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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.
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History
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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.
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“Our goal is to uplifttlt
African-Americans and
minds of all,’’Carrol said.
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Texas Regional Finals of the
National Science Bowl and
National Ocean Sciences Bowl
Saturday, Feb. 28, 3:30 p.m.
Rudder Theater
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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
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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
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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
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