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2nd Annual Science Symposium
“Rising to the Challenge: The Choice for a Graduate Education”
February 17, 1996
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Biochemistry/Biophysics Bldg
Registration: $10.00
(Includes meals and T-shirt)
Featuring:
Continental Breakfast, Seminars, Graduate School Workshops
Keynote Luncheon
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
Kaplan Scholarship Contest
For more info contact:
Andres Perez 693-4473; Morgan Perry 847-1946; or Rachel Tristan 847-0223
Sponsored By:
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Internship Program
The College of Science
The Office of Graduate Studies
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Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7 & 9:30pm
Feb 11-18 is AIDS Awareness Week
Fri. & Sat., Feb. 16 & 17 at 7 & 9:30pm
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Admission $2.75 w/I.D. $3 w/out I.D.
Persons with disabilities please call 847-8478 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification
3 working days prior to the event in order that we may assist you to the best of our ability.
Aggie Cinema Hotline: 847-8478 Rudder Box Office: 845-1234
All films are presented in the Rudder Theater Complex
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Aggielife
Thursday • February 15,1
Business fraternities offer valuable job
experience, knowledge to males and females!
By James Francis
The Battalion
B usiness versus pleasure.
In today’s world, some col
lege students join business
fraternities and others join so
cial fraternities.
Both kinds are of Greek
names and members that pay
dues, but the difference between
the two is apparent.
Deborah Farrar, president of
Pi Sigma Epsilon and a senior
recreation park and tourism
science major, said people’s rea
sons for joining a business fra
ternity vary.
“I think a lot of people do it
for their resume,” Farrar said.
“But you gain contacts, business
experience and friends that will
help you in the real world.”
Jennifer Tucker, senior vice
president of Delta Sigma Pi and
a junior finance major, said
joining a business fraternity is
the best way to combine profes
sional experience with friend
ship and brotherhood.
The subject of brotherhood
leads to the word “fraternity,”
which in its meaning symbolizes
a bond among men.
Jeff Williams, presi
dent of Alpha
Kappa Psi
P r o -
fessional Business Fraternity
and a senior finance major, said
there is a prominent aspect of
business fraternities that sets
them apart from social fraterni
ties and sororities.
“We are gender unbiased,”
Williams said.
Farrar said that in business
fraternities, many females have
taken on the roles of high exec
utive positions such as presi
dent, proving the equality
among the sexes.
“The fraternal bond is more
than just guys,” Farrar said. “Un
less you’re in a specialized field
[of business], you won’t be sur
rounded by all women or men.”
The goals of most of the busi
ness fraternities are growth
and experience.
Farrar said growth is the
main image of Pi Sigma Epsilon,
which has tripled in size within
the past year.
“We try to keep our prospec
tive member class down to 40,”
she said.
Tucker said the purpose of her
fraternity is to
give indi-
vidu-
BUSINESS
JOBS
RESUMES
INTERVIEWS
SOCIAL
als the information, knowli
and experience they need to
out into the business world.
Vanessa Hugo, rush direi
of publicity for Pi Sigma Epi
and a senior finance and mi
agement major, said the ul
mate outcome of being in a
ness fraternity is polish.
“I’ve been through mock
terviews with questions of whi
I want to be 10 years from nm, 1
Hugo said. “So when the job
terviews become a reality,
know what’s coming.”
With all of the experience
fraternities give their meml
for future jobs and intern
there is a price to pay.
Although the cost of joining!
fraternity may be high, Fai
said the experience outweij
the expense.
“Personally, it was worthtiij
money,” Farrar said. “Oncetl
(members) invest, they’re gob
to realize they’ve gotten moil
than they expected.”
Hugo said differentiating
tween the social and busim
fraternities is similar to comp!
ing apples to oranges, oneiii
good for someone and anothi
better for someone else.
Williams said people need
find a fraternity th
suits their needs.
“People havi
to find oil
what the]
like,”bi|
said.
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Thursday
Head West, a rock band, is playing at The Tap.
MSC Film Society is presenting Jeffrey at 7 p.m.
and 9:30 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
Pushmonkey, a rock band from Austin, is playing at
the Dixie Theatre. Quickserv Johnny, a rock band
from Dallas, is opening.
Bobby Skillings and Ron Picou, classic rock
performers, are playing at Fitzwilly's.
Friday
MSC Film Society is presenting Ace Ventura: When
Nature Calls at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium.
Marcia Ball, a rhythm and blues performer from
Austin, is playing at the 3rd Floor Cantina.
MTV is holding auditions for its Spring Break '96
MTV Undercover from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the MSC
Flagroom. MTV will select three men and three
women from Texas A&M to be a part of its Spring
Break coverage. The auditions are sponsored by
MSC Town Hall.
Mike Cancallaire, an acoustic guitarist from Austin,
is playing at Sweet Eugene's House of Java.
Gary P. Nunn, a country and western performer
from Hanna, Okla., is playing at the Dixie Theatre.
Mark David Manders, a country and western
performer from Dallas, is opening.
Peeping Tom, a rock band, is playing at The Tap.
Saturday
MSC Film Society is presenting Ace Ventura:
When Nature Calls at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in
Rudder Auditorium.
Breedlove, a blues rock band from Austin, is
playing at Sweet Eugene's House of Java.
The 3rd Floor Cantina is having a European Club!
party.
Chris Duarte, a country and western performer
from Dallas, is playing at the Dixie Theatre. Tracy
Conover, a rock performer from Austin, is opening.
Ruthie Foster, a blues rock performer from Cause,
is playing at Fitzwilly's.
The Maps and Throwaway People are playing on
Northgate.
No wait. No line. No frustration.
Friday, Feb. 16 9 p.m Rudder Theater
Saturday, Feb. 17* 8 p.m. Rudder Theater
^featuring USA Network’s stand-up comedy
competition. Freudian Slip follows at 9.
Tickets are available in advance for $3 at the MSC Box
Office or $4 at the door.