2 nd ANNUAL SPRING THING “ The Spirit ofAggieland” ^FEATURING* DUB MILLER & THE HIGHWAY 6 BAND MARCH 25, 2000 7:30 PM RUDDER AUDITORIUM - Tickets *5 at Rudder Box Office - Proceeds benefit the bonfire fund - Tons of door prizes nm DffiE^Di timitworks We proudly offer one of the largest assortments of Mary Engelbreit gifts in the area, including some of Mary’s newest designs. Stop by today! Ttm Cards ^ Mugs ^ Posters ^ Stationary ^ Books ^ Frames ^ Pillows ^ Decorative Home Accessories ** Magnets ^ Kitchen Accessories ^ Floor Mats ^ Tote Bags ^ and More! In IEMBSSMSS i MSC Hospitality presents... AGGIES EMBRACING DIVERSITY March 25, 2000 9:30-2:30 FREE CONFERENCE! INCLUDING A CULTURAL VIDEO, SPECIAL GUEST DR. AKANDE, FREE ENTERTAINMENT AND LUNCH. Tickets may be picked up a the MSC Box Office at no charge. n’r QUESTIONS CALL 845-1515 ATTENTION SENIORS . . MARCH 25 9:30am-2pm conference sessions 7:00pm etiquette dinner ADMISSION Conference only s 5.00 per person (with lunch) You must register for each conference session you plan to attend Conference & Dinner $12.00 per person Etiquette dinner limited to first 100 registered. LOCATION Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center, 979-845-7514 ARE YOU READY FOR THE REAL WORLD? CONFERENCE SESSIONS 1. Job Search Techniques (Statewide & National) 2. Negotiating Compensation (Salaries vs. Benefits) 3. Interviewing Skills 4. Social Life & Leadership Opportunities 5. Accessing the Aggie Network 6. Investing on a Shoe String Budget & Buying your First Home 7. Budgeting your Money & Debt Management 8. Resumes that Get Interviews CO-SPONSORED BY THE CLASS OF 2000 AND For more information, visit our website at www.aggienetwork.com CAMPUS 1 THL BATTALION Tuesday,Marcel Awards to be presented to outstanding A&M women BY BRANDIE LIFFICK The Battalion The Women’s Week 2000 committee will present awards to four individuals who have repeatedly helped to promote women's issues during the Women’s Week awards luncheon held in the Bush Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M Tuesday. Graduate student Heather Brown, assistant director of engineering student programs Jan Rinehart, associate pro fessor of construction science and architecture Nancy Hol land and Associate Provost and Dean of Faculties Janis Stout will be honored with Women’s Week awards. Award winners are first nominated through an open nom ination session. A committee composed of students, staff and faculty members then review the nominations to determine who they feel is best suited for the award. “Award winners are recognized for their dedication and efforts to encourage and promote sensitivity to and awareness of issues that relate to women,” said Jill Raupe, graduate admissions supervisor for the Department of Journalism. Jennifer Harris, flight director for Mars Pathfinder Op erations and NASA employee, will serve as guest speaker at the luncheon. “We tried to identify a woman who may be able to serve as a role model for the students and even faculty here at “We tried to identify a woman who may be able to serve as a role model for the students and even fac ulty here at Texas A&M. " — Sherry Unello Women's Week 2000 committee chairperson Texas A&M,” said Sherry Unello, chairperson of the Women’s Week 2000 committee. The Women’s Week 2000 committee has planned a series of events including a display in the MSC bookstore of books written by A&M women writers, and a collection of poems written by Phillis Weatley on display in Cushing Library through March 31. An exhibit in the West Campus library, Rur al Texas Women at Work, will be set up through March 23. “When you first walk into the exhibit, you think, ‘What’s the big deal?’ Nowadays, anyone can bake a pie and clean the house, all in the course of a few hours,” said Lalaine Lit tle, coordinator of marketing for the Forsyth Center Gal leries. “But what we have to remember is that during these women’s time, electricity was rare and they had to do every thing by hand.” The exhibit features pictures of rural women between 1930 and 1960 and is on loan from the agriculture extension services of A&M. A play cast with three women, “Womyn with Wyngs,” is being sponsored by the Women’s Week committee. It will be presented on March 30 in Rudder Theater and shows how the different women deal with obstacles. The play is open to the general public, and tickets can be pur chased in the Rudder Box Office. Tickets are $3 for stu dents and $5 for the public. Dance with me today, March. illlPI liliuji i f 1! I I 1 I* 1 JP BEATOThi Btoi Rusty Speed, a sophomore industrial distribution major, and Renee Cox, afresh man biomedical science major, practice country-western moves in Rudder Mon day afternoon. They are practicing for the Aggie Wrangler tryouts. Printing Continued from Page 1 any additional fees if they printed less than the quota number. Any additional printouts would cost the students between SO.05 and $0.06 a page. Without the quota system, students would pay between $0,035 and $0,045 for every page printed out. I lajovsky said having to pay for printouts would completely change the way he uses the computer lab. “I wouldn’t be using it if they chargedyw cept for email and stuff.... I don’t know wk print things out,” he said. “The quota would' bad if it was a good number... That might be S Amy Serres, a freshman computer scienct jor, said she would be upset if they charged std more for printing. “I print out Maple labs, Power Point slik chemistry notes from the Web. I also printoui of practice tests,” she said. Serres estimated prints 20 to 30 pages every week. Candidates Continued from Page 1 “Where I live now. I’m about two miles away from a bus stop. If there were buses that run near where I live, I Tuesday would be more apt to ride the buses,” Garrett said. Garrett said he also wants to place a cover on all off-campus bus stops to protect students from the rain while they wait for bus. Campus Calendar As for parking fines,Gs said he wants to reduc; penalty for overstaying minute parking space from! to $30, bringing it in line the fine for parking inil stricted space. Prepharmacy Society: There will be a general meeting with a guest speaker from a sur rounding Texas city pharmacy in Rudder 407 at 7 p.m. Aggies Up All Night: There will be a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 402. Contact Chelette Austin at 695-0820 for more infor mation. Aggie Toastmasters: Learn public speaking and resume building. Will be in Rudder at 8:30 p.m. check blue screen for location. For more information please contact Laura at 695-2833. Aggie Lutherans Treehouse: Join us for a bible study, fun, and fellowship at 7- 8:30 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church located near Northgate. Women’s Week 2000 Committee: Women's Week Awards Luncheon — Jennifer Harris — Keynote Speaker at 11:30 -1:30 p.m. in Pres idential Conference Center. MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holdirl Aggie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy and HorrorCL vention from March 23-26 in the Men Student Center. For more information^ 845-1515. Rec Sports Fee Referendum: Informatii question and answer meeting open to evei interested. Talk to Dennis Corrington, Direc of Department of Recreational Sports, your questions. Meeting is from 6 - 7 p.i room 281 of the Student Recreation Cent! Wednesday Aggies Up All Night: There will be a general nif ing at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder402. ContactChele Austin at 695-0820 for more information, MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holdingai gie Con 31, Sc , asy, and Horror Coi tion from March 23-26 in the Memorial Sti Center. For more information, call 845-151 Reformed University Fellowship: There wii a group meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Koldus 1 Patents Weekend Golf Tournament Confused on bow to spend Parents Weekend...? Play in the Off Campus Aggie’s Parents Weekend Golf Tournament of course. For only $80 you can spend four quality hours of time with the parent of your choice. The fun starts at the Texas A&M Golf Course April 16 with breakfast at 7DO followed by an 8 DO shotgun start April 16. If you would like more information, please call the Off Campus Aggie’s office at 845-0688, and ask for Sidney or Joshua, or stop by our table by Rudder Fountain on March 21 & 22 from 10-2. 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