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Page 2A CAMPUS THE BATTALION Thursday, September 7,2000 FISH Y by R.DeLuna WHAT LAURA ! T'VE- pocWb A WAV Vb U5E The Heat To Solve The Uater SHortase PRO SLEW U)AiT ? This Doesn't Ti^bALE Mb The Excessive OF SWMT HE ptobUCESj Does Vou caw stop spimajia/g ’Big Gov.... SHE blO/U'T L/KE T^y Non Mia Culpa by B-Hippie HORNS, MEET OHRNEW DARK MASTER/ SU JJa^™,' I blPN'T KNOW BRANDON. |p WAS YOU? DARK MASTER? I HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED THAT SINCE THE DRUNKEN KARAOKE INCIDENT OF Vg? I THNK HE THINKS YOU ARE SATAN. 1/ OOOOOH- WEa. ths explans THE 'PORTAL OF hell' SMEW IN THE bathroom. 254 BY J. GQLDFLUTE Cup of Jo friend Bud had trha* "not so fresh feeling..." BY NOTORIOUS U.B. Campus Calendar Thursday The Career Center will be holding a Career Fair Networking workshop at 7:30 p.m. in Wehner 159. For more information, please contact Tammy or Brandi at 845-5139. The Career Center will be holding orientations for on-campus inter viewing at 12 p.m. in Rudder 302 (Liberal Arts majors), 3:30 p.m. in Rudder 302, and 5:30 p.m. in Koidus 111 (graduate students). For more information, please con tact Tammy or Brandi at 845-5139. The Career Center will be holding an intern search strategies seminar at 12:15 p.m. in Koidus 111. For more information, please contact Tammy or Brandi at 845-5139. The United Campus Ministry will be holding an Aggie Supper at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church from 6- 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited for a free, home-cooked meal. This is the first one of the semester and will go on every Thursday until the end of the semester. TAMU Cooperative Education will be holding a welcome-back party for all current and former co-ops at 5:30 p.m. in the career center lobbv (209 Koidus). There will be free food and door prizes. The Democratic Socialists of Texas A&M will be holding a general meet ing to welcome everyone at 7:00 p.m. at Rudder Tower. For more in formation visit us on the web at so- cialists@stuorg.tamu.edu. The TAMU Women’s Rugby team will be holding practices on Tues days through Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. on the Polo Fields next to Bon fire site. Anyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. For more information, please contact Britina at 847-0457 or Emilie at 695-2215. Friday The Career Center will be holding orientations for on-campus inter viewing at 12 p.m. in Rudder 302. For more information, please con tact Tammy or Brandi at 845-5139. TAMU Roadrunners will be meet ing at the 12th Man statue located behind the Zone for a daily run at 4:15 p.m. on Fridays and 6 pm on Monday-Thursday. This will contin ue throughout the year. For more in formation, please contact Chad Flenderson at 764-8637. Park to be decorated with lights for victims By Cyra Gatling The liutudion To commemorate the lives of the 12 Accics who died in the 1999 Bonfire collapse, the city of College Station will decorate Bison Park with 12 dedicated street lightsanda state marker. Each street light will have a miniature plaque with the deceased Aggie’s name, class, hometown and there w ill he a picture of a bonfire above the name. “We want something permanem in memory of these students,” said Margaret Griffith, co-chair of the College Station historic preserva tion committee and health educa tion coordinator at A.P. Beutel Health Center. David Ceiling, special facilities su perintendent and emergency shelter coordinator for the city of College Sta tion and the state markers w ill costbe- tween S 900 and 1.100 and the costoi the plaques has not yet been estimated The state marker will have a state ment about how the tragedy affected the College Station community, alone with a list of the Aggies w ho died. At the top of the plaque, there will be a picture of a train station r and at the bottom, after the text, will 1 be a picture of a bonfire. The committee agreed unani mously to cast it in aluminum rathe: • than bronze. They are being pro- - duced by OMC Industries. Deborah Jasek, former chair woman of the College Station histone preservation committee, said thecin plans to hold a dedication ceremonv The date has not yet been set because j the committee is waiting to make sun there are no conflicts with Texa> ' A&M’s plans for memorials and oth er services. The College Station Historic a Preservation Committee also dis cussed possible action on a Neigh- - borhood Recognition Program Residents in the historic area of Col lege Station who remodel, re-land scape or improve their home maybe , recognized by the city. Nomination are made by neighbors or others if the community, Jasek said. The idea behind this is to recognize people who restore or enhance thehu toric area, Jasek said. The details oftlx program have not been finalized. The committee discussed a poten tial book and film on the historyo! the Bryan-College Station area which would begin once adequate funding is received. The city woule need to donate $50,000 along will the city of Bryan, Brazos county arc non-profit donors and private donor Julie Schultz, a member of the he: itage board, presented the book are film to the committee and said other will oversee the film production. This project will began ono adequate funding is received Schultz said. The committee said it will neee more time to decide on this issue. Student Conflict Resolution Services Student Legal Student Mediation ♦ Student Judicial WE CAN HELP more info to come. 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