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Art and reason
When Mark and I decided to spend
the weekend at his mother’s house,
I never imagined I would be walking
into a mouse’s nightmare. There were
cats everywhere.
Cat plaques, cat statues, cat clocks,
even a cat mat. I couldn’t begin to dupli
cate her collection of kitty litter if I spent
a year at a garage sale. Conspicuously
absent, however, was a real cat. Strange,
I thought, and began to fear that a
weekend with cat woman could be a J
lot less than purr-feet.
But then she came home, and
Mark introduced her. She was
dressed surprisingly well—no
leopard pants. In fact, you
could say she was the cat’s meow,
but I’d rather not.
She offered me a cup of Dutch Choc
olate Mint. Now that was something
I could relate to. Then she brought it
out in the most beautiful, distinctly
unfeline china I’d ever seen. As we
sipped, I found out that Mrs. Campbell
has my same weakness for chocolate,
loves the theater as much as I do, but,
incredibly, never saw “Cats.” So Mark
and I are taking her next month.
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SELF CARE FOR CHILDREN
I'm In Charge
Part of St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center "Learning to Li
We invite you to bring
your children who are
" In Charge" to this special event.
Five dates to choose from!
April 11, 12, 15, 18 or 20
St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center
Education Room, Second Floor
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$5 per child
Enrollment limited to 20 per class
I'M IN CHARGE REGISTRATION FORM
What to expect SELF CARE FOR CHILDREN-"I'm In Charge"
* Telephone Safety
* Door Safety
* Fire Safety
* Stranger Danger
* Fingerprint/ Photo ID chart
* Safety lesson with McGruff puppet
What you receive
* Home Safety Materials
* Poison control (Mr. Yuk) stickers
* Operation Ident-a-Kid and Photo
* Hospital Button and Magnet
* Refreshments
* "I'm In Charge" Certificate
Child’s Name
(age)
Child’s Name
(age)
Parent's Name
Phone #
Address
City
State
Zip
CHECK ONE: □ April 11 CIlApril 12 □April 15
f~1 April 18 CU April 20
MAIL FORM AND CHECK TO:
St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Comm. Relations Dept.
2801 Franciscan Drive, Bryan, Texas 77802-2544
OR CALL: 776-2459 Deadline two days prior to class date
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER
The Advantage is yours with a
Battalion Classified. Cail 845-2611
What’s Up
Monday
NATIONAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY: Manuel M. Davenport, professorara
former philosophy department head, will speak on “Ethics” at 7 p.m. inlK
Zachry.
RSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: Dr. Simpson will speak about the honors
gram at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
SIGMA IOTA EPSILON: Professor Reed will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 105Blocke’
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Dean Chenoweth from the engineer
department will lead an open discussion “Cheating: What Are Your Scruples^
at noon in the main lobby of Zachry Engineering Center.
AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: will have a volunteer
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC hallway through Friday. Club members*
meet at 7 p.m. in 267 G. Rollie White to discuss the planning progressoltt<
Special Olympics.
GREEK WEEK 1988: will sponsor Greek Night Out at the Zephyr Club and It;
Edge with drink specials for all members wearing their Greek letters. There*
be a banner judging contest from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at all chapter houses. Todays
“Letter Day" on campus for all Greek members.
ALPHA ZETA: will have officer elections and a program at 7 p.m. in113fe
berg.
CAED GALLERY: will display “Visual Articulations 88,” a juried national alter
hibition from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday on the second floor of the Langfrr:
Architecture Center. There will be an opening reception at 7 p.m. in the gallery.
FACULTY FRIENDS: Dr. Otto J. Helweg will present a lecture titled "DoesBe-
in God Make Sense?” at noon in 110 Civil Engineering.
HONORS COUNCIL: will meet at 7:30 p.m. In 410 Rudder.
INTRAMURALS: Archery doubles, baseball hitting and home run derbyentns
open in 159 Read.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: Douglas H M. Branion.aor
sulate general from the Canadian Embassy, will speak at 2 p m. in 457 Blocker
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: Dr. Thomas R. Saving will speak at 8:30p.min5f|
Rudder.
MSC GREAT ISSUES/TAMU AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Steve Herrk*hi
southern regional director of Amnesty International, will speak on theissues-J
political imprisonment and torture at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater
CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a discussion with a panelofcw|
students at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB: will have its last meeting of the semester and have otic? |
elections at 7 p.m. in 203 Academic.
