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IEEE/HKN Banquet Thursday, April 27th You’ve all been wondering, waiting. We’re no\V ready to let you in on the good stuff. We ll be in the Zachry Lobby Wednesday and Thursday with in fo and tickets. The , ,ush \ ol novgrr<n>ent & t\iblic Service Jr 2 ^ k itxas a&M University Graduating in May with a BA or BS? Working on a graduate degree at Texas A&M? The George Bush School of Government & Public Services Announces a New CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The Bush School will offer a new 12 credit hour graduate program in international affairs. This exciting program will equip participants with essential knowledge of the world that can he used in careers in government, private business and the expanding world of nongovernmental and not-for-profit organizations. Start as early as May 2000 to enhance your international expertise. For more information on this new program call Nikki Jones at (979)862-3469 or email njones@bushschooi.tamu.edu Think Globally SOPHOMORE Au DECK PIZZA PARTY Come join The Association of Former Students] for some pre baseball fun at Olsen Pavilion. We'll have FREE pizza and refreshments. So bring your appetite and have some fun with your classmates, compliments of The Association of Former Students. j-Ey a/\55 op ’02! ■ ^jr '**_ i "ImW" TEXAS A&M vs. SAM HOUSTON STATE DATE: April 25 TIME: 5:30pm GAME: 7:00pm WHERE: Olsen Pavilion ^aTTic Association — 4 OF FORMER STUDENTS ate 7h& Aggie, NpIumJc! For more information, call Campus Programs at 979-845-7514 CAMPUS Page 2 THE BATTALION Thursday,: Study tests effects of drinking and drr py. April 2 1 BY MAUREEN KANE The Battalion Carlos Rodriguez, a Class of'99 A&M graduate, finished off his seventh beer at 12:20 p.m. Then he got behind the wheel of a ear. This may sound illegal, but administering aleohol to participants was part of an experiment conducted by the Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Stud ies (CADES) at Texas A&M University’s Riverside campus Wednesday. Participants were assigned to either a control group, which was not administered alcohol or an ex perimental group whose members were administered alcohol. All participants were then tested on different driving maneuvers. The maneuvers included a skid test, a blocked lane exercise and a “Monster Car" test. The monster car is a normal car w ith the back two wheels taken off and re placed with two smaller wheels, like those on a go-cart. “It simulates driving on icy roads. It’s difficult; I can only imagine what it’d be like to do it drinking,’’ said Kathy Durkin, a participant. The drivers also tested their ability to stop a car and their ability to recover from a spin on a wet surface in die skid test. Brenda Brock, one of the experimental group participants, said that the skid control was difficult. “Yesterday in the pre-test. 1 knocked out one cone. Today, 1 knocked out two or three of them. That u as at .046. On the blocked-lane test, I did fine,” Brock said. The blocked lane exercise tests a driver’s motor skills by forcing the driver to swerve from a blocked lane into an open lane, and then back again. Julie Evans and Bryan Apperson tended the makeshift bar. distributed alcoholic drinks to experi mental group members and recorded the number of drinks each received. They said that the most notice able effect of the alcohol on experimental participants was that they had trouble processing information. “They lose their ability to focus and stare. They tend to pause and are in a daze as the day goes on. They’re sluggish,” Evans said. Bill Van Tassel, one of the driving instructors, said that although he instructs drivers monthly, this was his first driving experiment involving participants w ho had been drinking. “People seem to be as competent as they were sober, but their decision making and judgment is off. They think they’re fine, but the measurements show otherwise, even at low Blood Aleohol Lev els (BAL). People are showing their impairment at about one- half the legal limit (.08). A lot of other countries have BALs of .05, and there’s good reasonful Tassel said. “You’ve got to be pretty heat, got to keep everybody safe. It’s my job loi if I feel we’ll be in peril at any time.' Dr. Maurice Dennis, director of ik(I A&M and the project coordinator,saidtlij| 19 participants in the experiment.’ mental participants were given alcol trol group participants did not drink. Alin were involved in the same tests,andtheed participants had just as many successes! group participants in tests before they bee: I he information produced by thesetell used for multiple purposes, including Iraq lor eonipames. emergency crews andothetsl ucation programs. Dennis said that thee periment was in the upper $50,000dolkl cause of the cost of filming the test! videotape will be used in variousalcobo programs throughout Fexas. Man Reitim Dennis drew conclusions from watchirl ol modern "Based on prev ions tests, the .OSlimi: Lhas directe al level. The American MedicalAssoceRdy: .S7r//;< iceord as favorine .05. State levels ten,: nwal House ate r view athei than scientific. You couldmabiyics to ken und case fo Dennis said. Muster Continued from Page 1 ceremony. Matson retired as the execu tive director of the Association of For mer Students in December. “Muster is just such a hallowed tra dition that we thought that the speaker needed to be someone who represented A&M well, but with humility,” said Kim Smith, Muster Committee sub- chair for speaker selection and a senior speech communication major. Smith said the Muster Committee believes Matson has done just that. Matson’s list of accolades is long, but Smith said his humble nature makes those things even more significant. Matson also has won a gold and silver medal in the 1964 and 1968'Olympic Games for shotput. “Mis modesty, composure and everything about him really reflects what it means to be a Texas Aggie.” Eu banks said. “I know that he is really go ing to have incredible things to say.” “Il l had to pick the one Aggie tradi tion that makes us stand out and other schools envy us the most, it would he Muster,” Matson said. “It is hard for them to understand w hy we have groups of former students getting together and talking about A&M and also remem bering those that we’ve lost." Matson should know. Since he start ed working for the Association of For mer Students — 27 years ago — he has spoken at Aggie Musters each year. 1 lc has addressed Aggies at locations across the nation — from San Diego to Wash ington, D.C. — and many places in be tween. But this will be his first campus Muster since he was a student here. “I think it will be an awesome expe rience in Reed with that many Aggies,” Matson said. “Muster reminds us why we are all really proud and really fortunate to call Aggieland home,” Eubanks said. “Just as it always docs. Muster is gong to play the role of us coming together as one family embracing each other and cele brating those lives.” The Muster held on A&M 's campus recognizes current students and former students liv ing in the Brazos Valiev who have died in the past year. Former stu dents who have died and have immedi ate family who are current students are also honored. This year’s Muster holds special meaning to the Aggie community be cause the 12 Aggies who died in the 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse will be honored Friday. However, the ceremony will not he different than in years past. “No Aggie loss is any more signifi- ciint than another,” said Tancssa Saathoff, a Muster Committee member and junior agriculture development major. As of Wednesday. 166 names were on the roll call. Ilowever, names can still be added to the roll call until shortly be fore the ceremony. Fubanks said she is unsure how Faster weekend w ill affect Muster. She said there could be overflow from the 10.(KK) seats av ailable for public seating in Reed Arena. The last time Muster fell on Easter weekend was 1946. and Muster was held at Kyle Field. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at that Muster ceremony. “At our awareness tables around campus, we have lists of the hometown Musters for students to look at and find out where their Muster is going to be.” Eubanks said. Fubanks said students who choose to go home this weekend are encour aged to attend Muster near their home town. Alter the roll call is read at the cam pus Muster, the final candle is lit in hon or of all Musters around the world. "Aggie Muster is always special,” Eubanks said. “Now more than ever, we know the family [that] we are a part of and we feel more than ever how much we miss our fallen comrades w hen they aren’t with us anymore.” Friday’s activities will begin with a llag-raising ceremony by the Corps of Cadets at the Academic Plaza. The Class of 1950 will also be in attendance, as part of their class reunion. Texas A&M’s Department of Food Services will serve a Muster Cama raderie Barbecue at the Academic Plaza. ■eitman is ■s Roadtri/ |tions. 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