The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 09, 1999, Image 4

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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:
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blood ii il^mi'rpn/” 01
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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
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