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Page 3 • Monday, December 7, 1998 Battalion ERECTIONS I 'Dec. 4 article 1 'l school endowl R’ Charles A. I identified as pel ms A&M Board 1 dines is p lew A&M Unite well is chair c iso, the Boardd: system-wide e. nagement, brr ie next Board-r] y in the Nov. ould not havi Aggie Demi red a mock ek ed in the tabu! ou pe got mail... \niversity Mail System handles Texas A&M’s mense amount of daily correspondence BY KYLE WHITACRE The Battalion rsity withoutis ays open toper deas. You doni ikon to have at! perienceattbr: has gained ais es to publish a testament tha |teti e Kemp, a senior engineering technology major, sorts outgoing 's Rugby ft flab o ver million letters are handled by the Mail System each year. ti 5-7 p.m. Jif. i site. F or many years, letters have been the most efficient method of comminication. From the Pony Express to the United States Postal Sevice, many organizations have taken the role, of delivering letters. At Texas A&M, this service is performed by the University Mail System. For a university the size of Texas A&M, the University Mail System is a vital part of the Uni versity and its functions. John Stanislaw, manager of the Universi ty Mail System, said there are many interest ing details about the Texas A&M University Mail System. “We get about 5,000 pounds of mail every day and about 16 million letters and packages in a year,” Stanislaw said. “There are 302 dif ferent departments and [mail is] delivered on the six mail trucks twice daily, once at 8 a.m. and another at 1 p.m. The routes are taking longer and longer with the expanding campus. ” University Mail System is considered part of the Physical Plant and is located by the North- side Parking Garage. Stanislaw and three other supervisors, who have, when combined, more than a hundred years of mail experience, oversee the 58 employ ees of the Mail System, which is divided into 26 full-time employees and 32 student workers. “We’re trying to employ more student workers at the moment,” Stanislaw said. “We employ student workers in all different jobs around here. They specialize more than regu lar workers because they are part time and usually only work for a semester or two while they are in school.” The normal work day of a Mail System em- MIKE FUENTES/Thk Battalion Robert Krug, a sophomore business administration major, checks the mailbox outside the Universi ty Mail Service Building, which is located next to the Northgate Parking Garage. ployee is 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and includes working on Saturdays and some holidays. Workers do more than just deliver mail. Jobs at the Mail System include presorting mail for delivery, sorting mail that has been delivered and working with the postal trucks that arrive twice daily. More than 2.5 million dollars is billed by the University Mail System to all the departments that send mail. This is after the various dis counts the departments recieve. “The mail we send doesn’t cost the same as it does for someone who goes down to the post office and sends a letter,” Stanislaw said. “Be cause of the large amount of mail we distribute. we’re able to utilize discounts like bulk rate, li brary and book mail discounts. On the average our mail costs less than that of smaller compa nies and organizations.” As Texas A&M grows and expands, so do the routes and needs of the Mail System. “The computer age is really a challenge for us,” Stanislaw said. “We’ve had to fix the Y2K bug in our systems by upgrading. E-mail and fax are adding to it too, but there hasn’t been any change in mail distribution. “The rate of increase is slowing down though. The congestion and traffic of campus have also been a problem, but we’ve always had to deal with things like that.” Aggie OwnecTand Opperated Since 1984! CUSTOM BUILT SYSTEMS! * ^ Accemies, Soflwie, Repots, Upgrades, and Nelwalng Along will lie best Sales and Sendee Staff in lie Biozos Valley! TWEE EE l\l yQsC TX zr T I—I EE YWW.C ACCESS.CO At f^OO» 704-'l 1 3 <5. re D AGGIE RING ORDERS THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: December 9, 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 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 have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and have been cleared by the thesis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion’’ from the Office of Graduate Studies (providing it is not past their deadline). 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 March 4, 1999 , you must visit the Ring Office nfi later than Wednesday. December S, 1998 between the hours of 8:30 a.m -3:30 p.m. to complete the application for eligibility verification. 2. Return no later than December 11, 1998 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the status of your audit and if qualified, pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa or MasterCard (with your name imprinted). Men’s 10K-$325.00 14K-$428.00 Women’s 10K-$201.00 14K-$224.00 Add $8.00 for Class of ‘97 or before. The ring delivery date is March 4. 1999. ATTENTION: UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS Students who will either complete all of the above requirements after the Fall ‘98 semester final grades are posted, or after commencement, may order their rings beginning approximately January 20, 1999. Please visit the Aggie Ring Office beginning December 14 to complete an audit request and to receive order information. In the event you will not be in the College Station area between January 20 and February 10 to place your order in person, please pick up a mail order form and be sized for your ring between December 14 & 21. 0BX Congratulations Fall 1998 Associate Class Adrian Albertini Laura Aston Jennifer Best Becky Bickham Melissa Blakeney Micaela Brown Risha Bryan Kimberly Capps Gretchen Catron Charissa DuChamp Rebecca Ellis Amy Eubanks Roxanne Garza Meredith Gross Heather Hoffman Tricia Hutchinson Lisa Kominczak Jennifer Lynch Beth Manoushagian Love Through Life in Sarah Martin Georgia McCollum Audrey McKee Jessica Milburn Elaine Morgan Brandi Pence Heather Pence Lisa 'Perlet Lesley Philipp Kara Robertson Cassie Rowland . Charissa Runyon Jana Sanders Lauren St ah a Tiffany Tidmore Kimberly Washer Starla Watters Joe Westmoreland Jara Westmoreland Christ The Perfect Gifts for Your Aggie Graduation on Christmas. Citizen Watches with Official A&M Seal Gold-Tone $' Two-Tone Quartz Movement. 3 yr. Warranty. Water Resistant. *Call for Quantity Prices Available in Mens and Ladies Sizes Sorry no mail orders TAG-Heuer SWISS MADE SINCE I860 John D. Huntley ‘79 is also an official authorized dealer for Tag-Heuer and Breitling. 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