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Mail coupon to: The Wall Street Journal 200 Burnett Road, Chicopee, MA 01020 ©1995 Dow Jones cSi Company. Inc. All Rights Reserved. Offer good for a limited time and only in the continental U.S. AUSTIN (AP) — Gene therapy is being studied at a Central Texas hospital for pos sible use as a weapon against various forms of cancer. Twenty-five patients with a variety of cancers that have not responded to conven tional treatments with surgery, medication or radiation are participating in the experi ment at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Debra Pinsoneault, who is battling melanoma, is one patient counting on the experimental treatment to help her fight against the deadly skin cancer. Six injections transferring genes to her solid-cancer tumor to stimulate the at traction of cancer-killing cells seem to be working. “It has gotten better,.” said Ms. Pin soneault, 44, of Marker Heights, about 60 miles northwest of Austin. “The size of the tumor has gone down.” Dr. John Rinehart, the clinic’s director of hemotology-oncology and the study’s princi pal investigator, is injecting patient tumors directly with a gene that produces the pro tein interleukin-2. Approved by the Food and Drug Admin istration for treatment of kidney cancers and melanomas, interleukin-2 normally is given intravenously to activate cancer killing cells throughout the body, inducing general inflammation and prolonging sur vival if not curing the cancer. The objective now is to induce malig nant cells to produce the protein them selves in the hope of attracting cancer killing cells of the immune system to eradicate the tumor. “If among the 25 patients we’ve treated are certain cancers that appear to benefit, we’d want to study those more extensively,” Rinehart said. “But we don’t expect this kind of treat ment to be effective in every cancer. There are lots of potential problems with gene therapy, and whether it will ultimately be effective, we don’t know.” Gov.Bush travels to Washington to discuss Medicaid WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Gov. George W. Bush will be in the nation’s capi tal this week to discuss Medicaid funding and other Texas issues. The trip marks Bush’s second official vis it to Washington since taking office last January. The Republican scheduled a breakfast Wednesday with the Texas congressional delegation and a series of private meetings with officials who weren’t identified by the governor’s press office. “He’s going to be meeting with members of the delegation to discuss Texas projects, especially those dealing with block grants and making sure Texas is treated fairly in the process.” said gubernatorial spokesman Ray Sullivan. Congress has adopted a GOP balanced- budget blueprint that includes $182 billion in reduced spending over the next seven years for Medicaid, the program that pro vides health care for the poor. The sticking point remains how to achieve those reductions. Handgun: Class discusses use of legal force Continued from Page I license and liability, and the final exam and certification. Beavers said the most important part of the class is the discussion on lethal force. "One of the things we focus on is that while you may be justified, under the law, in using lethal force, you may not want to,” he said. “You’ve got to question whether your VCR is worth killing someone and think about the psychological effect it will have. “The bottom line is they’re all human be ings, and I hope that nobody in the class wants to shoot somebody.” Lt. Scott McCollum of the College Station Police Department said the fact that some citi zens could be legally carrying concealed weapons makes police officers’jobs harder. “I think that kind of goes without say ing,” McCollum said. "We’ve got even more things to think about when going into a situation. . “For example, what is the typical traffic stop going to look like?” Burdett said there is no indication that the new licenses will mean more confronta tions between gun-carrying citizens and police. “All I can do is look to the results in oth er states that have passed similar laws,”he said. “This talk about traffic encounters that are going to turn into shootouts is ridiculous.” McCollum said a problem with the law is it assumes that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime is law-abiding. “[The license] is not a card saying, ‘I’m a wonderful human being,’” he said. “I’m sure there are a lot of people who are capa ble of committing a crime who have not been caught before.” W Se[ A Th lio T Briti inter hour and i W thefi reach I Al