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by Kelly Miller
Battalion Staff
Home football games at Texas
&M include all kinds of activi-
:s — from barbecues for pa
nts to the Corps of Cadets
larch-in. There is one event,
jwever, that many people may
M be aware of. It’s the game
jyrecruiting program for visit-
ig football prospects.
Dan LaGrasta, the on-
itnpus recruiting coordinator
irtexas A&M, heads the game
program which is geered to-
ard high school seniors.
Twenty-three “student hel-
s" assist in the recruiting
rogram, he said. The students
iclude members of the Corps
ublic relations section, the
Club and MSC Black
Awareness.
“Both males and females are
elcome,” LaGrasta said. “It’s
to select group. It's a realistic
approach to present these visit
ing prospects with the heart of
the Texas A&M student body.”
As the prospects arrive at
Cain Hall, four hours prior to
the game, a welcoming commit
tee, consisting of Coach Jackie
Sherrill, his entire coaching staff
and the helpers, greet the pros-
pective players, he said.
“The high school seniors are
then given a tour of the athletic
facilities by Coach Jerry Petti-
bone,” LaGrasta saicl. “The tour
includes a visit to the weight
room, Kyle Field, the press box
and the dressing room.”
Dr. Don Hunt, academic
counselor, then speaks to the
visitors about academics at
Texas A&M, LaGrasta said.
Also, at times, a group of profes
sors and players address the
prospects, he added.
To conclude the pre-game
activities, LaGrasta said, the stu
dent helpers eat with the pros
pects in Cain Hall. The pros
pects and their families then
nave the opportunity to ask
questions about all aspects of
Texas A&M, he said.
NCAA rules are strictly fol
lowed during the visit. The pros
pects pay for their own meals at
Cain Hall as they do all other
expenses since the visit to Texas
A&M is “unofficial,” he said.
The student helpers receive
one complementary meal ticket
and one complementary game
ticket for their help, LaGrasta
said.
The visitors are allowed on
the field before the game, LaG
rasta said, “to get a feel of the
game day excitement,” and are
allowed in the dressing room af
ter the game.
“Most guys who play for A&M
have gone through this game
day program,” LaGrasta said.
Medical school holding
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by Michael Piwonka
Battalion Reporter
Texas A&M’s medical school
ill hold an open house Friday
i its new $19 million Medical
races Building.
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ains 49,000 square feet of re
tard! and teaching laboratories
md houses all the medical
I's academic departments
md the dean's office.
Theopen house will lie 2 p.m.
o4p.m. and will be highlighted
a display of 12 European
nasterpiece paintings from the
al iarah Campbell Blatter Found-
ition of Houston.
The art exhibit, organized by
jniversity Arts Exhibits and the
of Medicine Dean’s
Tice, will be on display
hough Sunday, Sept. 25. The
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public is invited to view the col
lection, which will be open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a
week.
The medical school is housing
the display because the college
would like to increase the Uni
versity’s awareness of the arts,
Mary Ann Dickson, assistant to
the dean, says.
"The medical school would
like to show its support for
broad educational pursuits," she
said.
The 170,000 square-foot
structure has two mam lecture
halls, both equipped with micro-
wave television capabilities. The
communications system links
the College Station and Temple
campuses for simultaneous lec
tures and conferences.
Texas A&M medical students
receive two years of classroom
instruction in College Station,
then two years of clinical train
ing in Temple at Teague Veter
ans Center and Scott & White
Hospital.
All labs are equipped with
microwave monitors. A micro-
wave system was used in lecture
when the college held classes in
the Teague Research Center,
but was not used in the labs.
The building, located across
University Drive from the Col
lege of Veterinary Medicine,
also contains two smaller clas
srooms. The remaining space is
used for offices and research
and teaching labs.
The new building will allow
the medical school to increase
the size of its classes from 32 to
48 students.
New program to recognize
honor graduates established
by Karen Buttram
Battalion Reporter
A new program to recognize
honor graduates — called Uni
versity Honors—has been orga
nized by the University Honors
"ogram. Students who com-
ete undergraduate work in
this program can be considered
,eli| exceptional.
At graduation, the students
i receive a special certificate
recognizing their achievement
will be listed in the com
mencement program.
jgram was started to
motivate and further recognize
students for their accomplish
ments,"chairman of the Honors
Committee and program dire
ctor, Dr. Lawrence D. Cress said.
The department can offer
re honors courses as a result
i program.
To be considered a candidate
for the program, a student must
complete 12 hours of honors
credit and maintain a 3.0 grade
point ratio. Incoming freshman
must have a minimum scholastic
aptitude score of 1,100.
Students wanting to receive
"University Honors” have three
options. Students must earn 36
hours of Honors credit, take 30
hours of Honors credit plus 3
hours 485H research or earn 27
hours of honors credit plus 6
hours in the Undergraduate
Fellows Program.
Additionally, honors students
must maintain a 3.0 GPR in hon
ors courses, earn 6 hours of hon
ors credit in courses from the
College of Liberal Arts, 6 hours
of honors credit in courses from
the College of Science and 12
hours of honors credit in the up
per divison level.
The third requirement can be
achieved through various op
tions. The options include: de
velopment of special topics hon
ors courses, development of
honors sections, permitting stu
dents to receive honors credit
for non-honors section and
periodic offering of upper di
vison sections at the honors
level.
“We want our students to be
good in their major, but in other
areas too," Cress said.
“The program is available
now,” he said. “It’s unlikely any
one will receive this honor in
May since the program is newly
established.”
Currently, 1,000 students are
enrolled in honor courses each
semester.
Consumer advocate named
citizens counsil for PUC
United Press International
AUSTIN — Gov. Mark White
Thursday named consumer
advocate Jim Boyle as the
citizens’counsel within the Pub
lic Utility Commission and re-
d PUC chairman Al
Erwin to a six year term on the
rate-making panel.
Boyle, 39, is former president
oftheTexas Consumer Associa-
During the last session of
the Legislature he lobbied for
several consumer-related issues,
including a reform of the PUC.
Just weeks ago Boyle also
announced he would run for the
Texas Senate seat being vacated
by Sen. Lloyd Doggett, D-
the PUC in 1975.
White also announced that he
would re-appoint Erwin to a full
six-year term on the PUC. Last
February, Erwin was named to
fill an unexpired term left by the
sudden resignations of former
PUC commissioners George
Cowden and Tommie Gene
Smith.
However, in making the
announcement White said Boyle
to abandon his bid for
the Senate in favor of the
/,500-a-year post.
The office of public counsel
at the PUC was created by the
Legislature this year in hopes of
citizens a greater role in
rate cases.
le, a graduate of the Uni-
kilversityofTexas law school, was a
co-founder of the Texas Coali-
n for Utility Regulation, a
consumer group that lobbied
successfully for the creation of
Now you know
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