le Battalion/Wednesday, January 29, 1986 i ear-old has active modeling career Laredo girl’s life a Associated Press iAREDO — Of all the fantasies of young is, perhaps the most fervently dreamed of the chance to be famous, the chance to be pplauded and loved — however briefly —by m admiring audience. Some girls dream of winning a beauty pag eant. Others imagine themselves as a model, or, perhaps, an actress. But even as they are lost in signs and longing, most girls never ex pect their daydreams to come true. They know, deep down, the difference between fantasy and reality. But for Melissa Joy Hinojosa, the line be tween fantasy and real life can be difficult to distinguish. Melissa Joy has actually lived what so many young girls only dream of. Hinojosa, 12-year-old daughter of Ar mando and Sandra Hinojosa, has won beauty; talent and modeling titles in more than 25 national and international pageants, has modeled professionally, has appeared on television commercials, and has performed at Disneyland and at a Dallas Cowboy halftime. She also has made appearances on the USA Network, CNN, MTV, and the Nash ville Network. When Hinojosa entered her first pageant she was already accustomed to being in the public eye. She had performed in dance reci tals since the age of 3 and at the time was the mascot for the Martin High School cheerleaders. “We had never been to a pageant or even thought of entering one, but the cheerlead ers wanted her to represent the school,” Ms. “Most of my friends tell me I’m very lucky. ...” Melinda Joy Hinojosa, 12-year- old pageant winner. Hinojosa recalled. “So, she entered that and she won, and the follow-up was to go on the National Pageant.” And that first pageant was what got Hino josa hooked. “After that first pageant, I decided that I wanted to keep on doing it because I really liked it.” Hinojosa said. At that first national pageant, Hinojosa and her mother were shocked by the cut throat attitude that existed among many of the contestants. “That is when we learned that there was a pageant circuit and that there are mothers that spend thousands of dollars and do not let their children move or breathe so that dream come true they are very mechanical, very perfect,” Ms. Hinojosa said. “People get carried away when they see a crown on their little girl’s head,” Ms. Hino josa said. “They seem to lose all sense of real ity. IPs a very silly thing.” In addition to competing in pageants, Hi nojosa acts as reporter-host of a local chil dren’s news program that airs on KLDO ev ery Friday at 4:30 p.m. The spot came about, Hinojosa said, when she noticied that people seemed to have only bad things to say about kids. “I was talking to my mom about things and I asked her why someone couldn’t report good news about children for a chance,” she “People get carried away when they see a crown on their little girl’s head. ” Sandra Hinojosa, Hinojosa’s mother. recalled. Mother and daughter approached a local television station and sold it. In spite of her busy schedule, Hinojosa still manages to excel in the traditional activities and endeavors of youth. She is a straight "A” student and participates in the Gifted and Talented program at Lamar Middle School. She also is active in student council, cheerleading and attends dance class five times a week. And like any normal kid, she spends time with her friends, too. “Most of my friends tell me I’m very lucky because I get to travel a lot and see a lot, but they don’t know that it takes a lot of work,” she said. Even the modeling, which Hinojosa said she especially enjoys, is tiring and often in convenient. “Sometimes she had to be at Joske’s at 8 in the morning and couldn’t leave the night be fore,” Ms. Hinojosa said. “So, we would leave at 4 in the morning and she would sleep until we stopped at a roadside station outside of San Antonio. Then we’d take the rollers out of her hair, dress her. . . ^ For all the supposed glamour of her activ ities, Hinojosa remains down-to-earth and unaffected. “It hasn’t really made me any different than anyone else,” she said. “It’s made me more aware of things, taught me a lot of things 1 didn’t know . . . self discipline, hard work, how to relate to others — all the things I’ll need when I’m older.” mmimimimiiimiimmimiiiiuiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiuiiiimiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiimMimiiimiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimimimimiimiiiiiiimimmiiiiiM Wednesday January 29,1986 Volume 8 Number 3 Supplement to the Battalion Paid advertising, prepared by the Business Student Council of the College of Business