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CLASS OF ’90 RING DANCE COMMITTEE: applications are now being accepted
in the Class of '90 cube in the Student Programs Office.
AGGIELAND: The deadline for organizations to turn in contracts for the 1990 Ag-
gieland is Oct. 6. Contracts can be picked up in 230 Reed McDonald.
MSC HOSPITALITY: will have a fashion show with the Texas Aggie Bookstore at
11 a.m. in the MSC Flagroom.
BETA ALPHA PSI: will have a professional meeting with Ernst & Young at 6:30
p.m. at the Hilton. Dress professionally.
OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS: will have Dr.
Richard Gould from the Anthropology Department at Brown University lec
ture on “What Does It Mean: Cave Art and Caveats” at 7:30 p.m. in 601 Rud
der. Reception following in Rudder Exhibit Hall.
RADIO TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 6 p.m. in
014 Reed McDonald.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will have a presentation by Dr. Rich
ard A. Frederiksen at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder Tower.
AGGIE PLAYERS: presents “Little Shop of Horrors” in Rudder Theatre. For more
information, call 845-2621.
PLACEMENT CENTER: will have a brown bag lunch and seminar on international
careers from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
INDIA ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 102 Blocker.
MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder. For more
information, call Gabriel at 693-2501.
FOURTH DAY: will have a discussion for everyone who has made an Aggie Awak
ening at 6:15 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
AGGIES FOR LIFE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
FREE THOUGHT SOCIETY: will have its usual meeting at 8:30 p.m.
TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
T.O.P.S. (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY): will discuss group incentive programs
at 6 p.m. at the Brazos County Rehabilitation Center in Bryan. Weigh-in be
gins at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 778-2443 or 778-7154.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have a track meet scratch and information meet
ing at 5 p.m. in 164 Read.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have a volleyball team captains' meeting at 5 p.m.
in 601 Rudder.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will have a general discussion at 6 p.m. For
more information, call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more in
formation, call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. For more
information, call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
LES APPELT HALL: will have Friday Morning Yell from midnight to 1 a.m. at KTSR
radio station. For more information, call Chris Michaels at 846-0011.
MEXICAN—AMERICAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in
402 Rudder. For more information, call Rebeca Jimenez at 696-8004.
RELIEF EDUCATION AND CONCERN FOR HUNGER: will have a meeting and
speaker at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. For more information, call Nancy K.
Cohen at 846-3104.
Friday
AGGIELAND: Today is the deadline for organizations to turn in contracts for the
1990 Aggieland. Applications can be picked up in 230 Reed McDonald.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have schedule distribution and
logo submission for its 1989 mini Olympics at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder. For more
information, call Costas at 845-0547.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: the regular Friday Night Alive meeting has
been cancelled due to the Fall conference.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have a Fall prayer retreat today and tomorrow.
The cost is $20 and transportation is provided. For more information, call the
Baptist Student Union at 846-7722.
A&M CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have its monthly rally called “How to Feel
Good About Yourself” at 7:30 p.m. in 102 Zachry.
BIBLE STUDY: will discuss today’s readings at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Student Cen
ter.
A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services at 8 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Center.
TAMU CHESS CLUB: will have an exhibition by Senior Master Miles Ardaman at
7:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. For more information, call Steve Harrington at 693-
2703.
STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE: will have a social gathering at 6 p.m. at
Chimney Hill Bowling Center. For more information, call Frank Platt at 696-
9640.
TAMU BADMINTON CLUB: will have practice and a meeting from 7 to 11 p.m. in
351 G. Rollie White. For more information, call Chris Hubbard at 846-8108.
AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a “beat the hell out of Tech” party at 9 p.m.
at 206 Gilchrist. For more information call Alicia at 846-0035.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have informational tables on study abroad opportu
nities from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the MSC main hallway.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have brackets posted for tennis singles at 1 p.m. in
159 Read.
Hems 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 name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is
a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run
on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you
have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315.
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845-3611
The Battalion Page 5
Exchange program
offers ag education
in other countries
201 Live Oak College Station, TX 77840
Behind La Quinta
696-3411
By Cindy McMillian
Of The Battalion Staff
Students can learn about agricul
ture at places other than Texas
A&M — places like France, England,
Brazil, China and Australia.
The Communicating for Agricul
ture Exchange Program places agri
culture students with host families in
12 countries. While overseas, the
students develop practical work
skills and an awareness of a different
culture.
“We do have a world market to
day,” said Marcie Hervey, Western
Region Coordinator for CA. Agri
cultural methods and preferences
are different in other countries, she
said.
Japan, for example, buys beef
from the United States, but doesn’t
want as much lean beef, she said.
“Students need to learn that other
country’s needs are different from
our needs.”
The program is a mutual ex
change, she said, so students from
other countries also come to the
United States. Last year 130 interna
tional students came to America
through CA, and 220 are expected
next year, she said.
Only 50 or so students from our
country take advantage of the pro
gram, Hervey said. Many families
want to host American students, she
said, so the program is looking for
more participants.
Participants may choose their host
country and their placement catego
ries. Programs are available in agri
culture, horticulture, agribusiness,
agri-mix and home management,
and students may go to France, En
gland, Ireland, West Germany, Swit
zerland, Denmark, Sweden, Nor
way, Luxembourg, Brazil, Australia
and China.
