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Texas A & M University ““““ 1 TODAY TOMORROW YEAR • ISSUE 32 • 10 PAGES COLLEGE STATION • TX See extended forecast. Page 2. TUESDAY • OCTOBER 14 • 1997 lice, 3 students 'gal "tig th abortion! rocedureasj lin fetal bra a tried tote;:, ■’ered, butpl ^ Ti«iurt in fight Sunday dde the birr Three University Police officers and i be pulled ree Texas A&M students suffered in ti personhoies after a fight that occurred early uld nothadrlay morning involving a fraternity, > pluck thee University Police Department said, ■hish-kebat: me UPD said the fight occurred at iproximately 1:30 a.m. at a fraternity 5 of the ban notion sponsored by Kappa Alpha lionsarevdi in Duncan Dining Hall on campus, lection tor B° b Wiatt, UPD director, said the n’s veto. SRMmont is searching for one sibilitvofa JS P ect who ma Y be c h ar 6 ec l with ) fightforo® ravated assault - , in Wiatt said the suspect is be- tved to have been a guest at the ‘ 1 1 . aternity party. ' 1 The suspect fled from the fight ., ter UPD officers attempted to ,u 7 h, ; *ak up the fight. nepnewsi*/jatt said one student suffered a unn 0 wnJ| r e cut to the head, and two other you could udopts suffered minor injuries, ranceyoir yyiatt said the three police offi- liepovver: ;rs suffered minor injuries, heydono! 7|-, e cause of the fight has not aen determined. ua Hill is f >jory of missing llumnus to air felhj Texas A&M former student Fred q uny will be the subject of “The Dst American,” an episode in I’dbvls. “Frontline” public affairs se es, at 8 tonight on KAMU-TV. rages letters Harrison Ford, the narrator of owordso';r )e p ro g rami w j|| star in an upcom- 1U ig movie based on Cuny’s work in serves the arajevo. ,andaccurs: “Frontline” will discuss the life ^nuotette nc * disappearance of Fred Cuny. uny. Class of ’66, did not gradu- o - Mail Call tepom A&M. vtcDoneid He disappeared in 1995 on a ationjx mission to Chechnya. ■mi Cuny was a member of the orps of Cadets Company 1-3, along Corps Commandant Maj. Gen. lall: 1111 845-2647 nvmitm^jjlj Ted” Hopgood Jr. Vreaths on sale benefit charity lembers of Alpha Chi Omega [rity will be selling holiday Iths through Friday in the MSC allway to benefit Hospice of Bra- psh/alley, a nonprofit organization roviding care for the terminally ill nd their families. The price of the wreaths is $22 nd mailing boxes can be pur- ha^ed for $3.50. Alpha Chi Omega lembers will deliver them the first rak in December. 1 tate awaits court icision on health lUBBOCK (AP) — A 23-year era fjudicial involvement in the state (lental health system could end uepday if a Dallas federal judge grfces with the assessment of his _JUrt monitor. ! Austin-based monitor David haris last month approved the .are standards at Wichita Falls Rate Hospital, the last institution )fulfill the requirements listed in a ettlement of RAJ vs. Gilbert. See Page 3 sports \m [mer Aggie golfer Jeff (ggert represents Texas iM around the world. See Page 7 opinion ffines: Societal view of ^weight individuals can re horrific outcomes. See Page 9 tip://b at-web .tamu.e d u ok up with state and ional news through The Jre, AP’s 24-hour online »ews service. Author: Science disproves evolution By Robert Smith Senior staff writer Michael J. Behe, author of “Darwin’s Black Box,” said Monday night that Charles Dar win’s theory of evolution is unsupported and human organisms could not have been evolved from lower life forms. “Darwin’s theory is stuck in the world of imagination,” he said. Behe’s presentation at Rudder Auditori um last night was part of the Veritas Forum at A&M. Behe said Darwin’s theory that all or ganisms are formed through gradual mod ification does not hold up under scientific observation. Behe cited the human eye, cilia and bac teria as examples of biological mecha nisms that cannot develop from gradual modification, calling them “irreducible complex systems.” “Darwin could not explain where the light sensitive spot on the human eye came from,” he said. Behe has written over 40 research articles and has been awarded more than $430,000 in research grant support. Behe discredited evolution illustrations that have appeared in college textbooks. He said a recent article in Science magazine textbook illustrations showing similarities be tween the fetal development of a fish and a hu man being are “fudged.” “These illustrations are great support of Darwin’s theories but they are a fake,” he said. Behe said