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September 4,19?
Italian tour provides freshmer
with leadership, friendships
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
Don't run this light.
Come find
"Oh the places you'll go" at the
1996 MSC Open House
Sunday, September 8,1996
2-6pm
For more information call 845-1515
Persons with disabilities please call 845-155 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.
sponsored by MSC Public Relations
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Before 30 incoming freshmen
learned how to say “Howdy,”
they learned to say “Ciao” when
they toured Italy this summer as
part of a MSC leadership devel
opment program.
The students, National Merit
Scholars who recently were
accepted to Texas A&M, visited
tourist havens and historical sites
such as Rome, Assisi, Ravenna,
Arezzo, Florence and Venice.
The group stayed at Santa
Chiara, A&M’s Italian center.
Paolo Barrucchieri, an art histo
ry professor'at the center, served
as a tour guide for the group.
Thomas Fitzhugh, a former
student, created the program
to attract National Merit
Scholars to A&M.
He works with the Memorial
Student Center, the Honors
program and the Study Abroad
Program to organize and raise
funds for the trip.
When National Merit
Scholars are accepted at A&M
they receive an application for
the trip.
Only thirty students are cho-
the trip is to provide the stu
dents with an introduction to
Italian culture and art.
Greg LaBorde, a freshman
business major, went on the
’amp Brewi
.Kamikaze <
The trip also allows studei
to form friendships hefts
coming to A&M. a. a®- o<
LaBorde and Andrew Bait [idest crunch,
ish
sen to par
ticipate.
Fitzhugh,
three stu
dent leaders
and two staff
members
accompa
nied the
group of
freshmen
this year.
N e 11 s o n
Burns, MSC
executive
trip and said
the people
and the cul
ture would
benefit him.
“It was
'Flakes, Ag§
great getting
to meet the
people I’d be
vice presi
dent for
MSC rela
tions and a
associating
with this
year, and
seeing all
the art
work,”
LaBorde
said.
The lead
ers of the
|y at Texas A&l
As I moved n
ckload of be!
;sfrom storaj
dorm room,
st time, I was
cited.
The fact that
[oparking tie!
senior
international studies major,
was one of the MSC leaders to
travel with the freshmen.
One of the various goals of
group want
ed to provide the incoming
freshmen with leadership
training and an orientation to
the University.
a computer engineering mat; hfire, Reveille,
decided to become roomma: [t,dinner, lunc
after meeting on the trip, [ly
“It (the trip) was a
experience. It gave us a chaa
to get to know people heft
school even siui ted and hav
lot of fun,” Bains said.
“They did a good job
telling us how to get invob:
at A&M."
Burns said traveling withlad parked in
group as a student lead ;tmy keys all
allowed him to help the fre.i :e
men find their niche at A&M
He went on the trip as
freshman and credited itasi js
important factor in shaping! ^
involvement at A&M.
"I believe strongly in
program),” he said.
“It has affected my wholec§i
lege i areei and involvement
A&M. It was an opportunity!
me to give back to the prog
:e the elation
an Aggie.
So where did
sit from the
senior year?
Or perhaps i
U od summer,
know, it wa
warm and 1
low ticket ca
me see ... nc
In fact, after
pin down th<
I had just ret
Collective effort aids recycling project
eh school gra
By Courtney Walker
The Battalion
As residents unpacked their boxes, four
udent workers separated the cardboard
Empty cardboard boxes littered the
hallways as more than 8,000 new and
returning campus residents moved into
the dorms last week.
But instead of adding empty boxes to the
garbage pile, residents were encouraged to
try an alternative — recycling.
The Texas A&M Recycling Center had
collected 7.5 tons of cardboard by Tuesday
morning. The cardboard recycling move-in
program lasted from Aug. 25-Sept. 3. and
the boxes were donated to Twin City
Mission in Bryan, which used the boxes for
a fund-raiser.
Cassandra DeLarios, recycling project
assistant director and a senior geography
major, said the program was designed to
provide a service for students and help
University maintenance and landscape
employees.
“During move-in time, it is very visual how
much trash is brought onto campus and
there’s no way the University employees can
do it all by themselves,” DeLarios said.
student workers separatee
boxes from other garbage. The cardboard
was taken to Twin City Mission where bro
kers from mills around the state would buy
the cardboard to be recycled.
The revenue Twin City receives for the
to collect more cardboard next year.
“For a first-year collective effon
between Twin City Mission and A&M
everyone was pretty responsive to the pro
gram,” Weedon said.
lere future c;
d where lasti
It is, of cour;
Every year, n
ectors and n
vel to Lakevi
Vj days of A
each year, p
■ Many camp<
A&M had a similar program last yea; lunselors, say
“It’s going to take a simple
change of perception and
habit instead of thinking
of everything as trash.”
