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( • Pap February/, ying, “There is at ark. You have 30 mi n VanMeter, owner a., real estate comp forced to disconneci 1.-8404 number to ■sieged by calls, ^ople are still more, nbers than the ne»; r, first issued last yea aggravated," VanMet ning. “We couldn’tey ies this morning,' was another glitcli. oer, which was suppo nationwide, was not rrt Seattle and sora Bl officials checker Aggielife Page 3 Friday • February 7, 1997 HOUSTON RODEO ROUNDS OF AGGIES By Daphne Phillips The Battalion ient Wednesday, have conducted r terviews, he said. ormer Texas A&M students in terning at the Houston Live stock Show & Rodeo found it ficult to be objective about irge Strait’s wink or smile. A&M is the only university that forks with the marketing depart- lent of the rodeo. One of several Jasin the marketing department in- hich operates mjBides recording rodeo and star per- d the problem ™L«nnances on video tapes and log- cal phone comparTj^^e actions and times in a book, lan Jay SpadaforesiB Laurie Hearn, a senior agricul- nt said it was chec>m a i journalism and poultry sci- st. Bee major, has worked for the 31 first releasedth (past four years at the rodeo. Hearn tape and announBid she thinks the rodeo invites 0 reward for informa:*M students to participate in jws conference see'■is program because of the stu- Ivance the bombinp dents’ professionalism, igators have sincere:* “Being Aggies, we are taught to OOO photos and IvBve integrity and to be respectful,” apes from peoplerBearn said. “We go there to work r the park the niglr.ftrd and do the job.” Woody Johnson,FE* Dr. Joe Townsend, associate dean of the Atlanta office.»the College of Agriculture and Life Biences, said work ethic is what die Bdeo likes about A&M students. ■ “Sometimes, students will be- ■n at 7 a.m. and won’t stop until 1(> p.m.,” Townsend said. “Time A ■ does not mean a whole lot to jour- JUk I TPj raalists and they like the fact A&M ^ puts in long hours no matter what c & , ■ takes.” e is . )a erw B internship program grows ',; ,IU l> 1 1 n' m "’LBore each year. The program isopen )HegeBoardlem* aBmajo ; s Abou , one halfofagii- i. Zd and aann:irv* cu ] tura | j ourna ]i sm an( j journalism , , .majors return to do the job again, new we had a prcl ;e college math etfl d the student’s p| d Brian O’Reilly,4® f program. 350,000 high sell* k the test Oct. I2ij \T, a three-hounj I verbal skills, is thi sed college admi', he nation. About l.i le take the test annu a student at Contoo egional High Scl major in physics in of the schools heap) irkson University,! 1 acted Wednesday^ s appearance, end of the segmc ribson read a lens^l sity’spresident Fors y th Galleries are presenting s precisely the kind# f 16 Libbe y Glass Collection and |fe, Love and Death in Winslow |omer’s “Winding the Clock” from ■ a.m. to 8 p.m. Rhonda Reinhart, a junior jour nalism major who worked last year, said she loved the technical part of the internship. “I thought it showed another side,” Reinhart said. “I had a part in what was going on behind the scenes. Even though the people were watching the camera, they were not watching me.” Students usually work three consecutive 12 to 15 hour days as writers and technicians. The wr it ers write press releases and inter view award winners. The camera and technical workers set up, take down and operate cameras and work the control booth. Both are paid $4.75 an hour. Blake Lacewell, a graduate stu dent assisting in the College of Agri culture andasponsorfor the Agricul tural Communicators ofTomorrow, said the first day on the job varies, de pending on the position. “Writers start at 9 a.m. on the first day,” Lacewell said. “After that it could be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., some times midnight.” “I got a chance to go through the bull-riding tapes in the previous night’s performance and put a star by the ones that stuck out,” Hearn said. “I kind of got to choose and edit them. It was neat seeing the nuts-and-bolts of it.” Not only does the experience provide on-the-job training, but it also gives students an opportunity to develop employer relationships. More to B-CS than