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FOR RENT
Vashers & Dryers For Rent. Don't buy,
ent a washer & dryer, $28/month (plus
jx). University Leasing, Local, Faster,
letter! 764-3902
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or August, 3b0nrij
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1807 or (979)82(M»c
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low! Brand new 3bdrm/3ba duplex!
40Osq.ft, Maytag app& w/d, security/
prinkler syst. $1100/mo. Vulin, Coventry
for MAY Realty. 846-2894/764-9021.
r May. Aug. or now?| FOR SALE
FREE LOCATOR St
for help in lindinji jdrm/2bth homeplex, end of cul-de-sac,
plex, fourplex, bj a bus route, close to everything,
com 190,000,(817)645-6097.
th, $815, carport, lev oomhz laptop, very nice, $900. Call 979-
92-3337 for details.
DAKS 4-PLEXES: c om p U ter HP, 15" monitor, 333mhz,
MAY. Recently but bomb RAM, 3.2gig HD, 32X CD-ROM,
quiet complex in gw p ea |< ers w / S ub, Epson Stylus 400 Print-
Includes: w/d, W $600 731-1233.
lighting, shuttle routs
ties, fenced yards !,i
>8. 764-3902
easing.com
alloy polished aluminum wheels,
Chevy 6-lug, in great condition.
100. Call Thad 694-8809.
oom/1.5 bath, S52i
inda 691-0139
DurBFG mud terrain tires, 33x12.5, good
edition, $250 obo. Call Josh 281-382-
ay to mid-August
+bills bus route iB 316 * 3 / computer, photoshop 3-D studio,
““ ready. DVD/ CD,
tom a ao a 1 1
II sublease. 1bdm
430/mo Bus route
M4 R13L @ yahoo cz
S300 AT&T Wireless will pay to end
lur current contract and give you $300.
ill Kyle 979-574-8780 or
rlestolarski @ hotmail .com
lanlw/D^usroute's alch,n 9 9 old adding bands, 14K gold,
arrie 695-0466 and °- 6mm in width, brand
iw/origmal cases. Asking $120/ obo.
ill 694-9273.
LEASES! We have
ill. for short termej
ails. United Reair,
ad-rico.com
;e 2bdrm/2bth. net
t/mo. 680-1130.
utile Home, 2bdrm/2bth, ail appliances
duded. Shed, deck, large lot, $12,000.
uveout in May. 979-776-3598.
uuntain bike for sale: 2000 Raleigh M60
#1 upgrades, $350 o.b.o. 690-2423.
ol table. 4x8, slate top, excellent condi-
n, $500 o.b.o. Call (979)777-7302.
e 3bdrm/2bth hout
npus, furnished, w/i
778-3907.
slman 14x65 mobile home, 2bdrm/2bth.
;e 4bdrm/2bath, fun fit see! Must be moved, $8,000,
12)455-4033.
680-1200.
e @ Melrose Aparwe
drm/bth apartment.
>nee@ tamu.edu
HELP WANTED
e available May
I. ibdrm/1bath. »a'
ate area. $325/i
$Dancers, dancers, dancers$$$. Flex
hours. Silk Stocking 690-1478. 18
ny.
e University Place
shed room Sbatto
25/mo. Call Erin
Supervisors & Cashiers** wanted.
'MPrihle time around class schedules. Ac
ting applications at Burger King, 1719-
fAue., Culpepper Plaza.
W418Deluxe Diner on Northgate hir-
iwaitstaff and cooks for all shifts. Ap
ril person 203 University Dr.
- instructors/ Counselors needed. Co-
IMbilte. WeepaWay camp. Pocono Mountains',
msylvania. Good salary! 1-800-422-
j-gj 42. www.campcayuga.com
fully W
I Jody
i, furnished 2/1 neai
in 693-8843
>- 4bdrm/3bathMi
olleman. Goodlw
)3-1635.
