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Making A Place For Yourself
A Professional and Career Development conference
Keynote Address by Dr. Mary Good
Undersecretary for Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Session Topics:
Ethics and the Individual Researcher
Gender Bias in the Workplace
The Science of Self-Promotion
Contributing as the Only Woman in the Room
Negotiating What You Want In Your Next Position
You Can Be A Successful Women Scientist
Hosted by Women in Science & Engineering
Saturday, 24 February 1996
226 Memorial Student Center
on the campus of Texas A&M University
The registration fee is $17 ($12 for students) and includes
the pre-conference reception and entertainment, morning
and afternoon refreshment breaks, a luncheon, registration
package and door prizes.
Contact WISE at (409) 845-8015 for more 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; American Chemical
Society - Local Chapter; College of Engineering; College of
Geosciences and Maritime Studies; College of Science; College
of Veterinary Medicine; GTE; Women’s studies.
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Page 2 • The Battalion
Monday • February p]
news
BRIEFS
Miss Black and Gold
represents A&M
Eleanor Colvin, a senior journal
ism major, represented Texas A&M
in the Texas State Alpha Phi Alpha
Miss Black and Gold Scholarship
Pageant Saturday in Irving.
Colvin was named second run
ner-up and Miss Congeniality, and
she received Most Outstanding Cre
ative Expression for her performance
of a dramatic monologue.
Lights damaged at
Wellborn intersection
Seven traffic lights at the inter
sections of Villa Maria Road with
Wellborn Road and Finfeather
Road will be flashing red for two
to three weeks.
The electric box that controls
the signals was damaged Eeb. 1 I
when a vehicle struck it.
Until the lights are repaired,
Bryan police officers will direct
traffic at these intersections during
the weekday rush hours of 7 to
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Motorists are urged to take al
ternate routes during these times.
Investigators confused
by train wreck
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) —
Investigators picked through man
gled wreckage Sunday to deter
mine why a commuter train was
moving more than twice as fast as
it should have been just before
slamming into an Amtrak passen
ger liner. Eleven people died in
the ensuing fireball.
Evidence turned up so far ap
pears to point toward error by
the engineer of the MARC com
muter train, said John Goglia, a
member of the National Trans
portation Safety Board who is
heading the investigation.
Balkan leaders resolve
key disputes in talks
ROME (AP) — Balkan leaders
promised Sunday to stick by the
peace plan that halted the Bosnian
war, resolving key disputes that
threatened to scuttle the accord.
The announcement came after
25 hours of intense negotiations at
an emergency summit.
"We prevented a situation that
could have jeopardized the Dayton
agreement," said Richard Hol
brooke, the U.S. assistant secretary
of state who convened the parties
to Rome and led efforts to reach
the peace agreement last Decem
ber outside the Ohio city.
Holbrooke said the talks had
produced agreements on the key
flashpoints that forced the sides to
resume talks, namely disputes on
unifying the divided cities of
Mostar and Sarajevo and Bosnian
Serb anger over the arrest of two
Bosnian Serb officers suspected of
war crimes.
Corrections
In a Page 1 story Friday,
Feb. 16, quotations attrib
uted to Dr. A1 Schaffer, soci
ology professor, should have
been attributed to Dr. Ruth
Schaffer, professor emeritus
of sociology.
In a Page 1 story Wednes
day, Feb. 14, The Internal
Revenue Service’s Internet
site should have been listed as
http://www.ustreas/gov/trea-
sury/bureau^/irq/irs.html.
Houston rodeo corrals
A&M agricultural intern
□ Aggie students at the
Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo work
an average of 12 hours
a day and are paid
$4.50 an hour.
By Danielle Pontiff
The Battalion
The 64th annual Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo is
underway with the help of
55 Texas A&M students
acting as a behind-the-scenes
support crew.
The Houston rodeo, which
attracts millions of Texans and
out-of-state tourists each year,
began Feb. 10 and will end
March 3.
In 1995, 1.8 million people at
tended the rodeo’s events, which
included a carnival, an agricul
tural show with 30,000 livestock
entries, and musical perfor
mances in the Astrodome.
Brenda Gray, an A&M agri
cultural journalism department
employee, said A&M has been
involved with the rodeo since it
began in 1932, but the intern
ship program was established
only 20 years ago.
Interns perform a variety of
jobs in agriculture and commu
nications fields.
“The rodeo has tight connec
tions with Texas A&M and Sam
Houston State because they are
the closest agricultural schools,”
Gray said.
The rodeo shows preference
to A&M, Gray said, hiring only
A&M students for journalism in
tern positions.
Interns work a minimum of
12 hours a day and are paid
$4.50 an hour. They work three-
and four-day shifts so that they
do not miss too many classes.
The city of Houston provides
interns with hotel accommoda
tions, but they are responsible
for their own meals.
