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The Battalion
Center offers help to graduates
A&M s Career Placement provides
services to students looking for work
By WILL HEALY
Reporter of THE BA TTA LION
As graduation time draws near,
December graduates are focusing
their attention toward finding a
job - and the processes that go
along with it.
Texas A&M's Career Placement
Center offers a variety of services
to students looking for employ
ment, including formulating re
sumes and job hunting.
The center offers students a li
brary which has publications
telling students how to write re
sumes which can be checked out
by students, said Daniel Orozco,
assistant director of the Career
Placement Center Office.
In addition, the Center offers
seminars on writing resumes to
students, Orozco said.
"We help people who need
someone to comment on their fin
ished resume or the people who
come in and say T don't know
where to start/" Orozco said.
Orozco said they access and
sort candidates by education, ex
perience and special skills, and
prospective employers can request
searches of the database to find
prospective employees.
The center is located in the Stu
dent Services Building, Suite 209.
Students who want or need
more help can also look outside
the University into such services
as the Skills Bank, an electronic re
sume database service.
The Skills Bank offers students
an opportunity to put their skills
and qualifications onto a database
that is seen by potential employ
ers.
"The resume database is an ex
cellent, inexpensive means of im
proving a person's odds of locat
ing the perfect employment op
portunity," said Perry Tanner,
president of the Skills Bank.
Tanner started the database sys
tem two months ago and said he
hopes to have what he considers
to be an acceptable number of ap
plicants on the database by the
end of the year.
"Our system directly scans the
candidate's credentials into our
database," Tanner said.
"It's an inexpensive alternative
to traditional job hunting meth
ods, and it significantly increases
the candidate's chances of finding
the right job the first time."
To have a resume on file, candi
dates must pay an annual fee of
$35.Candidates can update their
resume during the year at no ad
ditional charge, and they can
block certain employers from see
ing their resume if they choose.
Tanner said employers pay $100
for each resume that meets their
requirements, and the employer
can contact the candidate directly.
Employers are willing to pay
this. Tanner said, because it saves
them money on such things as ex
pensive recruiting trips.Tanner
said he had two tips for people
writing resumes. First, do not wait
until the last minute; and second,
keep an updated resume in case a
better job comes along.
Judge allows family
to adopt Hispanic girl
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO - A judge
approved a settlement Monday
allowing a white foster family to
adopt a Hispanic girl in a case
that questioned the state's poli
cy on cross-ethnic adoptions.
Bud and Cheryl Peacock have
cared for 17-month-old Annie as
a foster child since she was born
and officially will adopt her
Dec. 31. Monday's hearing be
fore state District Judge Andy
Mireles terminated the parental
rights of Annie's natural parents
and arranged for Annie to visit
her three natural sisters month-
1 y-
"We feel great. This has been
a long haul, and it's finally go
ing to come to a positive end,"
said Bud Peacock, holding the
toddler, who wore a red dress
and pigtails and smiled and
laughed throughout the hear
ing.
The Peacocks sued the state
Department of Human Services
— now called the Texas Depart
ment of Protective and Regula
tory Services — after the agency
said Annie should be adopted
by a Hispanic family with her 5-
year-old half-sister.
i DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS i
I Dec. 2-3 (6-10 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.) i
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STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
Would like to invite all members to the
Last General Meeting and Reception
111 Student Services Bldg,
(parking garage across from the MSC)
Tuesday, December 1, 1992
7:00 p.m.
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AIDS film to feature
students from Dallas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — A 10-minute film warning teen-agers about AIDS and
featuring Dallas middle school students as actors premieres Monday be
fore their peers, educators and health professionals.
"Do You Know Me?" was made with $40,000 from the U.S. Depart
ment of Health and Human Services with drama students from Greiner
Middle School in South Dallas as the film's actors.
The film will be shown to all middle school science students this
spring and will be mailed to anyone for a $5 fee.
About 300 people have been invited to Monday's screening.
The short film chronicles the experience of a fictitious 13-year-old
couple who become infected with the deadly HIV virus, the precursor to
AIDS. The virus is then transmitted to their baby.
A teen-age narrator portraying the t'irus says: "They don't believe
that HIV could be anybody. I could be your boyfriend or girlfriend, the
quarterback of the football team or a member of the band."
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BE A RESIDENT ADVISOR!
HOW? Register for EPSY 489 - Resident Advisor Role. This is an 11 week, 1 hour
credit course which will be graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory and is required
before you can apply to become a Resident Advisor.
WHEN &: WHERE? There are six sections offered during the Spring 1993
semester:
501
MW
12:40-1:30 p.m.
502
MW
1:50-2:40 p.m.
503
MW
3:00-3:50 p.m.
504
MW
4:10-5:00 p.m.
505
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12:45-1:35 p.m.
506
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2:20-3:10 p.m.
HECC 202
FRAN 206
HECC 202
FRAN 153
Commons Lobby Multipurpose Room
Commons Lobby Multipurpose Room
NOT E: Section 505 and 506 are listed as TBA in the Spring 1993
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Tuesday, December 1,I s
What’s Up
TUESDAY
AGGIELAND: Junior pictures
will be taken for the Aggieland
through Dec.17 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. at AR Photography,
located at 707 Texas Ave. next
to Taco Cabana.
p.m. in 228 MSC. Everyone
welcome. For more information
call Shannon at 764-2959.
TEXAS A&M LACROSSE
TEAM: Practice Monday
through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. at the Polo Fields.
Everyone welcome, no
experience necessary. Come
be a part of the State
Championship tradition. For
information call Tom Weaber at
764-7974.
PHILOSOPHY CLUB: Dr.
Colin Allen will lecture on
“Artificial Intelligence, Artificial
Life: Can’t Beat the Real
Thing?” at 7 p.m. in 108
Blocker.
By AN/
AGGIES FOR LIFE: Officer
Elections at 7 p.m. in 402
Rudder. For more information
call Ron at 822-1976.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:
General discussion from 12
noon to 1 p.m. Newcomers
and latecomers welcome. Call
the Center for Drug
Prevention—The Rainbow
Center at 845-0280 for more
information.
FRESHMAN ADJUSTING TO 1
COLLEGE EXPERIENCES
(FACES): Picture for the
Aggieland at 6:15 p.m. in
Zachry Lobby and then, Core
Committee Meeting at 7 p.m.ii
104C Zachry . Join us for
awards and fun before finals.
For more information call
Debbee at 847-1890 or Gloria
at 845-9804.
STUDENT COUNCIL FOR
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN:
End of semester social at 7 p.m.
in 124 Student Activities Office.
Be prepared to have a great
time.
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PRE-MED SOCIETY: Baylor
Medical School presentation at
7 p.m. in 292 MSC. For more
information call Edward at 847-
2662.
MSC GREAT ISSUES:
General committee meeting at 7
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The Tap’s 1st Annual
Christmas Extravaganza
Wednesday, Dec. X
Canned Coods for Cover
All Proceeds at Door
Benefiting Brazos Valley
Food BanR
$1.75 Pitchers 7-10
$1.00 off all Mixed Drinks 7-10
F eaturing. • •
«Jasoti Manning,
Monk & Big Daddy
$200
REWARD!
ARE YOU ONE OF THESE STUDENTS?
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GRADUATING
CO-OPING
STUDENT TEACHING
STUDYING ABROAD
We are looking for students who are graduating in December, of
will be co-oping, student teaching, or studying abroad, or will no
be enrolled during the Spring 1993 semester. You can get you
housing deposit back!
Written notification must be received in the
Housing Office, 101 YMCA Building, by:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1992, 5:00 M