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e Baltalion Aggielife Page 3 • Tuesday, February 23, 1999 RKER firmed from hi rker said thesi amaged tort:: rah Goldslon, r for College I homorepoliiii lalism majoE:E^' 4 namic speak;^ down-io-eai tudents’level, e most' ed from Parke; ve a better w .s college stotii i not realizek - j t we stand fori#' 'ingfacui . Engineering, jlturein302l hare the ■Ikg ; | rademic :ions. Call Mar: ; tails s A&M Men’s actice froml-Sa. -Idbythepolr'- ■y parking lot i, : ■me. No expe^ ucasat ition. Classics edy Mighty n at 7 p.m. ink ant Engineers; e a free I nd music prowl .m. to 2 pm Lawci. : REACH & I will beaneatigl panel and vide: 50 p.m. at for Humaniti eral meetings# p.m. ; Aggie Oemocrr ig a gene<Q)m n Rudder 50 r T S he stands tall and graceful in an elegant shim mering black and silver gown, holding a bou quet of 40 pink roses. The world is watching while Barbie turns 40 — without a wrinkle. From her creation in 1959 by Mattel founders El liot and Ruth Handler to becoming the most popular * doll in the world with over a billion sold by 1999, Bar bie has conquered the toy business. — Barbie now has two floors in the FAO Schwarz toy and was eveb pictttred-im-Vogue magazine in 1997. : People young and old came to see the renowned doll turn 40 at the Barbie Doll Gala in El ), Pa Segundo, Calif. The gala also honored wome lender Issues Education Services, said Mattel has ic Mattel sal qan be an Ip fact, past. She dier and teach just like Barbie, thing.” Jarbie has taken on man is been a teacher, doctoi ?sidential candidate. S work cut out for it to truly reflect women today. “I think, in the past few years. Barbie has made a tqrn towards a broader scope of women.’f Draughn said “But [Mattel] has a long way to go to really rep resent what women are in society.” Barbie’s slender figure has also raised some con cerns. j—4 ’ •/ “I do not think I hav e been influence ^ directly,” Draughn said. “But my niece has Barbies, nd 1 am concerned about her self-image. , , -n, the • ■ - 11-°]— did not tmd B jor, said Barbie is nothing more than a t “Most children play with dolls to be s Tomlinson said. ‘TPs just .something that k do. an, she would have a Dtirty-nine ty-one-inch waist and thirty-three-inch According to theyfeistory though 90 percent of all Ame w bv Barbie :: a B lF ie ^ time or another, who failed to jump on the bandwagon. Kara Dotson, a fresh|m|n ie to have a big effect on her li: T was never really interested in playing with B. rt the latest technology, having careers m the astronaut, sol- ie continues to lad a computer Josh Barnett, a sophomore computer science ma jor, said people need to step out of the fantasy of Bar- bie.-.- g-.A | ^ “Eveiyone must understand that you cannot [have] reshman biomedical science maior thtU (i Z nre " Barne tt said. “It’s just not possible.” diverse as tinie eoesW. Others think Barbie is nothing more tlian a toy and by alHhe oc- t ^ ie appearapce of Barbie bias no relevance to chil- - y dren. - ; hies, on me, Mattel^ look to Bar tson said. “So it he Alls said Barbie has bee “I was really interest _ cupations that Barbie has had tlirouglio Baker said. “I loved to change her clothes an her on to her next job maker of women’s clothes, for girls and an array of oth - “Even the Barbie logo sells," Tomlinsc soon as the girls see it they wantju Girls dieted to the name.” Barbie continues to grow in popularity and sales ^vith Barbies, and LTpsure pas future generations flock for the next Barbie. fV Tricia Draughn, graduate assistant of Student Life -r.tss . m Silil -f * it has had some influence on her,” Barnett said. “But it hasn’t changed who she is.” ^ '''< ■■ 1* ; ' i : ’ f . v “At least she was faithful to Ken all these years, Barnett said. p ^ ■ lesigners bring a lr, is the fourth-larg lattel also makes clothes ;r Barbie accessorie ACTIVITY Tsted e to PA, meet; 23rd, aving firsthand knowledge of the planning of such uvities or firsthand knowledge that an incident of this type has turred and failing to report it to appropriate university officials a so a violation” of Texas A&NTs Hazing Rule under Section .3.3 of the University’s Student Rules. ATER! Gil Ban! it, IBM >ales, and? iNCEB)' NGERS tire (TIE) 7:45 SHA! LC0ME JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT WHEN HAZING OCCURS DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU KNOW ABOUT IT-REPORT IT. February 24-28, 1999 Feature Films Wednesday& Thursday, Feb. 24&25 Cinemark Hollywood 16 Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb.26,27&28 Rudder Theater Complex Speakers Friday, Feb. 26 Featured Speaker: Tim Me Canlies, Director of Dancer, TX Pop. 81 Workshops Wednesday, Feb. 24-Saturday, Feb. 27 FilmMaking, Screenwriting, Etc. For More Information about our schedule: Call 847-8478, Check out our Websites, films.tamu.edu/festival or www.texasfilmfestival.org, or Check the Battalion in the next days. Tickets: $3.00-Individual Screening; $15.00- Festival Pass (All Screenings) Purchase tickets from the MSC Box Office (845-1234) Film estival on for Meier, Editor Byers, ManagW Miller. 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