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§ FLOPPY JOB’S 3 Page 2 • Thi: Battalion • Wednesday, July 31, 1996 COMPUTER STORE f College Station aims to increase tourist eg Software. Sales_ dr Rental 3P Hardware Sales Installation & Service 1705 Texas Ave. 693-1706 Open Every Night Until 9 p.m. r Texas Ave. ★ TUNE UP 4 PLUS fa/va/ffie Hwy 6 Family owned & operated Quality Service since 1987 “People who know use Valvoline" <cx 601 Harvey Rd. • College Station • 693-6189 Mon - Sat 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Going Home? Don’t break down getting there! Before you leave get your free trip inspection which includes: * Brake inspection * Engine performance * Belts & Hoses * Battenr check * Airconditioning check Call for an appointment or stop by and Ask for Bruce STUDY ABROAD AT SANTA CHIARA! INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS - 358 BIZZELL HALL WEST WEDNESDAY, JULY ^! 5:00- 5:45 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 5:45-4:30 PM STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS 161 RUxeM Mall West 845*9544 PIZZA, SODA, NO credit card offers NO hidden agenda NO strings attached... Just Free Food, Free Drinks, and Free Fun! BOWLING, POOL Sponsored By: MSC Nova, TAVS, Food Services, Dept, of Residence Life and Housing, the University Center Complex, MSC Bowling & Games & Texas A&M Bookstore Wednesday, July 31st 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. MSC HULLABALOO A production of the ‘MSC Sizzlin’ Summer Programs Series.’ 6* 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. i By Heather R. Rosenfeld The Ba i t align IP With the opening of the George Bush Presidential Li brary and Texas A&M’s en trance into the Big 12 Con ference, the city of College Station anticipates' an influx of tourists. However, College Station officials worry that many po tential visitors may not even know what the city has to of fer. Officials hope the city’s biggest asset — its residents — can be combined with lo cal efforts to overcome the misconception. Stephen Beachy, director of Parks and Recreation, said students have a role to play in promoting College Station to potential visitors “If you go to a typical tourist town like some of those found in Colorado, the front-line employees at the resorts are very informed about the sights to see, but in College Station many things here are taken for granted,” Beachy said. “The asset is that College Station has a very highly educated and energetic group of stu dents working in front-line positions, like our restau rants. But the liability is that most aren’t involved or familiar with the community other than student life.” City officials, realizing the problem, recently installed four tourist information centers around College Station. The centers were designed to assist visitors and resi dents in keeping up with what the city has to offer, Beachy said the idea was long overdue. “The centers are a small but significant step,” Beachy said. “My thought was, why didn’t we think of this soon er? The different sites have brochures, city maps (and) a map of A&M. ... It’s very simple, very straightforward and also fairly effective.” Local businesses hope the ef forts will pay off with increased money into the community. Peggy Calliham, public rela tions and marketing manager for the city of College Station, said the plans will benefit business, but it might be at the communi ty’s expense. “Tourism is just another way to expand College Sta tion’s economy,” Calliham said. “There might be a domino effect, and other things, like restaurants, will come to our town as fringe benefits due to our communi ty becoming more attractive to visit. But it is a balancing act, because the more efforts made to increase tourism, the more effort it takes to keep a clean and safe home town atmosphere.” Some residents share Cal- liham’s concern. Stephanie Withers, a junior business marketing major, said she likes the current situation in College Station. “I like the size and I would hate for it to become a tourist attraction,” Withers said. "Al though it would be good for the economy, I don’t want it to change the current atmos phere, which is real safe and real friendly.” Hamilton McRae, a junior civil engineering major, dis agreed with Withers and sees only advantages in pro moting the city. “It would help to rid A&M of our hick reputation, and make us look more like a bigger, better and more modem school,” McRae said. “There is stuff that you can do here, and they (the city) should try and make it easier for people to find that out.” McRae said tourists look ing for interesting sites can visit downtown Bryan, the University or Messina Hof, to name a few. Local officials hope these JBS. COLLEGE 846-3343 WEDNESDAY SWIM SUIT SHOWDOWN Starting Wednesday July 24th Weekly Winners For Cash/ Prizes Finals Showdown For $1000 Cash/ Prizes $1 bar drinks & longnecks for contestant info call 846-1724 Enhance the Natural Beauty ^ of your eye: . ' i * & with NewVues WWmm. 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"Basi cally, people can get more for I lv- :! their money here.” Beachy said the cityk| build on what it has starter “I think the future is one,” Beachy said. “Ri| we are only reaching the the iceberg, and then many areas that havent tapped into.” The tourist information tors can be found attheG Station Police Departmeffi Conference Center, City and Central Park Web America Network, Inc. Nation-wide Internet Services Web America Networks is seeking talented and innovate August ‘96 graduate witli a BS or MS in Computer Scicm or Engineering for Network Engineering and WWW Paf Design and Development positions. We will be on campus interviewing Wednesday, July 31 and Thursday, August 1 at the TAMU Career Center. Web America Networks is a north Dallas based subsidiar of VarTec Telecom, Inc. VarTec is the seventh largcsl l.D. company in the nation with a nation-wide communicatioif network. 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The Battalion Stacy Stanton, Editor in Chief Stew Milne, Photo Editor David Taylor, City Editor Jason Brown, Opinion Editor Kristina Buffin, Aggielife Editor Jody Holley, Night News Editor Tom Day, Sports Edi tor David Winder, Radio Editor Will Hickman, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics W 11 Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Protas; Reporters: Christine Diamond, James Fowlf Brandon Hausenfluck, Ann Marie Hauser, Melissa Nunnery, Heather Rosenfe® & Tauma Wiggins Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Pamela Benson; Writers: Jeffrey Cranor, Jam* 1 Francis & April Towery Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Phil Leone; SPORrswRiriRS: Colby Gaines, Ross Hecox, Hernandez & Brandon Marler Opinion Desk - Columnists; David Bold!, Marcus Goodyear, Steven Gyeszly, Miclu ( ' Heinroth, Jennifer Howard, Steven Llano, Heather Pace, Jim Pawlikow# David Recht & Jeremy Valdez Photo Desk - Photograpeiers: Rony Angkriwan, Shane Elkins, Patrick James Gwendolyn Struve Page Designers - News: |ody Holley & Amy Uplmor; Sports: Kristina Buffin & Tom Day Copy Editors - Brian Gieselman, Shannon Halbrook & Gina Panzica Cartoonists - Chuck Johnson & Quatro Oakley Web Masters - Terry Butler & Chris Stevens . ; . , ||J Office Staff - Heather Harris, Amy Uptmor & Tara Wilkinson Radio Desk - Will Hickman & David Winder News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M Universilyi» the Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. 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