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Friday, November 30, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 5 707 Texas Avenue 696-6933 This location only. OPEN EVENINGS $6.00 OFF CUT & BLOW STYLE with this coupon Because of us.. .You're looking good! MCAT SL WfWWTMDUCTIOH TO IKVi MMV CALL DAYS, EVENINGS & WEEKENDS Call 696-3196 for information 707 Texas Ave. 301-C , ln New VOfV Slate Stanley m Kaplan Educational Centei LINCOLN SQUARE CONVENIENT Spacious one or two bedroom apartments, furnished or unfurnished All electric kitchens featuring frost free refrigerators , garbage disposals, double sinks and sound insulated diswashers Swimming pool, central laundry facilities 313 LINCOLN STREET COLLEGE STATION CALL TODAY 693-2720 What’s up "TAMEJ CHESS CLXMi is moling at 7 p.m. m 510 Rudder. TEXAS A&M JAYCEES; art* meeting at '8 p.m. in 504 Rud- , LUTHERAN STUDENT MOVEMENT: h meeting at 5 p.m, I ; at University Lutheran Chapel. The discussion will he on NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT LECTURE SE~ TRAP AND SKEET CLUB: is meeting at 7 p.m. in 1 10 Mili- IJj . i tary Science Buildinat. : t. ^ ■ |v : ^ STUDENT Y: is sponsoring a Christmas service at 7:50 p.m. RMiS ^ FaithS ChipeE father .Btl- : Rroofes.^ill?#iivCdite message and the Singing Cadets will provide the music. !:* STUDENT Y CANNED FOOD DRIVE: will end at the vi •. Christmas service (see above). Please, bring your cans v -i: the service. •, -. . r - ■ JITCAL SCIENCE SOCIETY AND PI SIGMA A HA: is meeting at 7:50 p.m. in Mg Bright idea ready for students today By ADA FAY WOOD Reporter The Texas Aggie Manufacturing Co. begins marketing the first Aggie light switch cover today. The idea came from students in Industrial Education 137, Overview of Production Processes and Market ing. The covers will be available through Dec. 7. TAMCO was established this se mester by I.Ed. 137 students. Com- Dany marketing co-manager Mary kowcraft said the company’s project was created within the classroom. “It started with everyone making a prototype of a personal idea, and then the class voted on which ones they thought would be marketable,” Scowcraft said. Of the 20 prototypes, seven were picked to withstand a marketing sur vey held in the Commons, she said. All the prototypes were set out on tables for examination. Scowcraft said students were asked why they selected one product over another, how much they would pay for the moduct and how the product could je improved. The survey results helped I.Ed. 137 students narrow down the possi ble products to two or three, and breaK-even charts were done on these, Scowcraft said. The charts showed the marketability of each se lected prototype and determined whether the costs and profits would- balance each other. The Aggie light switch cover was the winner of the search for the best product, and the manufacturing be gan, Scowcraft said. Fifteen students using electric saws cut the solid wood covers into shape, Scowcraft said. The students are divided into groups and each group manufactures the individual pieces of the switch covers, which are then assembled and painted, she said. “We produce about 25 light switches a day,” Scowcraft said. The switch cover fits on top of a regular wall plate. It is painted white, and has an Aggie sticker cen tered on it. A maroon “thumbs up” hand, which is attached to the back of the wooden cover and sticks out to the side, is used to turn the light on and off. Lab fees and company stock pro vide the financial backing for the business venture so far. Class mem bers bought stock before the project started, Scowcraft said. The stock is now available to the public. we ve done in this y been great,” Scow- “Everything class has real! craft said. “It gives us a view of the real world and how a company must work together to make it.” The Aggie light switch covers will be sold for $5. Orders can be placed through TAMCO members. TAMU FORESTRY CLUB Freshly Cut Christmas Tree Sale on Campus Monday, Nov. 26 At corner Lamar St. and Spence St. From $20.00 for 5 ft. to 8 ft. trees Catch the uptown spirit An Austin tradition Include the Uptown Enchilada Bar in your A&M-UT football game plans! Get in the spirit before and after the game with an Uptown Margarita or Ramos Gin Fizz along with a large selection of menu favorites and . . . Catch the FREE Uptown ’Dillo Bus to and/or from the A&M-UT game! For more information, call: Uptown # Enchilada Bar 1702 Lavaca (Corner of 17th & Lavaca) Austin, Texas (512) 477-7689 /T K Need a place to call home? See the RENTAL GUIDE in REAL ESTATE REVIEW & RENTAL GUIDE FREE every 4 weeks at Charlie’s Grocery, Skaggs, Julie’s Place and your bank. PRESENTS: The 75th TEXAS AGGIE BONFIRE PRINTS On Sale November 20-21,26-28, and 30th at the MSC Presale Prices 8 x 10-$3 50 11 x 14 - $ 10 00 16 x 20 - $20°° Prices go up ’After The Fire’ So order your Bonfire Photograph Now! MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE BONFIRE PRINT! “THE ORIGINAL 9 *