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Page 4 The Battalion Thursday, March 2,1989 MAKE US YOUR CHOICE FOR VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT The Paramount Theatre 99* Movies on Tuesday & Thursday including NEW RELEASES • VHS& BETA • Free Memberships • Players & Camcorders Also Available Located on the corner of Texas & SW Parkway in the Winn Dixie Center, College Station ■JL p m M CLINICS AM/PM Clinics Minor Emergencies Weight Reduction Program 10% Discount With Student ID Minimal Waiting Time College Station 845-4756 693-0202 779-4756 j> ^ A <2T,<5> ,$5? Here’s Your Chance <4 FARMER’S MARKET HAPPY HOUR Buy 1 Submarine Get 1 FREE Mon., Feb. 27-Fri., March 3 5-8 p.m. Dine in only Equal or less value. Not available with any other discount - - or coupons. FARMERS MAR1ET Northgate 846-6428 BOTHERS BOOKSTORE Woodstone 4th Annual Giant Parking Lot Sale We’re overstocked, we've moved to the lot! Friday, Saturday & Sunday March 3, 4, 5 10 a.m.-6 pm. . 901 Han/ey Rd, Woodstone C ST ^ Pace Discontinued Books 50c & up ^ th (S' INI I ^ Ji LADIES & LORDS HURRY! FINAL BIG WEEK SALE ENDS MARCH 4TH! 5TH ANNIVERSARY SALE! MEN! NEW Tuxedos - From $135.00 Tie/Cumberbund Sets -$15.95 Tuxedo Shirts - $15.95 LADIES! SAVE- 15-70% On: All Special Occasion Dresses! Bridals, Formats Brides-Maids, And More! Rentals Always Start at Only $39.95 Group Rates A vail able We Guarantee to Beat the Competitions Prices on Identical Merchandise! ’Where looking good is stylishly affordable' 707 TEXAS AVENUE - COLLEGE STATION 764-8289 First ‘gripe* forum for students opened by Student Senate By Kelly S. Brown STAFF WRITER Texas A&M students with a prob lem, gripe or criticism about the University can ease their discontent and take the first step toward a solu tion by venting the complaint to a new student forum. In hopes of increasing commu nication between the Student Senate and the student body it represents, the External Affairs Committee cre ated an Issues and Grievance Fo rum, through which senators can lis ten to issues that concern students. Representatives from the Student Senate will hear the concerns of stu dents and administrators at an Is sues and Grievance Forum Monday at 8:30 p.m. in 607 Rudder. Brennan Reilly, a sophomore eco nomics major and senator, attrib uted one need for the forum to the lack of effective exchange of ideas and opinions. “Never before has there been a fo rum at A&M where complaints could be heard,” Reilly said. “In the Student Senate we regularly pass bills, but only on the basis of what we know, and what we think the student body wants. We haven’t been able to hear our constituents loud and clear and we want to change this.” Reilly said if the Senate could hear its constituents’ concerns, it might be able to do something about the situa tion. “This is what we are here for — to represent the student body to the administration,” he said. Reilly said the Senate also wants to reach the non-traditional students. “For example, the 40-year-old woman in one of my classes,” he said. “She is a student and has con cerns just like I do. But she’s also a mother and maybe wants to know about day-care on campus but doesn’t know who to contact. I want to hear her problems and have the chance to help her.” Jody Manier, a junior English and psychology major and chair of the committee, said the forum will be a panel-type format in which students can ask questions and offer propo sals to the Senate. “We perceived a need for a pro gram like this,” Manier said. “We want to listen, and if we can’t help them we can refer them to an office or committee that will be able to help them directly.” Manier said many students don’t realize the vast amount of programs and committees that have been im plemented to research various prob lems on the campus. “It seems that everyone thinks the only means to express concern is in The Battalion’s Mail Call,” Manier said. “It’s where a lot of senators get good ideas for bills, because people We haven’t been able to hear our constituents loud and clear and we want to change this.” — Brennan Reilly, student senator write in to gripe.” But, Manier said, students don’t realize that organizations exist that have the sole duty of investigating complaints. Brent Kettle, a sophomore gen eral studies major and senator, said he often hears complaints. “I hear people say ‘I don’t like this or that, and I’d like to see it changed,’ ” Kettle said. “Too many people just complain without ever doing anything about it.” Kenny Gossett, a sophomore po litical science major and senator, said other schools have