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*★- Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1981 Local 1 Artist stuffs, arranges birds Wildlife art on sale at MSC By MARTY BLAISE Battalion Reporter Wildlife enthusiasts looking for that extra special gift may find it at the wildlife display in the Memo rial Student Center. The Texas A&M Poultry Scien ce Club is selling wildlife art work, paintings and furniture to raise money for agricultural scholar ships. The wildlife arts display, across from the MSC Gallery, will be ex hibited through Nov. 6, and the items will be on sale through Thanksgiving, said Bill Lovette, president of the Poultry Science Club. Items on sale include desks — available in ash, birch or oak — end tables, sofa tables and domes or bars with stuffed wildlife arrangements enclosed in glass. GTTIiJTLnir^^ rD q] rD a e rO I I I k] I qfemr l K1 rl IAKEZ tehuila f =S ...stands above the rest llfmll GOLD OR SILVER IMPORTED & BOTTLED BY TEQUILA JALISCO S.A ST LOUIS. MO. 80 PROOF [Hniinirzn^^ I 1 2 2 g □ rJ □ 2 2 I I Joe Hibler of Kingsville builds the furniture and raises and stuffs quail and pheasant, which he uses as part of the scenery in the glass domes and bars. Lovette said the small domes have from one to three birds, while the bars may have as many as seven. The club also is selling wildlife paintings by artist David Drinkard of Corpus Christi. “There are a variety of paintings for sale,” said Adele Sosa, chair man of the Wildlife Arts Commit tee, “and prices start at $18 for the unframed 9 x 12s. Ken’s Automotive 421 S. 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If you're ready to commit yourself to a standard of excellence with an industry leader, let’s talk. INTERVIEWS ON CAMPUS Monday, November 9th To arrange a campus interview, contact your Placement Office. If you are unable to interview with us on campus, forward your resume to: J.R. Tobin, Superior Oil, P.0. Box 1521, Houston, Texas 77001. SUPERIOR ©ML Superior Oil is an Equal Opportunity Employer Aggies can rodeo, rope this weekend in Snook By LAURA WILLIAMS Battalion Reporter Any past or present faculty, staff or student of Texas A&M can win a keg of beer Friday or Saturday night at the All Aggie Reunion Rodeo in Snook. The Texas Aggie Rodeo Asso ciation is sponsoring the steer riding contest to give everyone on campus an opportunity to participate, regardless of whether they’ve ridden or not, Jane Armstrong, club sponsor and team coach, said. “We would like to challenge sororities, fraternities and any other group to enter and com pete,” Armstrong said. “It’s much more fun than riding a mechanical bull.” Armstrong said the team with the best combined score of three members will win the keg. Other events will include bare-back, saddle-bronc, bull riding, tie-down calf-roping, team-roping, steer-wrestlimr. goat-typing, girls barrel racing and break-away roping. Each event will be held twice nightly so finals rounds won’t be re quired, Armstrong said. “We have two days because of the large number of people, ” she said. “Last year we had over 300 entries and made $1,000. “We get a little travel money from the extramural services, but it costs us at least $7,500 to put on our collegiate i the Spring.” Armstrong said the tcaG| hoping to be invited totliej tional intercollegiate Montana this June. “Our girls won the won team award at SouthwestlaJ Junior College in Uvai Armstrong said, addihgthatj men’s team has also wonsevgj events. A dance will he door in Snook’s Starlightj Iroom both nights, play Friday, and Vince I and the Valiants will Saturday. Entries will he taken tin the hall of the MSCandtil are $3. The Poultry Science Club holds monthly meetings and sponsors speakers and agricultural prog rams. The club also takes field trips each year to different poultry science industries. The club is an affiliate of the Southeastern Poultry Science Club, which is part of the South eastern Poultry and Agriculture Association, an organization that has members in 21 universities in the United States. GRE preparatory class subtracts fear of failure Jasoi band By ERICA KRENNERICH Battalion Reporter A preparatory Graduate Record Examination class will begin Mon day at A&M Consolidated High School. Dr. Ed Guthrie, class instruc tor and Texas A&M University assistant director of academic ser vices, said the class, offered through College Station Com munity Education, mainly shows students how to prepare for the math and analytical reasoning por tions of the GRE. Most students anxieties about the test stem from the math portion, he said. Guthrie said he tries to estab lish a relaxed, friendly tone to make the class an enjoyable ex perience for students while he prepares them for the test. “The idea is to have fun and make it enjoyable,” he said. “We talk an awful lot, in all the ses sions, about various strategies and ways to work particular types of math problems. Everybody understands there is alvvays more than one way to approach a prob lem and I continually learn from these people about innovative ways to solve particular types of problems. “We start at a very elementary level and I proceed at a slow, com fortable pace, taking a sufficient and necessary amount of time to answer any questions they might have. Everybody understands there is no such thing as asking a dumb question.” Guthrie, who taught 12 years in the Texas A&M math department, said he discusses necessary math fundamentals with students and tries to refresh their memories. Students practice under pressure on short, timed tests with ques tions similar to GRE questions. The GRE is usually offered five times a year, twice in the fall and spring, and once in early summer. In the past Gutherie has taught two fall GRE preparatory classes and two spring classes. The ses sion, which starts Monday, will be about his 10th class, he said. The next GRE testing date is Dec. 12. Guthrie said the iddhl time for students to take the GRE is on the Saturday after their last Thursday class. The prep class meets Mondays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for five weeks. Registration has already closed. The GRE is scored simikij; the Scholastic Aptitude Test highest possible score is points, and the test is composilj math and verbal sections, GRE grading procedures^ changed this year, Guthrie “Students will no longer penalized for guessing, ” hes “I think this is encouragings! positive thing. Guthrie said that students have taken the GRE and noil well enough to get into grali class. Class size varies, Guthries Monday’s class has about I dents. Smaller classes helpper get the input they need andm intimidated, he said. ■unfair school often improve theirC ei scores after they take the| im P ai f fi n of tl lem. “The ! ■ as far innties; (high s< jped .. If we did work withaf )ar( J”( number of students, say,i Jlvout more, 1 believe some o(i idT arra camaraderie and freedomofh mg might suffer,” Guthricsi Guthrie, who has adoctonl :on! rr math education from Texasli | O' chi ! A <T. UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY • abortions to 20 wlcs • free pregnancy testing • abort • confidential counseling • total gynecological care Affiliated with Metropolitan Qyn Group 6400 S W Frmwtrv 713-784-8685 began teaching the prep das 1979. “Sometimes 1 think fhcta|m^| positive thing that comes wt HU these GRE sessions is thegroiff people getting togetherdiscus im ith, d iseussing particular** of working problems,’’ Gu! , said. “I think just by osmosil ,ov ' probably the leading factori on P a P ( contributes to higher scores! )rm ^Ti students would normally haw ce . ^ on nder re nd will 1 MAKE IT HAPPEN! 301 Rudder 'LASS OF 3 7:30-8:30 GUEST SPEAKER DR. VANDIVER PRES. OF TEXAS ASM GENERAL MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 1981 John Snyder Washington Lobbyist Vs. Phillip Zelikow Houston Lawyer G \^ CONT^ The Right To Bear Arms Monday Nov. 2 8 p.m. — Rudder Theatre Admission: $ .50 Students $1.00 Non-Students Tickets available at Rudder Box Office I. 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