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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
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it. The lowest grade is the repeated course.)
2. 69 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 lantiarv 1, 1994, you were enrolled at Texas A&M University and successfully completed either
a fail/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.
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parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
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If you are a December 1999 degree candidate and do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place
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Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management
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However, if you have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and have been cleared by the the
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their deadline). The original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of
your degree being posted.
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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.
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problem with your academic record, or if you are blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve these
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Return no later than September 23, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the sta
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Strickland said Brewer’s words
prove he “is a future threat to black
people in the future.”
The defense said the letter referred
to a sexual act. Strickland agreed that
letters may be interpreted differently
according to the interpreter.
Brewer’s family was not available
for questioning following the verdict.
Tuesday
Aggie Lutherans: A gathering for fun
and fellowship will take place at 7
p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
TAMU Men’s Rugby: Open practice
will be held from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in
the Rugby field behind the Zachry
Parking Lot. No experience neces
sary. For more information, contact
Lucas at 691-8363.
National Society of Black Engi
neers: There will be a general meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. in Rich 101.
Churches
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He said the churches have
prayer ministers available in case
the Byrd family members have spe
cific requests or need counseling.
“It’s been a cooperative effort;
[members of both churches] have
really stepped up to the challenge,”
Hall said.
Reverend Bobby Hudson, the
reverend of Goodwill Baptist
Church in Jasper when the murder
occurred, said pastors and minis
ters held a prayer vigil outside the
courthouse in Jasper, making sure
they remained visible for the fami
ly and the community.
“We walked around the [Jasper]
community to show our support
and sympathy and to keep unity,”
he said.
Hudson said, that although he
has retired as the reverend of Good
will Baptist Church, he is still a
member of Ministeria Alliance, and
leads a Bible study with Shawn
Berry, the third man accused in the
Byrd case.
Credit card debt plagues studei
BY JULIE ZUCKER
The Battalion
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“It was amazing to see the
amount of drivers giving up their
time to make sure Aggies have a safe
ride home,” he said.
Shiefelbein said even with the ini
tial success of the program, miscon
ceptions still exist.
He said one myth of the program
is that drivers are going to preach to
the riders about the evils of drinking,
he said.
Shiefelbein said the applicants
knew they could not lecture to the
riders when they applied.
He said another misconception is
that the program keeps records 6f
the calls in order to turn them into
the police for drinking violations, es
pecially minors.
Shiefelbein said they take names
to find the person who called when
they get to the bar or party, not so
they can report the names to the po
lice. He said this information can
also be used to report the number of
rides given for program sponsors.
The third myth is that the pro
gram is against drinking and the
group consists completely of non
drinkers.
Shiefelbein said it is a student’s
choice to drink, and they are old
enough to make that decision. He
said one-third of the students who
used the service over the weekend
were sober.
“Some people lost their keys, had
a flat tire or wanted to leave the club
before the rest of their group,” he
said.
Shiefelbein said the group of stu
dent volunteers consists of students
who drink and those who do not. He
said as a program they are not con
cerned with drinking, they are con
cerned with getting people home
safely who have been drinking.
Shiefelbein said some students
who used the service called back or
saw the drivers on campus and
thanked them for the safe ride home.
Average credit card debt for col
lege students has risen 5 percent in
the last year, which can eventually
make large purchases in the future
difficult, if not impossible.
Lawrence W. O’Toole, president
of Nellie Mae, a national student
loan provider, said the increase
calls for more education about
credit card use.
“With the average credit card
debt nearing$2,000 [perstudent], it
is clear that we must continue to ed
ucate students about credit card
use,” he said.
Carolyn Shanley, senior writer for
Nellie Mae, said students are easy
targets for credit card companies.
“The booths are all over cam
puses,” she said. “Most companies
think if you don’t pay, mom and
dad will.”
Debra LaGrone, assistant direc
tor of tl)e Department of Financial
Aid, said a lot of students do not
think about the future when they
are spending in the present.
“Many students with credit card
debt get another card to replace the
one they cannot charge with,” La
Grone said. “They don’t realize the
debt will still be there.”
Credit card companies increase
the interest rates after a month
grace period which makes any
amount due more than the cost of
the original item purchased.
LaGrone said companies can
raise the line of credit, but that is
not always a positive thing for stu
dents with debt.
“Raising the level just makes the
student want to spend more,” she
said.
“Students have the right to ask
“Students need to
use their cards, but
for emergencies
and to build
[credit] history.
— Debra LaGrone
assistant director for the
Department of Financial Aid
the company to lower their credit
line, lessening the chance of over
spending. ”
LaGrone said students also need
to know that frequent flier miles
and free minutes for phone com
panies are not always a bonus,
“There is a premium each
month that is added to the bill, that
people pay for the ‘free’ additions,
so they are not really free at all,”
she said.
Shanley said learning to budget
money is a necessary skill for fu
ture purchases.
“There is a trend that students
are [taking outj loansm
card debts in their hani
said. “If they cannot learr
get their money, they will?:
down from realtors and a
men in the future.”
Students can go to fins
offices to make monthlyi
and learn to use their more
Shanley said there are
lenders and loan offices:
to students.
Robyn Gel man, a sop
business major, said shew
the Pavilion for a creditci
pany, which asked studen:
up for credit cards.
She said students car.
ferent credit cards to par
which helps students to ;
nancial responsibility.
Creating a solid credits
important, but the biggestprj
students who cannot i
a need and a want, saidl
“Students need to
cards, but for emergencies
build [credit] history,’
said. “Before pullingouif
ask yourself, ‘Do I reallyr
or do I just want it?”
Gel man said students:
pay off their credit card:
soon as possible so
have an outstanding ba
the company.
“Students don’t undenti
need to pay it off because;^
keeps building, theworsnl^
student is to keep buyinga
his or her debt,” Gelmans
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