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3 rescued,
8 missing
in Gulf
Global business studies
College incorporates international program
Venezuelan vessel
sinks off Texas coast
By Jayme Blaschke
The Battalion
GALVESTON (AP) - Eight
crewmen from a Venezuelan sup
ply ship were missing Thursday
after their vessel sank in the Gulf
of Mexico, some 115 miles south
east of Galveston, officials said.
Three crewmen drifting in a
life raft were rescued at 9:20 a.m.,
nearly four hours after the 150-foot
ship, Diana, began taking on wa
ter, said U.S. Coast Guard Chief
Clark Lednum of Galveston.
"It went down extremely fast,
maybe five minutes/' he said.
"The crewmen were not able to
get out a distress call."
The trio were picked up by the
tanker O.M.I. Willamett and were
expected to dock in Galveston late
Thursday evening.
"The survivors aboard the life
raft said the five other crew mem
bers were last seen putting on sur
vival gear," Lednum said. Anoth
er three were unaccounted for, a
Coast Guard spokesman said.
The Coast Guard cutter Key
Biscayne was en route to the area
Thursday afternoon and two heli
copters from Air Station Houston
and a fixed-wing aircraft from Air
Station Corpus Christi also were
involved in the search.
A mayday report from the
Galveston shrimper. Snow White,
diverted a helicopter from the Di
ana rescue to 20 miles southeast of
Galveston. Five people aboard the
Snow White were rescued from
that sinking boat and flown back
to shore.
"The five people off the Snow
White are safe," said Coast Guard
Ensign August Buhalis. He said
the helicopter then returned to the
original search area.
Business majors at Texas A&M
can now specialize in international
business because of a new certifi
cation program offered by the
Center for International Business
Studies.
Kelly Murphrey, a graduate as
sistant with the program, said the
certification process was designed
to be an integral part of the degree
track, requiring little extra effort
from the student.
"The certificate is almost like a
minor, with foreign language and
international business course re
quirements, as well as internation
al experience and culture require
ments, which may be fulfilled by
study abroad programs or special
projects," Murphrey said. "These
courses will all fit within the nor
mal number of hours required for
graduation without the need for
additional work."
Dr. Kerry Cooper, director of
the center, said although the pro
gram is new this semester, the op
portunities it offers have been
available at A&M for a number of
years.
"This is something students
can do already, but the certificate
provides tangible recognition of
their accomplishment," Cooper
said. "We have an extensive men
tors program in place where in
structors assist students in choos
ing their classes, and this helps out
the advisers by providing them an
outline or framework to work
with."
The certificate, which students
receive upon graduation, shows
the student's education took on an
international focus within their
specialty, Murphrey said. Such a
focus could potentially help in get
ting a job.
"What we're trying to do with
the program is to broaden the stu
dent's education, and therefore get
the U.S. more competitive, more
involved with the global market
place," he said.
"This could open doors on the
career path, because many U.S.
corporations are exploring over
seas operations. This program can
prepare students for the direction
business is going."
As the graduates enter interna
tional business and word spreads
about the A&M certification pro
gram, the stature of the center
could be enhanced world-wide.
Cooper said.
"With the program in place,
we can better advise students and
aid them in understanding the di
rection business is progressing,"
he said. "Ultimately, that reflects
on us. We're doing good for the
center by doing good for the stu
dents."
Program provides assistance
to first-time B-CS home buyers
By Dawn Heliums
The Battalion
The Diana was a Venezuelan-
registered supply ship and all the
crew members were Venezuelan,
Lednum said.
Affordable housing for low
and moderate income residents is
now possible in Bryan-College
Station with the introduction of a
special program by Bryan Home
Mortgage Assistance Program.
The program aids qualified
home buyers by providing finan
cial assistance, counseling and up
to $5,000 in down payments and
closing costs to build a new home.
Affordable Housing Coordinator
Karon Cairns said the program
will be beneficial to the surround
ing community.
