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December 9,
Around town
Photographers on campus this week
The photographers from Yearbook Associates will be in
Room 137 MSG all this week to take pictures for the 1983
Aggieland. All juniors, seniors, graduate, medical and vet
school students have until Dec. 17 to have their picture
taken. There will be absolutely no makeups after this date.
Room 137 is downstairs to the left from the check-cashing
desk at the hotel main desk. The Yearbook Associates photo
graphers will be there from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. everyday this
week.
Aggie Ladies to travel this weekend
Come out and support women’s varsity sports. The Texas
A&M women’s basketball team will play Kansas State
tonight at 7:30 in the Bryan High School Gym tonight.
This weekend the Ladies will travel to Huntington, West
Virginia to play in the Marshall Memorial Tournament.
Variety show applications available
Applications for the 1983 MSC Variety Show are now
available. They may be picked up at the secretaries island in
the Student Programs Office in Room 216 MSC. This year’s
show is scheduled for Parents Weekend on April 15. Appli
cations for the show are due Feb. 4.
Auditions for various positions in the show begin Feb. 23.
For more information call the Students Programs Office
at 845-1515.
’82 Aggielands being distributed
The 1982 Aggieland is now available to be picked up in
Room 216 Reed McDonald instead of the Commons. If you
ordered a yearbook last year, all you need is a student ID
card to pick it up. If you did not order a yearbook, but want
to purchase one now, there are also a few for sale for $21
each. You can pick up your student directories at the same
window with your fee slip.
Aggie parents nominations begin
If you think your parents have gone above and beyond the
call of duty, applications are now available to nominate the
Aggie “Parent of The Year.”
Applications will be available in the Students Program
Office in Room 216 MSC until Dec. 17. The last day that
applications will be accepted is Jan. 25. This year’s winners
will be announced at Parents Weekend on April 15.
SG to sponsor book exchange
If you have used textbooks to sell, the Texas A&M Student
Government is now accepting textbooks for a Student Book
Exchange.
In order to sell a book, you must make sure the book is
being used in the spring semester. Student Government has
a list to check. You can set your own selling price. When you
bring your books in, fill out an index card for each book to be
sold. The book is then filed by subject and course number.
Sellers will have a master card in which a record of all his or
her books are kept and sales are recorded. The cost to have a
book in the exchange is 25 cents.
Things to remember:
—Books are to be deposited Dec. 13-17.
—The exchange is in 216 MSC.
—The exchange lasts from Jan. 12-21.
—Pick up money or unsold books Jan. 24-26.
—All money and books should be claimed in 216 MSC.
—All unclaimed books and money will go to Student Ser
vices.
If you have any questions call the Student Government
Office or Theresa at 260-0893.
Senior rings ready for pick-up
Senior rings that were ordered at the end of the summer
semester have arrived and are available for pick-up from the
ring clerk in Heaton Hall. You will need your receipt show
ing proof of purchase and your Texas A&M student ID card.
The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit
for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed
McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
Now you know
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A&M United Way
exceeds $90,000
by Maureen Carmody
Battalion Reporter
The campus goal of $ 100,000
for the United Way was not met
this semester, but a record-
breaking $90,000 was donated,
said Malon Southerland, United
Way campaign leader at Texas
A&M University.
“The previous high at A&M
was $55,000,” he said. “We’re
really very pleased with the out
standing support of the faculty,
staff and students to increase the
donations by $35,000.”
The original campus goal was
$70,000, but it was increased to
$100,000 in late September.
“We knew $100,000 was a
very optimistic goal,” Souther
land said. “We think it was the
correct thing to do, and $90,000
is very close. I think we will look
back on this year and see it as a
major stride. We really believe
we should be generating around
the $200,000 figure. This year’s
effort was a signal that we can
make this.”
He said next year’s goal will be
more than $100,000 and he is
confident it can be met.
Southerland said he wasn’t
sure how Texas A&M compared
to other universities in per capi
ta donations this year because he
didn’t have any monetary fi
gures for the others, but he did
say he was sure the University
has moved up in the ranks.
“Last year we were sixth in
the Southwest Conference,” he
said. “With the substantial gain
this year, I wouldn’t be sur
prised if we jumped to third or
fourth.”
