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KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY PRESENTS THE 1st ANNUAL CORPS vs. FRAT FIGHT NIGHT! APRIL 17th at the Lakeview Club (On Tabor Road three miles east of Hwy 6) Sign up to fight TODAY at our booth in the MSC Deadline fior registration is February 28th!! Training will be provided and MANDATORY For more info contact: Danny Weber at 260-3850 or djw4558@unix. tamu. edu Join us for "Friends" and other TV. favorites on... Friends Night Thursdays at Bernie's Place Enjoy great company and food plus... Buy One Cappuccino and Get One FREE (A $1.25 value good after 6:00 pm Thursday Friends Night only. Limited time offer.) News ► What's Up? Thursday Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry Fields. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. For details, call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561. Women’s Lacrosse: There will be prac tice from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry fields. Beginners are welcome. For more in formation, call Monica at 694-6915. Aggie R.E.A.C.H.: There will be a gen eral meeting for old and new mem bers at 5:30 p.m. in A.P Beutel Health Center. For more information, contact Marc Wade at 847-7903. Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Aggies: There will be a program on Person ality Profiles and Assessments with Lisa Bryan at 7 p.m. in 144 Koldus. For more information, call Gay line at 847-0321. Study Abroad Programs Office: There will be an informational meet ing to promote the Italy Spring ’98 program from 2:30-3:15 p.m. in 358, 161 Bizzell Hall West. Career Center: There will be a Summer Internship search at 4 p.m. in 212 MSC. There will be a Placement Orientation at 5 p.m. in 308 Rudder. LIPPMAN MUSIC CO. STOREWIDE CLEARANCE SALE! SAVE UP TO 50% KEYBOARDS Korg X5 $699 Ensoniq SQl $899 _. _. Alesis Quadrasynth + Piano $999 Epiphone Electric plus many morej Guitars from $179 Epiphone Guitar Amps from $49 Complete Guitar &. Electronic Repair 112 Nagle (Behind Notes & Quotes) 846-1225 Italy Spring ‘98 Studying at Texas A&.M’s Santa Chiara Center, you’ll learn about the Italy of yes terday while living in the Italy of today. Plus, you’ll receive full TAMU credit for all of your classes (which are taught by A&.M professors). Please come to one of these scheduled meetings for more information: Tues., Feb. 25 1:00- 1:45 PM Thurs., Feb. 27 2:30-3:15 PM Fri., Feb. 28 10:30 - 11:45 AM 358 BIZZELL HALL WEST Study Abroad Programs: 161 Bizzell Hall West: 845-0544 ARTS 350 Art History MKTG 321 Introduction to Marketing MKTG 401 International Marketing SCOM 203 Public Speaking SCOM 335 Intercultural Communication Association of Baptist Students (ABS): A meeting to praise, worship and learn more about God and to meet new friends will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the ABS Center. For more information, contact Bobby at 846-3223. Floral Design Club: Floral arranging for banquets and other special occa sions will be held at 6 p.m. in 108 Horticulture/Forestry. Contact Jamie at 764-6504 for details. Biomedical Science Association - Vet erinary Medicine Sub-branch: There will be a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 206 MSC. Dr. Jerram will be speaking about dentistry. For more information, call Tami Smith at 775-9140. Kappa Sigma: Fight Night registration will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the MSC Hallway. Pi Beta Phi Sorority: Registration for the second annual Arrow Spike sand volleyball tournament will be held at Rudder Fountain from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Rec Cen ter from 4 to 8 p.m. The tourna ment will be Saturday, March 1. All proceeds will benefit Sheltering Arms. For more information, call Stefny Sutton at 694-8512. Native American Student Associa tion: There will be Native American singing and drumming at 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder. For additional informa tion, call Sonny at 847-1836 or Wendy at 260-1992. Aggie Speleological Society: A general meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in 202 Francis. Contact Will at 847-1612 or Tina at 775- 7266 for details. Texas A&M Emergency Team: There will be a general meeting with in ser vice over bandaging and splinting at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC. For more informa tion, contact Hunter Olsen at 693- 1299. Friday Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry Fields. