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Support Aggie Men’s Tennis! (^) Interested in joining the 30-Loves? There will be an informational meeting at 8:00 PM on Thursday, October 9th in the Lettermen's Club located in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Meet the guys and find out what we’re all about!!! PITT-DES MOINES, INC. Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., a world leader in engineering, fabrication and construction of storage tank and related systems will be on-campus on October 28,1997 to interview December '97 and May '98 Civil and Mechanical Engineering graduates for General Management Trainee positions for its domestic and international operations. Successful candidates will spend two years in the GMT program to become familiar with various career opportunities at PDM in Engineering, Fabrication, Construction, Project Management and Sales. To learn more about PDM and how it can provide a rewarding career for you, plan to attend the group presentation on Monday, October 27 at 6:00PM at 410 Rudder. Contact the TAMU Career Center to submit a resume and schedule and interview with PDM. WORK, STUDY, or just TRAUEL Ait over the WORLD with CiEE Come to LJrj # Oct. 9. 10:00 - 2:00 Main Hallway of the MSC or Rudder 504 3:30 - 4:30 Study Abroad Programs Office 161 BlzzelC Hall West 845-0544 PIZZA CALZONES SUBS SALADS WINGS & MORE *$5 minimum delivery 76GUMBY (764-8629) ZZiM. Bar & Chill OPEN LATE 7 DAYS A WEEK FAST - FREE - DELIVERY COLLEGE STATION Limited Delivery Area BEER BILLIARDS T.U. DINING DARTS & GAMES f MID-WEEK MADNESS] GIG ‘EM GUMBY ] LARGE 14” <£ A QQ 1 -ITEM PIZZA VALID ONLY MON-THUR 1 lam-lam taxes not included, limited time offer. — X-LARGE 16” 57 QQ 2-ITEM PIZZA 1 OR TWO FOR 3,99 taxes not included, limited time offer. BONUS BUYS " MASSIUE GUMBY With Regular Purchase 10” Pokey Stix $2.99 12” Pokey Stix $3.49 14” Pokey Stix $4-49 12” Cheese Pizza $3.49 6” Cold Sub $2.99 4 Pepperoni Rolls $3.46 10 Wings $3.46 HUGE 20” <tQ QQ 1 -ITEM PIZZA 4) • ft/ O taxes not included, limited time offer. — C GUMBY JONES ] 2 LARGE 14” <t1 1 Qp 2-ITEM PIZZA 4> ■ 1 taxes not included, limited time offer. L. __J taxes not included, limited time offer. MSC L.T. Jordan Institute V ry for International Awareness Experience a New Culture! Are you planning to study or research abroad? Do you want to create your own experience? Become a L.T. Jordan Fellow! Come to one of our Informationals! All classifications and majors are welcome! Wed. Oct 8 6:00pm Rudd 501 Tue. Oct. 21 8:30pm MSC 228 Tue. Nov. 4 10:30am Rudd 504 Visit our web site at http://ltjordan.tamu.edu. <1^ For more information or to inform us of your special seeds, please caii the Jordan Office at 845-8770 or come visit us in MSC 223-1. L The Battalion IFESTYLES Wednesday • October ^ ec}lH ' s Cheateru Cheater irm Pumpki ragme Jen, dn rood. T the n imagi asA&M Si raj Wal Eater om Brook live Muslir 1RudderT , Younoos ert Associ With new term paper law in effect, students disco severity of abusing the Internet for schoolwo By Michael Schaub Staff writer C heating is not just a violation of the Aggie Code of Honor anymore — it is an infraction of state law. When Texas Gov. George W. Bush signed House Bill 762 into law this June, it became a misde meanor to sell term papers to oth er students who intend to pass it off as their own. The law went into effect Sept. 1 and violations are punishable by a $500 fine. The law is one response to what some educators say is a burgeoning problem—cheating on the Internet. Web sites like Cheater.com, http://www.cheater.com, make it easier for students to exchange their work with one another on the Internet. “Are you sick and tired of taking notes for your boring History class?” the Cheater.com Web site asks. “We have a collection of book reports that may have taken as much as four hours of your time.” The Cheater.com site, main tained by an anonymous high school student, does not sell term papers, and claims it discourages plagiarism among its users. “For once and for all, all you should gain from this site is other people’s ideas,” the site reads. “We are not here to promote plagia rism. If you turn in a paper from this site as your own, you are hurt ing yourself. “Cheater.com is meant to be used as a resource.” The site also contains this warning for contributors of papers to the site: “Also, when you are sending in a report, be sure to keep your name off of it. We sometimes miss the name part, and it may be possible for your name to remain on a report, (where) a teacher could see it... ” The Yahoo! search engine lists al most 40 addresses dedicated to “term paper assistance.” One such site, School Sucks, http://www.school- sucks.com, boasts “30 meg[abytes] of term papers.” “Do your selves a favor,” the School Sucks site advises. “Don’t turn these papers in. Your teachers, professors and the media are always visiting School Sucks. Use them for ideas. Use them for the bibliographies.” School Sucks has a page titled “Plagiarism Sucks,” and warns stu dents that their professors likely know about the Web site. The site’s authors liken the in formation available on the site to a library. “Were this a library of thesis pa- gjor, said f am Mus 1‘SirajWa (slam,” I nstrean formal] n 1991, 1 to opei tatives v\ the sac: people’s term papers as oc»yahaj vc The University defines L tic dishonesty” as, “atteq receive credit for workf by another, including p;:^-Peop tained in whole gr in pan# - u Do yourselves a favor. Don’t turn these papers in. Your teachers, professors and the media are always visiting School Sucks. Use them for ideas. Use them for bibliographies” School Sucks Internet term paper seller dividuals or other sources! Cheater.com postedads Elton on its site respondingtoIeE* term paper sales law, ■SUltS eludes quotes from ane-E | sage the site’s adminisE ceived from officials atTeffi Plains College. The message warns tej the seller of a term paper! side ofTexas, lie or she mayi under Texas law. Thomas M. Putnam,did Computing and Informaiti vices for Texas A&M, saidiil net might make it easierf dents to sell or exchangepciteported Tl Putnam said the IntersBgeci his fei any new form of comwic&rview wit! Richarc pers, would there be a problem?” the site asks. Some sites offer assistance on how to write term papers. Texas A&M Student Rules and Regulations prohibits using other hta, capti John ma }ig back ; out John it. “Candlf ng at Prir nth. Ric im to far d blond Study in 2 Greece. Austria or the >UK through Beaver College come OVERSEAS DAY > MSC. MAIN HALL< OCT. 9. 10:00 - 2:00 Or meet with the Beaver College Representative from 3:30 - 4:30 in Room 404 Rudder Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall Vy,, 845-0544 Class of ’98 pictures are being made for thel Get-Your-Picture Made-For-The Yearbook Day. Aggielan at A R Photography Texas Avenue ; : . sli : So is tomorrow. . : ... liiliiiililiii! mi 1410 Texas Ave. (between Jason’s Deli and Academy) Drop by A R Photogrc at its new location on Texas Avenue 1 call 693-8183^ your appoint IStrowt & Choa Thu r s, Oct 9 7PM All films s Questions i, * 16. 845-151