Professor Solves Mystery

nmeowner’s m v*M 4 ** m i i\ iu JI Vi =< :Wi i. tic law when tli: ission to grow reasons. Thatis itates with stati narijuana—G August 1, 2001 aa, C Colorado, H olume 107 - Issue 181 Professor solves mystery •<1 Washington 6 pages jse laws are inn Elizabeth Raines He said he also has been in­ ring use or The Battalion Engineer’s analytical model, ultrasound vited to give seminars in more than 50 countries around the • insurance com ews in Brief To some, Lihong Wang’s an­ world, and that he will be giving : a tlozen stick State alytical model that solves a may allow doctors to detect cancer early Jing to a sene' , long-standing mystery in the seminars in both England and ociated Press. Funeral escort shot field of acousto-optics can be alytical model before solving trasound altered scattered laser can pinpoint where the pho­ Australia this fall. fpDALLAS (AP) — A security seen as just another accom­ the problem. light,” Wang said. “Before now, tons have traversed by decod­ Since at Texas A&M, Wang’s ■cer on a motorcycle was plishment for the Texas A&M “We’ve known for over half a it [has not been] understood.” ing the light coming out.” research focus has been on op­ anc* Wednesday af- College of Engineering. century about the mechanism Wang’s solution was to allow Wang said cancerous tissue tical spectroscopy and imaging rir~l :er he attempted to stop a When the results of this of acousto-optics in clear me­ the light to go through a scat­ deflects and absorbs light dif­ for biomedical diagnostics. He oljbery in progress. model hold the potential for dia,” Wang said. “Its counter­ tered media, such as biological ferently from normal tissue and and his research group are us­ TThe' two suspects were be- earlier cancer detection, howev­ part in scattering media, how­ tissue and use ultrasound tag­ that with the use of ultrasound ing optics and ultrasound to ng sought by Dallas police. er, one should consider it more ever, was a mystery.” ging to follow the light. tagging, it will be possible to de­ create a non-invasive, early-de- jAuthorities said the security Wang said an example of “Ultrasound is unaffected tect cancer earlier. tection procedure for cancer­ officer was off-duty. After he than just an accomplishment. m Wang, director of the Opti­ clear media is water and an ex­ by scattering media,” Wang Wang’s explanation of the age- ous tissue. * • iafi escorted a funeral proces- old acousto-optics question re­ | llljjHi, he came upon the appar- cal Imaging Laboratory at ample of scattered media is bio­ said. “In our technique, we add One experimental tech­ ^ t-X viont robbery of a store. A&M and an associate profes­ logical tissue. focused ultrasound at right an­ cently was published in the nique they developed, ultra- - ^ BPolice believe the man was sor for the A&M biomedical “Thinking about the solution gles to a low-power laser beam 42,000-member American Phys­ sound-modulated laser to­ I -g f \ rjitgling to follow the suspects engineering department, spent kept me up many nights as I where it hits the medium. The ical Society publication, Physical mography, was issued a patent f '''ylen he was shot several times. several years working on die an­ struggled to understand how ul­ ultrasound tags the light, so we Review Letters. in March 2000. JHl he security officer was VGTONiAP-found dead at the scene, with i chaired bvi cycle on ground nearby. arterandFor ^|jss QFW replaces Conseco al holidayanJ®9,e as MlSS Texas ;nged ^PO^milBBOCK (AP) — Kasi Kelly, :allowedtoca> y)jss DFW USA, was crowned deceives alidity to bei Monday night as Miss Texas USA 2001. I expressedcoa'^jKelly, a 19-year-old sopho- 1 away with pc more at Weatherford College, customers , the voting ' is from Bridgeport. I much of thee; | First runner-up was Jason Bennyhoff st fairs Fiona;: ^Phanie Guerrero, Miss Bay The Battalion t, according e ^rea- Second runner-up was An- The Texas attorney general’s office filed suit rained Mon;; dria Mullins, Miss San Marcos. Bird runner-up was Christie Tuesday against Conseco Senior Health Insur­ :d Press, Woods, Miss Central Texas. ance Co. for allegedly deceiving its customers onal Commis Fourth runner-up was Candace about their premium rates. lection Refont Campfield, Miss Dallas. The lawsuit alleges that the company misled ould establish ■ Last year's winner and the its policyholders about the stability of their pre­ for voter tegs reigning Miss USA, Kandace mium rates, telling them their premiums would Krueger, was introduced to the remain constant and then increasing them after ite commissi; audience as the Texas A&M die victims bought policies. : University^. Singing Cadets sang "Every­ T he premium increases, which the attorney ■ Center o:.;.