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State-approved Defensive Driving course for ticket dismissal and insurance reduction Taught by professional comic Bobby Bernshausen ’90 Aggie owned and operated - http://www2.cy-net.net/~grin To register, call 778-GRIN (778-4746) CLEAJ? PRECISION UV CONTACTS $ 128.00 Includes 1 YEAR supply of contacts, exam, fitting, & follow-up (AFTER s 50 MAIL-IN REBATE) Call 846-0377 FOR QUALITY CONTACT LENSES AND EYE CARE AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES! Check out our website at WWW.SoftCOntaCtlenS.com for more contact lens specials. Charles C. Schroeppel, O.D., P.C. Certified Therapeutic Optometrist 505 University Dr. East Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 J 1.— dry cleaning any garment $ 1.19 $ 2.49 shirts blue jeans ^special handling may cost extra 505 University Dr. (next to Fox & Hound) 846-1266 Exclusively Nails Treat Yourself to the Best!! (*■ Hot Oil Manicures Jacuzzi Spa Pedicures Artificial Extentions Silk Wraps & Fiberglass Massage Therapy is- Pampering Packages Aggieland Safe Drivers Ticket Dismissal • Insurance Discounts 1220 Harvey Rd. (by Hobby Lobby) Aggie Owned & Operated Classes: Mon. & Tues. 6-9 p.m. Wed. & Thurs. 6-9 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (w/ a lunch break) Defensive Driving Course • $25.00 • State Approved WALK-INS WELCOME • FUN NON-LECTURE CLASSES! • CLOSE TO CAMPUS! M1P Classes held Weekly $ 15 (college price w/ current ID) $20 (non-college price) advance pre-registration is required Pizza dinner included. Donuts & Coffee served on Saturdays. Soft drinks available. Lunch discounts on Saturdays available flrom area restaurants. Classes held in the LT.S Cruises & Travel Bldg, located at 1055 Texas Ave., South. Next to Chili's in College Station To reserve your space, call 764-1975 ; 00422 Checks accepted 696-9751 Exp. 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Former President Carter lends IJpH Habitat for Humanity a helping har^ HOUSTON (AP) — Former President jimmy Carter plans to be among 6,000 volunteers who hope to begin construction on 100 homes next week in Habitat for Humanity's largest- ever United States project. The ecumenical organization that has built 65,000 homes worldwide intends to raise walls, roofs and plasterboard for the houses next Monday and Tuesday on vacant lots in two inner-city Houston neighborhoods. "It's exciting, challenging and always unpredictable," Carter said of his past home-building experi ences. "Rosalynn and I don't con sider it a sacrifice. Each year that we go, it's an adventure for us." Habitat's founder is excited about the possible record-setting week during what's dubbed the 1998 jimmy Carter Work Project. "The stage is set for us to make history," Millard Fuller said. Carter will join a legion of 1,500 out-of-towners and 4,500 local volunteers. Fuller said he told visitors get ting their first taste of Houston's trademark heat and humidity that they must remain philosophical. "I just explained it would be a worthwhile spiritual experience," he said. "Because if you build 100 homes in june in Houston, you'll never consider going to hell.1()4 TH YE Carter has been working^ Habitat since 1984 andiscra ed for its vast success inre| years. The organization! just 1,000 homes by its niversary in 1986, but it era 48,000 over the next 10 yi with Carter aboard. By giving the inner-cityp decent, affordable housi Carter said the organizatia helping to create more pra live people. "They haven't felt were part of the commum Carter said, referring tothedi franchised poor who usually habit the program's hop "They were alien no matterwl they existed. They get a they become a taxpayer, they come constructive citizens." About 64,000 Houston households face unafford; rents and poor living condi according to a governments! released this spring. To qualify for Habitat hoi residents must be first-time ha owners and earn beta $11,000 and $23,000 a year. The houses range in size tween 1,100 to 1,250 squ feet and will priced in then $40,000 range with a no-inl est mortgage. ( ( l www.unitedfligtt LEARN TO AT UNITED FLIGHT SYSTEM We’re now located at College Station Easterwood Airp: Learn to fly the Cessna Pilot Center Exclusive Integra: Flight Training System at United Flight Systems, the experienced flight school. Aiv ■ Private thru advanced training ■ Aircraft rental, Pilot Shop ■ F.A.A. approved 141 school 'ii ■ VA Eligible Benefits United Flight Systems,!! Kasterwood Airport College Station, IX 409 260-6322 REEF WORLD ‘Your Low Cost Store’ MOVING SALE! Everything on sale! Live Rock Supplies Coral Over 2500 gallons of Saltwater Fish and much, much more! OPENING NEXT WEEK! 900 4C Harvey Rd., C.S. Post Oak Village 1802 Deacon Dr., C.S. Directly behind Wings-N-Mors 695-0889 - v- Micl emp: AGGIE RING ORDER! THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENf CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTI DEADLINE: June 9, 1998 Undergraduate Student Requirements: Ml j| r lk. til Fory You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of §§ undergraduate credit hours rete | on the Texas A&M University Student Information Managemeni System. (A passed course, w is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credt hours.) 60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M UniversB your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not| under the successful semester requirement described in the following paragraph. ShrxJdji nd the degree be conferred with less than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this requirement wil bewa )n y| 0( - after you graduate and your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M Univai | providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M Universal successfully completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) asafufi jo student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). You must have a ZO cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. .once rt , The s fond at val Or I The 1 You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks lap ^ cor due fees, bans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. Graduate Student Requirements If you are a August 1998 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ringfr* prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements lichola Shos le late T on I Othe Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Informal Management System; and You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocksl 0 Var£ past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. However, If you completed all of your course work prior to this semester and havete cleared by the thesis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion" from the Office Graduate Studies. The original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presenti the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted. Procedure To Order A Ring: jecific [The nteii I 10 aL If you meet all of the above requirements and you wish to receive your ring on September 17, must visit the Ring Office nfl later than Tuesday June 2, 1998 between the hours of 8:30 a.E- p.m. to complete the application for eligibility verification If your application is approved, you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or personal Discover, Visa or MasterCard (with your name imprinted) nfi later than Friday, June 12, between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Men s 10K-$335.00 14K-$442.00 Women’s 10K-$204.00 14K-$228.00 [town Gent i 1 ;nior c Seas efive AID tone, PaiA Add $8.00 for Class of ‘97 or before. The ring delivery date is September 17,1998. arage Rud