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Umoja(Unity) Kujichagalia (Self-Determination) Ujima (Collective work & responsibility) MSC Black AwamessCommittee Presents... m S m ■mm w m W W m w CELEBRATION 'CZ '55* JJL 3 ir qJ QJ “The Culmination of Excellence O Through Heritage" O O x? n> —t £U < <T> ro o o 13 o o t/t 2! Nov. 18, 1999 MSC 201 CD 4. 7 PM (Reception will follow) T3 o to ft> Persons with ctbablttties j>leiect call K45-ISIS *o inform m of your spociol ne«d«» We m|«ervt notifkal«>o three VM»rk»wj» \ prior l<* the event to rttabk us to assist you to Uk' iHrst »>f our abilities. Kuumba (Creativity) Imani (Faith) BREITLING 1884 Navitimer John D. Huntley Class of '79 31 3B South College Ave., College Station, TX 77840 (409) 846-8916 INSTRUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL. S 1 M<S>C Hospitality presents... (Student Etiquette Dinner Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999 Faculty Club 11th floor of Rudder Tower 5:30-8:00 p.m. An expert in the field of etiquette will provide information and helpful hints to use in a formal setting. The meal will consist of seven courses and the cost is $8.00. Register at Rudder Box Office, today is the last day! Please call 845-1515 with any questions. ~ Dress is business casual~ Page 2 • Monday, November 8, 1999 c AMPUS Ht Centerpole Continued from Page 1 building is complete. The last two stacks of Bonfire, the fifth and sixth stacks, will be completed on the day before and the day of Bonfire, respectively. The fifth stack will be built by the junior redpots, and the sixth stack will be built by senior redpots. Once stack is completed, the outhouse is placed on top, and Bonfire is ready to be lit. *"0 C Aggie edited book offers ti on literacy for English teache BY RICHARD BRAY The Battalion Habitat Continued from Page 1 in our country, but it is seldom that you hear about the positive things they do,” Mcilhaney said. “The Aggies here at Texas A&M have to be some of the best young adults in the world, between the Big Event they put on every spring to students working indi vidually, one by one, forming groups and building homes for people.” Surovik said although he often cannot convince bank employees to come out and help, the Aggies are always there. “The Aggies are awesome,” Surovik said. “[Students] are the backbone [of the project].” The land the house is on was donated by the City of College Station. Plans are underway for another Habitat house to be built and placed on the lot neighboring the Ellis’ home. Fifty percent of Fortune 500 companies underwrite employ ees’ remedial basic-skills training at an annual cost of $300 million. The military spends $70 mil lion annually on basic-skills re mediation for recruits. At a time when illiteracy is having an impact on the econo my, two Texas A&M professors, Valerie Balester and Michelle Hall Kells, have co-edited a book tar geted at English teachers, Attend ing to the Margins: Writing, Re searching and Teaching on the Front Lines. Kells said she recognized a need for research to respond to the interests of college students from overlooked backgrounds. Kells said literacy goes beyond the ability to read and write. “Literacy is the ability to gen erate meaningful text and to in terpret texts that are coming at you,” she said. “It is a develop mental process for all of us.” Kells said the best way for pro fessors to tell if a student is func tionally illiterate is to have them write. “My recommendation to pro fessors in any field is to encourage writing and the process of gener ating text whenever possible,” Kells said. “T/ie evidence is there that there are a lot of people with problems read ing and writing” — Dr. J. Lawrence Mitchell English department head Dr. J. Lawrence Mitchell, head of the Department of English, said although he does not believe illit eracy is a problem at A&M, it is an issue in other parts of the state. “The evidence is there that there are a lot of people with SIDE BURN CLUB ISA Continued from Page 1 tion won both the first and second place titles in the chess event. Takuya Yamada, director of the Mini-Olympics and a junior archi tecture major, said the atmosphere of the games was exciting, serious and fun because the players—all from different countries—they were all excited about being in volved in the games. “Watching the players cheer for their teams was fun because each country had its own way to cheer their players,” Yamada said. “For example, some countries brought traditional drums to create spirit for their country, that was very dif ferent from the usual sports events.” Yamada said though the com petition was rough, all of the play ers enjoyed themselves. “The players were very serious because they were representing their country, but they enjoyed the games because they met so many people from all over the world who enjoyed the same sports,” Yamada said. problems reading and wl he said. Mitchell said there is a*: among school officialsaol nation whether all deparl should help studentsdeves sic reading and writingskil “There are issues as to»| communication skills she: the province of English merits and speech depa: whether it isn’t something should all take responsibi! he said. Mitchell said whilehedi want to place the blame one level, some high schi not have the resources to ly assist students who are problems learning to re: write at an adequate level. "Clearly, in many cas schools have been ovenv by students who have pi and they can’t addresstha ticiently for budget oroia sons,” Mitchell said. Balester said the best! solve this problem is foriiB to assign writing and tea Bthsh has d respond in a positive ma wh g with t Sciei group BY BEAU & BRfq^ Mg Suitcase The Sc CD Tran (T'0> r ^ o MdltN V/‘The Chen RtaSF, 8K? 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Therefore, compe tition was held only in intermedi ate and advanced levels. Next semester’s Tumble-Off will be in April. Shaffer said he hopes more people will show up to par ticipate and watch. Gift certificates and coupons from community businesses were prizes distributed afterwards to the top-fin ishing competitors. NON MIA CULPA httpt ■ . xoom November 15, 1999 7:30 p.m. -Coretta Scott King Rudder Auditorium Tickets: $10 students $15 everyone else! “Magnificent ensemble that has so enriched American music “America’s most riveting a cap el la group ” -Boston Globe Co-Sponsored by Women’s Studies, the MSC L.T. 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