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MORE CASH BACK FRATERNITY When: Wednesday, Jan. 17 Where: Rudder Theatre Time: 7 RM. Texas A&M Fraternities will be there to answer your questions! There will be a FRATERNITY LIFE SEMINAR at 7 RM. in Rudder Theater, Wednesday, Jan. 17! For more info call 845-0112 or 845-1133. Friendship lessons Best Buddies program provides insight for the teachers By Amy Uptmor The Ba ttalion W hen Best Buddies was formed at A&M three years ago, the students who got in volved intended to teach mentally dis abled members of the community about life. But many of them had no idea how much their buddies would teach them. “They’re very intelligent,” Allison Culver, presi dent of Best Buddies and a senior special educa tion major, said. “They teach all the college stu dents something every day.” Best Buddies is a national organization that teams up college students with mentally disabled “buddies” whom they work with as long as they are involved in the program. Severities range from mild disabilities to low-functioning mind disabili ties, Culver said. Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion Sophomore josh Gorman watches his Aggie Buddy Andrew Clarke of Bryan as he bowls in the MSC. Most of the buddies work at Junction 505, art cycling plant in College Station, where theypt form activities such as bagging newspapers ani crushing cans. Culver and Linda Wagner, host site coord® tor of Junction 505, make the matches. Culver said that although anyone can be involvedir Best Buddies, interviews are necessary to ensure a lasting match. “We want to make sure we can make a got; match because we’re trying to make lasting frienil ships,” she said. Students form friendships with their buddiesk going to see movies, eat or shop. Josh Gorman, programs coordinator sophomore bioengineering major, said he andfe buddy, Andrew, have found a common bond. “We go bowling a lot because he really likestt bowl,” Gorman said, “and we go shopping a lot,” Culver took her buddy to Bonfire, which si- said was a fun night for both of them. “It was great,” she said. “I think she had sparks than the fire.” But one of their most memorable days came; few weeks ago, Culver said. “She told me I was her best friend,” she said Gorman plans activities that members their buddies can do together. Culver said si places around town give the group free food, ari that many places give discounts. Best Buddies also takes larger trips to including Austin, Dallas and a trip to the Houste Livestock Show and Rodeo earlier this year. “I think we bonded pretty well on that t Gorman said Culver has other memories of the trip. “We got chased by a bull,” she said. “I tl that experience sticks out in everyone’s mind.” Students involved in Best Buddies must 1 an ongoing journal that helps them to keep trad of things their buddies like and don’t like. Gorman said that he and his buddy keep in® stant touch. “We go out at least once a week, and we talkal most every day on the phone,” he said. Although Gorman had been involved in a simi lar program in high school, he said participation Best Buddies hinges more on personality than pre vious experience. “It takes a lot of getting used to, but if you’re! caring person it’s not hard,” he said. 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We think he’s a hero.” Kevorkian has acknowl edged being present at 26 deaths, most of them involving people suffering cancer or other debilitating illnesses. He faces four charges of illegally assist ing suicide in Michigan. Simon, 83, of Brentwood, es tablished the Sovereign Fund in 1981. Every year or so since then, he and his three-member board have doled out various sums to a wide array of recipients, ranging from innovative teachers to Ken Bums, producer of the PBS se ries “The Civil War.” “One of the Sovereign Fund’s principles is seeking a restraint on government, because restraint of government is true freedom and liberty of the people,” he said. Rushdie expects threat to be lifted WELLINGTON, New (AP) — Salman Rushdie, who has lived under an Iranian death tence for six years, expects edict will be lifted next year. “I hope things are movingk the point where we can leave this nonsense within a year, Rushdie said Monday at a secret location in Wellington. 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