Wednes
sday, September ft
Wednesday, September 6, 2000
NATION
Page 7 A
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH • GIRLS CLUB OF BRAZOS COUNTY
1805 Bri arc rest
776-0999
Come ioin the fun!
THE BATTALION
Medical school applications drop
1/2 PRICE
OPTION
EVERY
THURSDAY
CURRENT SCHEDULE
BQQB&QBait PiISE5aOW.,„;,ttilO,miC>N
5.00 l*M 6.45 I’M NONE
NEW
LOWER PRICES
Tuesday,
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
BINGO
MAGIC 2000
ELECTRONIC
MACHINES
Non-SmokingArea » Door Prizes • Great Food • Security • Pull Tabs and Much More!
5.00 1»M
5.00 I’M
5.00 PM
5.00 PM
4.00 I’M
6:45 PM
6:45 PM
7:15 PM
6.45 I’M
6.00 PM
4.00 PM
9.00 PM
9.00 PM
9.00 PM
8.00 PM
tRT VILLANUEVA I in Bumun.
:e major, and other
oy Simpson Drill Field
rkout rides.
from
rave
ivcon.1 111 degrees, woi
pital emergency rtxtmsit
east one confirmed heaHt
ess Monday, along m
ydrated patients dunnsii
y weekend,
s Labor Day high surpavclw
pie' une record ot ’O'.. v\
n 1998.
n you bust a record by Si
2 that, that’s somethin',
Alan Mollet.
NWS meteofoi.
gist in Fort Wit
told the Wacot
bune-Herald.
Houston
reached its prei
ous record of li
on Aug. 23,19!
— a temperate
that was tiedli
week during If
summer’s bnn
drought, said John Zeitl
Service senior forecast
ale’s all-time high isf
which was recorded int
xas town of Seymour
1980.
se of its distance fromf
irth Texas is vulnerable
extreme temperatures,is
sts said,
usually have more tnoistc
lecause we’re influenced
so it’s not as hot,” Carol)
weather service meteorol
the Houston Chronicle,
t said the extreme hea
ISt
le-
t,
ig.”
Roller
)logist
NAPERVILLE, 111. (AP) —
George W. Bush made a disparag
ing remark about a reporter from
The New York Times that was
picked up by a live microphone.
As Bush stood on the podium
Monday waiting for music to finish,
he turned to running mate Dick Ch
eney and used an obscenity to de
scribe reporter Adam Clymer in the
nearby press area. Cheney agreed
with Bush’s assessment. Both men
thought their remarks were off-mike.
Karen Hughes, Bush’s spokes-
oman, said the remarks were “a
whispered aside to his running
mate. It was not intended as a pub
lic comment.”
Clymer said, “I’m disappointed
in the governor’s language.”
Cheney refused to discuss it.
The governor made a private com
ment to me. It was a private com-
WOW!
EAT JEWELRY & GIFTS
Vi AROUND 1 HE WORLD
Horn:
i Bryan /f M° n - • Sat
ig WI* W I0am-6pm
Fewer future MDs
For the third consecutive year,
the number of applicants to the
nation’s 125 medical schools
fell. Last year 38,529 people
applied for the freshman class,
a 6 percent drop from 1998.
50 thousand
40
30
20
10
’89- ’91- ’93- ’95- '97- ’99-
'90 '92 ’94 '96 ’98 '00
Source: JAMA A
CHICAGO (AP) — The number
of applicants to the nation’s 125 med
ical schools fell for the third straight
year in 1999, in part because of the
booming economy and the changing
face of medicine, researchers say
The 38,529 applicants for last
year's freshman class represent a 6
percent decline from 1998, when
there were 41,004 applicants.
And despite gains over the years,
blacks and Hispanics are still under
represented among applicants, stu
dents and admissions officers.
The figures were contained in
studies published in Wednesday’s
Journal of the American Medical
Association.
The biggest drop in applicants
— 9.1 percent — was seen among
men, while the number of female
applicants fell 2 percent.
Barbara Barzansky of the AMA’s
undergraduate medical education di
vision, who led the overall enrollment
study,'suggested the economy has
been so strong that potential appli
cants might be choosing other fields.
Also, doctors are having more
trouble finding practices and medi
cine has changed so much that many
doctors say they would not enter the
field again, Barzansky said. She also
said the average medical school grad
uate last year was $90,000 in debt.
