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Page 10A* Thursday, January 28, 1999
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v Hey Ags) Here's a little multiple choice quiz for y'ali .
Question: It's okay to share a computer account with a friend...
A. Only if the friend is a student here too.
B. Anytime, since it's my account.
C. Only during the semester that my friend and I are
taking the same class.
D. If the friend is a trustworthy relative
E. Never.
Answer:
£ Surprised?!
Check http://www.tamu.edu/cis/qapcm/policy_info.html
for common computing violations to avoid.
Awareness through education is
your first line of defense in
maintaining the conf identiality,
reliability, availability, and
integrity of Texas AAM University
Computing Resources. Users must
respect the rights of other users
and comply with local, state, federal
and international laws, and
university rules. Texas AAM
University reserves the right to
limit, restrict or deny computing
privileges to anyone violating
university rules and/or laws.
The No Electronic Theft Act, signed
by President Clinton on December
16th, 1997, takes a harsh approach
to copyright violations. It provides
for a fine of at least $1,000 for
anyone who infringes on a copy
right, even if they don't profit.
Depending on the nature and extent
of the infringement, violators could
face a fine of up to $250,000 and
five years in prison. To view the
text of the Act, enter the bill
number H.R.2265 at: http://
thomas.loc.gov/home/
Immune system-preying parasite subject of resear
tie Battalion
BY MEREDITH HIGH!
The Battalion
Microsporidia, parasites that cause illness in
people with deficient immune systems like
AIDS or chemotherapy patients, is a subject of
research for Dr. Karen Snowden, an assistant
professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Snowden is working to discover new ways
to treat the illnesses; no drugs exist to treat mi-
crosporidia-related infections.
Microsporidia can lead to death, but the most
common bacteria infect the intestines of AIDS
patients and cause chronic diarrhea. Other kinds
infect muscles, organs or the respiratory system.
Snowden is infecting mice without t-cells
(the cells AIDS patients lack) with mi
crosporidia and then testing drugs on them to
see if the drugs are efficient in fighting the in
fection.
“We administer the drug to infected mice to
look for cures or prolonged life,” she said.
“We have been working out a system and
screening drugs for two and a half years.”
The research is funded by a National Insti
tutes of Health grant in collaboration with TU-
lane Regional Primate Center. Snowden is
working with Dr. Elizabeth Didier of TUlane
University.
Didier begins the process of testing by
screening the drugs in a culture first to test their
effectiveness before animals are tested.
Snowden initially worked on the research
with the former dean of the College of Veteri
nary Medicine, John Shadduck. Shadduck
worked with parasites, but as his administra
tive duties grew, he was not
able to spend as much time in
the laboratory.
“He invited me to start
working with parasites,”
Snowden said. “I had worked
with him for a year before we
got funding."
Snowden has now been
working with parasites for
four years. She regularly re
ports back to the National In
stitutes of Health on the re
search. It is up to the NIH to
determine if the drugs tested
on the mice will go on to the
next phase of testing, which
would include monkeys or hu
mans.
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blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. today in front of the Medical
Sciences Library to reduce the
blood shortage and to benefit an in
fant in the community.
Rocio Dejesus-Parra said her
son, Carlos, is eight months old
and was diagnosed with Biliary
Atresia, which is a rare liver disease
occuring in one in 50,000 children.
She said in some cases, the liver is
never fully developed, but in Car
los's case the bile ducts of the liver
were clogged, and his liver was not
functioning from the beginning.
“He was born with jaundice, but
we were not aware of the Biliary
Atresia until just a couple of
months ago,” Dejesus-Parra said.
Dejesus-Parra said her family
has hosted a variety of events to
help pay Carlos’s medical bills.
“My sister works for K&K cuts
where we had a hair-a-thon and
were charging five dollars for hair
cuts and all the proceeds went to
wards the bills,” she said.
“We also had a bake sale and a
benefit dance, in which we have
seen a lot of contribution come
from the community.”
Tim Waits, marketing represen
tative for the Scott and White Blood
Center in Temple, said for each unit
of blood received there will be a
$25 donation toward helping pay
Carlos’s medical bills.
"We are trying to help fight
against a nationwide blood short
age,” he said. “People have to real
ize that the shelf life of blood is
only 42 days. ”
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five beds and three intei
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Nickel
Professor to speak about
trends in weight management
Dr. Rebecca Reeves, researcher and assistant profes
sor for the Baylor College of Medicine, will discuss meth
ods of weight control today at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Re
gional Health Center in Bryan.
Reeves educates and researches in nutrition, and she
will address trends in weight management and effective
ness of nutrition intervention, a press release said.
Family sues after foster child
allegedly seduces young son
BOSTON (AP) — The case began nearly 10 years ago
when the suburban couple who had taken in kids before
was asked by the state to care for a 15-year-old girl who
needed a foster home.
The family is now suing the state, saying the girl’s trou
bled past was hidden, and that she lured their 11-year-old
boy into bed and eventually bore his child.
Traver Clinton Smith, lawyer for the foster family, said no
one disputes that the boy fathered the baby, but the fami
ly maintains the girl forced their son, now 20, to have sex
with her.
The family is also worried the state could make him re
imburse Massachusetts for aid given the mother since the
baby girl’s birth.
The teen-ager was placed with the family, then living in
Duxbury, in 1990, and the seductions allegedly took place
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between organizations and the Uni®
Minyard said Nickel runs the.'i' ;/
like a corporation.
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imagined.”
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