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LECTURE
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Memorial Student Center
The Path to Peace in
Korea
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001
A panel discussion of the
developing relationship
between North and South
Korea and the role of the
United States in the region.
7:00 PM MSC 292A
Free Admission
http://wiley.tamu.edu
This program is presented for educational purposes only and does not
represent an endorsement of perspective. The views and opinions presented
in this program do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the
Memorial Student Center, MSC Wiley Lecture Series or Texas A&M University.
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Phen-fen users
may have hope
PH 1LADELPHIA (AP)
— People who took the
diet pill combination fen-
phen and a similar weight
loss drug have new hope
that any damage done to
their heart valves may not
worsen with time or may
even improve, two new
studies show.
About 6 million people
took the drugs before they
were pulled off the market,
and research has suggested
that up to a third of them
may have suffered some
heart valve damage.
A study published in
Tuesday’s Annals of Inter
nal Medicine looked at pa
tients who took fenflu
ramine, the “fen” in the
fen-phen cocktail. A sec
ond study, also published
in the medical journal,
dealt with people who took
dexfenfluramine, a chemi
cal cousin of fenfluramine.
The studies found that
leaking heart valves got no
worse with time and in
some cases got better. A
leaky valve makes the heart
less efficient; severe leak
age can cause heart failure.
The research mirrors
the results of three previ
ous studies.
The leader of the
dexfenfluramine study. Dr.
Neil Weissman of the
Washington Hospital Cen
ter in. Washington, D.C.,
said people with valve
damage should be reas
sured by the findings.
“If you took diet pills
and you (developed) a mild
degree of (valve damage),
it is unlikely that it will go
on to become severe, and it
is possible it may even get
better,” he said.
Researchers at Duke
University Medical Center
and MeritCare Medical
Center in Fargo, N.D.,
looked at 50 people who
took fenfluramine and had
echocardiogram pictures
of their heart taken at least
100 days apart.
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is the answer to the budget problems.
Bus Operations, which receives its budget from
bus-pass sales, PTTS money and an allocation from
the Student Services Fee, is faced with maintenance
problems that are beyond reasonable repair, in some
cases. The disposal value of some of A&M’s oldest
buses is about $3,000. Jackson said a complete over
haul of one of those engines costs $18,000, and they
are no longer manufactured.
Twenty-two buses will arrive for Fall 2001, regard
less of the outcome of the referendum, Jackson said. But
Bus Operations needs 70 buses to operate at its current
level of service; as the fleet ages, more buses and fund
ing are necessary to maintain or enhance that service.
For the 2000-01 year, bus passes cost $ 100; the cost
will remain the same for students who currently live off
campus and ride the bus. However, Jackson said, the
proposed Transportation Fee would distribute the cost
of operating the buses over the entire student body.
On-campus residents who are concerned about pay
ing for a service they will not use should know that on-
campus routes will be improved first, Jackson said. The
first 22 new buses will be dedicated primarily to on-
campus routes, freeing other buses and improving off-
campus service.
“They were destined to be on campus first,” Jackson
said. “That is going to be a benefit students are going to
see immediately.”
Jackson said daily ridership for on-campus routes is
approximately 13,000 students; it is 11,000 for off-cam-
pus routes.
Jackson said the referendum is an investment in the
future because students have a vested interest in the
bus system.
“If we do this right, we will have a good bus system
for years to come,” Jackson said.
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charged to expense accoiE.,;;'
printing, “other supplies"ami' |
services” —accounts fori /
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fiscal year, about $30,(l(lH
charged to these accounts,
Forrest Lane, student bod
dent and a senior political^,
major, said the advertisinge j
may seem like a significant;
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necessary to manage Bus Open!
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would vote ‘no’ would bel
who don’t understand the
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