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protective clothing and avoiding
times of day and places where
mosquitoes are most active,” he
said.
Sleeved shirts, long pants and
light-colored clothing are best,
Olson said.
Local residents should also
use yellow yard lights containing
sodium vapor rather than bulbs
containing mercury vapor and
make sure screens on homes are
intact, Olson said.
He said people should empty
any containers of water, and
change their pets’ water dishes
after three days.
Mosquito dunks also work
well to control mosquitoes in
larger bodies of water and are
available at Wal-Mart and Lowes,
Olson said.
Dunks are small, donut
shaped objects that release bacil
lus thuringienisis, or BTI, into
standing water and will only kill
larvae, Olson said.
“BTI creates a toxin crystal
toxic to larvae,” Olson said. “It is
surgical and slow and will last up
to a month.”
The toxin has an effect on a
mosquito’s stomach, similar to
diarrhea in humans, and kills
them, Olson said.
“Pets should be protected
from being fed on by mosqui
toes,” Olson said. “Owners
should bring them inside or
mosquito-protect their environ
ment at night.”
According to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, a
licensed West Nile Virus vaccine
for horses became available in
November 2002. Olson said local
veterinarians offer the vaccine to
horse owners.
Somerville resident Windy
Hollis said she had two horses
vaccinated last summer after
outbreaks in Harris County.
She said she hauls her horses
all across Texas and cannot
control the environment once
she leaves home.
“At around $18, the vaccina
tion is pretty cheap,” Hollis
said. “West Nile Virus may kill
them, and horses are already
such a huge investment.”
Plitt said the current status
of West Nile Virus is quiet due
to drier weather.
“If we have rain, it’s all
going to change,” Plitt said.
Olson said West Nile Virus
probably won’t be in the news
this summer because of the
onset of SARS, but the most
immediate concern is still the
mosquito-borne killer.
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sending out an e-mail with each fee statement,”
Piwonka said. “Last fall, printed notices were
mailed to all students who had not claimed Neo
accounts. Now, we think we are close to having a
100 percent claim rate. We ran a large advertisement
in The Battalion before students left (in May)
informing them of the coming switch to e-state
ments. It has been a pretty elaborate process making
students aware of the change.”
The New Student Conferences this summer
include information on how to use the e-statement
system.
“It puts a lot of pressure on me because the fee
statement is coming to me and not my parents," said
Gina Nardecchia, a freshman general studies major,
who attended a new student conference last week.
“It’s a lot of responsibility so I’ll make it my first
priority.”
Students who have been at A&M longer do not
appear to be as concerned. '
“I don’t think it is any different than checking the
mail,” said Melissa Leed, a junior biomedical sci
ences major. “It will save paper.”
Since students pay things such as bills online,
officials said the change will not be difficult for
many.
“(The change) is fine with me,” said Clark Jarvis,
a graduate student in electrical engineering . “I pay
my statements online anyway. I do pretty much
everything else on the computer, too. It’s the way
most things are handled now.”
SFS did an informal survey last summer during
the new student conferences to determine if there
were any students who did not have access to the
internet to get their fee statement, Piwonka said.
“We asked for a show of hands of people who
could not get to a computer at home, at a library or
anywhere else and not one hand was raised,”
Piwonka said. “Georgia Tech went over completely
to e-statements last fall and other universities who
are interested in starting the process have talked to
us. In my opinion, higher education has been a little
slow in adopting electronic fee statements.”
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was known before the U.S. inva
sion as Saddam City.
Two weeks ago, Iraq’s
American occupiers issued an
order demanding citizens hand in
everything but light weapons,
which are permitted for protec
tion in homes and businesses.
Anyone who doesn’t comply by
sunset on June 14 could be sen
tenced to a year in prison plus a
$ 1,000 fine.
Under the order, only coali
tion forces, police officers and
other uniformed officials under
coalition authority are allowed to
possess most automatic or heavy
weaponry. A few other groups are
exempt from certain parts of the
order, such as the peshmerga, a
Kurdish fighting force that helped
the United States during the war.
The guns handed in will either
be destroyed or used by the new
Iraqi army and police.
