V The Battalion flMPUS Monday • MyM v; Bird % eye view X i L. -X-hS H::. . ^ JAKE SCHRICKLING/T/fE Battalion Chris Powell, a sophomore business major, flies a Cesna 172 over the Texas A&M campus Saturday afternoon. Powell has been flying for 2 years and has accumulated over 175 flying hours. The Greys INSIDE AREA 51..- m TTnZ > i HUMAN5 HAV^ T their By Gab C r /XpcIlj in /XqqiGland Bu Si Program Continued from Page 1 On the fourth point. Brown said there easily would be enough students and faculty to support the program. Brown finished his report by citing the possible future request that South Texas receive public funds. Brown finished his report by citing the possibil ity that in the future South Texas would request public funds. After Brown's report was finished. President Bowen addressed the board. He began by addressing what he saw as miscon ceptions about the request. Some critics, notable UH President Arthur Smith, have said the affiliation circumvents the Coordinat ing Board. Bowen said A&M has proceeded delib erately and kept the Board up to date on all of its plans, including a meeting with the Universities Committee of the Board within two weeks of sign ing the affiliation. "We want to work with the coordinating board," he said. "No official advice went unheeded." Bowen said there are no plans to go to the state legislature in order to ratify the affiliation, and the agreement does not create a public law school in Houston. About future requests for state money for South Texas, Bowen said, "All participants are resolute in keeping South Texas College of Law private." Bowen said the Board's normal criteria does not adequately address this agreement. "A public-private partnership needs a new set of criteria," he said. "The commissioner said there is no need for a public law school, but this is a private school with a partnered public university." Responding to Brown's comments about en hancing A&M's image, Bowen said, "We have not asked you to enhance our image, but to enhance our academic programs." After Bowen finished. Board member Jodie Jiles of Houston attempted to resolve what he saw as the most confusing part of the debate: whether the re quest was a public or private issue. Brown said he thought because the matter in volved a public school, it was a public issue, while Bowen said the law school would remain private, making this a private issue. With no resolution, the two parties agreed to disagree. Bowen said the affiliation mirrors agreements found in business. He said A&M was outsourcing a law degree from South Texas, in the same way busi nesses put their names on products they have some one else build for them. Douglas Harlan of San Antonio said, "The Coor dinating Board didn't judge the affiliation, but ex panding of the table of programs." However, Brown's report dealt extensively with the affiliation with South Texas. William Atkinson of Bryan, who along with Wendy Marsh of Amarillo, was one of the two Board members to support the request, said money for ed ucation is scarce. "We've got to look at other ways to fund our needs in higher education," he said. "I think public- private partnerships are essential. 1 think we are sending the wrong message." Steve Late of Odessa said money was the problem. "Taxpayer money made the A&M brand name what it is," Late said. Late cited Michigan State University as an ex ample of a public-private partnership. MSU has a similar affiliation with a private law school, and after a few years, public funds were requested for the school. Marsh told the Board it should not be influ enced by outside events such as the lawsuit South Texas has brought against the Board claiming the Board is outside of its jurisdiction. She said the Board should be thankful for getting a law school for free. "It is a gift," she said. "1 think we should be open to these things." yeaJ\ y !e* n\e- H Mosquito Continued from Page 1 Olson said Texas has a history of being associated with wide spread mosquito populations, usually in the southern part of the state near the coast, but particu larly around the salt marshes on the coastal plains. "There is no region in Texas that is exempt," he said. "Some species of mosquitoes have been able to utilize whatever resources of water they can find." Olson said there are 84 species of mosquitoes in Texas, and at this time of year, there is one species residents may encounter more than others. "One species thrives in drought season — the southern house mosquito," he said. Known more commonly by the aforementioned name, culex quinquefascintus is characterized by a dark to light brown color with creamy white markings on the top of its abdomen. Olson said one mistake peo ple often make about the mos quito concerns the transfer of encephalitis. #Memorial Student Center 1998 Summer Calendar of Events Dive into Summer! June Film Society Ghostbusters 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness Community, Household & Status of Hacienda Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico and Environmental Policies in Bolivia 7 p.m. Rudder 510 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Visual Arts Tour of San Antonio's Art Museums (Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others) Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 Great Issues and Political Forum Open Microphone 11:30-12:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain Town Hall Hypnotist Rich Ames 8:30 p.m. Rudder Theater Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling and Games Area Black Awareness Juneteenth Celebration 12:30 p.m. MSC Flag Room NOVA SurduKahn 18 a.m.~ 11 p.m. MSC 138-146 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 1 p.m. MSC 145 Cepheid Van able Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 Film Society Sixteen Candles 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain All events are FREE, except as noted. Dates and times may change. Check out the MSC web site: wwwmsc.tamu.edu and the MSC Hotline at 847-5463. FAjSI Please call 845-1515for special needs. yf - J u 1 y 9 Great Issues Drawing the Line-Technology and the Ethics of Cloning 4 p.m. Koldus 110 9 NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling and Games Area 9 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) 10 Visual Arts Tour of Houston ’s Corporate Art Collections (Cost: SJ0 Texas A&M students only) 14 Film Society Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain 16 Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) 18 Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 lown Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle! p.m. MSC, 145 NOVA Battle.Con 3 p.m. Fri.-2 p.m. Sun. MSC 224-225 Visual Arts Tour of Galveston’s Historic Homes (Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others) OPAS Broadway Cabaret 7:30 p.m. College Station Conference Center at 1300 George Bush Drive (Cost: $2 Texas A&M students; $5 all others) Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) August 1 Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 6 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) 26-28 Fall Leadership Conference Trinidad, Texas 27 Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 7 p.m. MSC 145 l/hw o/Vf H sW^yByi can' can "The mosquito is a carrier," he said. "Birds are the source of the virus." Olson said there are a wide variety of songbirds and ground dwellers such as pigeons that are the source of encephalitis, but even after a mosquito con tracts the virus and transfers it to a human, the bite usually does not warrant an emergency health concern. "Most people in the prime of their lives and in health only suffer flu-like symptoms and are treated accordingly," he said. "Young children and older people whose immune systems are just developing or are in stages of deterioration are sus ceptible to the more severe ef fects, such as paralysis, convul sions or even death." On encephalitis, the advisory states, "Symptoms include fever; nausea and/or vomiting; stiff neck; changes in mental function such as sleepiness, confusion and disorientation; and trembling or loss of muscle control." In order to avoid these symp toms and keep people healthy, especially when they come in contact with mosquitoes, re end I search on the insectsisi j ty, Olson said. The Texas A&M of Entomology hasbeeyj ing the susceptibility; quinquefascintus to in* running tests on ne " jj control products and rKll r i ce land agriculture in Ceij with mosquito popubM| "We've been doinj’fe| years," Olson said.' quitoes are] my wl my research." , Olson said although] view mosquitoes as notfejij than irritating insects '!Mofl vide uses to animalsandiM^.^j "Disease, and this roa !B]i n T cold, is good," he said. ! ^q| nates overpopulation. "They | mosquitoes], food sources for birds, flies and fish. 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