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December 1 is the deadline for all graduating seniors, co-op and study abroad students, and stu dent teachers to cancel housing for Spring 1996 to receive a full $200 deposit refund or to reserve housing for another semester. New Assignments (students not currently on campus) for Spring 1996 should follow the fol lowing cancellation deadlines as outlined in the housing contract: November 15 for a full refund ($200) November 30 for a 50% refund ($100) December 30 for a 25% refund ($50) * All students cancelling housing should come to the Housing Assignments Office 101 YMCA Building College Station, Tx. 77843-1258 Ph: (409)845-4744 Fax: (409)862-3122 Does not include students in the Corps of Cadets. A+TWURJiMg 725 - B UNIVERSITY 260-2660 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUN. NOV. 12 MON. NOV. 13 TOES. NOV. 14 WED. NOV. 15 PHYS 218 9 PM-11 PM CH 10 11 PM - 1 AM CH 11 11 PM - 1 AM CH 12, 13 11 PM - 1 AM PRAC TEST MON. NOV. 13 TUES. NOV. 14 WED. NOV. IS THRS. 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By Kristen Homyk The Battalion The campus gained a new religious group last Friday when the Pagan Student Associ ation held its first general meeting. Members of the organization, a groxip for several religions described as pagan, met to socialize and plan the year’s activities. President Brent J. Badders, a sophomore environmental science major, said he formed the organization so pagans could have the same kind of support and commu nity on campus that other religious groups such as Catholics and Muslims do. “I got really tired of trying to find other people hiding out, so I decided to open the door and say, ‘If you’re a pagan, come out and meet some people,’” Badders said. “I know a few pagans in the Bryan-College Station com munity, but they tend to be very solitary.” Badders said pagans have not been or ganized in the Bryan-College Station area due to common public misconceptions about the religion. “It’s pre-Christian,European religion, ba sically,” he said. “We don’t sacrifice animals, and we don’t worship the devil.” Author Margot Adler described pagans in her book, Drawing Down The Moon, in much the same way. “We are not evil,” Adler wrote. “We don’t harm or seduce people. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke ... We are much more similar to you than you think.” Paganism began in Europe, possibly in ancient times. The practice was common to both peasants and royalty until Christianity gained popularity in European cities. The pagans, or “dwellers on the land,” were then scorned because they did not fol low the more modern trend in religion. Pagans believe in many different forms of gods and goddesses, and most individu als choose their own form of worship, in cluding wicca, shamanism, druidism and discordianism. Charles Schreier, a freshman computer science major, said pagans can choose any sort of god they feel most comfortable with, from deities of ancient Egypt to nature gods of the American Indians. “It’s pick your own religion,” Schreier said. Pagans feel a close connection with na ture and practice both practical crafts and magical crafts as part of their religion. David Buckmaster, author of the Pagan Digest FAQ, said pagans have a positive de sire to have the best society they can and believe that desire can be achieved through worship of their deities and magic. “Most pagans work consciously with mag ic in order to be more responsible and create more positive results than if we left it at an unconscious level,” Buckmaster said. Christianity and paganism are not as dif ferent as they might seem.The Christian cal endar and the pagan calendar are similar be cause Christianity has pagan elements. Pagans celebrate the solstices of the sea sons as religious holidays, as well as Imbolc (Christianized as Candlemas), Beltane (May Day), Samhain (Halloween) and Yule (dur ing the Christmas season). Christianity and paganism share several other similarities, such as a belief in the birth of a god during the Christmas season and the belief that humans have free will, but not the Brent j. Badders, sophomore environmental! science major and president of Pagan Studel Association, speaks at the first meeting that J held Friday night. right to hurt others according to that will. | Tony Essma, a junior mechanicaler| neering major, attended the meeting J said he is a practicing Catholic learrJ about other religions. “Most religions are, if you get them a to their basics, the same thing,” Essmasd Students interested in learning moreaM the Pagan Student Association can e-maill Wynd@acs.tamu.edu for more information, I Alamo diary involved in forgery controvers □ Researchers do not know where the document has been since its author's death in 1841. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Re searchers have found a previ ously unknown chapter of a controversial account of the Battle of the Alamo. The account is contained in the memoirs of Jose Enrique de la Pena, a Mexican army officer who participated in the charge up the mission’s north wall during the famous 1836 battle. The newly discovered ac count, found in the archives of the University of Texas at San Antonio, appears to be dramat ic record of the Mexican brigade’s retreat after the Alamo battle. According to the one-week account, soldiers were dying of starvation. James E. Crisp, a Texas Rev olution scholar at North Caroli na State University who found the “Lost Week” chapter, won ders whether the passage had been undiscovered since de la Pena’s death around 1841. “Maybe this is a story that has not been read since de la Pena wrote it,” Crisp said. Some historians regard the de la Pena diary as one of the most vivid eyewitness descrip tions of the Alamo battle and its aftermath. The graphic detail of the re treat, via Matamoros, Mexico, adds more weight tohisarJ nient that the de la PenameJ oir is an authentic workktf former lieutenant colon# Crisp said. But many historians belie# the diary to be a clever forgef, and comb history and its :V| notes in search of evidence. | The forgery claims are fuelf by the fact that no oneknoil who possessed the diarybi tween de la Pena’s death acl the time an antiquities dealel first edited and publishedtli( work in 1955. ■ You carried 1,118 pounds of books, used 844 No. 2 pencil leads, and filled 92 3.5” diskettes. Now it all comes down to this. You worked hard to get your degree. Now put it to work for you. If you’re about [ _ to receive a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical lifestyles at sites in northern California, Oregon, Arizona, . | New Mexico, and Washington state. Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engi neering, Material Sciences, Applied Physics, or similar technical disci plines, join Intel. We have entry-level opportunities in IC and Hardware Design, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, and Information Technology. 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