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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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."
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M student, is the chief engi-
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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.”