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Continued from Page 1
“It comes in the form of a clear liquid or a
white powder. It is odorless and invisible in a
drink with a salty or metallic taste to it. It is most
often mixed with fruit drinks to mask the taste.”
Combined with alcohol, effects are increas
ingly serious. Symptoms may include drowsi
ness, sudden sedation, temporary amnesia,
tremors, seizures, convulsions and respiratory
arrest. Combining Rohypnol with other nar
cotics can be fatal. Mixed with alcohol, there is
a great risk of overdose leading to respiratory
failure, and if Rohypnol is mixed with addition
al narcotics, there is a large risk for heart failure
and coma.
Breault said GHB and Rohypnol are com
monly manufactured in Mexico, resulting in ex
posure of the narcotics to the border states.
Manufacturers of Rohypnol reformulated the
drug, producing a version that will release a
bright blue dye when immersed in liquid. In
dark liquids the drink will turn murky, and in
all drinks, particles will float to the top. How
ever, this reformulated version of Rohypnol is
only available at a distributor’s request. The
original is still being distributed.
Both GHB and Rohypnol are illegal in the
United States, but through distribution of
recipes on the Internet, GHB is being produced
in clandestine laboratories by people untrained
in chemistry.
Breault said the effects of GHB become
prevalent between five and 20 minutes after the
drug is ingested. Effects can last from two to
four hours or more, depending on dosage.
“Lower levels of GHB mixed with alcohol
produce the effects of being drunk, euphoria
and disinhibition,” Breault said. “It is not unlike
being drunk, only it is more intense. Higher lev
els of the drug will induce a sleep so dramatic
that it has been medically mistaken for a coma.”
Breault said after being exposed to the drug,
victims begin to lose their resistance abilities,
making them susceptible to attackers.
According to the Alcohol and Drug Education
Programs, there have been anecdotal reports
stating individuals believed they had been giv
en similar substances but were unable to prove
anything positive. The department said there
have been unconfirmed reports stating students
on campus have been using Rohypnol recre-
ationally.
Becki Elkins-Nesheim, coordinator of Gender
Issues Education Services, said many of the al
leged rape cases involving these drugs go unre
ported for a number of reasons.
“One problem with GHB and Rohypnol is
that you have to catch it early,” Elkins-Nesheim
said. “If you don’t catch it before the first urine
sample, you can’t identify that one of these sub
stances has been present in the system. Most
people will lose a sense of memory. Some don’t
wake up and think immediately they were
raped. It is more like a puzzle that can take
weeks or months to piece together. By that
time, there is no way to proveanw, e Battalioi
Sherry Hostetter, assistant direci
zos County Rape Crisis Center,'
a large number of cases in which*
lieved they were given somesortc
"In tin.' Iasi two and a halfyeii
probably seen 20 to 25 cases i
strongly suspect drugs were given
unknowingly,” Hostetter said. “Bye
victim goes to the emergency room:
ined, the drug is out of the system!
tectable. ”
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Gary Bishop, training coordinaic^
lie infoi mation officer lor the Cote
lice Departmei individuals
of rape through use of a narcotic will! ri
with a felony. •
"This kind ol behavior is m 0TlTlT
which is a second-degree lelony
prison,” Bishop said. "If it isprov
* ’in wax administered [Qdlfi,
vict the offender bt i ause it illustr ^
more clearly."
According to the College Station*
partment Narcotics Task Force, Ro.'B|
GHB are considered schedule-fourGpor any co,
iai under punishment group three ion period,
ol less than one ounct mtiny an ot
gionp three would resell m .o ? nt ' due
meaner. Punishment could powr a ch. no ma
fine not to
>. jail time raid 6 111 iiu 't
JO days or a combination of both.
Sculpture
Hajash
Continued from Page 1
Maco Lavae Faniel, a member of
the committee and a freshman
speech communications major, de
fined diversity as a variety of gen
ders, sexual preferences, ethnicity
and social classes.
“That is what A&M is all about,”
he said. “We didn’t have that di
versity 30 years ago, but we have it
now. We need to show that.”
President Dr. Ray Bowen said
A&M does possess the funds nec
essary to create the sculpture with
out fundraising.
Dr. Guillermo Vasquez, assistant
professor in the College of Archi
tecture, said, “When you work
with donations, you don’t have the
total freedom to decide what you
want to do.”
The funds will allow the com
mittee to consider a competition as
a means for choosing an artist.
Vasquez said there is a possi
bility of pursuing an international
competition and allowing A&M to
be recognized in art magazines
throughout the world.
Continued from Page 1
“[Hajash] will bring new
ideas about expanding courses
offered to students,” Prior said.
“[He will also bring about] a
keen sense of how to address the
challenge that Geology and Geo
physics faces in improving the
national ranking.”
Hajash said the department is
offeri
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a bacheloro
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gy for studei
to us<
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Continued from Page 1
Magnussen said there will
also be Ethel Ashworth-Tsut-
sui Memorial Awards for Re
search and for Mentoring.
There are two winners for
each category.
The research award was es
tablished to honor female grad
uate students who have excelled
in research.
The nominations for the
awards come from either the
candidate or an A&M faculty
member.
This year’s recipients are Jen
nifer Inlow in the Department of
Chemistry and Shawna Lemke in
the Department of Veterinary
Anatomy and Public Health.
Magnussen said there is an
Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Award
for mentoring also.
This was established to hon
or graduate students and post
doctoral researchers who take
action to encourage and support
female graduate students at
A&M.
This year’s recipients for
the mentoring award are Chia-
Huei Lai in the Department of
Chemistry, and Nancy Turner
in the Department of Animal
Science.
All honorees are awarded
$500.
Continued from Page I
According to the Texas Depart
ment of Health Bureau of HIV and
STD Prevention, Texas began us
ing a system of reporting called the
Unique Identifier system (UI) in
1994 to report HIV infections.
The UI consists of the last four
digits of the patient’s social secu
rity number, a six digit birthdate
and numbers that stand for race,
ethnicity and sex.
The Texas Department of
Health estimates the UI system
missed between 57 and 74 percent
of the HIV infections diagnosed
from 1995 to 1997 through confi
dential testing.
While anonymous testing
would remain unreported, the re
sults collected through confiden
tial reporting would be less likely
to be missed.
Bi|t for A*
lion, then
lion had ih
ming to Co
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en an assis
ve vourow
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liversity of
tunding rec
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• When an indivi* ;Pf ience |-
to a TDH facility iol»
i An it,. Uillom s f:
are counseled « itj n||
ways ot being testtd.a^Gnfe
mously or confide*, record
pros ™d«, pla Kjns
methods, Clark ««) f those |c
and community bent | urtlll „ i . js| ,
new system of contiu /hen A&M r
because it reports dr- “T| lere W(
formation about ink ^n, that we
communities and riskn
information is veryi-U
Clark said privacy^®
breached concerning |
including results cote
the UI system.
“The Texas Dete
Health allows a sete’
people to access this k : i
Clark said. “In allotted
have had this in forte
have been no leaks.’
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