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Volunteer C^ervices Center partment ofV^tudent Activities 5 MORE DAYS! serve@tamu.e<iu tor' http://wsc.tamu.edu/ Lori Salter lori-s@tamu.edu 845.1133 168 Koldus Sharis Smith sharis@stuact.tamu.edu 862.1491158 Koldus Casa Ole * Grapevine * Casa Ole * Grapevine * Casa Ole * Grapevine OF FORMER STUDENTS AGGIE RING ORDERS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Undergraduate Student Requirements: You must be a degree seeking student and have completed all of the following requirements to order an Aggie ring: 1. 2^ cumulative undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System degree audit. (A course passed with a grade letter of D or better, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for cred it. The lowest grade is the repeated course.) 2. 60 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 attended prior to 1994 and do not qualify under the successful semester requirement defined in the following paragraph. The 60 credit hour requirement will be waived if your degree is conferred with less than 60 A&M credit hours. The waiver will not be granted until after your degree is posted to screens #123 & #136 of the Student Information Management System. 30 undergraduate credit hours mast have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were enrolled 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 (A full time student is defined in the university catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.) Please remember that you will lose resident credits if you pass a course at A&M with a D or better and retake it at another institution and make a higher grade. The lowest grade is always deducted by the university as a repeated class. 3. 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. 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 December 1999 degree candidate and do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements: 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 ir 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 November 18, 1999, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Tuesday, September 21, 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 September 21 to apply for your ring audit. Should there be a problem with your academic record, or if you are blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve these matters before the order closes out on September 23. 2. Return no later than September 23, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the sta tus 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-$312.00 14K - $410.00 Women’s 10K - $197.00 14K - $217.00 * Add $8.00 for Class of‘98 or before and $1 5.00 if ring needs to be shipped out-of-town. The ring delivery date is November 18. 1999. yesterday in southern Rus sia, leaving at least 17 peo ple dead and 115 others in jured in what authorities said was the fourth mas sive terrorist weeks. Explosives hidden in a truck demolished the front of a nine- story building in the city of Vol- godonsk, close to Russia’s volatile Caucasus Mountains re gion, where Russian forces have been battling militants, officials said. The latest explosion came as speculation mounted in Moscow that President Boris Yeltsin’s government could face a political crisis because of its apparent inability to end the wave of attacks. TYaces of explosives were found in the wreckage, the Fed eral Security Service said. All of the explosions hap pened overnight, when resi dents were sleeping, apparent ly to inflict a maximum number of casualties. The blast brought down the front of the building, badly damaged a nearby police sta tion and about 20 other sur rounding buildings. Interior Ministry officials said. The ex plosion left a four-yard crater in front of the apartment building. At least 17 people were killed and 115 others were wounded, about 50 of them in serious con dition, officials said. Volgodonsk has a popula tion of about 250,000 people and is 500 miles south of Moscow. Firefighters fought a blaze that engulfed several floors of the building, and rescue work ers and volunteers pulled away piles of rubble, hunting for sur vivors, officials said. The building is in a drab res idential area of rows of similar apartment buildings. Yeltsin discussed the latest explosion at a meeting today with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “We have the strength and resources to wipe out terror ism,” Yeltsin said, according to the Interfax news agency. Yeltsin’s fitness to govern Russia is again under question with the spate of recent bomb ings and the unresolved con flict in Dagestan in southern Russia, where rebels are bat tling Russian government forces. The president has insisted he will not declare a state of emer gency, and that he will serve out the remainder of his term, which expires in the middle of next