Thursday, November 16th
Texas A&M University, Rudder Theatre, 7:30pm
University Marcel Proust’s Paris, an evening ot
Chamber musical works by Faure, Franck, Debussy and
Concerts Reynaldo Hahn linked to turn of the century
Parisian literary masterpieces
John Aler, Tenor • Carter Brey, Cello • Hsin-Yun Huang, viola •
Laurie Smukler, Violin • Scott St. John, Violin •
Sarah Rothenberg, Piano • Pulitzer Prize poet Richard Howard
845-1234
MSC Box Office
Tickets: Ge'neral -S10,
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The
Vice President for Student Affairs
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Iway possible. So, if there is anything
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Saturday, Nov. 18
10 p.m. Dixie Theatre
on Main St. in downtown Bryan
Tickets $5. Doors and bar open at 8.
The E.L. Miller Lecture Series
Presents
The Onramp to the
Information Superhighway
lllistration: Steven Salerno, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 1995, p.75
C Distance Learning at Texas A&M A
1:30 p.m. MSC 201 J
You will be able to take classes from your living room.
Want to know how? Come find out.
C Information Technology and the Laiv A
3:00 p.m. MSC 201 J
A program on intellectual property, copyright laws, and the right
to privacy and free speech on the Internet.
November 15, 1995
7 p.m. MSC 201
Everyone wants in: phone companies, cable companies, computer companies,
and the government. What is it? The Internet: Find out what lies ahead.
A discussion of the public policy that will result.
The views in this program are not necessarily
those of the MSC Political Forum.
Page 2 • The BATTALION
Campus
Wednesday • November 15,■
Marker commemorates B-CS trollej,
□ The railroad provided
transportation from
A&M to Bryan in the
early 1900's.
By Heather Pace
The Ba i i align
The Brazos County Historical
Commission unveiled a historical
marker Tuesday tp commemorate
the Bryan and College Interurban
Railway, a vital link that serviced
Bryan and Texas A&M between
1910 and 1923.
The marker, the 41st in Brazos
County, is located on the 400
block of College Main. Funded by
a joint effort between Bryan and
College Station, the marker sits
on the dividing line between the
two cities.
College Station Mayor Larry
Ringer, who made the presenta
tion with Bryan Mayor Lonnie
Stabler, said the marker
demonstrates how the two
cities are cooperating.
“it is symbolic of how the two
cities are working together to
provide for the community,”
Ringer said.
Judge A1 Smith said the mark
er will enable people to learn
more about our history.
“It allows us to know a little
bit more about our past; it is
important to identify our roots,”
Smith said.
Former Bryan Mayor J.T.
Maloney and the Retail Mer
chants Association formed the
railway in 1909 by incorporat
ing the Bryan & College In
terurban Railway Company.
The company provided trans
portation primarily for busi
nessmen and those connected
with A&M.
Railway cars and trolleys
joined Bryan with a population of
about 4,000 people, and A&M
with about 750 people.
Steve Beachy, College Stations
Parks & Recreation Department
director, said the railway provid
ed one of the first modes of trans
portation between Bryan and the
A&M campus.
The railway facilitated the
development of Bryan and Col
lege Station as subdivisions
grew up around the track, re
placing pasture land.
Jack Zubik, the speaker at the
presentation, said he remembered
the trolley picking up passengers
wherever they were standing
alongside the rail.
Zubik’s father operated a tailor
shop in Northgate and used the
trolley to commute between the
shop and his home in Bryan.
Zubik reminisced about pas
sengers having to push the trolley
up the hill. He said when the trol
ley was overloaded, it would slip
off the tracks.
The trolley had wooden bench
es and windows which kept the
trolley cool in the summer. Zubik
said the trolley had “a sway to the
left and the right so you would
slide around on your seat.”
The route began at Reger:Njov
26th Streets in a little wooH—
station and ran to University.■
The fare at the time was*
for a one-way ticket and $.15 i l
round-trip ticket.
As a boy, Zubik wouldl
three or four pennies ini
trolley fare box and ridel
and forth between Bryanf
College Station.
Gwendolyn Struve, The Bm
Mayor Stabler of Bryan, Mayor Ringer of College Station and,
Jones participate in the unveiling of the marker for the B-CS Intennlj
Railway Dedication Tuesday on College Main.
