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p ThundfrCmhjpSijbs 1/2 Price TuesoM Page 2 • The Battalion Monday « January 22.^ ays ALL SUBS ARE HALF PRICE EVERY TUESDAY Now through the end of February Albertson’s Center Randall’s Center 2205 Longmire 693-6494 607 E. University 691-2276 news BRIEFS Bryan celebrates 125th birthday TTTc ) } KANM 99.9 FM Cable l Vsl The Alternative \ Vj f DJ Information Meeting DJ Positions Available Creativity Welcomed No Experience Necessary Everyone Invited to Apply Tuesday January 23, 1996 8:30 p.m. Koldus Rm 144 (Governance Room) A&M to host annual construction program The Texas A&M Center for Con struction Education is hosting its an nual Construction Education Pro gram, which started jan. 21 and will end Feb. 1 6. Participants from as far as New Zealand and Indonesia are on cam pus to study construction issues ranging from human relations to contract-labor laws. □ The city kicks off a year-long "Celebration of Diversity" focusing on schools, churches and the military. By Heather Pace The Battalion School board to vote on pledge policy Having trouble getting onto the internet? , , s-A Get Connected. On-Site Internet Connection Packages Starting at $119. Contact Your MicroAge Sales Representative Today. /MicroAge 707 West University College Station, TX 77840 Phone: (409) 846-9727 ext. 206 Fax: (409) 268-1017 Visit our web site at http://www.MicroAgeCS.com IRVING (AP) — School board members are scheduled to vote Monday on whether to adopt a poli cy that strongly encourages teachers to have their classes recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. Teachers and students cannot be required to say the pledge. That would violate the right of free speech, according to a U.S. Supreme Court decision dating from World War II. First National Issues Convention adjourns AUSTIN (AP) — A group of Americans randomly picked to participate in the first National Is sues Convention adjourned Sun day, swayed not by what politi cians told them but by what they told each other. The 459 people from across the country posed questions about foreign policy, the economy and family issues to Vice President Al Core on Sunday, one day after doing the same with four Republi can presidential candidates. Fish Camp ‘96 1ST ANNUAL HISPANIC OPEN HOUSE && Sec " Monday, January 22,1996 Rudder Theater 7:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Dr. Leo Sayavedra, Deputy Chancellor, Texas A&M University System Topic: “Importance of Student Involvement.” Presented by Hispanic Presidents Council: Ballet Folklorico Celestial (BFC) Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture (CAMAC) Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA) Hispanic Graduate Student Association (HGSA) Hispanic Journalists Association (HJA) Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) National Hispanic Scholarship Fund (NHSF) Omega Delta Phi Fraternity Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA) Rio Grande Valley Hometown Club (RGVHC) Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Counselor and Fish Crew Applications Available Now !! J! Pick up yours today in the MSC or the Fish Camp Office! Class of ‘98 & ‘99 T-Shirts ‘ For Sale ($5 & $7) in the MSC this week! Challenge yourself for the Class of ( 00H PANAMA ClT y BEACH ^ m a Spring Break Party Package JKtm per nisht includes all this stuff to 0 : Gulf front accommodations FREE pass to f ^ Next door to the Super Clubs Wild activities, FREE entertainment Poolside giveaways The v Boardwalk Call Now! 1.800.224.GULF The Boardwalk Beach Resort 9450 S. Thomas Drive • Panama City Beach, FL 32408 http://interoz.com/boardwalk •Package price based on per person, quad, occup.,7 night minimum stay. 5 ! 50.00 security deposit at check-in time, cash or credit card only. Your still reading this? The city of Bryan, home to more than 14,000 Texas A&M students and faculty members, is celebrating its 125th birthday this year. The year-long celebration, ti tled “Bryan: Celebrate Diversi ty,” will highlight a different theme each month of 1996. Monthly themes will focus on the city’s schools, youth or ganizations, churches and mili tary organizations. Joe Brown, Bryan public rela tions officer, said city officials will honor the diverse groups repre sented in Bryan because the city “grew into what it is today by the people who live here.” “When we discussed why we have grown and prospered from a railroad yard with a few sa loons to what we are today,” Brown said, “the one thing we kept coming back to was the di verse citizens we have that all work together.” Last weekend’s two-day birthday kickoff included a dis play of Bryan artifacts, high school band performances and a puppet show. Brown said the highlight was an 80-foot cake replica of down town Bryan. The cakes, which were com pletely edibje, three-dimensional models, were encircled by a mov ing miniature locomotive train. J* * >Hm1 Amy Browning, The Rhk I The mayor of Bryan, Lonnie Stabler, cut the Bryan birthday cakewit:] the help of