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STUDENTS Sell Me Your Dallas - Fort Worth Lawncare Business Call 8 I 7-706-0945 the digital studio 6A Professional videos at student prices Tuesday, April 29, 2003 WORLD THE BATTALION m. Weddings i* Parties >*' Special Events >*■ Graduation Call today and ask for a demo and price list 846-3770 Mina Delgado SARS contained in Vietnam, still spreading across China Congratulations Qraduates! Open at 11:00 a.m. Friday the 9 th [outSSck)® Saturday the 10 ,h OUTBACK Steakhouse mrm 2102 S. Texas Ave. College Station 764-4329 By Daniel Lovering THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAIR . SKIN - NAILS ■ COSMETICS ■ BATH & BODY . ACCESSORIES back to basics create nail „ receive a FREE Archipelago candle ariu raorei with any Gift Card purchase of $25 or more. College Station 2050 Texas Ave S. Suite A between Old Navy &- Freebirds 979.694.2683 beautyfirst T > . t ’. * S ' I t SM Beauty Store & Color Salon www.beautyfirst.com BANGKOK, Thailand — The World Health Organization said Monday the worst of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak appears to be over in Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada, while Vietnam has become the first country to con tain the highly infectious respira tory disease. SARS is spreading in China even as the government takes increasingly aggressive steps to halt the disease, said David Heymann, the chief of communi cable diseases for WHO. Heymann, who is in Bangkok to attend an emergency summit on SARS with Southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, said the situation is worrisome in China. “In China, as you know, we are receiving more and more reports of cases and it doesn’t appear it has peaked as far as spread” of the disease is con cerned, Heymann told reporters. Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto are having fewer cases every day and Vietnam has reported no new SARS victims, WHO said. “It appears that the outbreak has peaked in those countries,” Heymann said. Heymann also said wearing a mask in public for protection against SARS is not necessary, and the risk of getting the illness was not as great as people believed. “SARS is not transmitted when you are walking down the street,” Heymann said. “We have concerns about the perceived risks of people living in Asia. The perception that these people have in many places appears to be greater than the actual risk.” There were eight new fatalities in China, five in Hong Kong and one in Singapore reported Monday, raising the worldwide death toll for SARS to at least 333, mostly in China and Hong Kong. It has sickened around 5,000 people. India reported two new SARS cases Monday, raising the num ber of cases in the country of 1 billion to nine so far. One of the cases was a taxi driver apparently infected by members of a family with SARS. Asian governments kept up the fight with quarantines and travel restrictions. Taiwan began enforcing a 10-day quarantine for visitors arriving from areas hit hard by SARS, prompting air lines to cancel some flights there. Taiwan’s Premier Yu Shyi-kun warned hospitals Monday not to reject patients suspected of hav ing SARS after the city of Hsinchu refused to take seven people sent there. Eleven new cases were report ed in Taiwan, the largest jump so far on the island. Heymann said the virus had not yet peaked in Taiwan. SARS has prompted a rare global alert from WHO and travel advisories against affect ed countries. WHO lifted all travel advi sories Monday for Vietnam, which had five deaths from SARS after the virus spread in February through Hanoi’s only international hospital. Sixty-three people contracted the virus in Vietnam. But the Hanoi French Hospital was cor doned off Marcli 11, a move cred ited with slowing the rate of infection and keeping. SARS from spreading beyond its doors. No new SARS cases have been reported in Vietnam since April 8. WHO has set a 20-day window — double the disease’s incubation period — as the stan- SARS vims contained in Vietnam TKe Work! Health Organization announced Monday that Vietnam was the first country to contain (be SARS virus and sa>d there was still bme to hadl the disease from spreading furthei around the world Cl SATISeafijes wortdwde. S,449 ■■ Deett® 333 AMfRIOW Canada 344 Brazil ? United States 41 21 AFCeCA South Afraca 1 MIDDLE FAST Kuwait Bulgaria France (iermarvy Iretand Italy Romania Spain Switzerland cUPOS’E Britain ASUUSOUTH PACsRC Australia 4 O China 3,106 140 Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Maiayeia Mongoftia Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Vieenam 1,557138 » 0 1 0 2 0 6 2 S 0 4 2 1H9 23 66 0 7 t 63 5 fterraliorai *>3Jra» as oi Apnl 2B. 6 p m GMT SOURCES Associated Press World HneNh Organization: Healh Canada; Swcosr tf I'fittutc la- Inlociiojs Utsoaui Control dard for lifting travel advisories and declaring that an outbreak is no longer spreading. In Hong Kong, authorities said Monday that another five SARS patients died, while 14 new cases were confirmed, the lowest yet since the government began releasing daily statistics last month. The latest deaths in Hong Kong brought the territo ry’s toll to 138. Hong Kong’s political leader. