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ber 25, ati Puesday • November 25, 1997 -W" The Battalion Lifestyles \Ma£e,/\/t MW theh ^TS AND KEEP THE OLD ggie Girl Scouts may not sell cookies or wear uniforms, but they re working toward Three C’s of Campus, Community and Council A By Brandi Ballard Staff writer ^Ihey will not be found wearing brown and or- . ange uniforms to class, lor will they camp out in front f every grocery store within a Omile radius selling cookies, hey do however work toward he three C’s: campus, commu- lity and council. They are the Texas Aggie Girl touts, college-age women still nvolved in the traditionally jade-school organization. Texas A&M is the only cam- ms within the Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council to have a Girl Scouts organization. Most of the Aggie Girl Scouts were scouts throughout heir childhood years. President Laura Ree, a senior ;enetics major, said she has leen a girl scout for 16 years. “When I got to A&M, there ras no campus Girl Scouts and thought I couldn’t do any thing about it,” Ree said. Then I got a call from a pro gram director who put me in touch with Kirstin Miklos, and we started to do all the prelim inary work to get a campus Girl Scout group to Texas A&M.” The Aggie Girl Scouts have about 25 members, though not all were girl scouts growing up. tayone can be an Aggie Girl Scout, male or female. Vice president Jennifer lines, a junior special educa tion major, said there are some men who attend Girl Scout meetings. The Girl Scouts are committed to the community and doing ser vice projects to better them selves and those around them. “Everyone likes Girl Scouts,” Jones said. “Girl Scouts have good vO 1 Scouts help local Girl Scout troupe leaders. If a troupe leader cannot go camp ing, then she can call the Aggie Girl Scouts and one of them will take the troupe. The Aggie Girl Scouts are plan ning many events to benefit younger girl scouts this spring. “Se nior Shadow” and “Mom and Me” are two of the service projects they will be hosting. reputation and the community is always sup portive.” Jennifer Davis, a senior recreation and parks major, said she likes helping younger girls. “We are at the age where we are impressionable to kids,” Davis said. “We are role models.” The Aggie Girl “‘Senior Shadow’ is a day we have planned for a girl scout who is a se nior in high school,” Ree said. “They will spend a day with an Aggie Girl Scout, following us to class and seeing what college is like.” Jones said she hopes the program will encourage younger girls to stay in Girl Scouts. She wants to show them there is quite a bit you can do in the Scouts at the college level. The Aggie Girl Scouts are also planning to host “Mom and Me” — an overnight camp ing trip. They also want to hold a lock-in at the Student Recre ation Center for area girls. Aggie Girl Scouts not only benefits the youth of Bryan- College Station, it is beneficial to the college girls as well. “I have met a lot of new peo ple with the same interests as me,” Jones said. “It can be diffi cult to find girls that like to hike and backpack. Aggie Girl Scouts helped me find those people.” Jones said the activities of the Aggie Girl Scouts are rele vant to her major. “I get to work one on one with children and teach them how to make new crafts and play game,” she said. The Aggie Girl Scouts are looking for new members. They need the help and sup port of the students of the Uni versity to help the younger girls in the area. Although the Girl Scouts do not sell cookies at the moment, they are working on it. “We should be selling cook ies,” Ree said. “Whether or not the University is going to allow us to do so or not is still undecided.” For now though, the Aggie Girl Scouts will keep brain storming for new ways to serve its campus, community and council. Royers’ Cafe expands from Round Top to B-CS By Marium Mohiuddin Staff writer B ussing and waiting tables is a com mon practice among college stu dents. The money earned goes to ward tuition and paying bills. This is the extent of people’s involvement in the restaurant business. However, the story of the Royer fami ly shows that with hard work and perse verance, beginnings in bussing tables can lead to dreams come true. Royers’ Cafe made its debut in Round Top, Texas and is now the new cafe in College Station on the corner of South west Parkway and Texas Avenue. Tara Royer, owner of Royers’ Cafe and daughter of founders Bud and Karen Roy er, said the business began 10 years ago. “We lived in Houston, and my dad had been out of work,” Royer said. “A lady called (from Round Top), who knew my dad had been out of work and was in the restaurant business and said, T will give you this restaurant if you will take it out of my hands.’ My dad borrowed money for gas to get there, and it just fell into place.” Royer said Round Top is a small town and is mostly made up of Houstonians who have homes there. Royer said when the original Round Top cafe was purchased, they changed many things slowly and began to adopt their own unique style and identity. “We hand letter our menus, and everything is homemade. The food, you cannot get anywhere else,” Royer said. “We have a Mind Trap game on the table and eye glasses to read the menu. It costs a nickel more if you don’t have ice cream on your pie. We do things to make it more interesting and exciting. It is these little things that make a difference.” Royer said they are known for their pies, which are made from scratch. Their house specialty is the chocolate toll house pie. Tami Hons, staff assistant at the soil and crop science department, said the family and the service set the restaurant from other such eateries. DAVE HOUSE/The Battalion Bud and Karen Royer, founders of Royer’s Cafe, consider the pies the house specialty. “I have known the family for about two years,” Hons said. “It is their philos ophy to make their customers and staff happy and comfortable. The Royers make sure your ice tea is never empty. I have gone to fancy restaurants, and they do not do that. The uniqueness is be yond the food — it is the family. They make the customers and employees feel like a part of the family.” Mindy Davidson, assistant manager of Royers’ Cafe in College Station, said she began to work there because she heard the atmosphere was great. “They have positive reinforcement,” Davidson said. “They don’t use rules but guidelines. It is great because you get to work alongside the owners, and you get your or ders directly from the horse’s mouth.” Davidson said the working atmos phere is different from chain restaurants. “They have monthly meetings with the staff in each department,” Davidson said. “They want the staff’s input about what to do and what to change. They also have parties for the staff. They try to develop a family.” Please see Royers’ on Page 4. )91 123. For [teerl Homestead Built Its Reputation on Excellent Financial Products. So When Their New Banking Partner Says They Are Adding to the Mix, Expect Some Things You Can Write Home About. 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