But on Sunday, the first day of
the gun handover period, few
Iraqis seemed to be taking the
U.S. order very seriously. Barely
anyone showed up at Baghdad
police stations, the city’s main
weapons collection points.
Land
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my dream,” said Bosnia AWj
Rahim Shatarat, whose
Bed the village of Deir Nalls
when she was 10.
Now she lives in Baqaacai|
in Jordan along with anoitj
120,()(K) Palestinians.
In her spotlessly clean,
derblock house at the backofi
furniture store in the Deheii)
refugee camp, on the edgeoffe
West Bank town of Bethlefc
Fatima Jafari recounts her fat.
ly’s flight from the village!
Deir Rafat.
On that night in 1948, Jafari,
parents heard the battle ben®
Israeli soldiers and troops fra
the Egyptian and Jo
armies approaching li
Palestinian villages strung ate
their valley. They were homtk
by news of a massacre by Jew
gunmen, and at first light them
day they fled into the hills
So began 55 years of wands
ing for the Jafari famil;
Fatima’s father searched
work. After Israel captured i
West Bank from Jordan
1967 Middle East war, Jafariv-
ited Deir Rafat seven times.
“The houses were
destroyed,” she said.
Under the so-called “in
map,” a U.S.-backed peacepl
agreed to by the Palestine
and Israelis, the refugee i«
will be tackled in the thirds
final phase, although
already has registered its objs;
tion to the right of return. 1
road map envisions an end:
violence and the creation of
Palestinian state in 2005.
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For the next month,Fail:
was treated by A&M athletit
trainers, who used varioif
types of therapy for his knee
Fails complained Iff
breathing problems and dies
pain on Nov. 21 and w
diagnosed by Smith as hav
ing an upper respiraton
infection. He was prescrft'
antibiotics and inhalers.
On the morning of No'
25, Fails said he was havin:
difficulty breathing and col
lapsed in his Cain Hall do*
room.
He was pronounced deati
at St. Joseph Regional Heallk
Center later that day.
Darrell Keith, the Fails
attorney, told the Bryan-
College Station Eagle Iasi
month that Fails died a terri
ble, agonizing death.
“No one, much less some
one like Brandon, should
have suffered,” he said. “This
has been a tremendous loss
for them (the Fails’ family).’
Keith said that almost
nothing was done to prevail
Fails from suffering and be
was given the wrong treat
ment when he went for help.
A Travis County medical
examiner concluded that
Fails died of natural causes
as a result of a blood clottbat
moved from his right leg to
his lungs.
Charles and Valerie Fails
were unavailable for com
ment.
COLLEGE STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT BLOTTER
5/31/03 7:48 a.m. Warrant arrest, 301 E.
26th, Bryan. One arrest.
5/31/03 9:49 a.m. Burglary of a vehicle,
9310 Amberwood Ct. Taken-pocket knife.
5/31/03 12:10 p.m. Burglary of coin
machine, 811 Harvey. Taken-U.S. currency.
5/31/03 1:06 p.m. Major accident,
Agronomy/Raymond Stotzer. Air bag
injuries.
5/31/03 1:06 p.m. DWI, Agronomy and
Raymond Stotzer. One arrest.
5/31/03 2:10 p.m. Burglary of a habita
tion, 601 Luther St. W. Taken-Playstation 2
and DVDs.
5/31/03 4:49 p.m. Accident hit & run
injury, 4722 Shoal Creek. Complaint of
pain.
5/31/03 5:36 p.m. Major accident, George
Bush E./Harvey. Complaint of pain.
5/31/03 7:25 p.m. Driving while license
suspended, 2717 Texas. One arrest.
5/31/03 9:24 p.m. Driving while intoxicat
ed, SW Pkwy/Southwood. One arrest.
5/31/03 9:32 p.m. Warrant arrest, 18
Potomac Place. One arrest.
6/1/03 12:05 a.m. Making alcohol aw
able to minor, 300 University. One arrest
6/1/03 12:37 a.m. Driving while lisceu
suspended, Valley View/Texas. One arrest
6/1/03 1:32 a.m. Evading arrest, 7!
University Dr. E. One arrest.
6/1/03 3:29 a.m. Driving under i
Hardwood/Munson. One arrest.
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