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HELP WANTED
Part-time maintenance assistance need
ed. Clean cut with a professional and
courteous attitude. Must provide your own
tools and transportation. Possibly full-time
during the summer. Call Twin City Prop
erties for more details 775-2291.
Pest Control Sales- Dallas top pay 33%
commission, May to end of August can
make you 20-50K, call Mike, 972-353-
2200.
Running Partner/ Coach to pace serious
minded runner. Must be experienced,
knowledgeable, competitive, friendly, and
dedicated. Please call 979-764-7921.
Study Breaks Magazine now hiring adver
tising sales reps. Flexible hours, good
pay, great experience. 512-480-0894.
Swim Coaches wanted for summer lea
gue swim team. Must be dependable and
enthusiastic. Practices, afternoons in May,
mornings in June. Meets on Saturday.
$10/hr., 979-690-0878.
Wanted: Tutors in all subjects. Espe
cially Math, Science, CPSC and Busi
ness. $6/hr &up to start. Apply online:
aggietutor.com or call 979-255-8785.
MOTORCYCLE
2000 Honda Shadow VLXDLX 600cc,
2400mi, very clean, chromed out, $800
chrome foot controls, $3900/060. 832-
228-4029.
2002 Suzuki SV650S. Silver &biack, HMF
exhaust, 6000mi, garage kept, perfect
condition, $4100. 936-443-5198.
Suzuki SV650 2002 black perfect condi
tion 7500mi. $3650 call 979-324-0781
MUSIC
Ace DJs- Professional show without the
professional price- Available for TAMU,
sorority/fraternity parties, and weddings.
Lights/smoke/Great Sound- Call Josh
Hunt 1 -888-GO-ACE-DJ (462-2335).
Looking for musicians to play with, no
country, punk, or metal. Call Josh, 832-
443-1398.
Party Block Mobile DJ- Peter Block, pro
fessional/ experienced. Specializing in
Weddings, TAMU functions, lights/smoke.
Mobile to anywhere. Book early!! 693-
6294. http://www.partyblockdj.com
PETS
5 foot Albino Burmese Python, Male very
tame, $200 (832)444-0298 Brendon.
6mo. old black and white kitten for sale,
$50. 979-680-1691.
Adopt Pets: Dogs, Cats, Puppies, Kit
tens, Many purebreds. Brazos Animal
Shelter, 775-5755, www.shelterpets.org
SERVICES
Offering housekeeping and/or house
cleaning services at reasonable rate. Call
Katie at 979-575-5672.
TRAVEL
Go Skiing at Spring Break!! Luxury
townhouse sleeps 15. Ski Taos, Red
River, Angel Fire, Rio Costilla. $150-
$350/night. Call John or Tommy
846-8916, 255-8905.
Spring Break 2004. Travel with STS,
America’s #1 Student Tour Operator to
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Sleeps 12. $7000/week. Call 956-451-
0835.
Spring Break! Free food, parties & drinks!
Our students seen on CBS’ 48 hours!
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TUTORS
Math tutoring- Algebra through Calculus 3
call 696-9113.
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Friday, February 6, 2004 THE BATTALIO!
Tiny corkscrew retrieves blood clots
from the brain preventing strokes
By Daniel Q. Haney
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — A tiny experimental
corkscrew threaded deep into the brain can
pluck out deadly blood clots and stop a stroke
in its tracks, potentially giving doctors an
entirely new tool against this major killer.
Nearly 90 percent of all strokes result
from clots that lodge in the brain’s arteries,
cutting off circulation and starving brain
cells of oxygen and nutrition. The goal of
the new device is to extract these clots
before they do permanent harm.
“It’s like pulling the cork out of a wine bot
tle,” said Dr. Sidney Starkman, co-director of
the UCLA Stroke Center. “What you want is
to get the blood flowing back to the brain.”
The device is the most advanced of sev
eral new stroke treatment tools discussed
Thursday at a meeting in San Diego of the
American Stroke Association.
The only treatment now available for the
emergency care of strokes is TPA, the clot
dissolving medicine also used to stop heart
attacks. Only about 5 percent of stroke vic
tims receive it, and among those, it helps
only about one in eight.
TPA can be used only within the first
three hours after a stroke. Most victims
arrive at the hospital too late, or they have
other conditions that could cause the TPA to
trigger disastrous bleeding in the brain.
Surgical corkscrew plucks out blood clots
Physicians can thread a miniature corkscrew into the brain that
can pluck out a deadly blood clot during an ischemic
stroke and quickly restore the flow to blocked
blood vessels. Ischemic strokes are the
third leading cause of deaths
in the United States
Retriev
inside the
micro catheter
removes the
Clot Drawings
Doctors snake the
micro catheter from
the leg to the brain.
