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Aggielife
A Time for Sacrifice
Jewish observe Yom Kippur
BY TRAVIS IRBY
The Battalion
F ew people want to miss a
meal and even fewer want go
without food for an entire
day. Jewish students make these
sacrifices when they celebrate Yom
Kippur.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day
of the Jewish year, when everyone
is an equal and shares in
the same experience
Yom Kippur is the
end of the 10-day pe
riod known as
Teshuvah — the
high holidays —
which starts with
Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New
Year.
Like Rosh
Hashanah, Yom Kip
pur has to do with for
giveness and atonement.
While the holidays are
closely related, Yom Kippur has its
own unique practices
A fast, involving no food, water,
sex, work or bathing from Thesday
evening to Wednesday evening, is
one practice of Yom Kippur.
The holiday starts with Kol
Midri, a piece of religious music. At
sundown Wednesday, the shofar, a
ram’s horn, is blown to signal the
end of the fast.
Rabbi Peter Tarlow of Texas
A&M Hillel said the fast has a hum
bling effect on its participants.
“When people get very tired
without food or water for a day, it
shows we’re pretty weak little ani
mals,” Tarlow said
While the fast exhibits follow
ers’ will to make sacrifices, anoth
er principle is at work — equality.
“Everyone is equal,” Tarlow said.
“It doesn’t matter whether you are
rich or poor, everyone suffers.”
Marc Wolf, a junior accounting
and finance major, said equality is
an important aspect of fasting.
“The sacrifice of the fast puts
everyone on the same plane,”
Wolf said.
Another purpose of Yom Kippur
is to prepare followers for the Jew
ish New Year. During the
holiday, the faithful re
flect on the past year.
Wolf said this
time of introspec
tion provides a
great service.
“Yom Kippur
reminds you of
all sins,” Wolf
said. “Once you
realize and atone
for those sins, it
wipes the slate clean
for the new year. ”
Observing the holiday can
be difficult. Not only does the fast
take its toll, missing school and
work can also cause students to
fall behind.
Mark Norton, a senior construc
tion science major, said it is hard to
keep the holiday in focus.
“It is difficult, because every
thing is going on,” Norton said.
“You’re supposed to be concen
trating on the day, but there are
also tests and quizzes going on.
You have to keep up and not fall
behind.”
Tarlow said the holiday gives
people a different perspective.
“It says progress doesn’t al
ways mean better, and that in the
grand scheme of things humans
are pretty insignificant,” Tarlow
said.
WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
1998 - 99
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Who’s Who applications are now available for both undergraduate and
graduate students in the following locations:
Commandant’s Office (Military Sciences Building)
Student Programs Office (2nd floor MSC)
Student Activities Office (125 John J. Koldus Building)
Sterling C. Evans Library
Office of Graduate Studies (125 Teague)
Office of the Dean of each College
Office of Graduate Studies (128 Teague)
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (IOth floor Rudder)
Completed applications must be received by the Student Activities Office no later than 5:00 pm on
Friday, October, 2 1998. They may be hand-carried to the Student Activities Office, sent through
Campus Mail, or sent through U.S. Mail. (See application for addresses.) Questions may be addressed
to Sandy Briers in Student Activities at 845-1133.
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Disney Worldwide Service, Inc.
will be hosting an informational meeting for
all Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students
interested in a technology internship with
the Walt Disney World Information Systems
Department in Orlando, Florida.
The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in MSC
Room 212. ..
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Academic
Jake Schrickung/Tiii Battalion
The rotunda of the Academic Building has been cordoned off since a
piece of the domes’ stained glass fell down earlier this semester.
Continued from Page 3
He sculpted other figures in
United States history including the
Alamo Heroes Cenotaph located in
San Antonio.
The Academic Building has a
rich history and holds a few sur
prises as well.
In 1970, a flag honoring the Ag
gies who served in World War 1 was
found stuffed in a trash can during
summer cleaning. It was later dis
covered that the flag had hung from
the building for more than 20 years.
The flag was created by an offi
cial act of Congress in 1918, and
hung from the Academic Building
until 1943 when it fell to the floor
and was damaged. Repairs on the
flag were delayed and it was soon
stored and forgotten.
The story of the flag may seem
unbelievable at first, but when one
takes into account all the hidden
nooks and secret places that exist
in the building, it is not a surprise
after all.
The Silver Taps buglers hide in
the dome of the building during the
ceremony. The single dome of the
Academic Building is actually one
dome inside another. Between the
outside and inside domes is a space
accessible from a fifth floor window.
Both the window and the fifth
floor itself are kept under lock and
key. The floor was deemed unsafe
because of poor lighting conditions
and a lack of handrails on the stair
way. The floor is unlocked only for
Silver Taps and for maintenance.
Reed Arena
Continued from Page 3
Also, a larger basketball arena
was needed with the demise of
the Southwest Conference and the
rise of the Big 12 Conference.
Construction started August 1995
on West Campus next to the
Student Recreation Center.
The general contract and con
struction cost was about $32.2 mil
lion. Huber-Hunt & Nichols Inc. of
Dallas was contracted for the con
struction. The architectural design
of the new facility was contracted
to Lockwood, Andrews and New-
nam Inc. of Houston.
But in Spring ‘97, while Reed
Arena was still under construc
tion, a large crane fell and de
stroyed sections of the arena.
This delayed the opening of the
arena by several months. Last
December graduation ceremonies
were to take place in the arena,
but the delays prevented the cer
emonies from being held in the
arena.
The first event held in Reed
Arena was Aggie Muster. Several
concerts have taken place at Reed
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which to play Taps.
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history major, said she;
forward to graduation.
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the repairs should be
next week.
Sept. 29 & 30
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