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OFF CAMPUS AGGTFS HAUOWFFM BASH J3F TWFPF OP FF SCAPFWW General Meeting TONIGHT! Koldus HO at 8:30pm Fop Questions CALL US AT 045-0600 OP COW£ BY TUB OFFICE IN Koldus 107 ! WEAR YOlJR COSTUME BECAUSE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED!!! Free Candy Free Prizes Free FUN!!! NEW THOUGHT CENTRAL GRAND OPENING Manor East Mall Oct. 19, 1999 Metaphysical Books, Gifts, Herbs, & Classes Massage Therapy Tuesday - Saturday Reiki Healing 10:00 am - 8:00 pm Psychic Readings Call 361-0934 Featuring LLewyellyn.&DeVours Publications www.inspirednewthought.org Don’t Forget Us For Lunch & Late Night Pizza by the Slice Value Meals Cheese & Drink *2.25 1 Topping & Drink *2.50 Speciality & Drink *2.75 Add a Slice *1.25 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. M-F at Northgate Location Only 1 Large 1 Topping $ 6.99 10 p.m. - Close College Station 764-7272 Bryan 268-7272 TAMU/Northgate 846-3600 Do you know what these mimes are trying to tell you? jflk Mi ...is now taking applications for both hungry minds and stomachs! Let us satisfy your famished minds occasionally through out the semester with intriguing group dinner discussions with fellow students and professors all while enjoying free food. To participate attend one of the following informationals: Thursday, October 14th at 7pm in MSC 229 or Tuesday, October 19th at 8:30pm in Rudder 707 <• A k To inform us of your special needs please, call 845-8770 or stop by MSC LIBERAL ARTS CAREER NIGHT Tuesday, October 19 th 226 MSC 6:30pm-8:30pm w MEET OUR CAREER PANEL Sharon Jauer Durham, ’97 Product Manager Southwestern Bell Tom Wilkinson Executive Director Brazos Valley Council of Governments Sheryl Lyssy, ’86 Director of Agency Development Northwestern Mutual Life Ben Bimslager, ‘98 Registered Representative Aetna Financial Services BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON • How to find your “ideal career” • How to research careers • Graduate School/Teacher Certification • Browse the resource room Refreshments & Door Prizes TAMU Career Center Page 4 • Tuesday, October 19, 1999 A GGIELIFE ' Iur T»ood i CHARLC hen the onsible f< ns saw oi urs after hool mas what is Citizens serving on juries must know fine points of l ey leave c There is out who les, wh I 't happens to almost every one at least once. A phe- .nomenal event in life that comes unexpectedly and sweeps even the most stead fast off their feet. It offers the promise of sweet intrigue and mystery in an otherwise dull work-a-day world. It is two words that can ex ult the souls or bring terror to the minds of those subject to its many arrows — jury duty. Every honest, taxpaying American who is registered to vote is called upon to serve jury duty at least once (and at least twice if one is only the latter two). As the most fundamental display of power among Americans — second only to Rockem’ Sockem’ Robots — jury duty casts the common man as the great gold prospector of justice, sift ing through the soot and mud of society to find the tiny, complicating gold nuggets that prevent the smooth, steady flow of the river. Does one send the gold nugget away to a prison only to tarnish and rot away? Or does one seek personal profit by selling the nugget to the travelling media circus, bent on making kings of criminals and martyrs of murderers? This is the choice and the power of the mild- mannered jury member — an opportunity to display impeccable moral judgment and com mon sense. But given the fact impeccable judgment and common sense are rarities, an explanation of the intricacies of jury duty is due. Some believe the selection of potential jury members is a random, aimless process. This is not so. Potential jurors are carefully considered and scrutinized for their fitness to serve in a court of law as a standard of mental capacity and civic mindedness are essential in jurors. To find individuals with such qualities, gov ernment employees call each listing in area Phonebooks, asking “Is your refrigerator run ning?” If the individual picks up on the gag, he or she is of sound mind and judgment and is fit for jury duty. Many Americans have come to dread seeing that small blue, pink or green slip of paper in their mail boxes. In an effort to make jury-duty notification more appealing, the government is considering hiring Ed McMahon to arrive in per son with balloons and