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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (12744)	4/7/2005 10:28:14 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362361

UCSC Students Kick Military Recruiters Off Campus On April 5, about 300 UC Santa Cruz students led by Students Against War (SAW) kicked Army, Navy and Marine Corps recruiters out of the annual Career Center Job Fair, marking yet another success for the nation-wide counter-military recruitment campaign. (Call to Action!) Joined by Watsonville’s Brown Berets, SAW protesters gathered for a rally at the campus bookstore and occupied the streets in a traffic-stopping procession up to the Stevenson Event Center where the Job Fair was being held. Students were motivated by fiery speeches about the racist, sexist, classist and heterosexist biases of the military, all of which are in violation of the UC Santa Cruz’s non-discrimination policies. As the march began, a small group of students infiltrated the Job Fair and surrounded recruiter’s tables, chanting and linking arms. This small group was soon joined by more students from the march who pushed their way through front and side doors, chanting, “Whose Campus? Our Campus!” as Job Fair administrations attempted to literally shove them out the door. Ultimately, 100 students were able to surround recruiters’ tables while the remaining 200 marchers stayed outside the Event Center, blocking the entrances and chanting in support of those on the inside. santacruz.indymedia.org

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (12744)	4/8/2005 4:57:52 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362361

Thu 7 Apr 2005 Cannabis chemicals 'cut heart attack risk' THE cannabis debate was thrown wide open today after new research claimed the main active ingredient in the drug can protect arteries against the risk of strokes and heart attacks. But scientists warn that simply smoking cannabis does not offer the same benefit and may actually damage the heart. THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is known to affect the brain and make cannabis-users "high". The new research shows that it also has an influence on blood vessels. A study of mice revealed that the compound blocks the process of inflammation which is largely responsible for the narrowing of arteries. Inflammation combines with fatty deposits to produce obstructive "plaques", a condition known as atherosclerosis. These can block arteries to the heart, causing angina and heart attacks, or to the brain, leading to strokes. The scientists, led by Dr Francois Mach from Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland, studied a strain of specially-bred mice that are susceptible to narrowing of the arteries. They were fed a high-cholesterol diet to make them develop atherosclerotic plaques. Adding THC to their diet caused the growth of the obstructions in their arteries to slow down markedly after a period of 11 months. But when the mice were given a chemical that blocked the action of THC, their arteries continued to narrow. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists said: "Our results suggest that cannabinoid derivatives with activity at the CB2 receptor may be valuable clinical targets for treating atherosclerosis." But American critical-care expert Professor Michael Roth, from the University of California at Los Angeles, urged caution when considering cannabis as a heart disease therapy. "The findings... are striking, but they should not be taken to mean that smoking the drug is beneficial to the heart," he wrote in an accompanying article. "It would be difficult to achieve such specific concentrations in the blood by smoking it." He said the effects of THC on the brain could trigger a stress response and counteract its benefit to the heart. This article: news.scotsman.com