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DELUN A Lunch forum to discuss sororities BY JOE SCHUMACHER The Battalion Simel & Lewis By Mell The Department of Gender Issues Educa tion Services is sponsoring a brown bag lunch forum tomorrow at 11 a.m. in 211A YMCA Building to discuss sorority life at Texas A&M University. TYish Draughn, a graduate assistant in GIES and a graduate student in education ad ministration, said the brown bag forum will deal with positive and negative aspects of be ing in a sorority at Texas A&M. “Sororities are a large group of the student population,” Draught! said. “This is an op portunity for them to discuss who they are in a laid back setting." Meg Manning, adviser of the Paa Council, said portrayals of sort media and stereotypes give a falseii of what sorority members are like. Si said sorority members are leaded academics and organizations, antia tributes their ability to carry out suc^ being in a sorority. Draughn said the directionoftheto cussion is determined bythosewhoi "The brown bag forum round table discussionDraiighnsj a very relaxed atmosphere f sororities to discuss whattheirii this campus." CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, October 29 &U£(VCE ftyGowZo & Co. MSC Cepheid Variable: There will be a book discus sion on Good Omens at 7 p.m. in 145 MSC. Call 845- 1515 for details. have worship service at 7:30 p.m. in 113 Kleberg. Contact Bobby at 846-3223 for more information. Texas A&M Women’s Lacrosse: Practice will be from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry Fields. No experience nec essary. Call Sarah at 694- 9100 for more information. TAMU Women’s Water Polo: We will have practice at the Recreation Center Pool from 8-10 p.m. Contact Athena at 694-8904 for details. project benefiting fti| Church Pantry and!) Donald Housed p.m. to l:30a.m.C Tervoorem at 26&li more information. Friday, Octobq TAMU Road runners: Come join us for a 34 mile run at 6 p.m. in front of G. Rollie White. All skills invited. Call Mike at 847- 5339 for more information. Catholic Students Associa tion: Aggie Bible Study will be at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the blue screens for room number. TAMU Roadrunneis j will be a 34milefi p.m. Meet in fro": I lie White. All ski welcome. Contact' 1 847-6539 fordetai 1 i Ter Romoi Computing Continued from Page 1 “The total cost of the actual building was $4.9 million and the equipment and software cost $1.4 million,” he said. Putnam said all the money that has been invested in the comput ing center has come directly from the students. The money was col lected by adding a $1 per-credit- hour charge to every student’s Computer Access Fee. “The main point that needs to be acknowledged is that this computing center was initiated by students, paid for by students, and is operated by students, so a big part of the dedication is rec ognizing students’ efforts,” Put nam said. RHA Continued from Page 1 A discussion preceded the RHA meeting to gather input from residence advisors about the possibility of designating alcohol-free hous ing. The group said the option for one floor in each type of hall would be sufficient to start the effort rather than move to a completely dry campus. The University of Michigan started a simi lar program in 1989 with 500 students and the program has grown to around 2,400 sub stance-free students living on campus. Ron Sasse, director of Residence Life, said the option will be extended to incoming fresh men in the fall but a definite solution has not been outlined. “We have to study what will work at A&M,” Sasse said. “Schools around the country are doing it. We can learn from them.” Into Action (Alcoholics Anonymous): There will be a meeting at 8 p.m. at the Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, lo cated at 906 George Bush Drive in the meeting hall be hind the chapel. Texas A&M Men's Rugby Team: Practice will be from 6-8 p.m. in the field behind the Zachry parking lot. Call Lucas at 969-0789 for more information. Community NiMa with games and inte healthy eatingfocus^ and vegetable will be held fromlOu p.m. Call Katherine-I 2658 for details. Aggie Speleological Soci ety (A.S.S.): A meeting will be at 8:30 p.m. in 146 Koldus. Call Travis at 694- 4088 for details. Graduate Christian Fellowship of InterVarsity Christian Fel lowship: There will be a meet ing at 7:30 p.m. which will in clude worship, prayer, and Bible study on Romans, fol lowed by social time. Contact Jennifer or Mark at 764-1552 for more details. Visit Website at http://stat.tamu.edu/~in- low/ivcf.html for directions. Pagan Student Association: We will have meditation at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder. Contact Carrisa Brown at 696-0776 for more information. Navigators: There will be Chris tian fellowship, exhortation and teaching at 8:30 p.m. in 111 Koldus or check blue screens. Campus Crusade for Christ: There will be a meeting at 7 p.m. in 274 Read. Association of Baptist Stu dents: Reload! We will Kappa Sigma Fraternity: The Kappa Sigma House, located on a feeder road off Universi ty Drive at the Airport exit, will sponsor Wicked Woods, a haunted woods philanthropy h h i ?en i ly tin r l ' 11 Ka ppa Sigma Fratent ^ § 11 * 1 Kappa Sigma House,* trees on a feeder road off Ij’ v wil ty Drive at the Airporte l° we sponsor Wicked M hat i haunted woods pliK a PP' : project benefitingtlieS err01 Church Pantry and : : ked ' McDonald House, If men from 8 p.m. to 2a.m.C ls °n son Tervoorem at 2fc ) ds, ^ for more information. S0 Phot J’s W A&M Bahai Club: HWe 1 sion about the Bahaifepd am be held at 7 p.m. be included. Call Bret; 847-0674 for details. lies a: MSC Nova: There wilt* gaming from 6 p.m in the MSC. ContactCT ley at 845-1515 forde’i FLUTE CHOIR CLUB Interested in playing flute in recognized TAMU student organization? 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