A&M Downtown Bryan, conventions draw visitors to area L Friday February 7 looking for :ommitted to excellent Reed Boyd, a country/rock/com- ly entertainer, is performing at Chelsea Street Pub and Grill at 9 p.m MSC Film Society is showing Romeo and Juliet at Rudder Theater at 7 p.m. and at 9:30 p.m. Trout Fishing In America, a rock band from Little Rock, is playing with The Woodies, a folk/rock band from Bryan-College Station, at the Dixie Theatre at 9 p.m. Jazztop, a rock band from Bryan- lollege Station, is playing at the Cow Highs & Lows lop at 9 p.m. Today’s Expected H 65°F Tonight’s Expected 42°F Tomorrow’s Expeci High 55°F Tomorrow Night Expected Low 40°F ation courtesy of TAM: F Just J, an acoustic guitarist from [Bryan-College Station, is playing at [Copasetic Cafe at 9:30 p.m. IVlike McAllister, a classical gui tarist, is performing at Sweet Eu gene’s House of Java at 9:30 p.m. Storyville, a rock band from Austin, is playing with Lisa Tingle, a Jock musician from Austin, at 3rd Floor Cantina at 8 p.m. ley Poston, Ciiy Edudb tina Buffin, Sports E#i Walters, Opinion Edit? is Stevens, Web Editor Moog, Photo Editor ) Graeber, Cartoon Es7 A&M University in the Di# 1 sffices are in 013 Reed#* t@tamvml.tamu.edu; Intert dorsement by The Battalion lassified advertising, call 8® rsareSa.m.toSp.m.MoR 1 ' 1 :M student to pick up a s# per school yearand $50 F 11845-2611. riday during the fall andsF :xcept University holidays^ 1 - [College Station,1X7784^ d Building,Texas A&M Uni*® 151 Trout Fishing in America MSC Town Hall is holding a Lunch Box Concert featuring alternative/rock band Feed, at Rud der Fountain at 12 p.m. Theatre Arts Program is performing Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht at the Fallout Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday February 8 Big Otis, a blues/Motown/soul artist from Houston, is playing at 3rd Floor Cantina at 8 p.m. Reed Boyd, a country/rock/com edy entertainer, is performing at Chelsea Street Pub and Grill at 9 p.m Dante & Nash is playing to bene fit the Muscular Dystrophy Associa' tion at the VFW Hall in Bryan at 9 p.m. Eugene Eugene, a jazz band from Bryan-College Station, is playing at Sweet Eugene’s House of Java at 9:30 p.m. Forsyth Galleries are presenting the Libbey Glass Collection and Life, Love and Death in Winslow Homer’s “Winding the Clock" from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jazztop, a rock band from Bryan- College Station, is playing with Ty & the Semiautomatics, a rock band from Houston, at the Dixie Theatre at 9 p.m. MSC Film Society is showing Romeo and Juliet at Rudder Theater at 9:30 p.m. Sneaky Pete, a sing-q-long artist from Bryan-College Station, is per forming at Fitzwilly’s at 9:30 p.m. Student Life Services for Stu dents with Disabilities is present ing psychologist Bill Haddock lec turing on “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" in 228 MSC at noon. Theatre Arts Program is performing Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht at the Fallout Theater at 8 p.m. Unspoken Word, a rock band from San Antonio, is playing with Fysher, a rock band from Bryan-College Sta tion, at 9 p.m. By Karen Janes The Battalion A family in San Antonio loads up the minivan in prepara tion for its annual family va cation. They are not headed to Dis- neyworld, the mountains of Colorado or even the Grand Canyon. No, this family is going to College Station, Texas. The Bryan-College Station area is growing in popularity every year as a travel destination. Dick Forester, director of the Bryan/Col lege Station Convention and Visi tors Bureau, attributes this growth to location. “Bryan-College Station is in close proximity to most of the ma jor metropolitan areas in Texas,” Forester said. “People are taking shorter trips. They’re looking for dif ferent places to go. They’ve already been to San Antonio, Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels, the hill country and Six Flags.” People visit the Brazos Valley for its historical and cultural signifi cance. The state was born in Wash ington on the Brazos State Park, and downtown Bryan is home to many historic buildings and businesses. The Bryan-College Station