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The two-day conference, which stands for Excellence in unit ing Culture, Education and Leader ship, serves as an additional orien tation for minority students. Anita Snell, an ExCEL team leader and senior education ma jor, said ExCELL gives minority students at the conference a “comfort zone” for their fresh man year. “ExCEL is a freshman orienta tion program geared for and not necessarily limited to ethnic mi nority students,” Snell said. “It gets them into A&M and acquaint ed with the University. They are able to form a foundation.” During the conference, students meet with campus leaders who an swer questions and offer advice. “We have professors from the different colleges come in,” Snell said. “The yell leaders come in to talk about tradi tions. We also have a student panel that answers questions about student life.” Brad Angell, director of regis tration at ExCEL and a junior agricultural development major, said he got involved to encourage students to embrace Texas A&M’s traditions. “I felt like there’s a need for more minority involvement in traditions,” Angell said. “There’s a big need for minorities to feel welcome at this school and ad just as freshmen.” Angell said unfortunately, mi nority students can easily avoid involvement in traditions. “A lot of times, minority stu dents get discouraged because there are so few minorities in volved in the traditions,” Angell said. “If we get more numbers out there, it will encourage them to get involved.” One of the functions of ExCEL is to show minority students they are not alone at A&M. Snell said she wished she would have gone through the conference when she was a freshman. “I guess coming through this conference, you realize you’re not the only one,” Snell said. “There are people here who’ve been through it and can tell their sto ries. Here we are and we’re about to graduate and we did it.” Angell said the friendships that develop are the most impor tant thing about ExCEL. “The most beneficial thing is, they get some time to met:; other and get camaraderifl others like them,” Angeii “It’s people that feel the! way about coming to A&M Although minority skfa also go through the regulal student conferences, ExCE. fers a little more. “With this conferee opens so many doors,” Sne "Students get familiarize^; the Department of J Services. They also realiJ not just our minorities. a very diverse staff.” At the conference, stu:J are offered the option oft class their freshman years ExCEL Plus. The one-hoc . ceeding in College classic Department of Multidt* Services and the Depart: i Management. CPA educates citizens of local law enforcemei By Erica Roy The Battalion For the past nine years, the College Sta tion Police Department has conducted a Citizen Police Academy (CPA), designed to educate citizens of College Station on local law enforcement operations. Lt. Scott Simpson said through the pro gram, citizens can become familiar with the functions of the Police Department. “It’s a crash course, basically information on all the things we do to make the system work,” Simpson said. “People think all we do is sit out in the bushes and wait for people speeding to come by; then we head out to the doughnut shop. This gives them a better un derstanding of what we really do.” The Citizen Police Academy runs 12 weeks. Classes are held on Tuesday nights from 7 to 10 p.m. The dispatch system, traffic stops, do mestic and gang violence, narcotics, gang violence, criminal investigation and crim inal law are among the various subjects covered in the classes. The majority of the 12-week period is spent in the classroom, but students also participate in some hands-on activities. During the traffic stops class, students participate in role-playing games. CPA alumni or off-duty police officers pose as speeding drivers while students pretend to be officers stopping the driver. Stu dents actually wear a gun belt, holster, unloaded gun and ticket book. Crime Prevention Officer Darrell Lued- ke, who teaches the class on traffic stops, said role-playing games give the students an understanding of how the police officer feels approaching a vehicle. “It lets them understand from the officer’s point of view what it is like,” Luedke said. “It lets them know exactly what it’s like to be on the other side.” "It's a crash course, basically infor mation on all the things we do to make the system work." — SCOTT SIMPSON College Station police officer Russell Howerton, vice president of the CPA Alumni Association, said role- playing was the highlight of the class for him. He said there were different scenar ios for each student, so no one knew what to expect. The driver might cooperate, or he might “shoot” the pretend officer. Students also ride in a patrol cars with an on-duty officer. Two