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Ladies g^-j or^s -L/ cxi TUXEDO RENTALS from *49.95 FREE SHOES, VEST, & GROOM’S RENTAL (Ask ns for details) At the Texas Ave. entrance of A&M Open Weeknights until 7 p.m., Saturday until 5 p.m. 764-8289 L The Battalion IFESTYLES International Continued from Page 3 Takenobu said she wishes more people were willing to ap preciate differences. “In Japan, it is mostly Japanese; we don’t have the diversity America does,” Takenobu said. “I think sometimes people take that diversi ty for granted.” Chaclin said he plans to attend graduate school at A&M. “I have really enjoyed my time here,” Chaclin said. “It isn’t hard; there are programs like I-Camp and International Week and groups like International Students Association to help.” Takenobu said when her parents came to visit A&M, they shared her enthusiasm for the campus. “My father was amazed at the size of A&M,” she said. “Japan lacks the land necessary for such a large area.” Takenobu said America is a con sumer’s paradise. “In Japan, things are fairly ex pensive and can be hard to get, but in America everything is afford able,” she said. Dharwadker said he has devel oped a special attachment to A&M. “I don’t think I could ever sup port another football team,” he said. Dharwadker’s best advice for in ternational students could be ap plicable to anyone in a new place: “Meet as many different people as you can.” Autumn RROTiEGiTiION b CITIBANK** 1 ff *1 c * Sip ■l m ■ 4118 0012 345b 78S0 4128 VALID FROM EXPIRATION DATE 0 2/94 Oli/3.1/99 V A%h PARKS VISA ■■■■ THINK AHEAD. APPLY TODAYS CALL (•SOO-CITIBANK Continued from Page 3 “We had a lot of problems t cause we had no idea of what i were getting into when we sta ed,” Chad Belfeau said. “It toj about a year to get everythif working correctly. “Most of our time was spent s^ ing, ‘What happened? Why doesl this work?’ The computer woi| crash and we’d lose entire songs/* Kevin Belteau said the one thi| the frequent computer problei did help with was the christenif of their home studio. “The CD says it was recorded! ‘Frustration Studios,’ becau that’s what it was for a whill Kevin Belteau said. Chad Belteau said hor recording was the best way to b; ance making an album and goi to school full time. “With multitrack recording, i didn’t all have to have the sar schedules,” Chad Belteau sa “We could each work on our ov time, usually on the weekeni ;er t|| One of us would work on it, th ed take a break to study while som; one else would come in.” Kevin Belteau said Autumotl Rest’s present focus is promotita and distributing the album, avat able at record stores around Cer lege Station. “We’ve been talking about d) ing something with just the tv? of us, since Joey is in law scho<h>| with more ambient music,” KeU Belteau said. “But right no i”- we’re just getting all the CDs from the manufacturer and tr Vl | ing to get the radio stations play it. “We also sent out about Sr 111 (copies) to record companies.” 1 Chad Belteau said anyone i terested in musical experiment tion and something different fro bland, mainstream music shou * check out Autumn Rest. “Sometimes you may listen one song on a CD, not like it ar put it away,” Kevin Belteau said. ‘ R . I could get someone to listen to oi I whole album, they’ve got to lil f something. There’s so many d iffe J ent things in there.” treehouse apartments l You Can Afford J 1 to Have It All! • Great Location • Computer Lab, Clubroom • Covered Parking NOW Pre-Leasing Starting as Low as $390 (409) 696-5707 Open L M-F: 8:30 - 5:30 George Bush <2^1 Sat. 10:00- 2:00 Marion PugWq ' ’ •’ ' ^ I www.startel.net/treehouse/ ELEPHAN WALK T-shirt & Sweatshirt Sales Begir Nov. 5th in the MSC Wehner Howdy Week Nov. 3rd - 7th The Official Greeting of| ~k Texas A&M University 7^ 1997 Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. Come Visit our tables at Wehner, MSC, Rudder, Commons & Sbisa