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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
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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
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“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
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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
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“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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