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FLOPPY X O E ’5 Software f t o r- *. I 1 Rent one CD for 3 days, get one 3 day CD rental HOSPICE MART BOUTIQUE FREE! Membership required. Expires: 09-30-95 j Supra 28.8 PNP Fax/Modems from $169.95 Purchases or Donations may be made 1705 Texas Avenue in Culpepper Plaza at the corner of Texas and Harvey. Mon-Fri 9-5 Saturday 9-1 693-1706 427 S. Main Bryan 775-7227 A TEXAS A&M ISTARTIN6 FROM SCRATCH BE A FOUNDING FATHER IMMEDIATE LEADERSHIP ESTABLISH TRADITIONS NO HAZING D E L T A S I 6M A P H I o INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS SEPT 26-27-28 8:30 PM MSC 231 CALL SCOTT OR DAVE AT 777-6749 OR 846-8123 The Annual Fall Business Career Fair October 2, 3 & 4, 1995 Visit Corporate Recruiting Booths in the halls of the Wehner Building on Tuesday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 4. Tickets will be on sale for the reception and banquet this week in the Wehner Building. For more information call 843-1320 Open to all Business majors Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior and Masters Students I L iberal Arts majors The Career Center will present a workshop exclusively for Liberal Arts Majors. The topics to be discussed at the presentation will be... Resume Writing and Interviewing SkUIs . Be sure to be there, and bring a Liberal Arts Friend! September 26>fh ( Taesefaqj 6:00 PM - HECC 209 *LIECC (Harrington Education Center - Classroom) For more information call 845'5139 (Career Center) or 845-5143 (Undergraduate Advising Office) 0 0 Page 2 • The Battalion Campus Tuesday • September26,| Experiments take psychology students|ues beyond textbooks, into actual researc ptemb □ Psychology students, who are unfamiliar with psychology hypotheses, are used as subjects in graduate students' and faculty members' experiments. the students see what psychology is like outside of the textbook,” Ri- card said. The experiments, which are performed by graduate students and faculty members, cover topics such as reflex and response times, values and coping strategies. BRAZOS VALLEY HOSPICE MART ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF THEIR BOUTIQUE SECTION By Lily Aguilar The Ba i i align Psychology 107 classes require more than studying. Students taking the course participate as guinea pigs for experiments in the psychology department. Richard Ricard, an assistant psychology professor, said stu dents must sign up for four hours of experiments through out the semester to receive a grade for the class. “The experiments are a learn ing experience because they let The Institutional Review Board approves the tests, Ricard said, and students can refuse to participate once they are told what the experiment will entail. “Students have the right to refuse to participate in experi ments they find objectionable,” he said. “Students who don’t want to do them are allowed to review ar ticles instead.” Students in Psychology 107 are chosen for the experiments because they usually do not know what the experiments are testing, Ricard said. “In general, the students need to be naive to the hypothesis of the experiment,” he said. “People who know the nature of the ex periment will ingratiate the ex perimenters by telling them what they want to hear.” David Woehr, an associate professor of psychology, said students are told what they were being tested for during a briefing following the test. This allows students to voice any concerns, he said, and gives them a chance to learn more about the experiment. Woehr said the experiments expose students to information gathering techniques, benefit them in class. “I see more discussion»! about the nature of collet data from the students,”hei “Students draw on theire ences from the experiments' Woehr said experimenta!| efit from the students'pi tion because a consida amount of research is human subjects. “About 2,500 students the introductory course esc mester, which gives reseat! an available pool ofsubjs he said. Sara Weaver, a freshms counting major, said not know about the expert requirements when shei tered for the class. “They don’t tell you abot experiments in the registr book,” Weaver said. “I didn't how much time the expen: would take when I foundo; rr See Experiments,! Aggies network nationally while at A&U y Amy P HE BATT □ Minority agriculture and life science majors learn about other career possibilities through A&M's MANRRS chapter. By Courtney Walker The Battalion Agriculture has expanded beyond farm ing and raising animals, and Minorities in Agriculture Resources and Related Sci ences wants to inform students of the broad realm of possibilities, the MANRRS president said. Texas A&M’s chapter of the national or ganization was started three years ago by a student and Dr. Joe Townsend, associate dean of agriculture. A&M will host the MANRRS national convention this year at the Hilton Confer ence Center March 28-30. The