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TAMU Career Center: The Independe - Techniques seminar will take placea>. 209 Koldus. ®ir im§M(§<s April 8, 1998 ENPH 202 @ 6:45 Price Waterhouse “Exploring Your Options: Consulting” FREE FOOD "N Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to go to the Crestview Retirement Home at 3:30 p.m. in 133 Koldus. Aggie Lutherans: A meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Treehouse, Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Call 694-6663 for details. College Republicans: Annual elections will be held at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder. All current members are eligible to vote and run for office. Call 845-5606 for details. ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No experience needed. Practices are from 5 to 7 p.m. at the pitch on the corner of Texas Avenue and University Drive. Call Nikki at 694- 0084 for information. II Circolo Italiano: We will be showing Ladri Di Saponette. an Italian film with English subtitles, at 7:30 p.m. in 130 Academic Building. Everyone is invited. Contact Roberto at 764-2916 for details. What’s Up is a Battalion service non-profit student and faculty activities. Items should be suF later than three days in advance! sired run date. Application dea$ notices are not events and willi% in What’s Up. If you have anyqu please call the newsroom at 84^: Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. Tuesday Nite: Beat the Clock Time You Call is the Price You Pay! (from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.) On a Large 1 Topping Pizza Tips are appreciated College Station Northgate Bryan 764-7272 846-3600 268-7272 1100 Harvey Rd. University 3414 East 29th St. Resurrection Week: There will be a dramatic presentation of “Watch the Lamb” at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Academ ic Building. Guest speaker Darrel Bock of the Dallas. Catholic Students Association: There will be a general meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Call Vanessa at 693-1765 for more information. Taps College Republicans: There will be officer elections tonight at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder. Theological Seminary: There will be a lecture on the histori cal values of Christianity at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. TAMU Anthropological Society: There will be a general meeting and guest speaker Dr. George Bass, who will be speaking on "Classical Archaeology” at 7 p.m. in room 130 of the Anthropology Building. Call Judy at 693-7870 for details. Hindu Student Council: There will be a meeting on Hindu art at 7:30 p.m. in 104B Zachry. Call Vijay at 696-4431 for details. Wednesday TAMU Career Center: There will be a salary negotiation seminar at 12:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No experience needed. Practices are from 5 to 7 p.m. at the pitch on the corner of Texas Avenue and University Drive. Call Nikki at 694 0084 for information. ATM Roadrunners: We will meet in front of G. Rollie White Coliseum at 6 p.m. to run 3 to 4 miles. All students and skills welcome. Call Steve at 847-7905 for details. Catholic Students Association: "Hot Topics” discussion session from 6 to 7 p.m. in St. Mary's Student Center Li brary. followed by Newman Mass at 7:15 and a Bible study in Rudder Tower. Executive Council of Health Organizations: A guest lec turer from Baylor College of Medicine will be speaking at 7 Aggieland HOBY: We will have a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 230 MSC. We will discuss next semesters Community Continued from Page 1 Sayre encourages any stud experienced a Silver Taps “It’s such an honor fo families) about their chi their fellow Aggies,” she s lows me to speak about th comfortably.” The Corps of Cadets is also invoh verTaps ceremony anniversary. Da Corps commander and a seniorea jor, decided the Corps needed todi for the ceremony’s anniversan. Be school year, members of thecorp nights, which are long-sleeved gm dark green pants, on Silver Taps da students about Silver Taps. Lieutenant Colonel MikeDuked the commandant said the corps we er students to pairticipate in the cert “We encourage everyone, from eminent to clubs, to find a way to everyone that it is Silver Taps,''he House? ^Bracc Jc Or perh ■id res |J3/ onze . mo: Hr at hoc I Univ mblishe fconsib ■eneral counter I Loca Bie cor Press h Of mate lology, Ind Te> I Then laid the ^Battalion Tiffany Inbody, Editor in Chief Helen Clancy, Copy Chief Brad Graeber, Visual Arts Editor Robert Smith, City Editor Jeremy Furtick, Sports Editor Jeff Webb, Sports Editor James Francis, Aggielife Editor Mandy Cater, Opinion Editor Ryan Rogers, Photo Editor Chris Huffines, Radio Producer Sarah Goldston, Radio Producer Dusty IVloer, Web Editor Aaron Meier, Night News Editor Staff Members City- Amanda Smith, Stacey Becks, Susan Atchison, Kelly Hackworth, Suzanne Riggs, Lyndsay Nantz, Jennifer Wilson & Katy Lineberger Science - Jill Reed. 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