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THE BAT}. »we ^'deihai criminal >ssessingstolei ssible for min ed and c )untr)' ai 'P to six monl;. case unnec® ES. officials sj r the terror atiatj tnd Pentagon. > holds joint d was detained i fs in NewYoiti his Montreal fe Syria. Indian ne\u i NewYoritttle U.S. Immim Aggielife: Taking care of business • Page 3 Opinion: All Greeks should not be judged alike • Page 9 THF RATTAIinM A A AAJ/ 131% A A / m 1^ A A A | m jltinie 109 • Issue 56 • 10 pages www.thebatt.com Friday, November 15, 2002 activities encourage campus recycling juji bxus Recycles Only Ml% of waste cannot be reused or recycled In 2001, Texans threw away more than 27.9 million tons of waste source: www.texasrecyclesday.com RUBEN DELUNA • THE BATTALION By Amy Adams THE BATTALION A fashion show in the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Flagroom Friday afternoon won’t feature the latest designs or the best brandnames: instead, in the name of recycling, stu dents will model used clothing. Texas Recycles Day, a statewide public awareness campaign and spin off of America Recycles Day, kicks off its 10th anniversary Friday. “We are encouraging all vol unteers, civic organizations, business organizations and state agencies across Texas to host several recycling activities in their area,” said Sonya Besteiro, director of programs for Keep Texas Beautiful. “This can include anything from a com munity garage sale to a book and clothing drive.” Besteiro said she hopes everyone can learn that there are countless ways to reduce, reuse and recycle and also that there are a number of ways to save money and natural resources. This year’s theme “Everything Old is New Again,” focuses on reusing, which saves more money than recycling and is bet ter for the environment. Festivities on campus include the resale fashion show at 12:30 p.m. to bring attention to the resale stores in the Bryan- College Station area, said Laura Tankersley-Glenn, event cosponsor and executive direc tor for Keep Brazos Beautiful. “Items that students believe are not useful anymore can be donated to needy families, there fore keeping the reusing cycle going,” Tankersley-Glenn said. See Recycle on page 2 Author says vancement Quack, quack Stnrtads to equality n stock "89.99 & Bass’? tisk By Lecia Baker THE BATTALION Women are not as successful at work as men, fn though they may have the same credentials, Virginia Valian, author and professor who leals with gender inequality, as part of the Science Foundation Equity Project’s lec- mrc series Thursday. ■Valian, a professor of psychology and linguis- Ib at Hunter College in New York, spoke about slow advancement of women and other topics inherbook, The Advancement of Women. Valian said the cause of women’s slow advance ment is found in gender schemata, the way society expects a person to act based on perceptions. I “We evaluate people as members of a social ategory, not as a person,” Valian said. “The slight |ervaluing of men, and the slight undervaluing of pmenis taking a large toll on women’s careers.” K As adults, it’s harder for women to take them- tTSur selves seriously, because people don’t consider f»§ I’jtmmen eligible for leadership positions, Valian laid. ■ Shesaid people need to educate themselves and their colleagues about gender equality. ■“Everyone must realize that we are all a part of he problem, women as well as men,” Valian said, pealso need to create a world where people are lot hindered by schemata, gender and racial.” [If people would spotlight women with good Idership qualities, others would judge women jore positively, Valian said. ■ Women must build power by performing jobs ')79-84(j.jf p tare out of the ordinary, highly visible and that See Gender on page 2 ^DlfS turing minarslw less Emptas firmatk )x studio t# ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION Sophomore construction science major and Ducks Unlimited mem ber, John Michael Alaniz, attempts to call ducks while boating in Rudder Fountain Thursday afternoon. The club is having its annual banquet Tuesday, Nov. 19. International week activities promote study abroad programs jy Office ig for six w jnteering as. Surgeon general says attacks showcased government systems uded- A&M Goes International International Week is: 8-8 p.m., Flagroom: participate In an open forum 7 p.m.. Rudder Theatre: watch International films S p.m., Shis a: eat Mexican food with Jtgglo International ambassadors 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.. Zona Plaza and MSC: loin In the music festival RUBEN DELUNA • THE BATTALION By Sarah Darr THE BATTALION A year in Switzerland gave Texas A&M sen ior Chandra Akins a world of experience and landed her a job she wouldn’t have received oth erwise. “My study abroad trip is what made all the difference in finding a job,” said Akins, an inter national studies and French major. “It shows people you are flexible and unafraid of a chal lenge.” Akins lived in an international dorm in Lausanne, and attended a Swiss university every weekday, taking time to explore Europe on weekends. Akins, who will help raise awareness of study abroad programs as part of International Education