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The Battalion Thursday - July 10 ; 19f News Briefs Classes teach citizens about firefighting Brazos Valley residents can learn about the different aspects of firefight ing at the Bryan Citizen Fire Academy. During the 10-week course, stu dents receive “hands-on” training about firefighting and fight a fire at the Texas A&M Fire Training School. Students will also learn about fire prevention, fire investigation and ser vices the Bryan Fire Department pro vides for local residents. Application deadline is July 23, and the Academy begins August 7. The school meets every Thursday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Two Saturday classes from 8 a.m. to noon will be held also. Graduation is October 9. Tuition is free, and participants must be Brazos Valley residents and 18 years or older. Applications are available at the Fire Administration offices in the Bryan Mu nicipal Building, or call 361-3680. Experts advise when to seek medical help When should you see the doctor? Rashes are often caused by virus es or allergic reactions to substances either eaten or placed on the skin. Sometimes a rash will need more an tibiotics, especially if fever occurs or if the rash is spreading (over a few days). Fleadaches are common but can be serious. Fleadaches that occur with a fever or a stiff neck may be a sign of meningitis. Fleadaches in the front of the head can be caused by a sinus in fection. Migraines are not dangerous but can be treated with medication. Minor aches in the wrist, ankle or knee usually are because of a strain or irritation of the tendons, especially if it is not related to trauma. Unless you have a fever or redness in the joint, you can use ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin, Motrin). Do not use these medications if you have an ulcer. To check with a doctor, call 845- 6111 to schedule an appointment at the A.P Beutel Flealth Center. — contributed by Ann Reed, M.D., of the A.R Beutel Health Center Boosting Calcium easy with healthy diet College students need 1,200 mg of calcium daily, or the equivalent of four cups of milk. Well-balanced food choices include low-fat, calcium-rich foods and beverages. Boost your calcium intake by: — Eating cereal with skim milk for breakfast. — Trying high-calcium desserts and snacks, such as pudding, ice milk, frozen yogurt or string cheese. — Adding cheese toppings to salads, vegetables, etc. — Choosing calcium-fortified or ange juice. — Eating a cheese omelet for breakfast. — Selecting calcium-fortified bread. — Enjoying a scoop of ice cream. : — Eating fish with small bones. — Selecting tofu processed with calcium. — Eating dark green leafy vegetables. — Adding extra cheese to pizzas. If you want to have a nutrition consultation with the dietitian at the Flealth Center, call 845-6111 for an appointment. — contributed by Jane W. Cohen, Ph.D., R.D., of the A.R Beutel Health Center Aggies remember Weirus’ contributions to university Funeral services will be held tomorrow in San Antonio By Robert Smith The Battalion Richard E. “Buck” Weirus will be remembered as a great leader at Texas A&M and a friend of many Aggies, said those who knew him. Randy Matson, Weirus’ successor as executive di rector of the Association of Former Students, said Weirus “will be sorely missed by Aggies everywhere.” “Buck probably knew more former students than anyone I’ve ever known, because he made an effort to get to know them,” Matson said in a University press re lease. “A lot of them really loved him because he was genuinely interested in them.” The University’s Buck Weirus Spirit Award was named in his honor in 1982. Liza Gonzalez, a senior market management major, received the award this year and met Weirus. “He was very attentive and excited about meeting stu dents,” Gonzalez said. “He just had a giving heart.” Angela Winkler, an educational administration grad uate student, also received the spirit award this year. “It was an honor to meet him,” Winkler said. Weirus died Tuesday in his College Station home after suffering an aneurysm. He is survived by his daughter Di anna Burke of Bryan and four grandchildren. Internet Continued from Page 1 Some students have posted Playboy-owned images on their Web site. This is copyright infringement. Play boy contacts University officials to alert them of the in fringement. Playboy employees surf the Web to find pages with illegally posted images. Some students put links to adult sites on their Web pages and receive monetary compensation. This is also illegal under the CIS regulations. The following steps are taken by the Resolution Cen ter towards punishing students who post pornograph ic material: 1. A letter is sent to the student outlining the allegations. 2. A hearing is scheduled with the coordinator of Stu dent Judicial Services. 3. At the hearing, the student has the opportunity to respond to those allegations. 4. If there are any violations found, the coordinator decides on the appropriate sanctions. 5. In some instances, the student has the right to appeal. Sometimes the Resolution Center will just contact the student and make them aware of the issues. Brent Paterson, director of the Department of Stu dent Life, said he worries that the Supreme Court rul ing will have a negative effect on students. Weirus led the alumni association from 1964 to 1979, an era when the University was rapidly chang ing. During that time, A&M began admitting women, and participation in the Corps of Cadets be came optional. Mary Jo Powell, associate director of University Re lations, said Weirus was “very well thought of.” “He led the Former Students Association when the school was making big changes. Many (alumni) did not favor the changes being made.” Under Weirus’ leadership, membership in the as sociation grew from 30,000 to 100,000. He intro duced computerized record keeping, a first for alumni associations nationwide, and also started the Century Club, the President’s Endowed Scholar ship program and an awards program recognizing graduate students. Weirus graduated from A&M in 1942 with a degree in industrial education. He served in World War II and worked in San Antonio before returning to A&M in 1961 as assistant executive director of the Association of For mer Students. A memorial service will be held today at 2 p.m. at the A&M United Methodist Church in College Station. The burial will be at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. “I think an initial reaction is that it will reinforce stu dents’ beliefs that they can do whatever they want, and this is not the case,” Paterson said. Paterson said the University can not avoid obsceni ty issues on the