some local children. t Brown said he hopes students will learn Bryan history by at tending the celebrations sched uled throughout the year. “Being that A&M has a di verse ethnic population, it af fords students an excellent op portunity to come and learn about different cultures right here,” he said. “Bryan might not be their permanent home, but it can only help them as individu als to take advantage of things like this.” As part of the celebration, city officials and members of Bryan High School’s Media Text class compiled a video of inter views with the oldest and most involved Bryan citizens. “We wanted to get their mem ories of how Bryan used to be,” Brown said. Julius Skrivanik, one of the citi zens featured in the video, has ozArk SUMMER STAFF POSITIONS Come to our Video Presentation: Monday, January 22nd 9:30 p.m. Koldus Building, Room 110-111 A Christian sports and adventure camp for boys and girls ages 8-16, located in the heart of the Ouachita Lake and Mountain Region in Arkansas, is now accepting applications for summer staff positions. For more Info: Camp Ozark • HC 64 Box 190 • Ml. Ida, AR 71957 • (501) 867-4131 UJ O uiuiui.spiu.cDin The Battalion Sterling Hayman, Editor in Chief Stacy Stanton, Managing Editor Stew Milne, Photo Editor Michael Lanuauer, Opinion Editor Tara Wilkinson, Chy Editor Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor Gretchen Perrenot, Night News Enrroit Amy Collier, Aggif.life Editor Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor > ; Dave Winder, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reportfrs: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, Linn Bowden, Eleanor Colvin, Gregory Fahrenheit, Johanna Henry, Lisa lohn- son, Michelle Lyons, Heather Pace, Kendra Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Angela Thompson & Courtney Walker Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Uptmor; Featuri Writers: Rachel Barry, Kristina Buffin, Helen Clancy, Amber. Clark, Marisa Demaya, Kristin Deluca, Thomai Dougherty, Jonathan Faber, James Francis, Libe Goad, Jeremy Hubble, )ohn LeBas, Amy Protas, Daryl Sinkule & Alex Walters Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Tom Day; Sportswriters: Philip Leone, Lisa Nance, Stephanie Christopher, Nicole Smith, locly Holley, Kristina Buffin & Wes Swift Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: lason Brown; Columnists: H. Baxter, Rob Clark, Erin Fitzgerald, lason Glen, Shannon Halbrook, Aja Henderson, Elaine Mejia, Chris Miller, Jethro Nolen, Chris Stidvent, Dave Taylor, Jeremy Valdez & Kieran Watson Photo Desk - Assistant Editor: Tim Moog; Photographers: Rony Angkriwan, Amy Browning, Shane Elkins, David House, Gwendolyn Struve, Cory Willis & Evan Zimmerman Page Designers - News: Tiffany Moore, Gretchen Perrenot, Asad' Al-Mubarak, Michele Chancelor, Kristin Deluca, Jody Holley, Jill Mazza & Kyle Simson Copy Editors - Amy Hamilton & Brian Gieselman Visualization Artists - Chris Yung, Michael Depot, Dave Doyle, Ed Goodwin, |ohn Lemons, Quatro Oakley, Jennifer Lynne Maki, James Vineyard & Gerado Quezada Office Staff - Office Manager: Kasie Byers; Clerks: Abbie Adaway, Mandy Cater, Am ber Clark & Anjeanette Sasser Radio Desk - Heather Cheatwood, David Taylor & Will Hickman News: The Battalion news department is managed lay students at Texas A&M Universityi n the Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313; fax: 845-2047 Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. Lor campus, local and national display advertising, call 845-2696. For classified advertising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDon ald and office hours are 8 a.in. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fax: 845-2678. Subscriptions: A part of the Student Services fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a sin gle copy of The Battalion. Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year. To charge by VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express, call 845-2611. The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer sessions (except on University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77840. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. The B Monda January 2. Exc< lived in Bryan for 48 years andlj watched the relationship bet^ A&M and Bryttn develop. “As the cornerstone of(|J community, A&M has chaj Bryan dramatically,” Skrivanij said. “We’re an asset to A&Mj and they are an asset to us.” 1 Frank Zubik, also inter! viewed in the video, said he hJ seen the ties between Bryan ari A&M grow stronger through tl years, allowing Bryan todeveloj into 1 he city it is now. “1 remember when Bryan i only about 6,000 people,” Zu™. said, “and everyone came (totowi)| in their wagons on Saturdays.” Another highlight of the: niversary celebration is a qi made by members of the Bra. Bluebonnet Quilt Guild thatdj picts historic Bryan buildingsc fabric patterns popular in tli(| late 1800s. By Amber ( The Battal Two mei music. 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