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Last day to register a player is Nov 12.
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Brazos Valley
Symphony Orchestra
1997-1998 Concert Season
Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director
Attention All Texas A&M University Students
The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will
audition musicians for the following instruments:
French Horn Clarinet
Trumpet Oboe
Trombone Flute
Bassoon ^ Percussion
and All Strings
Auditions will he held on:
Tuesday, September 2, 1997
7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Room 402, Academic Building
Audition Requirements: The appli
cant will be asked to perform two works
of his iir her choice, as well as sight read
an orchestral excerpt.
NOTE: Credit information: (Muse 286- Symphony
Orchestra) can be applied towards fulfilling the require
ments for Music Minor, or as 1 hour of general electives.
For information please contact:
Penny Zent, Orchestra Committee Chair
p-zent@tainu.edu (409) 845'5670
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A&M women participate
in sorority Rush activities
By Matt Weber
City editor
Over 750 Texas A&M women participated in
Rush last week, hoping to pledge one of the 12
sororities at A&M.
Rush began last
Monday with each
of the sorority hous
es hosting a short
reception for the
rushees.
Rushees attend
ed parties during
the week until Sat
urday, when
rushees received
bids from sororities.
Activities will con
tinue with accepted
rushees pledging for
their sororities.
Lanita Hanson,
the Pan Hellenic
adviser, said that
“IPs a positive thing
because you meet a
lot of people... I
just know Pm going
to form friendships
that will last my
whole life.”
KRISTA MANDERSCHEID
SOPHOMORE GENETICS
MAJOR
Rush is open to anyone interested in joining
a sorority.
“There is a place for everyone,” Hanson said.
“Whoever wants to rush can, and we would like as
many as possible.”
Krista Manderscheid, a sophomore genetics
major who is pledging for the Kappa Kappa Gam
ma sorority, said Rush helps students to meet oth
ers in a close-knit social setting.
"It’s a positive thing because you meet a lot of
people,” Manderscheid said. “I’ve already formed
some bonds — I just know I’m going to form
friendships that will last my whole life.”
Manderscheid also said the pace of Rush was
hectic at times.
“It was a very stressful week for all of us, both
sides,” Manderscheid said. “It was really stressful
for rushees and the people doing Rush.”
Kim Sowden, computer chair for Rush Team,
which organizes Rush, said the week helps to dis
prove people’s preconceived notions of sororities
and sorority life.
“I think new rushees learn by participating
in Rush,” Sowden said. “I think they realize that
the stereotypes people not in sororities have
about sororities aren’t true. It’s not just parties
and mixers.”
Although Rush traditionally is held the week
before classes start, it can be held any time mem
bership numbers for the sororities fall below pro
jected figures.
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Melanie Jansen, a freshman general studies ma
jor, embraces her new pledge sister Keely Pillans.
a freshman horticulture major, after receiving their |ight by a grou
bid invitations to become members of Zeta Tau Al- Tmthedepartc
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By Brandye Brown
Staff writer
Texas A&M ranked 19th among the nation’s
public institutions of higher education in U.S. News
and World Report’s 11th Annual "America’s Best
Colleges.”
A&M was the only university from the southwest
region of the United States to rank among the 25
best public universities in the nation.
James R. Ashlock, executive director of Univer
sity Relations, said in the past Texas A&M has com
peted successfully against both public and private
universities, but this year another category was
added that included only public universities.
‘Awareness is growing among university admin
istrators and faculty around the nation of A&M’s
academic reputation,” Ashlock said. “This report
takes into account what our peers say about A&M.”
Curtis Childers, A&M student body president
and a senior agricultural development major, said
he was not surprised A&M ranked high nationally
because the University has been working to im
prove its academic reputation.
“A&M has generally done a better job at student
life in the past than academic standards, so former
students have had a great student life and support
the University generously,” Childers said. “Today,
the University benefits from the camaraderie and
spirit of former students.”
Ashlock said high academic standards and
reasonable tuition coupled with a reasonable
cost of living make Texas A&M attractive to stu
dents and their parents.
“Students are more discriminating today,” he
said. “They are looking for value, and A&M is always
very highly ranked for value.”
Dr. Ray M. Bowen, Texas A&M president, said
the University’s high national ranking is important
in drawing quality students and in receiving the
support of former students.
“The steady stream of high recognition is very
beneficial,” Bowen said. “When we ask students to
pay a high-dollar tuition, they can be confident in
a quality education at a top university.”
Childers said national ranking influences the
quality of students Texas A&M attracts, especially
top academic high-school students.
“Top students want to know they are going to a
top school,” Childers said. “They want to see that
A&M is perceived as Harvard and Yale have been
perceived in the past.”
Ashlock said that A&M offers a quality education
to well-rounded students.
“A&M students may not have the highest SAT
scores or CPA, but they are the best well-rounded
high-school students turned out of Texas schools
with strong leadership abilities (and) maturity, as
well as high academics,” Ashlock said. ‘A&M turns
out students ready to take on leadership roles.”
Dr. Ron Douglas, provost and executive vice
president of academic affairs, said A&M’s success
rests on the emphasis given to undergraduate pro
grams receiving contributions from former stu-
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dents. These offers of gratitude to the University in 1
the form of gifts and scholarships continue to sup-f r0 m
port a quality student body, Douglas said.
“This ranking recognizes excellence built up Guy Cooke,
over years,” he said. “This kind of quality doesn’t, anager of the
happen overnight. We feel good when other people instruction di
agree with us, and we certainly feel that A&M is one icilities PI a n n
of the best universities in the country.” Instruction,
Bowen said the construction work on campus :hway and mi
is evidence of the reinvestment of money into the Ity work on ti
University to create a quality educational environ- xh as wiring, >
ment. Three million dollars have been put into the eted this sumn
renovation ofclassrooms to achieve modem leam- Cooke said i
ing facilities, as well as continued investment in li- pn that woulc
brary facilities, Bowen said. These investments are sing Lubbock
part of A&M’s assurance to retain its reputation as issummer bee:
a top-ranking national university. jtless pedestrian
Douglas said theTexas A&M administration will dsttraffic in the
work to bring in money to fund research and schol- “The only reai
arships to support both faculty and students. 4shut down roa
Childers said the impact of students on A&M’s jjihe summer
ranking is significant, because Texas A&M has a stu- Mesaid. “If v
dent body that cares, student leaders who always wifall or sprin
are willing to voice an opinion and administrators tiing from t!
who listen to what students say. . sons would hav
Childers said A&M cannot get comfortable with
its position, but must continue to improve. i
“It’s always hardest to see faults when you are'
doing well,” he said.
“Right now is the time to look at ourselves as a ;|
University. Now is the time to change, to continue |
to rank high nationally.”
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