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Page 6 • Thursday, April 8, 1999
News
Students
flock to
auction
BY NONI SRIDHARA
The Battalion
Items ranging from commonplace sweat
shirts and T-shirts to unusual items such as
a trunk were among the articles sold yes
terday at MSC Hospitality’s biannual Lost
and Found Auction.
Hospitality sponsors an auction each Oc
tober and April.
Heather Hautala, committee develop
ment executive for MSC Hospitality and a
senior chemistry major, said she estimates
the auction raised $1,800.
“Last semester, we made approximately
$2,400,” she said. “The amount always de
creases in the spring because we do not
have as much time to accumulate stuff.”
Hospitality acquires the items from lost -
and -found locations throughout campus.
The owners have been offered a six- month
claim period.
Hautala said local businesses donated to
the auction. She said Outback Steakhouse
donated a $35 gift certificate, which sold for
$10, and El Chico Restaurant donated a cer
tificate for four free dinners and four free
drinks, which was auctioned for $15.
“A lot of people come to the auction be
cause they get a great bargain on nice
items,” Hautala said.
In addition to the gift certificates, she
said jewelry and Polo brand clothing were
sold for $5 to $10.
The most expensive items fell under the
SALUE TURNER/Tiik Bvn o i«>n
Jason Shipley, a freshman general studies
major, shops for a hat at the MSC Hospital
ity’s Lost and Found Auction in the Fia-
groom Wednesday.
category of sports equipment, with basket
balls selling for $20.
Hautala said they started with 20 boxes
of items and finished with 12.
Hospitality donates the leftover items to
charitable organizations each semester.
This semester, they will donate eight boxes
of leftover items to the Goodwill Industries
Store.
Penny Ditton, advisor for MSC Hospital
ity, said the proceeds from the auction fund
service projects the committee hosts
throughout the year.
The activities include buying supplies for
the Boys and Girls clubs of the Brazos Val
ley and the Kemp Gym program, giving toys
to the pediatric wards at local hospitals and
sponsoring Easter and Halloween parties for
children of Texas A&M faculty members.
Blacksmiths to demonstrate
skills as part of gallery exhibit
BY AMANDA STIRPE
The Battalion
Three professional blacksmiths will demon
strate their trade today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
in the Rudder Courtyard in conjunction with
the “Earth, Fire, Water: Contemporary Forged
Metal Objects” exhibit on display at the J.
Wayne Stark Galleries in the MSC.
Jesse Kirk of Village Blacksmith in Rosen
berg, Larry Newhurn of Brazos Forge and
David Koenig, president of the Houston Area
Blacksmith Association, will demonstrate the
art of blacksmithing and answer questions
from students.
Cathy Hastedt of the office of University Art
Collections and Exhibitions said the black
smith trade is a lost art.
“Not many students are familiar with black-
smithing unless they work on a farm and work
with horseshoes,” Hastedt said. “It looks eas
ier than it is.”
Hastedt said students can appreciate the skill
when they watch the process of working with
iron.
“It is incredible, and it is all done by hand,”
Hastedt said. “It ties nicely with the exhibit.”
Hastedt said in a press release that she thinks
people will be surprised when they see the ex
hibit.
“I am amazed at the intricate forms that can
be produced with a hammer and anvil,” she
said. “We have everything from jewelry to can
dlesticks to wall sculptures in this exhibit.”
The exhibit is a tour by ExhibitsUSA, a na
tional division of the Mid-America Arts Al
liance and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
The exhibit is open Tliesday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from
noon to 6 p.m.
Biotechnoloi
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speaker says
BY SAMEH FAHMY
The Battalion
The director of the Institute of Bic
Technology said biotechnology has helpefl
the quality of life for many people, butalsop
that must he considered.
Dr. Fuller Bazer spoke to more than30p
speech that was part of the MSCGreatl
gram, designed to promote awarenessola
event issues.
Bazer said scientists, philosophers,
and the public must reach a consensusoni
of biotechnology.
■•There needs to he a union ot thought,"l
"We need to think about how far we watttj
nology to go."
I’.azer said failure to educate the put!
biotechnology causes misconceptions andteil
the public. Bazer said many people think0(1
ios similar to Aldous Huxley’s BraeeNeirhhj
considering biotechnology, but overlookt
benefits to humanity.
The use of plants for delivery of vacdnej
ability to screen for genetic disordersareeoi
the benefits of biotechnology Bazer ofe'i
with increased resistance to insects and dr; o r Matt M â– 
other examples. ®0 r |j ei a fo£
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been able to feed so many people, hesaidcj ur t W jth the
Bazer said biotechnology has been in usr
sands of years. He cited the making of beetti
and artificial insemination of livestock ini"
examples of early uses of biotechnology.
Hate Crime
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