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The Holiday Favorite “The Nutcracker” Experience the magic of “The Nutcracker,” as the world-renowned Moscow Classical Ballet performs a memorable, energetic interpretation faithful to Tchaikovsky's original masterpiece. “...A first-rale show” LaNazione-Italy December l-4,1993 •8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Additional 2:00 p.m, matinee December 4,1993 PAS Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office-TAMU, or charge by phone at 845-1234 Come of age with MSC 0PAS... and see the world in a new light L Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three O- (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. DECEMBER CDADC If you ordered a 1994 Aggieland and will not be on campus next fall to pick it up, you can have it mailed. You should stop by room 015 (basement) of the Deed McDonald Building between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and pay a $5 mailing and handling fee. Defunds will not be made on Aggieland yearbooks not picked up within one semester of the publication date. Campus Page 2 The Battalion Tuesday, November 23,] A New Design on Health Care Student architects help plan Chicago children's hospital Tuesday, By Geneen Pipher Thu Battalion T he designs of 17 Texas A&M University architec ture students for a chil dren's hospital in Chicago were displayed at the Langford Ar chitecture Center Monday. The students are scheduled to fly to Chicago Dec. 1 to pre sent their research and designs to Northwestern University Medical School hospital staff members. George Mann, project director and endowed professor of health facilities design, said although their designs are not completely finished, the Langford display gave them a chance to show off their work. "We invited the grade school kids who helped give us some of our ideas, the people from Scott & White and other people in the community so they can see what these kids have been doing all se mester," Mann said. Heather Robertson, a senior environmental design major, said the showing was the culmination of a semester of long hours and hard work. "1 was really excited at the be ginning of the semester and I still am, but it is a big relief to be fin ished with the whole thing," Robertson said. "We probably worked at least 300 hours on this project, and it is really exciting to be able to show everyone what we've accomplished." Mann said the students have been working all semester on de signs for a 10-year master plan for the Children's Memorial Medical Center (CMMC), a pedi atric teaching facility. The main objective was to improve the quality of the existing facility and create a more healing environ ment for children. Jenny Cotner, a representative for the College of Architecture, said studies have found friendly surroundings aid healing. "The project will focus on children and how to make it more friendly toward children," Cotner said. "They are finding more and more that people get better faster in less sterile-look ing facilities." Ron Skaggs, chairman and chief executive officer of HKS Ar chitects, the firm that served as adviser for the project, said stu dents will provide the CMMC with fresh new ideas their pro fessional counterparts may not have considered. "I think that quite often peo ple that are in a learning mode aren't limited in their scope of thinking like those who have been practicing," Skaggs said. "They can pursue ideas that no one might have thought of. The students have come up with some intriguing ideas." Chris Cope, a senior environ mental design major, said stu dents have a different perspec tive than older, more estab lished architects. "You could look at us as kids because everyone we dealt with in Chicago was in their late 30s and beyond," Cope said. "When they are designing for children, the older architects tend to look at a building in a way an adult would look at it. I think having us and our ideas gives them ideas they'd never thought of in their lives." Mann said the students partic ipating in the project got a taste of what it will be like to work in the profession of architecture. "The project was huge in scope and 1 believe the students got a lot out of it," he said. Priinu: |one word Lead g Jike lots ( like thre pmashed LaLon VnrneU Hopkins Ill/Vnr, Battalion Rick Whitworth, a sophomore environmental design major from Corpus Christi, takes time between classes to do a close-up exami nation of a miniature-scale model on display on the 4th floor of the Langford Architecture Center. "They found out what it was like to travel to work on a project. They were forced to be creative and work with other people and of course, they learned howto deal with children's issues." hearing < | Clay pool Their I band hit peas of C Their |said is tx "Pork r r sever "To st an a char "Othe Transfer students fight new Aggie ring policy By Lisa Elliott The Battalion The new Aggie ring ordering policy, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 1994, has upset many trans fer students. The new policy, approved by the Association of Former Stu dents in October, will require transfer students to complete 60 hours instead of 30 before they can order their senior rings. Danny Cox, a junior recre ational parks and tourism sci ences major, said he is trying to put together a petition to present to the association that would stop the policy change. Cox wrote a letter to The Bat talion saying he was upset about the change because it discriminat ed against transfer students by saying they didn't work hard enough to receive their rings. He said he has received many phone-calls from transfer students who support him since he wrote the letter. Cox said the new policy should not affect presently enrolled transfer students because many students have planned their schedules in or der to get their rings as soon as possible. "It came as a surprise to a lot of people be cause they plan their schedules accordingly," he said. Cox said he planned to get his ring this spring, but now he has to wait a year. If he had known about the "The more people that squeal about this, the more chance we have of getting it changed." - Brock Gibson, junior construction science major A policy change would require a vote from the Board of Directors of the association, and they only meet twice a year. Brock Gibson, a junior construc tion science major, said he has tried to go through the proper channels to get the policy changed. He said the only way to get noticed is to write letters to Randy Matson, executive director of the Association of Former Stu dents. Gibson said students need to write letters to policy, Cox said he would have taken enough classes to order his ring earlier. Cox said he called the ring of fice and was told there was "noth ing they could do about it." the Board to let them know there are a lot of upset people. "The more people that squeal about this, the more chance we have of getting it changed," he said. Gibson is a 40-year-old student that returned to get his degree af ter 16 years away from school said he has worked hard enougli to earn the A&M senior ring. "One of my rewards to myself was to be able to wear that ring, now 1 won't be able to," he said. Gibson said he is researching the "grandfather clause" that says any new policies must not presently enrolled students,and many similar court cases have said omitting the grandfathei clause is unconstitutional. Gibson said the Board was wrong to not publicize the vole beforehand, and no one could voice their opinions. "It's not a fair game if they vol- ed on it without people knowing about it," he said. Matson did not return Battalion's calls, but he told Gib son to try to get as many letters sent to him as possible, so be would have something to bring to the Board at their next meeting early next year. FLY OKIDATA! Buy an OKIDATA Printer Now And Get A Great Discount On United Airlines Save Up To A $100* OL400e Page Printer OL810 Page Printer *499 *899 ComputerLand 209 University East College Station, TX 77840 260-2664 THE OKIDATA , FLIGHTPLAN ( 0 United Airlines') * LED Page Printers and 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printers. Offer valid Oct. 1 - Dec. 31,1993. Come in and ask for details. OKIDATA Reg. TM, MD, OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 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