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ATTENTION SENIORS!!! Page 2 • The Battalion Tuesday • February 6,11 Apply now for the MSC Spring Leadership Trip!!! Mission San Antonio: Adapting for Success Apply now and get the opportunity to attend. You will be one of only 50 students to indulge in the Culture, Leadership and Business Opportunities that await you. Discover how others have found Success; learn how you can continue your success after graduation. Take the time to Reward yourself. You have done the work that has taken you to this point. Apply and let your efforts reap the benefits of such an event. The MSC Spring Leadership Trip. March 28-31 Investing in Aggies to become the Leaders of Tomorrow!!! Picture your self dining at the Plaza Club and meeting H.B. Zachry for the TQM Presentation, attending the Majestic Theater for “Ain’t Misbehaving” fea turing The Pointer Sisters. Cap the night off by staying at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort.. Just to mention a few of the interesting events you will experience on the MSC Spring Leadership Trip. Deadline for Application Feb. 9 Application Available @ MSC 216 Student Programs Office Contact MSC @ 845-1515for more information COLLEGE STATION SUMMER DAY CAMP JOBS AVAILABLE Positions available: Junior Camp: k, 1st, and 2nd graders. Eight positions, full-time. Senior Camp: 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Nine positions, full time. Full-time staff work 40 hours per week, M-F. lob Description: Staff is responsible for providing a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for the campers, required to plan activities that are creative and exciting, and must be positive role models. Staff is responsible for clean-up and care of site and equipment. Beginning pay is $5.35/hr. Camp will run June 3, 1996 thru August 9, 1996 - 10 weeks total. Requirements: Fun personality, lots of energy, love and under standing of children, CPR and First Aid certification. Must be 16 years of age or older. Applications available at College Station Community office. Address: 1812 Welsh, Suite 120 College Station, TX Phone #: 764-5430 Applications must be turned in to the Community Ed. office by February 23. AGGIE RING ORDERS THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: February 7, 1996 Undergraduate Student Requirements: 1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of §§ credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.) 2. 3Q credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1,1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 3. You must have a 2j) cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. Graduate Student Requirements If you are a May 1996 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements: 1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System; and 2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. If you have completed all of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Completion” from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted. Procedure To Order A Rina: 1. If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Wednesday, February 7,1996, to complete the application for eligibility verification. 2. If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on April 18, 1996, you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than February 9,1996. Men’s 10K-$311.00 14K - $423.00 Women’s 10K - $174.00 14K - $203.00 Add $8.00 for Class of ‘95 or before. The ring delivery c'Te is April 18, 1996. WLim HEWLETT® wLHM PACKARD 48G / 48GX Advanced Programmable Graphing Calculators 48G $ 99.95 48GX $215.00 University Bookstores Three Off-Campus Stores For You Northgate • Culpepper Plaza • Village Now Accepting Aggie Bucks! “Your Source for Hewlett- Packard Calculators” Campus A Week Of Awareness Groups recognize disabled students □ The goal of Disability Awareness Week is to increase understanding of the interests and challenges of individuals with disabilities. By Greg Fahrenheit The Battalion Texas A&M students, faculty and admin istrators can participate Monday through Friday in Disability Awareness Week activi ties ranging from disability simulations to educational seminars. See related EDITORIAL, Page 9 Support Services for Students with Disabil ities planned the week’s activities in coopera tion with Networks, a student organization dedicated to supporting disabled students. Renee Harris, accommodations coordina tor for support services, said the events’ pur pose is to bring attention to the challenges and interests of disabled individuals. “Those with disabilities are often forgot ten or are an afterthought to many people who don’t always understand many of the difficulties that the disabled must face,” Harris said. Jean Hughes, Networks president and a sophomore animal science major, said devot ing an entire week to the concerns of those with disabilities is a necessary step toward understanding their perspectives. “There are a lot of things that we hope to accomplish with this week,” Hughes said. “We want to be able to give people a chance to ask questions about different topics in or der to gain a better understanding of the challenges involved in having a disability.” Today at 12:45 p.m., a Singing Cadets performance will be accompanied by sign language interpretation. At 2 p.m., Dr. Donna Williams, a student See Disabilities, Page 6 Gwendolyn Struve, The Battauj Todd Reagan, a junior