-; thing You Are." general’s office described as “substantial,” ranged n its won-is 1 Krueger became the eighth from 14 to 16 percent increases in 1997 to as high ter disputes- Tfexan to win the national title, as 25 percent in 1999. its delayed d making the Lone Star State the Tom Kelley, spokesperson for the attorney gen­ wing the wimt vwnningest in the competition. eral’s office, said Conseco’s rate increases became .si den rial da She represented the United States in the Miss Universe pag­ so steep that many policyholders were forced to eant earlier this year, where she let the policy lapse, s 100-page n was second runner-up. thereby leaving the ;d Tuesday. The company ANDY HANCOCK/The Battalion company to keep to the suit; Harris County K-9 The Dallas Cowboys face off against each other at Stepnoski waits for quarterback Tony Banks' sig- tricked its the paid-in premi­ :hcard policy changed a practice in Witchita Falls. Center Mark nal to hike the ball. customers into ums because the drive believing these policyholder would | HOUSTON (AP) — The Har­ no longer be able ris County sheriff's department rates would to make a claim. ill punch- has changed its K-9 units poli- Cowboys begin training remain stable He said the at­ StemS arc cy as a result of the death two it,, jlp6^5 ago of a drug-sniffing throughout torney general’s of­ Matthew Thigpen squad with two career starts on his ral, and an inability to read the de­ fice is outraged and DQU. M|)g who was left in an air-con­ The Battalion resume — and second-round draft fensive scheme, which causes him to their lives.” ditioned vehicle. will work for as pick Quincy Carter, the University run instead of throw. ! Commissiono' i Lt. Ricky Williams of the Har- As the Dallas Cowboys begin long as it has to to of Georgia’s career passing leader. One bright spot for Dallas is the — John Cornyn I Election Refow County Organized Crime training camp in Wichita Ealls, only find a positive res- Carter has had some good mo­ return of wide receivers Raghib Texas attorney general summaBd Narcotics Task Force said one thing is certain: Troy Aikman . olution to the =Monday dogs can no longer ments in camp but has had his share “Rocket” Ismail and Joey Galloway, case. will not be running the offense dur­ of struggles as well. His largest prob­ both of whom were lost last season p left alone in a vehicle for ing the 2001 season. “The company tricked its customers into be­ ervotingsy^nriore than 10 minutes, lems have been his tendency to have Stars such as Jay Novacek, See Cowboys on Page 3. lieving these rates would remain stable through­ in machinestiffl A black Labrador retriever balls flutter, or not fly in a tight spi- Michael Irvin and Darryl Johnston out their lives, regardless of their physical condi­ ovethesituannarned Drake died on July 16 tion or age,” Kelley said. “[This] lawsuit is the lachines are While deputy John Palermo ab­ are also gone, leaving Emmitt Smith as the lone holdover from one of the result of an extensive investigation by the attor­ ates for the M:tended a required street-sur- ney general’s office, and we expect to be litigat­ ^al training session at a most dominant offenses of the ’90s. ing it for some time.” , church near Katy. The Cowboys have given the punchcar 'S)J| was pl0t ancj quarterback reigns to none other The attorney general’s office said from 1992 to I, thesunr ancj pa|errno did not want to ‘than Baltimore castoff Tony Banks, 1999, Conseco collected nearly $60 million in l?ve Drake in a kennel all day at hoping that he can bring an offense premiums from Texas