SOURCES: Concentric Medical, Inc.
AP
Starkman directed testing of the
corkscrew — called the Merci Retrieval
System — on 109 patients. All had suffered
severe strokes within the previous eight
hours, and none could be given TPA.
The corkscrew successfully retrieved the
clot in half of them. Three-quarters of these
patients survived, and 40 percent had few or
no lasting disability. Among those in whom
the clot could not be removed, half survived
and just 6 percent had a good recovery.
Starkman said many of the patients were
paralyzed on one side or could not talk when
the procedure began.
“What’s really remarkable is we can see
the problem and pull it out,” he said. “In
some patients, the moment the clot came
out, they could move again or talk normally.
It was instantaneous.”
Starkman’s study was financed by the
corkscrew’s maker. Concentric Medicaid
Mountain View, Calif. Based on this stud);
the company has asked the Food and Dnij
Administration for approval to sell fc
device. An FDA advisory committee
review it later this month.
The National Institutes of Health nil
sponsor a larger study of the device. Patieins
will be randomly assigned to get eitherlj
corkscrew or routine care.
Dr. Larry Goldstein, head of the cett
brovascular center at Duke University, sail
patients who got the corkscrew appeared!
do better than expected. However, he *
tioned that the many patients whose clotsil
not show up on brain scans would not be el
gible for the treatment.
“It won’t be a panacea,” he said.
Another drawback is that it can be don
only by specially trained neuroradiologisii
A UCLA survey found that 82 percent oft
population lives within a three-hourdriveof
a hospital that could do the procedure.
Dr. Morgan S. Campbell of the Alabani
Neurological Institute in Birmingham pit.
sented preliminary results of anofc
approach intended to improve circulation!
the brain after a stroke. The treatmei
involves inflating balloons in the abdomini
aorta, forcing more blood to the head.
The initial safety testing showed improvd
cerebral blood flow in 12 of 16 patients. Hi
device, called NeuroFlo, was developed d
CoAxia of Maple Grove, Minn.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Body found identified as missing professor
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — One of two people accused of abducting
and killing a retired Texas Christian University professor told police he
wrapped duct tape around her face after leaving a grocery store parking
lot, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Edward Busby, 31, and Kathleen Latimer, 39, both of Fort Worth, were
charged with capital murder Wednesday in the death of Laura Lee Crane.
They were jailed on $1 million bond in Oklahoma City, where they were
arrested Sunday after being stopped driving Crane’s car.
Crane’s body was found Tuesday afternoon off Interstate 35 near Davis,
Okla. An autopsy showed she was asphyxiated. She was abducted Friday.
Busby said that he drove Crane away from the lot before putting duct tape
around her face so that Crane was unable to breath, according to capitf
murder warrants obtained Wednesday by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Busby said that he and Latimer drove to Ardmore, where they spei
the night, and that Crane was dead when he checked on her the net
morning, according to the affidavits.
Authorities were led to the body after Busby confessed, said Fort Wort
police Lt. Roger Dixon, a detective who went to Oklahoma City toque
tion the suspects.
Crane's body was found at the bottom of an embankment with duct
tape across her face, Dixon said. Her death was ruled homicide 1)
asphyxiation, and she also had suffered blunt force trauma, he said.
Dixon would not say when or in which state Crane was killed. Diw
said robbery was a motive and that she appeared to be a random tarje!
Heeler puppies, red and blues, their claws
removed and tails docked $150 979-774-
3738 Jamie.
Labs: yellow, AKC, OFA cert., shots,
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$400. 979-492-0425
Twelve week old pit bull puppy with all
shots. Call Katy at 979-676-0866.
REAL ESTATE
Bryan 3/2 brick duplex 4-yrs. old. excellent
condition nicely landscaped sprinkler sys
tem yard, w/d included. $1850 total month
income till May 2004. $165,000 979-739-
2560.
Free House Hunting Services reveal
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Need to sale ‘91 Palm Harbor Trailer
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ROOMMATES
1-2M/F. 3200sqft county home. $250/mo
+bills. Fun place to live! 361-765-9334.
1-F needed; 2-story, 2bdrm condo, new
paint, furnished. Available now $450/mo
+1/2bills. Call 268-7942.
1-F Roommate wanted. $288/mo
+1/2bills, bus route. Treehouse Apts.
575-4038.
1-Roommate needed, 3bdrm/2bth duplex.
$367/mo. +1/3bills. Tamaron 690-7006.
