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www.3rdixie.com Dixie Theatre 106 S. Main St., 822-0976 Located in Historic Downtown Bryan Enjoy Our Drink Specials ^ Wed. & Thurs. From 8-1 Opm nP STORYVIUE tf/Ilie Satkerifig Field $8 advance @ Marooned, Pother’s and Doublequick, $10 door w/Tracy Conover Rock $5 FRIDAY & SATURDAY 11/15,16 f££(/£>(f)N SUP Improv Comedy $6 advance @ Marooned, Pother’s, and Doublequick, $6 door Attention all Business Students: The Undergraduate Programs Of fice Presents: “Surviving Pre-Registration Workshop” Need help with next semester? Come see your UFO and departmental advisors! November 14, 1996 7-9 p.m. Rm. 159, Wehner Bldg. Please bring a copy of your degree audit to the meeting. Your degree audit is available at Heaton Hall (cost $1.00). Attention! The U.S: Space & Rocket Center is searching for Counselors for February 1997! 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Study Abroad Programs: There will be an informational meeting to promote the Italy Spring ‘97 program from 3:30-4:15 p.m. in 358, 161 Bizzell Hall West. Aggieland HOBY: A general meeting will begin at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. For more informa tion, call Todd at 847-3095. Career Center: There will be a “Job Search Strategies" seminar at 4 p.m. in 510 Rudder. AEAA: There will be a general meet ing at 7 p.m. in 113 Kleberg. II Circolo Italiano Di TAMU (Italian Club): There will be an informal get-together at the Copasetic Cafe at 8 p.m. For more information call Rachel at 847-2457 or email r- grasso@tamu.edu. Shack Continued from Page 1 Todd Townsend, a senior bioen- vironmental science major, said the organizations are promoting the need for housing and helping Habitat for Humanity raise funds. “We’ve made about $2,000 from bids on the shacks," Townsend said. “Our goal is to raise $30,000 this year, the amount needed to start a new house.” The A&M chapter is not cur rently building a house, but is concentrating on fund raising until August. They began building a house on Luther Street last fall and completed it in June with the Burglars Continued from Page 1 Lt. Scott McCollum, public information officer for CSPD, said preventing car burglaries is simple. “The main thing is to elimi nate the opportunity for a crim inal to make you the victim,” McCollum said. “If I walk past 10 cars, in seven of them I will find a purse, or a radar detector, or stereo equipment. Some of these cars are even unlocked. The best prevention is having common sense. You need to hide anything of value under the seat or in the trunk. “If criminals don’t see anything in your car, chances are they’ll pass to the next car,” he said. McCollum said night clubs and apartment complexes are other hot spots for car burglar ies to occur. He said criminals tend to break car vent windows because they are smaller and not as noticeable to officers patrolling the area. Car alarms are helpful, Mc Collum said, but will not al ways stop a criminal. “An alarm is a step in the right direction,” McCollum said. “But they are not a cure-all for com mon sense ... If he (the burglar) sees something of value that he wants, he’s going to get it.” McCollum said alarms are helpful because car burglars have “a wealth of pickings,” and will most likely burglarize MSC Great Issues: There will be a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder. Anyone interest ed in current events is welcome. For details call Rebecca Skomal at 693-4629. Psychology Club: The last general meeting of the semester will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Psychology. For details call Angela at 694-0072. Aggie Alliance: There will be a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 224 MSC. Study Abroad Programs: There will be an informational meeting to promote the Mexico City In ternational Studies and Public Relations program from 3-3:30 p.m. in 358 Bizzell Hall West. TAMU Waterski Team: There will be a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. at Fitzwilly's. For more infor mation contact Mike Coyle at 260-5926. Institute of Industrial Engi neers: There will be a meeting to discuss the Career Center and Co-op at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry. For more information contact Yvette at 694-6227. Environmental Issues Commit tee: Bring recyclable glass, help of volunteer support. “We could start construction in January on a new house, but we would have a hard time get ting everyone coordinated,” McKeon said. “So we’ll break ground in August.” Many students do not realize the families the houses are built for invest time and labor in the construction of their house and others, she said. ■ “Most families put in at least 200 hours of work