NEWS
=av, January 25,-i
HELP WANTED
■eeded: Computer Technician, part-time/
Hll-time. Part-time needed MWF or TR all
Hiy. Call Systek Computing 776-9955.
REAL ESTATE
1804 Southwood, CS- 3/2, many up
grades. 979-694-7127. $119,900.
lyr old 4-2-2 house, large fenced yard, no
money down, $105,500. Call 846-5800.
=s (price must
■ersonal possess^
em doesn't sell,
ualify for the 5
elled early.
Ni fa’s is now accepting applications for
all positions. Inquire within Mon-Fri. 2-
H.m.
Now Hiring for Full and P-time teachers
aids Hrs. 7:30-5:30 846-1762
hLrsery workers needed for Sundays and
»R SALE
■Wednesdays
§lb-0014
Northview Baptist Church.
Part-time cooks needed, Koppe Bridge
Bar &Grill, 764-2933.
PART-TIME STAFF ASSISTANT needed
K a busy real estate office. Must be de
tail oriented people person with reliable
Hmsportation and good computer skills.
Bj|^Hiis position requires 15-20hrs/wk and at
wGE SALES ieo st one Saturday a month. Apply in per-
^^■n at Coventry Glen Realty, 1003 Univer-
Hy Dr. East, College Station, TX.
—desks $30/ea. cte
^:h $20; back-gairrt;
- I or Ryan 693-225C
•ull beds $45 iSSC?
i.tn 26th Ifom 9^
Or Selling Desk-Si;
EXJ-S200. WD-SlT,
i tertamment cew
* WANTED
^Dsitions for telephone interviewers avail-
Ple on-campus, part-time evening
&v. ekend shifts. Bilingual Spanish/Eng-
^Bh a plus. Competitive hourly pay. Call
^Bida Magee at PPRI Survey Lab 845-
^50.
^RieraDay Spa is wanting registered
^fcssage therapist. 660-0527.
^Kesperson in fabric shop, sewing &
ors Ja 'ce’sSS: Mies experience preferred, flexible hours.
Stocking 690-M': WPiy in person, 318-George Bush
; *t ^^ilAvorv $ 10 starter fee Easy/sells it-
^ Local Co. rmH" P T F T Call Nancy 1-800-873-
3 $12 BaseL- B 16 access code OO-lree call or 512-784-
salessw u-W M
Brazos Viit) r Hniors and Graduate Students. Notes-N-
: n 713-781-t'S' Quotes is currently hiring notetakers for
34. N Houston 2f 9 ® Spnng Semester. Apply at 701 Uni-
-458-6894 Sar v - vjrsity Drive, directly across from the
Worth 817-6Ti» ||Dcker building on the A&M campus or
-akwork-convnp $$ll 846-2255.
>s/ 50 Summer
PA. New E'Oi
EDED: Terms
•v Soccer Base
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mer Job;
3kjring the Roc*) l<
<3 by making a 6/m
Wren, and make'’
a lifetime. Wonr;
ips. A res'dentia»;
nidren 9-17. 61C-:
)-CampFun or vs
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ithlng- Sales hee •
ion, 505-Univers-ii;
: SPORTS!!! Coaches wanted for girls
"BBstpitch softball with C.S. Athletics. Ex-
j^Bnence preferred, but not required. In-
jSines call 764-3424.
^HeBEST part-time job you will ever find!
sfSiudent Express, Inc. is hiring college stu-
VBnts that are interested in earning extra
; cilsh now and working in CANCUN next
||mmer. Simply, successfully promote
Spring Break trips on campus and our
^Bad Break Escape trips to your alma ma-
flr or other high-schools in your area. If
■u are fun-loving, outgoing and motivat-
■- I WANT TO TALK TO YOU! Please
d|ntact Al Van Vleck at (800) SURFS UP
XI64 or avanvleck@studentexpress.com
for more information.
Wanted: Teams for adult softball league.
Free agents welcome. Contact 764-3486
for more information.
Vferehouse help/ driver needed Tuesday
mornings, Saturday definite, additional
hours flexible. Good driving record re
quired. $7.50-$8/hr. 779-9010.
Website editor, student worker position,
also computer SW savvy. See
http ’recenter.tamu.edu/jobs/
I MOTORCYCLE
an , c 2001 Ninja 500 1400mi. Perfect condition.
w/ accessories and two helmets.
is drivers. Ne«! *
lest & dependable
0 at 1812 Weis"’
569/nego. 694-6902.
yvasaki Ninja 500R. 5K miles. $3500.
^.jOgll (979)485-8175.
e by cleaning o“e H MUSIC
1-5031 £
lelp wanted all cer Country music musicians needed. Please
)$11/hr. Immedi- call 696-8177.
