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Page 3 Monday • September 1 6, 1 996 e — the s and ion, the Russia; most of all, Lu -can’t wait ft? is Dr. Shannon would like toe< lanks to the program for mala i,” Gen. Yuri ( riander of Russ ling center, said i/erybody’s fond ves her.” ess men Durt’s wi jHU, Somalia court that s in the northerr Somali capr nographic filr dancing and n men to grow vho shave lik vaster Stalloi /larines will ," said She i lamud, chain Court, which let did not adw inton or (Britisi n Major, but t( stions," he said. Highs & Lott Yesterday'si 91°F Yesterday's Lffl 73°F Entertainment Briefs p-eyed fans mob king of p in streets of Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — Russians le days are skeptical of who wear rows of medals, t huge statues of them es and conceal the state of Ir health — whether that ns Josef Stalin or Michael tson. ackson arrived in Moscow Sunday and had to dash to vaiting car to escape a ng of screaming fans. Jackson \[ his concert on Tuesday, find plenty of pop-eyed fans, but also a large tingent with eyes narrowed in contempt. Michael Jackson likes to be called the ‘king of ,' although a more fitting name would be ‘com- 3 general secretary,’" political commentator nid Zakharov wrote in Friday’s edition of nsomolskaya Pravda. He has ... started bringing on his tours huge tues of himself, made in the worst traditions totalitarian monumentalism (one of them he managed to ensconce in Prague on the ne spot where once stood a sculpture of fin — yet another lover of pseudo-army uni- ns),” Zakharov wrote. tress’ daughter objects new sitcom boyfriend YORK (AP) — Lea Thompson will have a w boyfriend on “Caroline in the City” this fall, ich is bad news for her real-life daughter, who esn'tlike the idea of mommy kissing somebody sides daddy. She doesn’t like it when I kiss other guys,” ompson says in the Sept. 23 People. “It really Today's Expecjt akeshermad. I had to explain to her that I would High i kissing a new guy on the show this year. I say, gjop lommy loves Daddy, but this is her job.”’ Thompson, 34, is married to movie director Todays Expectioward Deutch. Daughter Madeline is 5. Madeline was also critical of her mom’s new [hairdo,Thompson chopped off her shoulder-length fair at the suggestion of show producers. While 'le/ikesthe bob, her daughter took one look and lid diplomatically, “Well, it will grow back.” al-life caters to director film ‘Fly Away Home’ BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Good filmmaking pends on adapting to life’s little accidents, “Fly ay Home” director Carroll Ballard says. "That for me is the great thing about making a ivie, the process,” said Ballard, who also made ie Black Stallion" and “Never Cry Wolf.” Because it’s changing all the time,” he said. >ugo into a film having a certain dream of what going to be, and one hour into it there are igsthat are impossible, that you can’t do. So a question of always shifting and making the istout of every accident that comes along.” [Ballard used the approach in “Fly Away Home,” (rring 14-year-old Anna Paquin as a girl from New land living with her estranged father in Canada, like her character, Anna was born in Canada, mother was from New Zealand, her father was adian, and during the shooting of the movie were getting divorced,” Ballard said. “We just together stories that happened to people who e involved, took this from there and that from re, and made a story out of those things.” ts Bar MENT Pitchers » reens U * ON EEKEND DX OFFICE in Damme t, City Editor Sports Editor ^ ANGELES (AP) — The action thriller ’ace Opinion Ec r 3x i murT1 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme de its debut as the weekend’s top-grossing film an estimated $5.8 million in ticket sales. “Fly Away Home,” about an estranged father and daughter who help a flock of geese migrate, was second with $5 million, industry sources said Sunday. Both films were released by Columbia Pictures, and the timing of the one-two punch is ironic considering that Sony Corp., Columbia’s parent, had forced out studio chief Mark Hon on Friday after a summer of expensive is including “The Cable Guy.” 'Bulletproof” was third with $4 million, followed Tin Cup” with $3.5 million, and “First Kid” with 3 million. : inal figures were to be released Monday. The jliminary top 10: 1. “Maximum Risk,” $5.8 million. 2. “Fly Away Home,” $5 million. 3. “Bulletproof,” $4 million. 4. “Tin Cup,” $3.5 million. 5. “First Kid,” $3.3 million. 6. “The Rich Man’s Wife,” $3.2 million. 7. “A Time to Kill,” $2.9 million. 8. “The Spitfire Grill,” $2.5 million. 