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Tuesday
TAMU Water Ski Club: A
general meeting will be
held at 8:30 p.m. in the
Student Recreation Center.
Contact John at 695-8843
for details.
Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to
go to the Crestview Retire
ment Home at 3:30 p.m. in
133 Koldus.
Aggie Lutherans: A meet
ing will be held from 7 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. at the Tree-
house, Our Saviors Luther
an Church. Call 694-6663
for details.
ATM Womens Rugby:
Come join! No experience
needed. Practices are from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the
pitch on the corner of
Hopwood
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Garza said the top 10 percent bill
passed this year will allow high school
students who graduated in the top 10
percent of their graduating class auto
matic admission into state universities.
“The top 10 percent bill should im
prove the pool of applicants and numbers
admitted to Texas A&M and the Universi
ty ofTexas,” Garza said. “More will take ad
vantage of their high school class status.”
The Texas Exes Student Association
raised private finds for incoming fresh
man, of which minorities are given spe
cial consideration. The scholarship
funds will be available for incoming
freshman at the University ofTexas in
the fall 1998.
What's Up
Texas Ave. and University
Dr. Call Nikki at 694-0084
for information.
A.W.A.R.E.: There will be a
general meeting tonight
from 7 to 8 p.m. in MSC
205. Call Isai at 696-7366
for details.
Orthodox Christian Fel
lowship: Liturgy will be held
at 5:30 p.m. in the All
Faith’s Chapel. Call Susan
at 847-2073 for details.
Center for Academic En
hancement: There will be
a TASP writing review from
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Block
er 526. Call 845-2724 for
more details.
TAMU Mens Rugby: Prac
tice will be held every
Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m. at the TAMU Rugby
Pitch next to Bonfire. Any
one is welcome to attend,
practice, and run hard to
stay in shape and prepare
for this summer’s tourna
ments. Contact Grant at
gacl94a@labs.tamu.edu
or 695-0340 for more in
formation.
What’s Up is a Battalion
service that lists non-prof
it student and faculty
events and activities.
Items should be submit
ted no later than three
days in advance of the de
sired run date. Applica
tion deadlines and notices
are not events and will not
be run in What’s Up. If you
have any questions,
please call the newsroom
at 845-3313.
Garza said that state universities
must encourage incoming freshman to
come to the campus through pro
grams, particularly those geared to the
financially disabled.
“We must make a point to keep stu
dents informed of financial incentives,”
Garza said. “The better informed that
individuals are, the better. We need to
look towards the future.”
The University of Houston has in
creased minority enrollment since
Hopwood.
While the top universities in Texas
have declined in minority enrollment,
the University of Houston showed a 24
percent increase in Hispanic enroll
ment and a 15 percent increase in black
student enrollment for the 1997-98 aca
demic year, according to university ad
missions reports.
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Dr. Michael Friedland, Texas A&M vice
president for health affairs and dean of the
college of medicine, said the program will
take advantage of the statewide networks of
the universities and agriculture agencies
within the A&M Syste.
He said the mission of the Health Science
Center is to improve the health of Texans.
“I’m delighted that this gives Dr. Sumaya
the opportunity to really take the leader
ship of the public health initiative forTexas
A&M’s health science center,” he said.
The school will be part ofthe
University System Health Scie
upon its completion later this
include the study areas of epi
and biostatistics,
health policy anc
public health anc
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