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Office of the President, Texas A&M University Spring Rush 2□□A 1-25 Rec Sports 1-26 BBQ Cookout 1-27 Casino Night 1-28 Cigars and Biliiards Rec Center 7-10pm AXA House 6:30-9pm AXA House 6:30-9pm Hornbecks 8-11pm http://www.aggiegentlemen.com 8A Tuesday, January 27, 2004 worJ THE BATTALiI Bird flu kills 6-year-old in Bangkol By Daniel Lovering THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand confirmed its first fatal ity from bird flu Monday, raising the number of deaths in Asia from the disease to seven — the dead liest outbreak since 1997. The victim was a 6-year-old boy who fell ill after playing with chickens in his village. The Thai government was awaiting test results to determine whether five other deaths were caused by avian flu, as suspected. Six peo ple have died in Vietnam, mean ing the worldwide death toll could be 12. Bird flu has triggered mass slaughter of chickens across Asia, with at least eight countries reporting infections and a ninth awaiting test results. Pakistan joined that list Monday, with a government offi cial saying 1.5 million chickens died from a different strain of the virus than the one blamed for the human fatalities. The World Health Organization said the search for a vaccine had been set back because the virus has mutated. A bird flu strain detected in Hong Kong in 1997 no longer can be used as the key to producing a vaccine, the WHO said. The Hong Kong outbreak marked the first time scientists documented that bird flu could be caught by humans. Six people died in the 1997 outbreak, the deadliest known previous out break. Scientists believe people get the disease through contact with sick birds. Although there has been no evidence of human-to- human transmission, health offi cials are concerned the disease might mutate further and link with regular influenza to create a disease that could trigger the next human flu pandemic. “This is now spreading too quickly for anybody to ignore it,” said WHO spokesman Peter Cordingley in Manila, Philippines. Officials in Bangkok said they were investigating whether the virus might be carried by migratory birds. The 6-year-old Thai boy, Captan Boonmanut, became infected in Kanchanaburi province and died Sunday night in a Bangkok hospital. Four other people suspected of having bird flu died in Sukhothai province, the Public Health Ministry said Monday. Officials were also trying to detennine if bird flu killed a 56-year-old man who bred fighting cocks. Asian governments have killed chickens in a desperate bid to contain the disease, with Thailand slaughtering about 10 million chickens and Vietnam more than 3 million. The outbreak has devastated Thailand’s chicken export indus try which shipped about 500,000 tons of chicken worth $ 1.3 bil lion in 2003. Thailand's biggest markets, Japan and the European Union, have banned its poultry products. Dr. Prasert Phongcharoen, a WHO adviser and viral disease expert, urged caution in the dis posal of chicken carcasses. If infected chickens are thrown in rivers, “the virus could spread to open pig farms and this could Pakistan confirms bird flu presence While bird flu continues to spread in Asia, seven countries have reported the virus in their chicken populations and seven people | have died after suffering