THE LORD’S RANCH IS COMING!
The Lord’s Ranch, a Christian long term residential treatment
center for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children, is
coming to Texas A&M on April 15 & 16, 1996.
Located in the beautiful surroundings of the Ozark foothills,
The Ranch creates a family environment that promotes the
development of trust and a feeling of security within its residents.
The Lord’s Ranch has career positions available in Special
Education, Direct Care Staff, and Social Work. We will consider
all degrees including, but not limited to the following: Special
Education, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Psychology and
Business.
If you desire to work in a fast paced, Christian environment, and
would like to join those making a difference in the lives of
children, please visit or contact the Career Center at (409) 845-5139
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1-800-846-8318
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3805 S. Texas Ave.
Bryan
77802
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Socials
Formals
Galleria Village
Facing Barak
1730 Briarcrest, Bryan 846-4617
Check It Out!
Summer '96 Classes
In Houston
BICH 410/411
BICH 410 and 411 will be taught concur
rently during the 1996 10-week summer session
at the Institute of Biosciences and Technology
(in the Texas Medical Center) in Houston.
Listed in the Summer 1996 Schedule of Classes:
BICH 410 Section 302
MWF 8-9:15
BICH 411 Section 302
MWF 4-5:15
For more information, call the Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics at
845-1142.
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Friday • April 12,HI
news
BRIEFS
MSC Variety Show
will be held tonight
The Texas A&M MSC Variety
Show will be held Friday, April 12,
at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
For more than 40 years, the MSC
Variety Show has been held during
Parents' Weekend, featuring student
performance, such as singing, danc
ing, comedy and juggling.
Auditions for the show are held at
the beginning of the spring semester.
Tickets are $7 and are available
at the Rudder Box Office.
Kern-Fox worth featured
speaker at banquet
The Texas A&M Chapter of the
Black Graduate Student Associa
tion will honor African-American
students who have attained a 3.0
or higher grade-point ratio Sun
day, April 1 3, at 2 p.m.
Dr. Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, a pro
fessor of journalism and the author of
the book "Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben
and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising,
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," is
the featured speaker.
For information, contact Samuel
Sampson at 764-0627 or Ashanti
Johnson-Pyrtle at 845-5752.
Great Texas Trash-Off
to be held Saturday
Hundreds of Brazos Valley volunteers
will participate in the 11th annual Great
Texas Trash-Off Saturday April 13.
Approximately 256 volunteers
nationwide will join 130,000
Adopt-a-Highway and Keep Texas
Beautiful volunteers to pick up
trash on county, state and city
streets, as well as in parks.
Anyone interested in partic
ipating can contact Denise Fischer
at 778-2165.
Clinton proposes
pension changes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Clinton proposed pension
changes Thursday that would
make saving toward retirement
easier, a nod to hard-working vot
ers who feel their financial futures
are clouded despite sunny eco
nomic times.
The administration said 51 million
workers would be aided by the pro
posals, which are a blend of ideas put
forth in previous budgets and in a
GOP-backed balanced budget plan
that Clinton vetoed.
Speaking like a candidate,
Clinton noted that the budget
deficit has shrunk and 8 million
new jobs have been created dur
ing his time in office.
Saturday’s Country Jubilee to
benefit Still Creek Boys Rand
By Eleanor Colvin
The Battalion
Texas A&M students can participate Saturday
in the Still Creek Boys Ranch sixth annual Coun
try Jubilee, an event supporting a nonprofit orga
nization that houses and educates young men.
Profits from the benefit will facilitate the expan
sion of the Still Creek Boys Ranch cottages and
school, which are 15 miles east of Bryan in Kurten.
Margaret O’Quinn, co-administrator of Still
Creek, said the home was established in 1985 to pro
vide basic care for boys from broken homes. The
state-accredited school was added four years ago.
“We administer to children from varied back
grounds who have obvious needs but no material
support,” she said. “Some have no parents, others
come from single-parent homes where there is lit
tle or no financial and emotional support.”
O’Quinn said the ranch staff is planning to ex
pand the facility, which houses 18 youths, and to
develop a similar facility for girls.
“We turn down at least five boys per day and
five girls per week,” she said. ‘We want to finish
the school and get the girls program growing so we
can stop shutting our doors to so many students.”
A Brazos Valley resident donated 20 acres of
land yesterday for a girls ranch.
A&M students and community residents should
know that it does not take acres of land or thou
sands of dollars to help Still Creek survive,
O’Quinn said. The ranch does not receive state or
federal funding, so donations are essential.
“One of the most popular misconceptions is that
it takes a fortune to lend a helping hand,” she
said. “If 10 people would set aside $1 a dap
could do so much more.
