Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 2002)
Be a 2002 Muster Host Mandatory Informationals: Monday, March 4 • 8:30 p.m. • Rudder 301 or Tuesday, March 5 • 5:45 p.m. • Rudder 301 Applications available at Informationals aggiemuster.tamu.edu 6B Tuesday, March 5, 2002 THE BATTAl OF BRAZOS VALLEY WHAT WOULD A REAL MAN DO? Men helping Men Find Answers Free Pregnancy Test for Your Partner All Services Free & Confidential Open Mon-Fri 9-5 & some evenings & Saturdays 695-9193 846-1097 205 Brentwood 3620 E. 29th St. College Station Bryan WILEY v >y"' r ’ 7 \, LECTURE SERIES Mcmohial Stuolni Ccnter OLD ENEMIES, NEW TOYS A panel on India/Pakistan relations 7:30 p.m. March 6, 2002 MSC 206 Water watcher ; L ni \ ci s cQnvictec ,n campus 19-yc ^as con vie wo counts: our: of a;, eat-old g : Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) instructor Richard Harbuck familiarizes City of Terrell official Francis Croessel with the latest technology created by TEEX. The JOHN uvas • -t s Water and Wastewater Mobile Training Laboratory was av^- able for participants to view at the 84th annual Texas Wafe and Utilities Association Conference. The views and opinions presented in ttus program do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the Memorial Student Center. MSC Wiley Lecture Senes or Texas A&M Urwersity And the Nominees are... Do you know of an outstanding stLident organization or advisor? Then nominate them for Student Organization of the Year & Advisor of the Year Nomination forms are available now in the Student Activities Office, 125 Koldus. Due Tuesday, March 19th at 5:00 PM. Expert witness says Yates a threat before drowning NEWS IN BRIEf Medical examire HOUSTON (AP) — Andrea Yates was a mere “shell,” a threat to herself and her children, in the weeks before she drowned them in the bathtub, a psychiatrist testified Monday. Ellen Allbritton, who admitted Yates to Devereux Texas Treatment Network on March 31, said she immediately recognized Yates was some one who required in-patient treatment. Yates’ five children were dead less than three months later. “When I walked in the room and saw her. I pretty much knew this was someone who needed to be in the hospital,” said Allbritton, testifying for the defense as the third week of testimony in Yates’ murder trial got under way. “She looked mentally ill.” Asked by defense attorney George Parnham to elaborate, Allbritton said: “Someone who had declined to the point of non-function, just there, a shell.” In her medical notes, Allbritton wrote that Yates, whose father had died about three weeks earlier, “needs in-patient stabilization for safety of self and others.” Under cross-examination, Allbritton told pros ecutor Joe Owmby that Yates denied having any suicidal or homicidal thoughts but “I wouldn’t have trusted her to walk across the street.” Allbritton said Yates and her husband, Russell, were hesitant to hospitalize her and did so only after Allbritton filed an emergency detention order. “The patient was so ill and had obviously been ill for quite some time.” Allbritton said. “I really wondered why she hadn’t been presented to our facility sooner.” Defense attorneys are trying to show Yates did not know right from wrong on June 20, when she drowned her children. Yates, 37, who has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, faces murder charges in the drow nings of 7-year-old Noah, 5-year-old John and 6-month- old Mary. Charges could be filed later in the deaths of Paul. 3, and Luke, 2. She faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. An expert witness who testified for the defense last week told jurors Yates suffers from schizo phrenia, which was worsened by her bouts with postpartum depression following the births of her fourth and fifth children. Schizophrenia causes a person’s thinking, feeling and behavior to become impaired. It includes symptoms such as delusions, hallucina tions and social withdrawal. Defense witness Phillip Resnick told jurors Friday that Yates knew her actions were illegal, but that she thought drowning her four sons and 6- month-old daughter was the only way to save them from hell. details wounds mauling victim LOS ANGELES (AP)-b ner testified Monday te of the dogs that kilted; Whipple in her San fa- apartment building lar attacked like a wild arm Dr. Boyd Stephens, medical examine' « ^If Francisco, said the Ooiseaf. and crushed Whipple:/r to asphyxiate her. "It’s not uncommon til carnivore to go for the® he said. "A lion orate- they go for the throat." Whipple, 33. wasattaoe her neighbors' two huge:: on Jan. 26, 2001. The?; cution has sought to shw' Marjorie Knoller, 46, air- husband. Robert Noel. their dogs were dangeroy: f Coast Continued from page- ment,” Wade said. “PC!! common in transformer; fluorescent lights.” One MSC F ways i he PCBs get m play a environment is bad nu; Rudde ment practices. “If you are changingak in your lights at home,yr^ see warnings saying it c j PCBs,” Wade said. It is common for these k to be thrown in the trash, products that are thrown; trash will end up in ^Hundreds where they are subjecttoajgHt ers w runoff, which ultimatelyleTuesday a rivers and the ocean. >ressed th Since 1984. when theHountains gram originated, NS&ThAmerican USIC Mountains have inspired many forms of music and song. Examples include the Swiss Alps' effect on Maria in "The Sound of Music" and John Denver's love for his beloved Rockies.WAYANAY INKA's inspiration stems from the Andes Mountains in South America. Their distinctive combination of wind instruments, percussion, guitars and soaring vocals will transport audiences to the heart of the Inkan culture. taminants in the enviror'hany as although some are taking ^ eri seen than others. ince the “Some of these are talj| u & c hed c tremendously long time M c down below detectable It Wade said. — “At the NOAA testing however, the majority of sites pose no concern! human health.” The few sites that art' taminated are closed to* fishing and the like. MSC OPAS presents WAYANAY INKA in Rudder Theatre on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 PM. For tickets, call 845-1 234 or purchase on-line at opas.tamu.edu. WAYANAY INKA MSC OPAS Support Provided By: BenloN cJavic) cwrcJner'S 2001-2002 Season Media Partners KAMU KBIX-JV^1 98.3«rK0RA E33ZS3 7620 Tuesday, March 5 • 7:30 PM Rudder Theatre TICKETS: Call 845-1 234 Online af opas.framu.edu ! Student tickets only $10.60! p jej* Come One! Come All! Cat' — Staptinc Times— Wed-Thur-Sal Friday 6:45 6:45 & 9:00 7:15 & 9:00 ftfl EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF WINNING % Large No n- Smoking Room • noon Prius • ORtAT Food • SkcvRirr • ftu TaishDI ' IAk fomrnrnoonpioxtr Over $30,000 Won Each I 1 Palestine Hamas ; wife and