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It’s a night at the fights with
Sigma Phi Epsilon. The 11th an
nual Fite Nite will be Friday and
Saturday at the Brazos County
Pavilion in Bryan.
Fite Nite is a boxing tourna
ment that consists of a Greek and
an open division, Don Saustad,
Fite Nite chairman, said. Ten fra
ternity teams will be participat
ing: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa
Alpha and Phi Delta Theta, Tau
Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, Pi Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Nu and Beta
Theta Pi.
Saustad said most of the open
teams are either boxing clubs or
Corps teams.
Each team consists of four or
five people in five different
weight categories.
Preliminary matches begin at 6
p.m. Friday. Semi-finals will be
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
and finals from 8 p.m. to mid
night.
Tickets are on sale for $3 at the
Texas Aggie Book Store and the
MSC Box Office, and for $4 at
the gate.
Saustad said Sigma Phi Epsilon
will donate all proceeds from Fite
Nite to Mothers Against Drunk
Drivers.
One difference between this
year’s Fite Nite and previous
fights is that Sigma Phi Epsilon
will not sell beer, as its national
organization does not allow it,
Saustad said.
“We had a meeting to decide if
we should have Fite Nite without
beer,” he said. “We decided that
everyone was expecting it (Fite
Nite) and decided to go ahead
with Fite Nite. I think attendance
will be just as strong.”
Other attractions at Fite Nite
include pillow fights by sorority
teams and a tae kwon do exhibi
tion. These will occur between
the Saturday night fights.
Team and individual winners
will receive trophies for first, sec-
ond and third place.
ew endowment
is for the birds
nd for $1 million
By T. Dawn Gorman
Reporter
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Texas A&M’s College of Veteri-
iary Medicine has garnered the
rgest endowed chair granted by
e University for a center to study
id research the “fastest-growing
Hrea of veterinary medicine” — pet
Jiird medicine.
I Dr. Ian Tizard, head of the veteri-
lary microbiology and parasitology
department, says the $1 million en-
powment will fund expansion of
&M’s pet bird studies.
\‘We’re going to have a
vhole team of people, and
ve wanted an administra
tive structure that would
lidentify them as involved
fin the exotic bird pro-
Igram. ”
— Dr. Ian Tizard
The Schubot Center for Exotic
Bird Health, named for a Florida
donor, will provide a top-notch fa
cility to educate veterinary students
about the expanding field of pet
Birds, Tizard says.
■ “A survey of vet students one year
lifter graduation has indicated (over)
jhe last several years that their No. 1
concern — what they didn’t know
plough about — was a lack of pet
bird medicine,” Tizard said.
I The college’s present pet bird
pogram includes a colony of 150
Bacaws 10 miles from College Sta
tion. The macaws, however, are ex-
nsive — worth thousands of dol-
jrs apiece — and too valuable for
research use.
Tizard said. “Word was out that
A&M was interested in pet birds.”
The center will occupy recently
renovated facilities at the Veterinary
Medicine Complex, as well as new
aviaries to be constructed at the vet
erinary college farm.
Although no approval was nec
essary to establish the endowed chair
in exotic birds, only the A&M Board
of Regents can establish a center,
which it did in mid-April.
Tizard said that because of the
size of the donation — $1 million
which the Univerity will match —the
center was created to maintain a
unique identity for the program.
“We’re going to have a whole
team of people, and we wanted an
administrative structure that would
identify them as involved in the
exotic bird program,” he said. “The
Schubot Center for Exotic Bird
Health will be a distinct administra
tive entity that will run on its own
budget.
“Separating them from the micro
biology and parasitology depart
ment will assure that their activities
will not be confused with what the
rest of the department is doing.”
The addition also will make A&M
the premier institution for pet bird
studies.
“We’re the largest,” he said.
“There’s no question. A&M is now
the No. 1 university for studies in
pet and exotic birds,” Tizard de
clared.
Dr. David Graham, a veterinary
pathologist from Cornell, will be
come head of the center in midsum-
AY
[“The macaw colony was one rea-
In we received the endowment,”
mer.
“Our primary concern is disease
control — how to prevent disease
and produce vaccines for pet birds
to minimize losses,” Tizard said. “We
also have an interest in conservation.
We want to study populations in the
wild and perhaps advise govern
ments about the best way to handle
them.”
lew rates, contracts
implicate search
[or student housing
By Stacey Babin
Reporter
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New University housing contracts
bd increasing apartment rates are
jro obstacles Texas A&M students
ust hurdle when looking for hous-
jig this year.
I The new dorm housing contract
fequires students wishing to live on
pmpus to sign up for two semesters
hstead of one, as in the past. In ad-
ition, many College Station apart-
pent complexes are increasing their
1 rates for various reasons.
Fiske says she leases mainly to col
lege students and the new A&M
housing contract has increased the
number of dormitory students who
are leasing apartments.
Fiske also attributes the increase
to the closing of three women’s
dorms on campus.
