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TSEA Texas Student Education Association General Information Meeting September 14, 1993 at 7:00 pm Rudder Tower room 601 Anyone interested in the education profession is invited to attend (E) SELECTED FOR THE DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT 1993 CANNES FI1M FESTIVAl ‘ABSORBING AED RELENTLESS... After watoMngthlfiFM about a younlAMo&D Amarloan man trying to break out of his azlstanoe as a hustler on the mean streets of Vatte you might feel ae If you’ve done a tour of duty. Welcome to LA. -the other LA.’ -Dims Dims MASAZna if c iciaaii m un FBODumcE ic m ucm im: N E i I. M E CINEMA Thursday @ 8:00 Friday @ 7:00 & 9:30 Saturday @ 9:30 Presented in Rudder Theater Complex ADMISSION: $2.50 Advance tickets available at MSC Box Office MSC FILM SOCIETY OF TEXAS A&M Questions? Call... MSC Box Office 845-1234 Film Society Hotline 847-8478 MSC Student Programs Office 845-1515 .JJL. A Memorial Student Center Student Programs Convnittee Campus Page 2 The Battalion Monday, September 13,1993 Rocky Horror newcomers Tommy Huynh/Vuc Battalion Lorraine Whiteaker, Aaron johnson, Adam Richards and Troy Brenner from Cepheid Vari able spray people who had never seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the movie's screening. 'Bullet train' to ease travel through state By Jennifer Mentlik Tm Baitalion TEA requests teacher role changes Special education students to remain in regular classes By Jacqueline Mason The Baitalion Recent suggestions by the Texas Education Agency for schools to include more special educa tion students in regular classes, an idea called inclu sion, may mean a role change for teachers, a TEA spokeswoman said last week. TEA spokeswoman Della Mae Moore said state legislators want to move towards retraining teach ers to cope with an influx of students who need special attention. As a result, the job of retraining teachers to deal with special education students in regular classes will fall to special education teachers. "There will be more of a need for special educa tion teachers," she said. Patricia Lynch, an assistant professor in Texas A&M's educational psychology department, said that in the past, special education students trav eled between special and regular education classes until they were ready to return altogether to regu lar classes. With inclusion. Lynch said, special education stu dents will remain in regular classes. Special educa tion teachers will join the students in the regular classes to help them when needed. It is like having an extra teacher in the class who is not limited to helping just one student, but can help anyone who needs extra help, she said. Peggy Boone, director of special services at the Spring Independent School District outside of Hous ton, said special education teachers will have to be come disability experts rather than subject experts. "We are having students come in with multiple handicaps," she said. Boone advises college students who are majoring in special education to take as many classes about various disabilities as possible. Realizing that inclusion will mean a shift in duties of both regular and special educators, the A&M's ed ucation department is revising its programs. The Texas High Speed Rail Authority's proposed supertrain, or "bullet train" will make travel ing throughout the state easier for A&M students and faculty when it builds a terminal in Bryan-Col- lege Station. Dr. Stephen Roop, head re search scientist of the Texas Transportation Institute's rail re search initiative, said a high speed rail train station will "bring vitality into the community" through increased growth and prosperity. "Bryan-College Station is not the easiest place to get to," Roop said. "It's out of the way of the major corridors and it has suf fered." The train station will boost the economy and offer jobs by pro viding a need for extra services. "The free enterprise system is adept at providing services," Roop said. "There will be a need for shuttle services and rental cars. And Tm sure they'll need a shuttle from the [train] terminal to Kyle Field." He said the train also will have an impact on the University. See Train/Page 3 See Education/Page 3 Clarification In the Sept. 10 edition of The Battalion, Mahmoud Alyahya said that the land of Palestine is worth one million dollars and that Palestinians should receive that money. In fact, Alyahya meant that Pales tine should receive just the land and not its w.ortly. . •X s WC ^ • CONTACT LENSES ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Sola/Barnes-Hind) Disposable Contact Lenses Available $ 79 00 ic For Standard Clear or Tinted FLEXIBLE WEAR Soft Contact Lenses (Can be worn as daily or extended wear) + FREE SPARE PAIR SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES. ASK ABOUT OUR “BUY MORE PAY LESS” PRICING Call 846-0377 for Appointment *Eye exam and follow up visits not included Charles C. Schroeppel, O.D., P.C. Doctor of Optometry 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, Texas 77840 4 Blocks East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection DOLLAR SHOTS! Attention all classes: From Sept. 6 to Oct. 8 just $1 gets your shot in the 1994 AGGIELAND yearbook. Pictures are being taken at A R Photography, located at 707 Texas Avenue S. near Taco Cabana, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 693-8183. If you did not purchase your shot in the Aggieland during teleregistration, it can be purchased in 230 RDMC. Yearbooks can be purchased in 015 RDMC. A 1994 /Yggieland \ N ! The ball has already started 1 rolling for the 1994 Aggieland! Contracts for university recognized organizations can be picked up in RDMC 012. Give your organization the rec ognition it deserves & reserve a space now! Get on the ball & pick up a contract today! Organization contracts are due no later than September 27th in RDMC 230. A 1994 /Aggieland The Battalion CHRIS WHITLEY, Editor in chief JULI PHILLIPS, Managing editor MARK EVANS, City editor DAVE THOMAS, Night News editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Agg/e/z/e editor BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor MICHAEL PLUMER, Sports editor MACK HARRISON, Opinion editor WILLIAM HARRISON, Sports editor KYLE BURNETT, Photo editor Staff Members City desk )ason Cox, April Arias, l.imes Bemsen, Michele Brinkmann, Lisa Elliott, Cheryl Heller, tan Higginbotham. 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