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The Battalion Classified The Battalion To place a classified ad: Phone: 845-0569 / Fax: 845-2678 Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building Business Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day VISA Private Party Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1,000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possessions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an addtional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn’t sell, advertiser must call before 1 p.m. on the day the ad is scheduled to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. No refunds will be made if your ad is cancelled early. ANNOUNCEMENTS Larger Breastsltl Safe and Affordable Alternative To Implants!! Fast Results!! Toll-Free 1-877-6-BREASTI AUTO 1988 Ford Tempo, 4-door, 140k miles, runs great, grilled damaged. $1,000/o.b.o. Please call Ragan @775- 1993. '88 Dodge Caravan. Good condition, $1,600/neg. Call 260-3172. '92 Explorer Sport, 5-speed, maroon, 70K, $6,995. 822- 9075 or 764-8105. Immaculate ‘96 Neon, ac, auto, many extras, 18k, $8,400. 693-3951. Like new, '94 Toyota pickup, 5-speed, 4-cylinder, a/c, 18k, $8,300. 693-5151. COMPUTERS AMD 300MMX w/Motherboard, 32 mb SDRAM installed to most 486/Pentium systems, $350, video/case extra. 696-9412. Pentium 233MMX $775, Pentiumll 233mhz $995, 300mhz $1,135, W/3.2GBHD, 32MBRAM, 32XCDROM, 56kmodem, 4MBvideo, 14”monitor, s/speakers, 1-year warranty, upgradable, 4.3/6.4GB add $25/$65, 15717" monitor add $30/$130, 846-7186. FOR RENT FOR RENT DJ MUSIC **Party Block Mobile DJ**- Peter Block, professional/ experienced. Specializing in Weddings, TAMU func tions, lights/smoke. Mobile to anywhere. The Bestl! 693-6294. http://www.partyblockdj.com FOR RENT "Efficiency apartment across from main campus, Northgate, w/d, pool, garage parking. Available now. 12-month minimum lease. $375/mo. $375/deposlt. Call Vincent/Farah @846-3052. 2bdrm/1bath studio apartment. Approximately 4-blocks from campus. Wooded. No pets. No HUD. Available ‘ July-1 st. $475/mo. -t-bills. 693-8534. hemp-> BEADS C-leatlier stone - glass - hone - ceramic ****IVe’w I^oc ation * * * * Bazillion Beautiful Beads 3803-C S. Texas Ave., Bryan (409) 846-9120 Open Tues.-Sat. 10a.m.-6p.m. Where The fiction is LOCATOR SERVICE OPEN Saturdays & late Weekdays We’re here to find YOUR apartment, duplex, townhome or house AT NO COST TO YOU! www.rentaid.com 303 B. University Dr. E. WTfl Mgt. - 260-9611 3bdrm/2bath house. Large yard. Good condition. $795/mo. 1-year lease. Available 8/1/'98. Kevin, 696- 2526. C.Sta. 3 bedroom fourplex. Move in now or reserve yours for August. Upstairs and downstairs available, w/d included, shuttle, great access to Texas Ave. United Realty. 694-9140. www.united-rico.com Casa del Sol Apartments is now preleasing for fall. Spacious 1-bedrooms and 2-bedrooms. 2-blocks to campus. Walk to TAMU. $100 Off first month rent. Located at 401 Stasney Street, C.Sta. 696-3455. Choose from our economical 2 bedrooms starting at $345 or spend a little more for the extras. Several floor- plans to view starting at $415. B/C.Sta. locations. United Realty. 694-9140. www.united-rico.com FULL SIZE W/D, 2bdrm/1bath, shuttle, microwave, Intrusion alarm, $459/mo. 846-7454. Great selection of one bedrooms! Available now and pre-leasing for August. Six locations/ floorplans. Some with all bills paid. United Realty. 694-9140. www.unit- ed-rico.com In the country, 4bdrm/2bath house, c/a&h, w/d connec tions, fenced yard. Perfect for 4/5 students. $1,000/mo. +deposit. 779-7193. Available 6/7/98. Pre-lease for August 10th 4bdrm/2bath, fenced, garage. 3104 Longleaf. $1,000/mo. 693-1448. Pre-lease for August! 4-locations to choose. 2bdrm.- Ibth. duplexes, w/d, fenced yards, $485-$500/mo. 693- 1448. Quiet country atmosphere. Large 1-bedroom brick duplex w/fireplace. No pets. Available now or pre-lease for fall. $395/mo. +bills. 