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The Battalion iLjis» P m •* « '%S^' 1 M#% Thursday • February26J ur What's Up Thursday ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No experience needed. Practices are from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the pitch on the corner of Texas Ave. and University Dr. Call Nikki at 694-0084 for information. Association of Baptist Students: A meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at 410 College Main. Call Bobby at 846- 3223 for details. Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to go to the Boy’s Club at 3:30 p.m. in 133 Koldus. Team 2000 Ambassador: A meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Rudder 501. Catholic Students Association: There will be a daily mass at 12:05 p.m. in the All Faith’s Chapel. Aggie Speleological Society: A meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in Koldus 146. Call Travis at 693-4088. TAMU Gymnastics Club: Open practice will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in 307 Read. Come join the TAMU Gym nastics Club and learn skills from all ability levels. Beginners welcome. Call Abby at 696-6897 for details. ATM Roadrunners: Will run three to four miles starting in front of G. Rollie White at 5:30 p.m. All students and skill levels are welcome. Call Steve at 847-7905 for further information. Society of Mexican-American Engineers and Scientists: There will be a meeting at 7 p.m. in MSC 226 with guest speakers Aggie R.E.A.C.H. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): There will be a guest speaker from Walter P Moore and Associ ates at 5:30 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering building. Call Huy at 846-0656 for details or by e-mail at HTRAN@TAMU.EDU. Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA): There will be a general meeting in MSC 145 at 5:30 p.m. This is the last chance to join PRSSA for Spring ’98. We will discuss the Dallas field trip and the March So cial. Call Veronica at 268-0109 for details. Emergency Care Team: A meeting to discuss the final details of the barbecue will be held at 7 p.m. in 292B MSC. Call Traci at 268-8699 for details. Friday Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to go visit Crestview Retirement Home at 6:30 p.m. at Crestview. Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to go to Kemp Gym at 5:30 p.m. at 133 Koldus. Study Abroad Programs Office: An informational meeting to promote the Italy Spring ’99 program will be held from 1:30 to 2 p.m. in Room 154,161 Bizzell Hall West. ATM Roadrunners: Will run three to four miles starting in front of G. Rollie White at 5:30 p.m. All students and skill levels are welcome. Call Steve at 847-7905 for further information. Asian American Christian Fellowship: Join us for worship and a speaker at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson 144. Call Sunny at 847-3064 for details. What’s Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit student and faculty events and activities. Items should be submitted no later than three days in advance of the desired run date. Application deadlines and notices are not events and will not be run in Campus Calendar. If you have any questions, please call the newsroom at 845-3313. Office lingo brings humor to df (AP) — Bad day at the cube farm? It might be time for a round of blamestorming. After all, if you have an other salmon day like this one, you’re likely to go postal. America is speaking a whole new language. Obsessed with careers, wired to the Web and bombarded by news, Americans are imbuing the English language with slang inspired by the workplace and high technology. Cole Barber, a mechanical engineer at Silicon Gam ing in Palo Alto, Calif., works in a “cube farm” — an of fice made up of rows of cubicles. When he needs a lit tle break, he’s likely to “prairie dog,” or pop up from his desk to see what his officemates are doing. Chris Lind, an executive at public relations agency Neale-May and Partners, says that clients who want to know whether the firm has the time or the ability to handle a project ask “if we have the ’bandwidth.’” A decade ago, a somewhat distracted person may have been called an “airhead,” or “out to lunch." Today, says Gareth Branwyn, who compiles Wired magazine’s monthly Jargon Watch column, he’s “404.” “It’s from the Web message that means a document couldn’t be found, there’s nothing there,” Branwyn says. Some more from Branwyn’s compilation: — From the workplace comic strip, to be “Dilbert- ed" is to be exploited or oppressed by the boss. —The “ohnosecond” is the fraction of time in which you realize you’ve made a big mistake. — “Blamestorming” describes the corporate ritual of sitting in a group discussing why a project failed or a deadline was missed. Office lingo Have you listened to your co-workers lately? The currento jargon is inspired by high technology and transmitted wftie: button via e-mail. h k.sploitation Liking adva ining high-tech workers w ork long hours if holstcre food, flexible schedules i nccs Prairifdofgint?;- your cubicle to pc ^ see whai your co-ks tiling SalmondatAtt I by swimming apsm nd nowhere in theta: Sereenajirrs used to define group, who git* tfi or computer jota I’ninstalld ^oerrj for being fira — A “salmon day” is a day spent swirj stream, only to get nowhere. That, in turn, can lead to “going postal, ”ater.