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TTs; m -^heBat Page 4 • Friday, October 16, 1998 US Gender Issues hosts open house BY BETH MILLER The Battalion The office of Gender Issues Educa tion Services is holding an open house today from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to cele brate the Coming Out Week and to in troduce students to its new resources. Jamie LeNoir, office manager for GIES, said the office has moved to a different location in the YMCA Building and has new services and resources available to students. She said one of the biggest ad ditions is the resource library, which contains information on various social issues. LeNoir said the open house will present the three main service areas of the office. She said the office as sists students in areas including women’s development resources; sexual violence education and sup port; and lesbian, gay and bisexual education and support. LeNoir said the activities of the open house will also include an overview of the different events that occurred during COW. Nancy TUbbs, a graduate assistant in GIES, said the open house will of fer students the opportunity to vol unteer in the office. “I have been impressed with our students who have chosen to volun teer in our office and participate in our events,” TUbbs said. “They get to see the kinds of things we do in deal ing with these issues.” Tubbs said she has seen an in crease in the number of students who go to the office for information or assistance, and she is glad the of fice serves as a resource for students. She said she hopes all students will take advantage of the opportunity to meet the GIES staff and learn about the services the office provides. “Just because it’s for Coming Out Week doesn’t mean it isn’t for every one on campus,” TUbbs said. Research symposium recognizes top female graduate students BY BETH MILLER The Battalion The Women’s Faculty Network and the Women’s Studies Program have combined efforts to honor fe male graduate students at the Grad uate Women’s Research Sympo sium today from 12:45 to 5 p.m. in 111 Koldus. Sherry Yennello, president of the Women’s Faculty Network, said Texas A&M has been recognizing top female graduate students at the symposium for five years, but this is only the third year their work will be on display. The symposium will recognize the five Women’s Faculty Network 1998 Scholarship winners and the 22 finalists, who are chosen from dif ferent academic colleges on campus. The scholarship winners are Debra Harris, from the College of Architec ture; Deborah Kilgore, from Educa tional Human Resource Develop ment; Wilda Laija, from the Educa tional Psychology Department; Sharon Blanton-Knewtson, from Soil and Crop Sciences Department; and Kristen Romey, from the Anthropol ogy Department. Yennello said approximately half of the symposium will be ded icated to displaying the work of the finalists. During this part of the event, admirers will be able to view samples of the students’ work and converse with the stu dents to learn more about the pro jects, she said. The rest of the time will be di vided between keynote speaker Estela Lopez, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and the winners, who will give short presentations about their work. Yennello said the purpose of the symposium is to showcase the women and their work, and it is also to bring them together to get acquainted. Yennello said the symposium will be successful because of the talent of the women being recognized. “The women are truly remark able,” Yennello said. “They are do ing incredible research.” Barbara Finlay, director of the Women’s Studies, said she is expect ing a large turnout for the symposium. She said she considers the occa sion one which anyone with a strong academic background would enjoy attending. “It’s only the past few years that we have increased the number of women in the graduate programs, and they are making incredible con tributions,” Finlay said. Munson Continued from Page 1 “I don’t want the traffic through the neigh borhood, but I don’t want this barricade here,” Allbritton said. “I go two miles out of my way just to get out of the neighborhood.” Janell Crum, a College Station resident who signed the petition, said she thinks the barri cade poses problems in accessing the neigh borhood’s elementary school. “We use College Hills School, and it takes me twice as long to get to school, and we have to go through the park,” Crum said. “I don’t think (the extra traffic near the park) makes the neighborhood any safer.” Mike McMichen, a College Hills resident in support of the petition, said he does not feel the street was intended to be closed off when the neighborhood was created. “This street was originally designed to go through,” McMichen said. “You can’t stop traf fic on this street because that just sends it to someone else’s street.” Nan Crouse, a College Hills resident, said she believes people in favor of the city council decision are simply defending their right to a quiet neighborhood. “We are a unique street (because of the progress surrounding us), but we believe everyone has a right,” Crouse said. “Growth doesn’t necessarily mean destruction. What we want is a place to live, and that’s been violated.” Rodger Lewis, a College Hills resident who favors the city council decision, said he be lieves the citizens should honor the city coun