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“Four percent of the nation’s en
gineers were women back then, and
now women engineers make up 20
percent of the total,” she said.
Dawna Putnam, president of the
Society of Women Engineers and a
junior mechanical engineering major,
said she does not believe that there
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workforce is
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male role models
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— Jan Rinehart
assistant director of student
engineering programs
are competitive discrepancies be
tween male and female engineers.
“We have made extremely signif
icant progress throughout the years,”
Putnam said. “We have many more
opportunities available to us now.”
When asked whether she expects
the percentage of women engineers
in the workforce to reach 50 percent
within the next five to 10 years, Rine
hart said it would take a lot of work.
However, Rinehart said, the fact
that women are getting better offers
than men when they graduate is an
other step toward increasing the
number of women engineers.
“We have noticed that women as
a group overall generally graduate
with higher GPRs than the average
male engineer,” she said.
“This, combined along with these
women engineers’ previous intern
ships and/or job experiences, pro
vides them with higher salaries upon
their graduation.”
Workshop topics include “Transi
tions from School to Work” and “Be
ing the Best in Both Worlds: Family
and Career.”
Rinehart said the students will be
teamed up with mentors who are in
dustry professionals so they can
network and develop long-lasting
relationships.
Sponsors for the conference in
clude DuPont, IBM and Lockheed
Martin.
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) —Adding an im-
nune system booster to chemotherapy might dou-
le the chances of some advanced melanoma pa
rents surviving the skin cancer, new research
puggests.
Melanoma is one of the most rapidly increas-
ng cancers in the world and has one of the worst
prognoses if it is not caught early. There is cur-
I jrrently no treatment that improves survival for peo
ple whose melanoma has spread to other pails of
the body.
Whether they receive chemotherapy treatment
% or not, only about 10 percent of those whose dis-
pse has spread survive.
But using chemotherapy in combination with
he immune stimulant interleukin-2 could push
iiat up to 20 percent, researchers told scientists
athered Monday at a conference of the European
iociety for Medical Oncology in Hamburg.
The technique only helped those who, despite
their cancer having spread to other organs, did not
yet feel sick, said the study’s leader, Dr. Ulrich
Keilholz. For those who already felt weak all over
or were bedridden, it was probably too late to bol
ster the immune system, he said.
Boosting the immune system with interleukin-
2 would not work early in the development of
melanoma because microscopic single cancer
cells are not enough to trigger an immune re
sponse, Keilholz said. Experts said Keilholz’s
findings were promising but preliminary and not
ed that the benefit the approach could provide
seems limited. Scientists want to do better than 20
percent survival.
“It presents progress and it may turn out to be
useful,” said Dr. Huber Christoph, chairman of the
oncology department at Johanes Gutenberg Uni
versity in Mainz, Germany. “But it is not enough.
It is one step, but it’s not going to be enough.
“After more than 10 years of testing inter
leukin-2 we still don’t know the optimal dose, and
interleukin-2 can have side effects*” he added.
At very high doses, interleukin-2 can result in
a sharp drop in blood pressure, fever, chills and
blood leaking into tissues. Keilholz said his team
has not yet analyzed the side effects experienced
by patients in the study.
Melanoma occurs when the skin’s pigment
cells become cancerous, most often after pro
longed exposure to the sun. It is the deadliest of
skin cancers, with some 90,000 new cases each
year. It kills a total of 15,000 people every year in
the United States, Europe and Australia.
It can be cured with surgery if it is caught when
the tumor is thin and shallow. That happens in
about 90 percent of cases.
“This is still meaningful because once you are
out to two years, your chances are high you will
have a stable remission,” Keilholz said. “It is still
a step upward.”
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Dixie Chicken, Shadow Canyon, Chicken Oil Company,
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Benefiting the Brazos Food Bank.
Women in Engineering
Conference 2000
October 20-21
• Meet and talk with practicing female engineers!
« Learn more about your discipline!
• Learn about planning a career pathl
• Find out what companies are looking for in
students!
• Attend workshops and panel discussions!
• First and second year women- sign up for a
corporate mentor through MAPS!
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Registration forms available in 204 Zaehry
Registration is $10 (includes meals, snacks, fun stuff, and a t-shirt
Deadline: October 18
Sponsored by: American Airlines, Boeing, Cap Gemini Erast &
Young, Conoco, DuPont, ExxonMobil, FMC, Frito Lay, Halliburton
Co., IBM, Parsons Briukerhoff, Phillips, Schlumberger, Texaco, Union
Carbide
Do you feel out of control when you are eating?
Do you think you have problems with binge
eating or bulimia?
A short-term treatment program is now being formed at the
TAMU Psychology Clinic to help with these problems. This will
be an affordable and scientifically supported treatment that will
address: gaining control over binge eating/vomiting, reducing
weight and shape concerns, building self-esteem, and developing
healthy eating patterns. •
For more information call Michelle at the
Texas A&M Psychology Clinic - 845-8017
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RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
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Till Aiiiiii;il meeting
Plannees Showcase
AT REED ARENA ON THE
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Thursday, October 19, 2000 • 10:00 - 4:00
(Come and Go at your leisure)
Find out how YOU can create the Perfect
Meeting/Conference or Special Event
or
How WE can help bring your
Association's Meeting to Bryan/College Station!
Representatives from local conference & meeting planning
services will be on hand to answer all of your questions!
Meeting Venues Hotels/Motels Restaurants Caterers Printers
Transportation Companies Entertainers and many more!
***Bring Business Cards***
Door Prizes will be given away throughout the day!
GRAND PRIZE DRAWING:
2 Round Trip Airline Tickets compliments of Continental Airlines
to anywhere in the United States!
Hosted by: The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce Convention
and Visitor Bureau & Reed Arena
For more information please contact Erin at 260-9898
** Please pass this information on - everyone is invited!!! **
(free parking in the front (North) lot of Reed Arena)
WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING IT HOME TO BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION!
LIBERAL ARTS
DISCOVERT
NIGHT
Tuesday, October IT 01
224 MSC 6:30pm-9:00pm
ALUMNI PANEL
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
> Career Safari
Choosing the Right Major - Student Counseling Services
> Leading the Way for Others
Teacher Certification - College of Education
> On the Road to the Right Job
Career Exploration - Career Center
> Another Step on the Journey
Graduate School Plans - Office of Graduate Studies
EMPLOYER RESOURCE TABLES
Refreshments & Door Prizes
Sponsored by the Career Center, College of Liberal Arts & Student Counseling Services
WEHNERFEST #
Wednesday- October 18, 2000
llam-2pm
Outside Wehner Building on West Campus
TEXAS A8eM UNIVERSITY*
BUSINESS STUDENT COUNCIL
See how
much food
you can buy
for a dollar!
FUN!
-Everyone welcome
-Business organization booths will be there
-Live band-featuring FALLOUT
-Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, Cotton candy
-Bungi Run, outdoor entertainment
wehner.tamu.edu/bsc
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The Clothesline Project is a.visual display that bears witness to domestic violence.
During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts. Each shirt is decorated
to represent a particular victim's experience, by the survivor themself or by some
one who cares about them.
Decorated shirts are due back in the Gender Issues Education Services (211A
YMCA) on October 19. Shirts will be displayed in the MSC Flagroom and the
Academic Building Rotunda on October 23 and 24. If you would like to volunteer
pass out information at the displays, please email sherrees@studentlife.tamu.edu.
For more information call 845-1107 or email gies@tamu.edu.