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St 25,1993 OS is just pro- " Bertami- s a little re- ird week, iition from a member i said. i the new rps Com- 5h Review t will take become an 'orps. ot manda- the fresh- y The Batems ^classmen e editor editor irts editor r, Jan sr Mentlik, alay la, Jay :ada and >ring semesters im periods), at &M University, »ed McDonald dvertising, call ionday through ;ar. To charge an their -es them includes ipplies. receive ivewent ucation nalifi e( l rse may ews with inder no accept n mor e ie H&R irse may Block ,t 10700 ouston, 11 h&R t 1' i will he ocation Wednesday, August 25,1993 The Battalion Page 3 ExCEL to host two-day orientation conference for minority students By Dena Dizdar THE BATTALION Incoming minority students and their parents are invited to attend a two-day orientation conference hosted by ExCEL (Excellence unit ing Culture, Education and Leader ship) on Aug. 27-28. The conference week end kicks off a year-long program that aims to help ethnic minority stu dents with the transition from high school to Texas A&M. Sheri Schmidt, Ex- CEL's staff adviser, said, "Our goal is to get the freshmen started off on the right foot. We want to help make the freshman year a success, because your freshman year can make you or break you." The conference, which is com pletely run by students, will in dude: a mini-step show and oth er entertainment, student and staff speakers, parent-only ses sions to teach them how to let go of their children, a class search to help students find the quickest route to their classes. Established in 1987, ExCEL has helped more than 900 students "Our goal is to get the freshmen started off on the right foot." "Not only do we have to adjust to college life, we have to adjust to social differences as well." Smoothing out those prob lems is ExCEL's main goal, But ler said. And the group will con tinue to support the students with biweekly events throughout their entire freshman year. Students like Delfia McKinney, now the group's executive direc- -.Qhpri Schmidt tor ' sa y the ExCEL confer- oilltl ouuniui, ence lessened their antici- ExCEL staff adviser pation about attending a — predominantly white and parents with the adjustment from high school to college. But Tracey Butler, the program's pub lic relations chair, said the transi tion is much more complicated for ethnic minorities. "Texas A&M has been bashed a lot in the news lately because of tensions between minorities and the rest of the students," she said. school. "My expectations regarding the university were very different until I attended a freshman mi nority orientation," he said. "My image of what it means to be an was totally transformed." Students and parents can late register for the conference begin ning at 9 a.m. on Aug. 27. Accounting/finan^e major Tanisha Hicks, bio-med major Sandra Yu and elementary ed. major Cedra Brown (from left) work on the schedule for a con- Kyk Bumett/Tm Battalion ference ExCEL will be hosting this week. The three members spent all day Monday organizing and co ordinating plans for the conference. Highway 6 runs one way! At least the two frontage roads will! Both service roads of SH 6 will be converted to ONE-WAY traffic only! HERE’S WHAT EVERY DRIVER SHOULD KNOW: • The conversion will begin September 7, 1993. • The east frontage road will travel north only from Rock Prairie Road in College Station to Woodville Road. • The west frontage road will travel south only from North Texas Avenue (SH Bus. 6) in Bryan to Texas Avenue South (SH Bus. 6) College Station. • The conversion will be completed in three sections, beginning in North Bryan, and will take about two weeks to complete. This map indicates the three sections of the conversion. 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