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Much Ado About Shakespeare
the
MSC Literary Arts
Shakespeare Festival
February 20th through 26th
Sonnet Contest Awards & Open-Mic at Barnes and Noble on
Texas Ave., Sunday Feb. 20 at 2pm with prizes provided by
Barnes and Noble.
Cushing Library Tour Monday, Feb. 21 at Noon & Tuesday,
Feb. 22 at 1pm.
Open-Mic in Rumours on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at Noon. You can
share your favorite Shakespeare passages.
Shakespeare Abridged Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 8pm in MSC 201.
A comedic live performance of all of Shakespeare’s works
condensed into two hours.
Film on Video Much Ado About Nothing (1995) at 7pm
Thursday, Feb. 24 in the Visual Arts Gallery with introduction
by Dr. Paul Parrish.
Dr. David Scott Kastan Friday, Feb. 25 on Shakespeare and
Print in Cushing Library at 5pm.
Masquerade Ball Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8pm in the Forsyth Galleries.
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RJ Lynn, a junior civil engineering major and treasurer of
Texas A&M Off-Road, plays with a smaller version of the
group’s vehicles. TAMU Off-Road was out Thursday to recruit
for their organization.
Peace Corps
Continued from Page 1
“There are a lot of willing people
here, [reeruitmentj seems to be pieking
up here and hopefully the numbers will
start to increase.”
The reason for Texas A&M having
low numbers of volunteers could be the
small amount of time recruiters spend
on campus, said Bob Kirby, a Peace
Corps recruiter.
“1 believe in a couple of years you
will see Texas A&M in the top 15,” he
said. “We plan on going down there [to
College Station] and getting things
started.”
The idea of the Peace Corps being a
liberal organization could also be a reason
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Muslims, Christiai
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BY MAUREEN KANE
The Battalion
“People who believe in God have
many things in common. What we can
most work on is the aspect of being com
passionate. There is a need for a prophet
ic voice in American society - this is
something we can unite on and work for.”
These were the words of Dr. Ihsan
Bagby, a professor of International Stud
ies at Shaw University in North Caroli
na, concerning the similarities of Chris
tianity and Islam at the Muslim Student
Association (MSA) presentation of “So
cial Justice
God demands Christians and
follow his will and implement
“To establish a society ths
(iod’s will — this is a themefo
monotheistic faiths,” Bagbyse
Bagby also said he believesi
succeeded in establishingthiss
“We have to realize we are
The whole body has to be a
with the hurt of any part -
health and success depends.
Bagby said.
“As people of faith we shoo!
tieipating in this arena ofjustict
people,” Mayfield said.
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“Mercy is something we
should practice because
when we practice it, we
are then free to model
justice”
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director of Baptist Student Ministry
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Bagby began his speech by opening
with the traditional greetings of Muslims,
“May GixTs peace he with you," and im
mediately began discussing the impor
tance of social justice to Islam.
“Social justice is a very important
concept in Islam. In the Quran, God com
mands humans to be just,” Bagby said.
Bagby said the Islamic concept of
justice is linked to righteousness, and one
of the primary goals of Islam is to estab
lish a just, righteous society.
In his comparison of Islam and
Christianity, he said that both religions
believe in the same God, and that this
ing w hat is right and I look toSq!
w hat I call right," Mayfield said
Mayfield said it is necessr
Christians to ask themselves '
w hat they are doing involve rid:
ness and justice?”
He concluded by stating the*
tance of mercy as well as justice.
“Mercy is the practice of judg.
pie the way we want to be judged.’
field said. “Mercy is somette
should practice because when we
tice it, we are then free to model jus
The Muslim Student Assoc
also sponsors a biweekly classcall
lam 101, which informs partki
about Islamic principles.
iday. Februar
for the low number of A&M volunteers,
but he does not feel the image of the or
ganization being liberal is tme.
“I believe the image the Peace Corps
has as being liberal is somewhat mis
leading,” Kirby said.
Niemeyer said the Peace Corps
seeks people who can take leadership
roles and help their host communities
with projects.
Skalsky aids the recruitment process
at A&M by talking about her Peace
Corps experiences in the botany labs she
teaches. Some students interested in join
ing have talked to her, she said.
“The experience was definitely good,
by no means enjoyable everyday or
easy,” Skalsky said. “They were the most
difficult two years of my life.”
Campus Calendar
Friday
For more information, contact j
mie at 821-3971.
Catholic Students Association
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Au
ditorium. Crispin will be performing
for a free Christian Concert open to
everyone. Tickets are available at
the MSC box office. For tickets call
845-1234. For more information
concerning the event, send an
email to mary_79@yahoo.com.
Tuesday
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