the artist omitted and added features of the fish embryo and changed the scales on the fish embryo. Behe said the Journal of Molecular Evolu tion proves that Darwin’s theory of evolution is losing support. The journal has published more than 1,000 articles in the past 10 years, Behe said, but none of them have proved Dar win’s theories. Behe said scientists often subscribe to Darwin’s theories because they are taught to do so. “Many scientists believe it is bad science to believe that something outside of nature can affect biology.” Working with stress DEREK DEMERE/The Battalion Doug Parker, a structural engineering graduate student, works on installing a steel beam at the structural engineering lab Monday. The beams were put in place to test the effects of earthquake magnitude stress on high-rise buildings. Representative announces approval of telehealth funds WUKM paving Lives: Paramedics at exas A&M juggle hectic Schedules to get the job done. By Jenara Kocks Staff writer U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady from the 8th con gressional district announced Monday funding for telemedicine is provided by a provision of the balanced budget agree ment passed earlier this year by Congress. Telemedicine uses video links to allow physicians in rural clinics to consult with specialists in major medical centers. Texas A&M medical professors and a physician from Driscoll Children’s Hospi tal demonstrated the telemedicine tech nology after a news conference. Brady said beginning in 1999, the bill will provide for $100 million to $200 mil lion for telemedicine services. However, he said the bill will not pay the expenses for the telecommunication line between two sites. “What’s important about the balance budget bill is it signals that Congress is fi nally serious about exploring telehealth and telemedicine as a way to bring qual ity health care affordably to rural Ameri cans,” he said. Brady said A&M is a good place for re search on telemedicine because of the University’s experience in technology and research. “The University also brings a measure of Aggie common sense to find these technologies to help everyday Ameri cans,” he said. During the demonstration, Dr. Robert M. Wiprud, Jr., associate professor of fami ly medicine and Scott & White staff physi cian, talked to Dr. Lisa Ehl, assistant pro fessor of pediatrics and Scott & White Memorial Hospital staff physician, via tele vision screens and audio equipment. Ehl told Wiprud what type of medicine to give a nine-year-old girl who has re current ear infections. Wiprud used a camera attached to an otoscope, an instrument used to examine the inside of an ear, to send pictures of the girl’s ear through the television to Ehl. He used another small camera to send pictures of the inside of the girl’s throat. Wiprud also consulted John Pastorek, pediatric cardiologist for Driscoll Chil dren’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, about the girl’s heart murmur. Wiprud sent an echocardiogram, an ultrasound of the girl’s heart, to Pastrorek. Alan W. Wassel, director of sales and marketing at Andries Tek of Austin, assist ed Wiprud with the technical equipment. His company makes cameras, such as the ones used to photograph the girl’s ear and throat, that allow physicians to zoom in and freeze images of patients on a screen. Wassel said a one-chip CCD camera can be attached to many of the physi cians’ instruments. “Our company takes the conventional instruments that physicians are used to using and allows them to practice the same way they always have,” he said. “But it also allows physicians to send an image, once it is turned into an electronic image, anywhere in the world.” Please see Funds on Page 5. Senate hears report on Hopwood, other issues By Amanda Smith Staff writer The Faculty Senate heard from Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen Monday about the contingency fund and the Hopwood decision, two major issues facing the Senate dux ing this session. Bowen said the political en vironment surrounding Hop- wood should be a concern of Texas A&M. He said a Hopwood conference in the spring will discuss solutions for recruiting a diversity of students. “We would like the scholarly faculty of Texas A&M to be sources of advice,” he said. “Hopefully, Texas A&M can have an impact on policies made by the legislature regard ing admissions.” Diane Kaplan, a College of ► Jail & Bail Education senator and visiting assistant