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i Page 2 • Thursday, March 4, 1999 c AMPUS ns; Fish 'thAr letter' Ia) MOA>D/)y'-5 /v\ail Call ts\ GETTlHb To IA&- A DRE/^Ai That X U//4S 'TALK\A)b AJBBO TRY HELP, SCOOT.... XL Have This STencH XM NostZU-*, Atib r cam' Quite PiropoivT WHAT IT IS.. Series addresses Y2K problem ie B X OJAS ALMOST cekta\A IT OJAS /wiy CoLL.ECTio/0 OF PAOL.Y s HoRB /^pUtBS ! AcTu^u_y, That's h\ok.e luce The Ah/Joh iaJO FjJAJOUS I a) The Toe s OF Gob... Simel & Lewis wei, look over rwERe. IT'S THAT GROUP PROTEST IMG THE BATTAMOM OVER THAT ■piuM FE5TWAE PHOTO. TUBULARMAN BY BOOMER K>:s<l PH , THERE'S WHdE SToPYtNG, aw«T IN HIS 6et>... H:oo PM /R>RCET MY t«S<! fl'LL STUDY IN MY BED* U OI PM this is much ecrrext x'M SO COM«*rAgtF X COOU> Jusr- —^vT n:o2. PM Spade Phillips, PI By Matt Kowalski IMPRgGSIVe AS THgy WERE SPAPC'S S7 SEMSU PORATiONS PIP WOT FAKW him euou&H momby to &er ROLF AMO POLF OUT IM HIS WE0RIAT6P STUPOR sPAPe cuftoeo every IMFERTILE MAH THAT HAS BROUGHT HIM TO THIS LOWLY STATg. ,.i?OLF AMP VOLF HAVE RETURMEV FROM PRISOMf OH, HAPPy PAVII VlMAU-y, AFTER VE USep" ©RUHO'S HAIR TO MARE A MOOSE OUR ZHU-MATES POOLEV ZER MOMEY TO MARE BAIL FOR US. X TT'S OH ^ JS" TKgy . SAIP^ BY CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion By Mel As we approach the millennium, questions concerning the effects of the Y2K computer bug increase. Bryan, College Station, Texas A&M, the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and com munity businesses and organiza tions are hosting the second of three public forums to address health, safety and education issues tonight at 7 p.m. at the College Sta tion Conference Center. Joe Brown, public information officer for the City of Bryan, said the forums inform the public about problems the area could face and the preparations different services and businesses are making for the millennium. “We want to tell people what we are doing about the Y2K computer bug, what to expect and to expect the unexpected,” Brown said. Brown said the Bryan-College Station area is conducting tests to insure that computers are Y2K compliant. He said officials discov ered the Bryan water system com puters were not compliant, but they are working on correcting the problem. “The Bryan-College Station community is on top of the game in preparing for any Y2K prob lems,” Brown said. “If we do expe rience any disruptions in this area, it will probably come from outside sources, such as grocery store dis tribution warehouses or other large distributing sources." The forum will open with a brief overview of the Y2K bug. Repre sentatives from St. Joseph Regional Health Center, College Station Med ical Center, the Bryan and College Station police and fire departments and the Bryan and College Station school districts will form a panel. Each panel member will be allowed two minutes to speak about com puter preparations they have been making. Brown said questions and con cerns from the audience will be ad dressed at the end of the forum. which he said is a good exchange of ideas because swers will not be timed Brown said one issueilt not discussed at the last fa will be discussed at this preparations for disrupti: homes. He said to organize Cross Emergency Home Pi: Kit, which consists of ba: bottled water and flashligb “We’re not endorsing it; sage to hoard food or sup Brown said. “We wanttoi the public to prevent any dr; tions.” Brown said drastic ■ would include withdraw: money from banks or ho: food and supplies, whic: cause shortages. “We’re prepared todeah technological component Y2K bug, but we’re not sure the human reaction,” Brow A third forum discussal ing, gas and grocery store tions will be April 1 at the Center. 1 Conference to focus on presidency and rheto BY SAMEH FAHMY The Battalion The Texas A&M Center for Presidential Studies (CPS) will hold its fifth annual conference Thursday through Sunday at the George Bush Presidential Conference Cen ter. The conference will start at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to draw more than 150 participants. It will focus on how presidents have used rhetoric in U.S. leadership. Past con ferences have addressed the presidency and the environ ment, the presidency and Cold War rhetoric and speech writing. Dr. Martin Medhurst, professor of speech communi cation and coordinator of the program in presidential rhetoric, said rhetoric is integral to the way a president is perceived. “Those who have used rhetoric effectively are ulti mately remembered as better leaders than those that did not,” Medhurst said. Dr. Leroy Dorsey, associate professor of speech com munication, said the conference is the first program in the country to bring together scholars to talk about rhetoric and the presidency. “Participants will gain a better understanding of how the president uses rhetoric to shape perceptions of what it means to be an American,” he said. David Zarefsky, dean of the School of Speech and professor of communication studies at Northwestern University in Chicago, will deliver the keynote Conference presenters will discuss the rhetoria tiveness of nine presidents, including George V\ ton, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald ReaganandBi The conference will include luncheon roi Friday and Saturday featuring the relationshipb a presidents’ rhetorical skills and their abilities vide political leadership and the rhetorical lead Abraham Lincoln. CPS is an academic unit in the Bush School eminent and Public Service designed to inci public’s understanding of the presidency as an tion. Garage Continued from Page 1 Guerra said there is still parking available at Ri na and Olsen Field, but students do not use it the 30-minute walk to campus is not convenient “We want to make sure there is a need forpa^ and not just a need for convenience,” Guerra said Guerra said a survey taken on Constituency! | showed a majority of students were against (hepaf^ garage. Senator Alicia Esslinger, a senior political science jor, said students who were in favor of the gai changed their minds after learning (ha/parking L would increase. /NtFOFtMAT/ONAL MEETINGS in 154 EUzzei! Hall West -Tuesday MAR 2 3: 00r>M-3:30PM -Wednesday MAR 3 10:3 OAM-11: OOAM -Thursday MAR 4 5:3 ORM-6: OOPM -Friday MAR 5 1:3()TM-2: OOPM Pick up an application at the meeting or drop by the Study Abroad Program Office. 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