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evening, and junior economics
major Adam Brownfield sets out
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For almost two years now,
Brownfield has spent countless
weekends and the occasional
weeknight in Dallas hard at work
while simultaneously attending
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Brownfield said he even has
one home during the week to
tend to other matters.
“There have been times when
aaybe I forgot something or just
anted to go home,” he said. “So
sually I do, and it seems to work
ut just fine.”
Brownfield said his commuting
o school has not been without
some problems.
“There have been so many
times I have stopped halfway and
rested or had car troubles,” he
said. “And the weather is not al-
Iways too kind, either.”
Brownfield said at one point
last semester, inclement weather
caused his normally three-and-a-
: half hour drive to be almost sev-
l?n hours.
“I drove about 40 [mph] the
fentire way, and it took forever,” he
said. “1 made it just in time for my
two o’clock class. ”
Financial compensation is an
mportant reason for commutes
etween school and work for
obin Nester, a senior horticulture
nd floriculture major.
“I have worked as a floral de
signer at a grocery store in the
jLVoodlands for going on five years
ow,” she said.
Nester said she does not regret
traveling to school.
“It has given me a lot of great
work experience,” she said. “Main
ly because it has to do with my ma
jor, and I really enjoy the job.”
Nester said she does pay a price
for traveling too much.
“Over the past few years, 1
have missed a lot of the ‘college
experience,’” she said. “Like par
ties, most of the football games
and a lot of what goes on around
my apartment and with my
friends, as well.”
Despite the setbacks, Nester
said she would not have it any
other way.
“I really don’t mind one bit,”
Nester said. “I do what I have to
do, and I need to make money, so
it has to be done.”
Brownfield said he has missed out
on some of the college experience.
“One weekend I came home to
find my roommate had one of the
biggest parties, 1 think, ever,”
Brownfield said. “When 1 talked to
him later, he told me there were
about 100 people there and it was
really cool.
“I really regretted not being
there but I guess there is a price
you have to pay. ”
Christy West, a junior at Blinn
College who is participating in the
emergency medical technician pro
gram, said the quality of education
at Blinn is worth the drive.
“I drive from Cypress every
Tuesday and Thursday,” she said.
“The program here is one of the
best in the state, and since I want
a good job, 1 think it is worth
every mile.”
West said the drive does not
seem so bad after doing it for over
a year.
“At first I was not sure if it was
going to work,” West said. “But
when you do it a few times, you
start to notice landmarks and hous-
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es and such. This usually makes it
seem shorter.”
West said the time of day is im
portant to her because it deter
mines how she feels.
“1 usually drive early in the
morning, and since I am a morn
ing person, I love it,” West said.
“Afternoons seem to take longer
though, and after a long day, it
seems even worse. ”
Brownfield said music helps
him to pass the time commuting.
“The radio makes it seem a lot
shorter to me,” he said. “I figure in
three hours, I can listen to five or
six CDs and soon. I’m there.”
Nester said over the years she
has met other people who do the
same as her.
“I have met people who live
and work in Austin, Houston and
even Dallas,” Nester said.
“There are a lot more people
than one might think who do work
away from College Station.”
Royal family chastised
for hunting expedition
I LONDON ( AP) — A royal hunting trip over the
weekend is raising the dander of a British animal-
Ijpghts group.
I The League Against Cruel Sports is accusing
Prince Charles of using his teen-aged son and heir
to the throne, Prince William, to “make a politi-
pcal statement” against a possible ban on hunting
by Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor Party gov
ernment.
I William, 17, joined some 200 riders in pursuit
of a fox Saturday at the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt,
near Charles’ country estate west of London.
1 “He [Charles] is clearly trying to intimidate
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
members of Parliament into shelving a ban be
cause he enjoys fox hunting,” league chair John
Hooper said.
Yesterday, some 20,000 people demonstrated
in the southwest England city of Exeter against a
hunting ban, and generally protesting economic
problems in rural areas.
David Lee Roth sues
former personal manager
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Van Halen
frontman David Lee Roth is suing his former per
sonal manager over a Website where fans can buy
the singer’s memorabilia.
The lawsuit was filed Friday in Los Angeles
against Edmund Anderson, who worked with
Roth for about 10 years, Roth’s attorney Jeff
Benice said Saturday.
“The suit was filed as a result of Roth at
tempting to clean up the bootlegging and piracy
of his image off the Internet,” Benice said.
The 45-year-old rock star initially allowed An
derson to sell Van Halen T-shirts, tour posters and
other items and agreed to let him set up a Web
site to help with sales. But in February, around the
same time Anderson stopped working for the
singer, Roth told him to shut down the Website,
Benice said.
Anderson did, but apparently reestablished
the site, Benice said. He says damages exceed
$100,000.
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