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Archer Daniels Midland will be hosting an information night to discuss internship and career opportunities! Careers Highlighted: Commodity Trading Majors Welcome: Ag Econ, Ag Bus, and Business Tuesday, October 2 nd at 7:00pm - KLBG Rm. 123 Dress: Casual Refreshments will be served - Door prizes will be given Discover Djibouti. New experiences await you abroad. |f you've ever wanted to conduct research in a foreign country while experiencing a new culture, the L.T. Jordan Fellows program may be for you. Come to one of our three informationals to learn how you can receive Jordan funding for this unique experience. L.T. Jordan Institute for I n tc rn at ion a I Awareness Monday, Oct. 1 - 8:30 to 10:00 - Rudder 701 Tuesday, Oct. 2 - 7:00 to 8:1 5 - Rudder 501 Fducaic i. ndcrMand. Explore...the World Thursday, Oct. 1 1 - 7.00 to 8.1 5 ■ Rudder 701 ^t^Please inform us of your special needs at 845-8220. vnTr <.-mu . • . n , ibfi . ■. aefus FEEDERS .is coming to campus for ACE Day Career Fair in Kleberg October 3, 2001 JOIN THE TEAM AND WORK FOR THE INDUSTRY LEADER!!! World’s Largest Cattle Feeder, a one time capacity of 480,000 head and over 500 employees. 9 Feedyards in the Texas Panhandle and SW Kansas offering Pay for Performance Bonus Plan, Aggressive Promotion from Within, 100% paid Family Health Insurance, and Employee Ownership & Retirement through the ESOR Come by our booth and sign up for door prize drawings! Jj^ : The Vice-president for Research at Texas A&M University & MSC Film Society Present Featuring the ACTUAL RUDY RUETTIGER Friday, Sept. 28th 8:00pm. Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are FREE at Rudder Box Office. December Graduates (j TO The Official Texas A&M ppltepli Graduation Announcements MSC Box Office M-F llam-8pm 979-845-1234 http://graduation.tamu.edu | Payment for priority orders must be received by October 1! News Page 10 THE BATTALION Friday, September 28,2} Mechanical Road Continued from sm s heart implant a first in Texas HOUSTON (AP) — A sur gical team has implanted a self-contained, mechanical heart in a patient during a six- hour procedure. The procedure on Wednesday was the first such operation in Texas and the third in the world. “It couldn’t have gone bet ter,’’ said Dr. O.H. Frazier, who spent more than a decade help ing develop the AbioCor replacement heart at the Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, where the surgery was performed. “Everything looks stable now. He’s not having any problems. We have some hope for him.” The completely internal pump, made of plastic and tita nium and weighing less than 2 pounds, is powered through the skin by an external battery pack. Frazier, who called the AbioCor heart a rescue device for patients who have no hope, told the Houston Chronicle that the patient had been “desper ately ill for a long time’’ with heart failure and was not a can didate for a heart transplant because of complications involving his lungs. The hospital did not identify the patient by name or give his age. Officials said a news brief ing will be held Friday. University of Louisville sur geons implanted the first AbioCor hearts on July 2 and Sept. 13 at Jewish Hospital in Kentucky, one of five hospitals approved to implant the pump. The first patient. Bob Tools, is now in his 87th day. He is gaining weight and making excursions outside the hospi tal. Doctors said his kidneys, liver and lungs are functioning normally. Tom Christerson, just 14 days after surgery, is still in the early stages of recovery, but doctors said his condition is improving. Wednesday’s operation in Houston was the culmination of years of research and preparation. Many thought the first per son to receive an AbioCor heart would be operated on in Houston because Frazier had so much experience with the device. However, Houston fell behind when Tropical Storm Allison washed away animals about to be implanted with the device. The Food and Drug Administration requires three practice operations on lab ani mals designed to give the oper ating room staff experience. The AbioCor heart, made by Massachusetts-based Abiomed Inc., is intended for patients with end-stage heart failure who have more than a 70 percent chance of dying within a month. Candidates for the experi mental pump are people who are ineligible