local : i OCA makes plans for kite contest B _ ’W>"‘ 1 by Lezlee Hinson Battalion Reporter The Off-Campus Aggies dis cussed tentative plans lor a kite flying contest, which it hopes to sponsor later this semester, at its meeting Wednesday night. President Dale Collins appointed John McClay project chairman. The 25 members attending the meeting sug gested possible contest divisions including the highest flying kite, the largest kite that flies, the smallest kite that flies and the best-looking kite that flies. Collins said that if the contest is held before April 19, the RHA has agreed to include it in the Hall of the Year contest. OCA plans to allow both team and individual entries. A possi ble location for the contest is the polo field behind Zachry. The group also plans to charge a small entry fee to cover its cost. 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He said many traditions have changed and new ones have been added, and most reflect positively on Texas A&M. He said traditions like Silver Taps, Muster, Twelfth Man and bonfire reflect the importance of life and service to others. Koldus said that many stu dents aren’t aware of many tra ditions like the freshman band members playing at 5 in the morning on the day marking the number of days until final re view. This year’s class is Class of ’86, so they played on February 10 — Koldus’s birthday — and B6 days until this year’s final re view. But Koldus said he doesn’t like some traditions, like quad- ding and hazing, because they are not positive. “Traditions should be posi tive and especially of service to others,” he said. Sherrill also praised Texas A&M’s traditions. He said the atmosphere here is like no other institution, and he said he found much more than he expected when he came here last year. “People up north still think A&M is a small, all military, all male, cow school, but being from Oklahoma, I knew better,” Sherrill said. He said that this view is being corrected and pointed out that Texas A&M competes with Yale and Harvard tor academic greatness. He said that because of the discipline here, Aggies are way ahead of students from other schools and that is why so many employers want to hire Aggies. 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Election Commission holds incetinm hldlife i The Election Commission will met t today at 8:30 p^ob Dea Room 203 of the Memorial Student Center. id Hug Anyone interested in the upcoming elections andc^ke som< to help run them is encouraged to attend. Filing forC arc h elections begins Monday at 9 a.m. in the MSC Main Hi)""* Entrepreneurs to hold meeting i LV I United The Texas A&M Society for Entrepreneurship andNjjjSTIN Ventures (ENVE) will be hosting Frank Sekera, head of ,| should Institute for New Ventures in New Technology, (INVE.vR n tonight .ii 7 11 in in Room 120 of the \» .idrtnic and AgmB Building. jfhis e ntihat ti :>rs how i Eligh School Co-Rec softball offered] nstamiai [here i: for The College Station Parks and Recreation Department sponsoring a High School Co-Rec Softball League. This league is for boys and girls in grades 9-12. All game will be played at Bee Creek Park on Tuesday and Thursd? evenings. The entry fee is $130 per team. Registration^ take place March 14-25 at the Parks and Recreation Depad ment located in Central Park. The Parks Department will be taking registration fees* A&M Consolidated High School on March 22 from 1IJ a.m. till 1:15 p.m. There will he an organizational meeting on March 21ai the College Station Community Center located at ISM Jersey Street at 6 p.m. For further information please call the College StatWi Parks and Recreation Department at 693-7273. itvlieie (rutted i be on |tce is v; ifusion,” pace rul BAC formal scheduled for Saturday] The Black Awareness Committee is holding a formal Satiuj day from 8-1 a.m. in the Aggieland Inn. The theme of the formal is “Stepping Out” and tk ketsarj $8 for couples and $5.50 for singles and are availa MSC Box Office. .ailableattltl Former Cl A Director to speak here Former CIA Director Admiral Stansfield Turner will speall at Texas A&M Unversity on March 22 at 8 p.m. in tiifj Rudder Theater. The topic of bis speech will be “Interna' tional Hot Spots.” His talk is a presentation on how to| identify and interpret information on the unrest in the world political arena. Admiral Turner directed the CIA from 1977 to 19f under President Carter where he was in control of theentire| U.S. intelligence community. Admission is free. For more information please contact] MSC Political Forum at 835-1515. Kiwanis to sponsor Pancake Day Kiwanis Pancake Day has been set for Saturday at the] Brazos Center. The three Kiwanis Clubs of Brazos County will be serving] pancakes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. A meal consistingof sausage] and all the pancakes you can eat, along with coffee and milk] will be served. Prices are $3 for adults and $2 for children under 12.1 Proceeds from this 31st annual Pancake Day support the community activities of the three local Kiwanis Clubs. If you have an announcement or item to submit for this I column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDo-1 nald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2665. Police beat The following incidents were listed in University Police De partment records for March 1. HARRASSMENT: • Harrassing phone calls were reported by a student worker at the Comriions main desk. The caller is believed to be in McAllen. THEFTS: •A wallet was taken from the ladies dressing room in Kyle. •A student altered a parking permit into a spn permit. FALSE REPORT: •A student reported parkihg permit had been stol when in fact he had given I permit to his girlfriend, whom he has recently split) with. V