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All 6" Chicken Subs (Smoked, BBQ & Chicken Salad) Only $1.99 Now through March 9th Albertson’s Center Randall’s Center 2205 Longmire 693-6494 607 E. University 691-2276 CRAFTMASTERS’ MALL 1857 Briarcrest Drive • Bryan Over 180 Booths Of Handcrafted Items 1 Year Anniversary! Demonstrations: 10-12 Stampin’ Up 2-4 Briarpatch w/ Alta & Dixie 12-2 JC & Co. 4-6 “Christenson’ Tarjeteria Demo Creations” Stop by March 2nd & Celebrate with us! •Everything in store 10% off •Enjoy Cookies & Punch Live remote with KTEX 106 Local - Out of Town - Out of State Artists Booths Available for Rental Mon-Sat 10 a.m. -6 p.m. Stop by & get that perfect gift! 776-0870 J> A+ TUTORING 725-B University Drive 260-2660 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MON Mar 4 TUES Mar 5 WED Mar 6 THUR Mar 7 CHEM 102 DR TANG 3 - 5 PM DR. TANG CH 16, 17 DR TANG CH 17 DR. TANG CH 18A DR. TANG CH 18B CHEM 101 5 - 7 PM CH 4, 5 CH 6, 7, 8 PRAC TEST CHEM 102 DR CONWAY 7 - 9 PM DR. CONWAY CH 17, 18 DR. CONWAY CH 18 DR. CONWAY CH 19 DR. CONWAY CH 20 PHYS 218 9 - 12 PM CH 6, 7 CH 8, 9 PRAC TEST PHYS 201 & BIOL 113 LOOK AT DATES AND TIMES!!!! SAT SUN SAT SUN Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 2 Mar 3 PHYS 201 CH 6, 7, 8 CH 11 BIOL 113 CH 6, 7, 8 CH 9, 10 2 - 6 PM PRAC TEST 2-5 PM TESTS MON Mar 4 TUES Mar 5 WED Mar 6 THUR Mar 7 PHYS 208 5-7 PM OR 10-12 PM PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PRAC TEST MATH 151 7 - 9 PM PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PRAC TEST BUSINESS SUN Mar 3 MON Mar 4 TUES Mar 5 FINC 341 7 - 10 PM PART 1 PART 2 PRAC TEST 7 - 9 PM TICKETS GO ON SALE SUNDAY, MAR 3 FROM 4 - 6 PM Page 2 • The Battalion news BRIEFS Professor's funeral services held today William F. "Gene" Benton, a former Texas A&M political sci ence professor from College Sta tion, died Tuesday. Funeral services for Benton will be held 3 p.m. today at A&M Methodist Church. Benton taught at A&M for 31 years, specializing in Texas politics and the U.S. constitutional conven tion, before retiring in 1988. Corps pays tribute with Honor Guard Members of Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets Company E-2 will honor David Antonie, an E-2 member who died Feb. 24, with a 24-hour Honor Guard posted next to the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue prior to the March 4 Silver Taps ceremony. Robert Feille, commanding offi cer of E-2, said Antonie, a sopho more petroleum engineering major, went into anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrest after suffering an al lergic reaction to food he ate at the Military Ball. Feille said outfit members per formed a special "Echo Taps" for An tonie on Sunday night, attended An tonie's funeral Wednesday in Austin and wore black bands on their arms this week as a sign of mourning. Barbecue to fund Cadet's hospital bills Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets is holding a barbecue Saturday at 4 p.m. on the Quad to benefit Reginald "Reg gie" Harper, a senior wildlife and fish- - eries sciences major, who was seri ously burned Feb. 10. Harper and his family do not have insurance, and proceeds from the barbecue will help cover hospi tal expenses. Harper, now a fifth-year senior, was a member of the Corps for four years and a redpot in Fall 1995. Aggies host benefit for United Way The Texas A&M United Way Pack, the Aggie Wranglers and KORA-FM are hosting United Way Night at Denim & Diamonds Friday from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Brazos County United Way. United Way Night will feature a jitterbug contest judged by the Ag gie Wranglers at 10 p.m. Couples can sign up for the con test today in the Student Govern ment Office in the Koldus Building or at the door of Denim & Dia monds bfefore 9 p.m. The cost is $20 per couple. TTI head appointed to coordinating council Dr. Katherine Turnbull, a visiting professor in the Texas A&M Depart ment of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and head of the Systems Planning Division at the Texas Transportation Institute, has been appointed to the coordinating council of the Intelligent Trans portation Society of America. Turnbull is the associate director for research for Texas A&M Univer sity in the Southwest Region Uni versity Transportation Center. Campljs Friday • March 1,1996 He Batta Snow Ski Club gears up for \ Way bich 1,1996 Mount Aggie Olympic games pp r f i I StnHpnLs r^n in a variptv l~7irG:rr:."T 1 □ Students can participate in a variety of skiing-related competitions, such as sledding races and snowball tosses. 