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Campus Page 2 The Battalion Friday, September4,1! services A&M students B ad mone can for many H the Consumer Credit Service has help a Texas A&M tact the Housto serves clientele Ir the Texas Gulf eluding Bryan-C This agency assis tablishing work' agement progra: workshops and payment liaiso creditor and the consumer. A student who desires CCCS assistance must call and make an appointment with a counselor who will access the student's fi nancial situation based on cur rent bill statements, his most re can con- which across a, in- ation. by es- man- cting as a n the — er financial information the stu dent can provide. Under the debt management ■ n set forth by the agency, CS would take over the finan cial obligations of the client, but he has to make a monthly de posit to the counseling service See Credit/Page 10 RANDY NICHOLS/The Battalion Janet Syptak, a personal banking representative at First American Bank, helps Jeremy Yakez, a freshman chemical engineering major from El Paso, sign up for an account Thursday afternoon. MSC Open Roust showcases groups Organizational exhibits open to students By JULIE CHELKOWSKI Reporter of THE BATTALION Engineering council to host fair Corporate recruiters from 90 companies will meet in Memorial Student Center By CHERYL HELLER Reporter of THE BATTALION The companies work in conjunction with the A&M Career Center and the Cooperative Edu cation Office. Texas A&M's Student Engineers Council will sponsor the Engineering Career Fair Sep tember 9 and 10 in the Memorial Student Cen ter. The fair will bring together almost 200 cor porate recruiters with senior engineering ma jors. The fair, which is held to interest students in jobs in the field of engineering, will feature representatives from 90 companies, including Vulcan Chemicals, Vanity Fair Mills, Stone and Webster Engineering, the Radian Corporation and Martin Marietta Energy Systems. "We had about 89 companies at the fair last year, and we have 90 this year, so I think we're doing very well. The economy hasn't hurt us at all." -Doanh Tran, co-chairman This year's fair will not include Dow Chemi cals, Marathon Oil Co., Shell Oil Company, and British Petroleum, who have all been par ticipants in the past. Co-chairman for the event, Doanh Tran, does not feel that the economy has affected the petroleum companies' absences. "We had about 89 companies at the fair last year, and we have 90 this year, so I think we're doing very well," Tran said. "The economy hasn't hurt us at all." Fair hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of the MSC. A semi-formal invitation only banquet will be held at Duncan Dining Hall on Sept. 9., and a casual fajita reception will be held at the Bra zos Center on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Texas A&M organizations will open their doors to students Sun day at the Memorial Student Cen ter Open House. Julie Reyna, vice president of MSC public relations, said the Open House is a unique opportu nity for students to discover the extra-curricular activities that are available on campus. "This is the only University event where all the student orga nizations can come together in one place," she said. "It gives the students one place to go to find out how they can get involved with the things that interest them." Gina Burnett, director of MSC external relations, said especially freshmen can benefit from attend ing the Open House. "Open House offers freshmen the opportunity to find out what A&M has to offer and allows them to get involved immediate ly," she said. Over 200 student organizations will be represented at Open House to satisfy a wide variety of interests, Burnett said. The different types of organiza tions students can see at Sunday's event include: international groups; fraternities; sororities; dance, music, and art societies; student government; service orga nizations; honor societies; re! gious groups; MSC council sports and recreation clubs; 21 other groups. Reyna said this year's House will be slightly differe: than previous years with more an emphasis on the entire Unive sity Center Complex. Shesai that in the past year, construct!! around the area has prevent! students from visiting student! fices in the area such as stude service and student programs fices. "People don't realize those fices are over there, and theyi get involved in those things 1 student government, too,"si said. MSC Hospitality Council % be giving tours to the office ofB John Koldus, the vice president! student services, which recenft moved to Rudder Tower. Offki in the Student Services Bi and the Off Campus Centers also be open for students. Reyna said even if studentss not interested in joining a camp organization, there will be plens of entertainment and door prizs offered at Open House to pleas everyone. The Aggie Wranglers, Societ of Creative Acronyms, MissToa A&M University Jill McCluit Sneaky Pete, and other groups See MSC/Pagel The Battalion ATLANTIS TILLMAN, Editor in Chief STEVE O'BRIEN, Managing Editor GARY CARROLL, City Editor JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports Editor MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor HEIDI SAUER, News Editor KARL STOLLEIS, Photo Editor TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment Editor Staff Members Reporters — Melody Dunne, Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Sharon Gilmore, Robin Roach, Brandi Jordan, pheryl Heller, Tanya Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski, Monique Lunsford, and Will Healy. Copy editors — Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlick, David Thomas and Jennifer Smith. Photographers — Darrin Hill, Jenny Matlack, Randy Nichols, Sandra Alvarado, Billy Moran, and Robert Reed. Lifestyles writers — Susan Owen, Anas Ben-Musa, Tricia Martinez and Julie Polston. Sports writers— K. Lee Davis, Michael Plumer, Don Norwood and Ruly Medrano. Columnists — Anthony LoBaido, Stacy Feducia, Dwayne Purvis, Shawn Ralston, Matt Dickerson, and Toni Garrard. Cartoonists — William Harrison, Thomas Deeney, George Nasr, and Clay Welch. 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