FLEXIBLE WEAR SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 149 00 TOTAL COST . includes EYE EXAM, FREE ALCON OPTI-FREE CARE KIT, AND FOUR PAIR OF STANDARD FLEXIBLE WEAR SOFT CONTACT LENSES. SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES. cdi 846-0377 for Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., PC. 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