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FULBRIGHT The Junior pulbright provides graduating seniors and graduate students of Cl.S. citizenship the opportunity to develop a proposal for a specific research project to be undertaken in the country of their choice during the 1997-1998 academic year. Each applicant may apply once during the current year of competition. Informational Meeting TUESDAY July 16 at 1 pm Wednesday July 17 at 1 pm T hlirsda y July 18 at 2 pm All Meetings Held in Bizzcll Hall West room 358 FOR ADDITIONAL REOUIREMENTf, INFORMATIONAL MEETING TIMES, OR GENERAL INFORMATION, CONTACTS STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM OFFICE 161 BIZZELL HALL WEST <409) 845-0544 Page 2 • The Battalion • Tuesday, July 16, 1996 Irvin strikes deal for no j ail time DALLAS (AP) — Michael Irvin’s drug trial is over, and al though he still could be pun ished by the NFL, he’s free to be in Austin for the opening of Dallas Cowboys training camp on Wednesday. Irvin was to be sentenced by this morning by State District Judge Manny Alvarez. The star receiver pleaded no contest Monday to a second-degree felony cocaine possession charge in return for four years’ probation and a $10,000 fine. A misdemeanor marijuana charge will be dropped. Alvarez likely will accept the terms of the plea bargain, plus assess up to 800 hours commu nity service and decide whether the probation will be supervised or unsupervised. The probation is considered deferred adjudication, meaning the charge will be erased from his record if he stays out of trouble for four years. Rockets sign point guard Prict HOUSTON (AP) — The Oklahoma. Houston Rockets on Monday signed Washington Bullets’ point guard Brent Price to seven-year contract, a televi sion station reported. Terms of the deal with Price, a free agent, were not disclosed, reported KTRK-TV. A spokesman for the Rock ets was not immediately available for comment. However, the team sched uled a news conference re garding the signing of a unidentified free agent at 11 a.m. today. Price has played for the Bul lets the past three years. He was a second-round draft choice from the University of Houston center Hake Olajuwon signed a five-ye: $55 million contract extef sion with the Rockets. Olajuwon, 33, hadjti finished the first year o(_. ■etc'I four-year contract that gt J Ufc3i him the opportunity tolffj|y -j ^ come a free agent after!: 1996-97 season. “I am very fortunate th will have the opportunity play my entire career it Rockets uniform — a pri lege that most players do have,” Olajuwon said. “The Rockets are my fi ly and I am excited to coi ue to play for the wonder!, fans of this city.” k "1 J NSC Continued from Page 1 the gold-198 isotopes. “We primarily use the gold isotopes for non-resceptable or inoperable tumors, right now we are treating tumors of the pelvic wall and pancreas,” Chapman said. Cancer doctors in Houston call the NSC staff and request the required radioactivity level for the patient. The NSC staff calculates the exposure time within the nuclear core needed to satis fy the doctors’ requirements. The gold pellets — roughly the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen — emit gamma radiation, providing enough energy to ionize and break down the membranes of cancer cells. The cancer cells then simply disintegrate. Fred Sanchez, senior reactor supervisor, is enthusiastic about his role in the process of saving lives. “The pellets give a big boom (to the cancer cells) which eliminates most of them, and then they finish them off with chemothera py,” Sanchez said. The gold pellets remain in the body, but do not react further. Sean O’Kelly, the NSC’s Assistant Direc tor, is quick to point out the NSC is not ap proved by the Food and Drug Administra tion to directly handle biomedical supplies. “We don’t handle the seeds — just the package,” he said. Handling of biomedical material incorpo rated in the human body is vital in prevent ing contamination. “It is something that has to be done right, so we don’t wing it,” O’Kelly said. Human lives are not the only ones saved through nuclear medicine. Horses are other potential beneficiaries of the NSC in a life-saving program. Horses are particularly prone to tumors of the skin and the underlying tissue. The NSC staff wants to supply veterinari ans at the Large Animal Center radioactive iridium seeds. The three-millimeter seeds are the tor strung together on a nylon ribbon like i necklace and placed adjacent to the tumors Dr. Mike Walker of the College of V erinary Medicine said he sees great tial in the plan. “This procedure can also be used total nasal tumors in dogs and to a lesser deps in cats,” Walker said. “These tumorsi more responsive to the radiation supp by the iridium.” This means the radiation dose canbf n K r i s tj na calized at the tumor, therefore limitingdam^ E g ATTAL1 age to healthy tissue. The NSC is a multidisciplinary cem supporting research and teaching for ms activities at Texas A&M. There are tm six to seven graduate students working! the center; a French exchange studenij currently one member of the team. Texas A&M has two nuclear reactors | campus to support teaching and