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ume 103 • Issue 178 • 8 Pages
College Station, TX
Thursday, August 7, 1997
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the airways become inflamed. Air-
sthat overreact to common things
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aug. 6
Closing price: 1
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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.