area is an inexpensive travel destination. Forester said visitors get more for their dollar here. “This is an affordable place to come to,” he said. “The average dai ly rate is considerably lower than it is in other areas our size, and it’s cer tainly lower than in the major met ropolitan areas.” Texas A&M University is the pri mary tourist attraction in the area. People come to visit friends and relatives at A&M, tour the campus and attend special events such as Parent’s Weekend, football games and graduation. Forester said many former Aggies come to Bryan-College Station for re unions or to make their “pilgrim age” back to Aggieland. “The largest area we draw from is Houston, then Dallas-Ft. Worth, then San Antonio,” Forester said. “Oddly enough, we get a lot of trav el here from Washington, D.C.” Forester said a lot of internation al visitors come to Bryan-College Station. Most of them have children at A&M and are here to see the Uni versity and the area. Barbara Moore, Bryan Main Street Project assistant, said all kinds of people visit downtown Bryan. “You’ll see young families with children, college students, re tirees and everyone in between,” Moore said. Visitors to Bryan-College Station find plenty to do. Messina HofWin- ery is one of the more popular at tractions in the area. “We have one of the best winer ies in the state,” Forester said. “It at tracts about 100,000 people a year.” Pam Richardson, Messina Hof’s marketing assistant, said a lot of people visiting A&M also go to Messina Hof. “A&M brings in lots of visitors,” Richardson said. “It’s something else to do in Bryan-College Station besides the University.” In addition to winery tours, Messina Hof hosts the annual Har vest Feast, the Run Through the Vines in April and the Marriage of the Port this month. Downtown Bryan is pulling its weight in the tourism industry. Events such as the Mardi Gras Cel ebration, the Diez y Seis Festival and the Hometown Christmas Cel ebration each attract thousands of people to downtown Bryan. Conventions, meetings and sporting events play a crucial role in the tourism of Bryan-College Station. “There are an awful lot of con ventions and meetings that come here,” Forester said. “Those kind of things draw a lot of people.” After Reed Arena opens, more conventions and sporting events will come to Bryan-College Station. Gymnastics meets, volleyball tour naments and men’s and women’s basketball tournaments have al ready been booked for 1998. On a year-round basis, 69 percent of the available hotel rooms in Bryan- College Station are occupied. “There are times,” Forester said, “and they’re becoming more and more frequent, when you can’t find a room in this town. And it’s not just football weekends anymore.” Julianne Clos, General Manager Assistant at the College Station Hilton Hotel and Convention Cen ter, said the Hilton is often full. “The average daily rate has gone up because of the increase in the number of visitors,” Clos said. Bed and breakfast inns are also increasing in popularity. The Vint ner’s Loft at Messina Hof currently consists of one suite. “We are expanding the Bed and Breakfast because of demand,” Richardson said. The restaurant business of Bryan-College Station supports the booming tourist industry sufficiently. “We’ve got every kind of restau rant you could possibly want,” Forester said. “The restaurant busi ness in this community is incredi bly diverse and very strong.” The opening of the Bush Presi dential Library is expected to cause a further increase in travel to Bryan- College Station. The opening of the library will make Texas the only state in the U.S. with two presidential libraries. “The future of Bryan-College Station tourism looks great, espe cially with the Bush library com ing,” Clos said. “We are all excited about that.” May Graduates Official Texas A&M Graduation Announcements On Sale Now January 3 - February 21, 1997 For Information and to place your order access the Web at: http://graduation.tamu.edu 4r MSC Box Office 845-1234 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts ami Styles All Corp Cuts $7. Regular cuts start at $8. 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