9. (tie) “Independence Day,” “Jack,” $2.1 million each. jg, Web Editor : wan, Radio Eof- j , Photo Editor eber, Cartoon & t HausenflucMi® ZDliveira, Wesley Pos Muff, John LeBas,Cl ggins; Page DesigheS eremy Furtick, Cof zU Boldt, Bryan Goo*' Howard, Xngie Rodgers «dington, Gwenrt ,: *; Cartoonists: MiiM 8 ■ n the Division ofSWl rvicDonald BuikM rnet Address: htipV • e Battalion. For c# ; -845-0569. Alive# = riday. Fax: 845-26$ —k up a single cof) 1 ' srfull year. To cW 11 ■d spring semester — and exam pent# —: Send address# A Jersy cow helps students in Professor Howard Hesby's Animal Science 107 class. Giving students a little Moo- tivation Story by Joseph Novak % -=igece== Photos by Tim Moog Students in Professor Howard Hesbv’s Animal Science 107 class are learning the importance of animal industry — with some help from a cow. ine words, printed on a syllabus for Professor Howard Hesby’s Animal Science 107 class, state an underlying theme of the course. “Never let going to class interfere with your education.” The phrase refers to Hesby’s interactive style of teach ing, which students witnessed Monday, Sept. 9. On that day, Hesby said he wanted to illustrate how animals improve plant food sources, so he invited two students to eat a special breakfast. “In the breakfast, I gave them raw corn, hay and water,” Hesby said. “The students decided they didn’t want to eat the hay or the raw corn. So the class decided they should feed it to an animal.” Hesby brought a Jersey cow from the Animal Science Dairy Center and a Leghorn hen from the Poultry Science Center into the class room for “breakfast.” “We feed the raw corn and the hay to the animals and they make high-quality food,” Hesby said. “The laying hen eats the raw corn and makes eggs, and the cow eats the hay and makes the milk. So that makes a high-quality breakfast out of poor-quality foods. That’s the importance of the animal to the human industry.” Afterward, the students were allowed to pet the chicken. Hesby’s class is not a sedentary one. The class may take about 13 field trips this semester, touring the Howard Owens Cutting Horses Farm, the V 8 Brahman Ranch, the Shallow Wells Puppy Farm, the Food Safety Inspection Service training center and the Animal Blood Typing Genetics Lab near College Station. Students can also earn extra credit for milking cows at the Dairy Center, feeding and harnessing horses at the Horse Center, helping with chores at the Sheep Center, breeding pigs at the Veterinary Medical Center Research Park ,and by watching a purebred cattle sale. Students are also allowed to go on three special 11 -day field trips for credit hours during semester breaks. Hesby has been with Texas A&M for 25 years, and he has taught Animal Science 107 for seven years. He said his goal in teaching this class is to get students interested in learning about the importance of animals. “We’re just trying to illustrate the importance of the animal indus try in the. food chain,” Hesby said. “If we tell students that, they won’t believe us. It’s better to show them.” Hesby’s students benefit from his not-so-conventional teaching methods. Alan Mosley, a sophomore biomedical science major, said the class is interesting. “It’s pretty interactive; the field trips are good,” Mosley said. “Other than that, the class keeps you awake.” Laura Reilly, Hesby’s assistant and a graduate student in agricul tural development, said that the best reason to be in the class are the field trips. “The class is real introductory, not real scientific, but there is some good scientific information thrown in there,’’Reilly said. Cathy Elmer, a sophomore biomedical science major, said she likes the class. “It’s a lot of fun,” said Elmer. “It’s probably the most interesting class that I’ve taken.” Hesby said there have been other interesting occurences in the class. “Last semester, a young student who had not eaten meat since she was 12 learned the importance of high-quality amino acids in protein for the human body,” Hesby said, “and she started to eat meat again.” Animal Science 107 is held in three different sections. Hesby teach es one section, assistant professor W. Shawn Ramsey teaches another section, and professor Ronnie Edwards teaches the honors section. The three instructors use similar teaching methods. Ramsey brought a cow irjto class and sheared a sheep for his students to illus trate the importance of wool in the animal industry. Students interested in seeing more about this class can visit Hesby’s World Wide Web site at http://agweb.tamu.edu/ansc/hesby.htm. Susan Souers, a freshman animal sci ence major, holds a Leghorn hen as it is passed around the classroom. : ‘We’re trying to illustrate the importance of the animal industry in the food chain ... It’s better to show [the students].” - Dr. Howard Hesby professor of animal science ■■■■>,■■ < ... Professor Howard Hesby feeds sophomore animal science major, Rachel Mier's hair to a cow.