SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
Texas A&M University
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information,
Contact:
GREECE & TURKEY
First Summer Term 2000
Dr. Charles White
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432 Langford Building A
tel. 845-7859
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The Assoc
AGGIE RING ORDERS
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OF FORMER STUDENTS
ATTENTION: UNDERGRADUATE
& GRADUATE STUDENTS
Students who will either complete all of the following requirements after the Rail ‘99 semester final grades
are posted, or after commencement, may order their rings beginning approximately January 18, 2000 for
April 2000 delivery. Please visit the Aggie Ring Office in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center beginning
December 13 to complete an audit request and to receive order infbnnation. In the event you will not be
in the College Station area between January 18 and February 11 to place your order in person, please pick
up a mail order form and be sized for your ring between December 13 & 21.
Any student or former student who completed all the requirements as of summer ‘99, must visit the Aggie
Ring Office to complete a ring audit no later than December 8 to order their ring by the December 10
deadline for March 2, 2000 delivery.
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OF FORMER STUDENTS
AGGIE RING ORDERS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 8, 1999
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
You must be a degree seeking student and have completed all of the following require
ments to order an Aggie ring:
1. 23. cumulative undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M
aerg:
University Student Information Management System degree audit. (A course
passed with a grade letter of D or better, which is repeated and passed, cannot count
as additional credit hours unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for
credit. The lowest grade is the repeated course.)
2. 60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas
A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994
or thereafter, or if you attended prior to 1994 and do not qualify under the suc
cessful semester requirement defined in the following paragraph. The 60 credit
hour requirement will be waived if your degree is conferred with less than 60
A&M credit hours. The waiver will not be granted until after your degree is post
ed to screens #123 & #136 of the Student Information Management System.
30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M
University, providing that prior to January 1, 1994, you were enrolled at Texas A&M
University and successfully completed either a fall/spring semester or summer term (I
and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (A full-time student is
defined in the university catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR
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in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.)
Please remember that you will lose resident credits if you pass a course at A&M
with a D or better and retake it at another institution and make a higher grade.
The lowest grade is always deducted by the university as a repeated class.
3. 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. Be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements:
If you are a December 1999 degree candidate and do not have an Aggie ring from a
prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements:
1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student
Information Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or tran
script blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
However, if you have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and
have been cleared by the thesis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion” from
the Office of Graduate Studies (providing it is not past their deadline). The original
letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of
your degree being posted.
Procedure to order a ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements and you wish to receive your ring on
March 2, 2000, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Wednesday,
December 8, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to complete the
application for eligibility verification.
It is recommended that you do not wait until December 8 to apply for your ring
audit. Should there be a problem with your academic record, or if you are
blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve these matters before the
order closes out on December 10.
2. Return no later than December 10, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30
p.m. to check on the status of your audit and if qualified, pay in full by cash,
check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa or MasterCard (with your
name imprinted).
Men’s 10K-$332.00
Women s 10K - $204.00
14K -
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438.00
! 227.00
Add $8.00 for Class of‘98 or before and $15.00 if ring needs to be shipped out-of-town.
The ring delivery date is March 2, 2000,
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Capitol Records
With five full-length albums
and a number of EPs, it was only
a matter of time before the Beast
ie Boys put out an anthology. The
two-disc compilation. The Sounds
of Science, contains 42 of the
Beasties’ favorites — some hits,
some not.
From start to finish. The
Sounds of Science can do no
wrong — the album’s only prob
lem is that it leaves listeners beg
ging for more.
It can be argued that some of
their best songs were left off of the
album, but picking the top Beastie
songs would be like picking one
Playmate to spend the rest of eter
nity with — nearly impossible.
This is the kind of collection
that will get the heads bobbin’
and toes tappin’ of even the most
rhythmically challenged. Trying
not to jam to the Beasties is an
exercise in futility.
Included with the anthology is
an 80-page booklet with the
background of each song on the
compilation, giving fans a chance
to get into the heads of the B.
Boys. The Sounds of Science has
solidified the group’s place in
musical history. (Grade: A)
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20th Century
CD Courtesy of
Warner Bros.
98°
This Christmas
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A&M Record:
The Flecktones have forgotten
more about groove instrumentals
than most bands will ever learn.
Even in this era of alternative in
strumentation, the Flecktones’
banjo, synthaxe, harmonica and
bass arrangements stand alone.
Driven by Bela Fleck’s endless
ly inventive banjo playing and the
superhuman bass work of Victor
Lemonte Wooten, the Flecktones
deliver solid hooks that never
wear out. Through their use of
layered melodies and sensitive
use of dynamic change, the Fleck
tones speak a new message with
each 32-bar jam.
The songs on the album never
become repetitive, thanks largely
in part to the guest musicians fea
tured on every track. The Fleck
tones assimilate musical instru
ments efficiently, maintaining
their musical character while in
corporating new voices.
Unfortunately, most listeners
will tire quickly of an album com
posed almost entirely of instru
mentals. However, instrumental
music is Bela Fleck’s forte.
(Grade: B +)
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Christmas album.
When it comes to 98°, both
“success” and the above rule
could be argued.
The original song written for
the boy band, “This Gift,” cur
rently is being played on Top 40
stations throughout the nation
and is not exactly in good taste.
The “gift” comes across as a
night of fun in the sack — ’tis
the season.
An acappela version of “I’ll
Be Home for Christmas” proves
that these guys can sing, but
their twists on traditional and
R&B flavor do not make for a
great album.
One member (probably the
blond who never sings) busts out
with a terrible bass solo during
"The Christmas Song.”
All in all, the album is simply
average — nothing breakthrough.
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their parents for this, but any
fan of Christmas music should
pass this one over for offerings
from the likes of Mariah Carey,
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