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FAMILY OUTREACH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Family Outreach invites you to help prevent child abuse and neglect in our community Please attend our new volunteer orientation: Monday, January 31 at 6:30pm, TDPRS Building 2400 Osborn, Bryan We offer professional training, supervision and support. No experience is required! Positions are now available in the following areas: In-home Counseling Administration (fundraising, general office, newsletters, etc.) Parent Education Volunteer Recruitment Community Education / Awareness Call Family Outreach of B/CS at 260-CARE for more information Classes begin January 31 1 J *v=9ot CAri ? 4 'Httt Is yoHf chance, to study and create art in DtaLy, the birth place cfi the Renaissance. Italy Snnimer Session 12000 MTS 205: Painting I (A Creativa Course In Drawing and Water Color Media) Prof loe Hutchinson and MTS 350: The Arts and Civilization Prol Paolo Barocchleri and Prol loe Hutchinson &arn six ZTCAJHXUcredits w/iife hau/nj one of f/ie greatest experiences of tgour life ! Contact the Study Abroad Program Office 161 Bizzell Hail Wes if 845-0544 1 Professor Joe, Huchinson jmhutch@taz. tamu. edu 845-0584 Spots are limited. Contact us today!!! 1 rena Sunday * January 30lli • 11:30 - 5 • Reed Ar c Tickets are $i<r anti are aval lalle at Ticketron, MSC 1) OX Offi &R ee JAr ena cox COMMUNICATIONS Now You'n Living* This years’ show will feature 3 fashion shows plus educational seminars. 'Diamond Sponsors The Eagle #KBTX-TV £? Biyon-College Station t lying higher every day Platinum Sponsors for 2000 BCS Video • ITS Cruises & Travel • Montelongo’s Fine Jewelry College Station Hilton • Executive Travel • Stylecraft Homes Wenonah’s Pantry • Brazos Valley Women’s Center Qold Sponsors for 2000 Aggie 96 • DR Limousines • The Castle Inn • Specialties Photography Hope Bay Moriarity-Private Beauty Consultant» Sykes Portrait Designs Party Time Rentals • 7-F Lodge • Sweet Memories Diamond Piece Honeymoon Trip Wedding Package Video Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Montelongoi Jewelry ITS Cruises & Travel BCS Video Productions Proceeds to benefit The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley rf* ' .d CAMPUS Page2 THE BATTALION Graduation Continued from Page l Graduate students must apply for graduation in Teague Research Center 123 by the Jan. 28 deadline. Carter said about 4,000 graduate and undergraduate stu dents are expected to apply for graduation while about 3,700 will actually graduate. Students who fail to meet the deadline will be charged a $50 late application fee in addition to standard diploma fee of $30. Students who apply after the application deadline are not guaranteed to receive their diploma on graduation day be cause of the number of the diplomas that must be printed. Prospective graduates who did not choose the diploma fee option during registration can do so when they fill out their application. Carter said every semester a few students come in dur ing the week of finals expecting to apply for graduation but they are forced to apply for the next ceremony. If this happens, students receive a letter stating that graduation requirements have been met, but they must wait until the next commencement ceremony to receive their diploma. Theo Sanders, a senior journalism major, said he has tak en steps to prepare for graduation. “I have been to Heaton Hall to apply for graduation as well as met with my academic adviser to make sure 1 have all the classes I need for this semester,” Sanders said. Although Alvin Nelson III, a senior management infor mation systems major, has not yet applied for graduation, he said he has started his job search and is looking forward to putting the Aggie network to use. “1 have submitted applications and I have interviewed with several companies,” Nelson said. "I began my job search last spring while looking for an internship which 1 got < D < CC In JAN 10 Grad announments go on sale JAN 28 Spring semester application deadline FE8 25 End of priority grad announcment sales APR 10 [Announcement priority orders available APR 12 Announcement priority orders mailed MAY 12-13 COMMENCEMENT through the Aggie networ hear it’s not what you kno BRANDON M ENOCHS ON | Students pursue new options when buying textbooks BY ANN LOISEL The Battalion E-commerce in the hook industry is in full swing across the country, but at Texas A&M and other colleges and universities, a particular kind of book is being heavily promoted for online shopping - the textbook. Flyers advertising “big discounts” at online bookstores dot the A&M cam pus this year, and the advertising seems to be paying off. Student Monitor’s managing partner, Eric Weil said. “Student traffic on online sites spe cially designed for college students is most often at textbook sites," Weil said. Weil’s company, Student Monitor, is a national research company focused on college markets, he said. In its study of 1,200 college stu dents at 100 different schools across the United States last fall, “Eight per cent of college students said they had bought a book online, and nine percent said they were very likely to buy in spring 2000,” Weil said. “Eighteen percent said they were somewhat likely to buy this spring.” The