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THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WRITER'S GUILD
encourages all students to submit poetry or short stories to
be judged in the 1st Annual Writer's Contest.
Entry fee is $10 per entry. Please send all material to:
ATTN: Ms. Perry / NCWG/10250 Land's End/ Suite 503
Houston, Tx 77099.
Deadline is November 30th.
Cash prize & publication awarded to winners!
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.
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presents
YOUR FREE TICKET TO FUN AND SAVINGS!
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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
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Spring 1994
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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
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The Battalion
Tuesday, November 16,1993
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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
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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
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every formula in
applied physits. With
one simple formula,
he tan tabulate his life
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This formula means a lot to his family. To learn more
about life insurance, call the TIAA Life Insurance
Planning Center. Weekdays, 9AM to 6PM, E.S.T.
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This offer is available to faculty, staff, administrators and their spouses.
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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
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