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Campus The Dance Arts Society presents... Fall Curtain Call ‘99 Sunday, November 14, 1999 2 p.m. • Rudder Theatre Tickets: $ 5 - adult *3 - student w/ l.D. Sold at door Come join us for an energetic afternoon of limitless styles of dance: you have only ONE chance to see it! Page 2 • Friday, November 12, 1999 Study looks at feral cats Symposium BY JEANETTE SIMPSON The Battalion National Hunger and Homelessness Week FOOD DRIVE Competition with t.u. After your organization's food drive, drop off your food with us. We will count how much you donated, add it to the AJLTAMU donation and deliver it to the Fix'd Bank for you. At the end of the drive, we w ill total the donations from TAMU and t.u.. The winner will be announced at the game! Feed the llell Monday Nov. 15 - Wednesday Nov. 17 10ain-2pni Onttii til. am/Thursday Nov. 18 10am-5pni DROP OFF LOCATION: Between Kleberg and the Meat Science Center near the loading dock. Short term parking is available for dropping off your donadon.) for more information contact Nicole Castro at 268.4451 The Texas A&M University Student Media Board is accepting applications for The Battalion — Including radio and online editions — Spring 2000 (The spring editor will serve from Jan. 10 through May 5, 2000) Qualifications for editor in chief of The Battalion are: Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled in at least six credit hours (unless fewer credits are required to graduate) during the term of office; Have at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point ratio and at least a 2.00 grade point ratio in the semester immediately prior to the appointment, the semester of appointment and semes- ter(s) (all summer course work is considered summer semester) during the term of office. In order for summer school grades to qualify as previous semester grades, a minimum of six hours must be taken during the course of either the full or two summer session(s); Have completed JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and Society), or equivalent; Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, -OR- Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, -OR- Have completed at least 12 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I and II), and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Cagle, Student Media Staff Assistant, in room 01 3D Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, 1999. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Media Board Meeting beginning at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, in room 221 F Reed McDonald. An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. Committed to Diversity. GET ‘TOUCHED’ BY AN ANGEL! “EXHILARATING, AUDACIOUS AND WILDLY IRREVERENT! ‘Dogma’ abounds with triumphant imaqination! :ilessf\i It is mercilessly funny!” ■Janet Maslm. THE NEW YORK TIMES “SCANDALOUSLY FUNNY! The most singularly daring American movie in years! You’ve never seen a film quite like ‘Dogma’!” -John Ebwers. VOGUE “ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST MOST EXCITING MOVIES! Sexy and hilarious!” i>? twor L 4 WEEKLY BOLDLY FUNNY! 1 -Peter Trovers. ROLLING SI ONE There are nearly 90 on-campus residents at Texas A&M that do not live in residence halls—they are feral (wild) cats. Dr. Margaret Slater, an associate professor in veterinary anatomy and public health care, said some of the cats living on campus were abandoned by their owners, others are pets of the students and the rest are a result of years of inbreeding. Fourth-year veterinary students spay and neuter the cats, test them for diseases and vaccinate them be fore they are released on campus. Other volunteers locate, monitor and feed them. Slater said the organization be gan when researchers were trying to better manage stray-animal pop ulations in urban areas. “This program had given us an avenue to show people that there are humane ways to control wild cat populations,” she said. “The more we know about them, the more we are able to modify the programs so that they work better, to see whether there are other kinds of health prob lems we need to worry about and to understand some of the risks, such as people being bitten.” The organization gives the Uni versity opportunities to learn more about the cats living on campus and allows researchers to compare the behaviors of cats living in dif ferent environments. Slater said some cats were fitted with radio collars to track their