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Battalion Classifieds
FOR RENT
LOCALLY OWNED PROPERTIES
“IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE’’
COURTYARD
APARTMENTS
'COLLEGE STATIONS
STANDARD OF QUALITY”
600 UNIVERSITY OAKS C.S.
STALLINGS DR. AT HWY. 30 &
UNIVERSITY OAKS
693-2772
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846-1413
CASA BLANCA
“CONVENIENT QUALITY
CLOSE TO THE CAMPUS’
4110 COLLEGE MAIN
-BRYAN-
SHUTTLE BUS — SECURITY PROGRAM — CABLE TV — LAUNDRY
MEETING ROOM — POOLS — RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
FOR SALE
NEW TOWNPLEXES
Apple HR 64K 80col. Rana disc drive green
monitor, 693-7388. 167t5
WOODWAY VILLAGE
ONE MONTH FREE RENT
2 Bedroom, IV2 bath, W/D connections, major kitchen
appliances, carpet, drapes, convenient to TAMU.
1968 Fleetwood Mobile home; 12x60; com
pletely furnished 2 bedroom; built-in cook
top & oven; dishwasher; ref w/icemaker;
washer & dryer; new carpet; storage build
ing; central heat & air; 214-867-6770. 167t3
1983 Toyota Celica, 8500 miles, 764-
9030. 167t4
JOE COURTNEY, INC.
1980 GSL 750 windshield, luggage rack,
backrest, excellent shape, $1500.00 negoti
able, 823-0212. 163U0
696-5487
Office at 512 West Loop
OTHER DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES AVAILABLE. CALL FOR
INFORMATION.
Radio Shack Pocket Computer And
Printer/Cassette interface. $175.00. Call
Ed After 5 P.M. 696-6760. 166t5
Chevy Luv, ’77 4X4, Good Condition,
Extras, 50,000 miles. 696-7920. 166t3
Osborne/1 portable computer. Double
density. Standard software plus much
more. $1800.00. Call Russ, 779-2066. 164t5
Washer & dryer, $399.00; platform bed,
$50.00, shelves, $25.00, 779-8044. 164t5
JOE COURTNEY
PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
Homes — Duplexes
Apartments
Available Now!
696-5487
1812 Welch Blvd.
#110 . 166
WANTED
Restored batteries, $21.95, 500 Carson,
822-1719. I65t30
CASH FOR OLD GOLD
Class rings, wedding rings, worn out gold
jewelry, coins, etc.
The Diamond Room
Town & Country Shopping Center
3731 E. 29th St., Bryan
846-4708 1 « n
SERVICES
Student representatives to sell long
distance telephone service. Call 779-
2830. 164t5
TYPING.
All kinds. Let us type your propos
als, dissertations, reports, essays
on our WORD PROCESSOR.
Fast service. Reasonable rates.
Business Communication Services
100 W. Brookside
846-5794 isattq
Dry-mounting of photographs. Call 775-
8935 after 6 p.m. 167t6
OFFICIAL NOTICE
NEW MINI
WAREHOUSES
Sizes available 5 x 5 to
10x30.
THE STORAGE CENTER
3007 Longmire
College Station
’ (near Ponderosa Motel and Brazos Valley Lumber)
' 764-8238 or
696-4203
Managed by Joe Courtney. Inc.
75tfr\
Typing, experienced, fast,
kinds 822-0544.
accurate, all
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UNIVERSITY ACRES
COUNTRY LIVING AT
REASONABLE PRICES
1 and 2 bedrooms on Cain road
off Wellborn Road. Call Jane at
696-4203 (Joe Courtney, Inc.)
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SUMMER LEASES
Close to campus. 2 bdrm 1 Vfe bath
with washer and dryer. Large
walk-in closets, spacious floor
plan. Large sundeck in rear. $325,
693-8685.
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CASA DEL SOL
One and two bedroom apartment
available for immediate occupan
cy. Call 696-3455 or come by 401
Stasney in College Station.
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ARBOR SQUARE
j One and two bedroom furnished!
'apartments available for im-J
mediate occupancy. Call 693-j
, 3701 or come by 1700 Southwest'
Parkway. ,
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
ALL JUNIORS and SENIORS
in curricula of the College of Science who have not previously taken
the English Proficiency Exam must take the EPE as scheduled
below. BIOLOGY Departmental Curricula
Thursday, July 14
7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Rm. 102 A&A Bldg.
CHEMISTRY Department Curricula
Thursday, July 14
7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Rm. 102 A&A Bldg.