"We want this to be a positive
addition and good service to the
Bryan-College Station area," she
said. "It has already been well re
ceived in the area."
The program was developed
by the City of Bryan and First
American Bank after a study taken
in 1990 revealed the need for mod
erate income housing in the B-CS
area due to city residents' inability
to come up with down payments
and closing costs on new homes.
The program meets the needs
of faculty, incoming residents and
full-time employees rather than
full-time students, said Gail
MacMillan, division manager for
Community Development.
"The program should offer
A&M an incentive to bring in new
faculty and staff," she added.
Eligible applicants must be
first time home buyers and may
not have a gross annual household
income that exceeds 125 percent of
the area median.
Applicants must qualify for a
FHA loan, and provide $1,000 in
cash for down payment and clos
ing costs. Applicants are also re
quired to attend four to ten hours
of home buyer and home owner
ship training courses.
All homes will be built in the
Shadowood subdivision adjacent
to Jane Long Junior High School
on FM 2818. House plans include
two and three bedroom homes
with monthly mortgage payments
estimated from $490 to $625.
Due to the overwhelming re
sponse from interested home buy
ers, the program may expand.
"We want to get other banks
and businesses involved; we're
hoping to grow," Cairns said.
Annual Career Fair
helps students find
niche in job market
By Sharon Gilmore
The Battalion
Today's uncertain economic
climate requires job-seekers to
get a head start, and an upcom
ing Career Fair can give stu
dents that edge, one of the or
ganizers said.
The fair gives students a
chance to mingle with repre
sentatives of companies in or
der to get contacts, said Marnie
Stewart, a senior speech com
munications major and Busi
ness Student Council represen
tative.
"Because of the recession, it
is important to start making
contacts as soon as possible,
Stewart said.
The Business Student Coun
cil of the College of Business is
sponsoring the thirteenth annu
al Career Fair to run Jan. 26-29.
Students will be able to
speak with recruiters at compa
ny booths set up in the Blocker
hallways from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. each day of the fair. Ap
proximately 250 recruiters will
visit the campus during the
week, Stewart added.
The theme of the this year's
fair is "An Investment in Your
Future."
The week of business ori
ented events will kick off at 9
a.m. Sunday in Room 201 of the
Memorial Student Center with
the Retailing Symposium spon
sored by the Center for Retail
ing Studies.
Suzanne Allford, vice presi
dent of the people division of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will
speak on "What Separates the
Best from the Rest in Retail
ing.
Allford also will be the
keynote speaker at the Women
in Business luncheon on Tues
day.
The ninth annual Women in
Business Symposium will take
place in Blocker classrooms on
Monday, covering topics suck
as women succeeding in busi
ness and discrimination in the
workplace.
The seminars will be as
helpful to men as to women,
Stewart said.
Panels of women include
the Executive Women of Dallas
and professional business lead
ers from Bryan/College Station
and Houston. The panel mem
bers will be speaking to differ
ent classes in Blocker beginning
at 8 a.m.
Students can have dinner
with personnel from the com
pany of their choice at the Busi
ness Career Fair Banquet at 7
p.m. Tuesday at the College
Station Hilton. Members of the
Fair Banquet Committee said
they expect 900 people to at
tend the dinner.
The first Minority Student
Business Symposium, formerly
a luncheon, will take place
Wednesday.
Four speakers from differ
ent companies will speak about
minority issues in the job mar
ket to classes in Blocker.
"The purpose of the sympo
sium is to allow minority stu
dents to interact with company
recruiters," said Tom Jenkins,
chairman for the event and a
representative of the Business
Student Council.
In addition to the Career
Fair, a discussion on co-op edu
cation, mock interviews and
the placement center's bidding
process will be held in Blocker
307 on Thursday.
For more information about
the Business Career Fair, or to
make luncheon or banquet
reservations, contact the Busi
ness Student Council at 845-
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