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n ' TECH sm^i T-SHIRTS • CAPS • SHORTS • POSTERS UNIQUE AGGIE FASHIONS College of Agriculture and Life Science* Agricultural Career Exposition TODAY! October 2.2002 Ktetern Atrium 8-.30 am- 2 pm NORTHGATE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION . p—" ^ AT Lt/JVCH EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN OCTOBER + \ *■ 12-1:30 Come eat at your favorite restaurant and listen to live music on the promenade -UPCOMING EVENTS: Boogate October 31 st -PRE-GAME PARTIES: Fridays before games -POST GAME SPORTS TALK SHOW: After Games www.NorthgateTX.com for Details The Vintage House at iMessim J-tof Introduces Three Great Weekday Evenings Enjoy three special menus served in the most romantic restaurant in the Brazos Valley. Wednesdays... An Evening In Tuscany Every Wednesday evening, it’s just a short drive to Tuscany. You’ll love the traditional Tuscan cuisine served with a vineyard view. It’s four courses for only $49.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity. Romantic Thursdays Every Thursday evening from 5 to 10pm, the Vintage House offers a new, special menu just for couples. You’ll love everything, including the price. It’s four courses for only $49.95 per couple plus tax and gratuity. Fridays: Aggie Strip & Shrimp Every Friday evening, get the very best Aggie made strip and the very freshest Gulf shrimp...combined to make this four course evening the highlight of your week...just $59.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations or more information, www.messinahof.com or call 778-9463, ext. 31 8 Wednesday, October 2, 2002 THE BATTALij Heavy stuff Blinn sophomore Josh Dietert works out at the A&M Student Rec Center Tuesday after noon. Dietert works out four times a weei and has been doing so since high school. Study: Minorities may be undei more suspicion for child abust CHICAGO (AP) — Black and Hispanic children hospital ized with broken bones suffered in accidents are far more likely than white youngsters to be checked for child abuse, a study found. The findings suggest that some doctors may be unfairly suspicious of minorities and are overlooking actual abuse among whites, the researchers said. “This study is a reminder to be as thorough and objective as possible in evaluating children with injuries,” said Dr. Cindy Christian, who led the study at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The researchers said the find ings bolster suspicions that abuse among white children is underdiagnosed. They said it also points to another area of medicine where racial dispari ties and possible bias may affect health care. They did not determine the race of the doctors involved, but they said they suspect that many were white and that the doctors’ biases probably played a role in the findings. “All of us have personal biases,” Christian said. “It’s human nature not to be able to see something negative in a per son or group of people who are like you.” The findings were published in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Minority kids’ fractures prompt suspicions Black and Hispanic children treated for broken bones were moreietj to be checked for child abuse, a study said. While minority children had a higher rate of abusive fractures... ... they were also more likely than white youngsters to be evaluated and reported for suspected abuse. Minority Minority ■■■ 27.6% White White ■I 12.5% ■■ 22.5% Minority children were also more likely to have X-rays when abuse was suspected. Minority 52.9% I 65.3% White 31.3% SOURCE: JAMA The study involved 388 chil dren under 3 who were treated for skull, arm or leg fractures at the Philadelphia hospital between 1994 and 2000. Two child-abuse experts reviewed the injuries and determined which ones were accidental and which were caused by abuse. Minority children 1 year old and up with accidental injuries were over three times more likely to be reported to authori ties for suspected abuse. They were also more likely to be sub jected to a detailed type of X- ray often ordered when abuse is suspected. Whether child abuse is more common among black and Hispanic children than among whites is uncertain; studies have had conflicting results. Most have concluded that lovvinc® is more strongly linked toau than race. ^ In the study, abuse wasaw twice as common among ity children. 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