sessk owulf ticula And v Mode Rwi lems? course in vail haush We But fi pie pr Did Congr has ab Protest: Film society tries to cooperate with students Continued from Page 1 King said the film society wants to hold an open forum sometime in the next couple of weeks to discuss the situation and will survey the audience at Friday’s show. The group has al ready made plans to include a notice of content on the pro gram’s advertisements and at the MSC box office. At a special meeting of the MSC Executive Committee to day, Below and other concerned students are continuing their ef forts to block the screening. “I’m still hopeful that the film will be prevented from being shown,” she said. Priest was directed by Antonia Bird and stars Linus Roache as Father Greg Pilkington, the film’s main character. The story starts with Pilkington being transferred to a new parish where a fellow clergyman is having an affair with a woman. Greg’s loneliness escalates, and he gets involved in an affair with a young man he meets at a gay bar. When the priest’s sexuality comes to light, only two people support him — a fellow priest and a girl who tells Greg in con fession about being trapped in an incestuous relationship with her father. Below said Bird’s intentions in making the film were to an tagonize members of the Catholic Church. “She attacks the very core of our beliefs — the sacrament of the Eucharist and the sanctity of the seal of confession,” Below said. “She portrays these as be ing un-Christian.” Although she opposes the film society’s decision, she said her concerns have been met with professionalism and respect and that she expects that to continue through today’s meeting. King said he has never en countered a similar situation, but that the film society is try ing to cooperate with the con cerned students. “We are reacting to the con cerns brought forward by the students,” he said. “We want to be open, and we want to work with people.” Ohhhh noooo!!! Mr. Bill Scene #1: “Rock” meets Mr. Bill A good of Ag, “Rock”, saw Mi: Bill die Chemistry Tutor, and they had doe following oonvcrsitiou- Rode “Mr. Bill, is A+ the best tutoring available at Texas A&M University?” Mr. Bill: “Yes Rock it is. In fact, we only have instructors who are experts in their field.” Rode “What do you mean?” Mr. Bill: “For instance, the Science and Engineering instructors have degrees in Chemical Engineering Petroleum Engineering Physics and Mathematics and have actual experience in industry. The Business guy has an Accounting degree and is a former Merrill Lynch Financial consultant.” Rode “How does that help?” Mr. Bill: “It’s like this Rock, for your accounting dass, would you rather be tutored by someone who has experience in the financial industry and a Business degree or someone who has say, just a math degree?” Rode “I see. Definitely the business guy. Say Bill, what’s your schedule like?” Mr. Bill: “I m glad you asked. Here it is...” ■grand that’s i Let' per da; their n pie wh the pol Befc Whate Som ership, the pol: air and Sine utio cai loo long field off Politick Wha about t Cons ran pro figure y you can feed fiv< With Stypeo] You’v Iknc to get ai After le m, she E: Clin "If yc push. ” " Mo SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING BUSINESS CHEM 101 CHEM 102 RHYS 201 MATH 151 RHYS 208 RHYS 218 ACCT 229 ACCT 230 ACCT 327 ACCT 328 BANA 303 FINC 341 iT? Hesha i to n i s b< I ' e kran I h ave to a i budge That’ ^ you are certi CURRENT CLASS SCHEDULE CURRENT CLASS SCHEDULE CLASS MON SEPT. 11 TUES SEPT. 12 WED SEPT 13 THUR SEPT 14 CLASS MON SEPT. 11 TUES SEPT. 12 WED SEPT. 13 THUR SEPT. 14 I CHEM 101 3-5 P.M. CH 1,2 CH 3,4 CH 4 PRAC TEST BANA 303 5 - 7 P.M. Part 1 Part 2 PHYS 201 5-7P.M. CH 1,2 CH 3,4 CH 5 PRAC TEST FINC 341 7 - 9 P.M. CH 1,2 CH 3 CH 4 PRAC TEST CHEM 101 7-9 P.M. CH 1,2 CH 3,4 CH 4 PRACIEST DR SORIAGA ACCT 229 9-11 P.M. CH 4 CH 5 CH 6 PRAC TEST PHYS 201 9-11 P.M. CH 1,2 CH 3,4 CH 5 PRAC TEST ACCT 230 11 EM-1 AM CH 19 CH 18 PRAC TEST greater |, A diff y the m I Dp Por ty I toujocrj ed mand I c ° ns ume , Cate d to , %tb Ser ai tc res ider CHEM 102 BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPT. 10TH CHEM 102 SCHEDULE 725 - B UNIVERSITY DRIVE 260-2660 *ener 1 SUN SEPT. 10 MON SEPT. 11 TUES SEPT. 12 WED SEPT. 13 THUR SEPT. 14 CH 15A 7-9 PM. CH 15B 1 IBM -1 AM_ CH 16 UEM-IAM. PRAC TEST DR. HUGHBANKS 11 RM. - 1AJVL PRAC TEST DR. KENNICUTT DR. PECK 11 RM - 1 AM. TICKETS GO ON SAI F. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10TH FROM 5 - 7 P.M. Aggies Helping Aggies for over 10 Years like 0 ' e* ck 5 t >Urag i hen >selv Vn f a >nd >Us “ h? r ^ eadi Proit Uses