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W’) 0**'»>* iMu HI I J WI * iir Texas A&M University imeai veil as inted 'yean apprt rm. aalso low- oflC, s,it’s here. 1 level! Today Tomorrow See extended forecast, Page 2. ume 103 • Issue 178 • 8 Pages College Station, TX Thursday, August 7, 1997 Jews & Health ih Camp, T-Camp ssions kick off he first of six Texas A&M Fish ip sessions starts tomorrow, and last session ends on Aug. 26. ach session lasts four days, he first of two T-Camp sessions tsAug. 15, and the second ses- ends on Aug. 20. iach session lasts three days. vh0 flamed airways use asthma flares ok® LIFESTYLES leNorthgate unknown: o local stores offer retro ms and vintage clothing. See Page 3. OPINION ONLINE l ftp://bat~web.tamu,edti 'ok for ks to lated ories. UPD gives building plaque to Legion sthma affects about 10 million ghj, pie in the United States. With asth- the airways become inflamed. Air- sthat overreact to common things Uj» be related to a hereditary tenden- Ly iritcan be acquired. yH ) ollens, certain foods, changes in iperature, exercise, pet hair, Ism jke, perfumes or drugs can lead flare of asthma, lotiiflpheezing is the most common iptom of asthma, but asthma may ipresent itself as a persistent cough. 3 ulmonary function tests during an ickmay help to make the diagnosis. Various inhalers are the mainstay reatment of asthma. By inhaling [vhere dicine, the drug can get into the gs, where it acts directly on the in- |comped lung tissue, on! An instrument called a peak flow iter can be used to help a person hasthma to gauge the severity of •,Cli| disease and take appropriate lasures to treat asthma, itas Ifyou have asthma and would like ther information about how to take re of this disease, call 845-6111 schedule an appointment with a ctor at Student Health Services or me to the A.P Beutel Health Center lyour convenience. I -Qantributed by Dr. Jane W. Cohen lij of the A.P. Beutel Health Center j affeine should not be sed as sleep substitute One of the most widely used habit- ming drugs in the world, caffeine en becomes a “food group” in it- Iffor students as they try to bal- e classes, tests, jobs and social livities and remain alert. Caffeine is found in coffee, tea d most colas as well as in medi- esand chocolates. Ifyou are sensitive to caffeine or re health concerns, limit caffeine isumption. Start by switching to caffeinated products. Caffeine can mask feelings of fa re but is not a substitute for sleep, to squeeze in a quick nap, exer- eand eat a good breakfast to feel ire lively throughout the day. Ifyou have further questions, please ipbythe Health Education library in 016 of A.P Beutel Health Center, De tent of Student Health Services. - Contributed by Erin Jahnke Tarter of the A.P Beutel Health Center By Joey Jeanette Schlueter The Battalion A plaque marking the history of an American Legion building that has housed Texas A&M students and the University Police Department was presented to local Legion officers yesterday. The plaque was presented to Cmdr. L.G. Crum of Bryan’s American Legion Earl Graham Post #159 by UPD Director Bob Wiatt at the UPD Building. The UPD Building, which also houses part of the De partment of Environmental Health and Safety, will be torn down in September. The Texas A&M Foundation will build its headquarters on the site. The plaque was placed at the UPD Building in 1939 by the National Commander of the American Legion at that time, Raymond J. Kelly. The American Iegi( m built the building as a dorm in 1939. It housed about 230 students during the Great Depression. Students were charged $25 a month to live there, but they shared cooking and cleaning duties with other residents. Mary Miller, associate vice president for adminis tration, said the building will be remembered for its his torical significance. “Gone but not forgotten will be the legacy of this building,” Miller said. “Little did the Legion know how important the building would be.” John Saxon, Class of’42, lived in the dorm in 1939. Sax on said the building was a blessing because money was tight, and he could not afford much. “Everybody had to work together in the dorm,” Sax on said. “I remember those times; they were hard, but they were good.” In 1940, A&M purchased the building from the Amer ican Legion. UPD moved into