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Light Up Your BONFIRE BUDDY wi th tickets to: November 18, 19 & 20 Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm with the play following at 8:00 pm Presented by: Aggie Players C.P. Time Players & Ticket Information Dinner & Play Play Only Student $15.00 Student $5.00 Non-Student $18.00 Non-Student $8.00 For more information, please call the MSC Box Office at 845-1234 & Pcrjonj with disabilities please call us at 845-1515, S working days prior to the performance to enable us to assist you to the best ot our ability. and fsamsM MVMJON Of TAMOY CHARTS presents YOUR FREE TICKET TO FUN AND SAVINGS! I I I L_ FREE TICKET TO THE TEXAS A&M VS. TCU GAME! A $22.00 value - FREE with any $5.00 Samsill purchase. Come into SAV-ON today and get your ticket WHILE THEY LAST!! Tickets are valid for admission to the game Saturday, November 20, 1993. Limit one ticket per $5.00 purchase, two tickets per customer. 2009 S. Texas Ave. Townshire Shopping Center 822-1175 Bryan rttete* * ot ^ r\a^ s Spring 1994 489 Section Day Time 501 MW 12:40 - 1:30 502 MW 1 :50 - 2:40 503 MW 3:00 - 3:50 504 MW 4:10- 5:00 505 TR 12:45 - 1:35 506 TR 2:20 - 3:10 What Is the R.A. Class? It is the prerequisite class for becoming a Resident Advisor. It is a one hour credit course which is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Why take It? To iearn more about the role of a Resident Advisor, how to become an effective leader and role model, and how individuals and groups develop in a residence hall setting. (Also, the RA Class should be completed before applying for Summer Conference Assistant.) What are the requirements to become an R.A.? - 2.25 overall GPR - Successfully completed 30 hours of coursework (sophomore standing) - Successful completion of the R.A. Class ‘Preference is given to those who have lived on campus at least one semester. For more information, please call 845-6520 Department of Student Affairs / Division of Student Services State & Local Page 2 The Battalion Tuesday, November 16,1993 Come l$2 L-- Students learn from 'Best Buddies' Aggies, individuals with disabilities benefit from campus organization By Carrie Miura The battauon £*■'1 ome Texas A&M University ^■^students have recently been k-^given a chance to see what life is like for some less fortu nate members of the communi ty, Vanessa Armenteros, director and founder Best Buddies, a volunteer program, said stu dents are paired with a 'Buddy' to participate in different activi ties. "Our mission is to provide an opportunity for college students and the mentally or physically challenged to become friends,"Armenteros said. The 'Buddies/ who partici pate and become involved with the organization, range in age from 18 to 50, Zach Copeland, faculty ad viser of Best Buddies, said the students are taking time out to help the community. "The organization is impor tant to the community because the families of the 'Buddies' do not have much support or time alone," Copeland said. "This is an opportunity tor the students to assist them in responsibilities. It's also good for the 'Buddies' because they have always been sheltered." The 'Buddies' work and re ceive job placements at Junction 505, a non-profit agency that helps individuals with disabili ties to find a job in Bryan/Col lege Station communities. Dinah Shelly, job coach for Junction 505 and nost site coor dinator for Best Buddies, said she is impressed with how well the college students and their 'Buddies' get along. "The best part of the organi zation is that it has been a social outlet for the 'Buddies' and it's nice for them to have friends outside of the work place," Shelly said. Jimmy Walker, a 'Buddy' who works at Junction 505, said the college buddies are the best. "It takes courage and effort to be 'Buddies'." Gary Webb, a 47-year-old 'Buddy', said he enjoys having an A&M student as his college buddy. "I really like my best buddy, Michael, because we get to go to football games and do other neat things," Webb said. "He's a great friend." Michael Smith, Gary's best buddy, said he and Gary have had fun together and will al ways be the best of friends. "My eyes have been opened by Gary and all of the other 'Buddies'," Smith said. "You would think that they would learn something from you, bull think I've learned more from them, than they have learned from me." Smith, a junior kinesiology and biology major, said that even though he is 31 years old and has a family, he feels that he has grown up more from the experience of being in the Best Buddies organization. "Gary is a part of my family now and my wife and three chil dren are all of Gary's buddies," he said. "Gary and 1 will al ways be 'Best Buddies'." Search narrows for missing power plant employee The Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT — Rescue workers nar rowed their search Monday for a worker still missing in a jumble of catwalks and steel beams that collapsed after a 600-foot concrete emissions