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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. 25. 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 must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing
that prior to lanuarv 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. TO 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 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 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
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C
CD courtesy of
Elektra Entertainment
Vitamin C looks like a bag of
unabashed fun, and she delivers
just that with her newest release,
Vitamin C.
In an age of female empower
ment through disenchantment,
Vitamin C manages to see the sil
ver lining in everything from one-
night stands in “About Last
Night,’’ to greedy capitalists in
“Money” and to the joy of smiling
for the sake of smiling in “Smile”.
Though the middle third of the
album lacks a cohesive theme
and the pluck that is making
“Smile” a smash single, enough
life breathes from the speakers in
tracks like the funk-driven “Fear
of Flying” and the orchestra-
backed “I Got You” to keep the
jams rolling.
While hot a revolutionary al
bum, Vitamin C is a solid debut
into the mainstream.
With the artist’s cheap-soda-
pop good looks and an impressive
talent for building vocal hooks on
what would otherwise be a drab
backdrop of dance-hall backwash,
Vitamin C is a keeper. (Grade: B-)
— Stephen Wells
Jack Ingram
Hey You
CD courtesy of
Lucky Dog Records
It is no surprise Jack Ingram
cites Robert Earl Keen as one of
his biggest influences — his mu
sical style greatly resembles that
of of Keen’s on his latest album,
Hey You.
But no matter how good his im
pression of Keen gets, Ingram will
never be able to step out of the
shadow created by the Texas great.
Compared to his earlier works.
Hey You is a more guitar-driven,
down-in-the-dirt, countrified al
bum. Hey You showcases Ingram’s
songwriting talents, which are not
lacking but are just not good
enough to get him out of the mi
nor leagues.
The album’s best songs, “Feel
Like I’m Falling in Love,” “Work
This Out” and “Hey You,” make
this album worth owning. The
song “Barbie Doll” is Ingram's at
tempt at humor and almost makes
this album worth burying in the
back yard.
Ingram still needs a little work
on his musical skills, but he defi
nitely has talent that cannot be ig
nored. (Grade: C +)
— Scott Harris
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The Throwaway
People
Marylin Thunderland (Back
from Malibu, p.l)
CD courtesy of
The Throwaway People
The latest release from the local
band, Throwaway People, is a great,
if amateur, experience in the blues.
On their most recent release,
the Throwaway People mix Texas
jams with some Harlem shuffle,
spending the first few songs jam
ming out, Jimmy Reed-style. A
few songs in, however, the band
hits the listener with a slow, soul
ful mixture of horns and electric
guitar that could make any true
blues fan’s eyes water.
This combination of fast Texas
guitar, slow horns and magic key
board continue through the album,
and save Marylin Thunderland
from often amateur vocals. Al
though the Throwaway People hit
all the right notes with enthusiasm,
they often miss the smoky emotion
that elevates a good blues album to
a great one.
Overall, the band’s bluesy
stylings and electric slide save the
album from mediocrity and ensure
the listener a scorching jazz expe
rience. (Grade: B-)
— Susan Overcash
Solar Twins
Solar Twm ■
CD courtesycgf
Maverick Reco;B
On the cover of the pn
al copy of the Solar TWh
release is a sticker. On tht
in very small letters, are pi
words “Obey alien comm
Apparently, the Sok
took this advice to hean
Simply put. Solar M-
an average collection of si
bass served up for an ecs
died rave crowd. Listeni
care to peek beyond thi
beat doldrums would di
find a reason other tte
commands” for every o
orchestral whine or vagi
duish chant.
Song placement on ill
is a mystery as well. Why
til the last three songso:i
bum to establish a new
Apart from a truly trippiil
the Casbah” cover, thefe
the CD is pure space-siac
no yawn.
Dance-hall faithfuls#
score a bootleg copyoH
tered,” "Out There”or'
hu” have already heaiisl
the Solar Twins haiffofj
(Grade: D)
Miss America 2000 vows to use visibility to aid homeless veteiaf
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. (AP) — The new Miss
America, whose father is a disabled Vietnam
veteran, says she hopes to use her crown to
spotlight homelessness among veterans.
Miss America 2000 Heather Renee French,
24, of Maysville, Ky., a graduate design student
who has done volunteer work for the Veterans
Administration, will campaign for increased
government assistance for down-and-out veter
ans during her reign.
“We have over 250,000 homeless veterans,
spread nationwide,” she said yesterday. “A large
population, of course, are in Washington, D.C.,
and in large cities. You find they congregate in
the larger areas because that’s where the facili
ties are that treat those needs.”
Her father, Ron French, 52, served in the U.S.
Marine Corps in Vietnam and was wounded in
combat during his four-year hitch.
He said he believes his daughter will make
a difference as a high-profile spokesp;
veterans.
“I’ve already heard from six or seve
ans] just since last night,” she said. T
they’re really grateful that someone life
be a spokesperson for them. It’s about'
veterans had a spokesperson.”
French had dreamed of becorai:
America since she was about 9 years: |
mother said.
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