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LIFE IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL Page 8 NATION & WORLD Wednesday July 5, J THE BATTALION • Personalized weight training (one on one) • Individual nutritional counseling • Stretching - Increase flexibility and mobility • Home or Office - We bring the gym to you!!! CHANGE YOUR LIFE NOW!!! (979) 680-0239 otivation!!! Motivation!!! Motivation!!! Child vaccination rises in Georgia Low-incomet welfare families receive more immunizations as incentm m f>I?ase II 2 Bedroom ~ 2 Bath! i FALL i O NOW LEASING til T T Featuring: Fully Furnished 2 Bedroom Apartments Electronic Alarm System Private Bedroom/Individual Incases Full Size Washer & Dry er Fully Equipped Kitchen Clubhouse with Pool Tables & Weight Room Student Activities & Service Areas Swimming Pools, Hot Tub, Volleyball On Shuttle Route TTNiVERsrry CHICAGO (AP) — Threatening to withhold welfare payments to low-in come families unless their children got regular vaccines significantly in creased immunization rates in Geor gia, a study found. Several states implemented similar measures in the 1990s, when the feder al government encouraged testing of in novative welfare programs, including those that improved the health of pub lic aid recipients. At the time, critics slammed the practice as unfair, and an editorial ac companying the study in last Wednes day's Journal of the American Medical Association questions the ethics of the practice. “The ethical stumbling block... rests in the fact that financial penalties for de layed immunization were threatened only to individuals already at high risk for economic deprivation," wrote Drs. Matthew Davis and John Lantos. Lan- tos is a medical ethicist at the Universi ty of Chicago. Davis, formerly of UC, is now at the University of Michigan. But the study authors said poor children face a higher-risk of "vac-' cine-preventable" diseases. "It is both a pub lic health obligation to encourage low- income parents to have their children immunized for these diseases and a benefit to these fam- “ Families weren't unduly burdened by this requirement." sess their impact, though only Geor gia and Maryland have completed their evaluations, said co-author David Connell of Abt Associates, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. At Georgia's request, the social sci ence research firm evaluated the pro gram from its start in 1993 through 1996, when it, like many others, was revamped under President Clinton's welfare reform leg islation. An evaluation of Maryland's pro- • Listen for detail • Che — David Connell of Abt Associates, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. the ilies and to the public as a whole, authors said. Several states implemented simi lar programs and were required to as- gram done by another firm found no evidence that the threatened sanctions increased immunization rates, Connell and colleagues said. In Georgia, few of the families stud ied actually lost benefits. Connellat- tributed the program's success totfe threat as well as reminders from cast workers and frequent public serviceii- nouncements. "Families weren't unduly burdened by this requirement," he said. Under the program, Georgia fami lies applying for Aid to Families wil Dependent Children benefits had ti prove their preschool-aged children up-to-date immunizations. Famife were told they would lose their benefit for any children who were notimmu nized. Benefits varied widely but aw aged roughly $25 monthly per child. Vaccination rates evaluated vverefe DPT (diphtheria, tetanus and perto sis); poliovirus; MMR (measles mumps, rubella); Hib (Haemophilusiit fluenzae type b); and hepatitis B. Puerto Ricans continue rally against U.S. Navy bombing News in Brief Heat, fires plague Europe ♦ (’ 0 M M 0 N S ♦ mm □□□□j jfflnn iriiiiiijutimj l 950 Colgate Drive • 764-8999 J SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Likening their cause to the United States' battle for independence, hundreds of Puerto Ricans rallied on the Fourth of July holiday outside a federal prison holding ac tivists opposed to Navy bombing on the island of Vieques. "It is paradoxical to celebrate the independence of the United States and honor the patriots of that na tion while they imprison the patriots of this land!" local Rep. Victor Garcia told a cheering crowd. Hundreds more protesters marched in the southern city of Ponce, led by Mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago. Another 16 activists Tuesday entered the Navy's training ground on Vieques and were quickly ar rested by military police. Navy spokesperson Gil Mendez said. Protest organizers said about 90 of 122 people who had refused to post $1,000 bail on trespassing charges had been arrested since Friday by U.S. mar shals and imprisoned in the federal prison in subur ban San Juan. The U.S. Marshals Service has not re sponded to requests to confirm the number. The detainees were among 183 people arrested last week as they tried to enter the Navy bombing range on Vieques to prevent military exercises. A fed-. eral judge freed them temporarily, then ordered them detained after they refused to post bail. The Fourth of July is a holiday in Puerto Rico be cause the Caribbean island of 4 million is a U.S. ter ritory. The government's official July Fourth cele bration took place a few miles away in San Juan's colonial district. The Navy has owned two-thirds of Vieques since the 1940s and uses it for training its Atlantic Fleet. The island's 9,400 residents live between the eastern training ground and a weapons depot in the west. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Hundreds!)! wildfires burned across southern Europe on Tuesday as the region remained in the gripo! a heat wave that has driven temperatures as high as 120 degrees. In the Balkans, the sizzling temperatures ac companied the worst drought to strike the re gion in 50 years, which has already caused record crop losses since it began in late May. Ambulances patrolled the streets in southern Romania cities to pick up people who faintedir 106-degree heat. Radio and television stations urged old people and children to stay inside. Romanian officials expect no let up in the heat for at least a few weeks, and they urged local governments and firefighters to stay or alert and prepare water reserves. About 100 fires still burned Tuesday in Ro mania, despite successful efforts by firelight ers to put out 98 other fires, said lonel Craci un of the Firefighters General Headquarters. Nobody was injured in the Romanian fires, he said, but damage was “considerable,"it part because a lack of water impeded fire fighters’ efforts. mm % -A* fc* ntramurals Rec Fifness Aquatics Golf Course TAMU Outdoors Sport Clubs in sp rratio n n SUMMER zoo Rec Sports t i v a t i o n drive TAMU Outdoors Event Date Registration Intro to Climbing Clinic July 8 June 19-July 6 Kayak Roll Instructional Clinic July 11 June 26-July 10 Fly Fishing by Canoe Day Trip July 15 June 26-July 11 Kayak Workshop July 15-16 June 26-July 1 7 Kayak Open Practice Session July 18 . June 26-July 1 7 Bat Watching Canoe Trip July 20 June 26-July 1 8 Rafting Day Trip )uly 22 June 26-July 1 8 Intro To Climbing Clinic July 23 June 26-July 20 Rock Climbing Day Trip July 29 )une 21-July 25 For TAMU Outdoor information call 845-4511 or drop by; located behind the Student Rec Center - facing Olsen Field. Golf GREEN CHARGES Weekdays Weekends Student Green Charges $11 $14 F ac u 1 ty/Staff/A 1 u m n i/Ret i rge $14 $17 Guests $17 $20 Intramurals Registration aRec SPORTS For information call 845-7826 or visit our homepage recsports.tamu.edu Check out our flyers for more details on all our programs. • On Sale Now—Unlimited Aerobics Passes $25. • WOW—Women on Weights—Tired of the same old machine workouts? Rec Sports Personal Trainers will show you effective weight lifting techiniques from squat to bench. This is a FREE pro gram on )uly 1 5th from 1 -2:30p.m. in the Weight and Fitness Room. -Free Healthy Living Lecture Series- • Today!—Fad Diets : What are these all about? •July 12 —Prevention and Treatment of Summertime Injuries • July 19—Weight Management Myths and Facts • July 26 —Building Up Your Running Mileage in the Heat All lectures are in Room 281 above the Natatorium at 5:30 p.m. and last one hour. No admittance after 5:35 p.m. -New Aerobic Classes- • CORE F.LT—30 minutes of flexibility and strengthening the core muscles of the abs and back. Includes yoga-type stretches. • Cross Training Challenge—1 hour fast paced class to boost your fitness level. Strength conditioning, abs and flexibility included. • Water Works—Cool off and gain some great cardiovascular ben efits without the stress of regular aerobics. • Massage Therapy—$35 for Rec Members and $45 for non Rec Members. Appointments can be made at Member Services. 3-on-3 Basketball Slow Pitch Softball Sand Volleyball Indoor Soccer-1/2 ct. Racquetball Golf Tennis July 5 -lulylO July 5 - July ID July 5 - July 10 July 5 - July 10 July 5 - ju July 5 - Ju July 5 - July H The Ringling Bn 'alley Circus is sch< t residents of the I ion area at Reed A But, some coll ot pleased with t host events i /ould enjoy. Over the coursi [omplaints have ai ge crowd conce ippealing events J Although the i assic form of rough the yea: A&M stud< ’Intramural sports registration closes at 6:00pm. on closing date. Job Opportunities Registratic •Student Assistant-Accounting Dept.—Provide support to the operations in accounting services with a focus on cash handling; Complete an application at the reception desk on the 2nd floor 01 the Rec Center. Inquire more at 862-3994. Applications will accepted until the position is filled. http://recsports.tamu.edu All prices subject to chaof 'ircus trainers vard Reed Arer