CO-OP STUDENTS
REQUIRED MEETING
FOR ALL CO-OP STUDENTS
SCHEDULED TO WORK IN
SPRING 1990
Friday, December 1,1989 The Battalion Page 7
MONDAY
December 4,1989
5:15 p.m.
601 Rudder
At this meeting you will:
* Receive final reminders that you will need as you go to work
and instructions on how to ensure that you get to pre-register
early for summer and/or fail classes.
* Meet in small groups with your faculty co-op advisor who will
give you hints and requirements for your co-op term paper.
* Meet with other students who will be working in the same
geographical locations in order to discuss taking night classes, ar
ranging car pools, types of available housing in your area, and
^ roommates.
846-MERC
Friday and Saturday
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The Battalion urges you to help
What’s Up
Friday
MSC HOSPITALITY: presents Voices of Praise at noon in the MSC Flagroom.
GRADUATE STUDENTS: will have a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. at Carney’s
Pub.
WALDEN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: presents “Innovative Architectural De
signs for the Elderly’’ from 4 to 6 p.m. at Walden, 2410 Memorial Drive in
Bryan.
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet for bonfire at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Aggie.
A&M HILLEL: will have dinner followed by service at 6:30 p.m. at Hillel Jewish
Student Center. Building is open to public after 8:30 p.m.
MGMT 481: Dr. Jeptha W. Dalston will speak on being CEO of Hermann Hospi
tal in Houston at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker.
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Friday prayer at 1:10 p.m. Call
Bambang at 846-6693 for more information.
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have an Islamic lesson in English at
5:45 p.m. Call Bambang at 846-5560 for more information.
AFRICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a general meeting with the
hunger problem as forum at 7:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
KAMU 90.9 FM:will present five hours of recorded Reggae music in a Reggae
Special from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday
MSC RECREATION: will have free balloon rides, weather permitting, from 1 to 3
p.m. at Duncan Field. Call Kristie Buchman at 847-0266 for more infor
mation.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: KAMU, 90.9 FM, will broadcast
music from Switzerland at 9 p.m.
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have an Islamic lesson in Arabic at
5:45 p.m. Call Abdulmegid at 846-5560 for more information.
Sunday
VOCAL MUSIC: will have a Christmas concert titled “Glimpses of Christmas” at
7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Call Missy Holloway at 845-5974 for more
information.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed Mc
Donald, 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 activ
ities. 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.
Man packages, sells
fragments of wall
for Christmas gifts
HOUSTON (AP) — Bob Schnur
never forgot how that E4st German
guard shouted at him 25 years ago
when he got too close to the Berlin
Wall.
“I was 11. I was right there at the
Brandenburg Gate area on the west
side, and I was going to go up and
touch the wall. And he yelled at me.”
Schnur is getting even now, and in
a big way. That cursed wall is crum
bling, and Schnur is selling the
pieces. A lot of pieces; perhaps a mil
lion.
Some of them are being marketed
through Houston Foley’s stores,
1 he way we wanted to
market it was recognizing
the serious nature of it,
trying to stay away from
the pet rock aspect. It has
a lot of significance to a lot
of people, and we thought
there would be a great deal
of interest in it.”
— Bob Schnur,
Entrepreneur
where they will go for $15 per 2-
ounce chunk.
Schnur is vice president of finance
for Hyman Creative Products in St.
Louis, a company that is importing
an estimated 50 tons of the Berlin
Wall to be broken into pet rock-size
pieces and packaged appropriately
for the season. But Schnur says this
wall fad is nothing like that silly pet
rock business.
“The way we wanted to market it,”
he said, “was recognizing the serious
nature of it, trying to stay away from
the pet rock aspect. It has a lot of sig
nificance to a lot of people, and we
thought there would be a great deal
of interest in it.
“It’s a symbol, really. Our pack
aging says that it had become ‘perr
haps the coldest symbol of a divided
Europe. But now the Wall stands as
a proud tribute to freedom. Cele
brate a city’s triumph with this au
thentic cut taken directly from the
heart of the Berlin Wall.’”
Cherri Carbonara with Foley’s in
Houston said the first shipment of
wall chunks isn’t in yet.
“We expect to get it in the next
couple of weeks,” she said, “but we
are taking orders now through our
mail and phone department because
we have had so much interest from
customers. We’ve gotten calls from
all over Texas. We’ve even received
a call from Texarkana.”
Carbonara said Foley’s price is
$15 for “a 2-ounce chunk from the
wall, with a certificate of authenticity
and origin. It also comes with a soft
pouch that you can keep your arti
fact in. It also has an informative
booklet that talks about the history
of the Berlin Wall. And it comes in a
very nice gift box.”
