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Page 4 • The Bati alion Wednesday • January 24,19% Student Workers Wanted. Join the Food Services Team! Student Employees are an important part of our work force and are valuable to our efforts of providing the campus community with a quality dining service program. Employment with the Department of Food Services is not “just a job”, but a positive part of your university experience. We are proud of TAMU Food Services and the contribution we make to the university. Come be a part of the team! Starting Pay Rate: $4.70 per hour. Work schedule revolves around class schedule. Daytime, Night &C Weekend Hours Available Holidays off (Christmas, Spring Break) Convenient campus locations. Most student employees average 15 hours per week, depending upon individual circumstances. •Ag CaFe 845-6115 •Bernies Place 845-1641 •Bus Stop Snack Bar 845-4590 •Critical Care Cafe 863-3659 (Vet School) •Common Denominator 845-5183 •Common Market 845-6193 •Commons Dining Center 845-1842 •Food Services Commissary 845-3005 •Golf Course Snack Bar 845-2627 •Hullabaloo! Food Court 847-9464 •Li’l Bernies 847- *MSC Cafeteria/ 845- 12th Man Burgers & Snacks •Pavilion Sanck Bar •Pie Are Square •Rumors •Sbisa Dining Center •Time Out (Rec Center) •Underground Food Court •Underground Market •Zachry Snackry 845 845 845- 845- 862- 845- 845- 845- 9034 1100 0682 9825 1278 2061 1374 8188 2081 0270 For additional information call the Department of Food Services Personnel Office at 845-3005. Tuesday - Thursday Apply now at the location of your choice or attend the Food Services Job Fair Friday, January 19, 1996 MSC Room 201 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ac it: lift: Students go N.U.T.S. for nature preparing for 300-mile Eco-Challenge wilderness trek By Rachel Barry The Battalion W hen a light rain began to fall, Damion Estrada had a moment of inspiration. His legs sore from a hike and his body tired from the elements, Estrada looked at the mountain lake before him and realized, “this is what it is all about.” Marco Thornton, a junior psychology major was with Estrada, also a junior psycholo gy major, at that lake. A few months later, it would be the memories of their adven tures in Glacier National Park and the idea of spending eight to 10 days on an extreme out door expedition that convinced the l.vvo to go N.U.T.S. Thornton and Estrada began with a few fliers around cam pus in the hope of bringing to gether students who have a love of nature and the drive to physically challenge themselves in the Natural Ultimate Train ing Survivalists club. Their idea was that, in 1997, the club would be prepared to put together a team of five members to participate in the Eco-Challenge, a 300-mile trek through the wilderness, includ ing mountain climbing, white water rafting and hiking. Thornton’s desire to actively enjoy the outdoors is a major part of his motivation in his training for the Eco-Challenge. “It gives you an appreciation of another side of life that you don’t get to see living in a city or in the middle of campus,” he said. Getting members off campus and into shape is one of the main goals of the club. Thornton said the group will take field trips to areas where it can practice rock climbing and moun tain biking. The setting of a mountainside or a river can provide a better atmosphere for exercise, he said. “There’s something about the time when you get to be alone in nature and see first-hand the things you see in the pictures,” Thornton said. “It puts life in perspective. It makes you real ize your place in the world.” Julie Sanchez, a member of N.U.T.S. and a junior business management major, said she finds exercising outside more appealing than the thought of working out inside on a piece of machinery. “You are actually looking at different things around you, rather than looking at how far you have gone or how many calories you have burned on a treadmill,” she said. Thornton said the club will focus around four main points, including training for physical fitness and learning about health, nutrition and first aid. He said being physically fit is important, but the team must also be prepared in case of an emergency during the Eco-Challenge. He also said knowing the technical aspects of each event is imperative to successfully complete the course. “You have to be in awesome shape, but you also have to know exactly what you have to do,” he said. “You can’t just ca noe, you have to canoe properly for 50 miles when you’re al ready tired.” The key to completing the Eco-Challenge, Estrada said, is finding the drive to keep mov ing in the most extreme condi tions. In last year’s Eco-Chal lenge, only 29 of the 50 teams that began the race finished it. “You have to have a mental toughness,” he said. “That was the reason you were in the Eco-Chal lenge in the first place. It is an ab solute sheer will, and you can’t train for something like that.” Thornton said since the club is so new, it gives members the opportunity to determine how the club will run. Estrada said the club still has many changes in store for the future. “We’re a baby, and we’re just looking to grow,” he said. The training needed to prepare for the Eco-Challenge may seem extreme, but Thornton said he wants to be sure to keep members from getting burned out. “The minute it stops being fun and starts being work,” he said, “we’ll stop, because that’s not what we want.” "It gives you an appreciation of another side of life." — Marco Thornton cofotinder of N. U. T.S. Microsoft WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY?™ Why not check out what’s happening at Microsoft? Full-time Technical Interviews Monday, February 12 and Tuesday, February 13, 1996 See Career Center for job descriptions and details about how to sign up Wednesday • 1 Dead j Some tan are up to $■" HOUSTOh 1,000 Texas pi notice Tuesdn lose their stai -most of thei -because t make child su} “We want tc sion they can’t Attorney Gen said. ‘This pn effective thing The 928 s filed Tuesday |yS8.9 millii payments. 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