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After the Northgate bars close at 1 a.m.
Sunday, Residence Hall Association enacts
their “Bottoms Up Clean-Up” crusade to
beautify the churchyards in the area.
The group, which has been in effect for
two years, meets at United Methodist
Church on University Drive and walks
around the churches, parking lots and
some of the apartments behind Northgate
picking up bottles, cans and trash.
Jennifer Mendel, service programs di
rector for RHA, said the bottles and cans
found are recycled.
“We usually get five trash bags full and
recycle all of them,” Mendel said.
Mendel said residence halls including
Mosher, McFadden and Crocker adopt a
night to go to “Bottoms Up” and make the
service project a social experience.
“Usually a guys' and girls' hall will get
together and go dancing before they go to
‘Bottoms Up,’” Mendel said.
Mendel said the project attracts between
five and 20 people every Saturday night, de
pending on the weather, and the clean-up
takes one hour.
Tara Gray, National Residence Hall
honorary programming chair, said the pro
gram started when an RHA member went
to church on a Sunday morning two years
ago and noticed the beer cans and bottles
that littered the churchyard. Tlif
member also discovered that his
went out before services to dean
area.
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bottles around.”
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found a drunk guy that we didn’t
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The Texas A&M College of Architecture recognized 32 stu
dents for their work on projects to promote international
awareness and service Tuesday at its International Reception
in the Langford Architecture Center.
^ ^ n More than 40 students and faculty attended the reception,
which coincided with International Student Week.
The College of Architecture recognized students who con
tributed to projects for Dr. Julie Rodgers, assistant lecturer in
the Department of Architecture, and Dr. George Mann, pro
fessor in the Department of Architecture. Dr. Rodger’s students
designed a school in Thailand for natives of the country, and
Dr. Mann’s students participated in a rehabilitation project in
Nicaragua.
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architecture department and to acknowledge thepreseno
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ognize how important international students and proa
are to the College of Architecture," she said.
Dr. Thomas Regan, dean of the College oi Atchiuv:.:
international students contribute to a broad understand
how the world works and are integral to the exchanged
"It's very important for the College of Architecturetc
international students here,” he said.
“They help give an understanding of architecture asvi
from different cultures.”
Paul said the College of Architecture has 120 interm
students from 27 countries and has 14 internationalpree
for students in more than eight countries.
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“I’ll be out there the majority of the time, but people filter in and out,"
Fisher said. “It gets really fun during the middle of the night.”
Shack-a-Thon began four years ago as a Fall event to recognize na
tional homelessness, but it was changed to Spring because the weather
was too cold in the Fall, and organizers suspected an increase participa
tion with a Spring Shack-a-Thon.
Tom Horan, project chair for Shack-a-Thon and a management infor
mation systems graduate student, said APO bid $100 to participate.
“We should have about 75 members out there over the two days,” Ho
ran said. “It’s good for our volunteers because they will spend a lot of time
in the shack and it will give them a great appreciation of homelessness.”
Fisher said even though College Station is an affluent area, poverty ex
ists throughout the community.
“We want people to know there are people working to do something
about poverty,” Fisher said. “It costs about $35,000 to build a Habitat
home. It takes a long time and a lot of hard work to raise that much mon
ey. ”
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Agnostic & Atheist Student Group: There*!
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at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 504. Contacts
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TRADITIONS HELPING IGNITE NEW GENERATIONS
What? A fun and exciting new tradition brings together
our university and our community through enhancing the aware
ness of traditions with cool organizations illustrating them like:
Who?
Dr. Ben Welch, Master of Ceremonies
Freudian Slip Aggie Wranglers
Aggie Players Alpha Phi Alpha
Century Singers Bonfire’s Red Pots
Yell Leaders Reveille
Ballet Folkldrico
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Where?
How much?
Why come?
March 6, 1999 at 7:00 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
Only $2!!!!!
It’s for a good cause! All proceeds go to the
Cushing Library to help in their preservations of our university’s
history. AND we’re going to have tons of donations including a
$50 gift certificate from Copy Corner for free copies, several free
dinners, silk ties, and a Brighton gift set and more!
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from Becky Rosser in the Student Programs Office. Any questions call 845-1515,
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March 1,5,and 6 h 7:30pm nightly at Dick Freeman Arena
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