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May Graduates Official Texas A&.M Graduation Announcements on sale at the # MSC Box Office 1st Floor of Rudder Tower Jan. 16 - Feb. 23, 1996 Notv Offering Personalized as tvell as Traditional Announcements Call 845-1234, or come by for information or to place an order. http://wwwmsc.tamu.edu/graduation Mon. - Th. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles Haircuts starting at $7. Seven operators to serve you Theresa - April - Marty Mary - Jennifer - Cecil - Karla 846-0629 Open Mon. - Fri. 8-5 Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center ATLANTIC RECORDING ARTIST DEBUT ALBUM “GET OVER IT” LIVE IN CONCERT WOODY LEE Sat. Feb 17) 1996 SHADOW CANYON Show Starts @ 10:30 Come & See Woody at Hasting’s (on Tx. Ave.) for Autographs From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday 17th For More Info Call (409) 846-4440 Engineers FINDING NEW CAREERS IN HEAVY METAL. The instruments they work with aren't guitars. They're instruments for measuring metallization layers on device wafers. And they're the best of their kind. We seek driven individuals with backgrounds in Engineering: Tencor provides measurement solutions for the worldwide semiconductor industry. For wafer inspection, metrology, thin film measurement, and resistivity measurement sys tems, Tencor is a recognized industry leader. Consider a "Turbo Careera" as part of your future! Software Mechanical Hardware Design Product Marketing Field Applications For More information, please contact your Career Planning Center - or attend our Information Session: Thursday, February 22 507 Rudder Tower 6:00-7:30 PM 1Bt( encor Take a closer look We are an equal opportunity employer. Page 2 • The Battalion Campus &: Nation Friday • February 1M« ’he E news BRIEFS Prominent author says science excludes women b Political grassroots workshop set for Sat. A grassroots workshop will be hosted by Bill White, state democra tic chair and Garry Mauro, Texas land commissioner, Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive. Training sessions on grassroots campaigning, voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts will be offered. Attendees will also learn tech niques of motivating registered vot ers who did not vote last year to vote this year. Dept, accepting award nominations Texas A&M's Department of Mul ticultural Services is accepting nomi nations of people who have worked to promote understanding and appre ciation of diversity on campus. Nominations of support staff, un dergraduate and graduate students, professional staff, student organiza tions and administrators must be submitted to Dr. Emily Santiago by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26. Faculty member nominations are being handled by the Office of the As sociate Provost and Dean of Faculties. All awards will be presented at the Diversity Awards Ceremony Tuesday, April 26 in 206 MSC at 10 a.m. □ Harding said that feminist perspectives are not as prevalent throughout the world as they should be. riday ebruary By Lisa Johnson The Battalion parts of the world. “When I was there, one of the Venezuelanii tors who recruited me into the program explain to me that the physicians in Latin America tta women as uteruses with feet,” she said, “and! as long as the feet could get the uterus into! clinic, they didn’t care what happened to the of the body. “Yet, here, you have a community where John Lei HE BATTAl r\ ) women administer the daily health care for ki tthe Col Buchanan co-chair linked to militia WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Buchanan's campaign co-chairman, Larry Pratt, stepped aside Thursday after reports linked him to white su premacists and right-wing militia leaders, but Buchanan said he was certain the charges are untrue. Critics immediately used Bucha nan's close ties to Pratt, director of Gun Owners of America, to revive questions about his own views on race and equality. Dole said Pratt "ought to be fired" rather than take a temporary leave of absence. Sandra Harding, a prominent feminist author and professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware and University of California at Los An geles, delivered a lecture Thursday night about the need for worldwide acceptance of feminist and multicultural scientific perspectives. Harding said that science in the Northern part of the world, specifically Western Europe and America, has historically been dominated by European cultural belief that its own scientific processes are superior to the thought processes of other cultures. European science traditionally has excluded women’s achievements and perspectives, Hard ing said. Part of the problem with the acceptance of femi nist science, she said, is the