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' J , ■ The Texas AdrM University Interfraternity Council (IFC) presents,.. L7M AHMr Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Delta Chi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Tau Delta FarmHouse FIJI RUSH 2003 JUpIpt (Bmmxm Tues., 1/28: Pizza and Pool Hornbacks 2-6 Wed., 1/29: Meet the AGR’s HEER 101 7-9 Thurs., 1/30: Dinner Chicken Oil 7-8 Fri., 1/31: Lunch Fitzwilly’s 12-2 Sat., 2/1: BBQ Oak’s Park 12-3 Mon., 2/3: Bowling Triangle Bowl 7-9 Tues., 2/4: Alumni Smoker T-Bone Jones 7-9 Contact: Dustin 412-4302 Alpha Tau Omega Mon 1/27 Tues 1/28 Wed 1/29 Fri i/31: Dixie Chicken 7-9 Triangle Bowl 9-12 Zapatos Cantina 8-10 Hilton (Informational) 7-9 Oxford Street - Dinner Date Party Business Casual 8-10 Contact:Jeff Nickell 696-6794 Beta Theta Pi Mon., 1/27 Meet the Beta’s, Beta House, 8-9:30 Tues., 1/28 Pool and Darts, Dixie Chicken, 7-9 Wed., I /29 TAP - Fajita Cookout/W/te Only, 7-9 Thurs., 1/30 Pebble Creek//nwte Only, 7:30-9 Fri., 1/31 Steak Night,T-Bone Jones, 7-9 Contact: Frank Braly 764-0003 CHI PHI Mon 1/27 BBQ, Kyle Field Pressbox, 9 th Floor 7-9 Tues 1/28 Bowling,Triangle Bowl 7-8:30 Wed 1129 Target Practice, Champion Firearms 6-7 Thurs 1/30 Dinner, Fajita Rita’s 7-8 Thurs 1/30 Billiards,Yesterdays 8-9 Fri 1/31 Crawfish Boil, Chi Phi House 5-7 Contact: Matt Solomon 571-1370 CHI DELTA CHI Mon - 1/27 Meet & Greet, Fajita Rita’s, 7-9 Tues - 1/28 Bowling, Wolf Pen Creek, 7-9 Wed - 1/29 Billiards, Hornbacks, 7-9 Thurs - 1/30 Informational, Alumni CtrTInwte 7-9 Fri - 1/31 Date Party!Invite Only, 7-9 Contact: Charlie 696-8725 DELTA SIGMA PHI Mon. 1/27 • Iguana Dan’s Hole in the Wall, 7-9 Tues. 1/28 • Bowling Triangle Bowl, 7-9 Wed. 1/29 • Billiards Dixie Chicken, 7-9 Thurs. 1/30 • Go-Karts Boondocks, 6:30-8:30 Fri. 1/31 • Kopee Bridge, 7-9 Contact: Roger Lasater 696-0489 Delta Tau Delta Sunday 1/26 Super Bowl,Wings‘N More 5-10 Monday I /27 Driving Range, Lone Star Golf 7-9 Tuesday 1/28 Billiards, Poets 7-9 Wednesday 1129 Informational, ClaytonWilliams Bldg. 7-9 Thursday i/30 Wild Game Cookout, Delt House Invite Only 7-9 Friday 1/31 Oxford Street!Invite Only 7-9 Contact: Levi Martin 847-1454 Kappa Alpha Order Monday, Jan. 27: Burgers & Balls, Fox & Hound, 8-10 Tuesday, Jan. 28: Pool 4 Darts, Blarney Stone, 7-9pm Wednesday, Jan. 29: KA Property - Fish Fry, 7-9 Thursday, Jan. 30: Briarcrest Country Club (Coat 4 Tie)/Invite Only, 7-9 Friday, Jan. 31: Corral, KA Property, (Coat 4 Tie), 7-9 Contact: John Renner 229-8073 KAPPA SIGH A M < - 1/27 T • 1/28 W • 1/29 Th • 1/30 F • 1/31 Fajita Cookout, Kappa Sig House, 5-8 Dinner, The Tap, 6-8 Burgers & Darts, Fitzwilly’s, 6:30-9 Th • 1/30 B i||i ards & Subs, Whoops, 6:30-9 Acceptance Dinner//nv/te Only, 6 Contact: Arash Ghanbapour 214-649-0290 Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Sigma Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Delta Theta Phi Kappa Theta Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Lambda Chi Alpha Monday 1/27 BBQ Lambda Chi House 6:30-9 Tuesday 1/28 P22! Poet’s 9-12 Wednesday 1/29 Casino Night Lambda Chi House 7-10 Thursday 1/30 Informational (Coat 8 Tie) Faculty Club 7-10 Friday 1/31 Date Party Old Bryan Marketplace 7-10 Contact: Kurt Autin 255-4649 Phi Delta Theta Monday 1/27 Tuesday 1/28 Wednesday 1/29 Wednesday 1/29 Thursday 1/30 Friday 1/31 Meet the Phi’s, Carney’s, 6-8 BBQ, Phi Delt House, 7-9 Billiards, Hornbacks, 6-8 Wings ‘N More, 8-10 Informational, Clayton Williams Bldg. Invite Only, 7:30-8:30 Date Party, Rockfish Invite Only, 6-7:30 Contact: Josh Hyatt 220-2900 Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Sun., 1/26 FIJI athletics, REC, 2-5 Mon. 1/27 Casino NightAssoc.of Frm. Students Bldg.,7-10 Tues., 1/28 Black Diamond BBQ, FIJI Barn, 7-10 Wed., 1/29 Billiards/Cigars, Fox and Hound, 7-10 Thurs., 1/30 Hilton Oakwood Ballroom (Coat & Tie) Invite Only, 7 Fri., 1/3 I FIJI Fight