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With TAMU Skydiving Club!
Whether skydiving is something you have always wanted
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Informational meeting: April 24, 1997
Rudder 507, 7:00 - 8:00
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Social and Economic Development Through
Devotion to God:
THE SWADHYAYA MOVEMENT
The Templeton Prize for outstanding efforts to bring man closer to God was recently award
ed to Rev. Pandurang Shastri Athavale. Prev ious award-winners include Mother Theresa
and Billy Graham. Athavale received the award for leading a movement called
Swadhyaya, meaning “self-study” for the past 40 years. The movement, which encourages
people to contribute to their communities.as a form of devotion to God has transfonned a
hundred thousand Indian villages into self-sustaining and self-reliant communities, affect
ing the lives of nearly 20 million people.
A lecture/discussion and slide presentation led by
Dr. Betty M. Unterberger
Department of History
Tuesday, April 22, 1997
7 pm • Koldus 110
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Tuesday • April 22,
Muster
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
H.B. Zachry Jr., Class of '54, speaks about the unique bond between Aggies
at the Muster ceremony Monday.
Cycling
Continued from Page 1
Most of the members of the team
plan to ride after college. Butler will be a
mountain bike instructor in North Car
olina this summer and Meadows and
Senior Week
Continued from Page 1
One of the rooms being used for the
dance is the Faculty Club, which Flores
said never before has been used for stu
dent events.
Amy Dosen-Black, Public Relations
chair for Ring Dance and a senior busi
ness analysis major, hopes to dispel some
of the myths surrounding Ring Dance.
“It’s not like the prom,” Black said.
“There are eight rooms of entertainment
Floyd will continue to race.
“It has become more popular here
since we have a place to ride now,"
Meadows said. “For me, racing is perfect
because you have to have a lot of disci
pline and it is pretty scientific. A lot of the
aspects are physical but when you are
riding you have to be focused mentally."
for almost anyone’s tastes.”
Some of the entertainment options
for the students to explore are the Killer
Bees (a reggae band), karaoke, Chris
Wells and the Texas Edge, an Elvis im
personator, a Latin music room, a com
edy pianist, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s music and
a big-band orchestra.
Anyone can attend Ring Dance,
regardless of whether they have a se
nior ring.
“We want everyone to know that they
are welcome at Ring Dance,” Flores said.
“We don’t check rings at the door.”
Continued from Page 1
He said the tradition is a time for remembrance and celebc
“It’s a special emotion that says life really matters,” Hickman,
H. B. Zachry )r., a Muster speaker and Class ol ’54, is the A
Executive Officer of! LB. Zachiy Company in San Antonio, Hm
ceived a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from A&M. H
Zachry said Muster reinforces the unique bond amongAggiep
is also a reminder of the opportunities and obligationsaSoa
with the freedom Aggies gain through their learningexperiend
“It is a debt we owe that we can attempt to repay by what: |
with what we learned,” Zachry said.
Zachry reflected on the significant change A&M under]
when it became a coed institution. He said the positivefoiq
tion for what A&M would become was laid by Aggies befort:
landmark change.
“I believe that old Aggies are not liabilities, but areasstj
Zachry said.
Zachry said because Aggies love their school, have strand
ues and uphold traditions, they will resolve their differeni:|
make A&M a better place.
“Changes will come,” Zachry said. “But A&M mustcontini;
reflect the spirit of the school they boast so grand."
Benjamin Rodgers, a sophomore general studies majo:
tended his second Muster last night. Hesaid it tookonnewd
ing for him as he realized how many members ofhisclassi
Since tomorrow is not always promised, he said, he believe
needs to love everyone just as Christ loved him first.
“I came to realize that one day my name will be calledani
I should not only reflect that of my savior, Jesus Christ, andtli
my family, but also A&M,” Rodgers said.
Muster is not limited to the A&M campus —Aggies heldf
monies in 400 locations around the world yesterday.
David Vaclavick, a Muster chair in Los Angeles and Classe:
said the Muster tradition is important enough to be carriede:
where and commemorate those who have passed on.
“It’s just as meaningful as being there in College Station
clavick said.
A&M Head Football Coach R.C. Slocum flew to theCalifor.
based ceremony to participate as the keynote speaker. Theta
mony drew about 120 people.
Vaclavick said the ceremony is not any different from the
held on campus.
“It doesn’t matter where you are.” Vaclavick said.'A11A§
share that special bond.”
Vaclavick said his friends and co-workers at the Los Angele
Force Base where he is an officer are impressed with the Aggie?:
it conveyed through this ceremony.
“They are pretty much blown away with the camaraderie:
the loyalty that Aggies have out here (in California),’’Vaclavicki
Mathematics Contest
Annual Freshmen and Sophomore
Mathematics Contest
Thursday, April 24, 1997
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room 317 Milner Hall
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It is intended to award at least six prizes:
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$150
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$125
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Contest problems Wi\\ cover topics up through Math 152
(Engineering Calculus II) for Freshmen, and through Math 308
{Differential Equations) for Sophomore contestants.
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Contact Doug Hensley, e-mail: doug.hensley@math.tamu.edu, or
check the Math Dept. Home Page: http://www.math.tamu.edu
New Dimensions
of
Success
The Memorial
Student Center's
Executive Lecture Series
Presents
Les Alberthal, CEO of EDS
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: MSC 226
Date: April 23, 1997
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AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENT
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CEN^
DEADLINE: April 24, 1997
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflect#'
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course,#
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, provide
prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfir
pleted a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student ',
standing (as defined in the University catalog).
60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University^-
semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qua!: ■'
the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with lessttiaA
ident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the S'-'
Information Management System.
3. You must have a 2J) cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a May 1997 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a pri*
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 Info#
Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript i#’-'
past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you have completed ail of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Co#
from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal,#
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 noj!#'|
Thursday, April 24, 1997 to complete the application for eligibility verification.
2. If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on June 12,19/
must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Vr
Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than April 25,1997.
Men’s 10K-$307.00
Women’s 10K - $176.00
14K - $418.00
14K -$203.00
Add $8.00 for Class of ‘96 or before.
The ring delivery date is June 12, 1997.
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