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lD?wlo!E§iai 5.oicQ « Eia coi<2iiiiD£Cl(/5i6 Ewml Z IUJ I IX c££ Sio. 5.l<rl<ii c-OIi- o JIQ. Oil 0<U ■■■hum HiiJUiitiuiar o r % NO FOOLIN’ WESTGATE IS OPEN SATURDAYS OUR SATURDAYS MOVE FASTER, MORE CONVENIENTLY, AND PAY CASH. BRING A SHORT STORY OR ONLY TWO PAGES OF HOMEWORK... SOMETHING LITTLE TO DO BECAUSE ON OUR SATURDAYS YOU’RE GONE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT - CASH IN HAND. Westgate Plasma Center 4223 Wellborn Rd. • 846-8855 K-g-Xg JCX JLgg. JKXXgg XJUL XXL Page 12 •The Battalion ^pOONS Tuesday • April 18, Stick By Alvaro DON’T THAT TM SURE YOULV. GET A Toe U YOU'R£ RIGHT 1 . WELL, I Gotta -SEE YOU The Inkwell By Brad MWF 3:00-3:00 • Tue&Thur 9:00-6:00 ^ Peg inning April 1st: Saturday S:00 -12:00 Office of Student Life Programs Commuter Students drop in for free breakfast Texas A&M University Wednesday, April 1 9 anytime between 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM Governance Room 1 44 John J. Koldus Bldg. Free breakfast in exchange for your opinions on University services SC programs Hosted by » Women's Programs- O.S.L.P. BUSINESS IS BACK! Italy Spring Semester 1996 Students will select a minimum of 12 hours: Interested? Attend any one of these informational meetings in 251 Bizzell Hall West: Mon., Apr. 17 1 - 1:45 Wed., Apr. 19 Wed., Apr. 19 Wed., Apr. 19 12 - 12:45 1 - 1:45 2 - 2:45 Mon., Apr. 24 1 - 1:45 Mon., Apr. 24 2 - 2:45 Mon., Apr. 24 3 - 3:45 Wed., Apr. 26 Wed., Apr. 26 Wed., Apr. 26 Wed., Apr. 26 1 - 1:45 2 - 2:45 3 - 3:45 4 - 4:45 ECON 489/: Economics of the Eur. Comm. BUAD 489 Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco LB AR 3 3 2/: Culture of Mgmt. in the Eur. Comm. MGMT 489 Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco ARTS 350: Arts and Civilization* Prof. Paolo Barrucchieri ANTH 201: Introduction to Anthropology Dr. Sylvia Grider ANTH 205: Peoples and Cultures of the World Dr. Sylvia Grider PSYC 405: Psychology of Religion Dr. David Rosen PSYC 306: Abnormal Psychology Dr. David Rosen *Mandatory for all students Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544 MATHEMATICS CONTEST Annual Freshmen and Sophomore MATHEMATICS CONTEST TOMORROW WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1995 7:30 P.M.-9:30 P.M. Room 317 Milner Hall It is intended to award at least six prizes: 1. $150 for paper judged to be the best overall 2. $125 for second best 3. $100 for third best 4. $80 for fourth 5. $60 for fifth 6. $50 for sixth Contest problems will cover topics up through Math 151 (Engineering Calculus I) for Freshmen, and through Math 251 (Engineering Calculus II) for Sophomore contestants. For purpose of this contest, freshmen are first-year undergraduate students, and sophomores are second-year undergraduate students. j Adventures in Acjuielaivd By Greg IM JAMUA.RY,! RAN A CARTOON WHICH NlENTIOKED THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN AVOIDING ME BECAUSE -THEY’RE AFRAID X MIGHT USE THEM IN MY CARTOON. Ji ACTUALLY, TT SORT 0E MAD AN OPPOSITE EFFECT AND NOW. MANY OF IMY FRIENDS ARE ASKING ME TO PUT THEM IN MY COMIC . UNFORTUNATELY,! KINDA’ ha»e THE IDEAS FOR the last rs comics ALREADY PLANKED OUT.ALTHOUGH « OCCASIONAllY.X’H- hear a GOOD SUGGESTION for a cartoon idea,.... AND OCCASIONALLY X HEAR SOME BAD ONES, I CAN’T USE EVERYBODY I KNOW IN MY CARTOON AND I CANT USE EVERY IDEA THAT PEOPLE SUGGEST TO ME , I’M SORRY. X CAN’T SH09' r QuAD SOUIRREL DOING THAT TO THE.FEMALE squirrel in my „ CARTOON.. . NO MATTER HOW~COOL < ’ you THINK IT'D BE... BESIDES,8UAD DAD N«*9 ^0:K ... SOl_lKE,.VOU HAVE THAT , MOUNTAIN GOAT CHARACTER,RIGHT!... AND THEN YOU HAVE HIM STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A HUGE BOWLOF CLAM chowder..And then you have that ~ FIBBS GO V, - PRESSED AS A Ml ME,. AN D. Sk®teh By Quatro Weather Today Decreasing clouds with a high near 82. West winds becoming SE near 10 mph. Tonight Increasing clouds with isolated showers and a low near 63. SE winds near 10 mph. HI® Wednesday Mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers. SE winds 15- 20 mph. High near 81. Wednesday Night Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Low near 63. Thursday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High near 80. Source - A&M Chapter of the American Meteorological Society Rankings scrutinized after report that colleges inflate scores, figures WASHINGTON (AP) - For years, American colleges have railed against magazine rankings of their campuses as oversimpli fied “short cuts” that gloss over the complex, subtle nature of learning. . Now there are contentions that some of the schools, under pressure to attract students, are fibbing about the figures they send each year for the rankings done by U.S. News & World Report, Money magazine and others. The rankings have come under closer scrutiny since an Aprils Wall Street Journal article re ported discrepancies in data sent for the rankings and information sent to debt-rating agencies. The dispute over the rankings has underscored the importance of marketing to the nation’s 3,000 colleges and universities. “It’s a buyer’s market,” says Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylva nia, whose school was not men tioned in the Journal article. “And the amount of publicity you get helps determine the students you get.” A spokesman for New York University — which was men tioned in the Journal article — said questions asked by the sur veys can be interpreted in differ ent ways, which results in vary ing answers. For example, the Journal re ported that NYU, in responding to the U.S. News survey, exclud ed the SAT scores of about 100 poor students in a special state- sponsored program. But NYU’s Virgil Renzulli said Monday the U.S. News survey asked for SAT scores for students entering school in the fall. The 100 exclud ed students began classes in the summer. Among other discrepancies re ported by the Journal: — New College of the Uni versity of South Florida, in Sarasota, reported its fresh man class average SAT score as 1296. But that score was ob tained by cutting off the bot tom-scoring six percent of stu dents, raising the average 40 points. Admissions director David Anderson told the news paper the practice, since stopped, was part of the school’s marketing strategy. Anderson refused to comment to The Associated Press, refer ring questions to another col lege official, who did not return phone calls. — Northeastern University in Boston and several other schools excluded international and reme dial students’ SAT scores, even though surveys specifically said not to. Northeastern’s provost, Michael Baer, said the practice gave potential students a more accurate reflection of what their peer group would be. r ALLEN HONDA 7600 Hwy. 6 P.O. Box GA 409-696-2424 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 a 03 DEAR GRADUATING SENIOR: CONGRATULATIONS!!! WE AT ALLEN HONDA ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT! TO HELP CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT, WE INVITE YOU TO COME IN AND PICK OUT YOUR NEW HONDA! NOW THAT YOU HAVE EARNED YOUR VALUABLE DEGREE FROM TEXAS A&M AND ARE JOINING THE BUSINESS WORLD, IT CAN BE THAT SIMPLE. WE HAVE SEVERAL FINANCING OPTIONS AVAILABLE - SO LET US SHOW YOU HOW EASY IT IS TO GET YOUR FIRST NEW CAR WITH LITTLE OR NOTHING DOWN. HONDA HAS BEEN NAMED NUMBER ONE IN IMPORT LOYALTY FOR THE SIXTEENTH YEAR IN A ROW. WHICH MEANS, YEAR AFTER YEAR, MORE PEOPLE BUY HONDA AFTER HONDA. WHY? BECAUSE YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. WHY SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS?! VERY TRULY YOURS, V AGGIES HELPING AGGIES! J TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY VS. BLOOD DRIVECHALLENGE April 17-21, 1995 Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. GIG ’EM A GGIES ! GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE DONATE BLOOD! BlgbdCare. Sponsored by: ALPHA PHI OMEQA, ANGEL FLIGHT, CORPS OF CADETS, RHA, PHI BETA CHI, OMEQA PHI ALPHA, STUDENT GOVERNMENT