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ggieland Soccer League New teams are forming for the Fall of 1997 season. O The Battalion •PINION Wednesday • September 3,1997 If you have a team, a part of a team, or you are looking for a team, I then visit our Web Page, e-mail us or call us for more information. I • Meeting for new players and teams: Thursday, Sept 4 at 8 PM at | Engineering-Physics Building Rm. 216. • Second and last meeting will be lues. Sept 9 at the same time and place. Last day to register a team is Sept 9. Last day to register a player is Nov 12. Referees Wanted G9G-1974, e-mail: asl@mYriad.net Web: http://PersonalWebs.myriad.net/titin 1 QO/asl.htp ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Our Bryan/College Station office seeks an assistant, full or part-time, for word processing, office coordination and other support duties. Previous clerical experience helpful. Full-time position offers salary and full benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k and semi-annual performance/salary reviews. E.O.E. 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In her September 2 column, Cater states that "many students don't even know their advisor's In the Hopwood story on Mon day, we read the usual moaning over how horrible Hopwood is, and how it is just going to take all of the minority students away from A&M — or at least that is the impression the stories have left me with. But there are two things that need to be pointed out. The first is about the A&M em ployees, who are quoted as saying that Hopwood is to blame for the fall off in minority enrollment at this school. They might be right, but how do they know? Unless they actually asked every person who turned down the offered admission (and those who didn't apply, for that matter) why they did not come here, they are only speculating as to why those students did not choose to come here. They have already decided that Hopwood will take all of our mi nority students away, so that is the only possible explanation to them. The second is in regard to an AP story that was run in the Battalion over the summer. According to the story, incom ing students of all races have fallen off from last year. That includes the white students. It could be that minority stu dents are leaving the state in droves, but if the Battalion wants me to care, it needs to print infor mation in a usable form such as ratio of minority students to white students in recent years. To date, I have not seen enough information to be concerned. John Brooks Class of'97 name. Whose fault is that? As she clear ly stated, the advisor is responsible for the whole undergraduate popu lation of their department/college. As young adults, it is high time college students took responsibility for their own futures. It may be dif ficult to get an appointment, but I dare say that any student makes a concerted effort to schedule an ap pointment with an advisor can do so with a little effort. As for the student-to-faculty ra tio, it is probably better now than when I was a student more than a few years ago. The Class of ’91 was over 8,000 students, the largest freshman class in the nation that year (Fall ’87). The class of'01 is slightly more than 6,000. I would say the administra tion is doing their best to bring the faculty/student ratio back down to a manageable size. College is an adjustment, yes. But each student has the power (and responsibility) to maintain personal control of their academic future. There are plenty of faculty and staff who are on this campus for the express purpose of advising stu dents — the problem is that the stu dents are waiting for them to call them up and invite them to a per sonal meeting—that won't happen. If you want help, go and ask for it — be a big girl. And speaking of impersonal, when was the last time anyone but the cadets said Howdy on this cam pus? Don't they teach that at Fish Camp any more??? I must be get ting old. Karen Seago Class of'91 This is in regards to the Sep tember 1st Mail Call letter from the Panhellenic President (Jen nifer Burns and Vice President (Robin Morgan). I would like to take this oppor tunity to thank these ladies for clearing something up for me. In their letter they stated "We have all come to Texas A&M for one rea son: to be an Aggie." For the past two years I have been under the naive impression that we all came here to get an ed ucation. Thanks ladies for correct ing my ill-conceived notion. Adolfo Lopez Class of'99 Fall’s return marked by traffic violations It is only the second day of the new fall semester at Texas A&M University, and already I find my self looking both ways in the same lane when I cross a street. The manner in which stu dents disobey traffic laws in Col lege Station is alarming. Not only is it dangerous, but rude and inconsiderate. I am a careful person, and I (a pedestrian) have nearly been hit five times in one day. In every in stance, it involved an Aggie and in every instance that Aggie was do ing something illegal. Perhaps instead of “Aggies Lead by Example” (If driving is any indication, I sure hope not) the department responsible for print ing these tags should have includ ed helpful reminders to drivers on the backs of parking tags. Things that most of us would take for common sense ...With this idea in mind, I brought my suggestion to other people. I found that almost everyone in this town has a gripe or two (and more jokes than I can remember) about Aggie driving. I have ranked them in order of popularity. Turn on your thinker; use your blinker. Warn before you turn. This is a major cause of accidents in College Station. If people do not TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL 12TH MAN/WALK-ON Organizational Meeting DATE: Wednesday, Septembers, 1997 TIME: 4:30 PM I 111 •Lk ^ ’ • WHERE: Kyle Field ~ Football Locker Room * INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY * MUST BE ENROLLED IN A MINIMUM OF 12 HRS. * ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY know you are intending to turn, they will not know to slow down behind you or (in some cases) to yield or get out of your way. When driving in this town at night, turn ON your smarts and turn off your bl ights. Make sure your headlights are tilted down... toward the road ... and not into the eyes of oncoming traffic. When you use hi-beams in a populated area, certain people who only have a mild visual im pairment in the daytime are as good as legally blind because of the glare you are shining onto their glasses. It does not take very long for a person in that situation to swerve into your lane. It’s your life too. There is no reason ever to use hi-beams or other powerful lights in a city. Besides unsafe, it is an noying and inconsiderate, so switch them off. Don’t tailgate. When the light changes to red, stop. Don’t think because the guy ahead of you managed to sneak through that you can too. Know where it is legal to turn and where it is not legal. Likewise, know the direction of traffic on a one-way road. Just be cause there is not a sign, does not mean it is legal. Please consider the above all- time gripes of College Station resi dents and workers. Only you can help end the ITS wil cycle p Ifie University Ithe Departm Traffic Se !e identificati ,to 7:30 p, jder Tower an PITS officers ion paperwor engrave hi eye ers license n program i uspeett ces ID BROWNSVILL rted in Florid laling $22 mi led car comp Bsfor at lea: ileauthoritie; |say he is. Hfederal mag Identification iWiich proseci jokes about Aggie driving. jithe man the A. 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