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Students help fight drugs
Fraternity targets elementary school students
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
One elementary school student who says he wants to
know how he or a friend can stop drug use is the mea
sure of success for Sigma Phi Epsilon’s anti-drug pro
gram, a fraternity member said.
The “Just Say No” program within the elementary
schools in Bryan and College Station is the brainchild of
Texas A&M junior Robert Russell, who came up with
the idea at a fraternity meeting.
Russell said the program is aimed at kids who most
likely have not been introduced to drug peer pressure
yet.
“Parents here are aware of the drug problem in
Bryan and College Station and are worried about drug
abuse,” he said.
The Sigma Phi Epsilon-sponsored program had a
trial day last week at Carver Elementary School in
Bryan to see if the program could be successful. About
five members of the fraternity spoke to the class, he
said.
Fraternity members plan to speak at schools in Bryan
and College Station after spring break, he said.
Sophomore Morty Mandal, fraternity public rela
tions chairman, said about five or six speakers signed
up to speak to various elementary school classes from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday starting
March 19.
Each group will talk to a class of about 30 elementary
students.
Mandal said other fraternities, campus organizations
and sororities also are involved with the program.
Russell, who was officially trained by the Texas “Just
Say No” program and has previous experience with the
campaign, said other speakers are leaders at A&M or
those with a strong interest in the program.
Speakers include Matt Poling, Corps Commander;
Kevin Fitzgerald, junior yell leader; Patty Lopicolo,
president of SMART (Students Making Awareness a
Real Topic) and Student Body President Kevin Buch-
man, who is also a Sigma Phi Epsilon member.
Russell said the objective is to have about 50 diversi
fied speakers who are students.
“Our ultimate goal is to reach as many kids as possi
ble and show them that they too can be successful with
out drugs," he said.
He said the group plans to speak to every elementary
See Drugs/Page 8
Former student provides
insight into interviews
By TIMM DOOLEN
Of The Battalion Staff
There is more to getting a job
than just being an Aggie, the head
recruiter of Houston-based Ander
sen Consulting said Wednesday.
“You all want to wear the Aggie
ring when you graduate, but it won’t
necessarily get you a job,” Randi
Mays Knapp, Class of ’79, said at “A
Survival Workshop on Intervie
wing,” sponsored by the Texas A&M
Memorial Student Center MBA/Law
Committee.
Knapp stressed the importance of
od interviewing skills when trying
to attain a job, and said students
should not rely on a good grade-
point average or being an A&M
graduate.
She said if a student thinks he will
get a job because of his alma mater,
the employer will probably say, “I’m
glad you’re an Aggie, tut send us
your resume.”
Knapp said interview skills are im
portant because many firms do not
use professional interviewers.
Knapp said students should be ready
for anything, from a highly struc
tured interview to one in which they
simply talk for 30 minutes.
Knapp gave these hints to job
seekers;
• Before an interview, do your
homework on the corporation so
you can talk intelligently about the
company.
• Prepare early for the interview;
get your clothes ready the night be
fore.
• Dress conservatively — usually
wear a navy blue or gray suit.
• Make a good first impression;
give the interviewers a good, firm
handshake and show enthusiasm.
• Tell them about yourself in the
interview; talk about your goals and
what you’ve learned from your ex
periences.
• Try to relate things you say to
See Interviews/Page 8
Zoo director voices concern about gorillas
By ANDY KEHOE
Of The Battalion Staff
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
One of Jack Hanna’s assistants shows
the audience a scarlet parrot.
Jack Hanna certainly likes his animals.
In last night’s presentation, “Monkey Busi
ness is Serious Business”, Hanna, executive di
rector of the Columbus Zoological Park, spoke
about the decline in number of the world’s go
rillas and the need for conservation of the ani
mals.
“There is an undeniable need for conserva
tion,” Hanna said. “Today, there are only 247
lowland gorillas left in the United States. It
will be a very, very sad day when we let the go
rillas go extinct.”
Hanna has made a couple of trips into the
jungles of Kwanda in Africa to study the de
clining mountain gorillas. His studies were
done in the same region as those by the Tate
gorilla activist, Dian Fossey.
“There are also only 290 to 300 mountain
gorillas left”’ Hanna said. “They are such fas
cinating animals; they are rapidly losing their
territory because of the intense land destruc
tion over there.”
Hanna has planned another trip to Africa
sometime early next year to follow up on his
studies.
He is probably best known for his numer
ous appearances on “Late Night with David
Letterman,” “The Tonight Show” and “Good
Morning America.”
“I try to educate through entertainment,”
Hanna said. “Conservation is an important is
sue right now, and I’m able to teach it through
these televison appearances. Also, it’s a lot of
fun to bring my animals on Letterman.”
Hanna is scheduled to appear on Friday
night’s “Late Night with David Letterman”
show.
“I’ll be bringing some snakes on the show,”
he said. “Dave will probably never let me come
back after Friday night.”
For last night’s presentation, Hanna
brought a mini-zoo of his own.
Asking for participation from the audience,
he displayed several of his unusual animals.
Included were a buzzard, a ferret, a Brahman
bull and a Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Hanna has served as executive director at
the Columbus Zoo since 1978. In that time, he
has carried out a $4.6 million capital im
provements program in the zoo that has re
sulted in the construction of a; new herbivore-
See Gorillas/Page 8
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