;e. August rent
i2/mo, newly fum
3/stories, decks,
ing. Garage
g pool,
wanted to get paid $$$ to lose
to30 pounds in the next 30 days. Nat-
I.guaranteed. Call 1-800-311-5925.
ri Summer Jobs/ 50 Summer Camps/
^Choose! NY, PA, New England. IN-
UCTORS NEEDED: Tennis, Basket-
Roller Hockey, Soccer, Baseball, La-
Gymnastics, Lifeguards, WSI, Wa-
J, Sailing, Windsurfing, Archery,
sN 1 Biking, Rockclimbing, Ropes, Piano
fwmpanist, Drama, Ceramics, Wood-
Nature, Nurses. Arlene Streisand,
*0-443-6428;
summercampemployment.com
aca^ v,\
pre- : «f
-T/ i-::-
,un ' prestigious teaching positic
svenings SSaturdays. Must ha
(S . Sororities
jdent Groups
driver's license 4+years. No criminal
,fd - We train. $8/hr. 693-9294.
is looking for individuals with WSI
M ' Ueguard Certifications. Apply in per-
. al Aerofit on Carter Creek, 4455 Car-
■vreek Parkway.
isiser Women Of Big12 Swimsuit
Models, Photographers, De-
Wanted. ucalendars.com, 785-
Ws Catering is seeking part-time/ full-
acterers. Flexible hours, no experi-
heeded. Call Jarrod 779-6417
'd care worker needed. We
r n S / u day,ime available. Apply
Harvey Road#13.
HELP WANTED
Clementine’s Cafe and Bakery is now hir
ing cooks, bakers and waiters. Experi
ence required. Apply in person at Clem
entine’s, 202 S. Bryan, in the Old Bryan
Marketplace, downtown.
Cruise line, entry level, on board positions
available. Great benefits. Seasonal or
year-round. (941)329-6434, www.cruise-
careers.com.
Dental office seeking energetic, enthusias
tic, clinical assistant, experience necessa
ry. 846-4759.
Earn $$$, sell Avon, $10 starters fee. Call
Nancy, 1-800-873-6313-00 (free) or
(512)784-8638.
Earn extra income by cleaning offices M-
F, after 5p.m. 823-5031.
Full-time painters needed for summer. No
experience required. $7.00/hr. Call
(979)695-7787.
Learn to be a manager! Great resume
builder! On Campus Positions April 1st -
May 30th. Excellent pay and short hours.
www.csstorage.com 888-621-9680
Lifeguards Needed!!! In Houston/Katy.
Call 281-376-6510 or visit us at:
a-beautifulpoolS.com
Little Caesar’s Pizza now hiring delivery
drivers. Apply at College Station location.
Medical office now hiring full-time Medical
Assistant. Great experience for student
applying for medical school. Position re
quires a one year commitment. Salary
based on experience. Please fax resume
to (679)776-4260 or apply in person at Al
lergy Associates, 2706 Osier Blvd., Bryan
TX 77802.
New marketing position, seeking individ
ual pursuing marketing degree interested
in real business experience. Applicant
should possess strong communications
skills, be customer orientated, sales driv
en, and creative. Part-time, fax resume to
(979)695-2410, Attention: Mel Howes.
Ninfa’s is now accepting applications for
all positions, inquire M-Th 2-4pm.
Part-time cashier needed, flexible hours,
Mon.-Sun. C&J BBQ Market, 4304-Har-
vey Rd , CS 776-4817.
Part-time cooks needed. Koppe Bridge,
764-2933.
Retail sales help wanted. Job starts April-
1. Call toll free 1-877-902-9112 for
info/application.
STUDENTS APPLY NOW! Part-time dur-
ing the semester and Full-time in the Sum
mer. MAPPLY NOW!! Fun atmosphere,
great resume experience, no telemarket
ing! Others are welcome to apply. 695-
1386 or apply online at
workforstudents.com
Summer Jobs Available carpet cleaning
technicians wanted full and part time posi
tions. A good driving record a must.
Asure Carpet Cleaning call 693-4474
The City of Bryan is seeking qualified can
didates for the following seasonal posi
tions: Pool Cashiers, Lifeguards, Water
Safety Instructors, Camp Counselors,
Camp Coordinators, Lead Counselors.
Position hours will vary. For a detailed job
description or to obtain the required City of
Bryan application form, visit us on-line at
www.bryantx.org or call or visit us in per
son at 300 S. Texas Ave. (2nd floor), Bry
an, TX 77803, 209-5060. EOE.
Two part-time sales assistant positions
available in large insurance agency. Each
starting at $8/hr. M/W 1pm-6pm-and ev
ery other Saturday from 10am-2pm, the
second position would be T/TH 1pm-6pm
and every other Saturday from 10am-2pm.
Duties would include helping the sales
staff with marketing and insurance propos
als. Please submit resume to: The Liere
Agency, 1101 University Dr. East, Ste.
100, College Station, TX 77840.
Wanted part-time cook, 3-days/wk., 8am-
3pm, the Curten Store and Grill, 589-
2421.
MOTORCYCLE
2001 Honda Shadow, garage kept, excel
lent condition, 4000-miles, two helmets in
cluded, $4900. 691-8065.
