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February M
Present
College Night ‘97
Come meet and talk to representatives
of Texas A&M’s academic colleges.
College Night is a program geared towards Freshmen and Sophomores
to learn about the varied degree programs at Texas A&M University.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
When: Tuesday, Feb. 25,1997
Where: 601 Rudder
Time: 5:30 p.m.
For more information contact the ExCEL g
office through the Dept, of Multiculturali
Services at 845-4551.1
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A FULL LENGTH
MCAT
MARCH 1,1997
8:00am - 3:30pm
Blocker 163
Tickets $10 and available at the OPS A office
Room 205 Academic Building ^
► What's Up?
Tuesday
Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be
held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry
Fields. Everyone is welcome and no
experience is necessary. For details
call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561.
Women’s Lacrosse: There will be
practice from 4-6 p.m. at the
Zachry fields. Beginners are wel
come. For more information call
Monica at 694-6915.
Aggie Toastmasters: Our weekly
meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in
the MSC. Check screens for location.
Woman’s Water Polo: There will be
woman’s practice from 8-9 p.m. at
the Rec Center. This is a new team,
and no experience is necessary. For
details call Kaori at 693-6397.
Roadrunners: There will be a 3-4
mile run for runners of all levels.
Meet at 5:30 p.m. in front of G. Rol-
lie White. For more information call
Dao at 260-2441.
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"The candidates are very good
at informing the student body
about the campaign and telling
them where to vote," he said.
On-line campaigning for this
year’s candidates will be made
available through a home page
created by the elections commis
sion. The page will include a basic
questionnaire giving all candi
dates the same coverage. Candi
dates may link self-designed pages
to the home page.
Wednesday
Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be
held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry
Fields.. Everyone is welcome and no
experience is necessary. For details
call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561.
Women’s Lacrosse: There will be
practice from 4-6 p.m. at the
Zachry Fields. Beginners are wel
come. For more information call
Monica at 694-6915.
Wesley Foundation: There will be
an informal worship service at 7
p.m. at 201 Tauber Street (behind
Aggieland Credit Union). For more
information call at 846-4701.
Catholic Students Association: There
will be a challenge group at 11:30 a.m.
For details call the St. Mary’s office.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes:
There will be a time of praise and wor
ship, small group Bible studies and
guest speakers at 9 p.m. in the Cain
Hall Film Room. For details call Bryan
Waller at 693-1226.
The general elections will be
held March 26 and 27 and there will
be nine polling sites on campus.
Jaynes expects the elections to
run smoothly.
“I would encourage students to
vote,” he said. “The people they elect
will be the people that will make a
difference for them in the future.”
Carl Bagget, student body
president and a senior account
ing major, said he encourages
students to run in the student
body general election.
“It is an exciting time,” he said.
“I respect and commend the peo
ple who are taking the chance.”
Life Savers Bible Study: There will
be a worship service from 6-7:30
p.m. at All Faith’s Chapel. For more
information call 260-9803.
Student Counseling Service-Minority
Student Walk-In: There will be walk-in
counseling services for students of col
or. No appointment needed. Students
seen on first come, first served basis.
For more information call Dr. Juan Rik-
er at 845-4427, ext. 134.
Texas A&M Fencing Club: Beginners
come join the fencing club at 7 p.m.
in 267 Read. Call Bobby Thornton at
691-2296 for details.
Woman’s Water Polo: There will be
practice from 8-9 p.m. at the Rec
Center. This is a new team, and no
experience is necessary. For details
call Kaori at 693-6397.
Roadrunners: There will be a 3-4
mile run for runners of all levels.
Meet at 5:30 p.m. in front of G. Rol-
lie White. For more information call
Dao at 260-2441.
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Plus, you’ll receive full TAMU credit for
all of your classes (which are taught by
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Please coOne to one of these scheduled
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1:00 - 1:45 PM
Thurs., Feb. 27
2:30-3:15 PM
Fri., Feb. 28
10:30- 11:45 AM
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“Tve got a lot of neat neigh
bors, and it doesn’t bother them at
all that I’m important,” Thomp
son said. “They like me because
I’m me. They never call me chan-
cellbr, or Dr. Thompson. I was
Barry Thompson long before I
was chancellor of this system.
“I love grass, pine trees, mam
mals, insects. I can go to Pine
Wood, and none of those pine
trees know I’m supposed to be
chancellor — they really don’t
care. There are a lot of people in
the public limelight who lose
sight of themselves. I can go to
Pine Wood, reflect and remem
ber who I am.”
Thompson said he also has a
passion for literature. He has
read up to five books in a week
end and has 10,000 volumes in
his personal library. He reads
these books at a speed of 2,500
words per minute with a 98 per
cent comprehension level.
“I have a love affair with
books,” he said. “My theory is
that I developed that skill so I
could read more books, two
books a weekend — sometimes
much more.”
He realized he had an unusually
high reading speed when he was
about 12 years old, but said he frus
trates people who try to leam from
his unorthodox technique.
“I can see the whole page in
my mind’s eye,” Thompson said.
“Sometimes I go from left to
right. Sometimes I go from top
to bottom.”
His contract as chancellor ex
pires in the spring of 1998, and
Thompson said he will be sur
prised if he stays beyond that. He
and his wife, Sandra, plan to re
tire to Pine Wood, where Thomp
son said he will continue writing
and, of course, learning.
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“1 think we have been miscon
strued as a representative body
and I don’t want that to continue,"
Green said.
Jennifer Hodges, a graduate assis
tant in off-campus student services
and an education administration ma
jor, said there were some people who
had negative experiences in OCA lead
ership roles, and believed they were
not doing an adequate job creating
positive development for the students.
“We felt that putting someone into
a position when they are not aware of
what the duties are going to be is not
going to develop their skills at all,"
Hodges said.
She said since she arrived in Au
gust, the advisers have been trying
to implement changes in the se
lection of officers.
“We were just talking about what
is the best way we can impact the
students’ experience here at Texas
A&M,” Hodges said. “What is the best
way that we can help in their devel
opment as leaders and have we been
doing a good job in the past?”
At the executive committee retreat
in January, advisers presented die im
proved ideas to the whole staff.
Hodges said Allison Smith, the OCA
main adviser and coordinator of Off-
Campus student services, verified that
OCA’s new guidelines were in accor
dance with the election procedures of
the Department of Student Activities.
Green hopes the OCA change is
not perceived as negative because
she sees it as a positive step toward
improving the services and leader
ship within the organization for
the members.
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