professor, said she wants Texas A&M to extend its recruiting methods to areas be yond college nights sponsored by high schools. She said that this might have a greater im pact on the diversity of the stu dent body. “There may be some other ways to attract students that had not considered Texas A&M University initially,” Ka plan said. She said A&M could have more recmiting centers in differ ent cities and regions in Texas to provide information to high- school students. Also, Bowen said more than 50 proposals were submitted as suggestions for the $3.5 million contingency fund. “We asked for proposals that could be accomplished on a one-time basis for a pro ject with l<3ng-term benefits,” he said. Dr. Ronald Douglas, the ex ecutive vice president of the Faculty Senate, executive vice president and provost, said a council has identified 20 of the most interesting proposals. “We then selected about six to seven broad themes,” he said. “I appointed a lead dean for each of the themes. Each group is working to develop the programs.” Douglas said that some of the themes focus on areas in cluding campus technology, bi ological life sciences and the liberal arts programs. Possible allocations for the contingency fund may be based on the programs de signed around the selected themes. March of Dimes kicks off annual fund raiser By Joey Jeanette Schlueter Staff writer The March of Dimes will begin its annual Jail & Bail fund raiser today at Post Oak Mall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to help raise $40,000 to assist in improv ing the health of babies in the Brazos Valley. The event will be in the mall in front of The Gap and American Eagle. The fundraiser will run through Oct. 16. Sharon Spies Perdue, Jail & Bail event coordi nator for the March of Dimes, said the event will simulate an arrest and jailing of well-known per sonalities and citizens of the Brazos Valley. “People will be issued a mock arrest warrant,” Perdue said, “and they will be responsible for making bail. They will get to make phone calls.” “Keystone Cops” will arrest the jailbirds at their home or workplace and take them to jail. The jail will be built with six-packs of Seven-Up. Jailbirds, dressed in jail attire, will be offered complimentary food, beverages and a photo graph of themselves behind bars. The jailbirds must phone friends, co-workers or family to bail them out and contribute to March of Dimes. Perdue said the March of Dimes has enough volunteers to arrest 10 people per day. Volun teers include Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk; Maj. David Sahm, tactical training officer for the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets; DJs from KKYS Mix 104.7 and KTEX 106.1 and many restaurant owners and managers. Sahm will call cadets to raise his bail. Pledge bail will be an average of about $300 to get out of jail. Please see Jail on Page 5. Dog’s Best Friend Cadet takes pride in daily duties By Rachel Dawley Staff writer S ince 1960, a sophomore in the Corps of Cadets Com pany E-2, who is known as the mascot corporal, has been responsible for the care and protection of the Texas A&M mascot, Reveille. He is seen standing by her side at Aggie football games and yell practices. She attends classes and other University functions with him as well as staying with his family when class is not in session. Although Reveille spends most of her time with the mas cot corporal, Jeff Bailey, this year’s mascot corporal and a sophomore agricultural systems management major, said he wants students to know that she also is their mascot. “She wears the A&M blanket and represents our school,” he said. “She is special in the heart of all Aggies because she represents the spirit, traditions and pride that all Aggies brag about.” The legend of Reveille says that the original Reveille was a stray dog brought to campus after being hit by a car full of Aggies returning home from a football game in 1931. She earned her name the next morning when she howled through the morning “Reveille.” Bailey was named as mascot corporal on Parent’s Week end last year. Reveille spent the summer in San Antonio at Bailey’s family home. The American collie traveled more Robert mckay/the battalion than 13 000 miles to make appearances throughout the Mascot ora| Jeff B escorts state at Aggie Moms Clubs meenngs and other functions. Revei||e on Ky|e Re|d a , , he A&M . lowa Please SEE Mascot on Page 5. State football game Saturday.