confirmed cases of the disease. PAKISTAN Detected a form of bird flu in its chicken flocks that killed 3.5 million birds. CHINA LAOS At least 700 chickens died; awaiting test results. SOUTH KOREA 1.1 million chickens and ducks slaughtered. JAPAN: Thousands of chickens diedji of thousands slaughtered. VIETNAM Six people died; more than 3 million chickens slaughtered. \la THAILAND One boy died; two infected: six deaths suspect; 10 million chickens killed 500 mi TAIWAN A milder strain | of the virus killed 50.000 chickens. 500 km InJian Ocean CAMBODIA ^ Thousands of chickens died. INDONESIA Millions of chickens died over recent months; officials will cull up to 3.8 million chickens in East Java; Bali has slaughtered thousands Java Bali SOURCES Associated Press; World Health Organization On M ■place t result iu transmission from pigs flu outbreak in the country. o\ r as l to humans,” he said. So far, six other countries have reported some strain of bird flu — Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea and Taiwan. Laos is awaiting test results on an illness killing its fowl, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said. Pakistan’s commissioner for livestock husbandry, Rafaqat Hussain Raja, said Monday that 1.5 million chick ens had succumbed to a strain of the virus that could not jump to humans. An industry official said the disease had killed up to 3.5 mil lion birds. An official at Pakistan’s WHO office, Faizullah Kakar. said the agency had not confirmed a bird The reported Pakistani lair w; differs from the H5N1 »kansa> blamed for the human fabiflasons. this year, but similar strains»adcoa been known to infect hud "At tl WHO’s Web site said. I my c Indonesian officials dasn’t accusations of a cover-up. fc a ji The Jakarta Post Imetim Monday that Indonesian ofiiMeat jol may have suppressed ne»s< |o iking outbreak at the behest off yu," Bl cally connected businessmetlhen 1 A team of agricultural Owed, said in December they prode not the government with test n i aches positively identifying the felould I A virologist. Dr. MarthenMdogram said a powerful “business: Jt j n tc lobby” prevented officials 2:. but making the disease public, fo 0 f has Arne st h bee lr will l&M fc tii le. I lhat 1 ■ogran c; be The Texas A&M University Interfratemity Council (IFC) presents... r RUSH 2004 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: January 25 - 30: Individual fraternity events. January 31: Bid House @ Systems Building, 11am Questions? Call Julian Mithani (972) 523-7384, Andy Hernandez (361)676-7868 or Kyle Kramer (361)676-8005 ALPHA GAMMA RHO Phi Delta Theta Sun., Jan. 25 • Open House • MSC, 2-6 Sun., Jan. 25 • MSC Open House Mon., Jan. 26 • Pizza and Poo! • MSC, 7-8:30 Mon., Jan. 26 • Meet the Phi’s, Lone Star Golf, Tues., Jan. 27 • Meet the AGR’s • Kleberg 121,7-8 catered by Quiznos, 7-9pm Wed., Jan. 28 • Dinner • Chicken Oil, 7:30-9 Tues., Jan. 27 • Phi Delt House, Thurs., Jan. 29 • 42 • Joes, 7:30-9:30 catered by Tampico’s, 8-10pm Fri., Jan. 30 • Lunch • Dixie Chicken, noon Wed., Jan. 28 • * Slide Show Presentation and Speaker, Sat., Jan. 3 1 * BBQ • Oaks Park, 1 1:30-2 C.S. Hilton (Coat & Tie), 6:30-9pm Alumni Smoker • T-Bone Jones, 7:30 Thurs., Jan. 29 • * Dinner and Date Party, BETA THETA PI Fri., Jan. 30 • Olive Garden (Coat & Tie), 8-10pm *Phi Delt