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business software systems to the automotive industry for the past 26
years. Continued growth has created opportunity in our Software Sup
port Department. We are looking for graduating seniors who want a
full-time career in College Station with a stable, innovative, and
conservative company.
UCS has immediate openings in our newly created College Station
Client Support Center for bright, outgoing individuals to analyze and
troubleshoot software problems for our clients. Professionalism and ex
cellent communication skills are required and any customer service ex
perience is helpful. Business degree preferred, but others will be consid
ered. No sales involved. For more information about the Client
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Universal Computer Systems, Inc.
(713) 718-1400 or (800) 883-3031
http://www.ucs-systems.com
Full paid training provided. Bachelors degree required. We have a competitive benefits
package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, direct deposit, 40IK and semi
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AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
1.
DEADLINE: December 6, 1996
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing
that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully
completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student
in good standing (as defined in the University catalog).
60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first se
mester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under
the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60
resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student In
formation Management System.
3. You must have a 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
1. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks
for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a December 1996 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a pri
or degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements:
1.
Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information
Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for
past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you have completed all of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Completion”
from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal, may be
presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted.
Procedure To Order A Ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than
Friday, December 6,1996, to complete the application for eligibility verification.
2.
If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on February 19, 1997,
you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or
Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than December 11,1996.
Add $8.00 for Class of ‘95 or before.
The ring delivery date is February 19, 1997.
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left out in the cold
DALLAS (AP) — A two-fisted
blast of arctic air smacked Texas
Sunday with freezing temperatures
in the Panhandle, a blanket of
snow from San Angelo to the Red
River and rain that triggered flash-
flood warnings in North Texas.
In Dallas-Fort Worth, it was so
cold and wet that Six Flags Over
Texas canceled its Holiday in the
Park event.
“The weather is so miserable,
there will be no Christmas today,”
a spokesman said.
Cold-weather workers braced
for the worst. Heating repair com
panies reported a flurry of calls,
and road crews loaded sand
trucks in case highway bridges
and overpasses need de-icing.
By today, North Texans could
wake up to below-freezing temper
atures and up to three inches of
snow. The forecast called for
mostly cloudy skies, a slight
chance of snow flurries and a high
of 40 degrees in Dallas. Rain was
also expected to mix with sleet for
slippery driving conditions.
Prison officials buy
vacant Wal-Mart
► This day in history
HOUSTON (AP) — In the eyes
of state prison officials, a va
cant Wal-Mart store looked like
a bargain.
The Texas Department of
Criminal Justice was looking for
extra office space in Huntsville.
So they looked around and
stopped when they came upon
the empty Wal-Mart store.
Now the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice is paying
$40,000 a month in rent
retroactive to Sept. 1. And the
agency has also lost its ability
to recoup almost all the money
spent on the still-incomplete
renovation project.
The building is being converted
to office space for personnel and
health service employees of TDCJ.
Although the project is incom
plete, TDCJ moved 85 employees
into the building Nov. 15 and is
scheduled to move in 125 more this
week. Another 110 employees are
scheduled to move in January.
Today is Monday, Nov. 25, the 330th day of 1996.
There are 36 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1881, Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Roncalli
near Bergamo, Italy.
In 1920, radio station WTAW of College Station,
Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a
football game, between the University of Texas and
Texas A&M.
In 1963, the body of President Kennedy was laid
to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1984, William Schroeder of Jasper.If
came the second man to receive a Jarvik-?. : 1
heart, at Humana Hospital Audubon in Kent
lived 620 days on the device.)
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Today's Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-famer Jcej
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Kennedy Jr. is 36. Singer Amy Grant is 36. \rtist St
► Weather
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs &Lo>
Today's Expected
45°F
Partly cloudy.
North winds with a
20% chance of sleet.
Clear and cold.
Light winds out
of the northeast
Partly cloudy.
Becoming sunny,
but remaining cool.
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(Study Abroad in Mexico City
Summer ‘97
International Studies and Public Pelatic
Informational meeting will be held:
Monday Nov. 25, 3:00 - 3:30
meetings will be held in bizzeil We«l, Qoom 358
for more information contact:
Study Abroad Programs
161 Bizzell Hall West
(409)845-0544
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ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STALE!
The following services will be
closed during the
Thanksgiving holidays:
A.R Beutel Health Center &
Dial-A-Nurse
Student Counseling Service &
Student Counseling HelpLine
5 p.m., Wednesday, November 27 to
8 a.m., Monday, December 1
Ambulance Service/EMS will remain in service during
the holiday. Call 9-911 for assistance.
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Michael Landauer,
Amy Collier, Executive Editor
Gretchen Perrenot, Executive Editor
Heather Pace, Opinion Editor
Rachel Barry, Aggielife Editor
Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor
Helen Clancy, Night News Editor
Editor in Chief
Kendra Rasmussen, CtT
Tom Day, Sports Editor
Stew Milne, Visual Arts f
Chris Yung, Web Editor
Tim Moog, Photo Editor
Brad Graeber, Cartoon E
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Cmr Desk - Assistant Editor: Ann Marie Hauser; Reporters: Marika Cook, Brandon Hausenfluck, ChristieH
Carla Marsh, Melissa Nunnery, Laura Oliveira, Wesley Poston, Erica Roy, Meredith Stewart, CourtneyW
JoAnne Whittemore
Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Libe Goad; Feature Writers: James Francis, Kimber Huff, John LeBas.Aais’;
Joseph Novak, April Towery & Shea Wiggins; Page Designer: Michele Chancellor
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Writers: Jamie Burch, Sara Duesing, Jeremy Furtick.ColbyG'
Ross Hecox, Matt Mitchell, Dennis Ramirez & Nicole Smith
Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Erin Fitzgerald; Columnists: Jon Apgar, H. Baxter, David Boldt, Bryan Good* 111 ]
cus Goodyear, Shannon Halbrook, Michael Heinroth, Aja Henderson, Jennifer Howard, Mason Jackson,S 1
McAlister, Chris Miller, David Minor, Patrick Smiley & Jeremy Valdez
Night News - Page Designers: Marissa Alanis, Jennifer Bishop, Michele Chancellor & Angie Rodgers
Copy Editors - Katie Arnold, Brian Gieselman, Shannon Halbrook, Gina Panzica & Matt Weber
Visual Arts Desk - Photographers: Rony Angkriwan, Dave House, Pat James, Rachel Redington & Rya
Graphic Artists: Jenny Maki, James Palmer & James Vineyard; Cartoonists: Michael Depot, Ed Goodwin -
Hoffman, John Lemons & Quatro Oakley
Web Masters - Terry Butler, Dusty Moer& Tung Tran
News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Studf ?
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phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845-2647; E-mail: Batt@tamvml.tamu.edu; Internet Address: http://bat-web.lan 1 ''
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