The Battalion
CORRECTION:
In yesterday’s Battalion, Patrick Buzzard was misidentified as a director of A&M’s MBA
program. He should have been identified as the vice president of the MBA Association,
a student-run organization.
Campus Calendar
Wednesday
CIS: “FORTRAN and Open VMS” will be
held from 1-3 p.m. in 1002 Teague.
Register at www.tamu.edu/CIS/short
courses. Call 845-8300 for details.
CIS: “Intermediate SAS I” will be held
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in 109
Biochem./Biophys. Sciences. Register
atwww.tamu.edu/CIS/shortcourses.
Call 845-8300 for more information.
Study Abroad Program Office: There
will be a Fulbright Information Meeting
for those interested in studying abroad
in 154 Bizzell Flail West at 4 p.m. Con
tact the Study Abroad Programs Office
at 845-0544 for more information.
CIS: A short course on how to use
Netscape, ph, and ftp will be held from
12 to 2 p.m. in 1002 Teague. Regis
ter for the course at
www.tamu.edu/cis/short courses.
TAMU Women’s Lacrosse Team:
Practice will be held from 4 to 6
p.m. at the Zachary fields. Anyone
is encouraged to join. Experience is
not necessary. For questions call
Monica at 694-6915.
Student Counseling Center: There will
be a discussion session for Interna
tional students from 5:15 p.m.-6:30
p.m. in room 104 Henderson. Group
is for international and domestic stu
dents who wish to interact and share
their cultural heritage and to learn
about the Aggie cultures. Different top
ics will be discussed every week. For
more information contact Dr. Gisele Lin
at 845-4427 ext.145 or Dr. Carlos
Orozco at 845-4427 ext. 144
Undergraduate Business Consulting
Association (UBCA): If you are inter
ested in consulting attend meeting in
Wehner 125 at 7:30 p.m. Call J.T. at
823-3007 for details.
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 Rud
der/MSC.
Texas Aggie Brew Club (TABC): A
meeting for anyone interested in learn
ing how to brew beer will be held at 7
p.m. at Carney’s Pub. You do not have
to be 21 to join. For more information
contact Abel at 845-5236 or at abel-
mann@iname.com.
TAMU Men’s Volleyball: Men’s volley
ball tryouts will be held from 7:30 to
10 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
For more information contact Scott
“Skippy" at 694-7362.
Canterbury - The Episcopal Student
Center: Holy Eucharist and dinner will
be held at 6:15 p.m. at 902 George
Bush in College Station. Contact Mark
Crawford at 696-0774 for details.
Public Relations Student Society of
America: There will be an information
al meeting in 707 Rudder at 8 p.m. For
more information contact Veronica An
glin, PR. Director at 268-0109.
ATM Roadrunners: We will have a 3 to
4 mile run starting at G. Rollie White
at 6:00 p.m. All students and skill lev
els are welcome.
Philsa (Philippines Students Associa
tion): Come and attend the first gen
eral meeting of the Philippines stu
dents Association at 8:30 p.m. at
292A Rudder. Up and coming events
along with membership sign-in will take
place. Questions should be directed at
Emerson C. Cobath at 847-4693.
Career Center: A resume writing work
shop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in
504 Rudder.
Career Center: A cooperative educa
tion orientation will be held from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
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 Calendar.
If you have any questions, please
call the newsroom at 845-3313.
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