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The Battalion GGIELIFE l^i Page 5 » Monday, November 1, 1999 M The road less traveled Students commute long distances to attend school | or CM-£ Ft Y WEEKLY SPECIAL! Specialized Hardrock FS Reg. s 399." SALE $ 349." Official Sponsor of TAMU Cycling Team BY BRIAN FLEMING The Battalion t is six o’clock on Sunday evening, and junior economics major Adam Brownfield sets out n another 200-mile journey back o school. For almost two years now, Brownfield has spent countless weekends and the occasional weeknight in Dallas hard at work while simultaneously attending Texas A&M. A&M is a good school, and I ion’t mind it at all,” he said. 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Best able to pull off a s| ashy Lemon Squeil ante listeningcc:.;. trade: B + ) -Jeff Mi : = averaji Brownfield said he even has one home during the week to tend to other matters. “There have been times when aaybe I forgot something or just anted to go home,” he said. “So sually I do, and it seems to work ut just fine.” Brownfield said his commuting o school has not been without some problems. “There have been so many times I have stopped halfway and rested or had car troubles,” he said. “And the weather is not al- Iways too kind, either.” Brownfield said at one point last semester, inclement weather caused his normally three-and-a- : half hour drive to be almost sev- l?n hours. “I drove about 40 [mph] the fentire way, and it took forever,” he said. “1 made it just in time for my two o’clock class. ” Financial compensation is an mportant reason for commutes etween school and work for obin Nester, a senior horticulture nd floriculture major. “I have worked as a floral de signer at a grocery store in the jLVoodlands for going on five years ow,” she said. Nester said she does not regret traveling to school. “It has given me a lot of great work experience,” she said. “Main ly because it has to do with my ma jor, and I really enjoy the job.” Nester said she does pay a price for traveling too much. “Over the past few years, 1 have missed a lot of the ‘college experience,’” she said. “Like par ties, most of the football games and a lot of what goes on around my apartment and with my friends, as well.” Despite the setbacks, Nester said she would not have it any other way. “I really don’t mind one bit,” Nester said. “I do what I have to do, and I need to make money, so it has to be done.” Brownfield said he has missed out on some of the college experience. “One weekend I came home to find my roommate had one of the biggest parties, 1 think, ever,” Brownfield said. “When 1 talked to him later, he told me there were about 100 people there and it was really cool. “I really regretted not being there but I guess there is a price you have to pay. ” Christy West, a junior at Blinn College who is participating in the emergency medical technician pro gram, said the quality of education at Blinn is worth the drive. “I drive from Cypress every Tuesday and Thursday,” she said. “The program here is one of the best in the state, and since I want a good job, 1 think it is worth every mile.” West said the drive does not seem so bad after doing it for over a year. “At first I was not sure if it was going to work,” West said. “But when you do it a few times, you start to notice landmarks and hous- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KIMBER HUFF/Thk Battalion es and such. This usually makes it seem shorter.” West said the time of day is im portant to her because it deter mines how she feels. “1 usually drive early in the morning, and since I am a morn ing person, I love it,” West said. “Afternoons seem to take longer though, and after a long day, it seems even worse. ” Brownfield said music helps him to pass the time commuting. “The radio makes it seem a lot shorter to me,” he said. “I figure in three hours, I can listen to five or six CDs and soon. I’m there.” Nester said over the years she has met other people who do the same as her. “I have met people who live and work in Austin, Houston and even Dallas,” Nester said. “There are a lot more people than one might think who do work away from College Station.” Royal family chastised for hunting expedition I LONDON ( AP) — A royal hunting trip over the weekend is raising the dander of a British animal- Ijpghts group. I The League Against Cruel Sports is accusing Prince Charles of using his teen-aged son and heir to the throne, Prince William, to “make a politi- pcal statement” against a possible ban on hunting by Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor Party gov ernment. I William, 17, joined some 200 riders in pursuit of a fox Saturday at the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt, near Charles’ country estate west of London. 1 “He [Charles] is clearly trying to intimidate PEOPLE IN THE NEWS members of Parliament into shelving a ban be cause he enjoys fox hunting,” league chair John Hooper said. Yesterday, some 20,000 people demonstrated in the southwest England city of Exeter against a hunting ban, and generally protesting economic problems in rural areas. David Lee Roth sues former personal manager LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth is suing his former per sonal manager over a Website where fans can buy the singer’s memorabilia. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Los Angeles against Edmund Anderson, who worked with Roth for about 10 years, Roth’s attorney Jeff Benice said Saturday. “The suit was filed as a result of Roth at tempting to clean up the bootlegging and piracy of his image off the Internet,” Benice said. The 45-year-old rock star initially allowed An derson to sell Van Halen T-shirts, tour posters and other items and agreed to let him set up a Web site to help with sales. But in February, around the same time Anderson stopped working for the singer, Roth told him to shut down the Website, Benice said. Anderson did, but apparently reestablished the site, Benice said. He says damages exceed $100,000. \ Pre-Law Society Young Lawyers Association T\ies., November 2 7 p.m. 108 Harrington Questions? 847-8938 Class of 2000 Lou have been a part of the Aggie family. Now be a part of its family album 7 AGGIliLAJvTD !et your FREE Senior picture taken at AR Photography today. 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