Slly - Stalling a band. Texas country, needing
Cafe now hirinji bass guitarist -i-drummer. Call Britt 485-
iinimum, expene' 0995.
n.-Thurs., 2-6pm.
eded
75
House anc
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PETS
ig help needed tor:
ms. ReasonaN
lo-old female sugar glider. Cage and
travel cage included. $125o.b.o. 575-
^E2.
1975 day 764-402. Adopt Pets: Brazos Animal Shelter,
775-5755, www.shelterpets.org
pendable Sdeta Rare burnice python, very docile. Large
aquarium, heat rock, heat lamp, literature,
company !oo«' r ; $450. 847-2291.
ers 5 days/week - Siberian Husky AKC pups. Blue eyes,
arson 1530 Wlar with mask. Show quality. $250. 979-255-
2162 or 936-873-2930.
ROOMMATES
$450/mo., utilities included. Call 764-
0922.
1-Roommate needed, 3bdrm house,
Southwood Valley, $255/mo7 +1/3util.
Chad 693-4397.
2M needed asap, 3bdrm/2bth house,
$250/mo -futilities. No pets. 680-0576.
Female roommate needed ASAP! New
Steeplechase townhome, 3bed/2bath.
Call 485-0869.
Female roommate needed. $350/mo. all
bills included. Call Alana, 777-9275.
M-Roommate needed ASAP for
2bdrm/2bth, fenced yard, $250/mo.
+1/2utilities. Andres at (979)694-9391.
M-roommate needed for 4bdrm/1bth, 2-
blocks from campus, w/d, $207/mo., 680-
1367.
M/F roommate townhouse. 2bdrm/1.5bth.
$325/mo. No deposit, pets o k. 695-
7920.
M/F- 3bdrm house. Bike to campus, w/d.
Central a/c, kegerator, digital cable, high
speed internet. January paid. Large back
yard. $250/mo +1/3bills. Call Justin or
Scott 693-0442.
Mature, female to share 2bdrm/2bth fur
nished house. $350/mo. -futilities. No
Pets. 776-4856.
Need roommate. 3bdrm/2bath house.
$225/mo. W/D, -fl/3-bills, shuttle route.
779-3507.
Roommate for a 2bdrm/2bth apartment,
close to campus, January rent paid. Call
for details, 229-7066.
Roommate needed 3bdrm/2bth mobile
home. $250/mo -f1/3util. 693-0004/ 324-
0835.
Roommate Needed ASAP. Move in now
free. No deposit. Very nice 3bed/2bath.
$320/mo. 830-997-1607. 830-459-1194.
Roommate needed for spring semester.
2bdrm/1.5bth condo, $300/mo, no bills, on
shuttle route. 695-9316, Ryan.
Roommate needed, 3bdrm/2bth mobile
home, $300/mo„ utilities included, w/d, no
deposit. Call Justin 821-2025.
Roommate wanted $348 -fbills; Close to
A&M on bus route, fireplace, fenced yard,
huge closets, W/D connections. 694-8113
or 361-0264 Ask for Jesse or Julie. No
Deposit!
Roommate wanted for 1/bedroom in
2/bedroom apartment. Call Mustafa 691-
8106
SERVICES
AAA Texas Defensive Driving. Lots-of-
fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Ticket dismissal/insur
ance discount. M-T(6pm-9pm), W-
Th(6pm-9pm), Fri.&Sab- Fri(6pm-8pm)
&Sat( 10am-2:30pm), Sat(8am-2:30pm).
Inside BankofAmerica. Walk-ins wel
come. $25/cash. Lowest price allowed by
law. 111-Univ. Dr., Ste.217. 846-6117.
Show-up 30/min. early. (CP-0017).
Free Pregnancy Test; Hope Pregnancy
Centers, College Station 695-9193, Bryan
846-1097; Post Abortion Peer Counseling
695-9193.
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8916.
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seded part-time, b The Cats Cradle has fabulous felines for
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THE BATTALION Friday, January 25, 2002
Red Cross recalls
tainted blood
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The American Red Cross re
called thousands of pints of
blood products shipped to hos
pitals in 2000, federal docu
ments show, and some possibly
hazardous blood was trans
fused into patients before word
reached doctors not to use it.
Recalls were up 18-fold
from 12 years earlier.
Consumer advocates cited
the 641 recalls — and federal
documents suggesting it’s un
clear whether anyone has got
ten sick from tainted blood —
in urging Congress Thursday to
The disclosures...
raise serious ques
tions about the abil
ity of the American
Red Cross to ensure
the safety of its blood
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supply.
— Edward Kennedy
Mass. Senator
investigate the safety of blood
provided by the Red Cross.
Senate Majority Leader
Tom Daschle and Sen. Ed
ward Kennedy called the alle
gations serious, and Kennedy
agreed to look into them.