About that certificate of origin,
Schnur said Hyman officials knew
from the outset that people would be
suspicious.
“Human nature as it is,” Schnur
said, “somebody looks at a piece of
rock and says, ‘How do I know this
isn’t part of 1-55?’ ”
So they sent lawyers to Germany
to observe the process and take pho
tographs.
Hyman isn’t the only source of
wall pieces available to Christmas
shoppers or souvenir collectors.
Stephen Gqdinich, a 28-year-old
engineer with the State Department
of Highways and Public Transporta
tion, said he is going to Berlin after
some pieces of the wall and ran a
classified ad asking for orders.
“I’m going to try to get $25 a
pound,” he said.
He is trying to cover the $ 1,320 he
paid for his airplane ticket. Godinich
wants to get his picture taken atop
the wall holding a Texas flag. That
and filling three bags with 70
pounds of wall pieces each — the
maximum allowed by the airline — is
about all he’ll have time for.
“I’m planning to leave on the 15th
(of December) and will return on the
17th,” he said.
Amtrak starts daily Texas runs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak
will run daily passenger trains
through Texas on its “Texas Eagle”
beginning Jan. 20, according to
spokesman Clifford Black.
The Texas Eagle, which origi
nates in Chicago, splits in Dallas and
terminates in San Antonio and
Houston, had been providing south
bound and northbound service
three times a week each.
Effective Jan. 20, north and
southbound traffic will run daily be
tween Chicago and San Antonio and
Chicago and Houston, Black said.
Schedules, however, have not been
finalized for the routes.
The route, traveling south from
Chicago, passes through Spring-
field, Ill., St. Louis, Little Rock, Ark.,
Texarkana, Marshall, Longview,
and Dallas.
After leaving Dallas, one train
goes though Fort Worth, Cleburne,
McGregor, Temple, Taylor, Austin,
San Marcos, and ends in San Anto
nio. The other route, after leaving
Dallas, travels through Corsicana,
Bryan-College Station, and ends in
Houston.
The San Antonio train will still
connect three times a week with a
train bound for Los Angeles.
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Memory course helps
students boost grades
By Anthony Rao
University of Houston football
coach Jack Pardee said it best:
“This was so helpful to several of
my players, I am now asking the
whole football team to take the
course.”
Pardee read about a memory
seminar held by noted memory
expert Alvin Jackson and sent
three players who needed to pass
some important tests in order to
stay in school. Uncertain that any
one can be taught photograhic
memory, Pardee sent athletic de
partment academic advisor Dr.
James Berlow as an observer.
In one three hour session Mr.
Jackson took three college fresh
man, whose college entrance
exam grades were so poor they
are not allowed to practice foot
ball, and transformed them into
students who can perform study
ing and recall tasks as well as the
brightest students on campus.
Since Dr. Berlow took part in
the class, he admits his recall and
memory increased sixfold. He
wishes Jackson’s course was avail
able when he studied for his doc
torate.
To test the athletes’ increased
memory, Jackson asked the trio
to memorize this number
9185952963092112 well enough
to recall it in 13 weeks. It took
them an average of 2 minutes.
This reporter attended the semi
nar and witnessed them master
French, Portuguese, anatomy,
names and faces.
What impressed this writer the
most is how memory techniques
are used in reading and listening.
Jackson used a third year eco
nomics text book and I watched
as freshmen read and recalled a
whole chapter on “Macroeco
nomic Effects on a Fully Em
ployed Economy”, after reading
it once.
“Contrary to popular belief peo
ple are not born with photo
graphic memories, it can be
taught. I have taught thousands.
I have taught it to those wanting
to use it to increase their G.P.A.
to those with perfect C.P.A.s who
wish to cut down on study time
while maintaining high grades,”
Jackson said.
“Our present educational sys
tem gives high grades to those
who can memorize. If you re
member more of what you hear
in lectures and remember all of
what you read, you will get higher
grades,” Jackson added.
“I know many techniques arid
teach my students the one that
fits them best. Right now all stu
dents use the “Rote” memoriza
tion system taught in school. Un
der “Rote” you have to go over
and over what you want to learn.
As far as I’m concerned, “Rote” is
the worst. What student has that
much time to repeat information
enough times to get top grades?”
says Jackson.
Jackson will be at the College
Station Community Center on
Monday, December 4, Room 106
one day only for two sessions.
One in the afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
and a second session at 6:00 p.m.
The tuition for the 3-1/2 hour
session is $45.00.
Jackson is only accepting 30
persons in each class on a first
come first served basis. It is
worthwhile and enlightening.
You can register by calling 1-800-
462-8207, or mail tuition to:
MEMORY SEMINAR
2553 Texas Ave. Ste C
College Station, TX 77846
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