2001 Kawasaki Ninja 500, 2-HJC helmets
-►accessories, $4169 o.b.o., 6946902.
‘96 Yamaha Secall 600, less than 3000
miles, red, Great condition. $3400. Call
Thad 694-8809.
Scooters +mopeds from $800 at www.giz-
deals.com or email
galbino@gizdeals.com.
MUSIC
Experienced drummer needed. Start gig
ging immediately for Texas Music. 979-
492-7140, Geoff Spahr, www.geoffspahr-
band.com.
PETS
Adopt Pets: Brazos Animal Shelter,
775-5755, www.shelterpets.org
Australian Shepard puppies, registered,
1st shots, merles and tris, parents on
sight. Must see!! $200-$300. Call
(281)328-8818, or (713)913-1672 (pager).
Boxer pups, akc-reg. Shots, wormed,
dewclaws, Stalls cut, brindle and white,
and flashy fawn, ready to take home.
$400/ea. 979-229-5384.
For sale, registered rotweiler puppies born
Feb-11, $350- females, $400- males.
Ready for sale Easter weekend. 979-773-
4373.
Rabbit, cage & accessories - $25 or best
offer. Call 696-6625.
The Cats Cradle has fabulous felines for
adoption with a difference! Student dis
counts. 15-mins south of CS. (936)825-
8610, (936)870-6295.
Weimaraner puppies. Full blooded, not
registered. D.O.B. 1-21-02. Docked,
wormed, shots. Red with blue eyes-
Beautiful! $200.00 979-279-3359
REAL ESTATE
College Hills, bike to TAMU, 3bdrm/2bth,
513 Gilchrist. New paint, carpet & up
grades. $119,900. 979-680-1010 after
4pm.
Must sell in Bryan! 4bd/2.5ba 3 living
great entertaining. See to appreciate
$164000 777-5322
Thinking of selling your home? FREE,
quick, over the net market analysis of your
property. www.AndrewSmithOnline.com
Broker, Century21.
ROOMMATES
*F-roommate for summer. Nice
2bdrm/2bth duplex; own bed/bath, w/d,
fenced yard, bus route, $375/mo. Call
694- 6996.
2-Roommates needed for summer,
4bdrm/2bth house, $250/mo. +utilities.
Call Jenny 693-1900/ 214-542-2441.
Available now! Summer sublease. Fe
male roommate needed. 3/2/2 brand new
house, $375/mo. -t-1/3bills. Furnished, ca
ble modem, w/d, on shuttle. Call Kristen
695- 8074.
F-Roommate needed for summer, fall, and
spring. 2bdrm/2bath apartment $375/mo
Call 696-2130.
F-roommate non-smoker needed for sum
mer and/or fall. 3bdrm/2bath house, fur
nished, security system, w/d, fenced yard.
Close to campus. $450/mo, bills included.
Jamie 695-7898.
F-roommate summer sublease, University
Commons, furnished, w/d, ibdrm/tbath.
$375. 764-7945:'-
Female, non-smoker roommate needed
starting summer or fall. Furnished
2bdrm/1.5bth condo, on shuttle, w/d,
fenced yard, pool, no deposit. $375/mo.
+1/2utilities. call 693-8978.
M-Roommate needed. 2bdrm/1,5bath
apartment starting May 15. $300/mo.
Call Mike 492-3807.
M/F rommate needed ASAP for 2bdrm/1bt
duplex in CS. On bus route. $275/mo,
+1/2bills. Call Jarrod 485-0420.
M/F roommate needed for 1-year lease.
University Place Condos $330/mo +1/4
bills. W/D, on shuttle route, own bath
room. 696-6956.
M/F Roommate needed, $175/mo.
+1/4bills, clean, pets ok. Call 779-0530.
Roommate needed, 3bdrm/2bath new du
plex, pets ok, on bus route. 210-860-
0010.
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.&Sat.- 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.
5B
Thursday, March 28, 2002
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Red flag of bioterror
Experts say smallpox a very real threat
Sd|Tech
By Amanda Cornett
THE BATTALION
Terrorists may choose large tar
gets such as New York when planning
a militant attack, but when it comes
to bioterrorism, even the smallest
town in Texas can be affected. Bioterrorism
experts seek to educate political leaders and
citizens about biological threats.
Operation Dark Winter was a biological war
game conducted in June 2001 by the ANSER
Institute, the Oklahoma Memorial Institute for
Terrorism, and the Johns Hopkins Center for
Biodefense.