Internet. “We need to continue to find ways that will educate students about the appropriate use of computer re sources (at A&M),” he said. The CIS Web page on the A&M home page states rules for responsible computing regarding Internet use and Web pages through A&M’s system. Under the “freedom of expression” section, the page says “censorship is not compatible with the goals of Texas A&M University. The University should not limit access to any information due to its content when it meets the standard of legality.” The Supreme Court’s ruling says students, in A&M’s case, can express themselves in anyway that is legal on their Web site. The CIS Web page highlights what criminal and ille gal acts are. It states that criminal use involves unau thorized access, theft, obscenity, child pornography and racial, ethnic, religious or sexual harassment. It also includes a section titled “Individual responsibility for use of computing resources and facilities” that Putnam said students should read. Putnam said students should consider ethics when using computer services at A&M and should not mis use or abuse this privilege. Safety Continued from Page 1 “I think they should block the road off," Brown said. “It’s a dan gerous area. It’s not a place where people should walk. Guy Cooke, assistant manag er of the construction division of Facilities Planning and Con struction, said the fact that one of the main construction sites, the new library complex, is in the center of main campus makes it difficult to completely block off Spence Street. “If we closed Spence Street, students would have to walk around the O&M Building or through the Computing Services Center,” Cooke said. Cooke also said Parking, Tran sit and Traffic Services staff would not permit the contrac tors to close Spence Street be cause of the large amount of stu dent traffic on that street. Closure would eliminate access to two parking lots. Instead, Cooke said, Facilities Planning and Construction plans big construction jobs during the summer months when traffic is lighter, and contractors send flag men out to direct cars and people during the times of day that traf fic is heavy. Cooke said that in the busiest areas, construction workers and students must be careful around each other. “We have to coexist between students and construction,” Cooke said. “That is exactly what we’ve done on Spence Street.” Cooke said the sidewalk be tween Harrington Tower, the Academic Building and the Cushing Library is another area pedestrians and construction workers must share, because no road runs through campus to the Cushing Library. Joe Cortes, senior construction inspector for the Texas A&M Uni versity System, said a contractor is the main entity responsible for safety within a construction area. Cortes said A&M inspectors are in charge of “quality assurance,” or making sure a builder follows the contract. However, he said, every one involved in a job is responsi ble for safety. A representative of Centex Construction Inc., afirmloc ed in Dallas, who hastheci tract for the "library vi could not be reached this« for comment on the compai safety practices. Cortes said contractorstii ensure the safety of studti and workers on or nearts struction sites by displaii signs, building barricades putting construction worken PTTS officers in such areas redirect traffic. Cortes said one of thepn lems he sees with construcii on campus is that students not read and obey the constn tion signs. “ 1 lard hat signs are usedtoi fine areas students shouldn't through,” Cortes said. Cortes also said Centexhol weekly safety meetings. Contn tors remind drivers towatdr pedestrians and define an through which emergencyvel cles can enter the construciii site if needed, Cortes said. Cortes said that to date, nosl dents have been injured by chinery at the library coma j site. However, he said, one won er was injured recently when! fell off a scaffold. Cooke said the only otheract dent that has occurred at anyt the current construction sitesut when an 80-ton truss brokeawa from a crane and crashed intotli superstructure of Reed Arenai October 1996. Cortes said a pedestrianbridg will join the fourth level Evans Library and the newlibrat building. The three piecesofth bridge were put together on ground. A 150-ton rubber t mounted hydraulic crane will the bridge to the fourth floom Pi July 21. areo| He said contractors will working with Dr. Fred Hei dean and director of Evans brary, to isolate the constructio area on the fourth floor. He sail the contractors will build porary enclosure so peopled not be able to see what is goingoi from the library’s fourth floor. Cortes said the contractoi main safety precaution is vention. 1 “They want to do everyfi) they can to avoid an accident Cortes said. Witness Continued from Page 1 “I think I may have said to some one that he wanted to go to work at the DNC,” Clinton told a news con ference during a meeting ofWestern leaders in Madrid. “I don’t remem ber who I said that to. I wish I could tell you more.” Meanwhile, senators' hopes of getting a reluctant Huang to testify hit a snag when Attorney General Janet Reno informed the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee she opposes the former fund-rais er’s request for immunity from prosecution in exchange for his tes timony on certain issues. Republicans and Democrats alike expressed misgivings about going against Reno’s advice and possibly jeopardizing criminal prosecutions by her department. “Put me down as more than skepti cal, put me down as opposed,” Sen Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said. Committee chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., said he, too, was skeptical, but he and the pan el’s ranking Democrat, John Glenn, asked the committee’s lawyers to negotiate with Huang’s attorney to seek an agreement. Sullivan, a political operative about to take the lawyers’ bar exam, appeared tense as he field ed questions from senators as the leadoff witness in three weeks of hearings into whether the parties illegally accepted foreign money in the 1996 election. He kept his hands folded, a bank of photogra phers in front of him. Democrats suggested his testi mony was old news, and made much of Sullivan’s statement that he never witnessed any party offi cial discuss seeking illegal contri butions. Republicans used their ques tioning to suggest the White House foisted Huang upon a wary Demo cratic National Committee. “He did not have any experi ence on a fulltime basis,” Sullivan said, explaining why he and oth er top party officials had reserva tions about hiring Huang as a the DNC chief fund-raiser for Asian- Americans. 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