O a 11 iro r IN’ o am i 11 a t i o 11 i
1999 AXMentor of the Year Award
Dear Student:
The ATMentors program will be giving a Mentor of the Year Award at
the Division of Student Affairs meeting on May 5th.
The purpose of the award is to provide support for mentoring activities
and recognition for excellence in mentoring. The winner of the award
must be a member of ATMentors who has demonstrated outstanding
dedication and commitment to making a ditference in students’ lives.
If you would like nominate a member of ATMentors, send a letter to
the ATMentors program office at Mail Stop 1263. In your letter please
indicate how the mentor you are nominating has “made a difference” in
your life. Letters must be no longer than one page and in 12 point font.
Only currently enrolled students may nominate a Mentor for this award.
If you have any questions, call 845-6900 or email atmentors@tamu.edu.
A complete list of Mentors is available on the ATMentors webpage at
http://mentors.tamu.edu. All letters are due by April 9th at 5:00p.m.
Help recognize that special Mentor in your life!
KTWlentors
Texas A&Mfaculty, staff and administrators helping students.
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C ephid Variable is celebrating
the 30th anniversary of the
largest student-run science
fiction, fantasy, and horror con
vention in the United States by
putting on the biggest Aggiecon
yet.
The main attractions of the
weekend convention are the many
guests, including Nigel Bennet,
LaCroix from “Forever Knight,”
Ted Raimi, Joxer from “Xena: War
rior Princess” and “Hercules: The
Legendary Journies” and Larry El
more, one of the fantasy artists of
Dungeons and Dragons books.
Many other authors and artists at
tend, including P.N. Elrod, Brian
Stelfreeze and Bruce Sterling.
Daniel Robb, a convention di
rector and a mathematics graduate
student, said he is pleased about
how everything has turned out.
“We ended up with a very phe
nomenal line, which is really ap
propriate for our 30th anniver
sary,” Robb said. “It’s great to
think a convention like this can
last 30 years on what’s tradition
ally a conservative campus.”
The main dealer’s room is the
heart of the convention, where
120 tables of role playing games,
videos, books, collector’s items,
memorabilia and other items are
displayed and sold.
Aggiecon is co-programmed
with four student organizations,
all of which are helping with
events during the four-day festi
val. The MSC Film Society is hold
ing a showing of Blade Runner on
DVD with a special guest lecture
by Dr. Michael Hand, professor of
philosophy and humanities, and
Dr. Christopher Menzel, associate
professor of philosophy and hu
manities.
David Lieberman, a junior civ
il engineering major, said the
different events will help to
bring diverse attendance.
“It is a good opportunity to
introduce a different crowd to
our educational programs and
it is also great to be interacting
with the other MSC commit
tees,” Lieberman said. “Other
than that, it should be enter
taining and interesting to see
what I can learn about Blade
Runner. It is a pretty deep film
that is often underappreciated.”
The largest co-programming
venture at Aggiecon this year is
the Art Gallery showing with
the MSC Visual Arts Commit
tee. The subject is the Portray
al of Women in fantasy art and
is being held in the second floor
display room in the MSC.
Randy Paterno, a former
convention director, said he is
excited about the co-program
ming.
“It’s great we’re finally able
to get a gallery showing,” Pa
terno said. “We’ve been at
tempting to co-venture with the
Visual Arts Committee and it’s
nice to see it’s finally culminat
ed.”
Another feature of this year’s
Aggiecon is the always-enter
taining midnight showing of
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
at the Grove, which includes a
live action cast. Aggiecon
guests will be making special ap
pearances in the production, pos
sibly even Nigel Bennet, who per
formed in a professional
production of The Rocky Horror
Picture Show in London.
Christy Cooper, a senior chem
ical engineering major, said she
enjoys watching the classic sci-fi
film.
“It’s always a blast,” Cooper
said. “A live-action burlesque with
a movie in the backdrop. It’s a fun,
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