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Relaxing, therapeutic massages rs m 5 & *o a -o *p a.<N Is ^ Supreme European facials V’ European body wraps Gelulite treatments I Call for an a ft fit. today! Searching the for Key to Success? Join Us for Islam lOI - An Intro to Islam -FKEE Admission & Refreshments!! Topic; fettnofisl* Next Session: Oct 14 (a 7:30 PM in MSC 231 Coming Soon: Isliini Awareness Week Nov 1-4 for more info and questions, e-mail /*lam It) l a tumu. edit or call S46- 77IS or visit our table in MSC'on H eJ. from II 3t)-3pm Sponsored by the Muslim Students' Association Get your £.11. game "maroon out" shirt only at inspirations! JJL WHAT’S THE WORD? d,L ir ORATORICAL CONTEST IP “Bias in the Media. How stereotypes are perpe Look...Listen...Leari Open your ears and free your mind Thursday, October 14,1 7pm MSC 292 (reception will follow) Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three working days prior to the event to noble us to assist you to the best of our abilities. Page 2 • Wednesday, October 13.1999 Asteriod Continued from Page 1 of people on Earth and the number of people who have actually dis covered something no one else has seen before, the percentage of new discoveries is small,” he said. Carona said the discovery is an on-going process because data con stantly is gathered to trace an ac curate orbit path. ‘‘We estimate that [the aster oid] orbits the sun a little more than every five anci a half years,” he said. Carona said the research, which was funded by a Faculty Research Grant at SFA, was specifically look ing for a new stellar body. Garage Continued from Page 1 Brymer said the parking garage is one of the projects the city of Col lege Station has undertaken to im prove the Northgate district, since the Northgate Revitalization Board (NRB) was organized in 1994. “The city has undertaken a lot of public infrastructure improve ments including improvements on College Main, the Patricia Street promenade and the addi tional parking there.” Don Canter, owner of the Dix ie Chicken, the Dry Bean Saloon and Shadow Canyon, said he be lieves the Northgate parking garage is necessary to provide more parking spaces to the North- gate area. “That’s a sort of no-brainer,” Canter said. “There is a big sign [that] we need parking in Northgate.” Canter is scheduled to open a barbecue and steak restaurant in Northgate later this year and an ticipates an increased need for parking in the Northgate area. He said the area needs more parking than what is currently provided by on-street parking. Switch Continued from Page 1 of Education and department heads. Townsend sajd during the day she learned the Department of Ed ucation is reorganizing itself, and she learned about the funding for the reorganization. She said the job of dean is com pletely different from that of a pro fessor because of the need to know about the department’s activities in mpre detail. U.S. Continued from Page 1 “This relationship will affect how the world will be in the next 10 years.” He said this forum is one step in Texas A&M’s Vision 2020 plan to qualify the University for top-10 na tional ranking in academia, ad ministration and other categories. “We want the students to be the best in the market with a better per spective of the world,” he said. “To do this, we must make sure both the faculty, as well as the students, understand what is happening in the world around them.” Sam Roberts, a senior finance major, said he is one of many stu- . dents and faculty who have ex pressed interest in the event. “Being a business major, 1 real ize the socioeconomic state of Chi na will significantly impact the U.S. economy,” Roberts said. EWS President Bowen to h barbecue for 100 studei BY ERIKA DOERR The Battalion Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen, and his wife, Sally, will host a barbecue for 100 students with free food, entertainment and an opportunity to visit with the president and his wife today at 6 p.m., at the President’s home. Bowen said the Bowen BBQ is a great way for students to come and visit with him, his wife, A&M ad ministrators and coaches in a fun and open environment. “1 see and meet a lot of students in leadership positions, such as stu dent senate, and now 1 get a chance to meet with a variety of students outside these positions,” he said. Bowen said students were se lected by random drawings from in an online lottery. “Not only will this picnic-style BBQ be a lot of fun, but there will also be door-prize drawings, and of course, free food,” he said. "This event is aimed at breaking down formalities, between administrators and students, and actually letting students come in our [Dr. and Mrs. Bowen’s] home and visit with us.” Bowen said the BBQ has been held the past three years, but due to rain, last year was the first time the event was held at his home and so now it will be held there again. 'This event is aimed at breaking down formalities between administrators and students” —Ray M. Bowen Texas A&M president Tlira King, a media communica tions specialist in the Office of Uni versity Relations, said Bowen has the event once every spring and fall semester. “Students were invited to regis ter online,” she said. “A computer program randomly selected 100 students to have free BBQ at the President’s home.” A&M Food Services viding the food forthe Rose Sauser, theOit versity Relations speciil ordinator, said the BBQ? lovable for everyone. “This event is setupjj to meet and talk will and administration and tions about any coiit might have in an infor® Sauser said therewi at each of the tables an will get a chance tomintfl with the hosts at thetaH they are assigned. “Such hosts include, Dr. Ray Bowen and his Mr. William Krumm.vit for finance and control Sippial, vice president tration; Ellyn Perrone.n dent for governmentafi Groff, athletic departmei Miles Marks, executive the 12th Man Foundahi coaches and former stud Entertainment willfc by the Singing Cadets,si 4 In case of rain, the Williams Alumni Center ignated spot. otr Campus Calender Wednesday MSC 230. For more information, contact Marc at 695^9646. radu thing iJ realb ?ht, a j i schoo t she h lesbian knew becau: after 1 [boyfrie Ithoug ative a) was sti Iwas v t “I did schoo her cai he stui osexu, ity coi Ight sail TAMU Mountain Sports: An infor mational meeting will be at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 302R . For more in formation, contact John at 691- 7823. Thursday Fertl with the Minerals Mar Service branch oftheli SL the Interior will speak ate 0 mammal research. Tee ot 0 Galveston. CLB lOOatBf: VASA: The second general meeting will be at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 404. Contact Marie at 847-0686. Friday Aggie Libertarians: A general meet ing with a discussion of “What is freedom?” will be at 8:30 p.m. in The Society for Marine Mammalo- gy-Texas Student Chapter: Dagmar Symphonic Band: Therew cert in the MSC Flagroom: p.m., Concert Band will ate SIDE BURN CLUB Fish XT \\ou) DID you 6£T 'dOu C.LOGGE E> ?/ /Vlo oaje iaj the DoR/vts KEEPS K) POjiOGEP. 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