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*THE ROCK (R)
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1. 10:20 1:15 4:15 7:50 10:45
2. 10:15 1:00 4:00 7:20 10:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (PG-13)
(on two screens)
1.11:15 1:45 5:00 7:30 10:40
2. 10:35 1:15 3:50 7:10 10:15
TWISTER (PG-13)
(on two screens)
1. 10:50 1:30 4:40 7:15 10:35
2. 11:10 2:00 5:00 7:40 10:50
EDDIE (PG-13)
11:40 2:40 5:00 7:35 10:30
DRAGONHEART (PG-13)
11:00 1:20 4:05 7:10 10:00
THE CRAFT (R)
11:20 2:15 5:05 8:00 10:10
THE ARRIVAL (PG-13)
10:35 1:00 3:45 6:55 10:00
PRIMAL FEAR (R)
10:55 1:40 4:55 7:50 10:45
TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS (PG-13)
11:30 1:45 4:15 6:50 9:30 (
OLIVER & COMPANY (G)
11:00 1:00 3:00 5:05
EXECUTIVE DECISION (R)
7:40 10:25
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Women In Science and Engineering WISE
presents
Across the Acheron:
Surviving The Dissertation Process
a brown-bag lunch seminar by
Amy L. Wink
Department of English
Tuesday, June 25, 1996 12 noon
811 0&M (Eller Building)
ABSTRACT: The discussion will focus on time management, writing skills, available assistance, endurance and self-
preservation techniques. Amy will relate her personal experiences with her recently defended dissertation
here at A&M. She will offer successful strategics for coping with this complicated professional and
personal process.
BACKGROUND: Ms. Amy Wink is completing her Ph.D. in English from Texas A&M University in August 1996. The
title of her dissertations SHE LEFT NOTHING IN PARTICULAR: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
LEGACY OF NINETEEN-CENTURY WOMEN’S DIARIES. Ms. Wink has nine years of teaching
experience and received the 1992 McDonald's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching in the
College of Liberal Arts. She is the former president and founding member of Dangerous Liaison: The Texas
A&M University Graduate Women’s Studies Group. She has also served as the graduate student
rcprCvScntative to the Women’s Studies Steering Committee.
Everyone Welcome! Refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Nancy Magnussen at Nancy@Science.tamu.edu. or 845-5587
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Page 2 • The Battalion • Thursday, june 20, 1996
Unassuming containers provide invaluable service
By Heather R. Rosenfeld
The Battalion
Overlooked by those who
are unfamiliar with them,
Biohazard Waste Containers
have little impact on most of
our daily lives.
Yet to a group of Aggies,
these overlooked containers
are an asset they cannot
imagine being without.
The containers, located in
the restrooms of several cam
pus dormitories, provide in
jection-takers a convenient
place to safely dispose of
their needles.
Stephanie Polvado, a se
nior community health major
who suffers from migraine
headaches, said these con
tainers help to accommodate
her schedule.
“When I get a headache, I
usually can’t drive home, so I
take the shots with me wher
ever I go,” Polvado said.
knowing that I can throw
them (the syringes) away
safely on campus makes me
feel a lot more comfortable.”
Polvado said she is re
lieved the containers are
there for those who need
them, but she is concerned
about people who may handle
the needles after she has
used them.
“When you throw some
thing away like uncovered
needles, anyone can get
stuck... and with a (virus)
like HIV out there, it can be
very scary,” she said.
According to Stephanie
Hutchins, custodial supervi
sor of the south area, the
need for these containers
stems from a conscious effort
to protect workers.
“Over the years we have
noticed that many custodial
workers have been stuck with
needles,” Hutchins said. “...
we attended a Hazardous
Material Seminar and we de
cided that the addition of
these containers was the an
swer to our problem.”
According to Dwine Turn
er, a Texas A&M custodial
worker, the risk posed by ex
posed needles was enough to
deter him from handling waste.
“When you’re carrying the
trash, you might just be mov
ing your hand around and out
of nowhere, get stuck,” Turn
er said.
Since the biohazard con
tainers were put in place.
Turner has more confidence
in his safety, but he still
takes precautions.