stack fell onto a Texas Utilities Electric Co. pow er plant. The worker, whose identity was being with held Monday evening, was believed to have been trapped inside the crushed portion of the TU Electric Monticello Steam Generating Plant. Dave Fiorelli, a senior engineer with TU's Dallas office, said 40 rescue workers and special ly trained dogs were on the scene as the effort entered its second day. "At this point in time, we have not had a con clusive reading one way or the other whether someone is alive,'" Fiorelli said from the site Monday afternoon. "The process is very tedious because it's a very massive pile of rubble. We're having to be cautious so rubble does not shift. The rescued fort is manual, of trying to move chunks of de bris and bricks out of the way. There's a lotot steel that's having to be cut out of the way with cutting torches." Fiorelli said the search would continue around the clock until the man is found. The 25-foot-wide concrete stack, one of three at the plant, toppled around 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning when contractors were at the site to clean the chimney. Psychic Continued from Page 1 U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, who instructed pan elists not to read or discuss any thing about the case, planned to ask detailed questions of 28 prospective jurors. Fitzwater said he expected the trial to last through Friday and the first two days of Thanksgiving Week, with any additional testi mony needed to be scheduled the following week. Hoffman is accused in a 12- count indictment of making a deal to sell her life story and promising some people 15 percent of the profits. She has pleaded innocent to all counts. A four-count indictment was originally filed in June against Hoffman, who faced two more counts in September and another six Nov. 4. She was arraigned Fri day on all the counts. FBI investigators contend that Hoffman, who filed for bankrupt cy on Oct. 22, 1991, hid $120,000 from the court. Hoffman also faces lawsuits by several families of the clients who died and left money to her. The Dallas County district at torney's office began investigating Hoffman in January 1990, two months after two of her clients were found dead in their subur ban home. David Goodman and his wife Glenda, both 48, had botk been shot. The Goodmans had written thsl adviser several checks totaling more than $100,000, authorities said. STUDY ABROAD IN SWITZERLAND Students who have had at least four semesters of col lege level French can participate in TAMU's reciprocal exchange program with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA overall. Kal JDRMATIQ ^ETI*L- 251 Bizzell Hall West Wednesday Nov. 17 from 1:00 - 2:00 Study Abroad Programs, 101 Bizzell West, 1145-0544 JUNIORS Join The Tradition... Junior make up pictures FOR THE 1994 Aggieland yearbook WILL BE FROM MONDAY, NOV. 15 through Friday, Dec. 3. The make up schedule is as follows: Juniors: Nov. 15-Dec. 3 Sophomores: Dec. 6-14 Pictures are being taken at A R Photography, located at 707 Texas Ave. 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 picture in the Aggieland during teleregistration, it can be purchased in 230 RDMC for $1. 1994 yearbooks can be purchased in 015 RDMC for $25. 1994 GGIELAND Professor Clark uses every formula in applied physits. With one simple formula, he tan tabulate his life insurante needs. This formula means a lot to his family. To learn more about life insurance, call the TIAA Life Insurance Planning Center. 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SM The Battalion CHRIS WHITLEY, Editor in chief JULI PHILLIPS, Managing editor MARK EVANS, City editor DAVE THOMAS, Night News editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Aggielife 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 - Jason Cox, James Bernsen, Michele Brinkmann, Lisa Elliott, Cheryl Heller, Kim Horton, Jan Higginbotham, Jennifer Kiley, Mary Kujawa, Kevin Lindstrom, Jackie Mason, Kim McGuire, Carrie Miura, Stephanie Pattillo, Geneen Pipher, Jennifer Smith, Mark Smith and Andrea Taormina News desk - Rob Clark, Jennifer Perteway, Irish Reichle, Khristy Rouw and Heather Winch Photographers - Mary Macmanus, Tommy Huynh and Nicole Rohrman Aggielife - Dena Dizdar, Jacqueline Ayotte, Margaret Claughton, Lesa Ann King and Joe Leih Sports writers - Julie Chelkowski, Matt Rush and David Winder Opinion desk - Toni Garrard Clay, Lynn Booher, Tracey Jones, Jenny Magee, Melissa Megliola, Jay Robbins, John Scroggs, Frank Stanford, Jason Sweeny, Robert Vasquez and Eliot Williams Cartoonists - Jason Brown, Boomer Cardinale, Clifton Hashimoto, George Nasr, Gerardo Quezada and Edward Zepeda Graphic Artist - Angel Kan Clerks- Grant Austgen, Eleanor Colvin, Wren Eversberg, Carey Fallin and Tomiko Miller The Battalion (USPS 045-360) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semeslers and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. 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