693-8534. Rent master-bdrm, well-kept trailer in wooded subdivi sion, 61/2-miles from campus. $200/mo. 823-5607. Roommate needed. Summer & Fall. $275/mo. split util ities. 3bdrm/2bath house. 822-1214, leave message. Studio style 4-plexes. 2410-Blanco, 2bdrm/1bath. enclosed patio, on shuttle, no pets, $410/mo. 731-8951. Summer lease. $400/mo. 2bdrm/11/2bath. W/D, near Aerofit. Available now. 777-6017. The Villas of Cherry Hollow & Normandy Square Condominiums is now preleasing for summer & fall. Spacious 1 -bedroom, 2-bedrooms and studios. Walk to TAMU. Located in Northgate area. $100 Off first month rent. Call 846-2173. This prestigious C.Sta. 3bdrm/3bath duplex is worth looking atl Security system, ice maker, w/d included, fenced yard. Pre-leasing for August. United Realty. 694-9140. www.united-rico.com WTA Locator Sen/ice, will find you a home, NO COST TO YOU. www.rentaid.com 303-B University Drive Edst. 260-9611. ATHLETES FOOT STUDY Patient volunteers needed for research study of new investigational medicine. Free physical exam, treatments, study medications and lab tests for qualified participants. Ages 18 years and above. No topical (prescription or over the counter) treatment in the last 2 weeks. Call for information: J&S Studies 846-5933 YEAST INFECTION STUDY Females ages 18 and older are being recruited to participate in a research study to compare two research medications for the treatment of a yeast infection (vaginitis). If you are currently experiencing vaginal burning, itching or irritation call for more information. The research medication, study related laboratory tests and physical examination by the doctor will be provided free of charge providing you meet eligibility requirements. Eligible volunteers will be compensated up to $150. Call for information: J&S Studies 846-5933 DO YOU HAVE SWIMMER’S EAR? We may be able to help! Our doctors are conducting a research study of an ear drop treatment for swimmer’s ear (external ear infection). You may be eligible for a clinical research study. Qualified research volunteers will receive at no cost: •Research related office visits and evaluations •Study medicine Compensation will be given. Call for information: J&S Studies (409) 846-5933 COLLEGE STATION PART-TIME JOBS!! Universal Computer Systems, Inc. is looking for candidates for part-time positions at our College Station facility. You must be able to work at least 15 hours, Monday - Friday and every other Saturday. All positions offer $6.00 per hour to start!!!! Other full-time positions also available. Office Assistant Technician Assistant Customer Service To apply, please call our Recruiting Headquarters: 1-800-883-3031 UCS HIRES NON-TOBACCO USERS ONLY E.O.E. http://www.ucs-systems.com Does The Sun Cause You To Have Cold Sores/Fever Blisters? If you are 18 or older you may qualify for this study. If you qualify benefits include FREE study medication and up to $525 for time and travel. Call for information: J&S Studies SERVICES NEW! Local Radio News from the newsroom of campus and community news 8:04 a.m. Monday through Friday during NPR Morning Edition on KAMU-FM 90.9 College Station / Bryan ggielife Thursday • June 11 TeMbics: Small Screen Fun for Big Kii Under construction and available for August move in. This C.Sta. 3bdrm/31/2bath duplex has security system, ice maker, w/d connection, fenced yard, great location. United Realty. 694-9140. www.united-rico.com Walk to TAMU. 2bdrm/1bath. Fenced. 416 Tauber. $385/mo. 693-1448. FOR SALE 1998 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer, loaded, 10,600 miles, $32,900. 