“I know how to handle the
needles because I am trained,'
he said. “I’m still very careful,
but especially for those who
haven’t been trained, it can be
very dangerous.”
In the past, when the dan
ger has turned into a real in
jury, Hutchins said the work
ers were properly treated.
“As soon as they let us
know that they have been
stuck, we send them straight
to the Health Center so they
can do an AIDS test on
them,” she said.
“That way, if something
were to develop years later,
God forbid, we would be able
to trace it back.”
Dr. Donald Clark, safety of
ficer from the safety and
health office, downplayed the
danger.
“A lot of risk is perception.
Some [dangers] are real and
some are just perceived,’
Clark said. “The actual risk
that someone could contract
anything is extremely small,
but the perceived risk when
they get stuck is very high."
According to Hutchins, the
containers have been a great
addition, not only for safety
reasons, but because they
demonstrate a mutual re
spect between staff and stu
dents at A&M.
“Before the students didn't
have a choice. But these of the
containers show that there are
students who care about the
workers and want to do the
right thing,” she said.
A&M enrollment looking up based on LAR report
As the number of students in the University increases, so do financial benefits from the state
By Ann Marie Hauser
The Battalion
Even-numbered years have a
significant meaning for the Office
of Graduate Studies.
Every two years, public institu
tions statewide prepare a Legisla
tive Appropriations Request
(LAR) to submit to the Legislative
Budget Board in Austin.
The LAR is a formal declara
tion from the fiscal office contain
ing enrollment data from sum
mer ’96 through spring ’97.
The official numbers come from
a census taken on the fifth class
day for the summer terms, and
the 12th class day for the fall and
spring semesters.
The Office of Graduate Studies
then assembles this data and
sends it to Austin.
The State Legislature then al
locates funds to the University
based on the enrollment num
bers. More students means more
money.
Dr. Jerry Gaston, the vice pres
ident of administration, said the
money is then allocated into the
budget to pay for departmental
operating expenses, faculty
salaries and clerical support.
This process determines the
amount of money individual pro
grams receive.
For example, colleges offering
technical degrees such as the col
lege of engineering, receive more
funding.
Dr. Dan Robertson, Director of
Graduate Studies, said the Uni
versity could not operate on tu
ition alone.
Funding from the state com
pensates for the costs not covered
by tuition.
First term and 10-week enroll
ment for summer ’95 was 4,318
students and has increased to
4,324 students for summer ’96.
Dr. Robertson said he is opti
mistic about the increase in stu
dent enrollment this year be
cause of the funding increase.
“It is barely an increase,”
Robertson said. “But at least it is
better than a decrease.” Enroll
ment has declined for the past
three years until ’96.
Tentative enrollment, which in
cludes students who have applied
and been admitted for the fall, has
increased 14 percent. Robertson
said this is not a secure percentage
because, although these students
have been accepted, they may not
choose to attend A&M.
“Right now we are trying to get
a handle on how many students
we have,” Robertson said. "It
would be naive of us to assume
how many will attend because, in
choosing a university, students
apply to several institutions.”
The A&M fiscal office will
receive the funding in Septem
ber ’97.
Preparations for the next
LAR will not begin until the
Summer of ’98.
Correction
A Page 1 cutline should
have identified Mike Dubner,
a senior mechanical engineer
ing major, as the pilot.
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Stacy Stanton, Editor in Chief
Stew Milne, Photo Editor
David Taylor, City Editor
Jason Brown, Opinion Editor
Kristina Buffin, Aggielife Editor
Jody Holley, Night News Editor
Tom Day, Sports Editor
David Winder, Radio Editor
Will Hickman, Radio Editor
Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor
Staff Members
City Desk - Reporters: Christine Diamond, James Fowler, Brandon Hausenfluck, Ann
Marie Hauser, Melissa Nunnery, Amy Protas, Heather Rosenfeld, Erica Roy &
Tauma Wiggins
Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Pamela Benson; Writers: Jeffrey Cranor, James Francis,
Lisa Gamertsfelder & April Towery
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Hernandez & Brandon Marler
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Goodyear, Steven Cyeszly, Michael Heinroth, Jennifer Howard, Chris Leschber,
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