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uirsday • October l|'i
Puppy love at first
sight for local students
□ Children learn about
animals first-hand with
A&M's agricultural and
animal science club.
By Michelle Lyons
The Ba italion
an animal lover’s
It was
dream.
Members of the Texas A&M
University Saddle and Sirloin
Club, an agricultural and animal
science organization, are current
ly hosting a community service
project with nearby elementary
schools.
More than 3,000 children have
been visiting and playing with
farm animals, ranging from pup
pies to pigs, at the
Lewis Pearce Pavilion
since Wednesday. The
visits will continue
through Friday.
Shane Pennington,
Saddles and Sirloins
member and a junior
animal science major,
said the project is an
excellent opportunity
for children to see
what the animals ac
tually look like.
“It’s more or less to
let the kids who don’t
get to see farm animals
experience what they
are really like,” he said.
“They can actually see
and touch the animal.”
Holly Murphy, mem
ber of the club and a se
nior agricultural eco
nomics major, agreed
that, for some children.
“There are quite a few children
here who have never even really
seen a farm animal,” she said.
“This is the first time some of
them will see one in person.”
Murphy said in addition to vis
iting with pigs and puppies, chil
dren were given the opportunity
to visit A&M’s horse center and
the poultry center.
Mary Brown, a Fannin Ele
mentary School teacher, said the
children enjoyed the visit.
“1 think this is a wonderful ex
perience for the children because
they are able to see first hand the
animals that we talk about,” she
said. “They always enjoy it —
they love the animals.”
The program will continue to
day from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
the Lewis Pearce Pavilion.
A&M scientists work
with government on ne
navigational equipment
□ The development of
sensors and radio
transmitters are
hoped to reduce the
number of vessel
groundings in the
Houston Ship Channel.
Stew Milne, The Battalion
this is a chance to see a
farm animal up close School children pet puppies Wednesday
and personal. morning at the Lewis Pierce Pavilion.
GALVESTON (AP) — Texas
A&M and government scientists
say a new system of sensors,
transmitters and receivers could
finally bring marine navigation
along the Texas coast into the
20th century.
Researchers from Texas
A&M-Galveston and the Nation
al Oceanographic and Atmos
pheric Administration placed
the first of several devices in the
Houston Ship Channel last
month that ultimately should
make shipping safer there.
The instrument put into place
is called an acoustic Doppler
current profiler. Located under
water, the device measures the
speed and direction of currents
at various depths.
Working in concert with
other sensors and radio trans
mitters. the system dubbed
Physical Oceanographic Real-
Time System, or PORTS, is
designed to give ship captains
up-to-the-minute information
on Galveston Bay currents
and tides.
Officials hope PORTS will
reduce accidents in Galveston
flay, where more than 1,200
vessel groundings occurred be
tween 1986 and 1991.
Even the nation’s busiest
ports abound with unfc
underwater hazards,
A m eri can waters are s
based on data gathered
I 940, when most
surements were n:
men who lowered wei^
knotted ropes overboard
they hit bottom.
According to U.S.De
merit of Commerce pubfci
badly outdated sea charts
today’s huge cargo andpj?
ger ships vulnerable.
One good example
1992 grounding of the
liner Queen ElizabethII
ship suffered S45 m
damage when it ran
off Massachusetts in
“She found a rock;:
been there forever but\
discovered by chartm,
when they took the si
ings,” said Jim Baker,
mer Port of Houston ot
tions now working as
A&M professor.
Besides helping sh
out of harm’s way, sjsi
backers say the newei
ment will also be a
pollution fighters and
scientists who study theH
ile Galveston Bay ecosysl
“It’s an electronic
shoots a beam to the si
from the bottom of Galvai
Bay,’’ said Capt. Stepto
Ford, who directs A&M4 1 !
ston’s marine transports!
department. “The
bounces hack from the
ent levels of water andtfi
the machine how fast the
tor's moving.
The system, which pro-
information on the Inter
went on-line Oct. 1.
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Health tips
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Early testing for infection can lead to cure
By Stephanie Perez
A.P. Beutel Health Center
Every year, an estimated 3 to 10 million
people are infected with Chlamydia.
Chlamydia is a bacterial infection which is
curable with antibiotics. Unfortunately,
this disease can go undetected and lead to
some serious complications.
Because Chlamydia is the most common
sexually transmitted disease on campus and
in the general population, it is important that
Texas A&M students are aware of the infec
tion and its signs and symptoms.
Chlamydia is transmitted by direct con
tact with an infected partner. Any person
who is sexually active is at risk for this dis
ease. Therefore, knowing your level of risk
is important. If you do not engage in any
sexual activity including oral, vaginal and
anal intercourse, you have virtually no risk
of getting Chlamydia.
In 60 to 80 percent of women and 10 to
20 percent of men who are infected with
Chlamydia there are no symptoms.
People unknowingly infected with
Chlamydia are at great risk. Without prop
er treatment, Chlamydia will continue to
spread. In women, Chlamydia can cause
pelvic inflammatory disease and sterility.
In men, untreated Chlamydia has been at
tributed to infertility.
Anyone at risk or infected with Chlamy
dia should keep in mind that they may be at
risk for other sexually transmitted diseases.
For example, Gonorrhea has a high incident
rate in conjunction with Chlamydia.
Women who may be at risk should be
tested regularly because of the risk caused
by the absence of symptoms.
Visible signs for Chlamydia can be no
ticed with in one to three weeks after con
tact with an infectious partner.
Signs and symptoms in women include
discharge from the vagina, pain in the
stomach, fever or bleeding between men
strual cycles. In men, signs and symptoms
include discharge from the penis, slight
crusting at the tip of the penis or swelling
of the testicles. A painful or burning sensa
tion when urinating can be present in men
or women.
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of fluid from the infected area. Chlaifi
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tives as their only birth control
who has had a new sex partner within! 1
months and anyone with a history of Si
Basically, anyone who has beensefl
active should be tested. If the Chlani
test is positive, it is necessary for
partners to undergo antibiotic treatraet
avoid re-infection. Sex should be avoii
until treatment is complete.
It is possible to protect yourself^
Chlamydia. The best way to protect)!
self is to abstain from sexual activity,
ever, if you do choose to be sexually adi
using a latex condom in addition tou®
spermicide with nonoxynol-9 is the most
fective way to prevent Chlamydia
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