862-8516 days &695-0876 evenings. Attention Waterskliers: HO Slalom ski tor sale with bag, fast, like new, $250; Hoyt compound bow $500. Call Rich @764-9333. Dresser $50, dresser $20, 13" tv $20, twin bed $50, desk $20, couch $20, walkie talkie $20. Please call 260- 8121 King Cobra Titanium offset, brand new, never been hit, $190 o.b.o. Please call John at 775-1993. Maroon & white stripped couch & loveseat, $800/set, or will sell separately, couch $500, loveseat $300; or best offer. 694-8049. Marquise wedding ring with two anniversary bands. Gorgeous set. Best offer. 696-9924. Pioneer CD player, detachable face, looks great, remote included, great deal at $220 o.b.o. Please call John at 775-1993. Roces Lowrider inline skates $150/o.b.o. TI-85 $75/o.b.o. Please call Scott at 694-3978. Study and/or computer desk. Brand new. $80 nego tiable. Please call 694-5251. Washburn electric guitar $100. Digitech RP6 effect processor $200. Bass amp SOwatt $300. HP-48G cal culator $75. W/D $300. Call 222-0754. HELP WANTED Airconditioning installers needed for summer. Prefer 1- year experience. Come by 1910-Greenfield Plaza, Bryan, lo fill out applications. 846-4660. Experienced computer technician is needed at Compuview Microsystems, Inc. 846-5454. Licensed daycare has openings for 2 aids. AM shift 7:30a.m.-12:30p.m., PM shift 3:00p.m.-5:30p.m. 693- 3661, call between 8a.m.-1p.m. or 3:30p.m.-5:30p.m. Local Business needs part-time warehouse help/ deliv ery driver. Must have good driving record and available through summer. Please call 779-7043 for information on application. Manager Trainee. Aggie owned co. seeks manager trainee for retail operation. Will consider any degree. Highly competitive salary +bonuses. Great opportunity. Send resume to: Personnel, P.O.Box 9627, C.Sta. 77842. Part-time evening work doing commercial office clean ing, Mon.-Fri. Call for an appointment, 823-5031, Part-time staff assistant, 2-positions available. Must be able to work M-F, 8a.m.-1p.m. or 1p.m.-5:30p.m. Computer knowledge Sgeneral office skills required. Apply in person, 404-H University Dr.Ea., C.Sta. Century 21 Beal. Programmers/ Commercial business applications; expe rience on PC w/Clipper or Delphi; or Vax or IBM w/PL/l or COBOL. Send resume to: Fields Financial Services, P.O.Box 6500, Bryan, TX.77805, Running partner. 3-mornings a week. Must be experi enced distance runner w/ability to pace. Please call 764-7921. Service Station attendants needed. Part-time & full time. 2305-Villa Maria Chevron, Bryan, 77802. 776- 1261. PETS Adopt: Puppies, Kittens, Cats, Dogs. Many pure breedsl Brazos Animal Shelter-775-5755. Free kittenl! 3 months old. Lovable, cute & playful. Vaccinated. No fleas. House trained. Please call Nancy at 694-6834. ROOMMATES F-Roommate. Fall. W/D. 2bdrm/11/2bath apartment. $275/mo. Call Caroline at 695-8831. Female to share 4bdrm/3bath Northgate house. Quiet neighborhood, w/d, furnished. $250/mo. -(-utilities. Kristen, 260-3148. Great college pad 4-bedroom house. Walk to campus. 2- bedrooms available now, another July-1 st. $175/mo. +utilities. Lease ends August-31 st. 260-8121. M/F roommate needed a.s.a.p. 2bdrm/2bath duplex. Own room & bath. $325/mo. +1/2utilities. 862-7573. M/F to live w/brother and sister. Private bdrm/bath. W/D. 3bdrm/2bath duplex. Wolf Pen Creek. $325/mo. (713)944-8636. Nice quiet M/F roommate. Summer/fall. 3bdrm/2bath house. W/D. No deposit. 693-5633. Roommate needed. Available July-20th. 3-bedrooms nice house. Furnished. 5-min. to campus. Big yard. $250/mo. Antoine 696-2942. Travis Irby Aggie life assistant editor A dmit it. It is a dark secret shared by many. They have seduced more than one poor soul with their gibberish, their bright- 1 y - h u e d lumpy bodies and their British back ground. No, they aren't the Spice Girls — they are the Teletubbies. The Teletubbies are a tribe of odd-looking creatures who have migrated across the Atlantic to these shores. Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Lala and Po are their handles. Besides the odd names, each Teletubbie has a television screen in their stomach. When the magic angel dust- spewing pinwheel signals, their stomach screens flash various images that effects the Tubbies current emotional states. Not that it makes for much of a change in their personalities, since they seem to always be as high as kites. The communal pinwheel flash es and spins like a PlayStation in a washing machine. The Teletubbies' response to this stimulation is a reaction some where between severe epileptic fits and and dope fiend hysteria. These hyped-up limey hobgob lins of the airwaves have brought their surreal television program to PBS and America's youth. Along with democracy, The Beatles and a healthy respect for Donkey from page 3 dental care, the English have seen fit to bless American culture with the Teletubbies. The creators of Teletubbies probably thought they had the next Barney on their hands. Teletubbies has the non-threat ening characters and the cheesy production values, but it is differ ent — clearly not another Barney clone. It is like "Sesame Street" produced by Timothy Leary and written by Grateful Dead roadies. The show is supposed to be aimed the very young, as in fresh out of the womb. The target audi ence is even given a disturbing centerpiece throughout the show. High above Teletubbie land sits a sun with an infant's face super imposed upon it. The Tubbies worship this this creation like it is an ancient Aztec sun god. The sun face has variety of expressions, which it bathes upon its loyal subjects. The funny thing is that on the way to becoming the next big thing for kindergartners, "Teletubbies" has become quite popular among young adults. Maybe it is because of the pro gram's psychedelic atmosphere. They live in a spaceship that has crashed in the middle of land inhabited by periscope-shaped speakers, bunnies and flowers. They eat things like Tubbie Custard and Tubbie Toast. The appearance of these anomolies in the show is trippier than skinny dipping in a vat of LSD. Teletubbies look like techni color pears with antennas on their heads and TVs in their tum mies. Each Tubbie seems to have a unique personality, ready for multi-media crossmarketing. 1 inky Winky seems J oldest and oddest. The| clad Tinky carries arounc and talks in a deepervj the other tubbies. Tho^j is undefined, the Tinksi: to be the Janet RenooftlJ Dipsy seems to beti] headed one. LookingM 1 a dip in a carton of lime® Dipsy always wears HiH hide with pride. t La La is the crack he«:B| group. 1 .a I j in m desp^tF'i of some Ritalin, asiti- :1S the downward spiral of soBy of substance abiiH\ r0l l Perhaps the h 0, | Teletubbie. is sweetlittklB ( red Tubbie is proba® smartest of the bunch,butB 1 * pered by a severe speech® ment. m l he show is theequ electronic ac id. It slicks:::® 1 1 er into a mind-altering oil baby talk and brightcolo’! Maybe tins is why m pub pie in college are tuning:■ >| kindergurtneis It seemsttBh pi-iicit was to winddowHUl or after class. ho.if Since the showisraB^l television, it is cheapeBtH UK I narcotic, "Teletubbies" jlav the strongest ot viewerslM n| for their dark mojo like jort.l lov er lost in the dark nig ''biul| One can easily reeognBt poor souls lost to thelteonlv company. I heir inrefl cursed to mouth thesewontNyyl| demented mantra: "L bfwc Teletubbies! Tinky Wink Brook Winky! Dipsy, Dipsy!UUBerl Po, Po! Teletubbies, ' -Bl bl say hello!" i n gp| AAA Texas Defensive Driving. Lots-of-fun, Laugh-a-lot!l Ticket dismissal/insurance discount. M-T(6pm-9pm), W-Th(6pm-9pm), Fri(6pm-8pm) &Sat(10am-2:30pm), Sat(8am-2:30pm). Inside Nations-Bank. Walk-ins wel come. $25/cash. Lowest price allowed by law. 111- Univ. Dr., Ste.217. 