Steak A Cigars, Sun., Jan. 25 * Burgers, Vernuea Ranch on Hwy. 2 1,4-6 Phi Delt House, 8-10 Mon., Jan. 26 * Meet the Betas, House on Texas, 8-10 ♦Invitation Only Tues., Jan. 27 • Wed., Jan. 28 • Fajita Night, Carney’s Pub, 6:30-9 Pool and Darts, Dixie Chicken, 7-9 Sigma Chi Thurs., Jan. 29 • Banquet, Epicures, 7 Sun., Jan. 25 • BBQ, Sigma Chi House, 6:30-9pm Fri., Jan. 30 • Steak Night, T-Bone Jones, 8 Mon., Jan. 26 * Alfred T Hornbacks, 8-1 Ipm Sat., Jan. 31 * Bid House Tues., Jan. 27 • Triangle Bowling, 8-1 1 pm i DELTA SIGMA PHI Wed., Jan. 28 • Thurs., Jan. 29 • Banquet, 8-1 1 pm Wings N More, 6:30-9pm Sun., Jan. 25 • Zapatos, 6-9 Fri., Jan. 30 • Date Party, Sigma Chi House Mon., Jan. 26 • Tues., Jan. 27 • Bowling at Wolf Pen, 6-9 BBQ at ADPi House, 8-1 1 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Wed., Jan. 28 • Batting Cages, 6-9 Sun., Jan. 25 * MSC Open House, 2-6 Thurs., Jan. 29 • Pool and Darts at Yesterdays, 6-9 Mon., Jan. 26 • Crawfish Boil, SAE House, 6-9pm Fri., Jan. 30 • Tailgate Party at Olsen Field Parking Lot, 7-10 Tues., Jan. 27 • The Tap, 6-9pm Sat., Jan. 3 1 • Bid House Wed., Jan. 28 • * Hilton, 7-10pm ALPHA TAU OMEGA Thurs., Jan. 29 • Fri., Jan. 30 • Date Party, 6-9pm Bid Acceptance, SAE House, 8-10pm Sun.Jan. 25 • Meet the Brothers, at the House, 6-9 Sat., Jan. 31 • Bid House, 1 lam Mon., Jan. 26 • BBQ, at the House, 6-9 Lunch Daily at Dudley’s Draw, l2-2pm Tues., Jan. 27 • Fitzwilly’s, 8-1 1 ♦Invite Only/Coat & Tie Wed., Jan. 28 • Thurs., Jan. 29 • Disco Bow/, Triangle Bowl, 9-11 Poker Night, at the House, 6-9 Sigma Phi Epsilon Fri., Jan. 30 • Oxford Street, 8-10 Sun., Jan. 25 • MSC Open House, 2-6pm Delta Chi Mon., Jan. 26 * Tues., Jan. 27 • Wild Game Cookout, Sig Ep House, 6-9pm Live Music and Fajitas, Sig Ep House, 8-1 Opm Mon., Jan. 26 • Horn backs, 6-9 Wed., Jan. 28 • * Informational, Reed Arena, 8-1 Opm Tues., Jan. 27 • Bowling, Wolf Pen, 9-11 Thurs., Jan. 29 • Casino Night, Sig Ep House, 7-1 Opm Wed., Jan. 28 • Fitzwilly’s, 6-9 Fri., Jan. 30 • **Date Party Thurs., Jan. 29 • Hilton, 9-11 Sat., Jan. 31 • **Bid Day Fri., Jan. 30 • Delta Chi Dinner, at the House, 6-? *Coat and Tie / **lnvitation Only Delta Tau Delta Meet the Delts, Kyle Field Press Box, 8-10 Pool and Darts, Fitzwilly’s, 8:30-10:30 Hoagies and Stoagies, at the House, 8-10 Wild Game Cookout, at the House, 8-10 Thurs., Jan. 29 • Delt Informational, at the Veranda, 7-9 Fri., Jan. 30 • Victory Date Party, Oxford Street, 7-9 Sun., Jan. 25 • Mon., Jan. 26 • lues., Jan. 27 • Wed., Jan. 28 • Sun., Jan. 25 * Mon., Jan. 26 * Triangle Informational, 6pm BBQ, Mclnnis Hall Picnic Tables, 5:30pm What Does It Mean To Be Well Balanced?, Eugene’s Coffee House, 7pm Thurs., Jan. 29 • Putt-Putt on Texas across from the C.S. Police Station, 7pm Ultimate Frisbee, Simpson Drill Field, 5pm Mon., Jan. 26 • Tues., Jan. 27 • Wed., Jan. 28 • Phi Gamma Delta MSC Open House, Dodge Ball at Rec Center, 6-9pm Casino Night, at Association of Former Students, 6-9pfl' BBQ at Recruitment Chairs House, 6-9pm Billiards & Cigars, at Shadow Canyon, 7-9pm Thurs., Jan. 29 • *Meet the Fiji's at Pebble Creek, 7-9pm Fri., Jan. 30 • **Fiji Fight Night at Shadow Canyon, 7-9pm ♦Invitation Only, Coat and Tie / **lnvitation Only Tues., Jan. 27 • Wed., Jan. 28 • Fri., Jan. 30 • Register on-line: http://studentlife.tamu.edu/greek