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CarePlus^Rt 2411 Texas Ave. and Southwest Pkwy. • College Station, TX 77840 696-0683 (•Ain WOLF FEN CREEK AMPHITHEATRE Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior (E^to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. Presented by MSC Townhall, Pace Concerts, and MCS Entertainment. Page 2 • The Battalion Campus Monday • Octobery Alcohol Awareness Week to tell sobering tra □ The week's events will include a display of wrecked cars and informational booths on campus. By Kasie Byers The Battalion Resource tables are set up in the Memorial Student Center today for the 20th National Col legiate Alcohol Awareness Week in which colleges and universities nationwide will promote awareness of the ef fects of alcohol abuse. Fifteen campus and communi ty organizations that are affect ed by or help prevent alcohol abuse are represented at the MSC, including Aggies Against Drunk Driving, Brazos County Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Aggies Working for a Rape-free Environment and Student Life Alcohol and Drug Education Programs, formerly known as the Center for Drug Prevention and Education. Helen Janss, Student Life Al cohol and Drug Education Pro grams assistant coordinator, said that because of a limited budget, AWARE and other groups were asked to participate in the weekly events. “Every college has their choice of how to run this week, and since money is a factor, we think this is the most effective way to reach the greatest num ber of students,” Janss said. “We’ve asked other services that are affected by alcohol abuse to participate. For example, AWARE was asked to partic ipate because alcohol abuse is a major cause of rape and assault.” AADD will have a table with informational pamphlets Wednesday. Resource videos on drunk driving supplied by the Brazos County Chapter of MADD will be played at the table as well. Thursday and Friday, AADD will display at Rudder Fountain four crashed cars that were in volved in drunk driving acci dents. The cars were donated by various wrecker services in the Bryan-College Station area. A booth with a petition calling for an Open Container Law will also be set up. Andrew Baker, AADD pub licity chair, said the cars will have a big effect on students because most students do not think they will be involved in these types of accidents. “The cars show just what can happen when you drink and dri- L ve,” Baker said. “I was hit by a drunk driver on Father’s Day, and before the wreck I thought accidents like these could be con trolled. Now I know they can’t.” MADD will honor five law en forcement officers from the Bryan-College Station area Thursday for outstanding work in giving Driving While Intoxi cated citations. The recipient from the Uni versity Police Department is Of ficer Morgen Harkrider, who ar rested 31 drunk drivers from September 1994 to August 1995. Last year there were 229 al cohol-related accidents in Bra zos County, a 2.7 percent in crease over 1993. Amy Bass, Brazos County Chapter of MADD administra tor, said she hopes this week will heighten students’ aware ness of the harmful i drunk driving. “It’s my hope that Air] Awareness Week willenuJ young people to alwayst| nate a driver,” Basss never make those twodisaj choices that could endt their lives, but alsothellij unfortunate individualstj ing on the same roads.” As a part of the week'sd the In ter-Association Task! on Alcohol and OtherSuts Abuse Issues and Busch will sponsor theshJ annual “Know Whenltl When” poster competitioil competition will award 19sf arships totaling $15,0 dents who submit theil poster conveying respois drinking. The contest wilt! December 15, 1995. Eg me i’ri re< Jus the 10 Fraternity lifts hopes, funds for PUSH Amerid □ Greeks raised more than $7,000 for the disabled in a Weight-a-thon this weekend. By Leslie New The Battalion The weight lifter tightens the braces on his wrists, sticks his hands in the chalk bag and prepares to lift as much weight as possi ble to raise money and increase awareness for persons with disabilities. The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity sponsored a Weight-a-thon to benefit PUSH America, an organization that raises awareness of people with disabilities. Tom Sullivan, Pi Kappa Phi vice presi dent and a senior journalism major, said through PUSH America, the fraternity has raised over $4 million since the 1970s. “We work for it instead of it working for us,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said that the Weight-a-thon will have raised an estimated $8,000 after collec tion of donations made by sororities, families and friends this week. Sororities pledged $3,500 with the top donating sororities being Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega and Delta Delta Delta. After collection, the funds will be trans- Shanc Elkins, The Battai ion Bryan Moss, a senior industrial distribution major, lifts weights at the Weight-a-thon in front of WAL-MART this weekend. ferred to PUSH America and distributed throughout the nation. Seven members of the fraternity were elect ed to serve as representatives of the seven sororities involved in pledging for the event. Sorority members then attended the event to cheer on their perspective representatives. “Sorority participation has been out standing,” Sullivan said. “They’ve opened their doors and allowed us to promote the event at their meetings. The support goes beyond the sorority/fraternity lines. It’s helping out a great cause.” This is the first year year-old event branched out toil sorority involvement. Sullivan hopes the event will continue pand to include other fraternifej Corps of Cadets and the commi Matt Legg, Pi Kappa Phi and a junior economics major, purpose of the event was no raise money, but to increase awi in the community. “We want to get the entire a involved,” I^egg said. “ We’ve tote ball that others haven’t and helpe: people with disabilities.” The Weight-a-thon is only the events Pi Kappa Phi parti®! in for PUSH America. Otheren include “toll roads,” a roadsideul tion in Austin, and trips to theft ham State School for the disable!. “We do toll roads four times a year,' said. “We usually go to the BrenhamS School twice a year with a sorority anfw students on a picnic and brighten their day Kenneth Martinec, Pi Kappa Phi vice president and a senior civil engina major, participated in the Journey offt another PUSH America benefit. Martinec said participants raise Si 1 per person to ride on the two-montk trip that entails biking from San Fraa^ to Washington, D.C . i i ! 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The Battalion Editorial Staff Rob Clark, editor in chief STERLING HAYMAN, Managing Editor Kyle Littlefield, Opinion Editor Gretchen Perrenot, City Editor Jody Holley, Night News Edit* Stacy Stanton, Night New?Eon 9 Michael Landauer, AcgieufeV' Nick Georgandis, SportsEpit« Stew Milne, Photo Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Wes Swift; Reporters: James Bernsen, Courtney Walker, Tara"'' son, Melissa Keerins, Kasie Byers, Michelle Lyons, Lori Young, Lily Aguilar, Healte"' Lisa lohnson & Leslie New. Accieuee Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Collier; Ei.ature Writers: )<in Higginbottord Protas, Katherine Deaton, Kasey Elliot & Amy Uptmor; Columnists: RachelB j,[ ' Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Sportswriters: Tom Day, Philip Leone, Lisa®' David Winder & Robin Greathouse Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Preston; Columnists: Pamela Benson, fri^ Chris Stidvent & David Taylor, H. L. Baxter, Brian A. Beckham, Jason Browa. 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