resea: i The larger of the two reactors — the NSC| is located near Easterwood Airport. NSCM been supporting Texas A&M research:! teaching needs since 1961. iased in a Martin Recycling Continued from Page 1 from A&M last December and is registered to vote in Brazos County, said she would consider voting for a student. “I think it’s great (a student running for city council),” Olesen said. “The more students involved, the better.” James Bond, associate general council for the Texas A&M University System and a former College Station City Council member, said it is important for students not to be excluded from city leadership and to feel they have a chance to win leadership roles. “College Station is a good environment for young people to find their way into those kinds of roles,” Bond said. Bond said he does not have a problem with young people contributing to city government, but because of voter’s perceptions, Martin’s age could be a hurdle to overcome. “He needs to be able to have contact with people who will see past the potential to be too young,” Bond said. A forum of the candidates running in the special election will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the College Station Conference Center. Early voting for the election will be held July 22 at College Station City Hall. Continued from Page 1 services,”he said. Crews also said the custodial services could assist recycling efforts by collect ing the bins from the residence halls. “Custodial services is best suited but the Physical Plant has the facilities,” Crews said. “Custodial services don’t pick up any thing (to be recycled) and the Physical Plant is mostly in the office buildings, and they don’t really cross over much.” Last semester, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) passed a resolution to begin improvements in the recycling process for dorms. “We’re trying to get a more orga nized setup because some of the resi dence halls have been neglecting the bins,” Crews said. “RHA passed a resolution that a dorm will not be able to obtain bins un less they sign a contract promising to take care of them. The details are specifically outlined.” Daline Limbaugh, former vice presfe of the Texas Environmental Action Cce. tion and a senior math major, said to ti cling needs to be improved across camps “I find it hard to recycle on campe Limbaugh said. “I know there’s quitti few people that are upset abouttls vending machines that now havepla bottles. I know they’re more conveni than aluminum, but you can’t recyi them on campus.” jhe casting ire was lo Serve as ex "I find it hard to recycle on campus." — DALINE LIMBAUCi former vice president oj» Texas Environmental Action Conin' Col. Dons ant of the ( ■Wanted abou Seven days di I “We decidi do it it woul Rlso checked want them 1 wouldn’t be p The prodi cadet’s trans to Austin ar Limbaugh said the University’s ii their particip terest in recycling seems to be fading. Francisco j “I know Print and Copy used to# an d member recycled bond and stopped carrying P a ted in a lo because there was no market for itj Dle t some °f t Limbaugh said. “It was like a pass!:; I got to ta fad. Places on campus used to carryfhe w as really and now they don’t.” DAB Continued from Page 1 in Europe, public transportation is the only thing they use, and we understand it has to be convenient for the customers.” Kenyon said a lot of work still must be done before the buses start running, but hopefully they will be ready by the begin ning of the fall semester. Daniel Garcia-Mont designed the web page for DAB on the Internet and has been very involved with the program. “We’ve done a lot of work on the web page and we’re in the process of revamping it right now,” Garcia-Mont said. “People will be able to access the page to get all kinds of in formation about the program. I think one of the most important things right now is in forming people of the service.” The DAB web page address is http y/www. dabtransit. com. Kenyon also said the organization needs volun teers for any kind of help they are willing to offer. “If someone can spare two minutes to write something about DAB Transit on the chalkboard in their classes, thfj would be great,” he said. “We could a use some help distributing flyers. This ganization is going to depend greatly(| help from the community, and we’re lot ing for some good volunteers.” Ashley Banard, a junior marketing maj said she thinks DAB Transit is a good idu and will be helpful if people choose touseit “I think a lot of people would use it,” B: nard said. “It would cut down on a lot of act dents involving people who aren’t drinkinf also. But it’s also important that people w» are drinking are responsible enough to use# &AH! by Chuck Johnson By Quatri We kind of . nd Deliver.” However, i y Award-wi ompletely tb “When I t of an asshole teally get a one-on-one.” The cadets iid not returr Worked for api Johnson sa :adets as the 1 “It didn’t 1 that this wa :ake,” Johnsc oyed it and t Positive exper On the firsi to patrol 1 Bobo's parents never Imagined that his strange behavior would one day lead to a lucrative career with Samsonite. 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