le Battalion/Wednesday, January 29, 1986
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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.”
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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.
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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.
Cole said officials were prepar
ing capital murder cnarges
against the man, who had been a
suspect in McKay’s death since
December.
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