Week, said programs that immerse students in other cultures give them a new way of looking at the world. “I am so glad I did it because it completely changed my life,” Akins said. “I am much more self assured and I know 1 can handle myself in any situation.” Events for the week, which begin Monday, will be held worldwide on university campuses in Africa, East Asia and the United States, said Elizabeth Gregory, vice president of AmeriSpan, an organization that sponsors South American study abroad programs. Events will also be tak ing place at A&M during International Education Week in order to make students more aware of what is going on in the world, said Dr. Lynne Masel Walters, director of International Studies Programs. “It will be good for students to receive differ ent perspectives, especially about the Middle East conflict,” Masel Walters said. International Education Week is sponsored by the federal Departments of State and Education. The week will allow students all over the world to take advantage of international opportunities. Gregory said Students can learn more information about cultural awareness through the activities that are being offered, she said. “This week is really just about spreading the word about the importance of cultural awareness, especially now with conflict directed against the United States,” Gregory said. AmeriSpan will host “Crazy for Spain,” to encourage students to study in Spain, learn to flamenco dance and speak Spanish, Gregory said. Though it was hard to deal with another cul ture, Akins said her year abroad brought her friendships and love, and she had a harder time coming back to America than she did leaving for Switzerland. “I made some of my best friends there who were from Britain, Italy, France, Japan and Australia,” Akins said. “We got so close because we were all going through the same thing.” Hy Jeremy Osborne the battalion a federally-' ipp eart0 students,! the State c ^ or g an ization and coop- - u Rtion of government agencies r . aftermath of the Sept. 1 1 nftwo^ t rror ‘ st attacks, while unprece- !ms ° 1.1 ! C "M, successfully tested sev- y ~ r or: .^ ' ,i ' government systems, Rear iw* Robert C. Williams said improve Thursday. The feds weren't the only lC e working there ,” Williams, assistant I skills:^ ver §e °n general, said. “There , ii 0 wtM s r state organizations, local ’ 0 u 0 roco^ .■ ® aniZa tions, private organiza- 3 rrasiorf h 0nS ’ universit ies. Hundreds of 6 °ri nlanfl^ tr°\T San ^ s P e °pl e responded h or* 0 New York City." I» teaC a f° rmer Texas M student, is the chief engi- f Kevin^ for the U -S- Public Health ’ c ,/979)II tee. He spoke at the School hona(9/> , f Rural Heahh . n College Station. Williams said the federal health service’s response in the wake of the attacks proved many untested government response mechanisms capable. “Within an hour of the ter rorist attacks we had activated the National Disaster Medical System. For the very first time we sent out the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile, Williams said. “(Supplies) were sent to New York City within eight hours — so it works. The first time it was needed. It worked well.” Various agencies, including the U.S. Public Health Service, established five 24-hour-a-day temporary treatment centers near Ground Zero to treat res cue and recovery workers. During the next 11 weeks, workers administered 9,528 medical visits, 936 rescue ani mal visits and 6,126 mental health visits. “Things were not always the best. We didn’t always have elec tricity,” Williams said. “Sometimes you had to make do with doing sutures by flashlight.” Four federal teams, four state teams and four local teams collected more than 400,000 air, ground and water samples from lower Manhattan in the months following the trade center col lapse to determine the safety of the environmental conditions around the sight, he said. “You can imagine the diffi culty when everyone has their own idea about what should happen,” Williams said. “The thing that helped us was the fact that we had a single focus when we looked to the New York City Department of Health to chan nel all of our information.” Despite all of the success, Williams said improvements can be made. “We have to have a process for making decisions,” Williams said. “That has to be in place before going into an emergency situation.” Students in attendance said they enjoyed the speech. “I was impressed with the amount of monitoring of the contaminants that were spread after the towers collapsed,” said Matt McMullan, a sophomore construction science major. Williams said the trade center collapse proved that public health responders on all levels are prepared to deal with disaster. “The role of the public ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION Robert C. Williams shows the amount of dust build up with arti facts found in a person's house who lived blocks from the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks. health service is to protect the health of the people of the nation,” Williams said. “As pub lic health officials we are stew ards in the public interest, we are servants in the public trust. We are ready, we are willing and we are able.”