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MSC Committee for the
Awareness of Mexican-
American Culture
“Southwest Student Conference
on Latino Affairs”
MSC ami Rudder
MSC Committee for the
Awareness of Mexican-
Ainerican Culture
“Carlos Mencia”
8 P.M. Rudder Theater
MSC Great Issues Committee
and Native American Students
Association
“Keeping American Indian
Culture Alive”
7 P.M. MSC 212-224
MSC Film Society
Get Shorty
7 & 9:30 P.M. Rudder Theater
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MSC Film Society
The Brothers McMullen
7 & 9:30 P.M. Rudder Theater
MSC Jordan Institute for
International Awareness
Committee and the Persian
Cultural Association
“Persian Night”
8:30 P.M. MSC 201
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1 Rumble in the Bronx
8 P.M. Rudder Theater
^ j- I MSC Film Society
J Jeffrey
7 & 9:30 P.M. Rudder Theater
15-17
MSC Student Conference on
National Affairs Committee
“Governance of America in
the 21st Century”
MSC and Rudder
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MSC Town Hall Committee
“Music at Lunchtime”
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Saturday February 10 at 9am in
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A full-length, general GRE will be administered
and your results will be analyzed.
Only $5 if you pay in advance at our table in the MSC
from 10 to 2 on these dates: Thurs Feb I, Fri. Feb. 2.
Tues. Feb. 6, Wed. Feb. 7, and T hurs. Feb. 8.
$7 for walk-up registration on Saturday morning.
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Attention Aggies!
2nd Annual
Education
Career Fair
Date: Friday, February 9
Registration begins: 8:15am
Booths Open: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Place: Rudder Exhibit Hall
Seminars MSC 206
9-10am Legal, Moral & Ethical Dimensions
of Teaching
l:30-2:30pm Interviewing Tips & Techniques From
the School District Point of View
Education Career Fair hosted by:
The TAMU Career Center
The College of Education
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Scientists design product to reduce radioactivity
□ CST, developed by Texas
A&M researchers, makes waste
materials safer and less expensive
to store.
This process is called ion exchange be
cause as the liquid waste passes through,
the radioactive element cesium is trans
ferred to the granules.
Anthony said this process does not elim
inate radioactivity in waste, just reduces
its concentration.
By Eleanor Colvin
The Ba italion
The U.S. government is using a product de
veloped by Texas A&M researchers that re
duces radioactive concentrations in some
waste materials.
Crystalline silicotitanate is a new form of
ion exchange material that will be used pri
marily by the U.S. Department of Energy to
decrease radioactive by-products of nuclear
weapons production.
Dr. Rayford Anthony, head of the A&M chem
ical engineering department; C.V. Philip, an as
sociate research scientist for the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station; and Dr. Itobert Dosch, a
Sandia National Laboratories researcher, now
deceased, are the co-developers of CST 1 .
CST, initially a fine, powdery substance, is
compressed into granules and placed in con
tainers into which radioactive waste is poured.
"Reducing the radioactive content
of waste will make it less expen
sive to store, less dangerous and
will take up less space."
— Dr. Rayford Anthony
A&M chemical engineering department
“The initial concentration is like having a
sweetened cup of coffee,” he said. "The final
concentration is like having a pot of coffee
with the same amount of sugar. There’s still
sugar, but it’s much more diluted.”
Anthony said economical and efficient stor
age of radioactive waste is a critical issue be
cause the largest government storage facility,
in Hanford, Wash., currently houses 177 full
underground tanks. The tanks contain from
200,000 to 1 million gallons of waste.
“Reducing the radioactive content of war;
will make it less expensive to store, Jess dan
gerous and will take up less space,” he said
Michael Huckman, a CST researcher and;
graduate student in chemical engineerin;.
said the development of CST has obviousk
efits for A&M.
“CST is an extremely unique material
Huckman said. “Analyzing this probltc
and being able to assist in the applicatioi
of this material to world radioactivity pro!
lems is certainly good advertising for A&S
research programs.”
Huckman said CST has not yet been perfected
“The hard work put into this project isev
dent because we’re still fine tuning it,’Ti
“Every time we run the experiment welearni
little something new.”
Anthony said CST will benefit the U.S,
Department of Energy the most, but ott
application ideas are in the works. Ci
might be used at Pan Tech Laboratories
Amarillo, where warheads are assemble!
with plutonium.
“This will be an immediate benefit totht
state of Texas,” Anthony said. “We willhel;
the Amarillo labs store plutonium in
that cannot be exploited by terrorists.”
The following incidents were reported by the University Police De
partment between 1/25 and 1/26:
Minor In Possession of Alcoholic Beverage
Crocker Hall
Mclnnis Hall
Citation issued.
Citation issued.
Public Intoxication
Northgate Post Office Parking Lot — An intoxicated individual was
arrested and incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail.
A-1 Lounge — An intoxicated subject was arrested and incarcerated
in the Brazos County Jail.
Driving While License Suspended
100 Block of Louise Street — A motorist was detected operating a
motor vehicle with a suspended license. Pending confirmation of the
suspension, an arrest warrant will be attained.
Criminal Trespass
Marion Pugh at Luther Street — Four individuals were detected by
College Station Police Department trespassing on university property.
The responding officer met with the subjects and issued each one a
Criminal Trespass Warning prior to their release.
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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 95 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. 30 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).
50 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 2JJ 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.
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.
2.
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 date is April 18, 1996.
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