1-Roommate Needed: New 3bdrm/3ba
duplex, $333/mo +1/3utilities. Jeremy
979-676-0493.
Female Roommate wanted, $270/mo,
+1/3bills. Crystal, 979-696-7595.
M/F roommate for 3/2 trailer house off
Rock Prairie. $325/mo., all bills included.
Chris 361-676-0069.
Roommate needed $360/mo +1/4bills Uni
versity Place Condos. 979-680-8747
Roommate needed. Rent- $275/mo.
+1/2bills. Free cable, no deposit, with w/d.
Robert at 214-336-3806.
Roommate wanted $300 month, 1/3 bills
free cable/ internet everything furnished
979-224-4400.
Unhappy w/your roommate? Live with us!
1bdrm w/bath in 3bdrm house. $300
+bills neg., W/D, walking to campus
&Northgate. Call Matt 979-676-1766.
SERVICES
AAA Texas Defensive Driving. Lots-of-
fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Ticket dismissal/insur
ance discount. M-T(6pm-9pm), W-
Th(6pm-9pm), Fri.&Sat- Fri(6pm-8pm)
&Sat(10am-2:30pm), Sat(8am-2:30pm).
Former student serving you 20yrs. In offi
ces above Aggieland Kiva Inn, Ste.200
(next door to Applebee’s). Walk-ins wel
come. $25/cash. Lowest price by law.
104 Texas Ave. S. 846-6117. Show-up
30/min. early.
Free Pregnancy Test; Hope Pregnancy
Centers, College Station 695-9193, Bryan
846-1097; Post Abortion Peer Counseling
695-9193.
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Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria,
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
www.betheltemplebcs.com
‘Baptist
Parkway Baptist Church
1501 Southwest Pkwy
(979) 693-4701
Sunday Worship 10:45 am & 6 pm
Sunday School 9:30 am
Meal 5:15 pm. College Bible Study 6:30 pm
www.pbccs.org
Cathode
St. Mary’s
Catholic Center
Church Avenue in Northgate
(979)846-5717
www.aaaiecatholic.org
Pastoral Team
Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor
Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Pastor
- Campus Ministers -
Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed,
Martha Tonn, Julia Motekaitis
Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza
Daily Masses
Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues.&Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the
All Faiths Chapel
Weekend Masses
Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean),
5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Confessions
Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m., Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
or by appointment.
603
A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(979)693-0400
Sunday Assemblies:
8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
College Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Night: 5:45 p.m.
Mid-Week 6:45 p.m.
Aggies for Christ
Call for on-campus pick-up info
www.aggiesforchrist.org
‘EpiscopaC
St. Thomas Episcopal
906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rite II)
and 11:15 (Rite ll-for late sleeping Ags)
7:30 p.m. Evensong
Next door to Canterbury House,
the Episopal Student Center
Lutheran
Sunday
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
Comer of Harvey Mitchell Pkwy and Rio Grande
693-4403 • www.peacelutheranweb.com
Christian
Methodist
First Christian Church
900 South Ennis, Bryan
823-5451
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Robert D. Chandler, Minister
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (in No/thgate) • 846-8731
Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45, 10:50
College Sunday School: 9:30, 10:45
Thursday Nights: 5:30 - University Choir
6:30 - FREE Supper, 7:00 - College Bible Study
www.am-umc.org/college
First United
Methodist Church
Bryan
College Station Korean
Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prarie RcL, CS
696-0403
Sunday Worship - 2:00p.m.
Worship Services:
8:40 am and 10:55 am
Sunday School at 9:45 am
Rev. Matt Idom, Pastor
Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Road
(979) 694-7700
Students Welcome
On 28 ,h Street, 1 block east
of Texas Avenue in Bryan
779-1324
Sunday Service:
8:30 & 11 a.m.
www.fumcbryan.org
Sunday School:
9:45 a.m.
www.covenantpresbyterian.org
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Brazos Community
Church
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Sunday Sewlcn begun @ 10:00 a.M.
£mM gtoupA meet weekly
700 University Dr., C.S.
Pastor Paul Fowler
(979) 260-1922
(in same shopping center as Golden Corral)
Feeling a 8tte overwhelmed?
God can help!
We are a small church that teaches
God’s Word verse by verse, and
places a high value on warship.
CASUAL ATMOSPHERE
Come join usl
Currently meeting at:
Putt-Putt Golf 4 Games
1705 Valley View Dr.. C.S.
Just across Texas Ave. from
the C.S. Police Station
Services at 10:30 am Sunday
Pastor Jeff Hughes '95
(979)324-3972 www.aggleiand.ee
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