year. Moscow is buzzing with ru mors of possible political changes. There is daily speculation about the government declar ing a state of emergency, which would allow Yeltsin to rule by decree. There is also talk that Yeltsin may dismiss Putin, who as sumed office just last month. Many of the rumors are con tradictory. Some said Yeltsin plans to extend his term by postponing or canceling parlia mentary elections in December and the presidential poll set for next summer. Other rumors said Yeltsin might suddenly resign in com ing days, install Putin as inter im president and announce presidential elections within three months in the expectation that Putin would win. The Kremlin has denied each and every one of these ru mors, but it has not stopped the speculation. Lead vocalist, Tony Park, of Pushmonkey performs their lastsho* the year at the Texas Hall of Fame on Wednesday night. the churc footings hrth do i he Christie °cates ret lr positioia hing will. Maybe thi the latest i pg of man cause tht critically i blican viev ' a of blood t make co i t believers the bruta I Currently, [ve not yet . The most ates amor I maintain . Jo family va 11 -Homis.bui ev govern i ned for de. For instam I ng enjoveci 1 aus right ar lected religi pi Bush stands firm on gun vif GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Re publican presidential candidate George VV. Bush said yesterday that “a wave of evil” is the cause of rampant gun vio lence in America. Scrapping two fund-raisers to rush home to Texas and the scene of a dead ly shooting spree, the GOP front-runner said the tragedy had not softened his pro gun views. “I don’t know of a law — a govern mental law — that will put love in peo ple’s hearts,” the Texas governor told re porters. He toured a local elementary school and met privately witli President Gerald Ford beforele Texas. His eyes red and moist, Be “It’s hard to explain how hatred somebody’s heart to the poiranl walks into a church wherecl# adults were seeking God’sfske shoots them.” Seven people were 1# Wednesday night in a ForfeTe Baptist church before theg®^ himself in a pew. Authoite. know the man’s motive. Bmes Dobso to gun centre But carefu nsistency c ^pocrisy of i ith must be Conservat |ause before; wrung right: bane ques 'aimed the r □ Our Vacuums Really SUCK! □ Seriously... Bring in this ad for a FREE package of vacuum bags (with purchase of equal or lesser priced bags) We service all makes of vacuum cleaners and sewing machines 693-6592 □ Sew Vac City 1667 Texas Avenue South (Culpepper Plaza) www.sewvaccity.com □ T) ask the qu T\vo thing: ;ious right’s i [ontrol debat wo value sys ibility to see :ome into coi The title “i :his problem. Because cc ire “religious ■the Bible. But becau: ” of the glit” Texas A&M Hillel Services for Yom Kippur Sunday, Sept. 19, 1999 Kol Nidre Services at 8:00 p. m. Monday., Sept. 20, 1999 Yom Kippur Services start at 10:00 a.m Yizcor about 5:30 p.m. Break-the-Fast after sundown at the conclusion the Neilah and Havdalah. |e commute- Conservat i how these when it c bate. As Americ tection of tas Christi te the limit n. So while ristian vah nearly syn and Constitut Indeed, th an it appea The Unitec dividualisrr oclaims sel The Const e New Test, lities. Amer tion of hide All holiday events are free of charge and occur at located across from campus at 800 George hush, l Please contact Hillel for more information at telephi # 696-7313 or e-mail us at: <HilIel@startel.net> Names for Yizcor must be received in the office by Sept. Jkndence on In short, A [to get wha 1 ans who be] :ace realize | aim to dese The implic ces for the ions becau s lainst gun c merican val pned by Chi Gun advoc A gathering of Praise Singing and Prayer Go hog wild! Before you get into “The Zone”, get into “His Zone’ Join us an hour before midnight yell practice. September 17th at 11 :OOpm Right outside All Faiths Chapel (inside if it rains) Sponsored by Lutheran Student Fellowship |ght to defen dies, but Cl Gender Issues Lunches with the Faculty and Administration we those wl turn the oth Gun advoi Ight to defer Initially unjo rhen arreste [efused to let I words. Would you like to express your opinions/percep'|ente, emeSS on sui bear arms, of gender issues on campus? Are you interesteL discussing your ideas and opinions with faculty,si | r e 0 d s ^ ytheci and administrators to help bring about any nee: I The reiig changes? fisagree ove d are effec But onet Based on your interest, lunches will be sched* fa §un-toti throughout the semester to discuss these issues. From those who respond, individuals Ammuty randomly chosen to attend the lunches. Our goalilj 1 ^^ 3 create an atmosphere where students, faculty, slaitu d ' and administrators can openly discuss both probli Q and triumphs of gender issues on this campus. Epmi 1 shipping I i'on of xi If interested, please contact us at wweek00@provost.tamu.edu