movements around campus and to study the cats’ behavior through out the past year. “Approximately 20 cats were fit ted with radio collars,” she said. “Sara Ash, a graduate student in wildlife and fisheries who has been monitoring those cats, will be speaking at the meeting and re viewing what she and other re searchers have learned about the cats — where they are and how they move around campus.” Tame cats and kittens captured will be put up for adoption in stead of being returned to the campus. The Aggie Feral Cat Alliance of Texas, started by Dawn Fradkin, a sophomore veterinary medicine student, will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in College of Veterinary Med icine 2004. Slater said the meeting will in form people about the program and recruit students and faculty to help feed and monitor the cats. Continued from Page 1 “We hope this event will be one facet of our efforts to expand our knowledge — knowledge based on research, and knowledge of who we are and what we do.” The symposium also is a cele bration for Texas A&M architecture and a time for students to spend time contemplating these studies. “It is unusual for a college such as ours to take time out from our usual schedule of classes j and meetings to listen | selves,” Regan said. “Tel faculty colleagues and J students are left at home. : of us travels to a distant sium to deliver the latest thinking on a timely we will be here, and wed the pleasure to hear from;] colleagues.” THE PHOENIX BOX BY E* ANDt son Seymo Ing to keep Eons of bee lat today, he t, s long as tl lilgating. The of the team Reymour, a s Bal aspect of ®It’s a place e,” he said. Jailgating at ilgle with far fie with the U ■At the Nebr itlmd talked v le, they cam told us whe Pets Despite a strong showing by other members of theM£®Llong with CABINET AT TONIGHTS BLUES COMF1 I 1 ION, 1 HERE WASSIMHm nrn ° K . COMPETING W ITH TH1 PRESCRIPTION 01 SUPPOSITORIES u 5 j TaSKci mascot • ’■‘That Nebra SIDE BURN CLUB BY BEAU & BRE!"so Continued from Page 1 “I am a vet technician, and I feel this class is a benefit to dog own ers,” she said. “I have a boxer named Cajun, and I would like to know how to help my dog in case of an emergency. The class is a great way to learn how to save a pet’s life or at least help the dog or animal make it to a clinic.” The cost of the class is $20 for the public and $15 for members of BVGRR. Those wishing to partici pate in the class should contact Glaze at 778-4281. IfWhilc some 'aiying on hor NON MIA CULPA an Belisle,. 5 the lack of an There is nc good. Usual ch cuisine.” ■Gavin Daniel islong as the ci ■“Cooking fo vork. I mean, ■ Linking?” ■tailgating is id a tailgate axed atmosph “Usually we Campus Calender Friday Puerto Rican Student Association: General meeting at 7 p.m. in Rud der 704. For more information, call Minnette Day at 691-2315. SO | H£Ak Kou oor A ToB? WllAT DO YOU po? Military Science 489: A lecture class will begin at 10:20 a.m. in 144 John J. Koldus Building. The guest lecturer will be Brenda Jack- son, senior vice president of Texas Utilities. WEU- you KjUOvj... UM... I'M A fbRTflc. MAiK)TE.mAjJC£~ TCcHfJ/ClAd.'^l j: folk congregate, it’s a good way |While the re athletic event, si A poo<? -STi a ttend the big g a contingency.^ if ttV 7£ Atte arolyn h Make money while exercising your brain students inpneniouS ejoperintents earnedmore than $22. D $0 to $15 ®$ 15 to $30 □ $30 to $45 a $45 + THIS WEEKEND! The Economic Research Lab register to participate in experiments: online: http:llecondollars.tamu.edu or call: 862-8796 LAW TALK from STCL Join Professor of Law Helen Jenkin and a panel of attorneys taking live call-in questions Tonight Friday, November 12,1999 at 8:00 p.m. on KAMU - TCA Channel 4 Each show in this monthly series will focus on a different This Friday, the program will deal with domestic viote FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS’ AND CHASING AMY’ “OvCinctfess drinffing and needCess Hangovers are zvftat coCCege is aCC about. ” GIVE ME A BREAK, ACSU FIND A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL SCENE. THU If COLLEGE. BE YOURJELE. i Student Life Alcohol and Drug Education Programs pent 222 Beutel Health Center (409) 845-0280 adep@stulife2.tamu.edu g You can request an ADEP presentation at http://stulife.tamu.edu/adep ...a part of the Division of Student Affairs Sallie Turner, Editor Marium Mohiuddin, ManagJj Carrie Bennett. City Editor Emily R. 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