NATIONAL RESIDENCE HALL HONORARY: will have officer elections at Si |
p.m. in 504 Rudder.
PHI ETA SIGMA: will have free pizza after their meeting at 7 p.m. in 402Rue|
der.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
ALVIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet to discuss the Parent s Weekendpicnici|
7 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
WATER SKI CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the more |
screen for the room number.
INVESTMENT CLUB: will have officer elections and an awards presentatiO':|
investment challenge at 6:30 p.m. in 153 Blocker.
AGGIES ABROAD: will have seminars about traveling in Europe at 11 a r |
12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
UPSILON PI EPSILON: will induct new members and discuss futureactivtel
7 p.m. in 104B Zachry.
INTRAMURALS: will have a sports club meeting at 7 p.m. in 167 Read.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will have a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. inSOltk
der.
TAMU SADDLE AND SIRLOIN: will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
GREEK WEEK 1988: will sponsor a Boy’s Club and Girl’s Club picnicwithb
A&M baseball team at 5:30 p.m. at Olsen Park.
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A&M program aimed
at under-age drinkers
By Deborah L. West
Staff Writer
Arrests for minors in possession
have gone up since the legal drink
ing age was increased to 21 in Texas,
but fines alone may not be enough to
change people’s behavior, a Texas
A&M safety educator said.
Dr. Maurice Dennis, an A&M pro
fessor of industrial education, is a
teacher in a new program intended
to educate minors arrested for pos
sessing alcohol.
Dennis said he hopes the minor-
in-possession class will become part
of the sentence, as similar classes are
part of the DWI sentence.
He started the program in an ef
fort to help people before they be
come candidates for public intoxica
tion and driving while intoxicated
charges.
“DWI is a serious offense,” he
said. “It’s not something you’d want
to put on a resume. There is more
physical and monetary loss.”
The values of modern society are
discussed in the class, he said. In
American society, he said, the use of
alcohol is taken for granted as a rite
of growing up. Dennis said people
are susceptible to advertisements,
which reinforce this theme.
“We need to be aware of how
much alcohol advertising is slanted
toward young people,” he said.
“Spring Break is sponsored by beer
companies.”
Information, not scare tactics, is
used to educate the class, Dennis
said. Research indicates that scare
tactics have shock value, but their ef
fect is short-lived.
“People don’t like to dwell on un
pleasant experiences,” Dennis said.
“Straight information gets better re
sults than gore and death.”
It is important to tell students the
physiological and psychological ef-
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fects of long- and short-term
use, he said.
Young people are over
resented in accident statistic
said. They are inexperienceddri*
and inexperienced drinkers.
Potential problem drinking
decision making also are discusrf
the class, he said. A minor in
sion charge could signify a
problem, such as alcoholism.De
said people need information li
cide if drinking is worth the risk
Dennis said he tests student 1
the end of the program even
no credits are awarded forthed
“If I tell students informaii®
important, but they won'tbe«
over it, no one pays attention,
said.
Most students are referred!!
class by the courts, he said. '! 1
judges will lower fines if sunk
voluntarily take the continuing ,
cation class. The maximum fintj 'k $ \\
minors in possession of alcolfij drive
$200, but offenders usually pa'I , .
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than $ 100.
Although only one class hast*
given, Dennis said the Marciin
gram was a success. He has tj
asked to present his program ;
state conference as a model for#
areas.
The second class will befrom'’
p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 19a
on’s city director
is after budget cuts
HOUSTON (AP) — The city’s
planning director, saying he’s fed up
with constant criticism and that he
doesn’t want to head a department
gutted by budget cuts, resigned, the
Houston Post reported.
It was reported that Efraim Gar
cia quit Friday after talking with
Mayor Kathy Whitmire. He is the
second city department head to an
nounce his resignation in a week.
Last week, Municipal Courts Ad
ministrator Richard Parris ref
effective May 1, saying he I
come a “political lightning rod
critics of Whitmire.
Garcia said that he cleanedo lj;!
office Saturday and will su
resignation letter this week.
He said the mayor had been
ing that he should leave.
“I think you could say it’s2
decision,” Garcia said.