“People say when they hit the Lotto they!
think about us. But they don’t realize that it’s It
little things they could do today that really count’
O’Quinn said many A&M students have realizd
they can make valuable contributions to the rand
“A&M has been a tremendous blessing,” sti
said. “Many of the organizations have put onM
raisers to help us build the school, and we kit
Aggies out here tutoring every day.”
Matt Chauvin, a member of the Aggie Meiii
Club and senior speech communications majot
said he is privileged to be able to make adiffei
ence in the boys’ lives.
“Some Saturdays, we just go out and eat will
the kids and play football to keep up relations
he said. “The best part about it is being ableti
serve, because that’s what we’re called to do-
help others.”
Jimmy Vitulli, AMC service chairman andjii'
nior industrial distribution major, said it is bend
cial for the youth to interact with college students
“The O’Quinns teach them to be discipline!
and respectful and are definitely good role md
els,” he said. “But the children need to ban
younger role models that don’t necessarily ban
to act like their parents.”
Vitulli said that while volunteering at SI
Creek, his organization has built treehouses an!
fences, painted, landscaped and helped prepared
the annual jubilee.
Saturday’s festivities will include a raffle, era:
sale, games and food, and will begin at 10a.m.at
the Brazos Center in Bryan.
Staged crash mocks real-life disaster
By Marissa Alanis
The Battalion
Texas A&M, Bryan-College
Station and Brazos County
emergency units and law en
forcement officials responded
Thursday night to a mock
crash landing of a small air
craft said to be carrying ra
dioactive medical supplies.
The emergency drill at
A&M’s Easterwood Airport
was scheduled to meet state
and federal requirements for a
full-scale disaster exercise.
The exercise served as a learn
ing experience, utilizing emer
gency management teams and
police and fire departments.
Harry Raisor, A&M’s direc
tor of aviation, said the exer
cise was scheduled to begin at
6:10 p.m. so that the darkness
would require the presence of
a search-and-rescue team.
Blue paint on the pavement
signified radioactive spillage from
the plane, which was said to have
crashed while attempting an
emergency landing. Red paint and
dark smudges on volunteers indi
cated injuries and fatalities.
Mike Sprague, a junior ki
nesiology major, participated
in the exercise as the pilot. He
was pronounced dead at the
scene by a justice of the peace.
Along with the city of
Bryan, the city of College Sta
tion and Brazos County emer
gency units, A&M is a member
of the Local Emergency Plan
ning Committee, an organiza
tion mandated by the federal
government to prepare for
emergency situations.
The mock crash plan was ap
proved by the Texas Emergency
Management Agency and had to
comply with Federal Aviation
Administration guidelines.
Darlene Kennedy, safety
coordinator of A&M’s Safety
Office, said the exercise pro
vides a “meeting of the
minds,” so that in real emer
gency situations, participat
ing groups would know how
to respond and communicate
with one another.
Kennedy said the news media
also plays a crucial role in real-life
disasters because they provide up
dates of hazardous road conditions
and on-site coverage of events.
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Tim Moog, The Bait#
Mike Sprague, a junior kinesiologj
major, plays a dead personim
mock plane crash at EasterwooJ
Airport Thursday evening.
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CraftMasters’ Mall |
1857 Briarcrest Drive • Bryan
Over 180 Booths of Handcrafted Items
Ceramics
Needlecraft
*>} • Stained Glass
Baby Items
Floral
Arrangements
A&M Coins, Shirts, Commemorative Party Invitations,
fu Stationary & Personalized Collectable Houses
; *,| Local - Out of Town - Out of State Artists • Booths Available For Rental ^:
Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. OHVO If
\|J Stop by and get that perfect gift for any occasion. 4 4 O - V/O 4 id:
• Jewelry
• Woodcrafts |j
• Porcelain Dolls >
• Collectibles
• Aggie Items
• Wearable Art
MSC Barber Shop
Serving All Aggies!
Cuts and Styles
Haircuts starting at $7.
Seven operators to serve you
Theresa - April - Marti
Mary - Jennifer - Cecil
846-0629
Open Mon. - Fri. 8-5
Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center
TEXAS AGGIE DANCE TEAM!
Join an exciting group of spirited Aggies who
enjoy high-energy dancing full of funk and jazz!
As a member, you will perform at men’s and
women’s basketball games, women’s soccer and
volleyball games, a national competition and
various collegiate and community events.
The clinic for try-outs will be held
Monday, April 15 - Thursday, April 18
from 9-11 p.m. in
G. Rollie White Coliseum
We hope to see you there!
Any questions?
Call Susie at 696-2904
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