1st Annual By Lisa Johnson The Battalion T^OUNT^GGIE OLYMPIC By participating in the Mount Aggie Olympics this weekend, students will have a chance to win a space on the Texas A&M Snow Ski Club’s spring break trip to Steamboat, Colo. Mount Aggie Olympics will begin at noon Satur day, and students from A&M or Blinn College are el igible to participate. Tickets will be $4 for entry into one event and $2 for each additional entry. Competitions will include knocking over bowling pins by sliding down Mount Aggie on dining hall trays, throwing ski boots through a basketball hoop from the three-point line and tossing tennis “snow balls” through a snowman cutout. Students accumulate points by winning events, and the more points they have, the more times their names will be entered into the pot from which a ski- trip winner will be chosen. However, the champion will not necessarily be the student who collects the most points. Conceivably, said Jolyon Frannea, Snow Ski Club president and a senior computer science ma jor, the person with the least amount of points could win the trip. jiRachel Barry £ Battalion "We're trying really hard not to make it a thing where if you're not athletic you can't win." —Jolyon Frannea Snow Ski Club president and senior computer science major “We’re trying really hard not to make it a thing where if you’re not athletic you can’t win,” he said. “It’s true that the greater number of points you have, the greater your chance of winning, but we have arranged it so that the person with the least amount of points could win.” Other prizes will be given away in addition to the trip to Colorado, including four or five free video rentals and dinners at local restaurants, two snow boards, ski goggles and a ski jacket. Christy Batten, a Snow Ski Club member and a sophomore finance major, said she hopes the carnival-like atmosphere and the types of prizes being given away will attract a diverse group of students. “Generally, when you have a social thing where you can include students outside of the member}! of your own club and bring in people outside of your organization to relax and kick back, it’s al ways a good thing,” she said. The idea for Mount Aggie Olympics came from Erik Larson, Snow Ski Club vice president and junior environmental design major. I .arson said he designed the Olympics as a way to publicize the Snow Ski Club, one of the older anc irior biomeclical s more under-recognized organizations on campus. “A lot of people picture this club as a real goof off organization,” he said. “What they don’t realize is that we actually give free lessons on each of our trips, we help studenta find great deals on their ski clothes, and we take olleen Hawk’ enough ene through alm< paced dancing aped fruit. ‘1 eat a banana 1 liormance,” she s Hawks, who pla It of Polly Baker 31 be keeping hi me of the yellov ires to perform ii jtoday and tomoi Hawks said Craz flnsored by the C {Arts Society, n ollywood tap dai torge and Ira Ger ita unique perfon ‘The story is a irl, boy-falls-in-l< fa-girl, boy-gets-j Is a really light ilots of comedy. The high-energy 'Tou, Hawks sai' liHollywood musi Dancers use ev es to pick axes !