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Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 26, 1984 Jewish New Year begins this evening By MARY ANGELA LEBLANC Reporter Y PizzaworksJ WILD WOLL WEDNESDAY FWEE PEPPEWONI WOLLS! 2 Walls w/ Med. Pizza 4 Wolls w/ Lawge Pizza 696-DAVE 326 Jersey St. (Next to Wother’s Bookstore ) OPEN 11 a.m. DAILY The Jewish New Year, Rosh Ho- shanah, begins today at sunset and ends Friday at sunset. The emphasis of the two-day holiday is becoming a new person, and then 'putting that new vision of one’s self into action, said Rabbi Peter Tarlow. If Jews re pent honestly and completely, they are free of the sins of the past, he said, because the future is more im portant. “A little of this concept has come into the American world through the idea of a new year’s resolution,” said Tarlow, rabbi at the Hillel Foundation which is on Jersey Street. Customary foods of Rosh Hosha- nah are apples and honey which rep resent heading for a sweet new year, Tarlow said. Challah — a round loaf of bread — is also eaten and rep resents a circleness in time, and that another year has been completed. The color white, representing pu rity, is another symbol for the holi days, Tarlow said. Do, Re, Mi Photo by KARENE Beginning his 25th year as director of the Texas A&M Singing Cadets, Robert L. Boone leads his men through their paces in Monday’s rehearsal. Known as “Coach” ii the Vocal Music Office, Boone plans foraii other year of performances around the state, nose< TAMU Bicycling Club SPORT BAG SALE A&M Bicycling Club will be selling sport bags of all kinds from ski bags to bike bags in all colors. High Quality Cordura material. Location: Rudder Fountain Dates: Monday 24th - Friday 28th 9-3 pm New Member Sign Up Ride Calendars Available The 10 days between Rosh Ho- shanah and Yom Kippur are called the 10 days of Teshubah. “The idea of Teshubah is the as sumption that yes, people are hurt, and that we ought to seek forgive ness and give forgiveness and realize that no human being is perfect,” Tarlow said. “One is required to make up to one’s fellow human be ings any possible hurt that might have taken place.” Co-op education mixes experience with school Teshubah leads into the holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish year, Tarlow said. Yom Kippur is most marked by fast ing. PR06l€M PR€GNfiNCV? LU€ CRN H€IP Free Pregnancy Testing Personal Counseling Pregnancy Terminations “Traditionally, one neither eats nor drinks during the entire period from sundown Friday to sundown of the next day,” Tarlow said. “It makes us show penance. But I think more than that, it also makes every one poor. Hopefully, when knowing what poverty is like, you will gain the desire to fight against it.” Completely Confidential Call Us First - We Care A tradition performed on Rosh Hoshanah is the blowing of the Sho- far — the ram’s horn — symbolizing one’s awakening to the needs of be coming a new person, Tarlow said. The horn announces the coming of the new year and also ends Yom Kippur. (713)774-9706 6420 Flillcroft, Fiouston, Texas Tarlow said that Yom Kippur is also a day of total prayer. After Yom Kippur ends, the community comes together in a break-the-fast meal to start the new year off right, he said. By MARK VIGUET Reporter A goldmine of experience through cooperative education awaits liberal arts students on the fourth floor of Harrington Tower. But Annie Ruth Taylor, coordina tor of the liberal arts cooperative ed ucation department, said many stu dents don’t even know she’s there. “A lot of times students won’t drop by until their junior year and by then it’s too late for a placement, or they show interest and then never get back in touch with us again,” Taylor said. “Positions go unfilled each semester because we don’t have the students. A law firm in Houston needed two workers this fall, but we just didn’t have the applicants.” Cooperative education (co-op) coordinates classroom studies with supervised work experiences in the private, sector. Students are em ployed by industry, business and government organizations for spe cific periods of time in positions re lated to their major. Normally stu dents work two periods, alternating their co-op position with full-time academic study. Taylor said students find the co op jobs worthwhile. “It’s a rewarding experience be cause it gives students a chance to work in real-life situations in their career choice,” she said. “And even if they find out they are in the wrong field, that’s good too, because it’s early enough for them to do some thing about it. Students also fre quently find the job is exactly right for them, so they choose that care er.” To find a co-op job, Taylor said the first step is to try to locate a posi tion as soon as possible. “1 like to see students come in as f reshmen, so that we have time to lo cate a job by their sophomore or ju nior year,” Taylor said. “If possible, we try to set up a schedule that won’t affect graduation, although at times it may take a student an extra semes ter.” Taylor said students in the liberal arts need the experience a co-op job provides. “It’s opened up somewhat, but in the past it was hard for students to find a job because they are in liberal arts,” she said. “We’ve found em ployers receptive, but because of the wide range of courses liberal arts students take, they do look at a stu dents’ particular area of interest when deciding whether to hire 01 not.” When potential co-op students contact the office, they will be given an information packet, jobs are available in their field,it the job requirementsareandirig expect at work. They are bring back a degree plan w! scheduled graduation dateai sume to send to possible empl "As soon as we gel thatinfl tion, we go to work tryingu suitable job,” Taylor said. “St times we have employers, times we’ll have to look for the the student can suggest empk that we will contact.” The office sends the resume j sibly an application and am related materials, such as pm work samples, to employersand them to call the student direetl set up an interview. “ The employers will trytocoi the students, but the studentssta also try to get in touc h withilie! ployers," I aylor said. “Aftertit terview, it’s up to the empta We’ll follow up afterwards, student expresses interest. B really shouldn’t go for an inteni unless they are sincere abut king.” Taylor said the office places 15 f students a year in jobs throufl Texas and the Southwest. Save 20% - 35% Sweater Sale v D’s A ^ GP SG Opi Satt Sur Sun. 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Rosh Hashanah Services Wednesday, Sept. 26, 8p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. Yom Kippur Services Friday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. Break-the-fast Oct. 6, 6 p.m. Celebrating the year 5745 - 1984 Hillel Jewish Student Center 800 Jersey, College Station 699-7313 A