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SUMMER '96
Limited spaces
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Take courses in:
Arts and Civilization
European Politics
Pick up an application at
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irm
Carolyn Forche
BEALL
Charles Wright
POETRY
FESTIVAL
ou are invited
JLto attend the
second annual
Beall Poetry Festival
as Baylor welcomes
to its campus award
winning poets
Carolyn Forche and
Charles Wright and
poetry critic Calvin
Bedient. All events
associated with the
festival are free and
open to the public.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
EVENT: Poetry reading by Carolyn ForchS, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29
EVENT: Presentation by Charles Wright, entitled
“What I Didn’t Say About Your Poems,” 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: The Virginia Beall Ball Lecture in Contempo
rary Poetry by Calvin Bedient, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March I
EVENT: Presentation by Carolyn Forche, entitled
“Poetry of Witness,” 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: Poetry reading by Charles Wright, 7:30 p.m.
All events will be held in the Meadows Recital Hall of
the McCrary Music Building on the campus of Baylor
University in Waco, Texas.
For more information, contact the
Department of English at (817) 755-
1768.
BAYLOR
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Visit the Beall Poetry Festival web site at http://www.baylor.edu/departments/PR/Beall/
MSC Political Forum Presents:
“Our First Lady”
Speaker:
Dr. Nikki Van Hightower
Lecturer in Political Science
A discussion focusing on past first ladies, their role in
the American Presidency, and analysis of today’s
changing perception of the first lady and her likely
effect on the 1996 Presidential elections.
Wednesday, February 28, 1996
8:30 p.m.
510 Rudder
&
Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of
your special needs. We request notification three (3) working
days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best
of our abilities.
The views expressed in this program do not necessarily
represent those of the MSC Political Forum, the MSC,
or Texas A&M University.
Learn more about the MSC Political Forum on the WWW:
http://wwwmsc.tamu.edu/MSC/PoliticalForum.html
Student Senate jumps onto Web
□ Aggies can voice
their opinions to their
representatives by
filling out a comment-
and-suggestion form
found on the Internet.
By Danielle Pontiff
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Student
Senate is now available to any
one 24 hours a day, seven days
a week.
All students have to do to en
sure that the Senate hears then-
opinion is access the Senate
World Wide Web page, which
was activated Feb. 1 to increase
communication between sena
tors and constituents.
Students who want to ex
press their views or learn
about the the issues the Senate
is working on can find the page
at http://www.tamu.edu/stu-
dent_senate.
Melissa Moloney, Senate
computer affairs subchair and
a senior political science major,
said the Senate decided Inter
net technology would be an ef
fective way to improve commu
nications with its constituency.
“The Web page includes the
agendas and the minutes of
each meeting, which give de
tailed information about what
was discussed,” Moloney said.
“If students want to know what
the Student Senate is doing,
but can’t make it to a meeting,
they can look at the Web page.”
The Web page features a
comment -and-suggestion
form that students can e-mail
to all 60 senators or senators
representing specific colleges
or living areas.
“Any time a student wants
to voice their opinion, all they
have to do is send us a message
over e-mail, and we’ll respond,”
Moloney said. “It’s a good com
munication vehicle for the sen
ators and the students.”
The Senate Web page in
cludes information about Sen
ate committee meetings, ap
plications for students inter
ested in filling Senate vacan
cies, and links to student gov
ernments from universities all
over the world.
Moloney said the links to
other universities are available
so that senators and students
can get a variety of perspec
tives on any given issue.
“I love to look at Web pages
from other universities to find
out how they are handling com
mon issues like parking,”
Moloney said. “It’s interesting
to see what other schools are
doing about their problems.”
but not everyone uses
Burgess said. “I keepmyn
stituents informed by mi
announcements in dassei
speaking at different orji;
zational meetings.”
Paul Ho, a senior indusi
engineering major, said
Student Senate Web page
be convenient for many;
dents because many studi
are adept at using computec
“There are a lot of pet,
out there who want to putt
2 cents in,’
http:
i://www.tamu.edu/stu-
dent senate
Web site for Student Senate
Kathryn Burgess, a sena
tor for the College of Educa
tion and a senior education
major, said the Web page is a
good constituency-reaching
strategy, but that she will
still use other methods to
keep students informed.
“Everyone at the Universi
ty has a computer account,
said. “It’s so
to type in n]
you think
send it over
mail.”
Moloney si
the SenateIi
page has not
ceived much response so
but she hopes students will
it to their advantage once
find out more about it.
“It’s the students'Unh?
sity, and we want tobetkf
for them as much as poi
ble,” Moloney said. “Web
they will reach out and
come involved.
Statewide RHA’s compare notes at conferen
□ Delegates from A&M's
Residence Hall Association
shared ideas with representatives
from 14 other Texas
organizations this weekend.
By Heather Pace
The Battalion
Matt Bartosiewicz, a Texas A&M junior
management major, said interaction with
college students from around Texas at a
Residence Hall Association conference he
attended Feb. 22 through 25 gave him
many ideas for improving RHA at A&M.
“It gave me an opportunity to learn from
other schools about similar situations we
face and gave us a fresh approach to solving
these problems,” Bartosiewicz said.
Texas Residence Hall Association Con
ference sessions that focused on team
building and group development, Bar
tosiewicz said, equipped him to serve
A&M more effectively.
“The residents are the key to making
RHA work, so it is important to keep their
best interests in mind," he said.
Twenty RHA representatives from
A&M had the opportunity to learn from
14 other Texas RHA organizations at the
TRHA conference that brought more
than 300 students to the University of
North Texas.
During the conference, Suzanne Lyons,
A&M RHA president and a senior geo
physics major, was elected next year’s
TRHA president.
The conference was designed to facili
tate the group interaction and learning
that provides the background and team
work necessary to accomplish this year’s
goals, several RHA members said.
Skits and spirit competitions highlighted
the conference and motivated RHA members.
Jennifer Enos, a graduate student in
educational administration, said many
of the sessions encouraged RHA members
to work together to accomplish
common goals.
“Whether we liked or knew each other,
we had to all work at being Aggies to
gether,” Enos said. “We started from dif
ferent backgrounds, but we had to
to work together.”
Some students gained practical
tions from the conference, which they
will be used to improve residence h
Jeff Clay, a junior accounting
plans to incorporate conference ideal
his role as social chair of Moses Hall
“I’ve only been in RHA for one sen
ter, so it really got me excited becaE
was introduced to new programstk
can really use,” Clay said.
Randy Nance, a sophomore construe
science major, returned from the coil:
ence prepared to implement new i
“Everybody was very spiri
willing to learn, which will carry
into what I do with my committef
Nance said.
He said that many students retim
from the conference with a betterimiei
standing of RHA’s responsibility
on-campus students.
“We had a lot of first-time confer:
attendees,” Nance said, “and Tthinkifi
really learned a lot, which will carrcrt
for next year when they assume
ship positions.”
The MSC 'Variety Shore has extended their deadline
to accept applications for this year's annual MSC
Variety Shore. April JZth. taking place on Parent's
Weekend! Application are available In the
Student Programs Office located on the second
Poor of the MSC. Applications te/H be due by
Wednesday. February 28th! Audit!on spaces
are limited for March 4th. so return the completed
application fast and sign up for an audition time!
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