the building in 1972. Wiatt said he will miss the building that he has worked in since he came to A&M in 1958 with the FBI. “In several weeks this building will become a cloud of dust,” Wiatt said, “and the plaque is the only thing left that reminds us of the history.” Crum thanked A&M for everything the University has done for veterans. “Texas A&M has always provided leadership in the armed forces,” Crum said. “When the American Legion and A&M joined together, they provided a place for the less fortunate to live and study.” Please see Plaque on Page 5. Photograph: Brandon Bollom Bob Wiatt, UPD director, presents a plaque marking the history of the UPD build ing to Cmdr. L.G. Crum of Bryan’s American Legion. The American Legion built the building in 1939 as a dorm, and it is scheduled to be torn down in September. flSPPSs*. fmsMRKHi... mm ' ■ ■ . .;,Y, fSJ Photograph: Tim Moog Keith Kovar unties cedar boards, held by Chris Haischer, that will be used to hold nets to keep pigeons out of the bells on Albritton Tower. Towering Above It All Survey: Drug use rising among young adults Annual study shows increased use of marijuana, cocaine and heroin WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug use among young adults in America is rising, the gov ernment said Wednesday, a somber counter point to news that illegal drug use is dropping slightly among teen-agers. And the news among teens is hardly all good: More tried heroin for the first time last year than ever before. Separately, the Justice Department re ported Wednesday that fewer people ar rested were using cocaine, suggesting the crack epidemic that rocked large cities may be abating. The annual National Household Survey on DrugAbuse showed druguse among 18-to 25- year-olds at its highest level since 1988, with 15.6 percent of young adults using drugs. That included increased use of marijuana, cocaine and heroin by young adults. Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton’s drug policy adviser, suggested drug-using teen-agers were growing up and continuing their habits. “If you smoke a lot of dope, smoke ciga rettes and use alcohol to excess in your early adolescent years, it parries through,” he said. About today’s teens, the report had some good news: After doubling over three years, teen druguse dropped slightly, from 10.9 per cent to 9 percent. The drop was among the youngest teen-agers, those 12 to 15 years old. “There is a glimmer of hope,” said Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human Ser vices. “The percentage of teen-agers using drugs may finally be inching down, and I em phasize ‘inching’ down.” After increasing for three years, teen mari juana use—which accounts for three-fourths of teen drug use — edged down, although the change was not statistically significant. Also, alcohol use among teens dropped from 21.1 percent in 1995 to 18.8 percent last year. Shalala and McCaffrey credited govern ment and private efforts that focus on the dangers of drugs, in particular marijuana. “Tell the 4,000 community coalitions of America — the Boys and Girls Clubs, the YMCAs, the Elks, the Kiwanis ... keep up the work,” McCaffrey said. Please see Drugs on Page 5. Food fair to feature low-fat selections By Jenara Kocks The Battalion The Texas A&M Bookstore in the MSC will host the Low-Fat Dining in the Brazos Valley Food Fair from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday that will offer fat-free food from 14 Bryan-College Sta tion restaurants and the A&M Department of Food Services. Vicki Beck, administrative dietitian for A&M Food Services, said the Department of Food Services will be serving spinach lasagna at the fair. She said that Food Services is par ticipating because low-fat food is such hot topic right now. “Our customers often request information about low-fat food,” Beck said. “We serve a lot of low-fat items on campus.” Beck said a couple of the Department of Food Services facilities, such as Rumours Deli and the Underground Food Court, were in reg istered dietitian Linda Kapusniak’s “A Restaurant Guide to Low Fat Dining in the Brazos Valley.” Tina Parish, sales manager at the Olive Gar den, said the restaurant will serve capelini po- modoro and penne fra diavolo at the fair. Parish said Olive Garden is participating because students are