for transplants with donor hearts and those who can not be helped by other available therapies. The goal of the study is for the pump to remain in the patient for 60 days, Frazier said. If the patient’s lung condition improves, then the recipient may be reassessed for a heart transplant. Frazier said his ultimate hope is that the AbioCor heart will be a permanent replacement. “They don’t particularly Aggies, and it is a very,' small field.” Last season, the Agp posted a 3-0 win over the! Raiders at the Aggie So Complex. This season. Tech is 2-51 has been outscored 15-9. Id lost to Tulsa, which A&Mt 1 1-0 in exhibition play. Colorado has also stnijl this season. The Buffaloes a 4 and have not scored morei two goals in any game. A&M beat Colorado last season, once in the reg season and once in the round of the Big 12 touma by a combined score of! A&M holds a 6-0 all-timer against the Buffaloes. The Aggies have been! freshman Linsey Johnson l season. Johnson has seortdl goal in all five of the Ag games and either leads the! or is tied for the lead in allt offensive categories. She named the Big 12 newcoraol the week for her performanaj the Husky-Nike Invitatia where she scored the wii goal against 'Washington. After the Aggies return I Boulder this weekend, they! have four consecutive gamesj the Aggie Soccer Complex,! ing with non-conference nent Houston Oct. 5, andea with No. 4 Nebraska on OcU Aggies Continuedfrom Paf Hawks invade valley McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of hawks migrating south for the winter have descended on the Rio Grande Valley. More than 15,000 broad-winged hawks soared over the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday morning and were expected to remain in area skies through Sunday, said Mike Carlo, a park ranger at the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge. Early autumn is the peak of the season, he said, with the birds reaching very large numbers in their migration by the time they reach South Texas. The broad-winged hawk is a small crow-sized bird of prey that breeds in the eastern United States and Canada. The birds start their migration in small groups in mid-August and form much larger flocks by the time they reach the Valley. The hawks then cross into Mexico for the last leg of their flight to South America, which they typically reach by late October, Carlo said. The birds fly about 300 miles a day, and they fly only with good weather, he said. To save energy on their long journey, the birds glide on thermal swells, hot currents of air rising from the earth to avoid flap ping their wings. doubles, and mixed doubles, point is awarded for each won, and the team with the points will advance to the round of competition. “This is one of our national championship competi tions and the only one thausco- ed,” said A&M men’s laps coach Tim Cass. event that we won two'jt© ago, so we’re really putting tin pressure on the players, not won it last year, to trophy back this weekend." 1 The women’s first schedulif! competition was to be bP September 14-16 in Fayettevil Ark., but was canceled by in University of Arkansas after declaration by President Busl a National Day of Prayer folio' ing the tragedies in New Yflj City, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania. They will next in Los Angeles, Calif., October 6-14 at the ITA American Championships. The men’s team was i scheduled to participate in Texas Intercollegiate being ho? :Mic m: ichael Joi NBA at tl career. H< winning shot in th ed by Baylor University * : ina , s and ] eft on lame. In Jordan’s reasons, he won si Auburn Continued from Page 9 Hartman will use the Auburn Invitational as a chance to scout the competition prepare the team for qualifying at the Big 12 Championship in Norman, Okla., on Oct. 27. The FinishLynx NCAA Cross Country poll ranked the A&M’s women team as No. 18 national ly. The men’s team was not ranked as of yet, but weekend in Waco, but Aggies withdrew earlier week. Their next competM nsh j pS- ' Charles E will be in San Antonio* cterize Jordan as they participate in the UTSJ ver play the gams Fall Classic October 5-7. By announcing elinquished his rol Hartman expects a strong performance from thef|Washington Wizard and this years squad to be the highest ranked team in A&M school history. 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