Night, FIJI Barn, Invite Only, 7 Contact - Andrew Rice 680-3 I 74 PHI KAPPA THETA Monday 1/27 Tuesday 1/28 Wednesday 1/29 Thurday 1/30 Friday 1/31 Phi Kap Lau PKT House 8-10 Phi Kap Fiesta PKT House 8-10 Pool Yesterday’s 8-10 BBQ PKT House 8-10 Dinner PKT House / Invite Only 7-9 Contact: Emmanuel Situka 255-2808 Pi Kappa Phi Monday 1/27 Tuesday 1/28 Wednesday 1/29 Thursday i/30 Friday 1/31 Dinner & Live Music, Pi Kappa Phi House, 6-8 Billiards, Poets, 7-9 Rush Reception, Reed Arena Sky, 7-9 Dinner & Smoker/lnv/te Only, Pi Kappa Phi House, 6-8:30 Mystery Date Party/Invite Only, Pi Kappa Phi House, 8-1 I Contact: Michael Cauthen 218-0206 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Mon., I /27 Phil Pritchett Concert, SAE House 8-10 Tues., 1/28 Triangle Bowl 8-10 Wed., 1/29 Hilton (Coat &Tie)/lnvite Only 8-10 Thurs., 1130 Date Party,SAE House/lnwte Only 8-10 Fri. 1131 Bid Acceptance (Coat &Tie)//rrw£e Only 8-10 Lunch daily at Duddley’s Draw 12-2 pm Contact: Patrick Keegan 7 / 3-2 91-4196 FM cm Mon., 1/27 BBQ Sigma Chi House 7-9 Tues. ,1/28 Billiards Fox & Hound 7-9 Wed., 1/29 Banquet (Coat & Tie) Pebble Creek CC 7-9 Thurs., 1/30 Smoker/Bowling Sigma Chi House 7-9 Contact: Brian Mobley 694-4509 Sigma Nu Mon., 1/27 Tues., 1/28 Wed., 1/29 Thurs., 1/30 Fri., 1/31 Wild Game Cookout, Sigma Nu House, 6:30-9 Meet the Sigma Nu’s, The Library on Northgate, 7-9 Pool, Poets, 7-9 Banquet, Pebble Creek CC/Invite Only, 7-9 Date Party, Kyle House//nw'te Only, 10-1 am Contact: Justin Stafford 492-0204 Sigma Phi Epsilon Sun., 1/26 Mon., 1/27 Tues., 1/28 Wed., 1/29 Thurs., 1/30 Fri., 1/31 Superbowl Party, Sig Ep House, 6:30 Wild Game Cookout, Sig Ep House, 7-9 Casino Night/Cookout, Sig Ep House, 7-9 Informational, Briarcrest CC (Coat & Tie) 7-9pm Pool, Poets, 7-1 0 Date Party, Sig Ep House//nv/te Only, 7 Contact: Erich Sowell 324-6006 6A Thursday, January 23, 2003 THE BATTAl Study: Vitamin A supplemen raise risk of broken bones (AP) — Taking vitamin A supplements can weaken the bones and increase the risk of fractures up to seven times, according to a large Swedish study. The research, conducted on men, confirms three earlier stud ies in women showing that high intake of vitamin A raises the risk of broken hips and weak bones. The latest study is the first to measure levels of the vitamin in blood, rather than just asking about diet and supple ment use. The three-decade study and other evidence suggest that daily vitamin A consumption of more than 1.5 milligrams can be dan gerous, and that people should not take vitamin A supplements. Current dietary recommen dations call for only 0.7 mg of vitamin A for women and 0.9 mg for men a day. That is easi ly supplied by a healthy diet. Many popular multivitamins contain 0.75 mg to 1.5 mg of vitamin A, generally listed on labels as 2.500 international units and 5,000 IUs, respec tively. “Vitamin A is potentially harmful,” said Dr. Donald Louria, chairman emeritus of preventive medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. “Unless there is a known medical reason like cer tain diseases of the eye, ... peo ple should not be taking vitamin A supplements.” The study by doctors at University Hospital in Uppsala was reported in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. It involved 2,322 men. Vitamin A is known as an antioxidant. Antioxidants are believed to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Government studies show one- third to one-half of Americans take vitamin A or multivita mins containing it. Vitamin A can interfere with cells that produce new bone, stimulate cells that break down old bone and interfere with vitamin D, which helps the body maintain normal calcium levels. In the study, about one-fifth, or roughly 465 of the men. were found to be at risk because they had the highest levels of vitamin A. The men were about 2 1/2 times more likely to break a hip and 65 percent more likely to suffer any