computer science ma jor, and Heather Mott, a sophomore computet science major demonstrate software designed for disabled students Monday. An openhoute in the Adaptive Technologies Services Lab kicked off Disability Awareness Week. Beutel workers aim to wipe out eating disorders □ Information will be distributed on campus this week about warning signs and places where people can seek help. By Michelle Lyons The Battalion Employees at Texas A&M’s A.P. Beutel Health Center have increased their efforts to help stu dents suffering from eating disor ders in honor of National Eating Disorders Week. To increase awareness of eating disorders and the effect they have on men and women across the nation, A&M student workers are distributing infor mation leaflets and brochures on campus. Ashley Musick, a student as sistant in the health center and a junior nutrition major, said infor mation is available about eating disorder warning signs and places where people can seek help. Signs of an eating disorder in clude obsessing over food or weight, dropping to a body weight that is 12 percent or more below normal and, in females, missing three or more menstrual cycles. “Right now, there are a lot more women that suffer from eating disorders than men,” Mu sick said, “but it’s rising in men. “Anorexia and bulimia are the two main categories of eating disorders, and a lot of times, they overlap each other.There are others, such as binge eating and obesity.” Of those affected by these disorders, Musick said most are middle- and upper-class white women. Side effects of the diseases in clude disrupted sleep patterns, irritability and loss of hair. Long-term effects include malnutrition, tooth decay and stomach and esophagus pain. Musick said various factors contribute to the development of eating disorders. “A lot of times, it’s a control issue,” she said. “Nobody can make you eat. “It’s also something that af fects perfectionists. In our soci ety, we see skinny as the perfect thing, and some people want to be perfect.” Musick said students suffer ing from eating disorders can seek help at the Student Coun seling Center. “Eating disorders are such an emotional and mental issue that we suggest seeking counseling,” she said. Dr. Laura Bettor, counseling center psychologist, said treat ment for eating disorders varies depending on the individual and the severity of the case. Students can come totlit counseling center for individ ual screenings. “Asking for help is not a sip of weakness,” Bettor said.'ll takes a lot of strength to ask fa help and a lot of courage.” If students suspect that some one they know has an eatingdis order. Bettor recommends offer ing them support and listening to them instead of nagging them to seek treatment. Chad Liggin, Aggie Reach chairman and a senior biomed ical science major, said Aggie Reach conducts programs about the dangers of eating disorders for residence halls, fraternities and sororities. “We have had a lot of success in the past as far as people com ing forward individually saying they know someone who mar show the warning signs,” Liggin said. “We’ve feel we’ve gotten a fa of response from our programs." DO IT IN THE DORM! ItorldhJIII 1 r lazr^ il^ if Notes" m Great- iterature Plus SOD study guides! 1,900 works ol literature! S tudy for exams, use a built-in writing assistant, browse hundreds of books, or listen to music videos all in the convenience of your room. Own a vast library of works and never worry about returning a book. You get hundreds of books with multimedia features, for less than it costs to buy one textbook-just $19.99! 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Participants will select from topics such as: • Contributing as the only woman in the room • Negotiating your start-up package • Professional Ethics • Self promotion and others Keynote Speaker will be the Department of Commerce’s Undersecretary for Technology Dr. Mary Good, with an entitled speech, “T/?e Changing Nature of Careers in Science and Technology. ” Contact: Nancy Magnussen at (409) 845-8015 or via e-mail at Magnussen@chemvx.tamu.edu for registration information. Free child care will be provided on site if request by February 16. Registration deadline is February 21. Sponsors: Office of the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies • College of Engineering • College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies • College of Science • Women's Studies The Battalion Sterling Hayman, Editor in Chief Stacy Stanton, Managing Editor Stew Milne, Photo Editor Michael Landauer, Opinion Editor Tara Wilkinson, City Editor Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor Gretchen Perrenot, Night News Enrron Amy Collier, Aggielife Editor Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor Dave Winder, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, GraphicsEdi# Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assisiani Editor: Lily Aguilar; Repoktfrs: 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, Thomas Dougherty, Jonathan Fairer, James Francis, Libe Goad, Jeremy Hubble, Jojin LeBas, Amy Protas, Daryl Sinkule & Alex Wallers Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Tom Day; Sportswritfrs: Philip Leone, Lisa Nance, Stephanie Christopher, Nicole Smith, locly Holley, Kristina Buffin & Wes Swift Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: )ason Brown; Columnists: H. 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