|ince numbers. ‘They use all t £em to dance with use everythii prate into the c iy exciting.” Karen Allen, chi razy for You of mce to experiem : icctive of music. ‘The music fron ritten by George iniu tJcii/ uefcua <jli tiitrii sis.1 liuliico, cuiu we ume a ^ were in loss on every trip that we sponsor just to keep the ^ q1] cost for students below $500.” Forty students will be taking the spring break trip to Colorado, which will include free skiing lessons, six nights at a ski condominium and a four-day ski-lift pass. Political Forum speaker stresses importance of first lady’s position □ Van Hightower said first ladies play an underappreciated, but important role in U.S. government. By Courtney Walker The Battalion Eleanor Roosevelt. “In many of today’s house holds, both partners bring in part of the income and are con sidered equal partners, rather than the female being restricted to the domesticated role,” Van Hightower said. “In fact, during the early days of political ambitions, the women supported the family.” ent views and standards for women, but she fears it could hurt President Bill Clinton’s campaign for the 1996 presiden tial election. “She is showing that women have a place in the national scene,” Bleiker said. “But the controversy surrounding her looks bad on him, and it could ef fect the voters’ decisions.” At a MSC Political Forum speech Wednesday night, an Texas A&M political science pro fessor said first lady Hillary Rod- ham-Clinton represents national social changes in family struc ture and spousal relationships. Dr. Nikki Van Hightower said many American households are becoming dual-income families with women in political and busi ness fields. She said Clinton has brought this to the public’s at tention more than any other first lady, with the exception of "(Hillary Rodham Clinton) is showing that women have a place in the national scene. — Ann Bleiker sophomore sports management major ii “From all the: of another < In 1992, Crazy by Award for Bes Jeffrey Cranor, Branc Clinton has generated a great deal of controversy, Van Hightower said, because she is a lawyer who supports work ing women. Ann Bleiker, a sophomore sports management major, said she appreciates what Clinton has done to demonstrate differ- As a couple, Van Hightower said, the Clintons are the first to present themselves as an equal partnership. “They have done it visibly and openly, telling the public to elect them as a couple,” she said. See First Lady, Page 6 , Brands, a proi J's Booknotes 1 The 4th Annual Liberal Arts Career Fair Monday, March 4th Tuesday, March 5th 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Blocker Building Monday Allstate Insurance Company Attorney General’s Office City of College Station Electronics Boutique, Inc. Express First USA Bank Foley’s H.E.B. Pantry Foods JPI Luby’s Northwestern Mutual Life (Joseph E. Mahoney Agency) Northwestern Mutual Life (Angell & Assoc. General Agency) Princeton Review Radio Shack Smith & Assoc. International Temporary Connection Texas A&M Career Center Texas Army National Guard Texas Dept, of Criminal Justice The Principal Financial Group U.S. Peace Corps Universal Computer Systems Tuesday Attorney General’s Office Electronics Boutique, Inc. Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Dallas/Ft. Worth) Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Northern Texas) Express JPI K-Mart Corporation Luby’s Northwestern Mutual Life (Angell & Assoc. General Agency) Princeton Review State Farm Temporary Connection Texas A&M Career Center Texas Army National Guard Texas Dept, of Criminal Justice Texas Dept, of Public Safety Universal Computer Systems ‘Xetzeorlqnff ^Reception Monday, March 4 5:00 - 7:00p.m., Faculty Club (Top Floor of Rudder Tower) Reception Space is Limited! Tickets go on sale February 28 in 1st floor Blocker. Ticket price: $5.00 Sponsored by Liberal Arts Student Council and the College of Liberal Arts 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 Gretchen Perrenot, Night News Editor Amy Collier, Aggielife Editor Nick Georgandis, Si>orts Editor Dave Winder, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, Eleanor Colvin, Johanna Henry, Lisa Johnson, Michelle Lyons, Heather Pace, Danielle Pon tiff, Kendra S. 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