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Page 6 • The Battalion Nation & Campus Tuesday • April 23,1 Q*Vg%t irne Save time and money with ACC's summer options Summer I (6- and 12-week classes) Register May 28 Summer IX (6-week classes) Register July 10 3-Week Mini Semester May 13-28 * 713 388-4636 An equal opportunity/affirmaove action college ALVIN 'COMMUNITY COLLEGE Congratulations to our Tri Delta Seniors of1996. We will miss you! Micah Allen Christy Aycock Mindy Baur Sharon Boyd Karen Bragg Kelley Brent Charlotte Bruns Holly Christian Lisetta Coates Meredith Crain Jennifer Deskin Diana Drehsen Tammy Durtschi Melanie Emmons Brenda Ferguson Ashley Garvin Christi Gidel Gina Gray Ashlea Gregg Jenny Lynn ( judge n Carrie Hackenherg Sarah Hammond Stephanie Hardy Suzanna Henderson Jill Jarvis Jeannine Johnson Jennifer Johnson Karen Kelly Heather McAnally Heather Mitcha Tiffany Mills Kristy Morgan Beth Muse Paige Prickette Piper Reese Tanya Roberts Michelle Schoonover Susan Seawell Coco Smith Dena Standley Shannon Stephens Maryann Tackett Ginger Tillison Christy Turner Keely Walsh Danielle Wend land Wencb r Wheeler IS "SENIOR WEX&'W KICK-OTT KL RESTAURANT 0 0 0 0 0 W STARRING $1.00 OFF One Large or Small Order of Wings Any Style 0 * i ' 0 0 0 0 V Oo WITH CURRENT STUDENT ID oO y NOW APPEARING AT TWO LOCATIONS Campus 1045 Texas Avenue South College Station 693-6363 Southwood Valley 3230 Texas Avenue South College Station 694-8966 Tuesday night dine-in only. One order per valid student ID per visit. Major Credit Cards Accepted Amy Browning, Thf. Baitaiion MONTY THE PYTHON Will Chen, a junior wildlife biology major, plays with "Monty Python" while Eileen Huston, a freshman biomedical science major, admires the snake in front of Rudder Tower Monday afternoon. Tornadoes: Emergencj sirens failei Continued from Page 1 217 businesses were damaged.® those, 35 houses, five apartment) and 78 businesses were beyondie pair. Damage was put in the mifc of dollars. The tornadoes were part of as? ries of storms that moved iili Arkansas from Oklahoma. Radio and TV reports hadwarrei that storms were coming, but at nado knocked down telephoneliis that would have carried word!) emergency workers to startdi sirens, Fort Smith police CpLUj Randolph said. In Fort Smith, a 2-year-old fid and a 5-year-old boy were crushelj death. ‘‘The house had fallen on Mil, said Michelle Hooper, a neighbors Kyle Richard Johnson's.''Hem dead instantly.” Six blocks away, rowsof30i trees 2 feet in diameter lay acre High Street, where Angelica Me Flemming died. In St. Paul, where police found It bodies of a man and hissonintt ruins of their house Monday. “It just disintegrated as lunda stand it,” Deputy Bill Mason said. The man’s wife was criticallyt jured. Their names were notiimli' ately released. In Fort Smith, firefighters eso* ed their house-to-house search Bill last into the night. The worstin' age was in a historic district dm town — where some of the buildia date to the 1800s — and a resideciil area 1 1/2 miles away. Severalbiiii ings downtown collapsed. The main sewage treatmentpW “just disappeared” as well, Randolp said. “There were several buildii!! down there and they arejustgone Roger Weaver, 32, of Alma,»i he had been up all night helpings move debris from the streets sob bulance and fire trucks could pas On his way to the scene, he said,!* saw four tractor-trailers onInt? state 40 on their sides, "alloftb pointing in different directions." The twister lifted a pickup tab spun it around and sent it noS^P into a house and about 3 feet it - ground, he said. Projects Continued from Page 1 College Station, said giving the architecture students input was exciting because she wants to help make hospitals less scary for kids. “I told them that having a movie theater while you wait would be nice,” she said. “Tie-dyed walls would make kids feel happier, instead of all those adult pictures on the wall. And I think they shouldn’t have all those funky tools on the walls, because that scares me.” Mann’s students said they carefully considered the rec ommendations of the elemen tary students and children at the hospital. Murals, movie screens, hy drotherapy pools, bright colors and shapes are featured in some of the projects, at the recommen dation of the children. Lisa Nolen, a senior environ mental design major, said the design she worked on tries to generate a warm, homey feeling. Her group’s inspiration, she said, came from a child who wished “there were little houses for kids to stay in, instead of big hospitals.” “The street-side of the day care center looks like the old hospital,” she said. “The side facing thepij looks like a house, sohopeW kids won’t be frightened they approach it.” Molly McCoy and Dan® 1 Napolio, junior environine 1 ® design majors, designedapr^ promoting fitness asaM tion of health. They said expandingW 1 center that emphasizes reg®j fitness routines is one of the ^ ways to improve and maid 3 good health. TAMU - Math This Siminifi Consider taking a math course this summer. Advantages $ • Smaller classes • Greater personal attention • Expanded help session New course offerings this summer include: • History of Math (Math 689-101) • Mathematics of Recreational Games (Math 680 • Mathematical Comm. & Tech. (Math 689-201) Prerequisites for these courses will be kept to a Contact the Math Dept, at 845-3261 for further information. Italy Spring 1997 It’s Your Turn! Interested? Attend any one of these informational meetings in 358 Bizzell Hall West: Mon., April 22 10:15-11:00 a.m. Wed., April 24 5:15 - 6:00 p.m. Thurs., April 25 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Tues., April 30 8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544 Students will select a minimum of • hours: ARTS 350 SOCI 205: SOCI 230: ECON 320: LBAR 332: Arts and Civilio^ Prof. Paolo Baruch' Introduction to Sociology Dr. Stjepan Mestro' 11 Classical Social The 1 ' 1 Dr. Stjepan Mestro^ Economic Develops of Europe Dr. John Moroney Global Economic!^ Dr. John Moroney ♦Mandat fogj All majors are TUESI April 23, Rocket two me HOUST ton Rock< Breaux anc and Tracy roster for tf offs. Booker the Rockets starting tl Breaux pla\ Rockets am Booker Breaux (ten the team's i The Ro Robert Hor Sunday's Phoenix, hi time for Th against the Nets di many p EAST Rl — After wi each of his criticizing i him with Butch Bean his dismissa The onl and the Ne day. 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