| from a rash of workplace shootings by postal In the new slang, acronyms are hot Areal to e-mail etiquette given to Cowles Business! ployees approved the occasional useofBTW ‘jj Way), FWIW (For What It’s Worth) and RIM, FYI, that means Read The Manual. History Continued from Page 1 The dance originated in Africa as a means of helping tribal groups communicate and settle disagree ments. The performance is open to everyone. PanHellenic has held church ser vices each Sunday during the month in All Faiths Chapel. La Sondra Carrol, former chair of the Black Awareness Committee (BAG) and a senior journalism major, said black history is something that should be studied and learned all year on campus, not just in February. Carrol said many people learn about other cultures in the per spective of their own culture. “Many Americans deal with pieces and parts of black history,” she said. “So much can be discovered if you get out of the piece mentally and look at the culture of Africans and African-Americans as a whole.” Carrol said the BAG has provid ed programs at A&M and in the community on historical facts, per spectives and current issues to pro mote black history awareness. Theresa Vargas, chair of the Mi nority Student Leadership Forum and a senior speech communica tions major, said organizations met together this month at the forum to discuss ways of bringing awareness to Black History Month. She said ideas were discussed on communi cating cultural and educational programs to the campus to expand individual views. These ideas were the by Vargas to the Studem Committee and campus; trators and leaders. “The Minority Studem ship forum addresses is garding culturally baseii such as Black History presents them to le many organizationsonci order to educate themoni issues,” Vargas said. Carrol said she hopi month students learne: about the African-Amerk lure and history. “Our goal is to uplifttlt African-Americans and minds of all,’’Carrol said. Two science quiz competitions in one! Albert Einstein Jacques Cousteau Come fheer for the top science ^students in Texas! Texas Regional Finals of the National Science Bowl and National Ocean Sciences Bowl Saturday, Feb. 28, 3:30 p.m. Rudder Theater NSB Info: 845-7361 NOSB Info: 862-3290 or www-ocean.tamu.edu/NOSB Hosted by the colleges of Engineering, Geosciences and Science at stage stores the spotlight's on you! Stage Stores, Inc. parent company to Bealls & Palais Royal stores, will be hosting an Information Session on Monday, March 2nd from 6-8 pm in the Hilton Hotel Ballroom. We wi be discussing the following career opportunities at our Corporate Office in Houston: • ASSISTANT BUYER • FINANCE & ALLOCATION • INFORMATION SYSTEMS Visit our session to find out how you can join one of the nation's fastest growing retailers! Check out our website at: www.stagestoresinc.com STAGE STORES INC BEALLS / PALAIS ROYAL/STAGE .J. Tiffany Inbody, Editor in Chief Helen Clancy, Copy Chief Brad Graeber, Visual Arts Editor Robert Smith, City Editor Jeremy Furtick, Sports Editor James Francis, Aggielife Editor Mandy Cater, Opinion Edito Ryan Rogers, Photo Editoi 1 Chris Huffines, Radio Product Sarah Goldston, Radio Produ? Dusty Moer, Web Editor Aaron Meier, Night News Edi long 31111 enll Staff Members City- Colleen Kavanagh, Amanda Smith, Rachel Dawley, Stacey Becks, Susan Atchison, Kelly Hackworth, Lyndsay Nantz, Jennifer Wilson & Julietta Amanda Jordan. Science - Jill Reed. Sports - Assistant Editor: Jeff Webb; Michael Ferguson, Chris Ferrell, Travis Harsch, Robert Hollier, Al Lazarus, Colby Martin, Aaron Meier, Katie Mish, Philip Peter, Jeff Schmidt & Michael Taglienti. Aggielife - Marium Mohiuddin, Rhonda Reinhart, Chris Martin, Leah Templeton, Travis Hopper, April Towery, Brandi Ballard, Travis Irby & Stephen Wells. Opinion - Len Calloway, Adam Collett, John Lemons, Donny Ferguson, Caleb McDaniel, Beverly Mireles, Manisha Parekh, Stewart Patton, Mickey Stanford & Jennifer Jones. Night News - Joyce Bauer, Jaclynn E & Shane Elkins. Photo - Assistant Editor: Brandon Bi McKay, Greg McReynolds, Mike Puentes,P Francis & Jake Schrickling. Graphics - James Palmer, Chad Malian,Ji Faulkner & J.P. Beato. Cartoonists - Ed Goodwin, John Lemons,Of Hoffman, Gabriel Ruenes, VictorVanscoM Nordfelt and Quatro Oakley, Copy Editors - Leslie Stebbinsjennifeilw David Johnston, Martha Gidney, PatiMW 1 Veronica Serrano. Radio - Andrew Baley, Jody Rae Sarlin.W Stuart & Karina Trevino. Web - Anita Tong & Jeremy Brown Saloma, Joe Schumacher, Michelle Voss, Frank News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student PubtoW*' 1 Department of Journalism. News offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313; Fan Sff batt@unix.tamu.edu; Website: http://battalion.tamu.edu Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For campus, local, andraW® Using, call 845-2696. For classified advertising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald, and office iwatW- 1 Monday through Fnday. Fax: 845-2678. 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