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*•*-.**+, +•*- Mk / , r t f i t i f W ii Post > ,k% 1 i i t X We have Brighton bags and accessories. 152, coDDiesnop. '-w» /**rn im** $4400 Naomi black, brown Anna black 1} Are You Concerned About. Academic Burnout Career Choices Depression Improving Study Skills ...Mentors Listen. Call 845-6900 For a Mentor. SCRUB PUB “Where getting it clean is more fun than getting it dirty” Happy Hour Wash ;sif' M-F 6-9 p.m. kgi) Wash 75 All other times $1 12 Noon-12 p.m. • Soft drinks/snacks •Studying area •Wide selection of beer ’32 Computerized Maytag washers/dryers •2 Triple-load washers/dryers •Pool tables/video games/pinball •2 TVs/music (Hundreds of CDs) (D^ 693-5738 The University of Texas at Dallas Ice students Coming to Dallas this summer? If so, then UTD is offering summer courses that will put you one step closer to obtaining your degree! Page 2 • The Baitalion Tuesday • March 19,1996 Graduate • Methods in Molecular & Cell Biology III • Biotechnology I, II, III • Forensic Biology Biology Courses: Undergraduate • Intro to Modern Biology • Forensic Biology • Human Anatomy/ Physiology with lab • Classical & Molecular Genetics Chemistry Courses: Undergraduate • General Chemistry I & II with labs • Organic Chemistry I & II with labs For more information, call Charlie Andrews, Assistant Program Coordinator at (214) 883-2536 (http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/nsm). news BRIEFS Aggie professor name d P to academy Dr. John L. Jim kins, a Texas A&M aerospace engineering profes sor, was named to the National Academy of Engineering. His for mal induction will be Oct. 1 in Washington, D.C. Junkins, an expert in spacecraft navigation, was elected to the Academy because of his contribu tions to spacecraft flight mechanics and vehicle control. He is the 14th Academy honoree from the A&M University System. Applications for new scholarship available Applications for the Outstanding Service Awards, sponsored primarily by the Texas A&M University Com munity Awareness Network, are due Friday, March 22. Designed to inspire and reward stu dent volunteers, the program will pro vide a $500 award, two $250 awards and five Governor's Certificates to stu dents who have contributed to the community through service projects. Depending on this year's student response to the program, the award will become an annual offering. Applications can be pic ked up at the Student Programs Office in the MSC, Student Activities in the Koldus Building and in several West Campus locations. For information, contact Shelly Howell at 693-0944. Student candidates to hold forum March 20 Candidates for Texas A&M stu dent body president and junior and senior yell leader positions will pre sent their platforms and answer questions at a candidate forum March 20 in 510 Rudder at 7 p.m. The forum is sponsored by the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture. Campus elections will be held March 27 and 28. Supreme Court to hear Aquifer argument AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over whether the state's plan to manage the Edwards Acjuifer is a crucial effort to con serve water or an unconstitutional attack on private property rights. Backers of the plan Say it is a ne cessity for Texas to manage the 1 75- mile-long underground reservoir and keep water levels from periodically dropping so low that springflows at its eastern end are threatened. Opponents say the law, which im poses limits on pumping from wells, robs them of a century-old property right. Gore praises simplicity of small business applications The vice president said the basic goal of the U.S. General Store is to improve customer service HOUSTON (AP) — Vice Presi dent A1 Gore began a daylong swing through Texas Monday by praising a prototype service cen ter that makes it easier for small business owners to deal with a maze of government bureaucracy. “This store makes everyone in government look a little bit better,” Gore told the staff of the U.S. Gen eral Store for Small Business. “Your actions encourage other gov ernment employees to try new ap proaches also in order to give their own customers better service. That’s leadership by example.” The one-stop federal center, which opened last July, allows small business operators to con sult with about 20 federal agen cies about licenses, regulation and loans all under a single roof rather than visit individual of fices scattered around Houston. Four thousand customers have been helped at the center, where they deal with one person competent to answer questions about each agency rather than a separate person for each one. The store is the product of the National Performance Review, a task force headed by Gore to make government more efficient. Gore said a basic goal of Ids pro gram is to improve customer service. “Right now, in most cases, our customers must go door to door rely on their common sense. “A big part of the problem is that we have a system that’s bound up in rules and red tape. It was created on a 1930s-style, industrial-age model, and now it’s trying to operate in an infer- "A big part of the problem is that we have a system that's bound up in rules and red tape." d .