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*14.95 Oil Change *49.95 Tune-Up Free Brake Inspections Free 27-point Safety Inspection 601 Haruey Rd. 695-9400 3210 S. Texas Aue. 779-3912 Become a MSC leader! Chair positions for the following committees are open: Issues and Ideas* E.L. Miller Student Conference on Nat’l Affiars Professor Series* Asian Cultures Education Recreation/Gaming* *Names are tentative. Applications can be found at the entrances to the Student Programs Office. Apllications are due August 5 at NOON and interviews to occur the next week. Questions?? Contact Jennifer V. at 845-1515 AGGIE RING ORDERS THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: AUGUST 5, 1999 Undergraduate Student Requirements: (These requirements must have been completed by summer term 1) 1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 25. undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.) 2. £>Q undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the suc cessful semester requirement described in the following paragraph. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this requirement will be waived after you graduate and your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed either a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 3. You must have a cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. Graduate Student Requirements: If you are a August 1999 degree candidate and do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an order afer foil Meet the following requirements: bajirnif s r , , 1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System; and 2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. However, if you have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and have been cleared by the the sis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion: from the Office of Graduate Studies (providing it is not past their deadline). The original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted. Procedure to order a ring: 1. If you meet all of the above requirements and you wish to receive your ring on October 14, 1999, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Thursday, August 5, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to complete the application for eligibility verification. It is recommended that you do not wait until August 5 to apply for your ring audit. Should there be a prob lem with your academic record, or if you are blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve these mat ters before the order closes out on August 6. 2. Return no later than August 6, 1999 between die hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the status of your audit and if qualified, pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa or MasterCard (with your name imprinted). Men’s 10K-$313.00 14K- $411.00 Women’s 10K - $197.00 14K - $218.00 * Add $8.00 for Class of ‘98 or before. The ring delivery date is October 14. 1999. All Tickets On Sale Now! (no commitment necessary) Page 2 • Tuesday, August 3, 1999 N EWS Reno visits Houston camp Credit The Battali HOUSTON (AP) — In the same crime-ridden neighborhood where a botched drug raid left a man dead in a hail of police bullets and touched off civil rights protests, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday praised a newly forged “bond” between law enforcement and residents. “When police officers in volve citizens in the neighbor hood and work together and build that understanding, it can be one of the best things that happens in a community,” Reno said while touring the Campo Del Sol Summer Day Camp in the Gulfton area of Houston. “Judging from some of the comments I’ve heard today ... it’s happening,” she said. A nearby apartment complex was the scene of a fatal police shooting in July 1998. RENO Houston police officers shot a Hispanic man 12 times in a nearby apartment complex dur ing a July 1998 raid. The officers said Pedro Oregon Navarro had pointed a gun at them, but did not fire. Activists condemned the shooting, and the six officers involved were eventually fired. A feder al grand jury is investigating the incident. Most of the children attending Campo Del Sol live in dozens of similar, inexpensive apartment complexes. Police officers participate in activities with the children at the camp, which receives more than $100,000 in annual funding from the Justice Department’s “Weed & Seed” crime-re duction program. Campers play organized sports, take dance and art lessons and organize fund raisers to buy recreational equipment, organizers said. A planned car wash will help raise money to build a community center. Charges filed against mom in heat death HOUSTON (AP) — Driving home after a night of drinking, San dra Ann Arteaga left her car at a gas station, grabbed her 3-year-old daughter and took a limousine cab home. She forgot two things: her 8- month-old son Senon and where she parked the car early Sunday. By the time she remembered both, the heat — which topped 106 degrees inside the sun- scorched Mazda Protege, had killed the infant. Yesterday, the 30-year-old recep tionist was charged with reckless injury to a child and remained in jail on $20,000 bond. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Arteaga is to appear today be fore state District Judge Carol Davies for arraignment. The woman, her husband and two children spent Saturday at the home of friends in Spring, about 40 miles from their Stafford home. Because the couple had been drinking, their friends asked them to stay overnight, Houston Sgt. Ted Bloyd said. Crash victims honored FORT BLISS (AP) — Hundreds of military per sonnel, relatives and friends of five soldiers killed in a plane crash in Colombia gathered yesterday for a tearful memorial service capped by a 21-gun salute. The five Fort Bliss sol diers died July 23 when their U.S. Army spy plane slammed into a mountain while on an anti-narcotics mission. TWo Colombian air force officers also were killed. Yesterday, mourners overflowed an orange-brick chapel with a capacity of 450 to remember Capt. Jose A. Santiago, 37; Capt. Jen nifer J. Odom, 29; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thomas G. Moore, 32; Pfc. T. Bruce Cluff, 26; and Pfc. Ray E. Krueger, 20. No caskets were present. Remains of two of the sol diers have been returned to the United States, but they have not yet been identi fied. Searchers in Colombia continuing the search for three bodies. Continued from Page l “The Student Financial Sen;, ment is looking into offering Ctrl seling by working with banks- up workshops,” she said. “[ItI teach students how to manager the best ways to use a credit cat; Mike Sebesta, market analystij sumer Credit Counseling in Bryain of ’89, said 20 percent of clieis Bryan office are students seeking with credit problems. “Consumer Credit Counseling profit organization that offers:| guidance and counseling whe: dealing with credit managem lems,” Sebesta said. "Wecanal liaison between credit compaS lower interest rates or monthlyi Carey said regulation isnd credit card companies target;:] apply for credit cards on campusi cation spots. She said some students w|i large amount and think theycasl minimum amount due each: could possibly take years to pave tire amount. “They almost beg you tocha^ account and then not pay,” she; “Students have enough trout back student loans after theygraj then to have to pay huge credit:| could be hard.” Felicia Medina, a 20-year-oi recreation, parks and tourismsc: jor, said the bill is a bad idea be: dents with loans need to estate credit prior to graduation andrj problems getting a credit cardtfcj loan amounts. “A credit card is needed incif cause unexpected things happe getting towed, ” she said. 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Page fl The Nutcracker Moscow City Ballet December 3 & 4, 1999 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber January 22 & 23, 2000 ut B< If the mere thought of subscribing to our 1999-2000 season pushed your FEAR OF COMMITMENT button and caused you to break out into a cold sweat, then you'll find it calming to know that single tickets to all OPAS programs are on sale now! Simply select the program (or programs!) of your choice and order your tickets soon to reserve the best seats. (We don't mean to pressure you, but tickets are going fast...so you'd better hurry!) Romeo and Juliet Ballet de I'Opera de Bordeaux February 25, 26 & 27, 2000 Spirit of the rsrtf.ee 7999 For tickets, call 845-1234. Or, save time by ordering on-line at opas.tamu.edu. (Hint: Ordering tickets at opas.tamu.edu is the quickest!) The Barber of Seville NYC Opera National Co. March 21 & 22, 2000 tltto Intimate Gatherings and OPAS Jr. tickets also available! 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