fracture than those with lower levels of the vitamin in their blood. Those in the 99th percentile were about seven times more likely to break a bone. Large amounts of vitamin A are found in beef liver and fish liver oils; smaller amounts are in egg yolks, butter and cream. Breaks on vitami Vitamin A supplements ca | increase the risk of bone fractures, a new study sh Risk of fracture for menwfe ASHLAN1 jnerican Civ iking federal Id Texas to fi highest blood levels of allnv A, compared to those witli 247°: nils. moderate levels 64% [ The ACLl ■Bed Wedne ‘County Hi Cannonsburg hool in Kh students’ righl }ual Access mendment. Hipfra<T|p “With dies Any fracture J put school NOTE Relative r rsk is meat jl at we w j|| against a baseline, which, is moderate levels of vitamin/ B ^ fexaisus !«> k SOURCE New England Jouns: Ifiprming Gay-, M«K*cine Kid James jrector for th Milk and some cereals tified with vitamin A anil serving, provide about ID cent of daily needs. And stances in dark green. 1 vegetables and yellow Vqi bles and fruits are convert vitamin A in the body. NEWS IN BRIEF Hatfields and McCoys appear before judge in property dispute PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — More than a century after the last shots were fired in America's most storied feud, the Hatfields and McCoys went before a judge Wednesday to try to resolve a dispute over access to a graveyard. 'Relatives have an unquestionable right to visit the graves," said Della Justice, an attorney repre- d Gay Righ two case: ere is a tre udents to ha\ i discuss h< ti-gay haras The sc hoi ounty suspe The study had some i* e cember in i comings: Blood levels of Bin tends to | min A were ni^sured .■Lp r Q X j ma t e jy once, and the p3rticif.K ITn j n g a Q a , reports of diet and suppkBeven studenn use 20 years later did notirBffs j n t h e la well with their earlier viiM e sc hool boa A blood levels. I yhe measu ■her nonacad Juman Right ible Club t senting McCoy descendants who sued Hc'P'hristian / descendants for the right to visit the small ceirBuperintenden on an Appalachian hillside in eastern Kentudo pie thought n The graveyard holds the remains of six Mtffjpre leading t including three who were tied to pawpawtreer^pli 011 -" executed by the Hatfields in 1882. McCoy descendants claim they have not I able to visit the cemetery in more than threey because it is on land owned by a Hatfield held the driveway leading to the graves has beenme'l "No Trespassing." ICC XL Kim McC |ttomey repre lard, said b fie decision tc yas correct an tie high schoc lucating stud T know th lisappointed t ()e Gay-Strai ken this aver nue J-v4.ircrv4.IkY 28 wcHXfJEXk JBcrxcDure Now this Ia\ the deba lan educatioi lary purpose )ewh 5penc educ tart 7-Eleven Albertson's Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. Blockbuster Inc. Bridgestone/Firestone The Container Store Crate & Barrel Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foley’s Garden Ridge H-E-B Helzberg Diamonds IKEA JCPenney Kohl's Department Stores Kroger Food Stores Mervyn's Neiman Marcus Office Depot PETsMART Sam's Club Sears, Roebuck & Co. Target Stores Walgreen Co. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Zale Corporation ALL MAJORS Welcome For more information: www.crstamu.org C RETAILING SOCIETY) TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AUSTIN jre coming, v dan state ag Dusly though Lt. Gov. said Wednes predicted $1 i the currenl lials must s aw. Combii jected $8.1 b the 2004-05 1 are staring a billion hole. “We will |003 and par by havi pending by Igencies,” D out identifyi should cut how much. I “In order |jve’re going |iii spending Ihe said. ; Dewhurst liver the stats ter from hi Perry and Craddick, all loon be sen vith that me He wot |pecifics ol vould say. “We’ve r On the budge laid. “I’m o be able to t without new Eliminating t Also, t-1 teachers As the Legislate to allow too breaks that kway from p • ■
