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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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campus."
— DALINE LIMBAUCi
former vice president oj»
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terest in recycling seems to be fading. Francisco j
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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.”
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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
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