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I local/state Battalion/Pagel April 20,198! Campus observing special week J Manor East III J ^ Manor East Mall * ^ 823-8300 ^ *- Jt- 1k-' * 3f 3^- A LITTLE SEX (R) 7:30 9:50 HOUSE OF WAX 7:25 9:45 3t- 3+ 3f 34- 34- - 3f 3f 34- 3f 34- 34- CLASH OF THE TITANS 7:10-9:35 Palace LAS BRACERA Plus BENJAMIN ARGUMENDO 1 + + + + + + £+ 34- 34- 34- 34- 3f 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- .34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- Secretaries honored for work Pre-med Pre-dent Society MEETING Tuesday, April 20 7:30 p.m. Harrington Classroom #204 Dr. Bryan Williams, Assoc. Dean of Student Affairs at Southwestern Medical School, will speak on current topics concerning admissions. He will be accompanied by 5 medical students. This is the last meeting of the semester and promises to be very informative. by Kathy Robinette Battalion Reporter Although they may not have the adventures of movie secre taries, every day 1,729 men and women type, file and answer phones on the Texas A&M campus. This week is national Profes sional Secretaries Week — to recognize the work and dedica tion of the men and women who work in the office often attend ing to routine duties. “Being a secretary is an hon est profession — and let’s face it, we’re needed,” said Pam Ander son, senior secretary for J. Creighton Miller Jr., interim de partment head of horticultural sciences. Secretaries have chosen their profession for various reasons. Pat B. Ladewig, executive secretary to President Frank E. Vandiver, said that when she be gan working 12 years ago, she felt the profession had opportu nities for advancement and growth for women. “I was fortunate enough to get a job in which I had daily contact with people from va- photo by Karen Kaley Pat Ladewig, executive secretary to President Frank E. Vandiver, screens the many phone calls to the office. Vandiver’s secretary for 6 Vi months, Ladewig’s duties include dealing with the tremendous volume of paperwork involved in running a university. Students to spend summer working on Caribbean isles TWO-STEF DANCE CONTEST! Co-Sponsored by 92W "Super Country" Radio Preliminaries Tuesday, April 27 Finals Tuesday, May 4 1st Prize $2001 2nd Prize $100! 3rd Prize $50! Free Beer 6-10 P.M. Tuesday Night! 8 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION 1600B South College Ave. At least 16 students will work on one of two sunny Caribbean islands this summer. The MSC Travel Committee is sponsoring the trips to the Dominican Republic and Trini dad. Participants will leave July 12 and return Aug. 9. “It’s mainly a cultural ex change program,” said Melanie Campbell, the student coordina tor for the trip to Trinidad. “It’s the kind of experience you couldn’t gain on a college campus.” Tneresa Chiang, the prog ram’s adviser, said the commit tee helps participants find jobs. Students who went to the Dominican Republic last sum mer worked in doctors’ offices, day schools, orphanages and programs helping poor chil dren. “different spokes for different folks” 403 University (Northgate) Open 10-7 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 846-BIKE All Loose Diamonds Set In Aggie Senior Rings (April 13-30) WIN 50 DOURRS! DANVER S ANNUAL WORLD HAMBURGER EATING CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday April 22, 1982 — 6:00 p.m. at Denver's Tuuo divisions — Men's Si UUomen's (Rnyone Con Enter) Tuuo Member Teams — One to €at — One to Prep €ntrp fee is $10 Per Team — Rll €ntrp fees Donated to the STUDENT GOVERNMENT FIRST PLACE €RCH DIVISION UJINS $50. Free Denver's ‘T'-shirts to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places. DEADLINE FOR ENTRV IS 9 P.M. UUED. APRIL 21 ST. 201 Dominik College Station 693-6119 * * 34-34-34- 34- 34- 4- 34- SIGMA PHI EPSILON presents the Sixth Annual Fri. April 23 & Sat. April 24 Brazos County Pavillion Boxing Between Dorms-Corps-Fratemltles Student Organlzatlons-TAMU Students Plenty of Beer & Food available Admission: Available at Texas Aggie $2.50 presale Bookstore, Rother’s $3.50 gate Bookstore. Fight Times: Friday April 23 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Preliminary Bouts Saturday April 24 12 noon Semi-Finals to 5 p.m. ADMISSION FREE AT THIS TIME 6 p.m. to Midnight FINALS 34- 34- 34- 34- 34- 4 * rious backgrounds,” Ladewig said. Ladewig had worked in other fields before she joined Vandiv er’s staff months ago. Anderson said she became a secretary out of necessity. “After being a full time mother for four years, with only 2Vi years of