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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
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Application Available @ MSC 216 Student Programs Office
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DAY CAMP JOBS AVAILABLE
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Senior Camp: 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Nine positions, full
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lob Description: Staff is responsible for providing a safe and
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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The Women in Science and Engineering
will host the
4th Annual all-day
Professional and Career
Development
Career Conference
“Making a Place for Yourself”
Saturday, February 24, 1996
MSC Room 226
The conference will focus on overcoming difficulties encotin-
tered during career transitions. 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. 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 & [van
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 Cieselman
Visualization Artists - Chris Yung, Michael Depot, Dave Doyle, Ld Goodwin, Jolm
Lemons, Quatro Oakley, Jennifer Lynne Maki, James Vineyard & Cerado Quezada
Office Staff - Office Managir: Kasie Byers; Clerks: Abhie Adaway, Mandy Cater, Am
ber Clark & Anjeanette Sasser
Radio Desk - Heather Cheatwood; David Taylor & Will Hickman
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