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. For details, call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561. The Learning Skills Center of the Student Counseling Service: There will be a workshop on Time Manage ment and Procrastination from 2-3 p.m. in 103 Henderson. For details, call 845-4427. Study Abroad Programs Office: There will be an informational meet ing to promote the Italy Spring '98 program from 3:15-4 p.m. in 358, 161 Bizzell Hall West. Career Center: There will be a Co op education seminar at 2 p.m. in 404 Rudder. Society of Women Engineers: The High School Engineering Confer ence will be all day in the Zachry lob by and MSC. Kappa Sigma: Fight night registration will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the MSC Hallway. MGMT 481 Class: There will be a guest lecture by Creed Ford on Brinker International, Inc. at 10:20 a.m. in 144 Koldus. Saturday Horsemen’s Association: Horse men’s is hosting the Special Stu dents Riding Clinic all day beginning at 8 a.m. at the Freemen Arena. For more information, contact Shannon Castle at 696-3381. Society of Women Engineers: The High School Engineering Confer ence will be all day in the Zachry lob by and MSC. TAMU Sailing Club: Recreational sailing will begin at 9 a.m. and last all day on a variety of boats.The day will include sailing, instruction, launching of the new fleet wind surfers, Paul’s birthday, and BBQ lunch. For more information, call Paul Mushrush at 846-2271 or Ellen Mitchell at 846-8577. 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Thursday • Februaiyli Lawmakers tanglf over Waco comme WASHINGTON (AP) —T\vo Texas congressmen tangled Wednesday in an unusually personal dispute pro voked when one denounced the oth er for saying on TV that the public fears being “bombed’’ in a Waco-like government raid. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, de manded that Rep. Ron Paul apolo gize to the American people for say ing during a C-Span interview Wednesday that “there are a lot of people who fear that they may be bombed by the federal government at another Waco.” “I mean, these people commit ted no crimes,” the Surfside Repub lican added. “A member of Congress making that kind of extremist statement sim ply encourages the kind of radical ha tred that leads to Oklahoma City (bombings),” Edwards said. Paul demanded an apology of his own, accusing Edwards of engaging in a “vicious attack" forpfE san reasons. “He ought to apologize being so cheap, takingacli at me,” said Paul, whom Democratic leaders alrea targeted him fordefeatin!? 'Maybe 1 II askhimtod defense of burning up linle by the federal police," fc “What crime did thechildra in order for them to beoiti have their building bume: and be burned alive?" he "Why doesn’t [Edwards]bt compassion for the chikte Eighty-one Branch Da; including 25 children,d;- fiery inferno after federi; forcement teargassedthe: pound in 1993. Thefedsv,; ing to end the 51-daysiai that resulted after a botciis by the Bureau of Alcohol, co and Firearms. Strong bones may help indicate breast cancerii^ Breast cancer kills 44,000 people in the United States each year. BOSTON (AP) — The strength of a woman’s bones may be the most powerful predictor yet of her risk of breast cancer. For the second time in recent months, a study found that old er women with very strong, healthy bones run a sharply higher risk of breast cancer, a disease that kills 44,000 people in the United States annually. Having strong bones is ordi narily thought to be a good thing, and the bones themselves are al most certainly not the problem. Rather, doctors believe healthy bones reflect a high lifetime expo sure to estrogen, the female sex hormone also implicated in breast cancer. “The suspected link is estrogen — not the kind that doctors give you when you enter menopause but the kind that is naturally oc curring in the body during a woman’s premenopausal years,” Dr. Douglas Kiel said. Kiel, a geriatrics special®/ the Hebrew Rehabilitation^' ter for the Aged in Boston 