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Volunteer fair hopes to draw new recm BY KENNETH MACDONALD The Battalion Alpi I Phi ()nX£t: Shorn Hostetler is looking for a few good volunteers. Hostetler, director of the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center, is hoping to find stu dents willing to fit volunteer work at the Center into their schedules. “Right now, we have 27 |volunteers) but we would like to have 45 to 50," she said. “We have a lot ofA&M students but we tend to lose people at graduation.” The Volunteer ()pportunity Fair, being held in the Memorial Student Center 1 lag Room Feb. 1 and 2., draws community sen ice and students together. The lair, sponsored die Volunteer Ser vices Center, will host over 25 agencies, including Phoebe’s 1 Ionic, the Brazos County Rape Crisis C enter and 1 labitat for Humanityi "Aggies are very giving to the com munity. This is an opportunity to let them see what is out there and lets them choose,” Lori Salter, coordinator for the B ryan-Coll Coulter, Globe-wi speaking at Texa iti the film busim ■ Coulter is bri to educate Aggu ■ "1 want to si world outside ot ■ A former res AtVM Consolid; rejected local s( ty of Texas. I “I was more i ed in theater, anc ater department was the desire tc I Coulter said th ■ “It was comp almall-town sef tifen is ovenvhel 1 While attend through the typ sAidy. He said hi fiipd his path thn “I saw an a Cklyssey by [Slat thi ng about the f wanted to do,” < ■ “I was trying “If you don't know where to start lvol unteering], it is hard to know where to begin.” Wain involved as well as g Salter said the ex munity service don known because there the 700 student org their service hours to Jennifer Spellce. 'allot Uni\ vNuliman said many votyr (unities are available Ism weekly and semester long pi “I f y (Hi don't know where untecring). it is hard to knows gin. This is a good oppoitir* something to do." Waltman& Access Students Gran 1 System: Genr Developer: / Continued from Page l groups, the task force gathered student input and used the results to prioritize the needs of the A&M community. Miller said she found the amount of ignorance about the transportation system startling. One result of the student input indicated many stu dents did not know that the on-campus buses were free. The proposal contains several options for accom plishing this, including color-coded maps of campus and information kiosks throughout campus. Students will have an opportunity to learn more about the task force’s numerous proposals at an open forum, slated for later this month. Miller stresses the need for all members of the Aggie community to be aware of upcoming changes and em phasizes that it will take the cooperation of everyone to re alize the task force's vision. The group’s recommendations on topics ranging from campus maps to bus routes will be considered by Bowen and other University officials. Continued front Page 1 sident have Society claimed, “Thi does not acknowledg problems.” The issue did not hamper African-American student en rollment for the next semester. More than 50 African- American students were en rolled for the Fall 1069 semes ter, making the total enrollment at Texas A&M University 12,000 students. Special celebrations focusing on the African-American com munity began in the late ’60s on campus for the African-Ameri can students. Two dates 1966 and 1969 — appear in University archives .is the first dates K«. celebrated. “This is a holiday bration to recognizts ciate history,” Ron?'’ speaker at the ‘66 cefc Almost 10 years^ Afro-American SoU mands. the first American studentf football team. 11 ugh T. McElroyL ’71. was the first Afro** ican student to start if' football team. In regards to thecw o f AI rican - A merican A&M, Verge 1 L. Gay of ’73, said, “Thisisa ’ ty that is becomingtfff not yet sensitive, quite there yet.” Enter i For any racin Turismo is synor ly realistic racinj further expands i great ambitions. H Gran Turism. nearly triple the <33 Roses for your Valentine... VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL dozen long stem vase ready roses *49.99 We have lots of valentine gift ideas! •Plants •Stuffed animals by Gundt •Trapp candles Located in a kiosk at Post Oak Mall (near Beall’s) 693-1570 Weekdays 10-9 Sunday 10-6 We Deliver! lit BATTAU Marinm Mohiuddin, Editor mCk', Beverly Mireles, Managing Editor i Meredith Hight, Community Edit#'! Stuart Hutson, Campus Editor , Kyle Whitacre, Aggiclifc Editor ' Veronica Serrano, Aggiclife Editor ( Mariano Castillo, Opinion Editor i Eric Dickens. 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