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onday, September 11,1989 The Battalion Page 5 What’s Up TO 5 Aifl HIS W TE VUl Monday ISTUDENT GOVERNMENT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: will have an open meeting for all interested students at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder. A&M CHAPTER OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: will have its first meeting at 7 p.m. lin 510 Rudder. For more information, call Heather Hilton at 846-8932. MSC AGGIE CINEMA: will have a general meeting with new members welcome at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. For more information, call Dedee Racicot at 845-1515- BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a reception for new iblack graduate students at 6 p.m. in 206 MSC. For more information, call Alicia Goode at 764-9133. AG COUNCIL: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 121 Kleberg. For more information, call 693-7503. PHI THETA KAPPA: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 305 A&B Rudder. PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have a professional speaker, Lee Grant, from Southwest Research, at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder. Professional dress requested. For more infor mation, call Travis Hurst at 696-1501. TAMU HISTORY CLUB: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 228 MSC. ELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will have a Christian fellowship at 9 p.m. in the letterman’s lounge of G. Rollie White. For more information, call Dusty Gotcher at 696-6687. STUDENT Y: Will have a staff meeting at 7 p.m. in 205 MSC. ECERCLE FRANCAIS: will have its first meeting at 7 p.m. in 125 Academic. POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY: will have its first meeting at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC. Tuesday MERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in fill 02 Blocker. L. s AGGIES FOR CLAYTON WILLIAMS FOR GOVERNOR: will have its first meeting with new members welcome at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. AGGIE ALLIANCE: will have its first general meeting at 7 p.m. in 303 Read. TAU KAPPA: will have a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder. Check the screen for com number. TAMU SYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STAFF: will lave a meeting on ’89 bonfire at noon in the Former Students Center. RAZOS COUNTY A&M CLUB: TAMU bonfire redpots to speak on bonfire, fol- owed by lunch, at noon in the Clayton Williams Jr. Alumni Center. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: will have a club meeting at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. For ore information, call Tony at 846-2270. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: will have a prayer meeting in the Medita- ional Faiths Chapel at 7 p.m. COLLEGIATE F.F.A.: will have a hot dog social with new members welcome at 7 p.m. at Hensel Park. For more information, call Elsa Gutierrez at 693-5690. ;EC0NOMICS SOCIETY: will have its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 158 Blocker. TAMU COMPUTER USERS GROUP: will have computer presentations at 3:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. ITUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have informational meetings on Fulbright Grants nd Marshall Scholarships from 10 to 11 a.m. in 251 Bizzell Hall West. For more nformation, call Cathy Schutt at 845-0544. I ATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will present Information on Jareers in Data Processing: Andersen Consulting’ at 7 p.m. in the Former Students tenter. .ECERCLE FRANCAIS: will have its first meeting at 7 p.m. in 125 Academic. For lore information, call Priscilla at 764-6766. TAMU COLLEGIATE HORSEMAN’S ASSOCIATION: will have its first meeting at : 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg. For more information, call 845-2752. ON CAMPUS CATHOLICS: Father Kitten will lead a discussion on interfaith elationships at 9 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel. For more information, call St. Mary’s Student Center at 846-5717. J .A.I.D.: will have its first meeting at 7 p.m. in 102 Zachry. For more information, :all Troy Baker at 823-5610. AGGIE TOASTERS: will have its first meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will have a Christian fellowship at 9 im. in the letterman’s lounge in G. Rollie White. For more information, call 696- '687. SUGARLAND, STAFFORD & MISSOURI CITY HOMETOWN CLUB: will have its first meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 231 MSC. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more in- iormation, call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, \no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the I the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is jone a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run Hon a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you enial v have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. In Advance Brazos Writers to discuss ‘writing for radio’ icing tens- pace yses I “Writing for Radio” will be the topic at the September meeting of Brazos Writers, to be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the ANCO Insurance building in Bryan. ; The program will be presented by Kayonne Riley, program di rector for KAMU-FM radio, and yjdll address the topic of writing for an audio medium. The pro- ||ram also will feature a presenta- ■Jion of an “audio art” project by ighley and an opportunity for the guests to write a contribution to a tadio special. Brazos Writers is a local orga nization that was formed to en courage writing of all kinds by anyone who shares the interest. The non-profit organization meets on the second Monday of every month, offering opportuni ties, programs, workshops and fellowship to its members. For more information, contact Betty Foster at 693-7545 or Cece lia Heinrich at 822-9238. The ANCO Insurance building is lo cated at 1733 Villa Maria, next to the Bryan Eagle building. STUDY ABROAD ** BRITISH MARSHALL to kinIoom scholarships FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A BRITISH UNIVERSITY DEGREE INFORMATIONAL MEETING: TUES., 12 SEPT. 10-11 AM 251 W. BIZZELL HALL JR. FULBRIGHT Grants for Graduate Research Abroad Competition Now Open Tuesday. 