cil’s decision. “That’s what we elect (the city council members) for,” Lewis said. “We elect them to make tough decisions, and that’s what they did.” Sara Lammerts, a College Hills resident in favor of the petition, said she believes the cre ation of a major thoroughfare through the neighborhood is inevitable. “What I call it is growing pains,” Lammerts said. “We all endured the growing pains of Texas (Avenue), University (Drive) and Harvey (Road). Progress is going to happen.” The group circulating the petition will hold a second gathering Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at 1502 Dominik Drive. Rally Continued from Page I Berriozabal said stu dents must continue to demonstrate leadership on the Texas A&M cam pus as the Latino popula tion grows and becomes the largest minority popu lation in the United States. “I take that very seri ously as a leader," Berrioz abal said. “You are leaders for Texas A&M. We who came before you expect a lot of you people because we know that you can Mammography Continued from Page I THpathy said women should be informed and make their own decisions. “We still see women every once in a while who have cancer [that has] grown very large and bro ken through the skin and still have never had a mam mogram,” he said. Brenda Bridges, an ed itor for the Santayana Edition at Texas A&M and a breast cancer survivor, is currently celebrating two years of survival since diagnosis. In 1996, Bridges un derwent two surgeries for breast cancer, followed by seven months of chemotherapy and seven weeks of radiation. “My cancer was stage III (there are four stages, with IV being the most se vere), and I feel very lucky to be symptom free,” she said. Bridges, along with Ryan Soisson, a Hodgkin's dream of tfe have never ik fore. In you:': your soul, y:. ™ things fort.: what have nevergoi Berriozab jNo on as a coin:: iphool. I San Antonio hat hast Harvard Do ifrthoi also served, istuder resentative: Ition’s zationofAir: p is pu Internment: |For ye sion on V,o: foketba Hi on Disease sun ^, I mj* IS idrts lif Jie hi I the tteand |mjets v | tw o k plow, , ■hall*. IMany lasketba m tonq about cai who feel the rience has h; impact ontfci "Everyone through treair ferent exper have found! said. “It tookr to have a pot Bridges sa: apy caused ^sity o her hair, but nfKansa ing discours I It star I thought pot: neat Ad Bridge- James in work thro Ihiie Cc treatment. Jniversit "This hek: [Both b mind off theca 4record said. fatkins t She said ipdgose change she exy ; * both m her attitude lepdanc “I used tok planning forfc she said. “No* the present knows if they here tomonow. to squeeze e out of life." ne accc we\ 2 th Man [tatio] rhap t fee ule to fo Now Hiring Part-Time Positions UCS Inc. seeks candidates for the following open positions at our College Station office: • Technician Assistant • Customer Service/Help Desk • PC Support • Inventory Control We offer $6.00 per hour to start and real world work experience with opportunity for full time after graduation. To apply, call our Personnel headquarters: UCS Inc. 1-800-883-3031 3833 So. Texas Avenue, Suite 201 Metro Centre Bryan, TX http://www.ucs-systems.com UCS hires non-tobacco users only E.O.E. 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WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: October 22, 1998 Undergraduate Student Requirements: 1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.) 2. 60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement described in the following paragraph. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this requirement will be waived after you graduate and your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed either a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 3. You must have a 2J0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. Graduate Student Requirements If you are a December 1998 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements: 1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System; and 2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. However, If you a “letter of completion” from the Office of Graduate Studies, The original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted. Procedure To Order A Rina: 1. If you meet all of the above requirements and wish to receive your ring on December 9, 1998 , you must visit the Ring Office qq later than Thursday. October 22, 1998 between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. to complete the application for eligibility verification. 2. If your application is approved, you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa or MasterCard (with your name imprinted) □£ later than October 23, 1998 between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Add $8.00 for Class of ‘97 or before. The ring delivery date is December 9, 1998. Win Great Prizes!! Friday, October 16 at 7 p.m. in The Press Box of KyleFi^ Enter Kyle Field on the side facing Wellborn Rd Questions? Call Karen Severn at 847-8938 y coa lout afte the pi iking th pg c [tint thei ||Some fality, idy Mci lead* ipline led afte ;s. If nmuncemnts Cushing Mentorud Library October 19* & 20 i: The Cushing Memorial Library will be closed at 12:00 noon Monday, October 19th and all day Tuesday, October 20, 1998 for the building rededication ceremony. We apologize for any inconvenience. *Open until noon on October 19 iddle bloi