>3K m to get what they need, and it is a hassle,” the vice president said to a crowd of about 400. “And if you’ve ever gone to the federal building, you know that in spite of what people do, you just feel kind of intimidated.” He said the government wrote too many regulations telling em ployees exactly how to do their jobs and not permitting them to — AL GORE Vice president of the United Slates mation age,” Gore said. "Over time, as we gave government more things to do, we created more and more rules.” “The general store sensitizes government to the overall needs of small business,” Owens said. “The sensitivity created here shows us that not only the staff, but various government agencies, care about our continued success,” Controversial Salk therapy for AIDS starts mass testing this week The “therapeutic vaccine” was designed to boost the immune systems of infected patients WASHINGTON (AP) — An AIDS therapy de signed to boost the immune systems of infected pa tients — the last work of vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk — begins testing in some 3,000 Americans this week. Remune is the first immune system-based AIDS treatment to make it to such advanced testing. But scientists caution that patients should not expect a miracle. While the rationale behind im mune-boosters is intriguing, earlier testing of such agents has been disappointing, said AIDS expert Dr. Pat Fast of the National Institutes of Health. Developed by Salk, the inventor of the first polio vaccine who died last year, Remune is a form of im munotherapy. Sometimes called a “therapeutic vac cine,” it is designed to rev up the immune systems of people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Salk took a strain of HIV, stripped it of its outer coating and killed it. He then added a chemical that helps immune cells recognize an invader and remember how it looks. HIV usually hides in the body until it is strong enough to kill immune cells. Salk’s theory was that Remune would prompt those cells to recog nize all of HIV’s proteins, usually hidden under its outer coating, earlier and fight back. Salk’s therapy has been highly controversial. Ira mune Response, maker of Remune, told the Food and Drug Administration last year that, in small studies, it helped some patients retain vital immune cells. Dr. James Kahn at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday began enrolling some 3,000 patients with HIV, but not AIDS. Half will get Ftemune shots every 12 weeks for three years — in addition to whatever anti-AIDS drugs their doctor regularly prescribes — to see if Rejnwie slows their progression to AIDS. “Clearly there’s a lot of controversy,” mnowl- edged Immune Response spokesman Steven Bas- ta. “This study should give us a definite answer." One worry is that repeated injections oftradi tional vaccines, like flu shots, cause a small, tern porary boost in patients’ HIV levels. While theres no proof these small boosts cause harm, Kahn said he will watch Remune patients closely during their repeat injections. ThunderChhjdSijbs All 6" Chicken Subs (Smoked, BBQ & Chicken Salad) Only $1.99 Now through March 24th Albertson’s Center Randall’s Center 2205 Longmire 693-6494 607 E. University 691-2276 ANNOUNCINQ SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM EVANS LIBRARY Beginning Friday, March 1, a shuttle bus will run from Evans Library to parking lots 50 and 51, seven days a week, from 6:30 p.m. until 12:10 a.m. It will pickup and drop off from the comer of Spence and Lamar streets (next to the Teague Building). Call 845-5741 or ask at the Evans Library Information Desk for details. 5 Days until The First Ever TUG OF HONOR Tnmu V.W® Non-Reg vs Corps Tug of War & BBQ Sunday, March 24 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Simpson Drill Field r-sf* r Pg *Z e *' r °° VALIDATE YOUR ID NOW at one of the dining halls or pay a small $3 fee for BBQ Help and start a new tradition Do you have what it takes to tug? 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