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v4 At Ease Tuesday • September 16 ; 19(j Making sparks By Quatr -i r Tuesda RONY ANGKRIWAN/The Battalion Matrin Maingot, a senior civil engineering major, grinds off excess steel from part of a bridge that is due in early October for a competition. The annual competition held by American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) value both performance and aesthetics. Campus Calendar Tuesday CIS: "Usenet and Listserv” will be held from 12-2 p.m. in 1002 Teague. Register at www.tamu.edu/CIS/short courses. Call 845-8300 for details. held at 7:30 p.m. at the College Sta tion Community Center. Contact Mike Mason at (h) 693-9548 or (wk) 845- 5158, or contact Bert Frenz at 694- 9850 for more information. Practice will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Zachary fields. Anyone is en couraged to join. Experience is not necessary. For questions call Monica at 694-6915. CIS: “Intro to MS Windows” will be held from 2-3 p.m. in 137 West Cam pus Library. Register at www.tamu.edu/CIS/short courses. Call 845-8300 for details. Texas A&M Water Ski Team: There will be a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 501 Rudder. For details call Mike at 694-0048. APO/American Red Cross: A blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Commons, Sbisa, Spence St., Quad lounge B, Ag Cafe and Rudder/MSC. CIS: “Usenet Group and Listserv Lists” will be held from 6-8 p.m. Reg ister at www.tamu.edu/CIS/short courses. Call 845-8300 for details. Study Abroad Program Office: There will be a Fulbright Information Meet ing for those interested in studying abroad in 154 Bizzell Hall West at 11 a.m. Contact the Study Abroad Pro grams Office at 845-0544 for more information. Aggie Lutherans: There will be week ly meetings from 7-8:30 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Anyone is welcome. Call 694-6663 for details. Aggie Toastmasters: A general meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. Audubon Society: A meeting will be TAMU Women’s Lacrosse Team: Campus Calendar is a Battalion service that lists non-profit stu dent and faculty events and ac tivities. Items should be sub mitted no later than three days in advance of the desired run date. Application deadlines and notices are not events and will not be run in Campus Cal endar. If you have any ques tions, please call the newsroom at 845-3313. Weather Outlook THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ^ Partly cloudy [ /T Partly cloudy : j Partly cloudy High: 94° i High: 94° i *5 • High: 94“ Low: 75° ■ i. ■i.Al, ..:N Low: 75° i t .Jm. Low: 75° nthropi ysocial f MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness Presents: Why Men Kill Bulls The Mass Psychology of Bullfighting A Presentation by Dr. Tim Mitchell Texas A&M Professor of Spanish and Author of Blood Sport: A Social History of Spanish Bullfighting i ' -*4 ,:w persons with disabilities please call 845-8770 to inform us of your special needs 7:00 pm Wednesday September 17th 308 Rudder Tower Reception Following “ife'Ufaye T/Covpg- September 16, 1997 5 p.m. - Rudder Fountain Guest speaker: Victor Morales, former Democratic candidate for the Texas Senate I s| ■ ii AM Tj-jg Some tests count morethai 5 PRINCETON others? Some courses REVIEW prep more than other How’s YOUR MCAT species ■embers of tl ■eir woolly c ■ Each year laniums aro ir tones abi ed — and < Hair dye is express the tisfied with r others, ex interpreta Hyper peir locks. 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