Administration. Annual Women In Business Symposium CBA FELLOWS Students at A&M Have Unique Opportunity by LEN BRILEY Now in its fourth year of existence, the Texas A&M College of Business Administration Fellows Program provides developmental opportuni ties which allow its graduates to ex cel in graduate school or in jobs after graduation. "The idea is to take top students in terms of managerial and leadership skills and speed up development in that area," said Dr. Lyle Schoen- feldt, director of the program and a professor in the Management De partment. The CBA Fellows Program, which combines classroom training with real-worldexperience through a summer internship, is unique to A&M, Schoenfeldt said. "What the students are getting is the equivalent of an MBA degree," he said. The selection process for the pro gram begins with an informal meet ing each September. It continues when applicants are interviewed to assess their manage rial potential. The 25-minute inter view involves questions concerning college life, extracurricular activities, community service, employment and future plans. In the interview, Schoenfeldt said applicants are assessed for their salesmanship or their ability to com municate persuasively. By looking at how an applicant juggles the various activities in their lives, Schoenfeldt said, interviewers also can judge potentialadministra- tive skill, another important feature needed for success in the program. Besides administrative skill and salesmanship, interviewers look at the applicant'sability to plan ahead and forecast future events. Technical competence, style, and critical abilities also are evaluated in the interview, he said, as well as the applicant's leadership characteris tics. While the interview is an accurate gauge for these abilities, Schoenfeldt said, there are some important qual- ities - the ability to make important decisions, for instance - that the in terview can not evaluate. After the interview, applicants fill out a questionaire which allows the students to describe their manage ment capabilities and experiences. While grades figure in the process, Schoenfeldt said, GPR is not an overriding consideration. "We want students who under stand that learning doesn't end in the classroom," he said. Applications for the Fellows Pro gram are due in early October. From hundreds of applicants, 30 to 40 stu dents are invited each yearto partici- patein the one and a half year pro gram. Fellows are notified of acceptance in the late December of their junior year, he said. During the second semester of their junior year. Fellows attend orientation meetings and make ini tial arrangements for summer inter nships. That May, they attend a two- day retreat which orients students to the summer internship. In order that the students may be exposed first-hand to the breadth and methods of business organiza tion, the Fellows participate in sum mer internships which draw on the student's own technical expertise, whether it be accounting, finance, management or information sys tems. During their senior year, Schoen feldt says. Fellows attend weekly sessions devoted to further devel oping their managementand lead ership skills. Senior year sessions are devoted to faculty and company specialist presentations, as well as visits by guest speakers from various compa nies, a business game and practical experience. Among other activities this year, Schoenfeldt said, students took an in-depth look at the Texas Com merce Bank and met with its top- level managemant, including A&M alumni. Students at Texas A&M will have a special opportunity to hear one of the nation's leading business women during the Women In Busi ness Symposium scheduled as part of Business Week in the College of Business Administration in Feb ruary. The Women in Business Sympo sium is set for Thursday February 6, with classroom presentations in the Blocker Building and a Luncheon an theHilton at noon. Cynthia Pharr, recently named as one of ten outstanding working women in America in 1985 by Glam our Magazine, will be guest speaker for the Womenln Business lun cheon. An effective business exec- utive in communicahons and public relations and a successful family member, Mrs. Pharr Will address the topic "Doing it All: Career and Fami ly." Classroom presentarions of the Symposiumwijl address such topics as "Effective Working Relationships Between Women and Men," and "Balancing Career with Personal Life: Problems for Both Women and Men." The first topic is to be presented at 8am in Blockerroom 102 and at 2pm in Blocker room 164. The second is set for 9:30am in Blocker room 102 and at 3:30 in room 