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iother fire occured at the Travis House apartments
jrii Two residents suffered minor injuries from
PEe inhalation.
''■‘lire destroyed the home of Texas A&M graduate student
i Wigley in October. The wood-frame home in Bryan re-
dsewre smoke and heat damage, destroying the roof sup-
and ruining the back bedrooms. No one was in the house
las ig the'fire.
Greeks
elta Gamma, Texas A&M’s newest sorority, welcomed
harier members into its founding colony in March.
( eathcr Pinnick, president of Delta Gamma and a se-
accounting and finance major, said Delta Gamma had
icellent first year because of the support they received
other fraternities and sororities.
A/e made quota our first year of Rush and got an excel-
group of girls,” she said. “I think it helped that Delta
ma is strong nationally, and a lot of sororities and fra-
ties made an effort to get to know us.”
iii Gamma Delta fraternity received a five-year sus-
iion for violating the Texas A&M and the Intrafraterni-
)undl hazing regulations.
hefcampus chapter was suspended after University of-
1s discovered that the Brazos County Sheriff’s Depart-
t was investigating reports that pledges were subject-
o a hosing down with a water hose outside of the
mil y house.
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Student Body President
urtis Childers, a senior agricultural development major,
in his term as student body president this fall,
ie tjecame student body president after a run-off election
drew more than 6,500 students to the polls.
Winter Spirit of Aggieland
[sA&M celebrated its first Winter Spirit of Aggieland,
mpus holiday decoration program, sponsored by the
; A&M Student Senate.
Trees on New Main were sold to Bryan-College Station busi
nesses, clubs, sororities, fraternities and anyone willing to buy
a tree, and the base of each tree was decorated with lights. The
campus also was decorated with wreaths at three of the en
trances, and maroon and white ribbons were tied to light posts.
The large evergreen tree on the administration building lawn
was decorated with lights and maroon ribbons and was the of
ficial lighting site Dec. 1.
Aggies Win Big XII South Championship
The Texas A&M Football Team captured the Big XII South
Championship with a 9-2 record before losing to the Nebras
ka Comhuskers in the Big XII Championship game Dec. 6.
The Aggies will play against the University of California
at Los Angeles in the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1.
Reed Arena
Reed Arena will be completed in the Spring 1998, and the
first event scheduled at the arena is the 1998 Muster ceremony.
Construction on the special events center began in Sept.
1995. It will seat 12,500 people and will be used for gradua
tion commencements, concerts, basketball games and oth
er special events.
Features of the arena include 10,800 square feet of meet
ing rooms and men’s and women’s locker rooms for home
and visiting sports teams.
A&M Professor Missing
Civil Air Patrol said the search for Norman R. Tilford,
a Texas A&M geology professor, was called off last week.
Tilford left Bryan Nov. 13 in his private airplane heading
for Van Horn, Texas.
He departed Coulter Field in his Cessna 180 to meet a
group of A&M students on a field trip and never arrived
in Van Horn.
Davis on ‘Unsolved Mysteries*
Texas A&M University graduate Don Davis was profiled
on NBC’s “Unsolved Mysteries” in April.
Davis was indicted on charges of aggravated sexual as
sault in March 1996 for two rapes on the A&M campus in
1995. Davis disappeared from his parent’s home in Hous
ton five days before his Aug. 21, 1996 trial was to begin.
Events
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Through teleconnections, this movement of
warm water affects weather worldwide.
The event, which happens every two to
seven years, normally brings flooding, storms
and adverse weather conditions. Experts pre
dict this year’s El Nino to be the most power
ful in history.
Oklahoma City Bombing Trials
Timothy McVeigh was found guilty in June and
sentenced to death for the April 1995 bombing of
the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The explo
sion killed 168 people and left 500 injured. Terry
Nichols is on trial in Denver as the co-conspirator
in the Oklahoma City bombing.
UPS Strike Settled
Most employees of the United States Parcel Ser
vice (UPS) returned to work after a 15-day Team
sters strike. The union, who pressed for an end to
subcontracting and asked UPS to create full-time
jobs out of existing part-time positions, were suc
cessful in their venture.
Bill Jordan, a local UPS worker, went on the
strike for higher wages and better benefits.
“Our group was working for full-time posi
tions,” Jordan said. “Before the strike, we were
only contracted part-time and were not eligible
for benefits.”
O.J. Simpson Libel Case
By a unanimous verdict, a Santa Monica jury
found O.J. Simpson libel in the deaths of Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ron Goldman. Simpson was ordered to
pay $33.5 million dollars in the settlement.
Versace dies; Cunanan commits suicide
Designer Gianni Versace was killed in Miami
Beach in July. Andrew Cunanan committed sui
cide after he was charged with the murder.
Entertainment Industry Loses Greats
Three legends of the entertainment industry
died this past year: actors Robert Mitchum and
James (Jimmy) Stewart and singer John Denver.
Bryant Gumble left his position as anchor on
“Today” after fifteen years.
British Nanny is Freed
Judge Hiller Zobel decided to reduce British
nanny Louise Woodward’s conviction to
manslaughter in the death of 8-month-old
Matthew Eappen in Massachusetts and reduced
her sentence to time served.
Scientist Clone Sheep
The first mammal was cloned from a single
adult cell. Keith Cambell, a cell biologist at the
Roslin Institute in Scotland, genetically repro
duced the sheep and named her “Dolly.”
Larry Sims, a junior genetics major, said the
cloning has brought international attention to the
idea and presented many questions.
“When they announced to the world that
cloning was indeed a possibility, the Roslin In
stitute set a trend of questioning about genetic
research,” Sims said. “People are now asking
what is next. The answer is unknown but this
year has definitely been a landmark in the field
of genetic research.”
McCaughey Septuplets
The miracle of the McCaughey septuplets has
been termed “a story of high-tech medicine and
old-fashioned faith” by Newsweek. Controversy
surrounded the McCaughey’s use of fertility
drugs in the conception of the seven newborns,
but Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey see the births
as a gift from God.
“God could have given us one,” the father said
at a press conference. “But, God’s entitled to give
us seven. It’s my commission to raise them.”
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UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS
Students who will either complete all of the ring requirements as
described below after the Fall ‘97 semester final grades are posted, or
after commencement, may order their rings beginning approximately
January 20,1998. Please visit the Aggie Ring Office between December
15 & 19 to complete an audit request and to receive further information.
In the event you will not be in the College Station area between January
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AGGIE RING ORDERS
the association of former students
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: December 11, 1997
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 undergraduate credit hours
reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed
course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 39 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M
University, providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M
University and successfully completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10
weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog).
60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M
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you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be
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“down the street from Loupot’s”
Wiehnachtsgottesdienst
A German Candlelight Carol Service
Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 P.M.
Community Christmas Eve Service
A traditional celebration of the Holy Birth
Wednesday, December 24th at 11:00 P.M.
We welcome vocal and instrumental
participation from North American and
International members of our community.
You, your family, and friends are most cordially welcome.
If you have questions, or wish to participate,
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