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I THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1981 Page 3 ! i, ocal ) 1981 rospective students view campus on special tours Septembe, should bt for White could only lesperate, ill OUt ta of Ohio, use Budget •inistrai ngressmeii 'trolled by he Demo. adnotM-ait lied by fi e . Chairmaii d ready oped, nr officials, i Republi- ; to be s plans dosed in president ’as sticking to risk an aise taxes, ■ said. 3 By JENNIFER WAYMAN Battalion Reporter Special tours of the Texas A&M University campus by the Rudder Tower Information Center are available for visitors. The Information Center, a branch of the Office of School Re lations, gives the tours to indi vidual visitors, high school groups or others wanting to know more about the University. Tours are offered Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tours can be scheduled direct ly through the center, Elaine Ken drick, an information center coor dinator, said. “We will also set up an appoint ment for him to talk to an adviser in the field of study he is in terested in,” she said. About 20 prospective students a week take the one-hour walking tour given by one of 14 student tour guides, said Pam Cherry, an information center coordinator. The tour begins at the mini theater, to the left of the Rudder Tower information desk, where visitors can watch a film about the University and student life. Slide presentations of the various col leges on campus are also shown. Russ Ingram, a sophomore civil engineering major who is a tour guide, said the tourists are then taken to the top of Rudder Tower to view the campus and through the Memorial Student Center. From the MSC, the guide then takes them to various points of in terest such as the president’s home, Kyle field, the library and the medical and veterinary medi cine schools, he said. Many of the residence halls and other build ings on campus also are pointed out. While showing the campus, tour guides tell the prosective stu dents about Texas A&M traditions and give them a brief history of College Station, Ingram said. Guides take about two students at a time, many of whom bring their families, Kendrick said. Cherry said large high school groups from all over the state come to tour the campus. Some times they will want to tour a cer tain are of the campus such as the vet school and we are able to accommodate them, she said. Aside from the general walking tour, other tours are available, in such places as the observatory in the Oceanography and Meteorol ogy Building, the nuclear reactor and the Cyclotron. These special tours are not arranged by the In formation Center but can be sche duled through the respective de partments, Cherry said. The observatory, which offers a view of the campus from 158 feet, is open to the public every Tues day at 4 p.m.. Weather Station Manager Charlie Brenton said. Kendrick said another popular attraction is the nuclear reactor. Reactor supervisor Gary Waldrep said nuclear engineering students are available to explain how the reactor works and answer any questions about it. He said those wishing to tour the reactor may drop by any time from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, but asks that large groups make an appoint ment. Anyone wishing to find out ab out the various tours that Texas A&M offers or any prospective student who wants to take a walk ing tour of the campus may call or drop by the information center for more details. TBCSB Office of Tra*»le Safety NORTON/CHRISTENSEN RECRUITERS want to hire TEXAS A&M Graduates CHRISTENSEN Jobs' NORTON Jobs •Regional Engineers •Industrial Sales •Sales & Service Reps (Abrasive Products) *OH rig experience preferred Interviewing on campus November 17 & 24,1981 Sign up now at the Placement Office. Learn more about NORTON/CHRISTENSEN opportunities at our Hospitality Suite, Rudder Conference Center, Room 308 7 to 9 PM on Monday, November 16, 1981. SEMINARS 15 student average class size 5 Specialist Instructors Convenient weekend classes EXCLUSIVE MATH REFRESHER Classes for the Dec. 5 LSAT meet in Austin and Houston Nov. 21, 22 & 23. For information call 800-243-4767 luss Ingram, a sophomore civil engineering student from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, (inducts a tour of the campus for the Rudder Tower Information Center. Chi Omega's fifth variety show fongfest, to be held Saturday Staff photo by Bob Sebrec By MARY JO RUMMEL Battalion Staff Eleven groups of local sorority id fraternity members will sing ir something more than their upper at the fifth annual Songfest iaturday. The annual variety show is Mnsored by Chi Omega sorority ind all proceeds will benefit the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Ccn- Performing groups, ranging in sizefrom six to 70 performers, will he for first through third place trophies. In addition to the contestants talents, the show will include per formances by the Cheyennes, the Bryan High School Dance team and the Aggienizers, the barber shop quartet section of the Texas A&M Singing Cadets. The judges for the contest are Jane Lee, owner of Jane Lee School of Dance, Derrick Grubbs, the announcer for Texas A&M baseball games and Dr. Sylvia Grider, assistant dean of the Gra duate College and member of the King’s English Old Time String Band, a blue grass band made up of Texas A&M faculty. The Brazos Valley Rehabilita tion Center is a volunteer organi zation which rehabilitates hand icapped individuals. Most of the money used by the center goes toward buying braces and crutch es for the disabled, Songfest Chairman Ro McPherson said. Songfest will begin at 8 p.m. in the Bryan Civic Auditorium. Tick ets are $2.50 at the door or $2 bought in advance from any Chi Omega member. If 1 ii! i r i il’l ;i : ft; ?• I’ i : j li i “All That Jazz” Greek Variety Show November 14 i.m. 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