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^e&frzccntutt 764-7689 Vietnamese Specialties at affordable prices - all entrees under s 6. 00 In Lack's Furniture Shopping Center off Southwest Parkway & Texas Ave. Delivery Available for TAMU ($10 minimum) Phone Orders Welcome Flannigan’s 2010 S. College Across from The Ptarmigan $ 3.50 Black & Tans 4-11 p.m. MONDAY Golden Tee Golf Local & National Tournament $1.25 Longnecks $1 Well Drinks Irish Bourbon $2 Shots The Texas A&M Career Center and The Business Student Council present... Career Fail Networking A seminar on how to make the most out of the Spring Business Career Fair Feb. 15-18 Learn insider tips on how to effectively network with recruiters and make great impressions at career fairs and at employer receptions. Tuesday, February 9, 7:00 p.m. 159 Wehner Join representatives from Dell. Ernst & Young, and Target who will present the seminar. Great door prizes will be given away! Texas A&M Career Center 209 Koldus 845-5139 http.V/aggienet.tamu.edu/cctr P0CK6F OP/ £**!» Before Valentine’s Day this year, learn more about the history of the kiss and impress your date with your knowledge rather than just your ability to lock lips. Dr. Vaughn Bryant, a Texas A&M anthropology professor, will lead an engaging discussion about the origin and history of the kiss on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC. Free kisses will be given to everyone who attends. THE 0FK5IN OF THE KISS Presented By Please call 845-1515 for special needs Do you wanna have fun? - THE MUSIQM > TA I U r ud °"* tickets rpi tarta t$13 50i x here once was a boy named Josh, A normal twelve-year-old no less. But when he wished to grow up big, His life became a mess. - . In the movie, he danced on pianos, On Broadway, he did the same. Expect big laughs, big songs and big fun, From the show with the BIG name! big - THE MUSICAL February 10 & 11 at 8 PM Rudder Auditorium ' MSC OPAS For tickets, call 845-1234. Visit our website at opas.tamu.edu enlighten • entertain • inspire fe mm Page 4 • Tuesday, February 9, 1999 A GGIELIFE Is it a frisbee? yhe last tould on tl Uyht n most learning he k. Z' > M a uBlondie, is The 17 yea Xan Jacobs, a freshman animal science major, shoots a disc into the basket at Research Park •Disc Golf provides thrifty pastime gains popularity among students. li ■n the ’90s, many ordinary sports have been altered in order to gain .the interest of the young sports- loving population. One of the rising leisure activities in America is disc golf. With the traditional golf-playing concepts in mind, disc golf is a fast- paced sport. Such popularity has spawned the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), which trains officials, sanctions competitions and regulates game play. The objective of the game is to complete a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc. The player be gins each hole at a tee box and must try to reach a basket which serves as the hole in disc golf. Obstacles, such as trees and water, commonly found on the disc golf course, make accuracy and precision important skills for a successful run. Jared McCullogh, a sophomore general studies major, said there are more than trees to overcome on the course. “Some courses require the play er to advance across a street,” he said. “The concrete of the road and sidewalks then become penalty ar eas, not to mention the cars. ” The game is a constant chal lenge, has a very social nature and requires good physical and mental conditioning. It is also very inex pensive and is a recreational sport for everybody, regardless of age, gender or ability. McCullogh said he enjoys the game as a stress reliever. “It is fun to go play with your friends and forget about classes, tests and homework,” McCullogh said. “It is always a stress relief when you get to talk and chat with your friends.” Disc golf courses can range any where from nine to 27 holes, but 18 is the average course length. Courses are usually located in wooded areas. Water traps and nat urally rough terrain add to the diffi culty of the game, but courses are available for play all year long. Wes Wyatt, a senior speech com munications major, said there are not many places available to play the game. “Research Park is the only place in town to find a disc golf course. The course is an 18-hole course with good obstacles and game play,” Wyatt said. “There are a cou ple of tees in which you must throw out over water, but all in all, the trees pose the biggest hurdle.” Wyatt said he sees many differ ent people at the park in College Sta tion, and the diversity of individu als showing up to play increases daily. “Most people probably think only students go out there to play,” he said. “I see husbands, wives, boyfriends who bring their girl friends and Dads with groups of kids.” One downside to the traditional game of golf can be the cost in volved. Disc golf exchanges the ilmprovemt ’s Thealbi hits colled members c er discs. A player willr-fter l low i “green fee” when loofc$not her, 1 to play. down and The center of attent In true] valuable object is thed: incorporati cific guidelines mustM'Screamiii! purchasing or using a punk song game. get up and Some detailed spe* “Forgivi were described on the tribal drun site. To be legal in PDcrhythms ji tion, a disc must have airwaves, configuration with an board ladd flight plate, be made of JH No Ex material without anvcalsof“H components, not be Ttix. as raj centimeters orgreaterth Blondit timeters in outside di. ; . ret 4 rn tot l and not exceed 8.3grjr 5tren g t '' 1 <1 timeter in outside discd act P Me! Most manufactured! made to meet the game players should If; lem trying to find a 1 McCullogh said theifcf only true cost in play “Local retailers cam’ll you would need to I he said. “There are ac i discs. The cost rangesir ' $20 a disc.” Like a club in the cor game, there are: disc golf. “There is the ‘putter f heavy and has a flat lip,"'! “This is easier to control also ‘drivers’ used for tances. These discs arer are made of more rigid: Fortunately, the equip; the game does not tec:' bling caddy or an exp® Players usually carry t supplies. 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