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Page 2 • The Battalion STATE LOCAL Thursday • AprilT George Sauer/Special to The Battalion Talking heads Engineering technology junior Dustin Martin peers over a wall to talk with fellow engineering stu dents, junior Kevin Orr, left, and senior Todd Grage, during a class break Wednesday afternoon. Young mothers face double risk of premature births, study shows BOSTON (AP) — A large new study suggests that biology, not just poverty, is to blame when teen-age births turn out badly. About 13 percent of all children in the United States are bom to teen-agers. Statistics have long shown their babies are especially likely to be pre mature and undersized. The reasons for this have never been clear. But because these young mothers are often poor, ill-ed ucated and from racial minorities, many experts assumed their living conditions, not their age, ex plained their pregnancy problems. The new work challenges this belief. It found that even middle-class teen-agers are almost twice as likely as older women to deliver premature babies. “In general, all teen-agers should be encouraged not to get pregnant,” even those who are married, said Dr. Richard Ward, the study’s senior author. Just how the mother’s age contributes to pre maturity is unclear. Understanding prematurity is important be cause it is the leading cause of newborn deaths. Babies born too soon simply cannot survive out side the womb, no matter what doctors do. The new study attempted to sort out the causes by focusing solely on white, middle-class females in Utah. Two-thirds of the teen-agers in the group under age 18 were married, and 95 percent were still in school. The study concluded that even when poverty is not a factor, the risk of prematurity remains high, especially for the youngest teen-agers. The E£at \ j\ i i < > w MARK SMITH, Editor in chief STUDY FOR FINALS in the comfort of the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries (across from hall from the Post Office) free coffee late hours open until midnight May 6 & 7 845-9251 sponsored by the Reveille Club, Houston JAV ROBBINS, Senior managing editor HEATHER WINCH, Managing editor JODY HOLLEY, Night News editor TIFFANY MOORE, Night News editor AMANDA FOWLE, City editor STERLING HAYMAN, Opinion editor ROB CLARK, Aggielife editor NICK GEORGANDIS, Sports editor DAVE WINDER, Sports editor STEWART MILNE, Photo editor Staff Members City desk—Stephanie Dube, Kasie Byers, Eleanor Colvin, Lynn Cook, Brad Dressier, Lisa Messer, Gretchen Perrenot, Tracy Smith, Wes Swift, and Brian Underwood News desk— Kristi Baldwin, Michele Chancellor, Kristin De Luca, Kristen De Rocha, Libe Goad, Randy Goins, Robin Greathouse, Derek Smith and James Vineyard Photographers— Tim Moog, Amy Browning, Robyn Calloway, Nick Rodnicki, Eddy Wylie, Bart Mitchell, Roger Hsieh and Rogge Heflin Aggielife— Michael Landauer, Amber Clark, Amy Collier, Keryl Cryer, Nikki Hopkins and Jay Knioum Sports writers—James Anderson, Kristina Buffin, Tom Day, Shelly Hall and Robert Rodriguez Opinion — Erin Hill, Drew Diener, Laura Frnka, Zack Hall, David Hill, Kyle Littlefield, Jenny Magee, Jim Pawlikowski, Elizabeth Preston, Gerardo Quezada, David Taylor and Amy Uptmor Cartoonists— Greg Argo, Brad Graeber, Alvaro Gutierrez and Quatro Oakley Office Assistants— Wendy Crockett, Heather Fitch, Adam Hill and Julie Thomas Graphic Artist — Ines Hilde Writing Coach— Mark Evans The Battalion (USPS 045-360) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer sessions (except University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. 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Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year. To charge by VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express, call 845-2611. Hey mate. Outback Steakhouse has special hours Pairent ' s Weekend.. Open noon - Saturday, April 28t!h Open noon - Sunday, April 29th 210°2 Texas Avenue South College Station, Texas 77840 (409) 764-4329 Gore trumpets hope for one of nation’s Ef Corps member honor fallen Aq most poorest areas □ The vice president visits the Lower Rio Grande Valley touting an administration plan for rural and urban 'empowerment zones'. WESLACO (AP) — Vice Pres ident A1 Gore visited one of the nation’s poorest regions Wednes day with a message that Wash ington can help bring economic development and raise hopes for the next generation. “These children will have a greater opportunity to stay here, raise their families, have a good job and a better way of life,” Gore said, gesturing toward a group of elementary school children who attended a town meeting. The vice president’s trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley touted a Clinton administration initiative for rural and urban “empowerment zones” — needy areas targeted for special tax in centives, . . . Despite the enthusiastic re sponse Gore received about the empowerment program, some audience members wanted to know his reaction to the bomb ing of a federal building in Okla homa City. “At a