a vital part of the restau rant’s staff. “We have so many students that work here, and we want to be supportive of the school (A&M) and what they are involved in,” Parish said. Mark Hollis, owner of Honey-B Ham & Deli, said his restaurant will provide samples of its fat-free quiche and sandwiches on low-fat sourdough buns. Hollis said the ham or turkey sandwiches with hot pepper cheese and regular mustard have eight grams of fat. Blake Clark, trade book manager at Texas A&M Bookstore, said people may sample the food, and anyone can attend. Please see Food on Page 5. Apple, Microsoft end rivalry with pact to share technology ancis: African-American tors tackle Dorothy Dandridge to with wrong intentions. See Page 7. BOSTON (AP) — Ending years of impassioned rivalry, Apple Comput er and Microsoft jolted the computer world Wednesday by agreeing to share technology in a deal that gives Microsoft a stake in Apple’s survival. Apple hopes that by linking up with Microsoft other developers will feel safer about pouring money into new programs for Macintosh computers. The move stunned passionate Mac users, who consider Apple a cru cial buffer against Microsoft chief ex ecutive Bill Gates’ domination of the computer industry. When Apple co-founder and new ly named board member Steve Jobs announced the alliance at the Mac- World Expo, flashing a satellite image of Gates on a huge screen, many in the audience booed and gasped. “You’ve got to be kidding!” ex claimed one audience member. Apple’s capitulation to what some of its loyalists see as the enemy shows how far its fortunes have fallen since the late 1980s when it was widely re garded as the easiest computer to use. “We think Apple makes a huge contribution to the computer indus try,” Gates told the MacWorld audi ence, adding that the combined ex pertise of the two companies should help bring technological innovations to market faster. Gates’ face looming over the au dience was eerily reminiscent of the famous “1984” ad that year that launched the Macintosh with a rebel smashing a Big Brother-like figure on an overhead projection. At the time the ad, which ran only once during the Super Bowl, was meant to signify Apple’s rejection of the IBM computers that used Microsoft’s ar cane DOS operating system, the pre decessor to Windows. Please see Apple on Page 5. Apple’s stock Apple Computer Inc., once a high-flyer on the stock market, languished this summer even after chief executive Gil Amelio resigned. Wednesday, news that it will form a broad alliance with rival Microsoft Corp. kicked it up 35 percent. 29 13 ► In dollars Aug. 6 Closing price: 1 $26,625 July 9 | Amelio ousted /\ f 6/9/97 an 7/1/97 ( 8/1/97 Source: Bloomberg Financial Markets A&M system faculty fight law Policy bars Texas employees from testifying against state AUSTIN (AP) —A federal judge has ordered Texas Attorney Gener al Dan Morales to testify in a court challenge to a law barring state em ployees from testifying against the state as expert witnesses. The Texas Faculty Association and a Texas A&M University pro fessor, contending freedom of speech is at stake, are fighting the new law and a similar A&M policy. They named Morales, whose job includes defending state laws against legal challenges, and A&M Chancellor Barry Thompson as defendants in the lawsuit. In court documents, they al lege Morales “has targeted many academics in an effort to dis lodge them from litigation against the state of Texas.” They said Robert Hoover, the professor at Texas A&M in Corpus Christi who is helping bring the lawsuit, wanted to serve as an ex pert witness on behalf of tobacco companies the state is suing. According to Hoover’s lawyer, R. James George Jr., Hoover’s plans ini tially were approved by university officials. But approval was with drawn, he said, after the attorney general contacted the university. “All untrue,” Morales spokesman Ron Dusek said Wednesday. U.S. District Judge James Nowl in of Austin last week granted a temporary restraining order that put the policy and law on hold pending a Thursday hearing. Morales and Thompson both were subpoenaed to testify at the hearing. Nowlin said Thompson could send a representative, but that “exceptional circumstances exist justifying the compelled testimo ny of... Morales.” Please see Law on Page 5.