Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1998)
Page 6 • Monday, September 28, 1998 ews I Mingle at the TAP for Happy Hour, on us, starting at 8 p.m. on September 30. Evening of Entertainment Hosted by Rentsys Explore the Possibilities. Discover the Challenges. Come see us for an invitation for admittance at Wehner Tuesday, September 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come see what careers we have to offer you. New Orleans residents uneasy about Georges NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Big Easy was decidedly uneasy Sunday as New Orleans prepared for its worst nightmare hurricane — a massive storm that could sit over head for days, driving Lake Pontchartrain over its levees and submerging the city. “We’re just waiting for the trigger to be pulled,” said Lt. Col. Ronnie Jones of the Louisiana State Police, but thousands didn’t wait for Hurri cane Georges to arrive. They fled, turning Interstates 10 and 55 into bumper-to-bumper processions. More than 1.5 million people were ordered or urged to leave New Orleans and coastal areas. The storm, with sustained wind of 110 mph, was expected to smash the Gulf Coast Sunday night or ear ly Monday. Intermittent downpours started Saturday night, and the storm surge started flooding low-ly ing coastal roads on the Florida Panhandle Sunday afternoon. “I would be scared if 1 were in New Orleans right now,” said Joerg Lehmann, 23, a German air force student at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. He was among the last peo ple leaving Florida’s Perdido Key. More than 300 deaths had been blamed on the hurricane in the Caribbean. Forecasters said up to 25 inches of rain could fall on New Orleans, coupled with a storm surge that could drive millions of gallons of water up the Mississippi River to ward the city. In a city that averages 6 feet be low sea level and bordered by swamps, tidal lakes and the Mis sissippi — the results could be cat astrophic. Georges was the most serious storm to threaten New Orleans since 1969, when Camille slammed into the coast of Mississippi and Louisiana, causing flooding as far north as Virginia and West Virginia and killing 259 people. INFORMATION DAY BS/MS/Ph.D GRADUATES Bring copies of your resume. DATE: Thursday, October 1, 1998 TIME: 10am-4pm LOCATION: 301 Rudder Room DRESS: Casual DISCIPLINES: Computer Engineer Computer Science Engineering MIS Technical/General Sales We give recent graduates the tools, the support and the resources they need to explore ideas. We’re pushing this company to the Nth degree. And you can take us there. VISIT www.cybrblu.ibm.com IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Regents Broadcast Continued from Page 1 Library size is a criteria for de termining ranking of universities across the nation. Currently Texas A&M is 41st in library ranking in the nation. Uni versity of Texas is 9th. Through the Sterling C. Evans library extension and renovation, the University is aiming to raise the ranking of the library and in turn raise A&M’s nationwide ranking to achieve the 20/20 goal. In other business, the Board chose Ferro-Saylors Inc. of Houston to construct the Com munity Center at University Apartments which will be com pleted by Spring 2001 at an esti mated $2.5 million. Continued from Pagel She said these t prompted A&M to redoutt- forts to educate on sexui ment. She said the tete is part of the effort, as is ference in October whati Coskey will speak Kristin Harper, associate of the Department ofStu| said the teleconference is She said she would liketc pie who are in supen'isory as well as students attheco 1 larper said it does not thing to get into thetelecois [;/ t 1 Stout said A&M has a harassment policy that si; definition of harassttie; where a person can gold or to file a complaint. Scholarship half of receiving the PES,aa it meant to them. Continuedfrotti Page 1 “This program is what my father is most proud of. This program is what separates Texas A&M from other universities," Wisenbacker said. He added that programs sim ilar to this one have been imple mented at other universities, but have not been as successful. He at tributes the success to the “Aggies helping Aggies” ideal. Wisenbacker Jr’s student was also on hand. Ganesh Shammu- gan, a sophomore Biochemistry major, said that he feels a debt to ward Wisenbacker, and will repay it by participating in the scholar ship as a donor when he is finan cially able to. “I’ve seen the benefits of this program first hand as a student. I feel I owe a debt. 1 plan on repay ing it by becoming a donor,” Shammugan said. Another sponsor, William G. “Breezy” Breazeale, ‘35, is the agent of class of 1935. The class as a whole sponsors a student. “We went to school and gradu ated during the depression, so we know better than anybody what it is like to not have money,” Breazeale said, he went on to say that he put himself through college by working at Sbisa and being a walk-on to the A&M track team. The celebration also consisted of several speakers, speaking on be- Tony Pelletier, 75 spofe how the scholarshipenabki attend college and fulfillk' and goals. Pelletier said ini that it was not financiallv; for him to attend a school Texas A&M University ur: ceived the PES. He closedb the scholarship recipients; en their bond with theirdos. encouraged studentstogivsl the program more than!: nio ou Pelletier also said the ship allowed him tobecoi rounded student.“1 hada tere financial backing. I arship gave me a chancel dream. It allowed me toil school and related activfel would not have had theirl I had to work through s:J_ also opened up doors an(i| many friendships,” PellefeR Kathleen Cassin, asoJ molci Hi,i! ind cell Bio concluded the guest speak spoke about her bond sponsor, Frank Muller, that Muller told that equals power, and powei options. She ended by Muller for taking part in Cassin also said tl scholarship played a her decision to come to A&M. She said that love with the campusvt came here, and the sell made the financial deck ki Put t Train! Scho iearne 0:1 Deliver* \) With an order of $10 or more. Offer expires December 1, 1998. We'll soon be acceptiRH Aggie Bulks! 1404 Texas Ave. 1 764-2929 764-2712 FAX www.jasonsdeli.com