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Grand Opening! New Restaurant in Northgate! — fa I ins Chinese Restaurant 691-8688 Free Delivery starting Sept. 11- limited area Jin’s College Main '~'^n Enjoy great Chinese food and a wonderful atmosphere, just walking distance from campus. Parking available in back of the building Church Ave 7a.m - 6pm Ihr. free parking across the street University Dr. Post Office See http://iins.tjgy.com for menu 317 Church Ave., College Station Page 6B CAMPUS THE BATTALION Wednesday, September 6,2000 Alcohol Continued from Page 1A from surveys distributed by the task force made evident that several stu dents believe drinking to be a problem at A&M. The data reports that more than 60 percent of Aggies consume between zero and three alcoholic drinks per week. The task force is now training stu dent leaders about misconceptions discovered by the survey. Members of the task force include students, facul ty, stall', parents and concerned com munity members. The bulk of training began last spring and this summer. “We are already seeing a differ ence. Students seem to be under standing via educational awareness that the stereotypical drinking Aggie and the outrageous sales at area bars and grocery stores are all myths,” said Dr. Dennis Reardon, senior coordina tor for ADEP and program coordina tor for Student Life. ADEP has distributed T-shirts and posters sporting the “0-3 drinks per week” theme, while broadcasting that “Aggies Don’t Drink As Much As You Think.” The educational training is designed to distinguish fact from fiction, and vocalize the re alities and consequences of drinking. Reardon added A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen said that he does not want alcohol to destroy the fabric of A&M’s close-knit community. Along similar lines, Kim Novak, co ordinator of student judicial services, said that she thinks A&M’s cama raderie and strong base in tradition will work in favor of this program. Alcohol awareness programs have also been presented at new student conferences, Fish Camp and T-Camp in an effort to combat the drinking is sue before it begins. “Student leaders are the number one contact for new students at this University,” Reardon said. ‘They can be used as sources of factual informa tion to convey accuracy, as well as to respond to misconceptions.” Novak said that disciplinary mea sures need not be the only answer. “Coupling such measures with ed ucation allow us to take a more proac tive stance,” Novak said. Funding for the awareness training is allocated through Student Service Fee, since students and parents have come to realize alcohol abuse should be addressed. ADEP’s next step is to branch out to the community to further debunk myths and provide more methods to disseminate information. Sickout Bonfire Make money while exercising your brain. (Pe-er 50% students inpr-w/ous experifnents earnedtnore than $22. ° $0 to$15 ■$15 to $30 O$30 to $45 a $45 + Register to participate in experiments Key Code for Fall: 1105 Sign up before Sept. 15 th for a chance to win $100. See website for details online: http://econdollars. tamu. edu Suspension Continued from Page 1A The USA asked faculty members to show support by finding alternatives to holding conventional class es during the sickout. Cynthia Johnson, assistant instructor in the UT English department, is among the faculty members modifying her syllabus in light of the protest. Her class will not meet as scheduled and instead will work on an alternate assignment. “Instead of [scheduled classes], the class will work on a [sickout related] assignment for a Web forum,” Johnson said. The Daily Texan, UT’s student newspaper, reported that staff workers want conditions to change and are not afraid to face consequences from the administration. Johnson said that, for the most part, the university community is willing to help cure the burnt orange flu. Students plan to rally Wednesday, and a joint fac ulty-staff' rally is scheduled for Friday to support work- Continued from Page 1 They addressed their grief over the Bonfire collapse and their hope to continue the tradition without the moratorium, “for the freshmen,” Clark said. The Kerlees, who moved to Bryan from Tennessee after their only son’s death, now volunteer in campus min istry through the A&M United Methodist Church. Their message was simple. “We lost something that can't be replaced. We lost a child,” Kerlee Sr. said. “He was our life for 17 years. No slap-together off-campus bonfire is going to do justice to his memory this year.” Continued from PagelA trespassing on July 27. "He had been trespassing and he was issued a warn ing,” Jones said. “However, he returned to the property and they called the police. When the police arrived,be was still on the property and was then arrested.” The Bryan-College Station Eagle has reported that Bynum was also arrested in 1997 for burglary of a ve hicle and criminal mischief. The burglary charge dismissed and he was placed on probation for the crim inal mischief charge. Bynum was suspended from the football team in May 1999 for failing a drug test due to high testosterone lev els. Bynum did not play for the team during the 199 1 ) football season. Slocum said that a final decision about Bynum’s sie pension will be made once the legal matters are resolved Bynum could not be reached for comment. The only official calendar of Texas A&M University On Sale Now at the Texas A&M Bookstore in the MSC Produced by the Department of Student Activities, contact Ryan Williams at ryanfastuact.tamu.edu with questions Phi Beta Lambda Professional. 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