JAPAN DAY
November 5, 1999 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
MSC Flagroom
Demonstration "Tea Ceremony"
reserve your seat on the web!
"Kendo" "Japanese Songs"
Japanese Food - lunch box, green tea ice cream (starting 11 a.m.)
Cultural Display • Origami • Yo-yo-fishing
Kimono (traditional cloth) • Palm reading
Japanese snack • Anime
Writing names in Japanese calligraphy and more!
For more information, please check on
http: / /japanclub.tamu.edu /japanday /
Starting Soon!
Next class starts November 6 in Aggieland!
Call today to reserve your seat.
College Station Kaplan Center 707 Texas Avenue. Suite 106-E
1 -800-KAP-TEST
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Literary Arts
World's LongesT Poem
10am-2pm @ Rudder Fountain
Film Society
Texas Film Festival Screenings
9am-12pm @ MSC 216A
~ OPAS
Performances in the Flagroom
1 Oam & 1:30pm
Literary Arts T- :
Open AAiC (original or favorite Literature)
8pm @ Rumors
Daily events listed in the Battalion
for more information call MSC OPAS (a) 845-1661
BREITLING
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John D. Huntley
Class of '79
313B South College Ave., College Station, TX 77840
(409) 846-8916
INSTRUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALS'
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BY BRADY CREEL
The Battalion
En route from Houston to Austin,
the 1999 Lone Star Tourist will stop
in College Station for a guest ap
pearance today to lecture as a col
loquium speaker for the Texas A&M
Department of Philosophy & Hu
manities.
On his tour of four Texas univer
sities, Dr. John M. Cooper, the Stu
art professor of philosophy at
Princeton University, will speak on
his paper, “Method & Science in On
Ancient Medicine” today at 3:45 pm
in Bolton Hall 213.
On Ancient Medicine is the title
of a Greek medical treatise and is at
tributed to the Greek physician Hip
pocrates, after whom the oath all
doctors must take — the Hippocrat
ic Oath — is named.
Dr. Robin Smith, head of the De
partment of Philosophy & Human
ities, said ancient Greek medical
treatises are useful sources of in
sight into Greek concepts of science
and philosophy.
Smith said “Lone Star Tourist” is
a concept originating from a con
sorted effort among the philosophy
departments at A&M, the Universi
ty of Texas — Austin, Rice Universi
ty and the University of Houston.
Smith said the four universities
work together to coordinate one
speaker for each of the institutions,
thus reducing expenses. Together,
the universities invite one person to
speak at all four schools, and by
sharing expenses, they are able to
get a more notable speaker.
“We are able to get a fairly
prominent person in philosophy,”
Smith said.
Cooper has taught at Princeton
since 1981 and served as chair of the
philosophy department from 1984 to
1992. He received his education at
Harvard University and the Univer
sity of Oxford and is well-known for
his work in ancient Greek philoso
phy, especially in the area of ethics.
Cooper spoke yesterday at the
University of Houston and Rice, and
will continue to the University of
Texas later this week.
A reception will be held prior to
the lecture in Bolton Hall 213.
BY KENNETH MACDONALD
The Battalion
Representatives from the
fire and police departments of
Littleton, Colorado will speak
to 450 other law enforcement,
fire and emergency medical
personnel from across the na
tion today at the Bush School
of Government and Public Ser
vice, about their experiences
and the lessons learned from
the tragedy at Columbine High
School.
The seminar, "Littleton,
Colorado: Lessons Learned,”
has been sponsored by the
Texas Engineering Extension
Service (TEEX).
Brenda Sims, TEEX public re
lations director, said the speak
ers will include major players in
the initial official response.
“The instructors will be very
candid as to what went wrong
and what went right, in case
this happens in (the partici
pants’! community," she said.
Sims said there has bee:
tremendous response to:
seminar.
“People want to coir:
Sims said.
“They have put on one-:
workshops before, butnt
ing this comprehensive.'
Because of security rear
and the candid topics,
cussed, security for thiser
is expected to be tight, i
sions will be closed to then
lie and media.
U. S. Rep. Kevin Brady
of the 8th District of Texas
give the opening rema:!
Keynote speakers willindi
Littleton Fire Depart::
Chief William Pessemien
Captain Dave Walchen
Jefferson County Sheriff;!
lice, Sims said.
On April 20, Dylan Kle
and Eric Harris walked i
Columbine High Scho
opened fire, leaving
dents, one teacher andt
gunmen dead.
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Campus Calender
Tuesday
National Society of Black Engi
neers: There will be a general
meeting in Rich 101 at 7:30 p.m.
Catholic Student Association:
There will be a general meeting
tonight from 7 to 8 in MSC 228.
Pre-Law Society: There will be a
general meeting at 7 p.m. in Har
rington 108 with guests from the
Young Lawyers Association. For
more information call Karen Sev
ern at 847-8938 .
Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers: There will be a gener
al meeting in Zachry 105B at 7:30
p.m. For more information contact
Mike S. at 694-9317.
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nity for students to gain work ex
perience.
“Individuals that have already
demonstrated the ability to func
tion in a foreign country are really
looked for.”
Students can get applications at
MSC 223 or at the Institute’s Web
site at http://ltjordan.tamu.edu.
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Isabel Bustos, CAMAC public
relations director and a sophomore
education major, said it is neces
sary to honor those who have in
fluenced the Mexican culture.
“This holiday is a time to hon
or those who have lived and
passed away,” she said.
Lozano said the celebration is
open to everyone.
“ [CAMAC] teach traditions and
what the Mexican culture stands
for,” he said. “There will be no bi
ased attitudes, and I hope people
are not afraid of the cultural un
dertones. Everyone is welcome if
you have lost a loved one or not.”
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