Cassandra DeLarios
Recycling project assistant director
during fall move-in, but used physical plani
vehicles to pick up the boxes and take them
to the A&M recycling center.
But DeLarios said the University’s facilitie
were filled to capacity and could not hi
the amount of cardboard they received.
“We already have programs for whit
paper, newspaper, toner cartridges and alu Itraditions. Th
minum cans, so there just isn’t any more ^ubt different
room,” DeLarios said.
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false motivai
They say A&
d not everyo
| A&M.
To a large ex
esn’t make it
Texas A&M’s
pat binds Aggi
cardboard goes to Phoebe’s Home,
Sheltering Arms and the Bridge, all Bryan-
College Station charities.
Mark Weedon, program director of the
Bridge recycle/resale for TWin City Mission,
said the program collected about as much
cardboard as expected but should be able
A&M began its recycling program in IMijlt’s psycholo
and collected 530 tons of recyclable mateti l Any group th
al last year. The center hopes to recycle S'behavior that n<
tons this year,which will yield a 10 perce?^hond.
reduction in campus garbage. KSure, some (
“Its going to take a simple change ofpeipke sense at
ception and habit instead of thinking ofttudents dor
everything as trash,” DeLarios said. fcir choice —
Other events for the recycling centeifepect that. B
throughout the fall semester will include fey might fin(
Texas Recycle Day, Earth Day and the collet |ling like par
enioy Luby s
HOMESTYLE COOKING IN
A BRAND NEW SETTING.
VISIT THE NEW
LUBY’S CAFETERIA
POST OAK MALL
1500 HARVEY ROAD
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CAFETERIA
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NOW 2 LOCATIONS IN THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA.
Fran threatens U.S. coaslQU
Conditions as of
Tuesday 11 a.m. EOT
Cape Hanoras*'„
Charleston _ t ' Projected course
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane
Fran gained strength and took
aim for the southeastern coast
Tuesday on a path that could
bring it to land later this week.
The U.S. Navy sent ships to
sea for safety as Fran’s sus
tained winds grew
from 85 mph to
105 mph in a few
hours east of the
Bahamas.
Following on the
heels of Hurricane
Edouard, which
unraveled off the
Eastern Seaboard
over the Labor Day
holiday, Fran was
expected to take a
turn to the north
west by Thursday.
“This changes
every time we make
a forecast,’’ said
Max Mayfield, a specialist with
came ashore in North Carol
with sustained winds of i
mph, causing millions ofilj
vJ
n ki
lars in damage to homes, cn
and infrastructure.
At 5 p.m. EDT, Fran 'j
about 285 miles east ofNass
Bahamas
■Ulantic
Ocean
5 a.m. Thurs.
Bermuda
r nph
| Gusts at 105 mph
Moving WNW at 12 mph\
JAMAICA
HAITI
Caribbean
Sea
PUERTO
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ard V,.
nds y‘
Leeward
Islands
Windward
islands V
vrnt
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the National Hurricane Center.
“The big question is how far to
the north it will go and when it
will make the turn. Right now,
the biggest threat is from North
Florida to the Carolinas.”
Mayfield said conditions
were similar to those that
affected Hurricane Bertha,
which killed nine in July. Bertha
moving
northwest
mph. A hurrici
warning was
effect for
n o r t h w e
Bahamas, whi
includes
and Freeport. 1
Charles K' 1
administrator
San Salvador isl
in the Bahani
said winds
near tropical stj
force Tuesday
noon.
from that, things
pnee we
show the
ents ha
leceived
pportui
fearn, wc
“Apart
pretty much the same,” he j
“We feel as though it
minimal hurricane, but wej
watching and listening t0 L n
reports. We are ready to takep'^Bl Oil
necessary precautions. ” Set of stp
The Navy wasn’t waitingf
Jacksonville, Fla., 14 shipsfl
Mayport Naval Station he®
for the open sea.
Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will audition
musicians tor the following instruments:
ALL STRINGS, OBOE, AND BASSOON
Auditions will be held on SEPTEMBER 4 (Wednesday) from 7:00p J
to 10:00 p.m. in 402 ACAD. Open to the students of Texas A&M
(MUSC 286-Symphony Orchestra-1 cr. hr.). This course counts as
1 hr. of academic credit. It can be applied towards fulfilling the
requirements for Music Minor or as 1 hr. of general electives.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: the applicant will be asked to perfo®
two works of their choice, as well as sight read an orchestral excerp 1
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