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Athletic office issues sports cardscus
By Lisa Messer
The Battalion
The Athletic Ticket Office this
summer has issued more than
22,000 new athletic cards and
expects thousands more to be
purchased.
The new athletic cards will
now take the place of student
I.D. cards when sports fans draw
tickets for football games. The
student drawing tickets, howev
er, will still have to present their
I.D.
Jim Kotch, athletic ticket
manager, said the card will func
tion the same as an I.D.
“If you’re picking up the tick
ets you need to bring your ID
and athletic card and cards for
each person you’re picking up
tickets for,” Kotch said. “At the
game, bring your ID and your
ticket.”
Kotch said the ticket office
switched to the new system so
students won’t have their I.D.
cards tied up throughout the
day.
“We were the only entity on
campus that asked students to
give their I.D.s away,” he said.
“Now, with these cards you
should be in possession of your
I.D. at all times.”
Kotch said the decision to use
the athletic cards coincides with
the University’s attempt to go to
a one-card system.
“If you gave your I.D. card to
someone to pick up tickets for
you, you couldn’t eat,” he said.
“You couldn’t use your Aggie
Bucks to buy food or operate a
vending machine. Now with the
dorms going to a scan system,
you couldn’t even get in to your
room.”
Penny King, associate athletic
director of business, said the
new automated access to resi
dence halls is the main reason
the ticket office switched to the
athletic cards.
“We need it because of the in
creased value of the student I.D.
card,” King said. “We haven’t
had any complaints, but some
concerns were expressed. This is
a proactive move to make sure
no problems arise.”
King said having one more
card to carry is the only disad
vantage of the new system.
“Another card to keep up with
is a negative, but it’s easier from
a scheduling standpoint,” King
you could
said. “Before, you had to m itinued from Pi
an appointment with someo®
get your I.D. back.” i
Jennifer Willis, a residenti ildbe nice,” he i
visor in Rudder Hall, saiii loss said, “W<
does not see the new cardal/e*
problem.
Tt’s a lot better thaniijj /[array, who hi
s ACUS pro
mleption in 19i
AT&T ACU
your I.D.,” Willis said. “Giip
your I.D. to someone is
security violation. Thiswayjle
don’t have to worry aboil jasons
you’re going to eat or how to The University
in to your dorm.”
Kotch said the Athleticl&mpus resid
partment will absorb theen; ifeel like AT&
cost of manufacturing and rice and compe
tributing the new cards.
More than 18,000 cards
mailed to returning studet
and 4,800 cards were
this summer at the Pavilion
freshmen and transfer studet le said about
colleges acre
the ACUS pro
Kotch said he expects2,
more cards will be needei
students who purchase
passes after school starts.
“It will be nightmarish(j
getting everything up and
der," Koteh said. "WrtesI i|lued from
ing long lines tor the pas
Everyone I’ve spokepto
been happy about the
Theater program separat
from speech department
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
Texas A&M theater arts students could see a
change for the better Sept. 1.
This is when the theater arts program will be
gin to operate separate from the speech communi
cations department.
Dr. Linda Put
man, professor and
head of the Depart
ment of Speech Com
munications and
Theater Arts, said
the two programs
united into one de
partment after
breaking away from
the Department of
English in 1985.
iecause the pi
the freshm
’ he said. “Ii
e on action th
iichols said i1
er leadershi
liable on cam
LIP does se\
and att
lughout the y
? ish Camp is
developed 1
e new friei
Susan Kelley, new theater arts program t tfhest tasks
nator, said her first day as coordinator was i 8 e -
15 and the job parallels that of a department! * ra 4 Britton
“I will do the student advising and difls ^ directo
things for the program, such as help organic to fit h
theater arts productions,” Kelley said. “Sepan ^selves,
the programs was done for the students’ bent College is li
give them more of a chance to actively part:: »> he said. ‘
in the theater! fte r> People ■
on with thi
back to you.”
lurray said mi
em schools he
as Texas A
3 A&M-King
State Univei
ope
The change will be a good one because
while the two programs overlap for a few
classes, they are separate otherwise.
—Dr. Linda Putman
program and in ? ure Y 01 -
ductions. Mtton recor
“Hands-on s friends
ence is impoij
along with In
professionals: !n ^ was a f
tions,” Kelle'ysii:
want to hep
more interns!
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raid. “That v
bends.”
“The change will be. a good one because while
the two programs overlap for a few classes, they
are separate otherwise,” Putman said. “When the
two were originally put together, things were dif
ferent, with interests and classes coinciding. As
the years have passed, both programs have
changed and grown apart.
“Separating the two is a good move because it
will give the theater arts program more freedom to
do things beneficial for students,” she said. “The
College of Liberal Arts has already appointed a
woman to coordinate the program.”
students.”
Kelley, who has been at A&M seven yi
the theater arts resident costume
appointed as coordinator in March
“I started the preliminary planning fori Ition fair
gram in March with the College of Liberal
help,” she said. “Even though we make
separately from the speech communicatioi
partment, we still work closely with the
Dr. Janis Stout, associate dean of the Coif
live around
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Please see Theater,PNrests.”
A&M students, faculty serve r~
mentors for middle-school childre
By Amanda Fowle
The Battalion
Texas A&M students and fac
ulty are working with the Bryan
community in a unique program
as mentors for students at Jane
Long Middle School.
Andrew McClain, a coordina
tor for the project, said the
School Families Project is spon
sored by A&M’s College of Edu
cation and the Bryan Indepen
dent School District. The'pro
gram began in Fall 1992 to pro
vide a support group for middle
school students.
“We try to get the students to
talk about things that are both
ering them or going on in their
lives,” McClain said.
McClain said the project does
not try to create replacement
families for students, but it al
lows them to speak about their
lives with adults while they are
at school.
“We call the groups families
because there is such a diverse
group of people from all ages
working together,” he said. “We
are not trying to replace their
families.”
Rosalie Dwyer, a coordinator
for the project, said the volun
teers are not totally responsible
for the students.
The groups consist of a
teacher, volunteer mentors, and
students. The groups are over
seen by the coordinators and two
psychologists.
“It is not a one-on-one inter
action,” Dwyer said. “It is a
group mentoring program. This
makes it easier for volunteers.”
McClain said that because so
many middle school students are
interested in the program, the
coordinators are in need of more
volunteers.
“We are trying to increase the
number of volunteers,”
said. “We need 100 to
unteers from A&M and thf|
munity.”
McClain said volunteer; 1
to be committed to givin!
hour a week to their gi
Each family meets one
week from 12:45 p.m. tt
p.m., during the students
sory period.
“We need people whoi
consistently every week
Claim said. “It helps tb |
dents to be more open.” 1 ,
Volunteers must also
an orientation seminar
next training seminar
Sept. 16 in the MSC.
McClain said informatk
sions will be Sept. 6 at p
at the Brazos Center and
at IB: 30 p.m. in Rudder 401
general
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