The students receive room and
board and a monthly training allow
ance from the host family in ex
change for work at the host’s busi
ness. The fee required of students is
about $1800, Hervey said, but they
are paid about $400 a month.
The program varies in length, but
generally lasts three months to a
year. Hosts must allow an average of
one-and-a-half days off each week
and a three or four-week unpaid va
cation during the student’s stay.
CA also awards scholarships
which may be applied toward the ex
change program or college educa
tion. An A&M student was one of 87
to receive a $250 scholarship this
year, Hervey said, and more $250
scholarships are offered throughout
the year as funds are available. Five
$2,500 scholarships also are
awarded each year.
Hervey will be at the Agriculture
Career Exposition on the second
floor of the Memorial Student Cen
ter today to answer questions and
distribute information. The exposi
tion lasts from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Af
ter today, students may call CA’s na
tional office at 1-800-432-FARM for
more information.
Crippled Texas bomber
makes emergency landing
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP) — A crippled B-1B
bomber refueled over Texas and
flew halfway across the continent
Wednesday for a successful emer
gency landing on the dry lake bed
where the space shuttle lands.
The $280 million aircraft, its four-
member crew 7 unable to unlock its
nose landing gear, touched down on
the 65-square-mile Rogers Dry Lake
at 6:15 p.m., raising a plume of dust
in its wake.
Dale Punter, an aerospace buff
who monitors military frequencies
from his home in Lancaster, listened
to radio traffic between the pilots
and controllers.
Just before touching down the pi
lot said, “It’s been a great day for fly
ing, except for a few glitches,”
Punter reported.
Just after the landing, Punter said
he heard the pilot say, “It was real
nice. Structure looking good.”
During the landing, the massive
bomber skidded on its nose for more
than half a minute, yet it did not
break up. No flames were seen.
“It’s one of the safest areas to
land,” said base spokesman Dottie
Spiegelberg, adding that the hard
clay surface means there are no
sparks and minimizes the chance of
explosion or fire.
The aircraft, flying out of Dyess
Air Force Base in Texas, wasn’t car
rying bombs. “There are no nuclear
weapons,” Lt. Anu Sjaardema, an
Edwards public affairs spokesman,
said.
An 18-unit disaster preparedness
team was mobilized at Edwards, in
cluding explosives experts, a mortu
ary services officer, an environmen
tal officer and fire department
personnel, the lieutenant said.
“They route a lot of emergencies
to our lake bed, both military and ci
vilian,” Shaardema said. “We have a
team to respond to that all the time.”
The crippled plane was refueled
by a tanker plane before flying to
Edwards, about 2,400 miles away.
The B-1B, with a maximum speed
of 1,000 mph and range of more
than 7,000 miles, is 147 feet long
and 137 feet wide when its swing-
wings are extended. It weighs
477,000 pounds when fully fueled
and armed.
Maj. Mary Beth Kilgore at Dyess
said the plane started circling Dyess
at about 11:30 a.m. CST. It left for
California five hours later.
Mechanics from Dyess and the
plane’s manufacturer, Rockwell In
ternational, worked with the plane’s
crew to try get the nose gear down.
The plane’s rear wheels were down
while it circled Dyess, located at the
western edge of Abilene.
Court agrees
to review case
of AIDS death
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Su
preme Court agreed Wednesday to
review a Hidalgo County case in
which a child who had received a
blood transfusion after she was born
in 1982 died of AIDS shortly after
her fourth birthday.
Oral arguments in the case
brought by Juan and Maria Longo
ria against McAllen Methodist Hos
pital and United Blood Services
were set for Oct. 25.
The Longorias alleged that the
hospital and blood bank were neg
ligent in failing to secure blood that
was not contaminated for their
daughter, San Juanita Longoria, and
in failing to use the best procedures
for testing blood for acquired im
mune deficiency syndrome.
The trial court granted summary
judgment for the hospital and blood
bank. But the Corpus Christi ap
peals court reversed that judgment
and remanded the case to the trial
court.
The hospital and blood bank ap
pealed to the Supreme Court, which
said it would review two alleged
points of error in the appeals court
ruling.
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WHILE VISITING EXCITING
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RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Come by the Study Abroad Office for
more information.
161 West Bizzell Hall
845-0544
American General Corporation is a
nationwide insurance-based diversified
financial services company with over
22,000 employees, organized in a multi
company structure.
American General Corporation will be
interviewing on campus at Texas A&M
on Tuesday, October 17, 1989. For more
information or to schedule an interview,
please see the Placement Office.
American General Corporation
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Alterations
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• All kinds of alterations in ladies and men’s clothing
• Adjustments in new dresses, pants, coats, shirts, etc.
• Custom made dresses for ladies, out
of patterns
• Fast service
• Professional quality
• Reasonable prices
• Free estimates
• Mo appointment needed
300 Amherst
764-9608
College Station
Monday-Friday
(Off Southwest Pkwy)
9-6 p.m.
Contact Lenses
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For Appointment
CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., P.C.
DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
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Free care kit with exam and pair of lenses.
707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D
College Station, Texas 77840
1 block South of Texas & University
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