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a Wednesday • October 1, 1997 Lifestyles rtion contact -9226. Dehaviorali be held at A placemei at 4:30 p.i Downtown Bryan restaurants serve up a “Food Frenzy” By Marium Mohiuddin Staff writer A lecture nderstanding Id at 8:30ic ine restaurants in eight hours for five bucks. It sounds like an All-You- Can-Eat dream come true. I A wide variety of foods at an in- Ispensive price is every poor, starv- re will beaTjQoiiege student’s dream, i. starting in on Saturday Oct. 4, from 11 All students^ t 0 7 p.m., Alpha Phi Sorority, Hcome. CaloRA and the Downtown Bryan ny questionsLociation will bring to life this IFood Frenzy.” ib (TABC)A yj ne different Bryan restau- oe held at7i, nts w j)i opening their doors ith Ale House^ a u ow i n g people to sample interestediiLgi,- S p ec i a ii t i es \Yith such foods me to attend^bardeque, Italian and Mexican, -Itojoin-Fjood Frenzy offers many choices itact Abel aL^e mos t discriminating tastes, belmann@ir j| for$5< Gwen Grimes, vice president of uarketing for Alpha Phi and a se al meeting tU,. e d uca uon major, said she has scuss upcoit ?en occupied with this event, at 10:30 p.m “Everyone will go away full, with gate. Contac ^j,- stomachs hurting,” Grimes for details. ^ is a great way to sample iany foods and see what you might > a Battalion' jn-profitstu- "ft began when I was shop- entsandafr‘ nf \ one day A i ? t u Cor "® r 2 f J ime . • . . .rearing my Alpha Phi T-shirt, )Uia 06 fjyimes said. “The owner ap- n three days^jc^gd me an d asked if I and Al- desired ruiha Phi would be interested in n deadlinesdping with this event, t events and “Now we have 50 members (of 'ampus CalfP^ Pbi) working, and each is e any quw 11 ^ se ^bng tickets, advertising le newsroom and preparing for the frenzy,” Grimes said. Tickets will be on sale at the MSG Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or the Wehner building Monday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be an estimated 3,000 people attending. All proceeds will go to three charities: the local food bank, Scottie’s House, and the Al pha Phi Foundation, a foundation supporting cardiac care. Buck Buchanan, chair of Food “Everyone owns a business, so their hands are tied, and we needed an organization that was willing to do the work.” Buchanan said the variety of stores and restaurants in the Frenzy and owner of the Corner of Time antique store, said he feels this will further enrich the downtown area. “We had a Food Frenzy three years ago, but we waited (for the next one) because we wanted to work with the campus, so we could benefit each other,” Buchanan said. Photos by Robert McKay downtown Bryan area go unnoticed by many potential customers. “This is a great op portunity for us to extend our hands and show people what we have to offer,” Buchanan said. “Many peo ple do not know we exist. There are so many different types of stores you can stroll up and down the street and see.” The nine restaurants are located in a three-block radius of each oth er. The food will be set in a buffet style and will be served by the restaurant’s staff. Each restaurant can be visited only once per cus tomer. Alpha Phi members will be on hand for any assistance. Luis Hernandez, a waiter at Gina’s Restaurant said the store has been making accommodations for Food Frenzy. “The restaurants will be open for regular customers, but there will be extra tables outside for the guests,” Hernandez said. “We will be serving floutas, and gordittas to name a few.” Brendan Reilly, co-owner of the Square One restaurant and a former student, is anxiously awaiting this weekend for the exposure. "We offer cafe-style dining and the atmosphere is really relaxed,” Reilly said. “We serve eclectic Ital- ian-American dining, and for this weekend, we will be serving an as sortment of sandwiches and pasta. “We will be setting aside a big section of the restaurant, and we will be constantly cooking so our food will be fresh. It will be one long weekend.” Shattering hraclttion Aggies find alternative methods to dunking their senior rings in beer Oati&My.ii:, Game Room • Parties and Club Meetings Welcome m m. m Al 1 FOG By Travis Irby Staff writer D unking the Aggie ring—it is one of those traditions everyone knows about, but few know why or how it started. Such a memory lapse may be at tributed to the stereotypical large amount of alcohol involved. The typical ring dunking, much to ^ the chagrin of the Texas Alcoholic Bev erage Commission, starts with the drop ping of a newly ac quired ring into a schooner of alcohol, usually beer. Then all the alcohol in the schooner is consumed until the ring is reached. This event is con sidered by many students to be the hallmark of the A&M experience. Some students have added a new twist to this tradition — they have eliminated the use of alcohol in this ceremony. The reasons may be religious, personal or just out of general gratitude for the liver. Local businesses like Sweet Eugene’s House of Java and Swensen’s Ice Cream and Fine Foods have taken advantage of this niche market, offering a vari ety of ways to dunk rings. Swensen’s offers the Earth quake Sundae or double shake to meet the demand. The Earth quake Sundae consists of eight scoops of ice cream with eight dif ferent toppings. The double shake is equivalent to two large shakes. Matt Simmons, Swensen’s gen eral manager, said these two items are particularly popular the weeks during the distribution of rings. “The restaurant will be so crowded, it’s standing room only,” Simmons said. “Everyone’s family and friends are there, just like any oth er ring dunkinv.” Benjamin Brennan, a sopho more psychology major, said he plans to go the frozen dairy prod ucts route when he receives his ring. He said there are advantages to a non-alcoholic dunking. “There is none of the usual trouble involved with alcohol, you can still have all the fun, and the worst you might get is a tummy ache,” Simmons said.^ Sweet Eugene’s offers an eclec tic mix of beverages in which stu dents can dunk dieir ring. Matt Brown, Sweet Eugene’s owner, said rings get dunked in everything from coffee to Italian soda. “People will come in and ask for a pitcher,” Brown said. “Then they can fill it with whatever they want.” Erin Logan, a senior English major, saw a friend dunk her ring with a taste of Italy. “She drank a whole pitcher of Italian soda,” Logan said. They are not limited to coffee houses and ice cream parlors. Non-alcoholic dunkers are limited only by their imagination. Please see Dunking on Page 4. ditor lies Editor Producer ditor or Manager ater; John Lemons, onard Callaway,Oss Huffines, Jeremy 1 Ferguson, Mason a Voss, John Burton, ,rtie Alvarado. 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