846-6117. Show-up 30/min. early, (CP-0017). Affordable Lawn Care. Commercial & Residential. Mowing, edging, mulching, blowing. Free estimates. (409)693-0973. One day concealed handgun course $75. Loaner guns available. Night classes available. John Collins 775- 1418, Wickson Creek Range 589-1093. WANTED Host families needed to host French student for weeks this summer. If interested call 696-7930. WEIGHT LOSS CHOOSE TO LOSE!! Why “weight?" Please call 775- 3188. “They’re doing a lot of running,” Matthews said. She said an effort was made to help the donkeys experience anything new that might be encountered on the race course, including water and other obsta cles. The donkeys will be laden with packs of tnining equipment for the race, and the training regimen has been working them up to the final amount of 33 pounds that will be required for the race. Jennifer Sullivan, a second year veterinary medi cine student, is the second member of the team. Jennifer has been working very closely with the ani mals and was chosen both for her experience in this area and her background as a runner. The third member of the party will be Dr. Sheilah Robertson of Michigan State University. Robertson, a friend of Matthews, is a marathon runner and triathlete as well as having spent time studying don keys, and will meet the team in Colorado when they arrive three weeks before the date of the race. “It’s actually a potentially dangerous situation,” Matthews said of the higher elevation and moun- Concert from page 3 "For example, with the lute, they started writing different tunes because the composer wanted differ ent effects," he said. "The musicians would have to tune the lute in between the sets, so it was easier to simply create a new instrument. It was technologi cal advancement." With a large collection to choose from, Boenig said he is looking forward to show casing his instru ments and allowing the audience to experience dif ferent sounds from the past. "We are playing many instruments throughout the concert," he said. "These include the crwth, the citole, the harp, the psaltry, the recorder, the m H tainous terrain of the race. While all memte team are veteran runners, none are naW rocky trails of Colorado. Matthews, Sullivan and Robertson will ported at the event by friends and familyh® and the Fairplay area. Dr. Tex Taylor, a professor of veterinarywN at A&M, said he had spent a great dealoftirK® ing the donkeys over the course of the pi'B years, but will not be part of the race. HcR Taylor’s instruction of the animals in the driving and obedience has been invalual Matthews and her team. I “I’m not involved so much anymore, W| come to me when there’s a problem,” Tayloi The race is expected to draw a larger cro« year for its golden anniversary than in thep^i several major media outlets have commrtWB event, including Sports Illustrated andpossi | erage by ESPN. Several dozen compeMjl signed up for the event, which takes place onlf crumhorn, the base viol, dulcian, sackbut,cor®| the harpsichord and the flute." Boenig said many of the songs that are ^ commonly today were created to play on instrument. , I "There is a change of style in many 0 * jj nal pieces, because of being adapted to | instruments," he said. "For example, someo || pieces were made for the harpsichord, piano. Playing them on the piano sounds pi when played on the harpsichord it sounds e v I ter. This is what people will be able to exp erl J the concert." K'd-a- Ifour. Gaming Night _ / i at Come join us for an evening of FREE bowling, FREE pool, and , M ~ FREE refreshments at Hullabaloo in the Memorial Student Centa L q ese st t anotl ptten ta oih'I Mothe ; Hov\| f re in thn is d I ^aitingl ’Hand I fas recci >rrect il ir >dsca{ ir inter! |ers can! Man! June 18 from 6 PM - 9 PM. % % 1 pons*\d ky MSC\ ^Tr Food Services TAVS, Inc., MSC NOVA, and University Center Comply X Persons with disabilities please call us at (409) 845-1515 so that we may assist you the event. Ir b) are! t aT-bc| [ kel y tol 'eir alrtl Imagl ’86, w| [ext, is ( ’tetion new 1 exas A<5 it'd of i t : L an ’t qui hat big ‘