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Howdy Camp 2001 Counselor/Crew Applications Available in Koldus 135 Due Sept. 15 th by 5:00 for more info, call 862-1785! Page 2A CAMPUS Wednesday, September 6,2000 THE BATTALION Oxford University meets Texas A&M Exchange students from England join biology program in study abroad program Wednesday, Sept WVWJWVWVVVVWVWVVWW. By Brian Ruff The Battalion College years are the best times of your life. Remember them forever in a ScrapbooH. Don't let your special photos and mementos get lost or ruined. We carry every thing you need to highlight and preserve your college memories, including Aggie and Greek paper and stickers. Three of England’s brightest scholars, Michael Richardson, Lee Bofkin and Carla Hayde, are on ex tended trip in the Bryan-College Sta tion area to study biology with an emphasis on genetics for a new ex change program between Texas A&M and Oxford University. Oxford University is the oldest English-speaking university in the world, founded more than eight cen turies ago. “These are the first three students in this program and they are excep tional individuals — really first-rate scholars,” said entomology professor Dr. Spencer Johnston in an Aug. 23 press release. “We decided early on to select genetics as the field of study for this first group because it reaches across all areas of science. All three have done excellent work here, and they have been a credit to this pro gram. The faculty has said it wished they could all come back as graduate students.” The University looks to broaden the two-week program to other fields in the future. The students had never traveled to Texas before their trip to A&M and were surprised by the spaciousness of the area and the extreme heat. Botkin works with plant enzymes and studies how chemical weapons and pesticides affect plants’ ability to reproduce. By studying the mutant plants, he determines whether spe cific methods increase the growing None of us had ever heard the term 'Texas Aggie' until we got here. ... Now I know that you can always tell an Aggie by his school spirit ” — Oxford exchange students said in an Aug. 23 press release time of the plants. Richardson has been working with plants and cloning at A&M. studied herbs in the mustard and their methods of reproduction Hayde studies plants and environ mental biology, and she has a special interest in insect ecology. She plans to travel to Portugal to stud\ plant taxonomy and ecology to fur ther her studies. “None of us had ever heard the term ‘Texas Aggie’ until we here,” the students said in the An 23 press release. “We had absolute ly no idea what an Aggie was what it meant. Now 1 know thatyou can always tell an Aggie by hi: school spirit.” Texas A&M is scheduled to sen: a student to Oxford in Decemberanc send another two students to England next spring. Water M Scrapbook HJ Country Continued from Page l A Post Oak Square ~ 1104-D Harvey Rd. College Station, TX 77840 (979) 695-1075 summer and will allow the department to better meet demand. Until the new equipment can be installed, Hagge suggested that everyone on campus be conscious of water usage. “When you have 50,000 people on campus, every bit of conservation helps,” he said. The cities of College Station and Bryan have their own wells close to, but separate from, Texas A&M’s wells. With all three entities pumping at full strength, the Physical Plant is only able to guarantee about 7 million gallons of water pro duction per day. The pinch on supply has lead to water ra tioning around the University. The brunt of the cutback is being borne by landscaping across the University’s 5,200 acres. “We cut way, way back on irrigating large fields, but there are some irrigation requiremeui that are unavoidable. The greens on the goli course are expensive to maintain and the turfor Kyle Field is also very expensive. ... these are significant parts of the University that wecar not afford to neglect," Hagge said. As a result of the cutback on irrigation, land scaping crews are making the most of theiral lotment. Hand watering is replacing timed spa r kler systems on parts of campus. In someplace- crews are waiting for more moderate temperj- Ti The Part-Time Opportunities $7.00 an hour!!!! We currently have challenging part-time positions available for marketing, customer support, inventory and hardware support. We consider all types of majors and provide complete training, so don't miss this opportunity to visit UCS in the MSC to see if you're the person we're looking for. Friday (9/1) 138 & 139 MSC Tuesday (9/5) 138 & 139 MSC Wednesday (9/6) 138 & 139 MSC Thursday (9/7) 138 & 139 MSC Friday (9/8) 138 & 139 MSC This is a great opportunity to talk with some of our employees, fill out some paperwork, or just make an appointment to speak with us a later date. We will have free snacks and beverages The rooms in the MSC can be reached by going to the hotel information desk in the MSC. We will be there between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and we look forward to talking to you. FISH by R.DeLuna X’ Cau'7 Believe X'ai BdViUG Pi Book Some CRAZy 6U7 I'V P/0 PLLEV. 1 MUST BE t>E OPERATE.■■ /Wyu/ws, fof? T HE But, aa y CHAa16E>‘ lures to add new plants. Evidence of the cutback arom campus includes patches in grass, particularly on West Campi The dry grass poses more I just an aesthetic problem for University. Brazos County is one 199 in the state that is considered extreme risk for wildfires. A cut irrigation could increase the pov bility of a grass fire on campii! Hagge said that all the grass campus is very short and couldt ij^ picking a Non Mia Culpa by B-Hippie extinguished easily. According to the Texas Fore Service, 168 out of 254 counties Texas, including Brazos Cour have implemented burn bans combat the threat of wildfires.Tr HOWDY NEIGHBOR* WE'RE YOUR UFW SUITE MATES! J WHO? OH.. NAH WE GOT RELOCATEP TO REPUCE THE COST OF LIVING. OH LET ME GUESS. \\ SAVE ON THE Heatng Bill? burn ban in Brazos Valley M believes to be tl all non-contained fires. By Brooke H The Battalioti For the firs Traffic and Ti allowed those in University- ly without per But that tit muter lots hav zones where . brief moment Among co valued more h hind the H. P. (deemed “Zat students) due classes. Parkin steel can be a i most rugged p For those w ence. this is a 1 ing spot in Zac When enter muter is basicr the $4.99 stea high-stakes pai ,to try one’s lui has Lady Luck Tor which he r other driver. David Bog major, said ev Can be a challe “We both go 'I got it,” he saic were really clo: For those A Bogatiuk, pick mentary schoo wait some mor son in front of tl Of the way quic best friend. Onceacomi the whole lot, tl 1 HOPE YOU like chrstna AGUILERA. News in Brief SBP Lane to make speech on his 2000-’01 agend Apt. #160 by Kyle w Student Body President Fot rest Lane, a senior political sc- ence major, will offer his Staff of the University address thif evening at 6:30 in the Forsytt Center, located in the Memons Student Center. Lane said his speech will ad dress a broad range of topics ‘‘[The address] is my< tunity to set what I think wool be a good agenda for studer government for this year Lane said. Lane said one of the fore most goals for student goverr ment this year is to accurate! advocate student views. THE Beth Miller. 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