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TEST ANXIETY - TENSION - HEADACHES therapeutic massage can help... Call Olson & Associates at 693-5562. STUDENT RATES and referral rewards Page 2A CAMPUS Tuesday, September 1 THE BATTALION FISH You J<A>ou> u)Ho Got f\ • 5ljEET P#RK\A)G DEAL ? 7/Ve Guvs who Ride CYCLES To School., Re $ell 4 $#| Why buy new, when slightly used will do? Couches start at *69.95 Recliners from *59.75 Lamps start at *9.95 Color TV’s from *89.95 Dryers start at *69.95 6’ Wood Book Shelves *69.95 Desks - many to choose from - *69.95 Video Games from *9.95 5 CD’S for $20.°° Bookshelf Stereo’s 1 w/CD $ 99. 95 LAYAWAY AND PAYMENT PLANS! They aluavs’ Have opeaj SPOTS X thick TU Ask Th(^ 6uy A Sou Y 5 IT PaRDoaJ me , SIR. ^ WHERE /ilOHT oce Purchase A "HOC" such as by R.DeLuna I sHoutb Have Tust Talked To The c./rrc£ /X Aluays ^ssu/heD People I STOPPED GlVl/OO V)lOED6l£S AFf£R HiCH School.. ^3 Non Mia Culpa by B-Hippie NOW EMPTY YOUR FRPGE and give US MONEY. | Rc $ell 4 $ ,a 4 J£g,/ (across from Bryan High) GOOD CALL. THIS V/AS TINA MELT A WEEK AGO. Ol' The Princeton Review Princeton Review classes are limited to 8 students. GMAT Call today if you're taking the GMAT by December 979.696.9099 I www. PrincetonReview. com yww ^ c ■" ho WVWWV^^JVW^WJV^^VJV, College years are the test times of your life. Remember them forever in a ScrapbooK The Career Center will be holding a Business Career Fair on Tuesday and Thursday in Wehner. 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. fiSorapbook Country Post Oak Square ~ 1104-D Harvey Rd. College Station, TX 77840 (979) 695-1075 I t The Career Center will be holding ori entations for on-campus interview ing at 5:15 p.m. in MSC 225. The Career Center will be holding behavioral interviewing at 5 p.m. in Rudder 410 for liberal arts majors. The Society of American Military Engineers will meet in the Dashiell room of Corps Center at 7 p.m. National VP Roger Wozny will discuss how SAME brings mil itary and civilian sectors together on projects and how its broad net work can help you find internships and jobs in your field. All are wel come. Contact Rob Cornier at 821-2460 for more details. Former students look for speakers Wednesday The Career Center will be holding a intern search strategies workshop at 6:30 p.m. on Rudder 308. The Career Center will be holding a resume/letter-writing seminar at 4 p.m. in Rudder 302 for Life Science majors. The Hiliel Jewish Student Associ ation will meet at 9 p.m. at Coffee Station. For more information please contact Jason Kristall at 696-9445. Construction Science Career Fair Langford Architecture Center Session I Wednesday, September 20 Interviews September 21 Session II Monday, September 25 Interviews September 26 Over 125 Companies! Cooperative Education will hold an internship search strategies semi nar at 6 p.m. in 308 Rudder. The Physical Therapy Club will be holding its first general meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Rec Center 281. For more information, please call Laurie Gaul at 694-0086. The Microbiology Society will hold a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 501. The Career Center will be hold ing a Construction Science Fair on Wednesday and Thursday in Langford. Open up to a world of career opportunities... Software Support Consulting Translating Sales Come See us at the: Networking Fall 2000 Business Career Fair Project Analyst September 19 - September 20 _ , , . 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Technical Writing Training Accounting Programming Get Connected with ucs If you are unable to attend, but would still like to apply, please call or visit our website. Universal Computer Systems, Inc. Attn ad #1004 200 Quality Circle College Station, TX 77845 979-595-2609 979-595-2613 - fax AAAAAV.universalcomputersys.com Tuesday, S News in Brief TAPSS creates The Association of Former Students is looking for Aggies to speak at about 350 Muster cer emonies throughout the world. Speakers share their experi ences of the Texas A&M cam pus and the current state of the Aggie spirit. The Association of Former Students will send the different Muster groups around the world a Muster packet containing a list of all potential speakers. From that list, Muster groups can contact a potential speaker and ask that person to speak at their Muster ceremony. Potential speakers have the right to decline the invitation. The Association of Former Students will reimburse up to half of the travel expense costs. Those interested may con tact the Association of Former Students until the week of Muster, which is held on April 21 of each year. » mentor program The Texas A&M Associatioi' of Professional Support Staff (TAPSS) mentor program will host Staff Helping Staff Net working Event in 206 Memori al Student Center at noor Thursday. The program, in its first year, is trying to create the first men- T Tf. tor program for new A&MstafflJL~1 Ct and faculty. Mentors helg new staff anc bySiuai faculty members adjust to the ,/ )t . u,,, A&M culture and offer advice. Laura Ampol-Hall, co-chair woman of the TAPSS mentc program and the administrative assistant for the Academy fo ? Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies said the meeting will include the mentor/mentee relation ship among staff members,the importance of the mentoring program and the goals for the organization. All mentors bers. but mente required to be a are TAPSS menr ees are not initial) i part of the group Multicultural Services Dept, hosts awareness week A col I ago, ush | the fierc The a I the seas< I books at I to other I much m Soon I fest on d Imulate ii These [spiders < [phobe's | strewn b that the ’ tin These The Multicultural Services De partment is hosting an Aware ness Week Sept. 18-22 to edy cate students about the differer: services and programs offeredts the department. The week will he highlighted by an open house : 'T and a silent auction Friday in the LL Memorial Student Center. L . . Resource tables will be setup tlc 'P alc J by Rudder Fountain and the ipates hi Wehner College of Business Building this week. Trivia games and the auction will be held at the open house. . Information on severalstu- dent organizations associated with the Multicultural Services Department, includingMinorit) stores ai j shelves pumpkir “On t pie waiti they hac 1 Adam Ai Enrichment and Development' ., i ( ■ : A: ndemic and Leade- ‘ ' , L ship Skills (MEDALS) and th ! ilDoul 111 Southwestern Black Stute mat no o Leadership Conference (SM ^ 8> SLC), will be available atifsomeone open house. 'and it al The orga u/ations assoc couldn't with the department are :' Thanksg peting to attract as many vis: but Halk to the open house as possit It is a The organization that attracts*' q | K , v ^ most visitors will win a prize fro* the department. Southwest Parkway partiall) closed today mv. 1, t ‘We j ^irls, old Southwest Parkway in Co ; lege Station will be partial closed today as city crewsapp) a seal coat to the road. Crews will apply a new layer of asphai: and stone material from Wei born Road to Welsh Avenue. Beginning at 9 a.m.,oneeas! bound and one westboundW of Southwest Parkway will in closed while the seal isappW About noon, the crew4 switch sides and sea! tf.e maining lanes. The repairs are expected ; be finished by 4 p.m.,ands : lanes will be reopened. Drivers are asked tobeca* ; tious around the work area.' ; obey all traffic signs and , watch out for workers. BATTALIC' Beth Miller, Editor in Chief Jeff Kempf, Managing Editor Mariuni Mbhiuddin, City Editor | Ruben DeLuna, Graphics Editor Blaine Dionne, Sports Editor Jason Lincoln, Sports Editor Noni Sridhara, Sci/ lech Editor Jason Bennyhoff, Aggiclile Editor Stuart Hutson, Aggielifc Editor . 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