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Acct Acct Tiger Man Gene 301 Week 229 230 ufacturing Johnston Acct 229 Billy's Video Mgmt 363 Sun Sept 27 Tue Sept 29 8pm 8pm n j Check out our web Acct 315 Part I Mon Sept 28 5pm-8pm Part 11 Tue Sept 29 5pm-8pm page at I 4.0andGo.com Acct 327 Test Review Mon Sept 28 8pn»-l Ipm Ask Us about Season Pass Bana 303 Buffa Test Review Sun Sept 27 2pm-5pm Discc >unts Bana 305 Bretthauer Part I Sun Sept 27 5pm-7pm Part II Mon Sept 28 5pm-7pm Part HI Tuc Sept 29 Spm-7pm Gene 301 Price Ellison Part I Sun Sept 27 7pm-10ptn Part II Wed Sept 30 7pm-l(Jpm Math 142 Part I Sun Sept 27 7pm-9pm Part 11 Mon Sept 28 7pm-9pm Part III Tue Sept 29 7pm~9pm Part IV Wed Sept 30 7pm-9pm Math 151 Part I Sun Sept 27 9pm-1Ipm Part II Mon Sept 28 9pm-11 pm Part 111 Tue Sept 29 9pm-11 pm Part IV Wed Sept 30 9pm-11 pm Math 152 Part I Sun Sept 27 1 Ipm-lam Part II Mon Sept 28 1 Ipm-lam Part III Tue Sept 29 1 Ipm-lam Part IV Wed Sept 30 11 pm-lam 4.0 & Go Tickets is located om the con Go on sale Sunday at ner of SW Pkwy and T> 1:00 p.m. Ave, behind KFC n< txt to Lack's ;( Page 4 • Monday, September 28, 1998 ^Vggielife PEOPLE IN THE NEWS l Ba Designer’s brother fights brain cancer NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Tommy Hilfiger is preoccupied with something more important than fashion these days. His brother, Bil ly, is trying to beat brain cancer. “My last MRI looked great, and I feel good,” Billy Hilfiger said in Sun day’s editions of the New York Dai ly News. “I have great friends, a great family, and they tell me I have a positive attitude.” Hilfiger had brain surgery in De cember, shortly after his cancer was diagnosed. He underwent chemotherapy every four weeks for three months and radiation every day during May and June. The tight Hilfiger clan “really pulled together in a powerful way,” Tommy Hilfiger said. “We were pray ing, hoping and thinking positively, that is probably as important as anything else.” Billy Hilfiger, 42, plays in two rock bands and runs a small urban land scaping company. “When I go to jobs, I meet jani tors and other building employees wearing Tommy jerseys, and they say to me: 'You’re Tommy’s broth er? Why are you doing this?' They can’t believe I like working." Chan: Hollywood stereotypes Chinese TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — If you're Chi nese in Hollywood, Jackie Chan says, the roles start looking real familiar. “There are few roles for Chinese unless they spe cially write a script for us. Then its cop, cop, cop, killer, killer killer," the Hong Kong ac tion star said Sat urday in Taipei, where he’s pro moting his latest film Chan’s first Hollywro tion in over a decade,ft grossed $33 million in i week in the United State: He plays a polices movie, and Hollywoodde year by Chow Yun-fat a^ have cast them as hitm veterans of Hong Kor >ho CHAN Chancellor President movie industry that putse mn on action and violence. Chan, who was maoi orary officer by Taiwa force, also said he wot $29,000 worth of movie® to a fund for families® killed in duty. Good Bns Bobu Continued from Page 3 The pond offers current Chancellor Barry Thompson and his wife one of the best views in the area from a rear patio used for entertaining and relaxing. Entertainment is one of the chief purposes of the house. While it is the residence of the chan cellor’s family, much of the floor space of the building itself is used as a place of reception for visiting guests of the University and of the chan cellor himself. With a somewhat secluded location and the separate kitchen located at the rear, the house is able to accommodate large groups without the inconvenience of being interrupted by the bus tle of food services or by the potential noise of the rest of campus. The current home, known at the time of its construction as “the $1 million house,” is a vast change from the original chancellor’s house, used from 1939 through the early 1980s by var ious members of the University staff. That home was built for $14,602.90 in 1939 dollars. The previous home, a brick-veneered Colonial Cape Cod, was designed by Frederick Giesecke, Class of 1886. Giesecke is also known for design ing such landmarks as the Academic Building, Sbisa, Milner