theme will be “Society for Minorities in Agriculture, National Resources and Related Sciences.” The conference includes workshop ses sions, banquets, national keynote speak ers and a career fair where students can meet employers from around the world. Wash A. Jones, MANRRS adviser and director of student recruitment and reten tion programs for the College of Agricul ture and Life Sciences, said people do not realize how diverse the field of agriculture is, and MANRRS gives students a chance to dis cover all the options. “Just because you get an agriculture degree doesn’t mean you are stuck in the field the rest of your life,” Jones said. “There are a lot of other university-related sci ences that do not deal directly with production like journal ism, biophysics, recreation and parks and biochemistry.” Jana Jaure, national MAN- MANRRS Developing student leadership networking are top priorities for Marisa Oliva, A&M chapter pres; and a senior wildlife and fisheriesm said the connection students can is among undergraduates and graduates ates a long line of support. Interpersonal relation! problem-solving and with the basic stress ofei day life in the real worli also important lessons said she learned. “I developed a sen! professionalism that k essary to survive in thej world,” Jaure said. MANRRS is divided six regions across theUi States and has chaptei more than 50 U.S. and universities. RRS president and a senior agricultural development major, said the organization is a way to explore other majors and still stay in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “It’s great because you can see other ma jors and never have to leave,” Jaure said. Nilubol Monique Paricharttanakul, RRS vice president and a junior biochenk and genetics major, said the environc makes her feel like she is at home. “You don’t feel like you are just air; her, you feel like you are an active pi Paricharttanakul said. igl Sti dri aldwell “Mothe rst scul; 0 of his 1 Rory I lie has ard art. “The f le unusi saw th /as such ly friem hat the The sc kely to ossible l jfer to it Iculptun Smith’s d “My w le Imp laid. “Thi he ha alk. H looks as ough. I iible dree Event friends v Tnd took .Smith sa lion his i by — as l “I get rt,” Smi ager anc Althou heek att out of, w< eighbor [hey give Smith oil truck keep the Graduate students get boost before formal interviews □ Representatives from 19 companies will be available this week for graduate business students to discuss job opportunities. By James Bernsen The Battalion Graduate students in Texas A&M’s College of Business Ad ministration are taking matters into their own hands in prepara tion for this week’s Graduate Business Career Conference. The conference, scheduled for Sept. 27-28, will bring represen tatives of 19 major companies to campus to speak with students in an informal environment. The conference is almost en tirely organized and run by stu dents, which makes it different from similar events. Preston Seward, a graduate business administration student, said the conference benefits from being student-run. “This is a kind of pro-active student movement,” Seward said. “Our goal is to create an at mosphere where we can market our graduate program.” Melissa Ellis, assistant direc tor of MBA programs, said stu dents have more interest in the program because they can bene fit more from it. “They’re the best ones to run it,” Ellis said. “It gives them the chance to show what they can do and work on some thing to help themselves.” Melissa Powers, an MBA student, said the students are taking initiative in running the program, which impresses recruiters. “It shows the companies and recruiters that we have skills,” Powers said. “It’s a way to show off our talents and the different people in our program.” The program is not like a job fair, Ellis said, but brings students in for “roundtable” discussions with recruiters. In this format, each business rep resentative sits down with six to 10 students and questions are traded informally. “It’s more of an informa exchange between the comp who are visiting and the dents,” she said. Powers said the program’s cus will not be recruiting,! interaction with business, will help students. “The first priority is then? working,” she said. “A lot of these compani are coming later in the fal do their recruiting. “The roundtable discuss® are an opportunity first for(f cruiters to talk about theirp^ grams, then to allow the,# dents to talk to them and as - telligent questions. But it# lets them meet the students,*' See Graduate,! Memorial Student Center Presents The Role of Religion on Campus A panel discussion with questions from the audience. Wednesday, September 27 8:30 PM Rudder 301 Presented by: FILM and SOCIETY OF TEXASA&M & Persons with disabilities please notify us in advance at 845-1515 so that we may serve you to the best of our ability. 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