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UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM MERIT AWARDS TEAXS A&M UNIVERSITY For Juniors and Seniors, Fall 1988 DESCRIPTION: Stipend of $1,500. One year to be used Fall 1988-Summer 1989 • Academic scholarships, awarded on a competitive basis • Financial need not considered • This schol arship is for students without major scholarship assistance ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPETITION: 3.5 GPR • Junior or Senior standing during tenure of award • Not currently holding a President’s Endowed Scholarship, McFadden Scholarship, Lechner Fellowship or equivalent major academic scholarship TIMETABLE: Application must be submitted by 1 March 1988 • Awards announced approxma- tely late April For further information and application forms, contact the University Honors Program office, Room 103 Academic Budding What does it take to be a member of the MSC Wiley Lecture Series? □ A genius I.Q. □ The ability to trace American foreign policy from the 1800’s to the present and name every signer of The Declaration of Inde pendence. "q'a A desire to have fun while educating A&M and the surround ing community by bringing international foreign policy-makers to campus. Stop by 216 MSC and fill out an application now through February 10. Information Sessions February 2 at 7:30 pm in 305 Rudder February 4 at 7:30 pm in 507 Rudder ©Il(£<©im© Contemporary Christian Concert featuring IE 9 Q The Heritage Singers Rudder Auditorium Monday, Februaiy 1, 1988 Tickets $2.00 at the door 7:30 PM 3 DAYS ONLY THURS - FRI - SAT RUSSELL SWEATPANTS RUSSELL SWEATSHIRTS 2 FORI $10.” ALL GREEK & AGGIE GIFTS JAMS AND BLANKETS JEWELRY NOT INCLUDED 30% OFF TEXAS AGGIE BOOKSTORE (OPEN 9-6) 201 Dominik location only (Between Pepe’s & Texas Aggie Credit Union) Page 16AThe BattalionAThursday, January 28,1988 A&M Consolidated dropped to 4A as a result of the new UIL structure AUSTIN (AP) — After only two years of competition at the 5A level, A&M Cnsolidated has been re turned to 4A. The Tigers will compete in Dis trict 21-4A along with Conroe Oak Ridge, Tomball, Willis, Katy, Bren- ham, Taylor, Magnolia and Mayde Creek. Here, according to the University Interscholastic League, is the list of new schools and schools changing districts. Class 5A New Austin Southwest; El Paso Del Valle: Sugar Land Kempner. 4A to 5A Houston Scarborough; La Joya; San Antonio Southwest. 4A New Canyon Randall; League City Clear Brook; Mesquite Poteet. 5A to 4A Austin: Anderson, McCallum, Travis; College Station A&M Con solidated; Dallas: Highland Park, Jefferson, Pinkston; Katy: Mayde Creek, Taylor; Longview Pine Tree; Nederland; Port Neches-Groves; Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated. 4A to 3A Canyon; Carrizo Springs; Fort Worth Carter-Riverside; Fredt burg; Gainesville; Graham;! Vernon; Waller. 2A to 3A Boyd; Hardin; Liberty Orange Grove; San Antoniol San Elizario. 3A to 2A Boys Ranch; Bullard; Con; Camden; Cotulla; Early; F ersville; Hallettsville; Hii| Springs; Idalou; Jacksboro;Ker McGregor; Omaha Pewitt; StaS Tatum; Van Vleck; Warren. 1A to 2 A Farwell; Karnack; La Pryor UIL releases new Class 4A regions, district AUSTIN —(AP) CLASS 4A Region I District 1 — Borger; Canyon Ran dall; Dumas; Hereford; Levelland; Lubbock: Dunbar-Struggs, Esta- cado; Pampa; Wolfforth Frenship. District 2 — Bye. District 3 — Bye. District 4 — Andrews; Big Spring; Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos; San Angelo Lakeview; Snyder; Sweetwater. District 5 — Azle; Burkburnett; Fort Worth Boswell; Justin North west; River Oaks Castleberry; Wi chita Falls Hirschi. District 6 — Cedar Hill; Crowley; Everman; Fort Worth: Brewer, Northside, Polytechnic. District 7 — Brownwood; Cle burne; Granbury; Joshua; Mineral Wells; Stephenville. District 8 — Belton; Leander; Pf- lugerville; Taylor; Waco: Midway, University. Region II District 9 — Allen; Dallas High land Park; Denison; Lewisville The Colony; McKinney; Rockwall. District 10 — Hallsville; Mount Pleasant; Paris; Powderly Stone; Sul phur Springs; Texarkana Liberty- Fylau. District 1 1 — Dallas: Adamson, Hillcrest, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mad ison, North Dallas, Pinkston, Seago- ville, Smith, Wilson. District 12 — Bye. District 13 — Bye. District 14 — Wilmer-Hutchins; Lancaster; Mesquite: Poteet, West Mesquite; Midlothian; Red Oak, Waxahachie. District 15 — Athens; Corsicana; Ennis; Jacksonville; Palestine; Fer rell. District 16 — Carthage; Hallsville (baseball, basketball, volleyball); Henderson; Kilgore; Longview Pine Tree; Tyler Chapel Hill; White- house. Region III District 17 — Cleveland; Dayton; Jasper; Liberty; Livingston; Lum- berton; Silsbee. District 18 — Bye. District 19 — Channelview; Crosby; Dickinson; Galena Park; Houston: Furr, King. District 20 — Bridge City; Neder land; Orange: Little Cypress-Mauri- ceville, West Orange-Stark; Port Ar thur Lincoln; Port Neches-Groves District 21 — Brenham; College Station A&M Consolidated; Conroe Oak Ridge; Katy: Mayde Creek, Taylor; Magnolia; Tomball; Willis. District 22 — Bye. District 23 — Bay City; El( Freeport Brazosport; Friendtd League City Clear Brook team sports except football); SJ berg Lamar Consolidated; Saniif West Columbia Columbia; Wha District 24 — Bye. Region IV District 25 — Austin: Andf McCallum, Travis; Bastrop; Hays; Del Valle; Lockhart. District 26 — Bye. District 27 — Boerne; Ke; Tivy; New Braunfels: Canyod Braunfels, Smithson Valley; tonio Alamo Heights; SchertzGj ens. District 28 — Bye. District 29 — Pleasanton; tonio: Fdgewood, Kennedy,) rial. South San Antonio lj Uvalde. District 30 — Beeviile Jones:; pus Christi: Calallen, Flour! Tuloso-Midway; Gregory-Pott! Port I^avaca Calhoun; Rol Rock port-Fulton. District 31 — Bye. District 32 — Edcouch-Ek| redo Cigarroa; Los Fresnos; cedes; Raymondville; Roma honors football). Pepsi Games to bring festive end to the summer for B-CS area, A&l By Tom Cawthra Reporter The 1988 Pepsi Games of Texas, a state-wide sports festival for amateur athletes, will officially begin on Fri day evening, Aug. 5 at Texas A&M’s Olsen Field, College Station Parks and Recreation Department Direc tor Steve Beachy said at a press con ference Wednesday at the Clayton W. Williams Alumni Center. There are twelve sports events scheduled for the first week Aug. 4- 7, and five sports events will be held the second week Aug. 9-14. Seven special events will be held before the opening ceremonies to start the games. Beachy said scheduled opening ceremonies for the games include a parade of athletes, bands, former Olympic stars and a torch lighting. Fireworks, skydivers and other spectacles are also anticipated, he added. Beachy said the games, endorsed by the Governor’s Commission on Physical Fitness and patterned after the Olympic Games, will be held in sports facilities in the cities of Bryan and College Station and on the A&M campus. As of Jan. 26, A&M Consolidated High School, Bryan Utility Lake Park, Brazos Valley Gun Club, Cen tral Park in College Station, East Kyle Field Raquetball Courts, and the MSC (bowling) are among desig nated game sites. He said over a period of two main weeks, the games will include 25 in dividual and team sporting events ranging from boxing and baseball to figure skating and wheelchair bas ketball. In addition, he said the games will include Special Olympics swimming events. The 1988 Pepsi Games of Texas Schedule from Aug. 5 includes: • Track and field events • Men’s open/major fastpitch softball • Women’s open slowpitch softball • Men’s A/major slowpitch softball • Women’s fastpitch softball • 18 and under senior girl’s softball • Ice Skating • Raquetball • Soccer • Bowling • Horseshoes • Golf • Baseball • Boxing • Tennis Beachy said the Pepsi Texas Games (originally Texas Games) be gan three years ago in San Antonio with 11 scheduled events. He said, “The Texas Games started in the city of San Antonio in 1985. That city put forth the idea of having a state-wide amateur Olym pic-type sports festival, and got orga nized to host the first games in 1986. “The city of Fort Worth hosted the games in 1987 with 16 sporting events. It was a very successful ven ture on both of their (the cities’) parts.” He said, the city of College Sta tion, the city of Bryan, and A&M mm joined the Bryan-College Chamber of Commerce ; Bryan-College Station Athletic eration to hid on future game; held in the A&M area. “We were successful in that he said, “and we feel the are going to he great.” Beachy said the 1988 games mittee expects an estimated participants and 25,000 spectatt attendance over an 11-day based on past successes of theat games. He said the event brought $ 1 million to the city of San Am and about $3 million to Fort)' Beachy said the economici of the games will hopefully bnt equal, if not greater, revenue# Bryan-College Station areaovfj several months the games are uled. Texas Amateur Athletic ft ation (T.A.A.F.) President Swafford added that the game| draw added interest due to Olympic Games. T.A.A.F. is a nonprofit orj tion representing amateur and athletic organizations in To Swafford announced the loci' for f uture Pepsi GamesofTesl The La Porte area is the site('1 1989 games and Carrollton, i urb of Dallas, was selected fd 1990 site. Dr. John V. Blackburn,reprt ing the city of Bryan on the games steering committee, I events will actually begin befo# opening ceremonies at Olsen L in August. \ 5 . , '■ ■ ■ P Your Credit Union Has the Best Financial Deals In Town: ■ Free Checking (with a $500 min. balance)* ■ Hi-Yield Savings Accounts ■ Hi-Yield Certificates of Deposits ■ Hi-Yield I.RA/s ■ Low Cost Loans ■ Maroon MasterCard "Under S500. S5 a month service charge Welcome Back AGGIES! Texas Aggie Credit Union member ship is open to all Former Students, Faculty, Stall and Students ot Texas A&M University and members ot their families. 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