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FTING THE (VDALUPE ,v Braunfels, •ne ojfer weekend >e. AGGIELIFE, i fie E3 VOLLEYBALL SETS UP FOR PRESEASON • Young A&M team readies for this weekend's Pacific Tournament. SPORTS, PAGE 10 CHECK OUT THE BATTALION ON-LINE http://battalion.tamu.edu FRIDAY September 4, 1998 scan in an ornate ent of Rus> nesday her. nd had askr union of hji I not usede address ir >roper rea: regretted m d dress hadf ts and Rep. - defensive, ngatn it his ead h | tiident injured in collision BY AARON MEIER > ah Whotw Thc Batl:illon i and my deu ... .. .. Vmale bicyclist was injured '’reside! - Jniversity Drive Thursday moon after colliding with a b h c ; ran lickup truck. . ^r,^‘.'";:Thec\’dist, Robert Shiskin, ‘ d.'..' lemieal engineering grad- ,\ P., ir i> student, was taken to , b ’ iege Station Medical Cen- b b •vhere officials said he was bb table condition. ' ! : 1 s bhris Beasley, an emer- cy medical technician h the College Station Fire )artment, said the acci- it occurred yesterday at approximately 5:15 p.m. on University Drive between Tauber and Ireland Streets. Master officer Gary Strat ton of the College Station Po lice Department said the bi cyclist was traveling west along the sidewalk parallel to the Northside parking garage. The cyclist was mov ing against the flow of traffic. “Then for some unknown reason, the cyclist jumped off the curb and collided with an east-bound Nissan pickup,” Stratton said. The Nissan was driven by Nancy Flora of Bryan. After colliding with the cyclist. Flo ra swerved and her pickup hit another pickup. Beasley said when he ar rived to the scene, the cyclist was semi-conscious, lying on the ground. “He had some small lacer ations on his left elbow and on his forehead, but he was breathing,” Beasley said. Stratton said Shiskin, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained a major concussion and possible broken bones. He was listed as being in sta ble conditions, and was kept overnight in intensive care. bevobites Fraternities ready for fall rush BY MELISSA JORDAN The Battalion Fraternity rush kicks off Sunday, Sept. 6, at the MSC Open House. The 20 fraternities with chapters on campus will set up tables for prospective pledges to meet active members and ask questions. Monday begins the official week of rush. Each fraternity will pass out rush cards near Rudder fountain from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Individual fraternities will hold activities throughout the week where participants can meet active members and learn more about fraternities’ tradi tions, goals and activities. The Interfraternity Council (IFC) es timates that over 200 men have already registered for rush and expect this year to be the biggest rush to date. Cameron Ingram, vice president of the IFC and a senior finance major, said there is a fraternity for everyone who participates in rush. “Our motto is, ‘There’s a place for every one in the Texas A&M Greek system.’” Rick Roberts, campus relations chair for the IFC and a senior business analy sis major, said the benefits of fraternity membership can be seen through the el ements of brotherhood, leadership, so cial skills and career opportunities. “Fraternities are a great place for Ag gie men to get involved on campus, de velop leadership skills and gain friends for life,” Roberts said. Scott Lovejoy, IFC president and a senior management information systems major, said he believes the greatest benefit of fra ternity life is the new family pledges will find with their fraternity brothers. "With 43,000 students at Texas A&M, a fraternity provides the opportunity to bond with a close-knit family away from home,” Lovejoy said. The culmination of the week’s activ ities will be at Bid House on Saturday, Sept. 8, when participants in rush will receive bids, invitations to join one or more fraternities. >c‘ \ ohasgi' personalized service Parking perils JAKE SCHRICKLINGAhk Battalion Jeremy Kinslow, a senior mechanical engineering major, waits in line at the Zachry parking lot 10 minutes before his class. Jeremy had been waiting for 45 minutes for a spot. ender Issues sponsors fashion show 2? L ft H o X C/5 0 i ft c- • * ^ » & po • 3 Students break eminine stereotypes nth feminist styles. BY BRANDON BOLLOM The Battalion [What began as a joke be- *een the Coordinator of Gen- v Issues Education Services, ftrki|Elkins, and an English v ulty member, Pam itthews, became the Femi- |t Fashion Show: The Sequel fd Thursday afternoon at the ■morial Student Center. The idea of playfully mock- ; the clothing trends at Texas JiM by holding a feminist’s m fashion show has been set o action twice by Nancy bbs, a graduate student in lacation administration. The first Feminist Fashion pwlwas held this past Feb- y(iry, allowing the students, >ulty and staff of A&M to ex- {ire j feminist stereotypes in (s unique environment. The alsjof the fashion show are | promote the Women’s pwn Bag Lunch series spon- 'ed. by GIES and Women’s idies, and to gather and make new connections at the beginning of the semester. Elkins said the idea behind the fashion show is to celebrate fem inism by showing that people from all walks of life are feminists. “If this was reflective of campus, it would include men, sorority women wearing their Greek letters and Corps mem bers,” Tubbs said. The fashion show included women in all