Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 2001)
TEXAS ROADHOUSE Now Accepting Aggie Bucks! HEARTY STEAKS! KILLER RIBS! Opening early for Graduation! Friday, August 10 th at 2:00 pm Open every Saturday and Sunday at I 1:00 am 1601 University Drive East 979-268-0558 Study Abroad VIETNAM December 27, 2001 - January 12,2002 4 Hours of Course Credit • AGRO 489 -Vietnamese Human & Natural Resources, and Ag Policies (3 Cr) • AGRO 485 - Tropical Ag & Food Production in Vietnam (I Cr) Scholarships Available ★ Travel Vietnam Hanoi, Hue, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City Visit Our Website: http://intlag.tamu.edu/vietnann I -cleboski@tamu.edu 845-4164 ^ONE 696-5570 WEDNESDAY: $ 2.00 crown, jack daniels, bacardi, etc. *1.50 well and pints All Night THURSDAY: Ladies Night Ladies 18 and up pay no cover! - $ 1.00 bar drinks, $ 1.00 pints, $ 2.00 Tap Teas all night long Party Safe and Designate a Driver Page 2 PlPTM flPE5 GREAT Curious GEoru! youR IS TuRA)tA)& Ores i You/? Rapiz A&iajO Has SESoaj ! UJE Must SF/db you IV ^aj£ AJG\aJ J The Fantaitico Chronicles BY J. GOLDFLV At the JGlenn alre; I the Texas A was expect! her of the member 01 tempting tc ting a leg i senior seas< “The kn Glenn said He crec his surgeon eight mont versity of C tured ligair Police suspect poison in death ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities have re opened investigations into the deaths of a firefighter and a police officer who were ro mantically involved with the same woman. The men died six years apart, and their deaths originally were attributed to irregu lar heartbeats. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said Monday that Forsyth County firefighter Randy Thompson, who died Jan. 22 at age 32, was poisoned with ethyl ene glycol, a sweet, odorless chemical of ten found in antifreeze. Authorities now are taking a fresh look at evidence in the autopsy of Cobb County po lice officer Maurice Glenn Turner, who died six years ago at age 31. Turner’s body was exhumed Monday from a Marietta cemetery for testing, which will take several weeks. “I’m just glad to see it moving along fi nally,” said his brother, James Turner. “I think there should have been an investiga- Body exhumed to test for ethylene glycol tion done six years ago, and it wasn’t. I just hope now it’s not too late.” _Glenn Turner and Thompson were ro mantically involved with Lynn Turner, a for mer 911 dispatcher with the Cobb police. Lynn and Glenn Turner were married about six months before his death. Short ly after the death, Thompson moved in with her. The couple never married, hut had two children before Thompson moved out in 1999. Lynn Turner, 33, of Gumming declined to comment, The Atlanta Jow'nal-Constitu- tion reported Tuesday. An autopsy on April 27 found calcium ox alate crystals in Thompson’s kidneys. The crystals can result from the body metaboliz ing antifreeze and are a strong indicator of the poison’s presence. Two months later, the state investi confirmed evidence of anti freeze in son’s blood and urine “in sufficient ties to cause death,” said GBI spok John Bankhead. The poisoning “could be accitk. could he suicide, it could be howl Bankhead said. The GBI requested tissue slide: Turner's autopsy, conducted inlWild Cobb County medical examinerDor also found what appeared to be calc:: abate crystals, but needed furthe® | confirm it. “In the kidney, we see crystalsikvi - caused by various disease processt % Cobb CotmtyMedical F.xammerBni. ji The autopsy showed Turner had antt heart and there was no reason to betf death was anything but natural, hest. Due to the circumstances surra:: both men’s deaths, Frist said he will cool a second autopsy. Astros before Spurr trades a vals for t title ar League \ ton Astr< on Tues their pit< The A 17-game to the C Pedro As Astacr 13 with c record sir News in Brief Violence Police arrest 33 in East Texas drug sweep LONGVIEW (AP) — More than three dozen East Texas resi dents were arrested by a drug task force Tuesday on