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I i/ijXiflKKiiSj.ji Are You Concerned About. Academic Burnout Applying to Graduate School Career Choices Choosing a Major Depression Improving Study Skills Roommate Conflicts Test Anxiety . . . Mentors Listen. Call 845-6900 for a Mentor, or http://mentors.tamu.edu 70’s Night March 21st This Friday night DoubleDave is puttin’ on his silk, shirt for a 70’s disco party, featur ing 70 cent beer and Peproni Rolls™, retro giveaways like incense and mood rings, beads, and the top Disco hits from the 70’s. 70 cent Draft and 70 cent Pepn 8 till llpm. {Rolls™ W'eTit Always Rolling f 326 Geo. 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Despite the destructive, murderous power of its namesake, the phrase “the bomb” is a compliment. Although such words are en vogue now, whether they will survive the test of time is debatable, Ferrara said. “Many youth speech patterns filter up ward,” Ferrara said. “Some, like ‘cool’ stick around. Others are ephemeral, they come and go like butterflies.” Many slang words and phrases — like “the bomb” or “all that and a bag of chips” — appear to have their roots in the African- American community, Ferrara said. “The phrase ‘That’s bad,’ meaning ‘That’s good’ — that definitely came from the black speech community,” she said. “That’s a big source of language.” Another important source is the oft- mocked “Valley girl” community — or, as Ferrara phrases it, “upwardly mobile white females.” “There’s something called up-speak ing,” she said, “where you make a declar ative sentence, but the intonation goes up, so it sounds like a question. “It’s very frequent with women. They would say an announcement like ‘We’re go ing to have a party with the SAEs?’ But it would sound like, ‘Is that all right with you?’ ” Another speech pattern that may have originated among “Valley girls” is the “be- plus-like phenomenon,” a topic about which Ferrara wrote an entire journal article. This phenomenon occurs when young people use a form of the verb “to be” with the word “like” to substitute for such forms as “he said.” The phenomenon represents a change in the grammar of the English language, Ferrara said, and is therefore significant to linguists. Although students today might be, like, “We use slang,” many words and phrases will die out later in their lives, she said. “People may use a form during a peri od of their life and then discard it,” Ferrara said. “The heavy use of slang may be an age-graded thing.” It also varies regionally, she said. “I remember when I first heard the term ‘mugging’ to mean ‘kissing,’” she said. “My daughter said it, and I was thinking, ‘What does that mean?”’ In other words, it is unlikely viewers will hear Chandler on Friends say, “Could this espresso be any more red-ass?” The use of slang and clipped words is a predictable trait of college students, Fer rara said. “They’re developing their interests,” she said. “Developing new fashions, mu sic and new forms of speech. “Slang is frequent in the field of vo cabulary. New words come and go all the time.” C&W SHOW Continued from Page 3 Green said his band’s music appeals to college kids because it was not too long ago that he himself was in college. “We love playing to col lege kids,” Green said. “That’s our favorite thing to do. It’s when everyone the most fun in life.” Both Green andMoi agree they love playinji Aggies. “Playing in College is the best,” Morrow "The crowds are a loto they make a lot ofnol have a good time. Collect tion has been thebestfcl us thus far.” Cory Morrow is opening for Chris LeDoux at Hurricai Harry's tomorrow night. Pat Green and Highway 6 will also pi Breakers push for Bibles instead of bee PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Temptation is everywhere. Bars beseech students to drink all day for $5. Bikini-wearing women beckon. Thong-clad boys cajole. Into this Gomorrah wades the Baptist Student Union and the Campus Crusade for Christ with a weapon of their own — pancakes and beach games. “We’re not going to push God down their throat,” said Rachael El rod, 19, a sophomore at Campellsville University in Kentucky. It can’t hurt to grease the skids with flap jacks. Baptist students spread across the hot beach sands of this spring break mecca every day inviting stu dents to a free pancake breakfast. As they eat, they listen to talk about the Bible and Jesus,in the hope they leave with more than just a full stomach. About 3,000 young adults, some former spring break sinners, offer succor to the esti mated 500,000 college students who annually make the pilgrimage to Panama City Beach. Called “Beach Reach,” it preaches without get ting too pushy. “It’s a confrontational type of evangelism, but it’s done in a way that it’s not confrontational,” said the Rev. Darren Tipton, of Nashville, Tenn. Tipton, a student evangelism assistant with the Southern Baptist Convention and leader of “Beach Reach,” said revelers need a little reminder of morality. “They are confronted with something they thought they left at home, a lot of them, or that they didn’t expect to find on die beach,” he said. Traditional spring breaker Rob Pavis, 23, a University of Buffalo senior from Staten Is land, thought he would be drinking his breakfast. Instead, he found himself eating pancakes and talking religion with William Stacy, a Baptist sophomore . at the University of North Texas. “I pretty much believe what they believe and I think they believe what I believe,” said Pavis, a Ro man Catholic. “It’s nice to meet good people.” Stacy, 20, of Kerrville, Texas, said he’s just trying to point people in the right direction. “I’m not trying to convert anyone,” Stacy said. “It's a confronta tional type of evangelism, but it's done in a way that's not confrontational." Rev. Darren Tipton ‘Beach Reach' leader The Baptist students also offer free rides to dents, hoping to get in a little talk along therc One van crew had difficulty getting itstt sage across to a handful of University Louisville students, some of whom appci drunk. After playing a game of guessingraa the van arrived at its destination before am mentioned religion. As the students got out they were invited pancake breakfast the next morning at an ami ment park parking lot. Pancakes are not the only way to drat crowd. The Campus Crusade sponsors ball tournaments and each evening its mt: hers gather in a huge blue-and-white strip tent for singing, Bible lessons and Christi rock and roll. Jason Holbrook, 24, a 1995 UniversityofKentui graduate, used to head to spring break for the us. reasons. Now he’s with die Campus Crusade. "Drinking a lot didn’t make me happy, just f whole party lifestyle, I guess, chasing girls and if kind of thing,” Holbrook recalled. “You’d party and spend all your money ons/w break and just wake up hung over and misrf Holbrook said. “I kind of grieve for theses de cause I remember how I felt.” The Business Student Council presents Business Foundations Day Learn about: • Career Opportunities in Business • Different Majors • Business Organizations • The College of Business • Talk to Upperclassmen In Your Major • Ask Questions!!!!! • EAT FREE PIZZA!!!! Saturday March 22nd from 11-2 @ the gazebo in front of the Wehner Building. 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