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Monday • September 2, 1996
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Catching Rays Lindsey Herman, a junior bioctech major, sunbathes at the Rec Center.
Campus
Student Rec Center
celebrates birthday
average score of 210. Texas A&M
students averaged a 213 score.
The Texas A&M Recreational
Sports Department began its
month-long "Thanks A Million”
campaign Sunday to celebrate of
the Student Recreation Center’s
one-year anniversary.
Rec Center staff will wear “Thanks
A Million" buttons during September
to commemorate the anniversary.
The department recognized its
millionth visitor in August, John L.
Keeler, a junior accounting major
from Austin.
Bryan receives
grant for rec center
ment head in the colleges
Department of Large Anima,
Medicine and Surgery.
Researchers unveil
$umm<
first-ha
The city of Bryan and the Bryan
Independent School District
received a $400,000 grant from
the Texas Parks & Wildlife
Commission last week for a new
indoor recreation center.
The center, which will be built
near the Neal Elementary School
campus, will feature a gymnasium,
weight room and reading lounge.
The facility is slated for comple
tion in September 1997.
Test scores set
med students apart
Ephedrine clues
Texas A&M Universil
researchers may have discovert:
why Ephedrine, a natural stimito
found in plants, has killed young
people who have used the drug:
get high.
A&M psychologists say the dru
acts like Cocaine, by lowering the) 1
level of dopamine, a chemical
the brain which helps transit?
nerve signals.
Ephedrine gained popularity fu
The entire 1998 class of Texas
A&M’s College of Medicine
cleared the first hurdle to becom
ing doctors with flying colors.
All 49 members of the class
passed the Step 1 United States
Medical Licensing Examination, which
tests basic medical knowledge.
The students scored higher
both in the percentage of stu
dents who passed the exam and
average score.
Nationally, 93 percent of stu
dents passed the test with an
Campaign receives
unusual donation
producing a high similar to the dru
Ecstasy. Overdoses have bee bniorjournalism
linked to a number of deal
among young people.
The Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine accepted an
unusual donation as part of the
University’s “Capturing the Spirit"
campaign.
More than 50 miniature horses
are part of a $3 million gift of cash
and property from Betty McLain
and Zelwanda Hendrick of Rusk.
The gift will be used to establish
the Walter W. “Dub" Ruoff
Veterinary Research Fund.
Ruoff is an associate depart-
Rape suspect
remains no-show
cells, bathroon
at how fast a p
joint. However
than an in-deg
paint applicati
I showed up
University and county police col knowing what
tinue to search for Don Davis,
the Texas A&M
with rape who disappeared da*
before his trial was to begin.
Davis, 23, violated his coo:
imposed 10 p.m. curfew on Aug.2!
and has not been seen since.
► This day in history
► Weather
(AP) — Today is Monday, Sept. 2, the 246th day of
1996. There are 120 days left in the year. This is
Labor Day.
In 1789, the United States Treasury Department
was established.
On Sept. 2, 1945, Tokyo time, Japan formally surren
dered to the Allies in ceremonies aboard the USS
Missouri, ending World War II.
In 1963, The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died.
Ten years ago: A judge in Los Angeles sentenced
Cathy Evelyn Smith to three years in prison for involun
tary manslaughter in connection with the 1982 drug
overdose death of comedian John Belushi.
Five years ago: President Bush formally recognized
the independence of the Baltic states of Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia. In Moscow, the Soviet Congress of
People’s Deputies opened its first session since the
failed coup, taking up proposals aimed at drastically
restructuring the country.
One year ago: At a military cemetery on a hill high
above Honolulu, President Clinton marked the 50th
anniversary of the end of World War II, saying it taught
Americans that “the blessings of freedom are never easy
or free.”
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Lows
Today’s Birthdays
Yesterday’s High
go 1 !
Yesterday’s Low
72°F
Today’s Expected
Today’s Birthdays: Author-conservationist Cleveland
Amory is 79. Former Baseball Commissioner Peter
Ueberroth is 59. Football hall-of-famer Terry Bradshaw is
48. Actor Mark Harmon is 45. Tennis player Jimmy
Connors is 44. Actress Linda Purl is 41. Country musi
cian Paul Deakin is 37. Actor Keanu Reeves is 32.
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thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy with iso
lated showers and
thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy with iso
lated showers and
thunderstorms.
High
93°F
Today’s Expected
Low
72°F
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