MATHEMATICS Department Curricula
Thursday, July 14
7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Rm. 102 A&A Bldg.
PHYSICS Department Curricula
Thursday, July 14
7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Rm. 146 Physics Bldg.
In order to qualify as a candidate for a degree in the College of Science, each student must
demonstrate an ability to express himself/herself in acceptable English. This requirement
may be satisfied by (1) passing an examination in English composition (EPE) taken not later
than the spring semester of the junior year, or (2) completing English 301 at Texas A&M
University with a minimum grad of "C".
Any student who fails the written examination (EPE) must satisfy the
English Proficiency requirement designated by his/her respective de
partment.
For more information and guidelines on the nature of the examination, check
with the departmental advisor. BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND MATH majors
MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE with departmental advisor. 163111
ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED
IN A CAREER IN LAW We have
Cooperative Education positions
open with Law Offices in Dallas
and Houston for the fall semester.
Call 845-7814 or come by 420
Harrington Tower for details.
167t5
WORD PROCESSING. Papers, reports,
dissertations, etc. Fast, accurate, reason
able, 846-6200. 157112
Pat’s Typing Service, 693-8361. 157tl2
Custom Typing and word processing, re
sumes, fast, reasonable, 779-7868. 157t20
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
"a BARGAIN FOR 3
STUDENTS —
practically new 3 bedroom, 2 bath
4-plex. Washer/dryer plus all
kitchen appliances included.
Close to university. As low as
$145 per student. 696-7714/693-
0982.
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For employment information at Texas A&M
University dial 845-4444 24 hours a day.
Equal Employment Opportunity through Affir
mative Action.
Texas A&M University
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TYPING!
Term Papers, Research papers, Etc. Next
day Service. 693-7761. 166t5
TYPING.
Fast service, IBM selectric. 696-0914.
166t5
Fast Expert Dependable Typing 693-8537
or 693-6483. 166t8
Typing on word processing equipment.
Experienced. We understand form and
style. Automated Clerical Services,
693-1070. 166t21
TYPING-Theses professional papers, dis
sertations, reports or resumes. Call 693-
9689. 163t6
HELP WANTED
FOR SALE
Southwood Valley contemporary duplex, 2
bdrm, Hollywood bath, covered back
porch, fenced. W/D. $425. 775-5191.160tfn
Three bedroom two bath. Fenced, ceiling
fan, double garage w/opener. Ten miles to
TAMU $499.00/mo., 779-8044. 164t5
Southwood Valley, 3 bdrm., 2 bath, fire
place, garage, wood deck. $625, 775-
5191. 150tfn
Diamonds Vfe ct. thru 10 ct. 11 to 1F. All
shapes: all colors. Diamonds for Aggie
rings. GIA certified diamonds and in
vestment portfolios. Rare and unusual
colored gems. Gold jewelry by weight;
complete custom jewelry service. Far
below market prices. Call David Jen
nings, ’84, 846-6297. I65t15
Bryan Duplex 2 bdrm., 1 bath, covered
back porch, fenced yard, $350, 775-5191.
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10-speed bike, man’s, ladies, excellent con
dition, 846-6958. 163tll
K’S TYPING SERVICE. Reports, Thesis’,
etc. 775-7710, 272-8200 (after 5) 160tll
New Night Club
Now Hiring
All Positions
SCANDALS
693-2818.
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The HOUSTON CHRONICLE is
currently taking applications for
route carries and solicitous. Pay
ranges between $400-$600 per
month. If interested, call 693-7815
between 2:30 p.m.-5:00 • p.m.
weekdays. Ask for Andy or Jules.
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SUMMER RATES!!
4-plexes close to TAMU. 2 bedroom, 1
bath, $250 a month. W/D connections. Wa
ter paid. No pets. Monday-Friday, 8-5,
779-1613. ' 152tfh
Houses for rent near campus. Call B.B.
Scasta Inc. at 775-5870. 163tfh
4-Plex, 2 bedrooms Central Air and Heat.
Walk to Campus. Call 696-2803. I66t2
WANTED
SPANISH TUTOR WANTED. Native Lat-
in-American speaker with some knowledge
of Spanish grammar, 693-1406. 163t6
SALES/DEMO
Demonstrate Pianos & Organs
Part-Time
Fun Job
Good for Lady student to work with Lady stu
dent Co-worker
KeyboARd
Center
liuiuil Inc.
