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Economy
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Cathryn Looney, the assistant
manager at the Barnes & Noble
Bookstore on Texas Avenue, said
students impact the business and
staff at the store.
“We have a large student popu
lation,’’ Looney said. “They enjoy
the cafe and the relaxed environ
ment. We noticed a tremendous
amount of students in the store
during finals week. We noticed
when the students were gone (over
the holidays) and we noticed when
they came back. In addition to stu
dent customers, about half of our
employees are students.”
Elizabeth Garrett, the assistant
manager of the Black-Eyed Pea
Restaurant on University Drive, said
about 80 percent of the employees
are students. She said special events
at Texas A&M during the fall and
spring semesters help bring in busi
ness from visitors and local residents.
“Events like Parent’s Weekend and
sports events generate lots of busi
ness,” Garrett said. “We also get lots
of business from locals in the Bryan-
College Station area. We slow down
when the students leave campus.”
Taylor said the $31.5 million spent
by campus visitors includes money
that funnels to the community.
“A part of that money is the mon-
Kiss
Continued from Page 1
Attempts to stop kissing were un
successful, however, so Christian lead
ers decided to use the kiss to get peo
ple into church. They abandoned the
betrothal ceremony of Roman times
and moved the marriage ceremony
into the church. This would bring
people into the church and then all
would witness the kiss placed at the
end of the marriage service.
The Great Plague of 1664-65
caused kissing to “come to a halt al
most overnight,” Bryant said. Peo
ple were afraid they were spreading
the plague through direct contact,
such as kissing. But, once the
plague ended, the kiss slowly came
back into vogue, Bryant said.
Kissing today is most common
in Western cultures. Many areas
around the world still do not lass
Harassment
Continued from Page 1
“Charges were filed, and we went
through the disciplinary process,” he
said. “We look at the information,
bring in witnesses and let people tell
their sides of the story to figure out
what happened.”
Travers said levels of punish
ment depend on the category and
ey that goes to visitors that may stay
in hotels, eat in the restaurants and
buy souvenirs,” Taylor said.
The opening of the George Bush
Presidential Library in November
contributed to an increase in visitors’
revenues over the course of the last
year. About 507,000 people visited
die campus during 1997, an increase
of about 22,700 people from 1996.
Steve Hodges, the A&M director
of special events and facilities, said
that the opening of the Reed Arena
this spring will bring more visitors
into the community.
“We will hold a number of con
ferences and conventions (that we
could not hold before) because
there wasn’t an appropriate facility,”
Hodges said. “These conventions
may last anywhere from two to five
days. The visitors will eat in the
restaurants and stay at the hotels.
(Reed Arena) appeals very much to
the community because people will
not have to travel to Austin or Hous
ton to attend special events.”
Ron Fulton, the manager of the
MSG Guest Rooms, said Jan. to
March is the busiest time of the year
for the MSG.
“From the week after school
starts, conferences continue until
after spring break,” Fulton said.
“Generally, staff members from
other universities and members of
private sector stay in the guest
rooms. We have a lot of regulars.”
openly as Westerners, although they
do kiss in private.
Aggies don’t seem to be shy about
kissing in public. Citing Aggies’ fond
ness for kissing at football games,
Bryant said Texas A&M is a universi
ty that is very “kiss-oriented.”
Bryant was the first anthropolo
gy professor at Texas A&M in 1971
and went on to become the first
head of the department.
He received the Texas A&M As
sociation of Former Students Dis
tinguished Achievement Award in
Teaching in 1974, and he recently
received the Texas A&M University
Distinguished Achievement Award
for Administration.
Bryant has appeared on local
and national television shows,
Shch as the “Today” show, and in
major U.S. magazines such as
People, Reader’s Digest, Science
Digest, Seventeen, Forbes and
National Geographic.
degree of harassment.
“A warning is file lowest level,” he
said. “But other punishments are let
ters of reprimand and suspension.”
Putnam said students should re
member that it doesn’t matter what
method they use, harassment is still
against the law.
“The point is not the computer,
phone, in person issue,” he said. “If
they are breaking the law, it doesn’t
matter which way.”
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Zaragosa Espinoza.
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Barber Cecil Krueger gives Paul David Morgan, a junior in Squad H-l, a haircut in
the basement of the Memorial Student Center Monday afternoon.
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champion, trstrd positive lot the drug afterhis , at
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IOC direcrtor general Francois Carrardy
(TUesday night FST) that Rebagiiati had beer
his gold medal. I he ( anadian < MympicAs ar0l l
would appeal the ease. 'Sofl
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U.S. breaks medal-less streak with 2 in ski
NAGANO, Japan (AP) — An
unlikely gold medal couple
broke America’s 0-for-Nagano
Olympic schneid: Picabo Street,
Alpine skiing’s comeback kid,
and Jonny Moseley, freestyle ski
ing’s gnarliest dude.
Street, 26, survived a mistake
about midway through her run
and charged to an Olympic gold
by one-hundredth of a second
in the women’s super-G — the
games’ first Alpine medal after
three days of snow-related post
ponements. She has a chance
for a second gold in the downhill
on Saturday.
“I don’t believe what I’m see
ing,” Street, of Sun Valley, Idaho,
shouted as favorite Katja Seizinger
of Germany was unable to beat
her time. Austria’s Michaela
Dorfmeister finished second, and
her teammate Alexandra Meiss-
nitzer won the bronze.
Street, who won a silver down
hill medal at the Lillehammer
Games, returned to competition
just last month after recovering
from knee surgery. Only 12 days
ago, she was knocked uncon
scious for two minutes after a
scary fall in Sweden.
“I’ve already cried and stopped,
cried and stopped,” Street said af
ter her victory Wednesday (Tues
day night FST). “It’s been a very
emotional time.”
There were no tears for Mose
ley, the California kid who threw
up his arms and screamed in ec
stasy at the end of his run.
Moseley, 22, ofTiburon, Calif.,
ended America’s medal-free
games with his gravity-defying sig
nature “air” move: a 360 Mute
Grab Jump in which he did a full
“helicopter” rotation and grabbed
his inside ski.
It was good enough to win the
freestyle moguls.
“Oh my God,” Moseley said af
ter his winning score was posted.
“I never thought it would happen
to me. You wouldn’t believe the
thoughts that are going through
my head.”
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to win his gold JanneLA fhe|
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Sami Mustonen finishii
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tyre and Ann Battelle
for a sweep of the it
went home empty-b
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of the money.
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