charges of trafficking crack cocaine. Federal, state and local law officers made 33 arrests by 11 a.m. and continued seeking another 14 suspects. The 1 7-month investigation uncovered three overlapping groups distributing crack cocaine from homes, street corners, parking lots and businesses in Longview, Gladewater and Carthage, authorities said. Most of the drugs were transported from Dallas and Houston to the Longview area. Duncan Woodford, spokesman for Wes Rivers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, said he could not release the names of businesses allegedly involved in the trafficking. Gregg County District Attorney Bill Jennings called the arrests "the first major roundup in five years." Continued from Page 1 violence is a cause of teens en gaging in unhealthy behaviors or whether already troubled girls are more likely to date vio lent partners. Silverman said some of the statistics and previous research suggest the violence likely pre ceded the unhealthy behavior. Dr. Marla Kushner, director of adolescent medicine at Chica go’s Weiss Memorial Hospital, said she suspects the problem may be more widespread than Silverman’s data suggest,': so few blacks were samplec previous studies fold blacks were more likely whites to report suchviolei 1 he prevalence of date and other sexual ass: prompted the American A emy of Pediatrics in June: sue updated guidelinesfo!| diatricians. Citing statistics showing lescents have the nation’s est rate of rape, the academ; doctors should ask patiet regular checkups if they’v been sexually assaulted SIGN A PARK w / Large One, Two and Three Bedroom Floorplans * Washer and Dryer included in each apartment home ^ Two Pool Resorts with Grotto, Cabana and Spas with Integrated Sound System % Gated Community ^ 24 Hour Busmess/Library Center with Computer and Fax available 24 Hour Fitness Center Pre-wired for High Speed Internet Access Easy access to Texas A&M, Blinn Jr. College, Several Major Area Employers and Shopping ^Most Floorplans still available but space is limited Stop by today and tour our unique community One T/IConfJi CTree OCecfeem OTzis Coupon CBy TTluyust 15, 2001 CTor 1 CTTConl/i ^ree* - 'Select lease terms Signature Park Apartments 3780 Copperfield Drive Bryan, Texas 77802 979-774-5556 Office Hours: M-F: 9:00-6:00 Sat.: 10:00-5:00 Sun.: 1:00-5:00 Signature Park Apartments are located across Hwy. 6 on Bast University at Copperfield, next to The Physicians Center. tiJ THF. BATTALK Jeff Kempf, Editor in Chief Jen B;des, Managing Editor Jason BennyhofF, Radio Produce! Jessica Crutcher, Opinion Editot Ruben DeLuna, Graphics Editor Bernie Garza, Photo Editor Stuart Hutson, News Editor Mark Passwaters, Sports Editor Brandon Payton, Webmaster Lizette Resendez, Asst. Karen Weinberg, Design Director IS®: THE BATTALION (ISSN #1055-4726) T daily, Monday through Friday during the fai»' : semesters and Monday through flirt« summer session (except University holiday periods) at Texas A&M University. PeiiodicaS Paid at College Station, IX 77840. POSfltf address changes to The Battalion,Tm0 1111TAMU, College Station,TX 77843-llH News: The Battalion news department is students at Texas A&M University in the D* Student Media, a unit of the Journalism. News offices are in Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313:60 2647; E-mail: Thebattalion@hotmail.coin;* http://www.thebatt.com Advertising: Publication of advertising does’ : sponsorship or endorsement by The 1$ campus, local, and national display athe®' 845-2696. For classified advertising, cal S 1 -' Advertising offices are in 015 Reed office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondL Friday. Fax: 845-2678. Subscriptions: A part of the Student Service! 1 ties each Texas A&M student to pick upas'? of The Battalion. First copy (tee, additional W ! Mail subscriptions are $60 per school year,& fall or spring semester and $17,50 for the s?' charge by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or l ' : Express, call 845-2613. fo Coi