12 Sept. 10-11 a.m. 251 Bizzell W Miller Co.’s party attracts customers, criticism of event DALLAS (AP) — Miller Brewing Co. spent 16 months promoting a Labor Day weekend blast featuring The Who’s last U.S. concert, a party that boosted beer sales but did little to soften the industry’s “just say yes” stigma among critics. Now that the party’s over, the No. 2 U.S. beer maker behind Anheuser Busch Cos. says its multimillion dol lar “Biggest Party in History” effort in Texas won more Miller customers in one of the most lucrative beer markets. At the same time, Miller did not improve its reputation among anti alcohol groups, which have accused the brewer of irresponsibly beckon ing underage guzzlers with feel good ads, a charge Miller denies. Miller’s Texas campaign reflected an image problem faced by many brewers scrapping over a stagnant beer-drinking population, caused partly by greater social awareness of alcohol’s potential dangers. Even young people say some beer ads aimed at them are offensive and pa tronizing. Miller, especially, drew heavy crit icism this spring for a supplement mailed to college newspapers featur ing bikini-clad coeds clutching beer bottles and offering tips for men on “sure Fire ways to scam babes.” The Milwaukee-based brewer, a subsidiary of consumer products gi ant Philip Morris Cos., remains sen sitive about the supplement, which it admitted was in poor taste when some students objected. The supple ment was hastily withdrawn and Miller officials still bristle when the subject is raised. The “Biggest Party In History” campaign conspicuously stayed away from gorgeous babes and hunks ex tolling the brew, choosing instead Texas-born actor Randy Quaid as pitchman. In addition, as part of the cam paign Miller donated $1 million in proceeds to the Texas Special Olym pics, an athletic competition for the handicapped. One commercial fea tured Q ua kl and several Special Olympians. It still didn’t sit well with activists against substance abuse. “I’ve got a real question as to how (brewers) gear their advertising to ward young people,” Milo Kirk, a national vice president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and a founder of the Dallas chapter, said. “They gear their advertising around concerts and sporting events. One brewer is using a dog, . . . and studies will show children react to animals. “What is the subliminal message that they’re trying to get across here?” she said. Anheuser-Busch, which uses the bull terrier Spuds McKenzie in some of its beer ads, evidently was so stung by this kind of criticism that it agreed to donate $250,000 to the Texas chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving. Contest offers N. Y. trip to finder of largest roach DALLAS (AP) — Michael Boh- dan, whose wife refuses to let him bring home his work, says the entry to his company’s contest from Japan is somewhat reassuring. “Yeah, they’ve got cockroaches, too,” he said. Bohdan is one of four regional coordinators of a contest to find the largest cockroach in the world. The American Cyanamid Company is paying $1,000 to whoever brings in the largest cockroach. The largest cockroach in Japari arrived earlier this week at Bohdan’s office. “The customs guys were joking, saying they didn’t have to worry about it being any kind of endan gered species,” said Bohdan, who has appeared on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” and “Hour Mag azine” to show off some of the many Fort Worth Zoo proudly displays baby rhinoceros FORT WORTH (AP) — They’re just mad about Harry. But Harry, the baby rhinoceros at the Fort Worth Zoo, didn’t seem too thrilled at all the gawk- ers staring at him as he ventured into public view for the First time. The 3-week-old baby rhino, who seems to be mostly head and legs, stayed close to his mother as onlookers oohed and aahed Fri day when he was put on public display For the first time. His mother, Ngwete, was one of ten black rhinos flown from Zimbabwe to the United States in July as part of a program aimed at maintaining the worldwide population of the species. Harry’s successful birth was immediately hailed as a milestone in the con servation effort. “He’s getting playful now, and he thinks he’s a real tough guy,” zoo keeper Jeanne Jacobsen said. varieties of cockroach he keeps at his office. The Japanese entry, however, may not be a contender. Like some of the country’s imports, it’s com pact. “Well, it may be small, but you have to talk about quality,” Ira Ca- plan of American Cyanamid of Ja pan, in a telephone interview from Tokyo, said. “It’s a quality roach,” he said • The entry is 4.5 centimeters long, not including its antennae, or almost 2 inches. It won 100,000 yen, or about $800, for Kazuko Miyagi of Okinawa. Caplan said Miyagi’s daughter actually caught the roach in her bathroom, but just got en gaged and was too shy about enter ing it herself. Caplan said the Japanese consider it a great embarrassment to have cockroaches. “We had a group of housewives in a focus-group study and asked them how they felt about roaches,” he ex plained. “One woman said, ‘I’m so embarrassed by them. When the ex terminator van pulls up in front of my house, I hope my neighbors think I’m having an affair.’ She really said that.” Some Japanese specimens arrived in tiny satin-lined caskets. Bohdan said all entries in the con test must be of the American cock roach species, and the largest found to date has been about two inches. “We’re hoping to find a larger one now that the search has gone inter national,” he said. Bohdan said he anticipates receiv ing entries soon from Korea, Spain, Australia, and Egypt. About 250 roacnes have been en tered so far, most of them from Flor ida. Other regional judging points are in Miami, New York and Holly wood, Calif. The eventual winner will not only receive the $1,000 prize, but some thing that will probably prevent them from repeating — a year’s sup ply of Combat roach bait trays. Each regional champion also gets a trip for two to New York for the Nov. 1 Finals. But there’s bad news about those two flight reservations: They’re for the finder and the roach, not two people. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE 161 BIZZELL W. 845-0544 NEW FLU STUDIES We Are Taking Blood Samples ($5.00 compensation) to Determine Eligibility for New Flu Vaccine Studies Monday - Wednesday, September 11-13, 1989 For Information and to give Sample Come To: Commons Lounge: 10:00a.m.- 6:00p.m. ( Monday & Tuesday, Sept. 11,12) or Beutel Health Center, Room 03, Basement 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Wednesday, Sept. 13) Dr. John Quarles 845-3678 AHYI IN DA I Practical Compatibles 286C z\ Intel 80286 Processor A8/10 MHz. 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