The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 23, 2002, Image 2

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BUILD A&M ATHLETICS AND
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- Earn $6.00 per Hour* Plus Bonuses
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- Flexible Scheduling
after the first 30 days
To apply, visit the 1 2th Man Foundation Office
at the North End of Kyle Field, or fill out an
application online.
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Co-ed. Professional Business Fraternity
Spring Rush 2002
Wednesday, January 23 rd : INFORMATIONAL
Wehner 118, 7:30 PM (Professional Dress)
Thursday, January 24 th : CASINO NIGHT
Come play and win prizes!
Barbara Bush Conference Center, 7:30-9:30 PM
Sunday, January 27 th : CAPTURE THE FLAG
Bee Creek Park (at the end of Anderson past Parkway Apts.),
7:30 PM — Wear dark clothes & bring a flashlight!
Monday, January 28 th : GUEST SPEAKER
Wehner 118, 7:30 PM (Business Casual)
Tuesday, January 29 th : POOL @ P.O.E.T.S.
Come by and play pool on us! — 7:30-9:30 PM
Friday, February 1 st : DINNER @ FITZWILLY'S
Come on out and enjoy free dinner on us! — 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Don't forget to come see us at the MSC Open House on the 27“’!!
& Check us out on the web @ http://wehner.tamu.edu/pbi
Questions? Call: Kim Pinion (695-0778) or Tessa Church (693-9559).
MC
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“The money is to make the service pay for itself, rather than
using taxes,” Gage said.
Also, telemarketing firms are required to purchase the list
from the state.
Another provision of the law is another list, the Electronic No-Call
List. This list prevents forms of electronic advertising such as through
a fax machine. The fee for this service is $2.55 per telephone number
for five years. For both services it is $4.80 for five years.
Once a number is added to the list, companies ha\e:>j|
days to add it to their own lists. So far. 145,000 resides!
submitted their numbers for the phone list and 120.000*1
electronic list. The first version of the list will be |
companies to purchase in April and will lx* in effectbyk
Solomons said now that Texas has the No-Call I
is considering a nationwide no-call law.
“Texas has the second largest population in the tniie:
and is pretty conservative. If Texas can pass fa no-ci
Congress is sure they can too,” he said.
For more information, call 1-888-782-8477 or:
w w w. puc .state. t x. us.
Mon-Fri
9 to 6
Saturday
9 to 2
4303 South Texas Avenue
Bryan, TX 77802-4360
Texas Ave. at Rosemary
Phone: (979)846-4459
Fax: (979)691-2733
Email: bnf@txcyber.com
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694-9755
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118 Waltonl
Across from Main Entrance to TexasJi
Do Your Parents Bleed MAROON?
Nominate them for
PARENTS OF THE
YEAR
Applications will be available at the following informationals:
Tuesday, January 22 in Rudder 507 from 4-5pm
Wednesday, January 23 in Rudder 507 from 8:30pm
Thursday, January 24 in Rudder 407 from 8:30pm
If you have any questions, please contact
Heather Auqustine at 695-2416.
Society of Women Engineers
General Meeting
When: Wed., January 23 rd
Time: 6:43 p.m.
Where: Rudder 601
Speaker: Lockeed Martin
FREE FOOD!
WORSHIP LED BY ROSS KING
Sponsored by Compass College Ministries
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