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ACTION tvkh MMT ADS Advertise an item in the Battalion. Call 845-2611 A&M Steakhouse Delivers 846-5273 12tli Man & Walk-Ons Informational meeting on Monday, February 27, 1989 at 5:15 p.m. in the locker room at Kyle Field. For all interested in trying out for football this spring. This meeting is mandatory. BRAZOS LANDING SEAFOOD BAR AND GRILL presents Freddie Steady’s Wild Country Record Release Party FREE BEER WHILE IT LASTS Starting at 4:00 (Prior to Show) Show Starts At 10:00 p.m. 103 Boyett N 846-3497 ALPHA KAPPA PSI'S ell PLEDGE CLASS Kent Armer Jon Armstrong Shane Barton Bill Cavanaugh Julie Davis Chris Fischler Hans George Tamara Hannes Ginger Johnson Jeff Judah Kathleen Kendrick Mark McAllister Brian McGregor Michelle Miller Kelly Norwood Brian Richmers Mike Ryan Greta Schraeder Kene Smith Todd Storch Susan Thompson Congratulations! CO-OP CAREER FAIR Monday, February 27, 1989, the employers listed will be on campus par ticipating in the Co-op Career Fair. These employers will primarily be in terested in visiting with propspective co-op students, but students who are interseted in either summer or full-time employment, should also feel free to come by. The Co-op Career Fair will be held between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of both Zachry Engineering Center and the Blocker Building with a lunch break from 12:00 to 1.00 p.m. EMPLOYERS IN ZACHRY LOBBY Advanced Micro Devices, Inc Amdahl ARCO Chemical Co.-Channelview Plant B.F. Goodrich Company BNR Incorporated Central Intelligence Agency Contel of Texas Datapoint Corporation DOW Chemical Company-Freeport EXXON Co. USA General Dynamics IBM Impell Corporation MCI Telecommunications Motorola, Inc. NASA-Johnson Space Center Northern Telecom-Data Communications National Security Agency Phillips Petroleum Texas Instruments-Defense Systems & Electronics Group Texas Instruments-Semi Conductor Group Union Carbide Corporation Vetco Gray Inc. EMPLOYERS IN BLOCKER LOBBY Central Intelligence Agency General Dynamics Northern Telecom EMPLOYERS IN NEW CHEMISTRY BLDG, (outside room 2102) MD Anderson Hospital Room 110 Pavilion* (409) 845-7725 Page 6 The Battalion Thursday, February 23,1989 Group working to meet needs of older Aggies By Sherri Roberts STAFF WRITER Representatives of the Off-Cam pus Center are working with mem-, hers of the newly formed group “A&M Students Over 25” to meet the specialized needs and concerns of the older-than-average student. Students 25 years old and older comprise one-fifth of Texas A&M’s student body. However, unlike the majority of students at A&M, many of these older students already have taken the plunge into working in the “real world,” and many are married. “It’s real easy for them to feel out of place,” Bertha Ramones, a grad uate student of educational psychol ogy, said. Cindy Wittrock, a sophomore computer science major and mem ber of the group, said, “A lot of them (older students) have different needs for socializing than traditional students.” In addition, these students often need assistance in getting acquainted with the community and informa tion regarding its child care facilities and housing, she said. The organizer of the group, Mar garita Ramirez, a sopnomore el ementary educaton major who also has two children attending A&M, said she hopes the group will be able to offer answers to questions such as these, in addition to serving as a sup port group. In an effort to learn more about the needs of these students, OCC conducted a telephone survey of 150 undergraduates and 250 graduate students — all age 25 or older — in Fall 1988. Survey results showed 53 percent of the respondents were married and 31 percent had children. In ad dition, 77 percent said they had dif ficulties in finding support groups geared for singles of similar age and for students with children. Of those surveyed, 85 percent said they would participate in a new student conference geared specif ically for students age 25 and older. More than 25 individuals came to the group’s first meeting earlier this month. Although an orientation is of fered to graduate students, there is no orientaion conference exclusively for older-than-average undergrad uates. The Age Advantage, a handbook OCC designed for older students, offers information regarding such subjects as continuing education at A&M, support groups for students with children and child care facili ties. The handbook also provides in formation about local hospitals, fi nancial aid, and housing. Those who would like more infor mation can contact the Off-Campus Center at 845-1741. Photo by Frederick D.Jot A panel of architecture department faculty members gathered at the Langford Architec ture Center gallery Wednesday to debate con flicting design philosophies. Students and fac ulty sat on the floor and lined the walls to listen and participate in the debate. The topic was of importance because it could change the way the department teaches architecture. Drug education center hosts area BACCHUS conference By Denise Thompson STAFF WRITER Health fairs, seminars and surveys are just a few of the events the Texas A&M Center for Drug Prevention and Education will sponsor through out this semester. In addition to sponsoring Drug Awareness Week during February, the center also has coordinated the Boost Alcohol Consciousness Con cerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) Area Six Spring Conference for Feb. 24-25, Ann Coombes, assistant coordinator for the center, said. While the “area” consists of four states — Texas, Arkansas, Okla homa and Louisiana — Coombes said everyone is invited to attend. “The whole conference will deal with some really basic issues,” she said. “First of all, it’ll answer the question, ‘What is BACCHUS?’ Questions about'what BACCHUS is here to do, how we recruit members and what type of programming we have also will be answered. “Also, the national chapter of BACCHUS voted to have the na tional conference for 1989 in Dallas, so we’ll be addressing that issue, too. “If anyone wants to get involved in a good leadership group, this would be a good place to do it.” Coombes said the center is expect ing 50 or more people to attend the conference, which requires a $5 reg istration fee and will be in the Col lege Station Community Center on Jersey Street. The main activity for the month of March will be BACCHUS’ in volvement in Safe Break ’89. Coombes said this is an effort to edu cate students about safe ways to have a spring break if they will be going to Colorado. “BACCHUS is providing all kinds of ski promotional videos for those people planning to take their vaca tions in Colorado,” she said. “We’re probably going to have some sort of presentation or panel discussion that has to do with Texas drinking and driving laws versus Colorado laws.” Also planned for the month of March is the center’s involvement in the Post Oak Mall Health Fait, Coombes said. During April, Coombes said stu dents can look forward to the annual drug surveys sponsored by the ter. “Students can start looking fertile surveys being handed out in dasses," she said. The Health and Wellness Fair the MSC also will be in Apt Coombes said. At least 18 organize lions will participate in theeventoii April 1 I from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “This will be similar to last yean program in that different groups will have booths set up for the stu dents,” Coombes said. For more information on any ac tivity, call the center at 845-028 Signs of drug-related problems suspicious or could be involved These guidelines were given as signs to a possible drug-related problem: 1. Glassy eyes. 2. Extreme weight loss in a very short time. 3. Excessively missing class. 4. Staying out late and sleeping throughout the day. 5. Changing social groups and 5le wno i suspicio witn drugs. 6. f inding a controlled sub stance on a person or in his room. associating with people who are If you suspect someone of be ing involved in drugs, you can contact the Center for Drug Pre vention and Education for more information and help at 845- 0280. Professor to discuss future role of architecture By Alan Sembera SENIOR STAFF WRITER Adapting architecture to meet the growing pressures and de mands of a growing population will be the focus of the 1989 Fac ulty Lecture by George J. Mann, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M tonight at 8 p.m. in 115 Kleberg. Mann says architects must be gin responding to the needs of the 21 st century, and must think more in terms of planning and resource conservation. The Earth’s population is ex pected to increase from 5 billion people to about 9 billion people by the year 2040, Mann says. “The implications of that are going to be enormous— for so ciety, for the environment, for education, and for architecture,” he says. “I’m trying to call attention to the fact that we’ve been spending a lot of our resources on mutual annihilation. Unless we recognize what some of the broader issues are in the future, the next gener ation is going to be overwhelm ed.” Some of these issues, he says, include population growth, de- gredation of the environment, and limited resources. “Architecture is going to have to be much more humble and self-sustaining and resource con serving and more in tandem with nature,” Mann says, “and not so arrogant as architects have been doing. “Architects have been building gigantic buildings, paving over huge areas for parking lots with no planting, air conditioning buildings and putting an enor mous demand on economies in terms of operating costs.” Slides of the simple kind of ar chitecture, including examples in Asia, Africa and Central Amer ica. will be shown at the lecture. Board president says Texas is step ahead in education AUSTIN (AP) — Texas leads many states in setting education goals, such as student testing, but should address equal funding, tea cher salaries and needs of minori ties, the president of the Southern Regional Education Board says. “It is extremely important that the states set goals for education,” Dr. Winfred Godwin, board president, said in a speech to a joint session of the Legislature. “Texas is a step ahead, and indeed it may be several steps ahead, when it comes to setting such goals,” God win said. “The citizens of any state are not likely to achieve more in edu cation than they and their leaders expect and aim lor.” Texas needs to work on equity in public school funding, teacher ap praisals and salaries, and addressing the needs of minority students, but overall, Texas’ education policies are headed in the right direction, God win said. “Texas is one of the very few states in the nation to set specific goals for student achievement,” Godwin said. But he warned that tit state “will have to confront the fa£ that children from disadvantage! homes tend to have lower acadeiiii achievement, and the numbers ol these students are increasing rap idly. “By the year 2,000, minority dents will account for more thanlii of all elementary and secondaii school students in Texas,” God»it said. “And a disproportionate i» her of these will be from disadvaa- taged backgrounds. Texas musttali this into account and deal with it." On teacher salaries, Godwin sail the Legislature in 1983 “gaveteatk- ers the largest salary increase in tin nation, hut in the past three yeaft your teacher pay raises have tr; those of most the nation at large “You took an important step la> session for faculty salaries, but ita|j pears that the faculty raises wil low the teacher salaries and trail«6 substantially,” Godwin told lawmat ers. No Matter What Language... 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