boom in other areas of e-com merce seems to have encouraged cau tious buyers to order their books off the Internet, Adrian Sisser, co-founder of Anystudent.com, said. “We’re really seeing a new trend this semester,” he said. “Before, students seemed to come to the site and just look, but this year, people are actually buying." But both Loupot’s Bookstore gen eral manager, Shri Barchure, and Rother’s Bookstore’s assistant manag er. Robbie Ortega, said they have not “Student traffic on online sites specially designed for college stu dents is most of ten at textbook sites.” — Eric Weil Student Monitor's managing partner noticed any effect on campus book stores yet. "The numbers are telling us there is no effect at all, hut we will know more at the end of the month, after hook rush is over,” Barchure said, adding that online stores do not always have the books students need and offer little or • They do. obviously, aftcct oui sales... but they’re not searing us all that much.’ Ortega said. “Student' will most likely come back to cam pm bookstores. Sisser said “the adv antage of online shopping... is that you can quickly go to one place... but the disadv antages in clude getting the books late, or hav mg to package and send returns at the post office." Sisser also said it is sometimes harder for students to buy used books they hav e never seen. Sisser’s company, among others, compares different online book prices for student shoppers. Any studem.com and Limcspot.com are services which “compare prices from major online re tailers to give students the best deal,’’ Derek Sugimura. a Limcspot affiliate and junior political science major, said. Blake Arrington, a senior biomed ical engineering major, said he is going to order online textbooks this semester. “Some of the bookstores didn't have the books I needed, or they ran out of used books,” he said. “The only problem is that you can’t order ahead of time [from on-line bookstores). In my opinion, you have to go to class and find out exactly the books you need." Continued numbers, in terms of visibil the country, in terms ol’calil dents participating in Hands conference,” she said. Although the rcgisiraiioG passed, A&M students will 1*1 on-site registration begmnij from 5 p.m. until Xp.m.andl Saturday from 8 p.m. until?;! The cost of on-site regR|. ( $35 lor partial registration,vf allow admission into all oft chop' and a luncheon onFn $60 for full registration, wHkI mu students io all conference Corrections Incorrectly it was re Monday's article about! ovations, that ail-y meals were available i meal times at the MSC! and MSC Cafeteria. The actual meal! Breakfast buffet is i the cafeteria only, the 1 is cash only Lunch outbound) fered, but there is no I Dinner buffets are< both the MSC cafeteriai 12th Man Chancellor git- spending lee» The Texas A&M Boa-) gents authorized the cfd of the Texas A&M Unive':: tem to approve contrsl more than $300,000fe' fessional firms handlingnj cial Commission on the! gie Bonfire. Normally, the System:' quires that contracts f more than $300,000 U' proval from the board. This change allows the cellor more leeway tnassl contracts to the firms nec to the investigation.butdt 1 ! open the door to uni- spending. The board set a $1 mf’-l it for the services of profes| firms. A final budget will be#! by the commission’s nextr on Feb. 22. The board will meet Jan.® and will also address maff lated to the commission. EX AS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER Bachelor of Science Emergency Medical Systems Management Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center proudly announces a new Bachelor of Science in Emergency Medical Systems Management degree starting August 2000. This unique program will offer certi fied paramedics an opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in EMS management. Prerequisites may be taken at any accredited college or university. Our pro gram is offered at TTUHSC’s Amarillo, Lubbock and Odessa campuses. For information, please contact TTUHSC School of Allied Health (806) 743-3220 Email us at: alhadm@ttuhsc.edu Phi Beta Lambda Professional Business Fraternity Spring Rush 2000 Informational Monday. January 24 7:30 Wehner 129 Professional Dress Pool Social Wednesday. January 26 7:00-9:00 Yesterday's Casual Dress Board Game Tournament Saturday, January 29 6.00 College Station Conference Center 101 Casual Dress Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Monday, January 31 7:30 Wehner 125 Casual Dress Guest Speaker Wednesday, February 2 7:30 Wehner TBA Professional Dress 'Three out of five events must be attended to join Contact Rush Chairmen with Questions: Julie Kalenda 691-8773 Lauren Alford 691-7400 THE BATTALION . ? #.» unK*ir<i’Tii»i Marium Mohiuddin. Editor in Chief Beverly Mireles, Managing fiditor Meredith Might, Community Fditor Stuart Hutson, Campus Editor Kyle Whitacrc, Aggiclife Editor Veronica Serrano, Aggiclife Editor Mariano Castillo, Opinion Editor Eric Dickens, Opinion Editor Jeff Kempf, Night News Editor * Doug Shilling. Sports Editor Jason Bcnnyhoff, Radio Producer Brandon Payton, Web Master Robert I lynctck, (iraphics Editor Ruben Deluna, Graphics Editor Guy Rogers, Photo Editor JP Beato, Photo Editor Dave Amber. 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