New organization to hold first meeting toniglil
□ Students can network with different aspects of project management from ate civil engineering student, said pro;:
□ Students can network with
professionals through the
Project Management Institute
By Kristen Homyk
The Ba h align
'Thanks to a new student group, Texas
A&M students have the opportunity to
learn about different aspects of project
management and how to network across
various fields.
The A&M student chapter of the Project
Management Institute is holding its first
meeting today at 5:50 p.m. in 1.18 Civil Engi
neering Building.
George Sullivan, PM I president and a
graduate civil engineering student, said the
organization’s main goal is to expose stu
dents to different project management expe
riences through speakers and field trips.
“We’re going to have people speak about
different aspects of project management from
different industries,” Sullivan said. “One of
the things that this organization is really go
ing to be used for is to network with compa
nies and professionals in industry.”
Sullivan said the A&M group is spon
sored by the Houston chapter of PMI and
will therefore have access to its meetings
and activities.
He added an objective of the A&M
chapter is to make member resumes visi
ble to industry.
“We going to create a web page,” Sulli
van said. “We’re going to get r6sum6s out
on that.”
Sullivan said there are plenty of chances
to get involved in project management within
the newest chapter.
“It’s a great opportunity for people to
get involved,” he said. “We’re looking at
creating numerous committees to do
things. Since we are a new organization,
there’s still a lot to do.”
Matt Wheelis, PMI treasurer and a gradu
ate civil engineering student, said pro;
management is involved in almost every6
and in many areas of everyday life.
"Political campaigns, boys and girls p
grams in school districts and research : \
development efforts are all projects,” Wheel
said. “If someone were involved with Habtl
for Humanity, they might, be able to app
their project management skills to that." i
Wheelis said PMI concentrates on alll|
ferent aspects of management, from dealing
with people to organizing budgets.
Alicia Burianek. PMI public relations di |
rector and a graduate construction manage;
mont student, said the biggest benefit of PMI
is its interdisciplinary make-up.
“Now we have a program that will involve!
just about every college in Texas A&M.
Burianek said. “It’s going to pull the Univer
sity together, and it could probably be the
largest organization on campus.”
Burianek said PMI will work to make
sure that other colleges know the organiza
tion is not just for engineers or architects.
1
Library student liaison leaving University
□ Dexter R. Evans kept
the student body in
touch with the library's
services.
By Melissa Keerins
The Battalion
Sterling C. Evans Library is
saying goodbye to Dexter R.
Evans, a social science reference
librarian and the library’s student
liaison.
Evans, a University of North
Texas graduate, has been work
ing in the library for a year a half
and said he is glad he had the
chance to work at A&M.
Evans’ job as the library's stu
dent liaison involved finding out
the concerns of the general stu
dent public.
“Their usual concerns are book
availability, copy machine prices
and extended hours,” he said.
“Students want to know why we
do not have certain journals and
why we cut back.”
Evans said he tries to let stu
dents know what is going on with
the library and its funding.
Evans is leaving A&M for a job
that would help his public rela
tions, marketing and sales skills.
“This job will provide me with
a whole new world of opportuni
ties,” he said.
A&M provided him with an op
portunity to talk about being a pi
oneer, Evans said, because he was
the first African-American male
librarian at the library.
Evans said he has a quote he
lives by and likes to share with
other people: “Ask not what
your profession can do for you,
but what you can do for your
profession.”
"He always had a smile
on his face, even in the
morning."
—Julia Rhoks
head of reference section
Because of this quote, he
knows many opportunities will be
opened to him, Evans said, and as
a service provider he intends to do
his best to give his utmost service
wherever he goes.
Julia Rholes, head of reference
in the library, said Evans is a joy
to work with.
“He always has a smile on Ij
face, even in the morning,” Rho!
said. “He likes working with ppj
pie and is a great public relatw
person.”
Dr. Fred Heath, library de«
said he saw right awaytk
Evans would be a natural chi
for a student liaison.
“I thought the library":
missing something and needed I
communicate with the studenl
Heath said. “Not long after D1
ter came on board we realizedl
would be a great student liaid
because he had the enthusiasm
H eath said Evans wasef!
cerned about student issues i
was an advocate for both the
brary and student needs.
“It will be a challenge toft,
someone to replace
Heath said.
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