before construction even begins, and participate all through the process,” McKeon said. The family buys the house at- cost from Habitat with an interest- free mortgage. Before construction begins, Habitat will assist the Bryan-Col- a car without an alarm. Wiatt and McCollum both said patrolling officers are usu ally the first ones to notice if a car has been burglarized. Kevin Henrichson, a senior fi nance major, was almost a vic tim of car burglary. He said when the perpetrator broke the front passenger window of his Isuzu Trooper at his College Station duplex, the alarm went off and scared the suspect away. Although it cost Henrichson around $150 to replace his window, his stereo equipment, radar detector and other items were left alone. “I found the officers to be very professional,” Henrichson said. “They were already patrolling the area looking for cars that had been broken into.” Henrichson said he did not expect the police to solve the crime. “I pretty much felt helpless,” he said. “And I felt like they were helpless too. [Car bur glary] is a pretty big problem in this town and the police al most just accept that there’s little they can do about it.” Car stereos, Henrichson said, are abundant in College Station and that draw criminals. “There are a lot of nice stere os in this town because music is pretty important to college kids,” he said. “It’s (car bur glary) such a big business in this town, that businesses actu ally come to your car to replace a window. It’s pathetic.” cans, newspaper, o books, paper and plas: der Fountain between — p.m. For more infon Jessica Porazzo at 6' Aggies for Life: There general meeting atf 402 Rudder. Everyor- come. For details cai Cairns at 693-0825. Edv Wednesdaj soo Aggie Democrats: II a post-election recap in 111 Koldus. A speaker will give a speech. International Students Success Group: Co across cultures, a shown from 5:15-6:30 the LRD, Evans Lib's more information, callO® 845-4427 ext. 145. | lor i tryi a n nmmor jandy E Texas A& While and relei 4 t ivated 1 older sisl to comot wnat s up is a Dauaiic j ia( that lists non-profit* Edwar ‘ d , faculty events anil ir co ti , Items should be subr A ' th() later than three daysir of the desired run da cation deadlines and are not events and wi run in What’s Up. If) any questions, please newsroom at 845-3313 slater th ■ sixth-ra tent ion, lack ofp i and dedi “Sand ■j none,” I ■ said. “Hi lege Station chapter, theii v willingm by supplying volunteers^ (1 all of the for their projects. | || Stand Trish Burk, executivec. « t a n > Edw the Bryan-College Stalk for Humanity, said her provides administrative a to the campus organizatio “They are so well-orgar have such good support! uuteers and advisers,” Burl Tram said the purpo: Shack-a-thon is to inform Raising money to reach IM would be easy if morepeof aware, he said. “If everyone on camp, donated $1, we’d havethf ey in no time,’’Tram said dollar out of the entire 1 year isn’t much.” speed, £ persiste A&M ser Koop s< olutenes to the wl Edwa back? Th( “Sane most hat the field, great en never do’ In he captain, cuses on especially Celebration Continued from Page “lit is] a celebration past, of what our fore! have laid for us and t ture,” Rhodes said. The cultural celebi does not replace Christa though gifts are sometim changed. When gifts are giver suggested they be hand:! or functional, such asa: This is to lessen thestres financial strain of the hold Dessiree Ewing, BACt tor of community affairs sophomore biomedica ence major, has coordif efforts to involve the coif nity and educate chil about Kwanzaa. TheBAt ed children to participate art contest. Artwork sul® should reflect oneofthei principles. “I feel like it will beal)i| cess,” Ewing said. “I thinkt? terest level is high oncanf Vendors will sell cull items at the Pre-Kwanzaa val, and African-Americaff dent associations are pro' various ethnic appetizers “I’m looking forward For me it’s a reclaim:' roots and heritage,”E| said. “(I get] a bettert standing of the comniiT came from.” “With is impon now so ] Edwards and try t my team When getting ft — a char prove — to for cor “My n wards sa say to ke< Edwai beyond everyday cipient o ment A\ teammat ive and f team cap “As c leader,” B talk, she lem. She both on e . Along ante i Need a Job For The 1997 Spring Semester • Are you a fun person? • Do you enjoy working with kids? • Looking for valuable work experience? • Are you available Mon.-Fri., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.? • If you answered yes to any of these questions, we may have a job for you. Applications are now being accepted for the Kids Klub After School Prograi at Central Park Office until November 15 For more information call: A/mJf 5 764-3486