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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1998)
“Growing up, there were men who caused me pain. Then I met one who brought true healing.’ “Growing up, I didn’t know what to do with men. They just kept hurting me, so I rejected them. Then, as a teenager, I found myself having crushes on some of my girlfriends. Once in college, I pursued my growing attraction for women. But as a lesbian, I found that I (and most lesbians I knew) paired up with other women out of emotional dependency rather than true love. This told me something was wrong. That’s when I asked Jesus Christ to fill the void in my heart. He did. Then He led me to warm, loving people who helped me see the underlying needs that drove me to a lesbian identity. If you’re looking for real love, and need to talk with someone who cares, start by asking Him. He can make the difference in your life, too.” There is another wav out. For information on another way out, call 1-800-236-9238 or see www.anotherway.com Nearly 50,000 women will die this year from breast cancer. A few of them might live in Bryan. Or College Station. Or Navasota. Or Hearne. Or Caldwell. Or Brenham. Or Madisonville. Or Huntsville. Or Hilltop Lakes. Or lola or Flynn or Normangee. Detection isn’t an end - it can be the beginning of a new life. Most tests are negative. And when they aren’t, early discovery is one of the most important ways to defeat this disease. During National Breast Cancer Awareness month, the College Station Medical Center (in concert with the other health care facilities around the country) is offering half price mammograms during the month of October. Our equipment is new and state-of-the-art. The test doesn’t take very long, is not uncomfortable and can be scheduled at your convenience. DISCOUNT MAMMOGRAMS 8:30 - 4:30 Monday - Friday and Saturday, October 31 8:30 - 4:30 For an appointment or more information, call 764-5112. We’re waiting to hear that you’re taking charge of your future. COLLEGE STATION MEDICAL CENTER Ilea BREAST DIAGNOSTIC CENTER 1602 Rock Prairie Road/Suite 130 Patients with some prior symptoms may not be eligible for discount mammograms. Cash, check or credit card only - no insurance fded for these discount procedures. Conference promotes futu of Latina business leaders BY MELISSA JORDAN The Battalion Omega Delta Phi fraternity will host the “Latinas: Leaders of the Next Millennium” conference this weekend. Over 150 A&M students are ex pected to participate in the confer ence, as well as 150 high-school students who are considering at tending Texas A&M. Hector Valle, president elect of Omega Delta Phi and a junior fi nance major, said participants in the conference will gain a better understanding of the success and contributions Latinas make to the business world. ‘‘By bringing them all together like this it helps bring successful Latinas more into the spotlight,” Valle said. Valle said the conference has been in planning for two years and is meant to contribute to His panic Heritage Month activities. Valle said members of the frater nity feel their lives have been greatly impacted by Hispanic women including mothers, sis ters and friends. “We thought this was the best way we could thank them,” Valle said. The conference will begin Fri day night with an opening ad dress by keynote speaker Elisa Sanchez, president and CEO of MANA, a national Latino organi zation. Saturday’s activities will include four workshops through out the day and a banquet in the evening. Sanchez will speak at the banquet Saturday evening in the MSC. Speakers at the workshops will share their insights about higher education, entertainment, medi cine and the corporate world. Honorable Beatriz Gonzalez, a justice of the peace in Victoria, Texas, and Dr. Christina Vela Gar cia, assistant superintendent of Harlingen Independent School District are among tit leaders that will con workshops on Satunfc Javier Valdez, Omega Delta Phiandasa vironmental design anil tional studies major, workshops will given attendees a iookatotta success and a chanceioa Hispanic leaders quesj “We want to havens lion between participat speakers," Valdez said. Valdez said this i conference will havej cational value. “The purpose of thist is to educate not only! but our communityabo: Latinas have had in Valdez said. Registration for the will be available frotnii on Friday and fromSto Saturday on the firstfloa der Tower. Forum addresses domestic violei Student Life program discusses abusive reIationships y campus saf: Oct. BY JOE SCHUMACHER The Battalion Department of Student Life or ganizations held a brown bag lunch forum on the topic of rela tionship violence Thursday. Kristin Harper, associate director of Student Life, was the facilita tor of the forum. In addition to a discussion about domestic and relationship violence, attacks on students in the Northgate area and campus safety also were addressed. Barbara Finlay, director of Women’s Studies, said the Uni versity is improving the way it handles these problems. “It seems to me that the Uni versity is taking these issues more seriously than they have in the past,” she said. Finlay said one of the hin drances in addressing the recent Northgate attacks has been the jurisdiction of local law enforce ment agencies. Another issue that was brought up was the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Univer sity of Wyoming student who brna was beaten to death ktjyear s What constitutes a tatrams also was a topic of disci; | Life’s This forum coincides mestic Violence Avi Month, which is desigi October. One programtk moting awarenessofthis!| the clothesline projects] by Aggies Working for free Environment. Students can design expressing their views mestic violence. TheT-s be displayed on a the MSC at the endoftk 1 n Pr lW is rtmer it alco JCAA mess p If how a d is h< ioli College of Medicine receives MS grl^ BY BETH MILLER The Battalion The Texas A&M College of Medicine held a reception yester day to honor William and Dorothy Stearman for their dona tion to the college, which will fund the Multiple Sclerosis Re search Pilot Grant Initiative. The reception included re marks and expressions of grati tude by Michael Friedland, vice president for Health Affairs and dean of Medicine, and Roderick McCallum, associate dean for Re search and Graduate Studies. A plaque was presented to the Stearmans, and the researchers conducting the upcoming exper iments were introduced. Friedland and McCallum said the studies will be conducted by Julian Leibowitz, professor of pathology and laboratory medi cine; Rajesh Miranda, assistant professor of anatomy and med ical neurobiology; and C. 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