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Joining Forces
3-enrollment offers students opportunities, drawbacks
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Pend!)'! ttemling just one university
feign: can be plenty stressful. How-
Imposiijever, some students attend
'ann miversities—at the same time.
I ich semester, more than a
agree sand students enroll at Texas
I and Blinn Junior College,
jitha; istin Davis, a sophomore bio-
foriftcal science major, is co-en-
lum 1 and said she recommends
liaii students taking classes at Blinn
lrandittse they can be more personal,
jened "he classes are smaller, and you
\ tore one-on-one attention from
_ eachers,” Davis said. “If you’re
jheu erinonesubjectandneedaddi-
LldliCjlhelp, I would recommend it.”
J nailer classes and lower
T<)5 ; are not (be only ad
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he said,
y’re harder
J high school
1 ies.lbut you
t really have to
I think a lot
|nt ’ s people would
[co-enroll]
they
thought about it.”
But co-enrolling is not that sim
ple. Danny England, Blinn’s dean of
student services for the Bryan cam
pus, said rumors that to co-enroll
ment will be terminated seem to
circulate every semester.
“Almost every year, co-enrolling is
brought up as a bad thing for acade
mic or economic reasons,” England
said. “Some think if a student is co
enrolled at Blinn and takes first-se
mester chemistry at Blinn and sec
ond-semester chemistry at A&M,
they’re not getting the prerequisites.
It’s not necessarily that Blinn isn’t
good teaching; it’s just different.”
Another subject that has been dis
cussed is the effect of co-enrolling on
A&M’s enrollment.
When classes are cancelled,
there is talk that too many students
are enrolling at Blinn, England said.
However, England said a study re
ported that about 1,500 students
are co-enrolled, fewer than faculty
members expected.
“The enemies, so to speak, those
against co-enrolling, were some
what disarmed when they found
out the figures,” he said. “I do think
the uproar has been quieted a great
deal by the actual figures.”
For example, problems arise
when, the College of Liberal Arts al
lows a student to co-enroll in a
pitf
mnfc
math class.
The math department, a service
department, depends on colleges
such as liberal arts for its students.
Likewise, when engineering colleges
allow students to take English class
es at Blinn, it can leave empty seats in
A&M classrooms, which costs the
faculty in terms of their salary.
This is considered a disadvan
tage of co-enrolling by some facul
ty members, but, as far as most stu
dents are concerned, there are few
disadvantages to taking classes at
both campuses.
“The only disadvantage is that
there are a lot of classes you can’t
take at Blinn because of your ma
jor,” Austin said.
Davis said she agrees there are few
downfalls to co-enrolling.
I guess the long dri
ve to Blinn might
be a disad
vantage,"
she said.
As for
the rumors
and talk of
no more co
enrollment,
A&M’s direc
tor of veteri
nary medicine
Ralph Smith
said they are
just that —
rumors.
Please see Enroll
on Page 4.
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Pearl Jam \
Yield
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O ver the past
several months \
those in the know
have wondered what Pearl
Jam’s new album would be
called and how it would sound. Well, —^
the time is finally here and Yield is true to the task of being a Pearl
Jam album.
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correct meaning of their various songs might be.
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“Generation X’’ fans, but one thing remains constant — everyone
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Yield, Pearl Jam has known global success and achieved a rare
position of fame and stability.
Each of the four previous studio releases, Ten, VS., Vitalogy
and No Code have their own unique style and attitude. These
albums remain distinctly Pearl Jam, and Yield follows up in
grand fashion.
In the beginning, Pearl Jam devastated their audiences with
loud and boisterous sound mixed with the inevitable message
that seems to naturally flow from their songs.
The next two albums followed a similar path of hard-rock gui
tar riffs suitable for a '90s crowd, but the band began to loosen up
a bit with ballads like "Nothingman,” “Off He Goes,” “Immortali
ty” and now “Low Light” and “In Hiding.”
The merit of these songs is consistent with the true value of all
pearl Jam songs— the infinitely contemplative nature of front
man Eddie Vedder’s voice coupled with the sheer musical genius
of Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament.
After some tumultuous times and typical inner-band politics
the band axed drummer Dave Abbruzzese and opted for ex-
Chili Pepper's phenom Jack Irons for the production of Vitalogy
and No Code, as well as their joint work with Neil Young on
“Mirror Ball.”
1996’s No Code marked the beginning of what will hopefully
prove to be permanent changes in the most celebrated band of
the ’90s.
Yield gives the listener an opportunity to enjoy a continual
mood and reveals a lighter and more fun side of Pearl Jam. Eddie
Vedder seems to leave the sound of mental angst and torment
behind as he croons out love songs like “Faithful” and “Wishlist.”
Please see Pearl on Page 5.
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