Stacie Scroggins, a senior
speech communications major,
said the internships give stu
dents an inside look at how a
special event is put together.
“I’m interested in public rela
tions, especially special events,”
Scroggins said. “Working at the
rodeo was a good opportunity for
me to see how the marketing de
partment at the rodeo works.”
Scroggins said interns benefit
the rodeo because they perform
odd jobs that full-time employ
ees do not have time to deal
with.
“I was given little odds-and-
ends jobs to help things run
smoother," Scroggins said.
several areas of broadcast
print journalism.
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Channel 13, the ABC affiliate
in Houston, to log tapes during
the parade. Sunday, I assisted
a freelance photographer and
helped the marketing
department prepare job-de
scription manuals.”
Laurie Hearn, a senior agri
cultural journalism major who
has worked at the rodeo for
three years, said the rodeo has
given her experience in
rodeo,” Hearn said. “These are
people whose whole lives depend
on these two weeks.”
'The internships are goodes
perience, Hearn said, but
are also fun.
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and love to look at animals,s
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shows,” Hearn said. “1 love Ik
rodeo, and now 1 have the oppor
tunity to report on it and see
from behind the scenes.”
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□ A&M students are encouraged to
show their support for abstinence
by wearing white ribbons around
campus.
By Erin Foley
A.P. Beutel Health Center
This week, the A.P. Beutel Health Center is en
couraging Texas A&M students to support abstinence.
Students can wear white ribbons, shaped like the
red AlDS-awareness ribbons, to show support for
abstinence and people who choose to be abstinent.
Aggie REACH and the health education depart
ment will be handing out ribbons at the MSC on
Tuesday and ’Thursday. Students can also obtain
ribbons at Beutel’s Health Education Library.
Abstinence is the most effective form of contra
ception because, if practiced consistently, it pre
vents pregnancy 100 percent of the time.
Abstinence has the added benefit of preventing
the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases
and HIV.
Students should be aware that abstinence is
not the same thing as “virginity.” Abstinence is a
choice made by anyone at any time to refrain
from sexual intercourse, regardless of whetherhe
or she has had sex before.
One of the benefits of abstinence is that it is free.
Most college students do not have a lot of moneyt«
spend on condoms and other contraceptives.
Another benefit is protection from the heart
break of a lover leaving.
College students do not always marry their col
lege sweethearts. Students can save themselves
some of the pain of breakups by choosing abstinence,
On the other hand, a disadvantage of absti
nence is that it is often an unpopular decision.
Some people do not want to have relationships
that do not involve sex. Others feel pressured b)
their friends who think “everyone is doing it.”
Some students feel like they are rejecting their
partners by refraining from sex. They may fi
that they are “different” and that they dor
have anyone to share the meaningful parts
their lives with.
One way students can begin to cope with these
difficulties is to think through their own belie fs anil
stand by them. If students feels they are not physi
cally or emotionally ready to have sex, then the)
should respect themselves and their own decision
making abilities enough to choose abstinence.
Whether students opt to be sexually active or
to remain abstinent, they should be aware of the
difficulties they will face.
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The Battalion
Sterling Hayman, Editor in Chiu
Stacy Stanton, Manacinc; Editor
Stew Mrne, Photo Editor
Michael Lanimuer, Opinion Editor
Tara Wilkinson, City Editor
Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor
Grttchfn Perrenot, Night News Edik*
Amy Collier, Aggitupe Editor
Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor
Dave Winder, Radio Editor
Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Ediiw
Brad Grabber, Graphics Editor
Staff Members
City Dfsk - Assistant Editor: l ily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, Eleanor Colvin
(ohnnna Henry, Lisa )ohnsqn, Michelle Lyons, I leather Pace, Danielle Pontiff, Kendrat
Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Courtney Walker X Tauma Wiggins
Acciturr Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Uptmor; Writers: Rachel Barry, Kristina Buffin, Amlrc
Clark, Marisa Demaya, Tab Dougherty, Jonathan Taber, lames Francis, Libe Goad,Icre-
my Hubble, lohn LoBas, Amy Protas, Wes Swift A Alex Walters; Page DtsiGNtRS: Hele 11
Clancy and Kristin Deluca.
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor:: Tom Day; Sportswritirs: Kristina Buffin, Stephanie Christopher, Pl»
Leone, lisa Nance, Nicole Smith & Wes Swift; Pagf Di.signfr: Jody Holley
Opinion Desk - Assistant Ldhor: Jason Brown; Cotumnisis: ILL, Baxter, Rob Clark.D 1 '
f itzgerald, Jason < .Ion, Shannon Holbrook, Aja Henderson, Elaine Mejia, Chris-Mile
Jeff Nolen, Clitis Stidvent, Dave Taylor, Jeremy Valdez X Kieran Watson
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Shane Elkins, Dave House, Gwendolyn Struve-, (nry Willis & [van Zimmerman
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