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
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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
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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
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