POST OAK MALL
College Station, TX 77840
For
Appointment
764-0006
Schools’ teaching deficient
Business writing criticized
United Press International
NEW YORK — The teaching
of writing in American high
schools is sadly deficient and
that is costing business a lot of
wasted time and money and
ruining people’s careers, says
Dianna Booher of Houston.
Booher is a writer and
teacher who conducts seminars
for blue chip companies on writ
ing sensible, simple business En
glish. She also has done some
literary writing, including two
novels and a number of works
on popular psychology.
The trouble with teaching
English in our high schools is
that the emphasis all is on liter
ary writing, she said, and usually
this emphasis is misguided.
“I think there should be a
drastic change,” she said. “One
of the four years of high school
English should be devoted to the
structure and psychology of
business writing. You don’t get
that until college now and that’s
too late for many persons.”
She agrees that high school
students should be encouraged
to admire good literary writing
but she doesn’t think they
should be encouraged to try to
emulate it as so many teachers
do.
She said this misguided
emphasis leads to such absurdi
ties as youngsters figuring if
they get an “A” for a four-page
letter, they should get “A plus”
for six pages, or that because
William Shakespeare used lots
of adjectives, adverbs and de
pendent clauses, ordinary per
sons should do so.
Paradoxically, she said, high
school English teachers also
tend to be slaves to pedestrian
rules such as: “Never start a
sentence with ‘and’ or ‘but’ and
‘every paragraph must have at
least three sentences to support
an idea.’” Also, she said, teachers
seem to have a mania for
synonyms.
Unlike the writing handbooks
used in college freshman
courses, which concentrate on
structure, Booher’s new book,
“Would You Put That in. Writ
ing?” deals heavily with the
psychological aspects of writing
— how to decide on the audi
ence you are trying to reach and
tailoring the letter or document
to that audience.
haven Hoi
She lists for principal obsta
cles to succeeding at this: lazy
thinking; using poor models
from fiction, journalism, busi
ness and technical writing; poor
technical writing training in
high school, and addiction to
hedging and jargon.
Hedging means not being di
rect and specific. Jargon covers a
vast multitude of sins, the big
gest being pomposity and ver-
mt
bosity. Of course, the book has
the usual section of drills in
grammar and syntax.
Booher got into teaching sin
pier writing somewhat by acti
dent. She had taught in Texas
schools for years. Her husbani
is an ordained Baptist ministei
and music director. She
teaching Spanish at Pamj
the Panhandle and the goiiAai
was kind of hard. She turnedijiia,
writing so she wouldn’t
get up at six every mormn;
worry about whether the
sitter would show up.
She and her husband
moved to Houston, where
took a master’s degree in
glish and taught in acommutiiljis
college. While she was teaching
class in fiction writing she disa|tei
vered to her astonishment
more than half her students w|jie
ren’t interested in fictional
they just wanted to learn howt lie
write better for their daily bus b
ness affairs.
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COMPARE
Compare the cost of a
, complete meal at the
Memorial Student Cen
ter with the cost of a
similar meal anywhere
else.
Sudan guerrillas abduct
2 Americans, 3 others
OPEN
MON.-SAT. 6:30-7 p.m.
SUN. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
United Press International
NAIROBI, Kenya — Guerril
las abducted five foreign relief
workers, including two Amer
icans and a Canadian, in a na
tional park in southern Sudan
last week, a spokesman for the
Kenya-based Across relief agen
cy said Tuesday.
“QUALITY FIRST”
Western diplomats in Nairobi
said a group calling itself the
Southern Sudan Liberation
Front had claimed responsibility
for the abuctions and had made
unspecified demands for their
release.
Arthur Park, a spokesman
for Across’ international office
in Nairobi, confirmed the relief
workers were abducted by guer
rillas shortly after arriving in the
Boma National Park on a private
plane from Nairobi.
Diplomats said the five also
included a Dutch and West Ger
man national. Their identities
were withheld pending notifica
tion of their next of kin
“Details are still very ski
about the actual abduction,
we know is that they wereia
late last week in the Boma
tional park in southern Sudan
she said.
The Southern Sudan Liberc
tion Front is believed to be
black secessionist group stnij
gling for independence fron
the predominantly Arab nortli
ern part of the country
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ture Houston post routes. Early
morning hours. Papers rolled by.
machine. $200-$750/montfL
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Student needed to clean nursery school, 4-
6 p.m. daily, 846-5571. 163tfn
Belly dancers, Male dancers & other spe
cialty acts needed. Call Eastern Onion
Singing Telegrams for an audition, 693-
7799. 162t7
Battalion Classifieds
Call 845-2611
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