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Custom* must talinaiNsh coupon at tlma i af purctiaar Coupon may not ba raproducad and is not valid with other coupons, offors or dl« > CDimts. offer valid at time at purchase onff and mj not be dtscouirted or credited to past or 1 tutura purchnfrc fradnr.ts Mil sarvicas vary hy loudlim roupait void wfiar# prohlhitail nr j mulcted by law. Ko cash value. 846-8721 509 UNIVERSITY OR. W. VALID AT KINKO'S LISTED LOCATION ONLY. kkiko's* ExpirBS 6/30/99 24 HOURS/ 7 DAYS A WEEK • WWW.KINKOS.COM • 1-800-2-KINK0S The stretch of Anderson Street between Park Place and Southwest Parkway in College Station is being resurfaced to repair potholes and cracks in the street. After the resurfacing, the street will be widened. Frank Simoneaux, graduate engineer with the City of College Station, said the construction is an effort to create a smoother and stabler dri ving surface. He said workers with Young Bros. Contrac tors, Inc. are removing six inches of pavement and applying new base material and asphalt. “We ask that people be careful in the work zone where the lanes are narrow,” he said. “The number of lanes is reduced because we are moving traffic onto half of the road while base material is applied to the other half. Then we will move traffic again while the other side is worked on.” Ashley Wray, a resident of College Station who lives off Anderson street, said the street is rough and in need of resurfacing. “It is a good time for the work to be done with summer approaching,” she said. “But I wish someone had told the residents what was going on first, because it is a big inconve nience.” Simoneaux said reducing the number of lanes is an inconvenience, but it is the only way to keep the traffic on Anderson Street while the work is being done. He said the expected completion date for resurfacing Anderson is Aug. 17, and work to widen the street will begin in the summer. The street will be widened from its intersec tion with Park Place to its intersection with George Bush so that a left turn lane can be added. Ashley Wray, a freshman at Blinn College, along the closed stretch of Anderson St Block party welcomes inductees New procedure brings seniors into Association BY APRIL YOUNG The Battalion Products and services vary by location.^ W* KinKo's, Inc. rft/Wto'sattf Aim's txpress rovrseiUtt regtsterett traflemarKs ol mnKo's ventures, Uic. and are used by permission. AN riqtits reserved. Kinko's requires written permission from the copyright holder m order to reproduce ony copyrighted work. The Association of Former Students has a new proce dure for inducting seniors — a celebratory block party to welcome students into the Association. The block party will be May 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Clayton Williams Alumni Center and will offer a live band, free food, door prizes and activities. Coordinators hope the new induction method will break barriers between for mer students and new gradu ates. The formal induction, the Association of Former Stu dent Oath, will now take place at the commencement ceremonies. Patrick Williams, director of campus programs for the Association of Former Stu dents, said the decision to change the format stems from the Association’s committee of staff members, interviews, focus groups and the declin ing number of students at tending the induction ban quet. The previous procedure consisted of a formal banquet held in early April. Williams said the prior for mat put too many restraints on students. “With the old format, stu dents had no time to interact with staff or board mem bers,” he said. “They had no time to mingle with their fel low students for the last time.” Williams said the new for mat will make former stu dents feel comfortable inter acting with the University. “We want students to un derstand that whether you have been out of school for two days or 20 years, this is your new home at Texas A&M University,” he said. “You don’t have to have been high ly successful in the business world to come back and play a role on the Texas A&M campus.” As a part of the new for mat, Williams said the Asso ciation of Former Students will sponsor half of the amount of money century club membership students pledge to the Association. The funds are used to give back to the University in the form of scholarships, library funds, student organizations and other programs. The association raises about $3 million a year. ’99 Achievement Awaik Co " honor faculty, staff effor amps. Texas A&M recognized faculty and staffmera at the 1999 Distinguished Achievement A»a| Award recipients for teaching were D»id$J associate professor of accoOnting; JamesV| Namara. professor of educational psychology:: W. Morgan, professor of engineering technote| industrial distribution; David W. Reed, as partment head of horticultural sciences? Roussel, associate department headoflaisl mal medicine and surgery. Research awards went to Robert B. Arms distinguished professor of health and kinesq Way Kuo. head of the Department of industr gineering; Carlos n. Pace, professor of genetes chemistry and biophysics and Lloyd W. Roore fessor of soil and crop sciences; B. Don Ra deputy director of the Texas Engineering Exper Station and associate vice-chancellor for err ing research of the A&M System and MarfanS professor of physics. 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