Brazos County, however,
rated poorly in the state, South
erland said. Although it ex
ceeded its $325,000 goal by ab
out $20,000, he said Churchill
Jones, chairman of the board of
Republic Bank A&M and a com
munity leader in the campaign,
said he feels $750,000 to $1 mil
lion would be more appropriate.
“To do this the University
would have to be generating
over $200,000,” Southerland
said. “I think we should be about
a third of the support.”
Southerland said all the dona
tions received by the county in
excess of the $325,000 goal will
go to immediate human services
such as people needing food and
shelter.
The Brazos County United
Way supports 17 human service
agencies which serve more than
40,000 citizens in the county
Southerland said 95 percent of
the donations stay in Brazos
County.
“The University administra
tion and many businesses have
endorsed and assisted the Un
ited Way because of the concept
that it does package these 17
agencies as one concentration in
one campaign,” Southerland
said. “We appreciate the oppor
tunity to give one gift to benefit
17 agencies instead of being
asked 17 times.”
Plans have begun for next
year’s drive, he said. Division
leaders will sum up this year’s
drive efforts and make recom
mendations for next year.
However, full range planning
probably won’t begin until early
August of 1983.
Southerland commended the
Residence Hall Association and
Brent McCaleb, president of
Student Y Association for their
help in the drive.
“Residence Hall raised in ex
cess of $25,000,” he said. “And
Brent McCaleb deserves a real
tip of the hat for getting the stu
dents enthusiastic. It was super
to see the students really get in
volved.”
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to get there this Christmas.
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for carry-on bags.
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Drunks target
of campaign
by Tracey Taylor
Battalion Staff
Responsible party hosting is
the main goal of the Brazos
Valley Development Council
in this year’s Holidays Ahead
campaign.
They are sponsoring a
community awareness plan to
prevent accidents, injuries
and deaths due to drunk driv
ing during the holidays.
Holidays Ahead is a state
wide alcohol/traffic safety
campaign sponsored by the
Texas Commission on Alco
holism in cooperation with the
State Department of High
ways and Public Transporta
tion. The program’s efforts
focus on responsible hosting,
which includes not allowing
guests to drive drunk.
While the local program,
headed by Dr. Wayne Wylie, is
new to the Bryan-College Sta
tion area, there are 35 similar
programs in other parts of
Texas.
Ann Thomas, director of
regional alcohol services, said
at least half of all fatal traffic
accidents are caused by driv
ers who drink too much, parti
cularly during weekends and
holidays.
The number of drunk
drivers rises during the holi
days for two reasons Thomas
said.
The first reason she gave is
that the number of parties in
creases during the Christmas
season and people who don’t
drink much during the year
tend to overindulge.
The second reason, Tho
mas said, is that some people
become despondent or de
pressed at the end of the year
because of loneliness, events
of the year before and bleak
prospects for the year ahead.
Vlany try to hide their sorrows
in alcohol.
Holidays Ahead’s litera
ture stresses that an important
part of alcohol awareness is
the party host. Tips for the
Dartygiver include not mak
ing alcohol the focus of the
Darty, providing plenty of
ood and non-alcoholic
drinks, closing the bar at least
an hour before the party ends
and hiring a bartender to su
pervise the amount o
put into drinks.
She said that in an
teach people to be responsi
party goers, Holidays
wants to place cards wtiil|
state the legal limits ofatt
in local restaurants andk
The legal limit is detennimil
from a person's weight r
how much they had to
in the last two hours. Thoial
said the group is waiting
for permission from It
establishments. The caitl
have been successful in otfel
parts of the state, she said
The theme of this rail
campaign is “No Thanks,
Driving.” The brochure
emphasizes that not onl)
you responsible for yoursei
but also the people arm:
you. They are urgingthecot
m unity to be aware of lie
friends’ conditions andmaiip*
sure they are driven home,
Thomas said morethai
leaders from local school
tricts, law enforcement agi
cies and Texas A&M Unite
sity were present at the fin
organizational meeting.il
leaders formed five suki
mittees to divide therespoi
bilities.
One of the subcommittet]
— the media committee
planning a media blitz duiiij]
the last two weeks ofDecem
ber. T hey plan to air radtl
and television commercialslii
local celebrities, Thomassaii|
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speaker’s bureau. Thegroii|
will supply speakers and prog
rams for civic clubs orstudffi|
organizations.
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distribution (firnmittee, a li>
enforcement committeeandil
school programs committee E
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has been excellent.
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