In the simulation Al-Qaida terrorist
works attacked American cities, such as
Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia,
with the formerly-eradicated smallpox
virus. Within a simulated 14-day period, the
“smallpox” had spread to all 50 states and sever
al countries, making the simulation a terrorist suc
cess. More than 3,000 people “died,” and count
less others were “infected” from the infiltration of
smallpox in the game.
According to John Wohlfarth, a research ana
lyst from the ANSER institute, Operation Dark
Winter was meant to educate U.S. policy mak
ers and the public about the possibility of a bio
terrorism attack.
“The operation was designed to wave a red flag
in hopes of reducing the effects of a national dis
aster in the future,” Wohlfarth said.
Congress took action to secure our homeland
in the wake of the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks,
three months after Operation Dark Winter was
performed.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University pre
dicted that every person who contracts smallpox
will spread the disease to 10 people before being
quarantined. About 30 percent of reported small
pox cases end in death, and many more infections
result in a permanent disability. The Center for
Disease Control and Prevention approximates that
50 percent of the U.S. population never has been
FRANK CHANCE • THE BATTALION
vaccinated for small
pox. The CDC said
those who were vac
cinated before the dis
ease’s eradication in
1972 have only a slight
immunity to smallpox.
When asked why citi
zens of a small and seem
ingly safe community
should be informed about
the possibility of a smallpox outbreak,
Wohlfarth said, “There is a dual use of being
prepared (for spch an outbreak). Lives would be
spared from the bio-threat, and [the Texas A&M
community] will be better prepared for natural
disease outbreaks if there is an informational
infrastructure in place.”
Will Steen, a sophomore general studies major,
said, “[The threat of smallpox] is scary stuff. We
are completely unprepared for an attack, and most
people aren’t informed about the dangers of a bio
terrorist attack.”
While there is no present danger of a large-
scale bio-terrorism attack, many consider the
threat real enough to act on. The CDC said one
suspected case of smallpox is considered a public
health emergency of significant proportions.
“We (the ANSER Institute) don’t feel that the
smallpox simulation fueled ideas for the Sept. 11
attacks and the subsequent anthrax scare. I do
have a hunch, however, that we will face a biolog
ical attack in the future. We have eliminated the
societal taboo of a safe and protected homeland,”
Wohlfarth said.
Arthritis drug prevents cancer
(AP) — Scientists are hard at
work recycling Celebrex and
Vioxx, the red-hot inflammation
pills taken by tens of millions
for arthritis. They have an
unlikely new use in mind, one
maybe even more important
than soothing throbbing joints.
Their goal: Prove these med
icines prevent cancer and per
haps even help cure it.
While there are good scientific
reasons to think they are onto
something, the experiments to
settle it are not finished, and the
optimists could be dead wrong.
Nevertheless, cancer researchers
and pharmaceutical executives
entertain fantasies of a break
through role for an off-the-shelf
medicine.
Among them is Dr. Philip
Needleman, who has spent more
than a decade — first at
Washington University and now
at Pharmacia, where he is research
director — developing Celebrex
as an arthritis medicine. Just three
years on the market, it is the 10th
biggest selling prescription drug
in the United States.
But in his vision, that success
is a mere warm-up. “People ask
what gets me juiced,”
Needleman says. “It’s the possi
bility that in five or 10 years,
someone will say, ‘Oh yes.
Celebrex. That’s also used in
arthritis.’”
If we could reduce
the incidence of this
disease by half what an
incredible contribution
that would be.
— Dr. Monica Bertagnolli
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Many in industry, govern
ment and medical schools seem
to share his daydream. In a
world where people are used to
disappointment, hopes run high
that Celebrex and its rivals can
be redirected against the most
feared disease of all.
The drugs block production
of a chemical called COX-2,
which triggers pain and inflam
mation and may also fuel the
growth of cancer, where it is
often found in abundance.
The first big test will be in
preventing colon cancer, second
only to lung cancer as a killer.
Three big studies involving
about 6,000 volunteers will see
if Celebrex and Vioxx stop pre-
cancerous growths in the colon.
The results should be known
within two years.
“If we could reduce the inci
dence of this disease by half,
what an incredible contribution
that would be,” said Dr.
Monica Bertagnolli of Brigham
and Women’s Hospital in
Boston, director of one of the
studies. “That’s what is driving
all of this.”
But that might be just the
start. Experiments on lab ani
mals strongly suggest the arthri
tis drugs could also help cure
cancer, especially if combined
with chemotherapy or radiation.
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Editor
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