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Monday Night Football $ 500.00 Cash Giveaway Every Monday At Call 846-0211 for details Fat Tire Tuesday - $ 2.00 Pints of Fat Tire and N.B. 1554 All Night Long News Page 10 THE BATTALION Monday, October 1,! ‘Baby Moses 5 law expanded NEWS IN BRIEF OF BRAZOS VALLEY AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY IS A HARD THING TO FACE Pregnancy Peer Counseling Service Complete Confidentiality Pre and Post Abortion Peer Counseling Free Pregnancy Test Open Mon-Fri 9-5 and some evenings & Saturdays O'! 205 Brentwood • College Station I www.hopepregnancy.org DALLAS (AP) — Parents who want to aban don their newborns have more time to make the decision and more safe places to do it under a law recently expanded to give unwanted infants a bet ter chance at survival. The broader “Baby Moses” law allows parents to leave infants up to 60 days old at designated “emergency infant care providers,” such as hospi tals and adoption agencies with emergency med ical personnel, with no questions asked. The original law. which Texas pioneered, allowed parents to leave infants up to 30 days old at hospitals and fire stations. Parents are protected from prosecution as long as the baby is not harmed. The law is driven by wrenching stories of aban donment, such as that of “Baby Boy Jay,” found cold and dehydrated last year in a paper shopping bag near a Houston mailbox. In 1993, “Baby Noel" was found around Christmas under a table in an Arlington coin-oper ated laundry, her arms and legs blue. “If we can save one baby, then all of our efforts would have been for something,” said Dr. John Richardson, the Fort Worth pediatrician who helped blaze a trail for the law in 1999. Since then, 35 states have followed suit, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. “It just kept getting larger and larger," said the law’s sponsor state Rep. Geanie Morrison, R- Victoria. In Texas, 18 babies 30 days or younger are known to have been abandoned last year, but only five were left in designated safe places, according to Morrison’s office. “Even if we saved one baby's life, it was defi nitely worth it,” Morrison said in Sunday’s edi tions of The Dallas Morning News. Still, critics charge that bolstering such statutes encourages irresponsible behavior, discourages open adoption and unduly stigmatizes children. Advocates say the irresponsible behavior occurs before an unwanted child is born. “If someone is going to abandon their baby. I’d rather them have options," said Cheryl Sutterfield. president and chief executive officer of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. It’s too early to gauge the consequences of the law, which was expanded' in September, experts say. But Richardson says awareness about the law is crucial if it’s going to succeed. "This is going to have to be publicized to teenage girls to get them to take advantage of it," Richardson said. Police power ove gambling ships; sea in question HOUSTON (AP) - Ques: involving a gambling ship prompted a Brazoria Count) cial to ask the Texas attorne, eral to define the extent d enforcement jurisdiction ol Texas coast. mo ;lr lPA43 will I guests c 125th Wed The Surfside Princess ship, which makes gambliit ays into international water? raised the question of hw Texas law reaches. The behavior aboard the ga: ship has been mostly law-abkfo Brazoria County District Attorn? ^ bring visitor Yenne says the situation has? hem, automobil questions. Two officers are aboard the during its trips into internal waters, where gamblers can take of casino gambling w George violating state law. “There are a lot of unres: Wednesday only issues," Yenne said. “I'd Iw have some jurisdictional t», invocation Coi defined." ITi Fashion B Takes Greet Breed To Make A Greet Gandwiohl Sandwiches &r Salads Made To Order Bread Baked Fresh Every Day Desser+s & Pasfries Coffee, Coffee Drinks, Espresso, etc. Boxed Lunches & Sandwich Trays Tnakreu Rd. £ 1 Jj Dominik Dr. “gr 1 OwrfeeJ&gh PHONE IN YOUR ORDER &• WE’LL HAVE IT WAITING! Mon-8af: 7am-!lpm, Qundau: Closed 201 Dominik Drive, (979) 696-5055 Continued from Page 7 from class to class and juggling several errands, most of them aim for comfort in their clothes. As a result, some students try to combine the best of both worlds: comfort and fashion. “I think some people try to dress to impress,” Sarmiento said. “But personally. I try to be comfortable and cute at the same time." Fashion trends throughout time can be both flattering and scary. From the days of platform shoes to M.C. Hammer pants to tech vests to side ponytails, peo ple learn and laugh from the mistakes they make. Many designers are merg ing late 1970s fashions with early 1980s fashions to breed - registration UUt th^ rij^w ALH1 LEAGUES! including Corps, Fraternity,Sorority, Residence Halls, and Off -Campus Aggies you can also complete in Men's, Wem§i\ I new styles. What Aggies will be seeing a lot of this fall is denim. Denim has slowly been coming back in the past two years, and now, it has exploded onto the fashion scene. Dark denim, bleached denim, studded denim and dirty denim are all seen on many celebrities and students. “I think it is cool that denim is coming back." said Shara Boquiren, a freshman chemical engineering major. "I like the whole ‘not-so-tacky ’ ’80s motif that is coming back into style. With dark denim, you can be casual and classy at the same time.” Accessories are also becom ing more stylish. Rhinestones and studded fabric are the lat est craze. This is seen with many of the jewel-studded ban danas, belt buckles and jeans, yet another trend bought back from the 1980s. Big lenses and frames on sunglasses like the aviator style are also in fashion. Sunglasses with tinted, colored lenses were very big in the late 1970s and now are being reincarnated in 2001. Belts are also growing in popularity. Those childhood canvas belts are now found at popular clothing stores in the mall. The “Old West” influence on fashion shines with the popu larity of large belt buckles. With “iced-out" bracelets, leather wristbands, hoop earrings and elaborate necklaces, it is no question that accessories are the latest craze. “1 know when I dress up, I like to accessorize as much as I can." said Jennifer Lina. Class of 1998. “It seems ft more you accessorize days, no matter how tack) the better; and I have no pi lent with that.” Certain genres in fa< are also gaining popute The punk style is back studded belts and brace plaid pants and vintage shirts. The “urban cowta apparent with dirty denim buckled belts, cowboy hat vintage Wrangler shirts. Bet Transportation S< “ghetto fabulous" isalsop] lar. Retro 1980s hip-hop and the “supa fly," pimp-dai look is another craze. Fashion trends come and but students should incop the current fashion trends #i their own taste to create ft own personal style. The 125th elebration of ause some stuc Iternate parking Parking Area 4 nuter parking li .ibrary, Bush will ittending the :he George Bush Conference Cent The lot will bi ommuter studer nembers not at onference. The Universi Garage will be n marily for visitor the Academic C scheduled from to 5:00 p.m. Auditorium. A lii her of spaces w able for commut Parking, Tra cials urge studen the bus services 1 On-campus an pus bus routes ai at www.ptts.tami University Libraries Poor Yorick's Trivia Contest Question of the week: Every year it adds more than half the population of Canada to a country less than one third Canada’s size. Name this country projected, in the next century, to top China in population. 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