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Page 10 • Tuesday, November 10, 1998 C ampus The Batt ittali L Battali MSC OPAS brings performing arts to A&M BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion T he MSC Opera and Per forming Arts Society began at Texas A&M University originally as part of MSC Town Hall, which brought in a variety of classical music perforn^ances to the campus. Rhandi Selde, director of au dience education and develop ment for OPAS and a senior bio medical engineering major, said OPAS expanded when Rudder Auditorium was built and is cur rently the largest organization that brings performing arts to the Brazos Valley. Selde said OPAS tries to help make up for the lack of a fine arts school at Texas A&M though OPAS programing. “Our mission at OPAS is to en lighten, entertain and inspire peo ple about the fine arts,” she said. Selde said OPAS usually hosts 10 to 13 big performances during the year. Selde said the process of selecting performances starts with the OPAS board. “OPAS is run largely by a joint effort of the students and the community,” Selde said. “The board, which is made up of com munity members and student ex ecutives, spends all year sifting through materials from various agencies to decide what is most appropriate and cost-effective for performances for the upcom ing year.” Selde said there are approxf- mately 160 students who are mem bers of OPAS and are the life-blood of the organization. “Students help out in the most conspicuous ways,” Selde said. “On the night of the performance they literally run everything from ushering the performances to han dling backstage and even helping to control the parking garages.” The MSC OPAS Guild is an or ganization that was founded in 1973 as an auxiliary organization to MSC OPAS. Mary Shutes, president of OPAS Guild and assistant director of admissions and records, said the mission “is to support and en hance the efforts of the students of MSC OPAS.” She said the guild hosts a variety of functions throughout the year, but have two main events. “Our first was a Holiday Kalei doscope and luncheon that we had last week,” Shutes said. “We also have a very big fund-raising gala where we have brought in big headliners such as Little Richard,” & ESPRESSO BAR & CAFE Breakfast 7:30 a m Saturday's a.m. Lunch 11-3 p.m, t&e 'TCctc/iect & LeCreuset $+> All Clad Scan Pan Cookware Noritake Villeroy & Boch Hartstone Fiestaware ^ MammaRo Dinnerware Coffee - Tea - Desserts Anytime Daily Chef Specials Soups - Sandwiches Salads & More for all occasions and price ranges & *7e<& by the pound or cup For the best in freshness, flavor, and selection, visit Wenonah’s and try a sample of coffee or tea. The roasters we use, roast and ship the same or next day. We date all the coffee and never keep it past 30 days. Tea, of course, has a much longer shelf life. 4301 S. Texas Ave. one block north of University Drive at the corner of Rosemary and S. Texas where Bryan & College Station meet. 846-8220 Fax 846-0988 E-mail: wenonahs@txcyber.com Now Hiring All Majors for Team Counselors January 1999 Training INFORMATION SESSION Wednesday, November 11, at 5:30 p.m., 502 Rudder Interviews will be conducted TTzwr.s'c/ay, November 12 Requires the completion of your sophomore year of college. We provide HOUSING, MEALS, PAID TRAINING, UNIFORMS, PLUS AN HOURLY WAGE! For more information, contact Texas A&M University Career Center or: U.S. Space & Rocket Center 256-721-7191 or E-mail: garys@spacecamp.com EOE she said. Shutes said the majority of the money goes toward helping keep the ticket prices low for OPAS Junior. Selde said that some of the oth er services OPAS offers are an an nual youth arts day and Aggie En cores. Selde said the youth day serves to educate the young com munity of the Brazos Valley about the importance of fine arts. She said Aggie Encores is a new service of OPAS that brings music perfor mances of different genres that are not normally seen on campus, such as a Latin-jazz swing band. OPAS is presenting a variety of performance art both on and off campus this week. One of the fea tures of this week is the “Al ways...Patsy Cline” concert. This Friday, the University Symphonic Band, University Concert Band and Dance Arts Society will per form in the MSC Flagroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. OPAS will con clude its presentations for Arts Awareness Week this Sunday night with a concert by Nigel Kennedy at Rudder Auditorium. “We want to give people the op portunity to express themselves and show what they have to offer,” Selde said. “Having this at the MSC will bring together a good cross- section of students and also help bring arts awareness into the eyes of the students.” Fair provides advice|^ for selecting majors ece BY JENNIFER JONES The Battalion The Career Center will host the Academic Major Career Fair today in the MSC Flagroom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help students identify majors that will aid them in their prospec tive careers. Pat Alexander, associate di rector of career education at the Career Center, said the Ca reer Center is working in con junction with several Univer sity departments to inform students about major and ca reer opportunities. “The Career Center, Center for Academic Enhancement, General Academic Programs and Student Counseling Service are co-programming with aca demic departments to serve as a career-information program for students who are freshmen, are changing majors or who are transfer students,” she said. Alexander said the main fo cus of the career fair is academ ic course offerings, but it also in cludes information a£>out what students can do with the acad emics. She said representative: will be available at the fair discuss shadowing, summer job, internship and cooperative education opportunities. Alexander said professon and advisers from the College of Science, College of Libera: Arts, College of Agricultureani Life Sciences and CollegeofEn- gineering will be among those available to discuss question; about career options. "This way students can tali more extensively about career opportunities,” she said. Alexander said students can also speak with adviser; about the job outlook for their ketable job skills At the fair, copies of the has bee everal rr ournalisi he medi table fiel ent even hurdles s, throwi lin at Pre and turn ctacled la azzled tr, ournalisi however merang. dlines ha shown v aes arour ■t history ■notonous Ko redone book Major in Success ^XVlhe Patrick Combs will be given B • , ^ dnnr nri7P<; 'Vf taping. 1 c ay as door pnzes. Inonth, th Alexander said the fairwilll , , allow students to more effec IF 1 , tively decide what major thev want to pursue. 7 tt*t*i c:’ * •, fV*ft little The fair is an opportunity| rherefore for self-exploration [of careers L| jghIpni : and majors] by the students,' L 3 she said fneseprov shesaid - Tr), it is hi; Graduate Education and Careers in International Affairs Wednesday, November 12, 1998 Texas A&M Bush Academic West Building Main Atrium 10:30- 12:00 p.m. Representatives from the following schools will be available to discuss their graduate programs: Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs pt for the is the buz (recycling £ s can be s isposal su htin’ Texas And if not ugh. (So membe e is the an dlibs new Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service {newspaper nieractive pn 'one to the p erms. Which hi change th )eated anywa I Imagine — oi Times th I Johns Hopkins University Paul H. 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