While schools in the past decade
have begun programs to increase
racial diversity, attacks on affirma
tive action programs in some states
have created a more hostile climate
for minorities in medicine, the re
searchers suggested.
One study found that the number
of black, Hispanic and American In
dian applicants fell by nearly 7 per
cent last year, from 4,487 in 1998 to
4,181. Of last year’s freshman class,
7.9 percent were black, 6.9 percent
Bush caught at press conference
using obscenity about reporter
ment, and I don't plan to say any
thing about it,” he told reporters lat
er in Chicago.
Joseph Lieberman, the Democ
ratic vice presidential candidate,
called Bush's remark a mistake
“You'd better be
real careful what
you do or say at
any moment be
cause it could be
globally televised,
or known rapidly”
— Joseph Lieberman
Democratic VP Nominee
that “reminds us of the reality of
public life.”
“You'd better be real careful
what you do or say at any moment
because it could be globally tele
vised, or known rapidly,” Lieber
man said Tuesday on CBS’ “The
Early Show.”
The Times on Tuesday quoted
Hughes as saying of Clymer,
“There’s been a series of articles
that the governor felt have been
very unfair.”
Joseph Lelyveld, the Times’ ex
ecutive editor, said Clymer was a
veteran political reporter “His
work is both fair and accurate. The
Times has never heard from the
Bush campaign about Adam. If
they have a complaint, they should
convey it to us and we will review
it as we do all serious complaints
about our coverage.”
RETIREMENT INSURANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST SERVICES TUITION FINANCING
ense 6 Oils • Wind Chimes
im Reproductions • Puzzle Rir
Star Lights • Candles
Beautiful Silver Jewelry
NOW HIRING
FE ESPRESSO.
Drinks - Breakfast Items - 5al4'
s - Soups - Crourmet BlenderP 1111
eather Lounging Furniture
10% OFF
v/ valid Student ID
Find Coupons ar
’w.couponslocal.com
3000 Briarcrest .
Iriarcrest in Wells Fargo Building. F"
774-5928
i Battalion
Classified
advertising
• Easy
• Affordable
• Effective
r information, call '
TIAA-CREF provides
financial solutions to
last a lifetime.
Call us for
a free
consultation
Building your assets is one thing. Figuring out
how those assets can provide you with a
comfortable retirement is quite another.
At TIAA-CREF, we can help you with both. You
can count on us not only while you're saving and
planning for retirement, but in retirement, too.
Just call us. We'll show you how our flexible range of
payout options can meet your retirement goals.
With TIAA-CREF, you benefit from something few
other companies can offer: a total commitment to
your financial well-being, today and tomorrow.
*Note: Availability may depend on your employer's retirement
plan provisions contract. Under federal tax law, withdrawals
prior to age 59/2 may be subject to restrictions, and may also be
subject to a 10% additional tax. Additional restrictions also
apply to the TIAA Traditional Annuity.
With TIAA-CREF,
you can receive:*
• Cash withdrawals
• Systematic or fixed-period payments’ 1
• Interest-only payments
• Lifetime income payments**
• A combination of these
'’’Guaranteed by our claims-paying ability.
CREF GROWTH ACCOUNT
26.70 %
27.87 %
26.60*
1 YEAR
AS OF 6/30/00
5 YEARS
6/30/00
SINCE INCEPTION
4/29/94
CREF Growth is one of many CREF variable annuities.
gjjg
Ensuring the future
for those who shape it. s
1.800.842.2776
www.tiaa-cref.org
For more complete information on our securities products, please call 1.800.842.2733, ext. 5509, to request prospectuses. Read them carefully
before you invest. 1. Due to current market volatility, our securities products' performance today may be less than shown above. The invest
ment results shown for CREF Growth variable annuity reflects past performance and are not indicative of future rates of return. These returns
and the value of the principal you have invested will fluctuate, so the shares you own may be more or less than their original price upon redemp
tion. • TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, Inc. distributes the CREF and TIAA Real Estate variable annuities. • Teachers Personal
Investors Services, Inc. distributes the Personal Annuities variable annuity component, mutual funds and tuition savings agreements. • TIAA and
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co., New York, NY, issue insurance and annuities. • TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB provides trust services.
• Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value and are not bank guaranteed. © 2000 TIAA-CREF 08/03
were Hispanic, 19.4 percent were
Asian or Pacific Islander and 0.7
percent were American Indian.
The U.S. population is 12 per
cent black, 12 percent Hispanic, 4
Asian/Pacific Islander and 0.7 per
cent American Indian.
Of particular concern is a lack of
blacks and Hispanics on admissions
committees, researchers said. Of 85
medical schools surveyed, half had
two or fewer minorities on their
committees and 11 had none.
The researchers speculated that
recruitment of minority admissions
officers could promote diversity.
Overall, 87 percent of the commit
tees had at least one minority member,
a substantial gain from just 55 percent
in 1972, said the researchers, Drs.
Douglas Kondo of the Menninger
Clinic and Victoria Judd of the Uni
versity of Utah. The committees had
an average of 16 members.
News in Brief
Sniper opens fire
hits five vehicles
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(AP) — A sniper opened fire
along Interstate 40 and hit
five vehicles early Tuesday,
wounding a cross-country
trucker.
State police said four trac
tor-trailers and a pickup truck
were hit by gunfire about 1:30
a.m. along a one-mile stretch
of highway.
No immediate arrests were
made.
Bruce Jennings, 35, of Bak
ersfield, Calif., a passenger in
a rig being driven by a cousin,
suffered superficial wounds.
A pickup truck driver whose
tire was shot out told police
that as he changed his tire, he
heard more gunfire and saw a
| vehicle going the wrong way
on an 1-40 entrance ramp.
Police said he could not give
details about with vehicle.
Over *30,000 Awarded Weekly
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
Don’t Forget
Us For
Lunch & Late Night
Pizza by the Slice
Value Meals
Cheese & Drink
*2.25
1 Topping & Drink
*2.50
Speciality & Drink
s 2.75
Add a Slice
s 1.25 .
11 a.m. -1 p.m. M-F at Northgate Location Only
1 Large 1 Topping
$ 6.99
10 p.m. - Close
College Station
764-7272
Bryan
268-7272
TAMU/Northgate
846-3600
Open till 2 a.m. on Thursday
3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday
AN AGGIE TRADITION FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
FALL SESSION I
DANCE LESSONS
( LASS
C&W I
C&W 1
C&W 1
JITTERBUG I
JITTERBUG I
JITTERBUG 1
C&W II
DAY
WED
TBA*
TBA*
THURS
SUN
SUN
SUN
TIME
6- 7:30
TBA*
TBA*
7- 8:30
7-8:30
5:30-7
7:30-9
* Dates/times will be determined by Open House - Sept. 3"'
SIGN-UPS IN THE MSC FLAGROOM 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.. Sept. 4 lh
COST: ‘35 PER COUPLE '40 FOR C&W II
EMI: http://www.tamu.edu/aggie wranglers
Society of Women Engineers
General Meeting
When: Wed., Sept. 6th
Time: 6:45 p.m. - Free Pizza
Where: Zach 102
-AG KICKOFF.
PAT GREEN
PUSHMONKEY
THE WORLD’S
BIGGEST BACK
TO SCHOOL BASH!
BENEFITING BRAZOS FOOD BANK
DRY/CAN FOOD ITEMS ACCEPTED AT GATES
JACKOPIERCE
FOUNDER CARY PIERCE
DUB MILLER
SINGING THE FIGHTIN’TEXAS AGGIE SONG
DOUG MORELAND
COMEDIAN
FRIDAY - WOLF PEN CREEK
SEPTEMBER 15,2000
OUT BEFORE YELL PRACTICE! • AGES 18 & UP • 6 PM
ADVANCE TICKETS SUGGESTED AT MSC BOX OFFICE (AGGIE BUCKS ACCEPTED), ROTHERS BOOKSTORES, FITZWILLY'S, AGKICKOFF.COM, DUDLEY’S DRAW, OR CALL 1-800-333-7188
Brought to you by
vA/triLuj, nwmtng owrxaiunto, nilvvilli o, M\jr\iV/r\urr.uvjm, uuulci o unavv, vn uhll. i-ovu-ooc
P 0 P u ! ar JSL Steamkoat
Si KOlCA ' dickson productions
agkickoff.com Talent SU =T USK ™ SC0 " •«2t/
USKITHIS.COM
bigskitrtp.com