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AGGIE DAY kelly Sunday, October 11 Special concert with: PAT GREEN 2:30 p.m. Only 1 hour & 15 RECKLESS KEUY 4:30 p.m. College Station ... ^ ^ For info call Tickets: $5 with College I.D. 800-324-6204 Page 6 • Wednesday, October 7, 1998 c ampus Lecture to examine Asian economic chanst :Batt Discussion to look at recent shifts in Eastern markets, impact on American i fives tint BY AMY CURTIS The Battalion The “Economic Crisis in Asia” lecture is open tonight to discuss the recent economic shifts in the Asian market. The lecture will be at 7 p.m. in 105 Wehner. Luke Altendorf, director of the MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for Inter national Awareness, said any stu dent with an interest in Asia or eco nomics is welcome to attend. Altendorf said the program will consist of a 30- to 45-rhinute pre sentation and will be followed by a 20-minute question-answer period. He said the program is to help ed ucate students about the econom ic crisis in Asia. “It impacts all of us,” he said. The program was prompted by growing changes in the economics of Asia. Altendorf said the United States was encouraged to invest in Asian markets and now, with their failing economies, people are having to re structure investment policies. Dr. Julian E. Caspar, director of the Center for International Busi ness Studies, will lecture at the pre sentation. Caspar has a doctorate in inter national and monetary economics. He has been teaching internation al finance at A&M for the past sev en years. ' Caspar said he would like to discuss the causes of the falling market. He said the Asian crisis began with the Thailand currency crisis in July ’97 and spread throughout Asia. Caspar said the effects of the cri sis have been felt globally as the failing markets have spilled over into the Russian economy and oth er world markets. Hiro Ikura, the directonj program and a seniorcompi eiH/e major, said theleduresiu . . lorm : idents and disc ss • i ture of the Asianeconomyl [L/ i Caspar will make predicfc may inform and help stfe derstand what happenedani will happen in the Asianitj Ikura said he is hoping a similar program abouife Univei economy in November. The program is sponsored L.T. Jordan Institute and the Cultures Education Committee M ste Industrial Distribution gets software donation BY AMY CURTIS The Battalion Agricultural Career Exp offers career opportunity The Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M has been chosen to install the Advanced Distribution System, a software package donat ed to A&M by Prelude Systems, Inc. There will be a ceremony announcing the part nership between Prelude Systems, Inc., and IBM and the installation of the software at A&M today at 2 p.m outside of Fermier Hall. Barry Lawrence, assistant professor of logistics, said the tracking and inventory software system is used by many distributors across America. He said the software will expose students to things they will encounter on the job. “Students can be trained on real-world sys tems,” Lawrence said. Lawrence said the Industrial Distribution program at A&M is the oldest and largest in the country, and this software will help update the systems with the “most feature-rich distribution software today.” Lawrence said Prelude Systems, Inc., will work in conjunction with IBM. The Advanced Distribu tion System can only be used with a competent serv er. IBM will provide the Netfinity server to A&M to run the software. The founder of Prelude Systems, Inc., Don Webb, was an A&M graduate. Lawrence said Webb want-, ed to donate something to the school. Dan Parris, senior lecturer at A&M, said the do nation of the software will help initiate a closer re lationship between A&M and Prelude Systems, Inc. He said the donation will help Prelude Systems, Inc., develop their product by providing them with work ing input from users at A&M. Parris said that the software is a current, state-of-the-art application system and will be used to teach students real-world applications. He said students in three courses will utilize the system: information and control systems, logis tics and purchasing. Parris said the new system will allow stu dents in those courses not to have to learn a dif ferent system for every course. BY NON! SRIOHARA The Battalion The Agricultural Career Expo (ACE) will be held today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the atrium of the Kleberg Building. Approximately 40 agriculture-related companies will be present for students looking for co-op positions, internships and full-time jobs. Kelly McMillan, president of Ag Council and a junior agricultural busi ness major, said the expo is a great op portunity for students to interact with different companies. “Here students can get to meet vital businesses and gain possible employment contacts,” McMillan said. “Also, by bring ing the companies here to campus, stu dents can meet with the companies in a more relaxed atmosphere. ” McMillan said although it is called the Agricultural Career Expo, there will anuar by the jssaril; here \ it to ce led froi s conn s recei perfor We wi A&M y Grc ewill 1 be companies that relate to somes other majors in the Collegeol tural and Life Sciences such chemistry firms. Members of the Ag Council wi the opportunity to have a freelund Ag Cafe with representatives from companies. Members can go to 111 and sign up for one of three luti slots: 11:30 a.m., noon, and 12:30p Sherry Staggs, administratives tary in the College of Agricutaj Life Sciences, said after alii members of Ag Council havesigne any other interested studentsintfe lege are welcome to sign up for maining spots. “These business lunches gives! somewhat of a perspective of thebi environment that these companies ate in,” McMillan said. McMillan said she expects at le< students to attend today’s expo. m n [oweve Residents look for ways to tame tuh iy athl isiana Oakes i depai one o s sail in A&A ry ove leinelij D’Am &M 1- of the ” Oaki raff sa s grad ir'sOffi thletii he bk 'eally tl 'd on to a shoul< AUSTIN (AP) — Now that residents along the Guadalupe River have survived another summer of tubers and trash, they’re trying to figure out how to tame the next tourist season. New Braunfels area civic leaders like $50 million or more in sales tax revenues that 500,000 tubers and visitors left in their wake, but they dislike the floating beer cans, trash and occasional nudity and other offenses. “I am adamant that we’re going to clean this up,” Comal County Judge Carter Casteel told the Austin American- Statesman. “We’re not going to tolerate that kind of foolishness.” Along with other civic leaders, Cas teel spent several weeks this summer meeting with homeowners concerned about the tubers’ behavior. He said as few as 20 and as many as lOOailf putif v the five meetings. Many ideas designed to endrivei diness emerged. They include ba; aluminum from the waters and a plete prohibition on alcohol. Out!; dogs from riding on tubes andiaf well as increasing all fines and irapi enforcement were also discussed Already implemented isaninctf law enforcement presence ai the particularly on busy holiday week; Hundreds of thousands of vk sought refuge from this record heat. Developing “pocket parks” river is another proposed solution,1| acre-wide sites, tubers can get water, use the restroom, makeap| call and dry off for a few minutes. the m ed out nk ou They: ’t elig SIMII December Graduates Official Texas A&M Graduation Announcements on sale August 31 - October 9, 1998 For Information and to place your order access the Web at: http://graduation.tamu.edu All orders must be placed over the Web All payments must be received by October 9 4r MSC Box Office 845-1234 Mon-Fri 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE WILL YOUR DEGREE TAKE YOU! 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