Spence, Briggs and Gainer halls
will be closed for renovation in the
fall, and their residents will have to
find other housing accommodations,
either on campus or off.
i
oo
Brownstone Apartments manager
Ida Shaw attributes their rent in
ease to the increase in utility rates
r College Station.
“We have been suffering the loss
the last year because of (utility) in
eases,” Shaw says.
Shaw will try to compensate for
)me of that loss by adding $5 a
lonth to the nine-month lease
rice. Five dollars is a small amount,
re says, and the year-long lease rate
ill not increase.
“Many people don’t realize that
'e have to pay for things such as wa-
r, electricity and security lights,”
|haw says.
Debbie Fiske, assistant manager of
lantadon Oaks Apartments, says
igh demand is the primary reason
>r the $10 monthly increase in
lantation Oaks’ two- and three-bed-
>om apartments.
The assistant manager of Timber
Creek Apartments, Katie Harnitz,
says the $5 increase in monthly rates
for that complex was based solely on
a decision by the manager.
Harnitz adds that she has seen a
big rush in leasing, but it is difficult
to tell if it is because of the housing
contract.
Tom Dwyer, a sophomore at
A&M, has been looking for a two-
bedroom apartment for more than a
month and has seen prices ranging
from $350 to $450 for a year-long
lease.
“Some people who have seen the
same apartments after I did are
coming back and telling me they
were already quoted higher prices,”
Dwyer says.
“I was considering living on cam
pus for another semester, but the
new housing contract made me de
cide to move off campus now,” he
adds.
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8:00 p.m.
Thursday
April 30
Rudder Theater
with
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Tickets: $6 — MSC Box Office 845-1234
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Founder of
the Transcendental Meditation Program
Success in life
is easier than you think.
Attend this free lecture
and learn why.
Dear student,
Psychologists say that most people
use only a small fraction of their
mental potential. Ever wonder what
would happen if you could unlock the
rest of your capabilities? Think what
it would mean for your learning
ability, your productivity, your future
prosperity. There’d be almost no limit
to what you could accomplish!
BECOME A TOP PERFORMER
Well, you can unfold your poten
tial , and the technique is remarkably
easy. You’ll learn about it soon at a
free lecture on the Transcendental
Meditation (TM) technique. If you
want the success in life you’ve been
dreaming about, I urge you to at
tend this lecture.
My name is Fred Poneman. I’m
regional vice president of a national
investment brokerage firm and spend
most of my time teaching people how
to be more successful and productive.
In my experience, the most success
ful people are the ones who practice
Transcendental Meditation.
Why? Because, as you'll learn at
the lecture, the simple, natural TM ,
technique, practiced 15-20 minutes
twice a day, brings a person greater
clarity of mind, greater creativity,
and greater organizing power. TM
helps people to excel in a fast-chang
ing, stressful environment. It’s proven
itself to be the best thing in the
world you can do to become a top
performer.
BENEFITS TO STUDENTS
'W—v y now, more than 1,000,000
■-'^students like yourself have
JU experienced the benefits of TM.
More than 350 scientific research
studies over the last 15 years have doc
umented these benefits, and many of
the findings are directly related to your
life as a student including:
■ increased intelligence and learning
ability
■ improved comprehension,
concentration, and memory
■ improved academic and job
performance
■ reduced stress and anxiety
■ increased happiness
■ improved interpersonal
relationships
■ improved athletic performance
At the upcoming lecture, you’ll hear
details of some of this research. You’ll
also leam the reason why TM brings so
many benefits to mind, body, and
behavior at the same time.
In brief, the explanation is this.
At the basis of all of creation is the
unified field of all of the laws of nature
as described by modern physics and
by ancient Vedic science. The TM
technique allows you to experience the
unified field within your own con
sciousness. Having this experience
twice a day brings you more and more
support of the laws of nature. And this
means it gets easier and easier to ful
fill all your desires for greater success
and achievement in life.
TECHNIQUE FOR SUCCESS
But there’s even more to it than that.
At the lecture, you’ll also hear about
the “Super Radiance” effect. When as
little as the square root of one percent
of the population of a city or a country
practices the TM technique and its
advanced aspects, the crime and acci
dent rates go down, and society as a
whole becomes more peaceful and
productive. That’s how powerful the
TM technique is!
The benefits that TM has brought to
so many people throughout the world
will grow in your life too, once you
begin the technique (which I recom
mend that you do). But for now, why
not just attend the free lecture? It’s only
about 45 minutes long, yet it could
mark the beginning of a whole new
level of personal satisfaction and
performance that will continue to
grow for the rest of your life.
The date and time of the free lecture
are listed below. I hope you’ll be there,
and I guarantee you won’t be sorry!
Wishing you all success,
Fred Poneman
Regional Vice President
International Trading Group
Fairfield, Iowa
I brings me inner
JL Xt X peace, yet I’m more
dynamic than ever before. Since
starting TM, school work is easier
and my grades are higher!”
—Sam Boothby
Ph.D Candidate, Education
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Transcendental Meditation
educational organization.
Free
Lecture Thurs., April 23 12 Noon 504 Rudder 7 pm 607 Rudder