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Official Texas A&M
Graduation Announcements
On Sale
Aug. 31 - Oct. 1, 1999
For information and to place your order
access the Web at:
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All orders must be placed over the Web
All payments must be received by October 1
MSC Box Office Mon-Fri 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. 845-1234
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Department of Student Activities
Volunteer Services Center
Volunteer
Opportunities Fair
September 22-23 (Wednesday and Thursday)
10am-2pm
at the Bonfire Field near Aggie
Habitat’s On-Campus house!
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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.
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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.
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evil” is the cause of rampant gun vio
lence in America.
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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.
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mental law — that will put love in peo
ple’s hearts,” the Texas governor told re
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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.
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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.
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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
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Gender Issues Lunches
with the
Faculty and Administration
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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?
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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
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If interested, please contact us at
wweek00@provost.tamu.edu