types of clothing, from business suits and dress- casual outfits to bell-bottom jeans and T-shirts. Krista May, a graduate student in English, walked the runway to the theme from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in ripped denim jeans and a plain white T-shirt. Elkins sported a more conserva tive look with dress khaki pants, a blue long-sleeved, button- down shirt and tie. “Some of the models wear ties to mock the ‘feminist stereotype,’ but feminists would normally look like any one on campus,” Tlibbs said. Barbara Finlay, director of women’s studies, also mod eled in the fashion show. “This event is really to cre ate a sense of community and kick the semester off right,” she said. Brandon Bollom/The Battalion Becki Elkins, coordinator of the Gender Issues Education Ser vices, with son Lukas models and then speaks at Feminist Fashion Show: The Sequel Thursday afternoon at the MSC. On-campus residents get connected with WireFest BY PATRICK PEABODY The Battalion The first three weeks of this semester WireFest will once again kick off, helping students hook up their computers to ResNet, the on-campus ethernet connec tion. The program is sponsored by The De partment of Residence Life and allows stu dents to help other students with their eth ernet problems. WireFest teams will visit residence halls during the first three weeks of classes, Monday - Thurs day, 4 to 9 p.m. Raymond Mc Cauley, a coordina tor of the program, said WireFest is a great program be cause the students receive hands-on help. “Instead of just calling for support over the phone,” he said, “students, called WireTechs, will come by and help students.” The WireTechs are students who work out of their dorm rooms and are able to help students in need of comput er assistance. They answer computer-re lated questions, provide technical sup port and assist residents with hardware and software problems related to con necting to ResNet. WireTechs primarily assist residents with ResNet connections. They may also help students with modems as time per mits, but residents with ethernet cards will be given priority. McCauley said that the ResNet is a good alternative to regular modems. “There will be over 10,000 network connections,” he said. “They will run at 300 times faster than regular modems. There will also be two connection per room, so if you have two computers you can both hook up at the same time instead of waiting for a phone line.” Completed this past summer, all on- campus residents with computers and eth ernet cards will have direct access to the campus network and the Internet sometime near the beginning of the Fall 1998 semester. “This is something the students really like,” said Ron Sasse, Director of Res idence Life. “They don’t have to go to a computer lab, and can access any time of the day from their rooms.” Also, Sasse said, the In ternet is becoming an aca demic necessity. “Many professors now require Internet access for projects and for other academy ic reasons,” he said. The Residence Hall Association (RHA), in conjunction with WireFest, is selling ethernet cards and cable to students. If students need help setting up their ethernet connection, they are asked to con tact WireFest by e-mail, at wirefest@godzil- la.tamu.edu. For more information students may go to the Web site for WireFest at http://Reslife.tamu.edu/rescomp. NEWS IN BRIEF Today last day for students to add classes The first week of every semester is typi cally full of last-minute changes to many Ag gies’ schedules, but today marks the end of add/drop week. Yesterday was the last day to drop a class, and today is the last day to add a class. Classes can be added in person until 5 p.m. at the Pavilion, and phone lines will close at 3 p.m. MSC Open House scheduled for Sunday The MSC Open House will take place Sunday, Sept. 6, from 2 to 6 p.m. on the first and second floors of the MSC. Open House gives students the opportunity to preview various organizations and clubs at A&M. “Open house is like the official kickoff of the school year and also the beginning of the ‘other education’ for many students,” Will Hurd, MSC President and a senior computer science and international studies major, said. The Singing Cadets, Aggie Wranglers and Texas A&M Fencing Club will perform at Open House. Clinton to visit Texas for Mauro fundraising WASHINGTON (AP) — Gubernatorial candidate Garry Mauro has invited Bill Clinton to Texas later this month. Clinton will visit Texas on Sept. 27 to raise money for Mauro, the White House confirmed Thursday. While plans have not been finalized, Mauro wants the president to appear at fund-raisers in Houston and San Antonio, along with public events. The trip is Clin ton’s last scheduled visit to Texas prior to the election, a top White House offi cial said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Mauro, who finds himself making lit tle headway against popular Gov. George W. Bush, has often turned to Bill and Hillary Clinton for help ginning up cam paign cash. Having raised $4 million or so to date — vastly less than Bush’s $15 million — Mau ro wants to bring in another $3 million or $4 million before Election Day, Rogers said. He estimated that the Clintons, who teamed in June to help Mauro bring in $250,000 from a pair of Washington fund-raisers, have assist ed with about 40 percent of Mauro’s fund raising to date.