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Tuesday, March 5, 2002
= " A&M, ACC sign vet partnership
■ By Araceli V. Garcia
THE BATTALION
L MThe Texas A&M College of Veterinary
I B t |icine and Austin Community College
H K e signed a partnership, known as the
agreement, that helps students transfer
■ time orfcctflits from the community college into the
“lass-produc:University’s Biomedical Science Program
Chamber's I? (B) IS).
: ■The agreement will ease a student’s
transfer, guaranteeing the student’s ACC
credits are counted if admitted into the bio
medical program at the University.
Despite this guarantee, officials said the
admission requirements are still stringent.
“Students must apply for admission as a
transfer student by the University deadline
dates, have a 3.6 [grade-point average],
complete at least 60 hours of prescribed
course work and have no girade below a B in
their science courses to be eligible for the
associate degree offered by the community
college they are attending,” said F. H.
Landis, director of the Biomedical Science
Program.
With these requirements, “the 2+2 agree
ments provide direction of course selection
for students attending community colleges
while recruiting the best and brightest trans
fer student into B1MS,” Landis said.
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drii they should do so in moderation and avoid taking drinks from
Hple they do not know well.
Hbisorderly or reckless behavior should also be avoided. In many
Hintries, conduct that would be acceptable in the United States
would result in arrest in other countries.
■Cathy Schutt, the assistant director of the Study Abroad Programs
Ofli *e at A&M. said there are many other things students should do
■ safe vacations.
■She said students should check the travel warnings in the countries
they plan to visit and consult travel books to get opinions on safe and
fun pjlaces to visit.
It is also important for students to avoid looking like tourists,
Schutt said, especially in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Students should not identify themselves as Americans, wear clothing
that stands out or frequent establishments common to other
Americans like the Hard Rock Cafe or McDonald’s, she said.
The well-being of students while traveling is a top priority at
A&M, Schutt said.
“A&M is extremely concerned about the safety of their students,”
Schutt said. “We try to provide as much information as possible
about traveling.”
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interpretatv 1 jhe American deaths underscored not
r Y t h' n 8 or \ the dangers in pursuing President
enjoyment*’ Bush’s declared goal of eliminating
Than Pede:. Oi'Anva bin Laden’s al-Qaida but also the
i You* and 'll difficulty of assaulting what Pentagon
>f the rom*':: officials say are well-armed and well-
1 rom More, organized pockets of al-Qaida resistance
requires son; infeastern Afghanistan.
■The operation is being commanded by
thandintr: Maj. Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, com-
»niment si manding general of the Army’s 10th
works to .-■ountain Division.
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Details on the two helicopter incidents
were sketchy, and the U.iS. and Afghan
death toll was uncertain.
“The fog of war will persist” until more
of the soldiers involved are brought back
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The fog of war will
persist.
— Army Gen. Tommy Franks
commander of U.S. Central
Command
and debriefed. Army Gen. Tommy Franks,
commander of U.S. Central Command, told
a news conference in Tampa, Fla., where he
is headquartered. He said either eight or
nine Americans were killed.
Franks said the U.S.-led offensive was
planned for several weeks and had as its
objective a 60-square-mile area south of
Gardez. He said about 1,000 Afghan troops
were serving as a blocking force on the
perimeter of the area to hem in the enemy
and prevent large numbers from escaping.
Franks estimated that 100 to 200 enemy
fighters had been killed and a small number
taken as “detainees.” He said they included
al-Qaida fighters, Taliban militia and
Chechen and Uzbek fighters.
“We intend to continue to the operation
until those al-Qaida and Taliban who
remain are either surrendered or killed. The
choice is theirs,” Rumsfeld told a Pentagon
news conference.
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unect their original pet.
■ Dr. Mark Westhusin, Missyplicity team member and A&M
associate professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology,
said contrary to what Genetic Savings and Clone hopes, the com
mercialization of pet cloning is not going to happen soon.
■ “it is important to see the long-tenn effects before this gets
applied outside of research mode,” Westhusin said. “We have an
absolute obligation to see how things are going to turn out.
■ The Humane Society has condemned the project in light of
recent news of Dolly’s arthritis and mouse obesity, saying that
cloning only has proven itself as an imperfect science, creating ani
mals with medical complications and surgery is usually necessary
for mothers to deliver clones.
■ A&M Veterinary professor Dr. Duane C. Kraemer, who works
on the Genetic Savings and Clone research team, said it is not
known why there are so many complications with cloned animals,
and none of them have been directly associated with the cloning.
I “It is important to recognize that this research has many
unknowns, and the only way to develop more information to
answer the unknowns is to do more research,” he said. “One
individual animal from one species is not enough to be able to
eitablish the truth.”
I Westhusin said the team needs to improve the efficiency of
embryos. The cat clone was only successful after transferring 87
cloned embryos into eight female cats, resulting in one failed preg
nancy and one clone.
This success rate is comparable to other cloning projects, including
the sheep, pigs and goats that were previously cloned in A&M labs.
Westhusin said that is why the Missyplicity project is against
any research for human cloning.
“It is way too efficient and way too risky. There is no way we
can justify cloning humans,” he said. “We are not interested in
cloning humans — we never have been, and we never will be.”
The Humane Society says it is also concerned about the current
overpopulation of domestic animals, where tax money is used to
control pet populations.
Westhusin said the concern is unfounded.
“The concept that this will add to the pet population is stupid,”
Westhusin said. “There will be more cats born on your street this
year than will be cloned in the next five. This will never compete
with natural reproduction.”
He said cloning technology will reduce the amount of animals
necessary for lab work or agriculture.
“If we clone the best animals, we need fewer of them to produce
the same amount of meat or milk,” he said.
The research project has invested $250,000 in clinics that spay
and neuter pets. Missyplicity also has prompted a study at the
University of Virginia to research pet contraceptives.
He said dog-cloning research may be used to secure endangered
animal species, and clone dogsi valuable to society, like search and
rescue dogs or guide dogs for the blind.
“Everything is working toward animal welfare,” Westhusin said.
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