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SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK “Magnificent ensemble that has so enriched American music November 15, 1999 7:30 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Tickets: $10 students $15 everyone else! "Americas most riveting a capelin group'’ -Boston Globe -Coretta Scott King Co-Sponsored by Women s Studies, the MSC b.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness, Race & Ethnic Studies Institute, the departments of English, Anthropology and Sociology, Encore, the College of Liberal Arts, the Center for Humanities Research, and the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. "Sweet Honey has become a favorite around the world” -Washington Post Call the MSC Box Office 845-1234 4.C Coming Thursday, Nov. 11 nr The Memorial Student Center invites you to a Veterans' Day Memorial Ceremony with guest speaker Jim Ray, Class of 4 63 Vietnam Veteran and POW 1 1:30-12:30 MSC Flagroom pi : Persons needing special assistance, please call 845-1515 to Inform us of your special needs. MARSHALL FALL El. Goodwrench Service Lawrence Marshall offers GM Goodwrench Service Plus (the plus means better), the new way of servicing your truck or car. Now, you’ll get a limited Lifetime Guarantee on selected parts and repairs, good for as long as you own your GM vehicle. Plus, get courtesy transportation and up-front competitive pricing. See your Lawrence Marshall service advisor for details. OIL & FILTER CHANGE Plus 31 point inspection. Includes 5 quarts of oil and oil filter. Some models higher. COOLING SYSTEM DRAIN AND FILL Includes one gallon of coolant. Some models higher. COOLING SYSTEM FLUSH % OFF Includes two gallons of coolant and chemical flush. Keeps your engine cool and efficient. ALL G.M. PARTS PURCHASED OVER THE COUNTER. Accessories not included. Some restrictions apply. TIRE ROTATION Plus free brake inspection. A tire rotation prolongs tire life! Some vehicles extra. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CHECK UP We’ll check alternator, battery and more to determine any unnecessary electrical discharge. Most vehicles included. MARSHALL MARSHALL PONTIAC* BUICK*GMC OLDS*CADILLAC*ISUZU 779-1000 601 South Texas Ave 779-3516 2401 Texas Ave. HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY 7am-6pm • SATURDAY-8am-12pm Aggie Owned • Aggie Operated Page 4 • Tuesday, September 9, 1999 GGIELIFF asma paycnec jn Students donate blood for own reafi' °* M ost peo ple do it at least once in their lifetime. A magi cal procedure in volving the transmission of bodily fluids during which All service specials are good through December 31,1999 many participants moan and groan due to the memorable sen sation involved. Commonly the procedure is not complete until one has received his or her cook ie, and then, exhausted and spent from the ordeal, one simply lies in bed for an indiscriminate amount of time until he or she has the en ergy to rise again. Donating blood, of course, is an important part of modern medicine (and we real men can do it at least twice). And like all important aspects of modern medicine, it can be incredibly painful. However, before one is allowed to have a turkey baster shoved under his or her skin in order to make a donation, one must answer a lengthy question naire. Donors should try to an swer the questionnaire as accu rately as possible, keeping in mind that even the most person al question is necessary to en sure potential recipients’ safety. In the hope of alleviating dis comfort, donors can look over the following take-home copy of the questionnaire in order to pre pare their responses. 1) Do you or have you ever shared>a syringe for the purposes of drug usage? 2) if “yes,” please show ques tionnaire to the officer in the doorway (can’t believe you fell for that). 3) Have you seen the movie Deliverance?, 4) Have you had intercourse while in Haiti before 1978? 5) If “yes,” please send pic tures to .. Any given amount of blood is 55 percent plasma, 45 percent blood cells. Blood cells differ from plasma in the sense that blood cells will not buy a tank of gas. Blood, you see, is donated while plasma is sold. One is giv en from the goodness of the heart; the other is given from the recesses of the wallet. This raises the following questions: If blood cannot be sold, why is it held in banks? And why do we collec tively drive on a parkway, and yet park on a stretch of dirt that places a railroad track between ourselves and class? The answer to both questions is our relentless pursuit of money. From the hapless student who at tends the monthly swap-meet of LASMA plasma for payola to the cold ad ministration squeezing pennies from the parking lot-less destitute, money is both the seed and spoil of struggles. Many students view the plasma exchange as a fright ening last resort in times of finan cial woe. But after the initial expe rience of selling plasma, the fear subsides, the monetary gain su persedes the momentary pain. Like embezzling from a Florida retirement home, selling plasma becomes a highly lucrative and convenient source of revenue — a crimson stream of wealth span ning throughout the body, sifted for traces of gold. However, there are alternatives to the plasma trade when stu dents are desperate for money, al though some work substantially better than others. For instance, turning tricks and fetching bones may seem to be good ways to make easy money, but the fact is that dog trainers simply are not in high demand. Many students also place their hope in the countless email “moneymaker” forwarding schemes. Common sense should tell students that such ventures dwindle into failure. It is only in a dream world that a medical board will give every forwarding email RUBEN OELUSa I addressee $500. In re.!ii:v'Oiitinuedfroi every forwarded email, aiDhly means anc will deny treatment to an dP^ist rat ion or man and then break an otpAnner, yes. Foi finger. Other thanwaitinga^ b'ood and th v: hing for the opportunity!* a good caust .1 lawsuit against at) oil tyc# e H 1s hospitals tal fluids are a student’sbest^ 31 keep peop foi fast cash. Crosby and his Of course, the places upon kut at the ri: which o h1'nh 0 !-’° neL blood ii il^mi'rpn/” 01 s , e J S ' Krnndecision^^-^,,^!::-- inadvertently seti^n^' n(k>r w own blood. Granted, it is i^ ese tar-ietclu tant to do whatever is withirjjpj-Qb^ig as t to pay the bills and ®iejvl v the stuff the vengeful angeloltui«or ; nd modern gin ments, but one should cons gi oot j banks i>ne s priorities whendeali ource of inforr money derived intravenou ens nor as idei lohnnv Q. Pedantic'sbk on’s scattered nothing more than atamtdiculous Holb net , medium soft drink,si ather, they are of Junior Mints and two»:- , rental of Caddyshockl Byk| means! The essenceofbi ■ life is so much more wottf much more precious. Cate matinee of Fight Club insit- But is the circulatorysft entirely about cash? Ismd see Plasma ( UNLEASHED rOUR 1104 C Collec 69: FEAFURING H h with } you w 1£ your and be other *Not valid < aquariu CAICH 'EM LIVE AF HURRICANE HARRY’S WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH As heard on KORA & KAGG Available now at hastines Your Entertainment SuperstoreCZ7 " ©1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc •nynashville. Tho Rpitallinn • ^ QAI I y 1 ?” ffi 4G7" v IP’S