“The disclosure ... raise se
rious questions about the abil
ity of the American Red Cross
to ensure the safety of its blood
supply,” said Kennedy, D-
Mass. “Congress needs to deal
with these questions,-too, and
take whatever steps are neces
sary to guarantee the safety of
the blood supply.”
None of the recalls were
Class 1. FDA’s designation for
the most dangerous type. Most
were Class 2 recalls, meaning
there was a small risk that pa
tients could be banned.
It is the latest black eye for
the Red Cross, which provides
45 percent of the nation's
blood and is fighting govern
ment regulators in federal
court over this very issue.
The Food and Drug Admin
istration has accused the Red
Cross of repeated and serious
violations of blood safety reg
ulations, including shipping
contaminated blood, despite a
1993 court order mandating
improvements. Last month,
the FDA has asked a federal
judge to hold the charity in
contempt of court and allow
the government to levy mil
lions of dollars in fines for
continuing violations.
That court fight promises to
last months. The consumer
group Public Citizen wrote
Daschle and Kennedy Thurs
day that congressional inter
vention would speed solutions.
“Force the Red Cross to im
prove its public health-threat
ening record,” the group wrote.
The Red Cross argues it has
spent millions improving its
blood business and that the
blood supply is safer than ever.
“It is unfortunate the Public
Citizen is creating unneces-
sary fear and alarm about the
safety of the blood supply,”
said Red Cross interim gener
al counsel Larry Moore. “The
chief priority of the Red Cross
is to ensure that patients who
depend upon blood receive the
safest possible products.”
FDA court documents say
Red Cross recalls of blood
jumped from 36 in 1988 to 641
in 2000. Those latest recalls
totaled 12,701 units of blood
products, including red blood
cells and platelets.
One example involves cy
tomegalovirus, which doesn’t
harm most healthy adults but
can kill or seriously injure the
ill or newborns. In October
2000, the Red Cross recalled
four units of blood labeled
CMV-free when in fact they
hadn’t been tested — and three
already had been transfused,
say the FDA documents.
The Red Cross argues that
no one has been found to have
been harmed by its mistakes.
That is “a notoriously dan
gerous assumption to make,”
FDA blood chief Dr. Jay Ep
stein said in court documents.
It is very hard to detect trans
fusion-caused illnesses be
cause some infections lie dor
mant for a long time and
doctors aren’t required to re
port suspicious infections to
the government, he said.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Inmates with
Hepatitis A
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP)
— Two Cameron County Jail
inmates have tested positive
for the hepatitis A virus, and
two others are expected to
test positive, a county health
official says.
The cases have prompted
jail officials to stop transfer
ring inmates in and out of
the facility, jail physician Paul
Lenz said Wednesday.
Inmates and guards are
being immunized, Lenz said.
More than 80 inmates have
already received an injection
of immunoglobulin. The ef
fects are temporary, but it is
strong enough to prevent
further incubation of the
virus, Lenz said.
Hepatitis A is an inflam
mation of the liver that can
cause flu-like symptoms and
jaundice. The virus can be
spread by human feces or
contaminated water or food.
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UMPIRESWANTED
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No experience necessary,
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Games Feb. - October.
$8.00 to $30.00 per game.
For more information call
or Terry Hix at 693-2958 or
Mike Littlejohn at 776-5062.
The Best Scot In Town
HOLLYWOOD USA &
Hwy. 30 (® E. Bypass 6 764-7592
KTSR Late Shows Friday & Saturday Night
All shows after 11 pm only *4.50
STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS
I AM SAM (PG-13)*
HARRY POTTER (PG)
12:50 3:50 7:00 9:55 12:55
12:15 3:30
THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES iRG-iai 4
JIMMY NEUTRON ig,
1:30 4:25 7:40 10:251:10
12:002:054:15
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ipg-is)*
KATE & LEOPOLD,pg-13)
1:00 4:10 7:10 10:10 1:05
7:009:4512:30
A WALK TO REMEMBER (Rg-iV
12:102:40 5:107:50 10:15 12:35
LORD OF THE RINGS (pg-13)
12:054:05 620 8:0010:00 11:45
KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST<pg-i3}*
12:35 2:50 5207:359:50 12:10
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11:50 2:104:30
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11:453:006:159:35 12:45
12:30 3:45 7:1510:30
OCEAN'S 11 (pg-13)
1:154:40 7:20 10:1012:50
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11:452:155:007:45 10:20 12:50
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (PG-13)
VANILLA SKY ( R)
12:45 4:007:0510:051:00
6:509:4512:40
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Spring Rxxsli 2002
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KJonday. Juriimry 28' 1 '
:s<.iuy. January
E*it>lc> Study
Wednesday. January
VISC” Stark Gallery
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HOWDY!
The Volunteer Services
Center invites you to the 2002
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES FAIR!
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Jan. 29 th and 30 th , from 11:00
- 2:00 in the MSC Hallway.