abundance of discrimi nation and male bias within the historical record ings of science. “From reading the standard interpretations of evolution, one would think that only men evolved,” she said. “One could deduce that, were it not for the fortunate fact that daughters inherit half of their fathers’ genes, man would be mating with apes.” Harding said there is a large amount of gender symbolism in science, dating back to the expres sions of mother nature and mother earth. But she also said that in science, man is typical ly characterized as “peeling away the veils” of mother nature to discover what lies underneath. This expression, she said, is widely accepted, but sexist. Harding said this is the case with all standards of nature, learning and science. Five years ago, Harding traveled for a month in Central America on a trip sponsored by the Pana manian Health Organization, with the objective of bringing feminist perspectives to the health min istries of these countries. She said she realized during this trip that femi nist thinking was virtually unheard of in certain i. to 4 p the children and the elderly, so if women alienated by the health care institutions,t§louston-bi only their health will suffer, but the health the entire community.” Harding said people’s general understandii of science should not be limited by the achienj ments of any one society. It is important!! people to explore and utilize the strengths:: other cultures, she said, such as acupuncture herbal healing. "It is increasingly important for West ern feminist science to be merged will global and multicultural ideas/' Dave Ri onvention choose f ew mush losters an< I bring housands said. He als< ised recor Many n tates part icen held c j ii i : ears. Hit: Sandra Hari "l lent vend feminist author & professor ofpbilosofi] ^eos, ph swell as The medical and scientific advancements other cultures should not be discounted, si said, simply because they have not beenat rived at by Western processes of hypothesize and experimentation. “It is increasingly important for Western nist science to be merged with global and multicu! tural ideas,” she said. Nancy Kerns, a junior English major who currently taking a women’s studies course, she agrees with Harding’s ideas about utilizin| the knowledge of other cultures. “I think that an important step into truly glol alizing science is to make it more gender neutral, she said. “Also, I think that alternative sciences shouldn’t be ignored just because they aren'tbasec on our own culture.” Pam Matthews, director of A&M’s Women Studies Program, said she is grateful Hardinf discussed the need for feminist action on agio! al scale. “Through our (lectures) on women’s issues, we are reaching students who wouldn’t otherwise I* reached,” she said. ie-hz tene and eekend ir The Infi Accordi Man mus By Libe G The Batt W. SPEND SPRING 1997 AT SANTA CHIARA! Attend informational meetings offered by the Study Abroad Program Office Room 358, Bizzell Hall West Monday, February 5 - 10:15 - 11:00 am Tuesday, February 6 - 3:00 - 3:45 pm Q Ks«Art/rn>FilMAl*iy/FWM/DtwVpiO 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 an eye ou After s Friday ni and her l headquar Amonj ing mass woogie si the Mard “Mard than it i Spring B and no m Despit partying Ball will state and Gretchen Pfrrenot, Night Ngsam i Amy Collier, Aggieupe Editow Nick Georgandis, Sports Edit® Dave Winder, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics 1 Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, CleanorColm Johanna Henry, Lisa Johnson, Michelle Lyons, Heather Pace, Danielle Pontiff, KendiaS Rasmussen, Wes Swiff, Courtney Walker & Tauma Wiggins Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Uptmor; Writers: Rachel Barry, Kristina Buffin, Amte Clark, Marisa Demaya, Tab Dougherty, Jonathan Faber, James Francis, Libe Goad,leie- my Hubble, John LeBas, Amy Protas, Wes Swift & Alex Walters; Page Designers: Helen Clancy & Kristin DeLuca. 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Postmaster: Send address changes to The Battalion, 2.30 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. MSC FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS... Fri. & Sat., Feb 16 & 17 at 7 & 9:30pm Admiuion $2.75 w/I.D. $3 w/out I.D. Persona with disabilities please call 847-8478 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification 3 working days prior to the event to enable us to 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 FREE Men’s & Ladies Suit to be given away! INTERVIEW DRESSING 1996 Crunch Seminar Style Show Sunday, February 18*2 till 4 p.m. College Station Community Center 1300 George Bush Drive This event sponsored by Signature Dressing & The Suit Club must be present to win Marcia Cantina feai sol one