Hall, Bolton Hall, the Systems Build ing, the Cushing Library, the Chemistry Building and the old Veterinary Sciences Building. The original home was built to meet the needs of Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, the wife of the Dean of Engineering at the time of construction. She stated that she needed a home of 3,300 square feet. Throughout the years that it served as an of ficial University residence, the old chancellor’s residence was home to various deans, chan cellors and presidents of the University. The last residents of the home were the Kolduses, who began living there in 1976, according to University records. Considering the previous and current lifespans of administrators’ homes on campus, it would seem that the ‘new’ chancellor’s house will be a landmark and example of A&M’s variety of archi tectural designs for many years to come. Continued from Page 3 The builder, R.B. Butler, constructed the building at cost and sacrificed profit to help Texas A&M out of a financial jam. Even the bricks were believed to have been recycled from a demolished science hall. “Earl Rudder used to say this house is the best bargain Texas ever built,” Bowen said. “The architect was an Aggie, the concrete was furnished by an Aggie, the concrete and plumb ing were donated by Aggies and the doors and windows were donated by Aggies. Back in 1965, it only cost about $60,000. Who knows what it’s worth now?” In 1981, the house’s value was assessed at over $260,000. The house is a contemporary Georgian colo nial design, with some “modern” elements from the 1960s added. The entry way is domi nated by an impressive white-marble floor and an unobstructed view of the window wall at the back of the house. To the left of the entryway is the formal liv ing room, which, at 600 square feet, is the largest single room in the house. One of the house’s three fireplaces rests along the south wall, with a piano rescued from the 1963 fire taking up one corner of the room. To the right of the entry way is a formal din ing room. This room is often used for private parties. In the center is a 10-place mahogany table, above which hangs a Waterford crystal chandelier. Sterling silver place settings donated by Bud dy Benz are on display against the wall and are used for formal events. The wallpaper is a flo ral design from 1965 and has never been re placed. Just ahead of the entry is the sunroom. The west wall of this room is a bank of windows to let in the afternoon sun. Against one wall lies a bookcase stocked with releases from the Texas A&M Press. Against another are two display cases full of handpainted Wedgewood plates, each bearing the image of a historic building on campus. The south end of the first floor leads into a guest bedroom and a 300-square-foot study. To Hanging above the stairway inthepre; home is a large crystal chandelier. ?oin ?rfoi IcCo land ■offer Ves tl “I trie the north is the massive kitchen,aMo®. “I t of the food prepared for public ®nthi brought in from the Memorial StudffllBlcCo Keeping the house spotless re<p®ng a time effort from Onie Holmes, a boa® aft* paid by the University. . ,k 1 Area 3 maintenance takes care oi®‘ ver lems, and landscaping and lawn carf® 15 ^ formed by the same individuals win rest of the campus trim and neat Behind the house, a large tained partly by Jim Johnson from culture department, blooms year row* The back yard is commonly used gatherings, and tents are put up toil the elements. Despite its appearance, this housi thing but a “normal” home. Many items in the house have stories! them, and the very materials from made are a symbol of Aggies’ genei GET MUGGED! CLASS OF 1999! NOW ISTHETIMETO GETYOUR SENIOR PICTURE FORTHE 1999 AGGIELAND YEARBOOK. 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For more information call 862-2746 Preventing Worldwiil Depression Will U.S. Contributions Salvage the Declining World Economy? featuring Dr. Leonardo Auernheimer Department of iconomics Dr. Julian Caspar Director, Center for International Business Studies Tuesday. Sept. 29 MSC 206 7:00PM MSC Great Issues Online h ttp://wwwm sc.ta m u .edu/MSC/Greatlssues/ <k Persons with disabilities call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities.