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ptember 3,1997 intending to turn, now to slow down (in some cases) to t of your way. ng in this town at J your smarts and irights. Make sure ts are tilted down... id ... and not into the ling traffic, use hi-beams in a ■a, certain people 3 a mild visual im- te daytime areas y blind because of are shining onto Texas A & M University r rir rt P >j r ‘ '* TODAY TOMORROW See extended forecast, Page 18. 4 TH YEAR* ISSUE 4 • 18 PACES COLLEGE STATION • TX S will conduct jcycle program (tie University Police Department t does no Hake very ftiie Department of Parking, Tran- ;on in that situation i your lane. It’s your reason ever to use ther powerful lights es unsafe, it isan- :onsiderate, so ff. te. When the light I, stop. Don’t think ay ahead of you leak through that and Traffic Services will hold a bi le identification program from 9 i, to 7:30 p.m. today between jder Tower and the MSC. PITS officers will complete regis- ion paperwork and UPD officers engrave bicycles with the owner's ers license number, he program is free. ispected robber ices ID hearing re it is legal to turn not legal, aow the direction of a-way road. Just be- not a sign, does not 1. ider the above all- College Station resi- kers. an help end the ;gie driving. A. Sera teller- BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A man jted in Florida for allegedly $22 million from an ar- led car company will remain in tasfor at least a few more days deauthorities prove he is who Isay he is. (federal magistrate has ordered identification hearing Thursday idiich prosecutors must show (the man they have in custody Noel Johnson. liege Station r<?s/defl([ John son, 33, a former armored driver for Loomis, Fargo & Co. ccused of raiding the vault of company’s Jacksonville, Fla., of- ncourages letters to the ettion March 29. The heist was *300 words or less and Irv l ofthe bi gg e st in U.S. history, s name, class, and phone tor reserves the right to edt | ! style, and accuracy. Letters in person at 013 Reed Mo- student ID. Letters may also r tom an becomes jiief of security talion - Mail Call eed McDonald \&M University *e Station, IX ’843-1111 us Mall: 1111 109) 845-2647 Wtamvml. tamu.edu letter policy, please call ct your question to the * Your § Engagement Ring y Headquarters re Suite F • 095-1328 icing Available ‘39.95 lone? $495 AIRTIMI [AUSTIN (AP) — A 21-year veter- ifthe Texas Department of Crim- «Justice is the first woman to I i prison security, anie Cockrell, 44, began work- i P ;orthe department in 1976 at a ■ale prison in Huntsville. Since 'si,she has served as a TDJC re- Imalcoordinator for social ser- *xsand special needs, a warden I’d a regional director for all pris- r sir centra I Texas, fsdeputy director for security, Lk/ellwill oversee operations of iOOO correctional officers irding 114,4000 inmates at 81 lie prisons. Cockrell replaces Jerry Peterson, (retired last month after a 28- icareer in the state prison sys- [LShe is the highest ranking fe- in the department. 2333i3S)oler summer Irtlmo Purchase Required 764-5900 4G Internships WITH Ldmlred" Company iternshlps” - one of ership programs nee sales compensation per year, increasing to ,'ears. In fact, 20% of all gents earned over s for ‘97 graduates Station (512) 327-3868 o (210) 490-3133 (281) 583-4330 edited to trees luSTIN (AP) — For the first time J ;e 1987, the high temperature in tin has failed to break 100 de- jls this year. And one big reason on trees. [Austin has a really neat green- |in effect for the city,” said Cristy lell, weather service meteorolo- ‘All of the trees in place, and vegetation on the ground, have mtaking the ultraviolet radiation ow on. Take that along with Lake Travis lie area, which is also absorbing otof heat, and it shows up two to ’ee degrees cooler than every- iereelse,” she said. f JEW! ladio News newsroom of community news )4 a.m. tiro ugh Friday uring •'ning Edition U-FM 90.9 Itation / Bryan attalion’s web page on wheels: Students lould observe bike safety filiations. See Page 3 sports Herdog Sam Houston oksto gain experience gainst Aggies. See Page 13 multimedia news the Internet from Delated Press -the-minute news reporl combin- vith photos, graphics, sound and delivered as soon as news breaks. -web.tamu.edu THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 4 • 1997 Center extends job opportunities to A&M students ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ' AMY DUNLAP/The Battalion Rick Odum, a junior history major, examines the Vallauris Exposition in the MSC art gallery. The exhibit runs through mid October. Brandye Brown Staff writer The Student Employment Center, offered by the Texas A&M Department of Student Financial Aid, is service starting this fall that will post on- and off-campus employment opportuni ties on the World Wide Web. Employers in the Bryan-College Sta tion area and all on-campus employers are participating. The service helps students find part- time jobs while they are going to school. A&M students can complete on-line applications that will be made available to employers. After searching through the list of job openings, students can send applications and resumes to the employers by e-mail. Robert Lawson, the assistant direc tor of Financial Aid, said if an off-cam pus employer does not have access to the Internet, the Center will forward the student’s resume to the employer. “We want this to be as simple as possi ble, and effective as possible,” he said. “No one will be included or excluded solely based on their access to the Internet.” Although the service will consolidate the process of looking for part-time em ployment into a few centralized steps, students will still be responsible for ini tiating the hiring process, such as set ting up interviews. Lawson said this service will help students when looking for a job after they graduate from college. “Financial Aid has always provided access to higher education, but now we are adding intrinsic value to the stu dents themselves,” he said. “By provid ing access to work experience, we are making students more valuable to fu ture employers.” Lawson said the Student Employ ment Center will ’ ’elp lower the cost of education by helping students find quality jobs. “Personally, I want to reduce the cost of education for students,” he said. “Today the more a student bon ows, the more in- “We want this to be as simple as possible, and effective as possible.” ROBERT LAWSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL AID terest is charged, the higher the cost of school and the more they go into debt. This service will make more, better-pay ing jobs easily accessible to the student.” Lawson said the Student Employ ment Center assists students in trying possible career choices. “As soon as a student figures out what they would like to do with their life, we can help them find employment that re lates so die student can find out if that is really what they want to do,” he said. Lawson said another reason the Center is being formed is that despite the many students working on campus, there was no human resources depart ment to represent them. “If a student worker is discriminated against, there is limited recourse for them,” he said. “We plan to address stu dents as a huge employee group. Policies and procedures will be set out in order for the Center to truly become a human re sources department for students and to give student workers rights.” Please see Center on Page 9. Geta Job Internships prepare Aggies for real world Service pairs job-seekers with employers opinion Tobacco, cigarette smokers fall un der fire of adver tising as guide lines may soon be put into law. See Page 17 online littp ://b at-we b .tarn u. e du ok up with state and na- news through The "le.AR’s 24-hour online % service. By Karie Fehler Staffwriter Although for some A&M stu dents the summer is a time to re lax and take a break from class es, other students use the summer months to gain work experience at internships. Jay Greenberg, a senior in dustrial engineering major, in terned for Andersen Consult ing in its Dallas office this summer. He assisted Ander sen Consulting with comput er programming and the de velopment of an application on the World Wide Web. Greenberg said the intern ship helped prepare him for the business world. “The work experience is in valuable,” he said. “I would defi nitely recommend summer in ternships because they help you gain invaluable insight into the real world experience.” Greenberg said that the in ternship will benefit him when he enters the job market. “When I get on a job, I won’t have to go through the whole ‘initiation’ period,” he said. “The schedule is different and the ex pectations are different.” Megan Witcher, a senior management information sys tems major, interned for Coop ers and Lybrand of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. She worked on an interna tional software development pro ject and attended client engage ments with information technology controls and security. “I wanted to leave Texas to ex plore industries not prevalent in Texas,” Witcher said. She will return to Coopers and Lybrand for a job in June 1998. Witcher said the internship provided her with experience she could not find in the classroom. “I think it is essential to com plete significant work experi ence applicable to your field to confirm your career choice,” she said. “You learn communica tions skills in dealing with peo ple that you can’t always get in a classroom. The knowledge I gained in those three months will be valuable as I complete my last year in school.” Lauri Morgan, a senior management information systems major, interned in Houston as a technology con sultant for Rexton Interactive. She left Houston with a job of fer she is considering. “It was overall a really great experience,” Morgan said. Morgan said although she works in the A&M Career Center and has placed many students with internships, she never grasped the importance of these experiences until this summer. “A lot of people are con cerned with grades when they begin to look for a job, but any experience you can get through something like an internship is invaluable when beginning the interviewing process,” she said. The Career Center can help find internships for students. Terri Morrison, the assistant di rector of the Career Center, said the internship application process is simple. “There’s such a tremendous resource right here at the Career Center to assist students seeking internships,” she said. To apply for an internship, students must purchase a re sume disc first. The resume disc has a program that guides stu dents through the resume process. Students add their per sonal information and a resume is generated. Then, the student must at tend a Career Center orientation and register the disc resume. Af ter being registered, students gain access to Internet re sources. This access includes the ability to view various company qualifications and job descrip tions for positions available. By Amanda Smith Staffwriter Texas A&M students should start submitting resumes to the Car eer Center before the on-campus interviewing and re cruiting for jobs and internships begins Sept. 24. Terri Morrison, the assistant placement director at the Ca reer Center, said A&M has led the nation in on-campus re cruiting for the past four years. She said about 700 recruiters are expected this fall; this is almost 100 more recruiters than last year. Glen Payne, the associate director of placement at the Ca reer Center, said that students must give their resumes to the Center to get interviews. Morrison also said when students submit their resume discs they have access to the Career Center’s database of in formation about on-campus interviews, a nationwide listing of jobs and a resume referral service. “It’s a very tailored service,” she said. “Students have to be registered to get access.” Morrison said that students can use the same disc through their college years. “We have graduate students still using the same discs that they used as underclassmen,” she said. Leigh Turner, the director of the Career Center, said since the center is one office on campus instead of in the different colleges, it is easier for the employers and students to find each other. Payne said the interviews will be held in interview rooms at the Career Center in 209 Koldus, the MSC and the sky box es at Kyle Field. Turner said some companies may not return to campus in die spring. She said that December, May and August gradu ates need to submit their resumes early in the fall semester. She also said undergraduate students looking for summer in ternships should also give their resumes to the Center now. Please see Employers on Page 9. & mg is coming Gardener displays variety of historic flowers Story by Laura Oliveira Photography by Dave House garden filled with antique roses Martha Washington may have *.planted in her own flowe’- bed, can be found at a quaint emporium outside of Independence, Texas. Mike Shoup, owner of the Antique Rose Emporium, began the garden af ter finding several old-fashioned var ieties of roses hidden in cemeteries and lost in neglected land areas. The flowers withstood the test of time, and their beauty had not faded. So Shoup uprooted the historical remnants and gave the old roses a more pleasant home. Now he and about 30 employees supply tender love and care for over 300 varieties of roses. “What we realized is we had plants from 150 years ago or older,” he said. “We try to reintroduce varieties that have been forgotten.” Please see Emporium on Page 2. lie micuacKci 5<uu iL was mm