164. Lonnie Webster, Symposium Chairman and MBA student, said that local business women are wel come to attend all presentations of the event, particularly the Luncheon and the 8am and 9:30am topics. The topic presentations will be made by a volunteer group called "Executive Women of Dallas." The group includes, Paula Van Vleck of Van Vleck Investments in Dallas, Beverly Brooks of Brooks Insurance Associates, Liz Oliphant of Oliphant and Associates Inc. Public Relation s/Advertising, and Cheryl Bayse who is Manager of Community Rela tions with Southland Corp. Program speakers also include Camille Cates Barnett, Deputy City Manager the City of Dallas, Cathe rine Crier, who is an attorney and judge, Patricia Hill, also an attorney and member of the Texas Legis lature, and Cynthia Pharr. Webster says the luncheon is open to all interested women in the local business community as well as stu dents and faculty of Texas A&M. He says reservations may be made for $10.50 each by calling Bettye Kaha- nat 845-4711. The Women In Business Sympo sium, in its third year on campus, is part of the College's annual program of Business Week to acquaint stu dents with a great variety of career opportunities. The week is planned, sponsored, and conducted by the Business Student Council. Cynthia Pharr, Glamour "Doing it All: Career and Family." Sym- postum Lunchen Speaker “The Business’"\s published by the undergraduate Business Student Council of the College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843; telephone 409/845-1320. Editors: Pam Bolting and Kenneth Dornak. Business Student Council President: Doug Boughton. Council,Advisor: Lynn Zimmermann. Dean of the College: Dr. William H. Mobley. WOMEN IN BUSINESS Thursday February 6,1986 8:00-9:15 a.m.“Effective Working Relationships Between Women and Men” Blocker 102 Panel: — CamilleBarnett, Deputy City Manager for the City of Dallas — Patricia Hill, Attorney and Member of the Texas Legis lature — Catherine Crier, Attorney and Judge — Beverly Brooks, Independent Insurance Broker 9:30-10:45“Balancing Career with Personal Life: Problems for both Women and Men” Blocker 102 Panel: — Cheryl Bayse, Manager of Community Relations for the South land Corporation — Liz Oliphant, Executive with a Dallas Public Relations and Ad vertising Firm — Paula Van Vleck, Owner of a Real Estate Investment Firm — Cynthia Pharr, Owner of a Public Relations and Advertising Firm 12 Noon “Doing It All: Career and Family” Hilton Grand Ballroom Luncheon. $10.75 Guest Speaker, Cynthia Pharr Cynthia Pharr has been recognized as one of the top ten female en trepreneurs for 1985 2:00-3:15“Effective Working Relationships Between Women and Men” B- locker 164 Same Panel as the morning 3:30-4:45“Balancing Career With Personal Life: Problems for Both Women and Men” Blocker 164 Same Panel as the morning The “Women In Business” Symposium is sponsored by the CBA Business Student Council as part of the annual Business Week and Career Fair pro gram. The topics are addressed by members of Executive Women of Dallas, a group of highly successful and motivated (and motivating) professional women from a variety of business activities. Local business women are encouraged to attend the Luncheon and the 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. panel discussions. Blocker 102 is the largest classroom and can accomodate more visjtors. BANQUET TICKETS ON SALE Seventh Annual Business Career Fair, Banquet and Awardspresenta- tions, at the College Station Hilton, 7pm on Tuesdat, February 4th. $8.00 per person. Now on sale in the Blocker Building, until January 31. Sign up to sit with the Company of your choice. iiiimMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiuiiuiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiHiiiimiiiiiimiiiimiimiim Murder suspect arrested Associated Press CARROLLTON — A 22-year old Michigan man was held Tues day in connection with the shooi- ing death of a teenager during a November convenience store rob bery that gained national atten tion through a videotape of the incident, officials said. Matthew McKay, 17, was shot at point-blank range during the November robbery in Carrollton, a suburb of Dallas. He later died at a Dallas hospital. A store camera taped the rob bery and the tape was later broad cast by stations nationwide as offi cials sought help in the search for suspects. Lt. Pete Cole said police belie\e a Flint, Mich., man that was ar rested and taken to Dallas Frida\ on separate charges of aggra vated robbery in another Dallat suburb may be the man the cam era filmed shooting McKay. 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