flowers to make the an- as first on luickest to ie two bo and the littleton, C Instead, Ik about r. Or why [retly sent ir why tlir ieat eachc r met to p rhen Coin The lest ars of KG USA-TV i lave more ban speed “For the iut the cci WINDSO >rmer mild seed off it uitarist Jit Dudley E a $26,5 ave to seP 40,000 ir udge last' Page, 5 / elin, had bat Burns! ind cause tty, The In be tree nouncement. But for the increasing number of constituents not familiar with Ed McMahon, a new super-ad hesive will be applied to the jury-duty notifica tion form, eliminating any possibility of “losing” the document. However, the escalator of jury selection does not travel in only one direction. Certain citizens enjoy exemptions from jury duty. The elderly are exempt because courtrooms allow bathroom breaks only each half hour and because they simply will not get the phone prank. Persons with young children are exempt be cause no one wants to put up with a whining, blabbering, slobbering bundle of hairless stink — that is, unless he is on trial for perjury. Also, persons with young children are ex empt because they are already too busy for phone pranks. Students of higher education are exempt be cause they are simply preoccupied with making their own phone pranks. So if one wants to eliminate any possibility of serving on a jury, he or she need only be an 80- year-old chemistry major who breast-feeds. But what is to become of the unfortunate souls who do not escape the grasping claws of jury duty? What manner of poking, prodding and protruding must they endure before they reach that proverbial land of milk and honey known as the courtroom? Potential jurors first must fill out a modest questionnaire, French for “What are your preju dices?” These questionnaires usually delve into one’s personal life, leading some to feel uncom fortable and doubtful of their significance to jury selection. Rest assured, however, that the court system has justified its need to know important infor mation like dress measurements, marital status and alcohol tolerance. Having finished the questionnaire, potential jurors then undergo a grueling interview from the attorneys involved in the case. It is impera tive one answer interviewers’ questions as openly as possible. For example, if one is asked if they were on the John Gotti trial’s jury, he or she should con centrate on their answer and not the red laser targeting dot on their forehead or the cement shoes being fitted for them. And finally, of course, before jury members can be allowed into the courtroom they must undergo a full body-cavity search (that is what they told me at the. time). Now comes the moment of truth, or as grown-up lawyers call it, “hearsay,” — the trial. At this point a knowledge of procedural differ ences between the different levels of courts is helpful to jurors. In local courts, usually bakeries by day, pro ceedings begin with a salute to the American flag, the state flag and the school mascot — a goat named “Jose'.” TYials presented in local courts are argued be tween two “law-fellers,” the defendant’s (Hat field) and the prosecutor’s (McCoy).Stale courts assume more prestige than proceeding with twice as much pompaw as much spittoon traffic. If in a local court, one should mindli meadow muffins. If in a state court,one SACI BEAUTIFUL f 216 N. Bryai Downtown Bra 779-8208 TRF BOOTH 224S250 , Cl BALTIC AMBI should blame genetics. The SupremeCoiJ mAmippET not a concern of the juror’s, since, inste a jury, a panel of The Elders determine whether a trial’s outcome is innocent,! or “moot” (Elder-speak for “thegolfcous| closes soon.”) Of course, some rules of etiquette fori apply to all levels of court. For instance: • Do not joke about how the judgelottf “pound the gavel.” • Do not complain about the courtroom having a buffet. • Do not shout “Off with his head!” GIG • Do not substitute reading the verdich* reading from a steamy romance novel. • Do not mistake “deadlock” for the# 1 a new action movie. • Do not mistake “sequestered” forasoJ wich dressing. • Do not giggle at the term "penal code In a court system in which judgmentis based on common sense, and among a cot mon sense of desensitization among the mon, jurors should consider gravely his of) position of authority, observe his or her/ to make sound judgments and alwaysmZ sure their refrigerator is running. 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