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, said the “downward trend” indi cated that the territory’s battle against the disease was yielding results. But he warned against complacency. “The situation is still not total ly under control,” Tung said. “We must not take the disease lightly; we must not let up our guard.” In China, health officials raised the mainland’s death toll to 140 on Monday and said 3,106 people have been con- finned infected — an increaseof 203 cases from the previous day’s figures. In contrast to Vietnam, China has been widely criticized for failing to respond earlier to pleas for action to contain the disease, which surfaced in the southern province of Guangdong in November and spread internationally via travel ers from Hong Kong. SCIjTECH THE BATT4 Ne be T WASHING’ Debra Gara h Cristal in her ar sleep, and then An hour later, : start to find her [breathing. An autopsy metabolic disea Cristal’s parents it — and one genetic and m< can be dk But few sta Screen! Newborns in are tested for diseases - a r called PKU ar Simple blood more than 40 diseases, yet baby receives state he or sf tests require from the bab} onto a test card. Screenings required Screenings as pilot program or by request atemfeiii of support We. the undersigned faculty, graduate students, and staff in the College of Education and Human Development, wholeheartedly support the Statement on Diversity as written and recently approved by our College’s Faculty Advisory Council (see below). This statement is in full concurrence with the diversity statement of Texas A&M University (see <http://www.tamu.edu/00/text/start/divr) and helps assure the respectful working environment necessary to the pursuit of excellence in learning, teaching and research. We, the faculty of the College of Education and Human Development, value and respect diversity and the uniqueness of each individual. The faculty affirms its dedication to non-discrimination in our teaching, programs, and services on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, domestic partner status, ethnic or national origin, veteran status, or disability. The College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University is an open and affirming organization that does not tolerate discrimination, vandalism, violence, or hate crimes, and we insist that appropriate action be taken against those who perpetrate such acts. Further, the College is committed to protecting the welfare, rights, and privileges of anyone who is a target of prejudice or bigotry. Our commitment to respect and action to promote and enforce these values embraces the entire university community. These are incomplete lists, collected at short notice. To add your name to these growing lists, contact your department’s faculty advisory representative. JFacuh^/Staff^ Graduate Students Angela Albrecht, Business Administrator li Karla Anhalt, Assistant Professor Xandra Anker, Lead Office Assistant Michael Ash, Professor Danny Ballard, Professor Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., Professor Susan Bloomfield, Associate Professor Camille Bunting, Associate Professor Lynn Burlbaw, Associate Professor Jamie Callahan, Assistant Professor Kimberly J. Callicott, Clinical Assistant Professor Gaile S. Cannella, Professor Robert Capraro, Assistant Professor Mary Margaret Capraro, Clinical Assistant Professor Stan Carpenter, Professor Linda Castillo, Assistant Professor Denise Chapman, Lecturer Lauren Cifuentes, Assistant Professor M. Carolyn Clark, Associate Professor Virginia Collier, Clinical Associate Professor Donna Davenport, Associate Professor Zulmaris Diaz, Assistant Lecturer Michael Duffy, Professor Toby Egan, Assistant Professor Zohreh Eslami-Rasekh, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Foster, Associate Professor Constance J. 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