college behind me, and the responsibility of raising a young daughter, I chose a field that seemed very natural for me,” she said. Ladewig said that her strongest assets are her love for people and her typing. “I’m a ‘people person’ and I enjoy meeting ana dealing with a variety of personalities each day,” she saief. Elizabeth Williamson, senior secretary to Agriculture Dean H.O. Kunkel agrees that meet ing new people is an added fea ture to the job, but she also en joys the office work. After two years at a business college, Wil liamson began her secretarial career when she was 18. Secretarial duties of the women are set up to keep their employers’ offices running smoothly and efficiently. The secretaries say that Hol lywood’s and television trayal of secretaries- cular, the movie and show “9 to 5” —is Anderson said I the movie was clever ing, based on herexpei a secretary and thoseol| she has seen, it wasexaj reflection of what the “1 feel sure thatsimilj dons do occur, bulks are more evident in y than academia,” .y| added. Each of the secreta they get a feeling of pets ward and accomplishmaj their jobs. “You get the opport help so many different ij with their areas of' hope to makeiteasierforsl Anderson said. Ladewig also agrees tl profession is rewarding she likes her job and shtj the feeling of accompli when a project is compl Williamson added greatest reward in thee:] having pleasant peopletl with, including the adm] lion, staff and students. | Its almost card pack after waiti sopohomo enviromen Limestone Most of the students will live with the families of students attending Texas A&M Universi ty. Participants must pay their own way, but the committee offers loans to students needing them, Chiang said. Thirteen students will go to the Dominican Republic and three to Trinidad. Two spaces still are open on the Trinidad trip. lawmen acquitted in drowning trial United Press International DALLAS —Jurors deciding possibly the longest misde meanor trial in Texas history weighed 10 days of testimony in two hours and then acquitted three Limestone County law men of negligent homicide. The jurors then delayed re- Fri. is Student Nltal WlkllNiM:llll Post Oak Mall 1500 Horvey Rood 764-06161: Adults S2.00 Mon.-Fri. all shows betore 6pm. Rae Dawn Chong QUEST FOR FIRE (R) 1:20 3:20 5:20 7:30 9:30 Richard Pryor SOME KIND OF HERO(R) 1:50 3:45 5:40 7:35 9:45 Michael Caine Christopher Reeve DEATHTRAP(PG) 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:45 10:00 CINEMA l&ll SKAGGS CENTER 846-6714 Funniest Movie ol ’82 PORKY’S (R) 7:40 9:45 Agatha Christie's EVIL UNDER THE SUN(PG) 7:25 9:35 lease of their verdicts tott the media glare, thepraj judge said. Cleared of charges Sn were former deputy Elliott, former reserve Kenneth Archie andadi at ion officer David Drui The three were the drownings of and Steve Booker, 1 Anthony Freeman, “They (the jury) saidil them longer to selectaft than it did to reach av said County Criminal Tom Price, who a]^ the case, which had been: from three different com “Then, they reached verdict, but wanted to rtj after the 6 p.m. local m fore announcing thedi he said. “They wanted si] so they could get home’ went out to the public." The three-week trial 1 with questioning of moti 90 people to select the sis hers of the all-white pans “Then with the lOdapi timony, 1 know of no otto demeanor case which hail as long,” Price said. The state had tried t«[ t he officers should have nized a risk in puttingskf in a small motorboat l» Lake Mexia last summet Juneteenth festival. Prosecutors said thefc overloaded and noneofd* sengers had a life pres The boat overturned to across the narrow lake, A r ing the three passengers United Pres AUSTIN - irlines 727 om Washing ore passe nge ith — kittens in,apparently e plane’s la psed. “We openc and there they supervisor < jfor Continent nday. “It 1c ey had been jddle of ever Mother a lorng just fir turday night e said. The jt jnd seven-mer ane without Flight 71 ashington’s jnd stopped o\ tercontinental Fantasy artist Bill Baker presents “Battlefield of Tomorrow” a poster which steps from fantasy to Reality Available at Hastings & Bobbie’s Boo (Limited to 200 numbered and signed prints) FALL '82 MEAL PLAN INFORMATION FOR OFF CAMPUS STUDFNTS r SAYl 0VE] NAT] 3] (Old i Food Services will validate off campus students $ ing a contract board plan, to dine at the facility off! choice, limited only by the capacity of each There will be no quota or waiting list. Validation* begin at the Sbisa Office on August 9, 1982, k| personal presentation of paid fee slip.