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Center Donate your extra school supplies to Phoebe’s Home- a shelter for abused women & children 845-1741 or drop off @112 Koldus '.Xea> members always wefo omei Golden Triangle Residents Fulfill your Speech and Writing Skills requirements in only 13 days! Attend the Lamar University-Orange Winter Mini-Session December 16-January 12; X-mas week off ENGL 1301 & 1302 (A&M’s ENGL 104 & 203) SPCH 1315 (SCOM203) Also Nutrition, Child Psych, Soc. Gerontology For information call Karen Priest at l-800-884'7750 x3358 Some faculty members juggle teaching with other jok H it ain’t t [hat is cle BY STEPHEN WELLS The Battalion If You Have Something To Sell Remember: The Battalion Classified Can Do It Call 845-0569 P rofessors at Texas A&M of ten hold jobs different from the fields in which they teach. This outside work gives the professors the real-world credibility they need to keep stu dents interested, and students benefit from professors’ first hand experience. The outside work most stu dents are familiar with is con sulting. For those who are not fa miliar with the comic strip Dilbert, consultants are experts called for a limited time to pro vide expert advice. Dr. Roy Hann, an environmen tal engineering professor, said con sulting can lead a professor to many interesting situations. “There are many professors who do consulting and other works on campus,” Hann said. “The work comes along from time to time. My forte is that I am one of the few en gineering professors who deals with oil spill control. “I’ve actually worked for the Navy by training the Navy oil spill response team for the Puget Sound area in their procedures. This is the largest oil spill area in the country for the Navy.” Field work is only one aspect of consulting work. Temporary con sulting ranges from working in the field to providing expert testimony in court cases. Professors can find themselves evaluating a procedure after the fact or looking over the shoulders of those they hired to insure noth ing goes wrong. To make sure consulting does not interfere with teaching, Texas A&M has a set of rules for profes sors who take on second jobs. Reasons To Sell Your Books at Rotter’s Bookstores^ Fast & Friendly Service Leaves More Time For Important Stuff Like^apfegi6§^Studying. Better Lookin' Aggie ShirtslShow Your Aggie Spirit. Wear an Aggie Shirt Today!!! Aggie Owned & Operated. Your Business Does Not Support Some N.Y. Office. Wide Open Spaces. Big & Bright Stores Don’t Crowd You. Yes. Size Matters. Flexible Payment Plans: Visa, Mastercard. American Express. Discover. Aggie Bucks, Checks and Cash. Four Convenient Locations: 340 G. Bush Dr.. 907C Marvey Rd.. 2008 E. 29th St. & Our Newest Store at 303 College Ave. (Next To Clubs. Pizza. Friends. Etc.) Cash Back on A&M & Blinn Books at All Locations For “rr Those Who Are Twice as Smart & Co-Enrolled &Cash Back on Grad Books at College Ave. Location Free Scantrons and Free Copies ALL Semester When You Buy Books From Pother's Bookstores. Buy Your Ag Kickoff Tickets Here! Party Sept. II With Vanilla Ice. Pat Green, and Jerry Jeff Walker... WHOOP!!! MORE USED BOOKS r Visit Our Newest Store Next to Harry's! ROTHER'S BOOKSTORES There’s always a Rother's convenient to you! “We’re only allowed a certain amount of time off,” Hann said. “We must be cleared through the University to take a consulting job. Usually, this means we cannot take a large consulting job if classes are in session.” Second jobs for professors are not limited to consulting out to a corporation. Sandra Medina, a jour nalism lecturer, is also the interim assistant for the Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. J. Malon Southerland, and the Communica tions Coordinator for the Multicul tural Services Department. “My situation is a different kind the gap between the real world and the classroom. “1 have a great deal of experi ence working with the media through my job with University Re lations, as well as my work in the multicultural services office with 10 major conferences being hosted on this campus this year,” Medina said. “These are things 1 can bring into the classroom.” Hann said consulting work offers other advantages in the classroom. “With consulting, I’m able to go out and get video and pictures of the actual process as it occurs," Hann said. “I can see the technol- that because student jpokwhenl’n lions ilmi i meet beiW(®7k>. A sli <. o 'clock and five o'clock,’Bi follower said. "And for the class British auteui will spend three howsaBlorman Lr> the class as well astakiiMviewers. six hours each week my material." Just like their sunk fessors who take on i workload must also man time better. “That’s just a part of professional,” Hann sa must learn to manage he few 1 i ho the N^ je,” Hann Ithe outsic >uy ne\ l-OS ANG l ROBERT HYNECEK/Thk Battalion of situation from most teachers,” Medina said. “My staff job with the office of multicultural services is my main job, with teaching and my job for Dr. Southerland on top of that.” Medina teaches Journalism 407, Women and Minorities in the Mass Media, and said her past ex perience has helped her bridge ogy and techniques we develop be ing used in real life and show those to my students.” Medina said combining the workload of teaching a class with another job can take up a great deal of time. “My job outside of teaching is supposed to be a 40-hour work week, but it becomes more than :Kn some 11 'fl other jo to best von can. which can twin partie i when you are, for exam: are in the N. as an expert in litigation, ing to deal with thetightd But it’s the same thing) fessors who have grams search. 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