1 L ; | author of a study inThursii issue of the New Englani'j nal of Medicine. It foundii older women with thestroE! bones have almost fourii; the breast cancer riskofwoi with weak bones. This could makebonestrd the single most powerfulpr® tor of breast cancer risk- more telling than afamilyliisLgt | of the disease, which incrf|f risk two to three times. Weak bones — a conif^, called osteoporosis—are ly common amongelderlyv ^ Many are already routinely test for bone strength, whidiML. about $100. onsh . Kiel said he does none! die‘I wholesale bone testing to| ^ mate cancer risk. He saiy 0 p , a when tiie test is already df stra j | i other reasons, itcanbecon;:dgj es with other known risk fan bjgg t ,| help single out women r 1 " ' 1 1 especially high risk. maktl knowing their risk is e? iPant;! great should encouragewofi: p e() p| get yearly mammograms,t pj are already recommended s jI those over 50. r as d j -Eomij State education committed considers 'safe schools' bit races! eds i to the The bill calls for 'zero tolerance of drugs, alcohol and disruptive behavior AUSTIN (AP) — Schools could expel students for misdemeanor drug and alcohol offenses under a bill approved Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee. The measure by Education Com mittee Chair Teel Bivins, R-Amaril- lo, is meant to strengthen a law de creeing “zero tolerance” for drugs, alcohol and disruptive behavior on campus. The bill goes to the full Senate for consideration. Bivins acknowledged that his measure could result in students being expelled “to the streets,” be cause smaller counties aren’t re quired to have juvenile justice alter native education programs for students expelled from campus. But he said that concern is out weighed by the need to allow schools to fight drugs and alcohol on campus as they see fit. Bivins said there have been alternative programs set up even in counties that aren’t required to have them. Dogs Continued from Page ^ Dogs in the program come from breeding centers and other donors. The foundation prefers certain breeds of dogs such as golden retrievers, German shep herds and Labrador retrievers, be cause they are known for good dis positions and strength. Puppies chosen to be guide dogs must have parents that have a clear eye record and are certified free of hip dysplasia. They also must pass a preliminary aptitude test and a physical. Baker said the list of blind people in need of a guide dog is getting “I have had a number of^1 superintendents cometoffliBThl say, ‘If your goal is zero toleraflfcnjT drugs and alcohol oncampi&ftain| is it that you have preventediWebrg being able to expel studentsti Kansa in possession of these coupon ■ substances?”’ said Bivins. Bnkel Current law calls for expife Ind i students for felony drug andi If thJ violations. pnshij The bill was amongseve&sswiml proved by the EducationCoCqnalif tee to adjust the safe schools! ffludir sion of the 1995 education o'? | " L)| which allows teachers to re® men olent or disruptive student? : low,'’I their classrooms for place® toacfl alternative education prograHi Current law requires school] tricts to set up alternative prof which may be on campus if#! separate from other studenis therql In addition, juvenile boa Hals i,| counties over 125,000 pi must establish a juvenilejush'leveij ternative education program! three [ polled students. Vidua! judge Mary Craft, a juvenile? team J judge in Harris County, saidal- SwimJ stable funding for that county’s* nile justice alternative educatiorf Shr gram and other factors have de'j Pa t l ed from its effectiveness. (Son ftj Iding longer, as is the list for people T'ave I ing to be puppy walkers. 01 the| “The demand for guide doj^ed sf large,” Baker said. “And, instate pal L is a need for about 3,000 guided* Fi r J Baker said the foundationi'{°nds to give guide dogs to recipient of charge because of donai! l l grants and volunteer work. “It is a good cause,” Bakeij “and I feel students at A&Mcare[ about helping people.” To be granted a guide dog dglide \ dividual must be legally bt' Thj, have a severe visual impaifl’Wusah They must be at least IByeadpgif j and to offer care and love to M Students interested in thisr? can call t he Guide Dog Founda? F San Antonio at (2 10) 366-4081.