consumers. Attorney General John Cornyn said these un­ former Ho-hip home, Williams said. Instead, that has struggled for the last two ethical rate practices victimized more than 10,000 Job Michel he brought the dog, which the years back to life. The past few years Texas policyholders. •esent thecoTOunty paid $5,000 for, to the have not been kind to Banks, who t at the W#sion and hiim 'n an Or­ “Thousands of Texans spent their hard-earned lost his starting job in St. Louis to ient Geom cond'tioned Chevrolet Tahoe, money with Conseco and its predecessor, ATL Trent Green — who in turn was re­ j aU At the time of Drake's Life Insurance Co.,” Cornyn said. “They paid placed by Kurt Warner. 11,1111 death, department policy al- their premiums in good faith, hoping to establish ii against |owecj deputies to keep their He became the starting quarter­ improved security for themselves in anticipation ire over th dpgS jn ajr_Conditioned vehi- back of the Baltimore Ravens late in sults. dbs while they attended court the 1999 season but watched from of a serious need later on in life. We contend ges Congresand other functions where the the bench last year as Trent Dilfer these companies betrayed their trust and put iction Admit dog was not needed, replaced him midseason and took them in financial jeopardy.” sion that wotj .• the Ravens to the Super Bowl. The attorney general says these practices were already imbedded in the policies of ATL Life In­ voting If Banks is injured or plays poorly, surance Co., which Conseco acquired and testing * INSIDE the Cowboys’ options at quarterback ANDY HANCOCK/The Battalion through which it sold many of these policies. s should1 are limited. Anthony Wright — a Dallas Cowboys running back Michael Wiley attempts to run past Neither Conseco officials nor their legal rep­ t errors^11 castoff from Pittsburgh’s, practice linebacker Dat Nguyen during a training-camp scrimmage. *tj£ASports resentatives could be reached for comment. 1 voters ecret. | • Cle"" • itnpro'i: begins NFL ild bepf Study: One in five teens victimized by date icet cert* CHICAGO (AP) — One in five high and Prevention, 22 percent of high lence,” said lead author Jay G. Silverman cent risky behavior. Victimized girls icluding^ school girls has been physically or sexu­ school students are victims of nonsexual of Harvard University’s School of Pub­ were: ark for'*1 Opinion ally abused by a dating partner, signifi­ dating violence, with girls slightly more lic Health. • About eight to nine times more like­ mance. • Open market cantly increasing their risk of drug abuse, likely to be victims. The study was based on results of ly to have attempted suicide in the pre­ needed suicide and other harmful behavior, a The results also mirror domestic vio­ statewide surveys given to students in vious year. * Globalization, study suggests. lence rates among adult women, al­ grades nine through 12 in 1997 and • Lour to six times more likely to have trade helps The research published in Wednes­ though some statistics indicate young 1999. More than 70 percent of the girls ever been pregnant. poorer countries day’s Journal of the American Medical women and teens are especially prone, who participated were white, about 10 • Three to five times more likely to Association stems from surveys of4,163 perhaps in part because they generally percent were Hispanic and about 6 per­ have ever used cocaine. Battalion News Radio: public school students in Massachusetts, have more dating partners. cent each were black or Asian. • Three to four times more likely to 1:57 p.m. KAMU 90.9 but the authors say the results likely ap­ The study also suggests that a dis­ Participants were asked if they would have used unhealthy dieting methods ply to teens nationwide. turbing number of adolescent boys “have ever been shoved, slapped, hit or forced such as laxatives or vomiting. www.thebatt.com According to recent estimates from adopted attitudes that men are entitled into any sexual activity, including rape, Violence the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to control their girlfriends through vio­ by a date. They also were asked about re­ See on Page 2.