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! NEW Motorola j BRAVO PLUS fB ! $ 2 9 • 9 5 W I * Activation and Airtime Purchase Required ypr- 'K*' Wilton s Office Works 712 Villa Maria*Bryan LOWEST PRICES EVERYDAY ON NEW & USED OFFICE FURNITURE Bring in ad for extra 15% off of already low used furniture prices 409-775-2113 Fairy-tale dream comes true for amateur writd By April Towery The Battalion F or Cindy King Boettcher, a doctoral student in the College of Education, an in-class project could end up being a life-changing career opportunity. Boettcher recently completed her first children’s book, “Anna Meagan: The Aggie Cinderella Story,” which has sold more than 2,500 copies in four weeks. Boettcher wrote the book for an assignment in a chil dren’s literature class. The assignment was to put a new twist on a traditional tale, and Boettcher chose to remake Cinderella. Boettcher said the story is special to her not only because of her involvement at Texas A&M, but also because she is a collector of Cinderella stories. “Most people don’t know that there are over 800 ver sions of the Cinderella LONDON $225 Paris Frankfurt Madrid Amsterdam Rome $225 $265 $275 $275 $295 Fams ahi iach way nou Houston «AStD on a poundm*- OMse, Fap6s co Nor nauot ncotM taxes cw PFCs totaung KTWECN S3-S45, DtPOONG ON OtSTTNAITON OP DtMPTUM cMAPGts paid turecnr to tore ION GOYMNMWTS. FaATS APOYt AM VAUO THOM Nov. 1 TO Ok. IS AND YOU CAN STAY 10* A YtA*. Travel to Europe for Thanksgiving! story around the world,” Boettcher said. “The first one was written in China in 850 A.D.” Boettcher has more than 100 ver sions of the fairy tale in her home. A colleague of Boettcher’s in the College of Education, Leanne South, said factual perfection was imperative in the process of writing the book. “There’s one thing for certain when writing about the Aggies — get your story straight,” she said. “That was the hard part of writing Anna Meagan.’” Boettcher did two years of research, interviews and sur veys in order to get it right. She kept the story parallel to the traditional Cinderella story, and true to Aggie tradition. In the story, Anna Meagan (A&M) is a young education major who wants to go to Ring Dance. She is a custodian in her dorm and cannot afford a dress and does not have a date. The girls in her dorm make fun of her, so she walks to the Quadrangle, where Reveille becomes the fairy "god- dog” and waves the Twelfth Man towel (his magic wand) to get Anna Meagan a date to the dance. She dances all night with a senior cadet, but must go back to her dorm when the Albritton Bell Tower strikes midnight. She loses her shoe on the steps of Rudder Tower, so the cadet advertises in The Battalion for the owner of the shoe to meet him under the Century Tree. The two meet again and walk off arm in arm. Boettcher said she enjoyed writing the book so much that she wants to continue writing. “It was such a fun project,” Boettcher said. “I really enjoy writing A&M books, but I also have a couple of Christian books I’d like to see about getting published. Boettcher is currently working on a new project called “Whoop, Whoop,” the story of 4-year-old twins going to their first Aggie football game. Tammie Bissett, who illus trated “Anna Meagan,” will also create the pictures for Boettcher’s second book. Bissett has been illustrating professionally for 15 years, and fulltime doing paintings for A&M for two-and-a-half years. She designed the cover of the A&M-Colorado foot ball program, the Southwest Conference poster and other A&M-related artwork. “I want my art to be more of a collector’s item,” Bissett said. ggi 62! By Mel The lie Texas A&M “C it campaign end $625 million, exi than 25 percen eking off in 19 ;est fund-raising niversity at the i [im Palincsar, c; Photo Courtesy of Leanne&lnber of univ Cindy Boettcher (Left) and Tammie Bissett (Right)i hold book signings throughout the football season iversity of Texas, I launched simil lsof$l billion. She said she worked on “Anna Meagan” font fheA&M Develo months, specifically on detail didn’t want to be too detailed because it isachildp book,” Bissett said. Bissett said she had a great experience working on book with Boettcher. "I couldn’t ask for anyone sweeter to work with," Bis said. “We were a team; she really helped me.” The two recently decided to have a second printic; areas such a October because they were worried about running low supplies. "People had advised us to make more because wee had 7,500 printed up,” Boettcher said. “They though! ' wouldn’t have enough for the Christmas season, whic e stl ar funny because I was just praying we would sell 5, We have Student/Youth tickets FOR $375 ROUNDTRIP TO ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.Ai We can get a Eurailpass to you IN ONE DAY VIA FED Ex. Call Us Today! We have great car rextal RATES FOR EUROPE. Council Travel 2000 Guadaiups St. • Austin, TX 78705 512-472-4931 http://www.ciee.org/travel.htm EURAI L.PASSES AVAILABLE BY PHONEl MSC Film Society Now Showing ~TV*tsT&K Thursday, Sept 5 9:30pm The Birdcage I Friday, Sept 6 7:00pm Twister 9:30pm The Birdcage Midnight Twister Saturday, Sept 7 7:00pm The Birdcage 9:30pm Twister Tickets are $3.00. All films shown in Rudder Theatre Complex. | Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema Hotline (847-8478). | <k Persons with special needs call 845-1515 within 3 days of the film. 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