implemented similar programs that have been suc cessful. “We want it to work here, too,” Gossett said. In Advance Red Cross sponsors annual health fair The Brazos County Red Cross is sponsoring its Eighth Annual Health Fair Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Post Oak Mall More than 70 health and safety related organizations and agen cies will be providing information pertaining to this year’s theme “Feel fine in ’89: Take time for the Health Fair.” Free tests for cholesterol, ane mia, blood sugar, bldbd type, blood pressure, vision, glaucoma and posture will be available. The Red Cross Blood Mobile will take blood donations Satur day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cinema 3 entrance. Fingerprinting for child identi fication will be conducted both days by the sheriff department. A&M hosts annual PRSSA conference By Holly Beeson REPORTER Texas A&M is hosting the an nual Public Relations Student So ciety of America District Confer ence this weekend. Students interested in public relations will have the opportu nity to make contacts with profes sionals and learn about the daily duties of public relations prac- tioners. Professionals in various areas of public relations will describe their duties, tell how to prepare for public relations employment and be available to talk with stu dents and answer questions. “It would be advantageous for students to meet and make con tacts with these professionals,” Stan Golaboff, a senior journa lism major and conference coor dinator, said. Among the speakers are Bob Geosciences students By Susan B. Erb CORRESPONDENT Texas A&M students from all disciplines of the geosciences will share their research with faculty members and colleagues this weekend at the Texas A&M Uni versity Student Geosciences Sym 1101508posium. The symposium, hosted by the Ocean Drilling Program, is open to all Texas A&M students and faculty involved in the earth sci ences. Dr. Philip D. Rabinowitz, direc tor of the Ocean Drilling Pro gram, said the goal of the sympo sium is to promote interaction between students within the Col lege of Geosciences and to gener ate cooperative research between different sciences. “There has been some cooper ative research between the de partments,” Rabinowitz said, “but I think students and faculty can always benefit by becoming more aware of what other groups are doing.” Dean Merrill and Frank Rack, members of the organizing com mittee for the symposium and graduate students in oceanogra- McCollough, director of public relations for Sea World of Texas, and Jerry Dalton, manager of corporate communications for LTV and president-elect of the Public Relations Society of Amer ica chapter in Dallas. Other speakers will focus on public relations in sports, media, entertainment, marketing and health care. A workshop on Saturday will enable students to get hands-on experience with Page Maker, a widely used desk-top publishing program. The conference is free for PRSSA members. Non-member students may register for $30. The fee includes Saturday’s lunch at Red Lobster. To register for the conference, leave your name, classification and $30 in the PRSSA box in 230 Reed McDonald. For more infor mation, call Stan Golaboff at 260- 6503. to share research phy, said the symposium will give students the opportunity to pre sent their research in front of a group similar to that at a national meeting. Dr. Jack Baldauf, assistant manager of science operations at the Ocean Drilling Program, said 59 graduate students in the fields of marine biology, marine geol ogy, continental geology, geophy sics, geochemistry, oceanogra phy, meteorology and geography will give results of research or will propose research topics. Topics range from “Benthic Metabolism of a Hypersaline En vironment” to “Use of Micro- Current Meters to Measure Wa ter Flow To and Around Oysters.” Registration is from 7:30-8:15 Saturday morning at the Ocean Drilling Program, 1000 Discov ery Drive, College Station. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. Sat urday and at noon Sunday. Welcoming the students and faculty on Saturday are A&M President William H. Moblev. Dr. Duwayne M. Anderson, associate provost for research and grad uate studies, and Dr. Earl Hos kins, associate dean for the Col lege of Geosciences. Call Now For an Appointment! $2QOO ROUTINE CLEANING, X-RAYS and EXAM (A*g. 154I«m $25 cash di«oount) CarePlus^tH Dental Centers Bryan Jim Arents, DDS Karen Arents, DDS 1103 E. Villa Marla 268-1407 College Station Dan Lawson, DDS Cassie Overley, DOS 1712 S.W. 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