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SPORTCARDS COMICS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Holiday Inn, 1503 Texas Ave. South Hours 10-5:00 Admission $1 GREAT DOOR PRIZES HANNA & ASSOCIATES 696-3818 Family Law • DWI • Criminal Law Traffic Violations • Public Intoxication Annette K. Hanna Dana L. Zachary Attorncys-at-Law Not certified by Texas Board Legal Specialization SSp! O) mmmmwmwm WE BUY USED CD'S FOR $4:00 or trade 2 for 1 USED CD'S $8.99 or LESS 268-0154 (Now located downstairs at Northgate) The Aggie Players Association presents Mary Shelley's TRAMENSTEIN Dramatized by Tim Kelly February 24-26, March 2-5 Rudder Forum at 8:00 Students & Senior Citizens: $5.00 General Public: $7.00 Groups of 10 or more: $4.00 Tickets available at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234 A&IVI 12th Man Kickoff Team and Walkon Players MANDATORY MEETING Thursday, March 3, 5 p.m. KYLE FIELD ROOM "TWO THUMBS UP." SISKEL& EBERT ffll. 2/25 @7:00 lllliliilll fill. 2/25 @ 9:30 OMIONIGOl • SAT. 2/26 @ 10:00 (PIM NOT! mm CM fOfl THIS SATIMY. 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CAMAC conference begins today The Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture (CAMAC) will hold its seventh annual conference today through Sunday on the Texas A&M University campus. The conference addresses topics-concerning education, politics, leadership, cultural identity, youth violence and minority advance ment in the corporate world. Registration fees for the conference are $10 for high school stu dents, $20 for A&M students and $35 for non-students. Anyone interested can call the student programs office. Secretaries Continued from Page 1 sures to deal with this." Turner said the indictments should not be interpreted as a conclusion of the investigation by the Rangers and FBI. "This is not the end of it by any means," Turner said. The Rangers launched their investigation in September after an anonymous letter was sent to all the Board members and Gov. Ann Richards alleging Mar- Texas A&M University Health Science Center 1994 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship This program is designed for students in the advanced stages of their undergraduate training who are considering careers in biomedical research. It provides an opportunity for students to obtain experience in the research lab and to interact with graduate students and faculty within the medical Sciences Graduate Program. There are six disciplines within the biomedical sciences for students to choose from. A stipend is provided to students accepted into the program. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, and the deadline is March 1, 1994. Interested students should contact: Dr. Gerald A. Meininger Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine 113 Reynolds Medical Building Telephone: 845-0370 Fax: 845-6509 OKIDATA OL40Q<? LED Page Printer Student Aid. ! S ! LJ i S£ * i k'jfctd EDITOR’S CHOICE 11/23/93 • Compact size and sleek design fits comfortably on any desktop • Fast 4-ppm printing with RISC microprocessor for higher productivity • 44 fonts for great-looking correspondence and reports • Perfectly compatible with virtually all software applications $499 Computerland 209 University East 260-2664 OKIDATA Rcj;. T.M., M.D.; OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd.; Windows T.M., Microsoft Corp. Black Greeks take steps to celebrate dance heritai By J.Frank Hernandez Special to The Battalion Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity will celebrate more than 600 years of black history Saturday during its fifth annual Greek Olympiad step show. The 7:30 p.m. show in Rudder Auditorium will feature step per formances by Texas A&M's eight black Greek organizations. Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Al pha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Al pha, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sig ma, Sigma Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta. Stepping includes drill-like stomp routines, chants, cane- twirling and dances set to music. Roger Merritt, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, said stepping has an African heritage that began with tribes each having their own distinctive dances. graves had personally profited from A&M business deals. Richards forwarded the letter to the Rangers who were also asked by the Federation of A&M Mother's Clubs to investigate the reassignments of three top ad ministrators in the Department of Food Services. The three men allegedly lost their positions because they op posed Robert Smith, vice presi dent of finance and administra tion, and his original plans to privatize the Sbisa Underground Food Court. "Black Greeks have adopted that heritage through their own styles, whether foot stomping or through twirling canes," he said. Step shows are a competitive way of celebrating that heritage, Merritt said. The Nu Alpha chapter of Kap pa Alpha Psi began its Greek Olympiad in 1989 as the first step show at Texas A&M. Ryan McKeown, former presi dent of the chapter, said the mem bers felt A&M students wanted a step show on campus when it was created. Other Texas colleges had step shows at that time, including the University of Texas, the Universi ty of Houston .and North Texas State University. "It was on the minds of every one," he said. "It was an idea that was floating around on campus. We just decided to attempt it." McKeown said funding initial ly was a problem due to the $1,400 prize money and the $1,000 high school scholarship the frater nity was planning to award. McKeown said detailed plan ning, organization and promotion helped Kappa AlphaPi come their problems ands the Greek Olympiad statewide event. "It has definitely gro« tendance," McKeownsai have expanded our origic ence base of Bryan-Colfe and Houston to indude Austin and Lubbock." Merritt said the initialp was informing people at, Greek Olympiad, buttk lem ended after the success first show. "It has put us more': map," he said. "It haste annual show known statewj But the Greek Olympic been troubled in recent; late show starts and peri; arriving at the last minute. Julius Cox, Greek01; co-chairman and president offer- ter, said preparati: plannin;: elim those lems. Md said chapti recruit;: formd redly other shows am state to ensi ticipation fro: best acts. "We are registeringtk| early to avoid the pro them simply showing said. The chapter will alsohci to the starting time, he said Jeff Pollard, Greek-01; co-chairman, said this year: will include step teamspe: ing at A&M for only thefi second time, such as Sigma ma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta. "We have a better repie tion of all black Greekorg: tions," he said. Step teams from the Unit: of Houston, Texas Southei versity, the University of the University of Texas atA ton. Prairie View A&M Unit and Sam Houston State Ur; ty are expected to perform The chapter also hash* the price of tickets forth show to $5 in advance aai the door. Floppy Joe’s aft eSr We have New & Used Software! Take $1.00 off any $10.00 purchase Expires: 03-15-94 mm mm mm mm kJ Got a CD Rom Drive? 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