time like what we find is that the people who see the U.S. government as their enemy are surprised that the reaction to their terror and hateful ness is a surge of the strongest sup port they could possibly imagine for our self-gov ernment,’’ Gore said. “We’re go ing to stand against those who hate it and despise it and see it as an enemy. They’re never going to prevail,” he said, drawing loud and spirited applause. Gore toured St. Gore Representatives from! Band and the Ross Vc, attended the funeral Weft a former cadet who die: bombing of the federal Oklahoma City. Kenneth McCollougli A&M Class of ’80, wasarir the Drug Enforcement Age assigned to the DEAsfie' which was located intte building. Brian Taylor, RossVt commander, said Hie Volunteers were requeslec:: the funeral in Edmond & honor McCollough. "We try to stay away frcr funeral for every Aggie!ha: away because we don'tli finances for it," Taylorse family requested the RossVot there and contacted thepiee office and Dr. Southerland. “We wanted to helpoulh and provide any emotiona 1 : we could for them." Maj. George B' administrative officer for : ROTC at A&M, said th Volunteers sent a seven- detail, led by a squad lea: addition, two buglers from- Band were also present, lies; The cadets were escote Col. Thomas Owen, militar, for the Ross Volunteers. sday job train ing, low- interest loans and commu nity grants. The Valley — with un employ ment and poverty rates con- "As someone who grew up in Brownsville and is a product of the Valley, I think this is a dream come true/' sistently among the highest in the nation — is one of only three designated rural empowerment zones so far, each eligible for about $40 million. Gore told business and com munity leaders that the rest of the nation will be watching the Valley as a model for future em powerment zones. Mary’s Sewing F a ctory in Ed- couch with U.S. Agricul ture Sec- r e t a r y Dan Click- man and Trans- porta- tion Secretary Frederico Pena, a Convicted murdf gets execution^ — Frederico Pena transportation secretary Valley native. “As someone who grew up in Brownsville and is a product of the Valley, I think this is a dream come true,” Pena said. “This will help us to lift the Valley, create jobs and address the problem of rural needs and job training.” HOUSTON (AP) -A errors has left a convicted an execution date for seveny James Ronald Meanesi have been the forgotten man row. No one’s even looked aft in the past seven years bei files were misplaced after judge rejected his first bid fora execution. Ron Dusek, spokesr Attorney General Dan Moral someone in the U.S. Disfe Clerk’s office “obviously dro; ball” in notifying parties oftfe decision. The system finally cauf Tuesday when state Distn: Doug Shaver scheduleda execution for Meanes, who; death row in 1981. In II District Judge Ken Hoyt death sentence. PITS UPDATES PITS UPDATES PTTS UPDATES * PTTS UPDAJ co CD CL. CO t= Q_ CO LU Fall Parking Permit News: CD GL_ CO t= Q_ CO LU CD Q_ CO t= Q_ CO Student parking permits and bus passes purchased for the fall of 1995 are valid through May 31, 1996. Students who preregister for parking permits and bus passes before July 1, 1995, will receive them in the mail onorarouid August 10. Please verify your address with the Fiscal Department. The price of parking permits has changed from what is listed in the registration booklets due to the approval of price changes made by the Board of Regents. The new prices listed below will be effective Fall ‘95.ed: Option Code Types of Permits and Prices 10 Commuter Student $75 30 Resident Student $75 09 Night Permit $35 12 Motorcycle/Moped $35 Summer Permit (Effective Summer ‘96) $55 Faculty/Staff (Reserved Lot) $100 Faculty/Staff (Reserved Number Space) $200 Garage Roof $180 Garage (Inside) $240 Garage (Priority) $270 Zachry Basement ...$270 15 Bus Pass $ 110* *Students may obtain a free night permit if a bus pass is purchased. CD Q_ Summer Parking Permit News: CO 1= Q_ 'T CO May 15 - 19 - Students who preregister before May 1, 1995, for summer parking permits or bus passes"- receive them in the mail. May 25 - 31 - Student permits and bus passes may be picked up from the PTTS cashiers c the Rudder Tower lobby between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. CD CL_ CO Q_ CO Option Code Cost of Summer Parking Permits: 15 Bus Pass $55 32 Summer Student Parking $20 12 Motorcycle/Moped $ 11.72 09 Night Parking $15 *Parking permits and bus passes purchased for the summer are valid through August 27, 1995. Summerpernii are non-refundable. Bus passes are non-refundable in Summer Term II. During Summer Term I, the bus p2 refund is $27.50. Visitor Garage Parking: Visitor Parking per Hour $ .60 Visitor Parking per Day $4.80 *This will be effective in the 1995 Fall Term. <c CD Q_ CO I— Q Parking News: April 28 - 30 - The University Center Garage will be reserved for Parent’s Weekend ‘95. PTTS encourages all permit holders to park in their designated lots so the garage will be available f ( incoming visitors. 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