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November 21, 1996
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was presented to members of For
tune 500, he was approached by
LLP-KPMG-Peat Marwick, a “Big
Six” accounting firm, which later
offered him an internship.
Gonzalez was awarded the Ea
gle Scout Court of Honor Badge
the summer before his senior year
in high school. He said becoming
an Eagle Scout was an honor.
“Eagle Scout is one of the
most prestigious awards you can
receive,” he said. “Eagle Scouts
have been presidents, astronauts
— the first man on the moon was
an Eagle Scout.”
Gonzalez now volunteers at the
Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Brazos
County and is a pledge with the
Omega Delta Phi fraternity.
He said he does not go home
often, but when he does, he tries
to influence neighberhood chil
dren who are in the position he
was once in.
Gonzalez said the changes in
his life have surprised people.
“People always tell me, ‘You
can’t do this or you can’t do that,”’
he said. “They say ‘You aren’t going
to college because you’re not smart
enough to go to college.’ I always
like to prove people wrong.”
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a Super Bowl, apter of the American Cancer
s debut TuesdJciety to find a local bar to
said the highliiolisor a night of games and
s getting kissriiies. The bar has not yet
irld’s killerwlAen chosen.
said that didr Rhonda Simper, vice presi-
aception het -nt of the A&M Cancer Aware-
/ille, when htss Society and a senior biolo-
irianneCrookf major, said the goal is to
n “Crook KUice people to put down their
/ said, is a garettes.
mu. “If they can be distracted
id concentrate on getting
eir minds off having a ciga-
5»tte in their hand for 20 min
xes, maybe tomorrow they can
^°P f° r 40 minutes and pro-
IgL Tssively stop completely,” she
To help reduce smoking in
f tblic areas, the University, lo
ll businesses and restaurants
O iive implemented no-smoking
Jlicies.
Smoking is banned from all
Wear till ings on the A&M campus,
0 |S with certain University
J ihicles and outdoor arenas
ich as Kyle Field.
Simper said the A&M Cancer
miety and local chapters
akr a small impact, but it is
ird to make a significant one
pcuuse cigarette ads are so
vit mg.
jA ‘just the other day I saw an
where you can get a nice
|»Ket for so many proofs of
}g*40 Archase,” Simper said. “Pro-
.Ijions like that just make it
By hard to compete.” When
■4 instated its smoke-free
Hey, students who smoked
ir for the
of name
went at
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urui themselves standing out-
jde to have a cigarette or
opped smoking on campus,
g/ul erie Nethery, a sopho-
ore biology major, said she
jshed there were more ash-
fays so she wouldn’t have to
row cigarette butts on the
Quad, but the policy or lack of
Jiays will not keep her from
■king.
Jl’m going to smoke any-
■re, anytime I please,” Neth-
Tiaid.
■anielle Daly, a senior com-
|jfer science major, said she
s not usually smoke on
pus because she notices
J people are judgmental.
r eople look at you different
a you smoke on campus
|n they do in the bar,” Daly
. “A lot of people only like to
lit they smoke when they
k.”
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