classes are held each year. The fall class starts on Sept. 3. A class is also held in the spring. The class usually consists of 30 students. Simpson said they never have room for all the people who want to join the class. They try to get a cross-section of citizens from Col lege Station. Usually three to four A&M stu- J dents are included in each class. Simpson said the Police Departmen: efits from offering the Citizen Police my because it helps foster good relation with the citizens of College Station. “Our goal is to educate our custoim to say,” Simpson said. "If they have ter understanding of what we do, the; tell others in the community. It’sri against everybody.” Luedke said the CPA gives him a ter understanding of how the average izen feels. “It helps me understand the misco tions and fears the public has aboutfcl forcement and the role we play,” Lui said. “It creates better communication tween us and the community.” Howerton said his experience asastn of the CPA has taught him not to hesita: use the Police Department. He nowhasa ter understanding of what police workeni “I am much more confident about them if I feel the need to,” Howerton8a!:| Howerton was stopped by a police ol year ago for an expired inspection sticke: said he knew how to act toward the offc make him feel at ease. Howerton said everyone should attaii CPA to become better acquainted will Police Department. “If it were up to me, I would requiri Everyone should know their police de; ment,” Howerton said. “The better know them, the better they are to safegi themselves.” A&M researchers helping to reduce salmonella threap By James Fowler The Battalion Texans love homemade ice cream during the summer, but researchers say ice cream made with raw eggs can be hazardous to your health. Raw eggs can carry salmonella bacteria. Recent breakthroughs by Texas A&M researchers are helping egg producers reduce the public health threat from salmonella. Dr. Steven Ricke, Dr. John Carey and graduate students Young Min Kwon and F.L. Kuo of the poultry science department have discovered an environmental ly safe and effective method of fighting salmonella bacteria. Many bacteria reside on the surface of eggs or enter them through pores or cracks in the shells. Dr. Ricke has worked on the salmonella problem with eggs since arriving at A&M in 1992. “I immediately focused on salmonella, one of the most im portant problems in poultry pro cessing,” he said. “The industry was looking at prevention in carcasses, but new sanitizing washes were not very effective due to the organic loads. Since these washes had killed organ isms on hard surfaces, we thought it might work on eggs.” Researchers linked about 2 percent of the outbreaks of food- borne disease between 1973 and 1987 to eggs contaminated by salmonella. Nationally, salmo nella costs billions of dollars each year in direct health costs and productivity losses. Ricke, in cooperation with Biomedical Development Corpo ration in San Antonio, received a grant from the National Insti tute of Health to research his theory. Ricke, Kwon and Kuo tested the effectiveness of an enzyme-derived compound for washing eggs. Kuo has returned home to Taiwan. But Kwon, a Ph.D. can didate in poultry science, will extend their research commer cially in Phase II of the grant. Kwon arrived at A&M almost two years ago from Seoul Na tional University. “I came to A&M upon the ad vice of a former student of Dr. Ricke, who knew I was interest ed in microbiology,” Kwon said. “I hope to graduate in three years and then return to Korea to accept a research position at the university.” Dr. Ricke and his associates’ research proved a commercially produced compound, Enzodine, is as effective as other, less en vironmentally friendly sub stances in reducing salmonella. Unfortunately, the proce dures developed by the A&M re searchers may be years from be ing implemented nationwide. Until then, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends thorough ly cooking eggs. USDA guide lines suggest boiling eggs for seven minutes, poaching them for five minutes or frying them for three minutes on each side. The USDA also advised con sumers should avoid eating raw eggs and store them below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Food safety experts also ad vocate using egg separators to extract the yolks from the shells. They also recommend discarding cracked eggs. Gwendolyn Struve, TheBatMU Young Min Kwon, Ph.D. candid* in poultry science, counts salmond la colonies in a Kleberg laboratory. “Food safety is vital, especia! ly for college students whom!; be away from home for the firs time,” Ricke said. “You mns cook food thoroughly and ] tice good sanitation in kitchen. It’s got to be like lore. As an example, nobody® dercooks pork. 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