The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 11, 2001, Image 6

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    Host a company
Mays College of Business Fall Career Fair
Sept. 25-27
Informational Meetings
Come to find out about hosting a company at Career Fair. NOT mandatory.
Tuesday, Sept. 11 Wednesday, Sept. 12
8:30 - 9:00 p.m. 7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Wehner 113 Wehner 113
Career Fair ivebsite: http://ivehner.tamu.edu/bsc
News
Page 6A THE BATTALION
<
L.
luesday, September 11 fue' lay. Sc
Senate
Continued from Page 1A
undergraduate courses will be offered in the
Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Anthropology, Biology, Land Development and
Science. A new computer science graduate course
was also added.
A new major was recommended added to the
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wil
and Fisheries Management, which will c
nate the need for enrollment in Wile
Ecology and Management, Fisheries Eco
and Management and Urban Wildlife
Fisheries Management.
All of the senate’s recommendations
submitted for Bowen's approval before the
finalized.
sa
Sororities
Continued from Page 1A
Greek organization this fall.
Though she alleged race may
have been behind her rejection
last year, she told the campus
newspaper. The Crimson White,
that the Greek system at
Alabama is not all bad.
“It’s elitist and it’s some
what racist, but I still believe
that that racism is more from
the women that are not even
in the sorority,” she said. “I
honestly think that most of
that close-mindedness comes
from alums.”
Twilley attended the presti
gious Alabama School for
Mathematics and Science. She
Howdy
Continued from Page 3A
from most likely (the Memorial
Student Center) to least likely
(Northside) to evoke a “howdy.”
Time of day made no difference,
according to Patel, who said the
student response rate was disap
pointing.
“Generally, people aren’t
accustomed to the ‘howdy’
response, so they don’t respond.”
she said. “It’s important for stu
dents to realize that it’s up to
them to [revive] a tradition that’s
dying.”
came to Alabama driving a new
sport-utility vehicle that was a
gift from her father.
"If someone with the quali
ties of Melody Twilley can’t get
into a sorority, we have some
substantial problems in our
Greek system,” said Norm
Baldwin, president of the
Faculty Senate, which has
pushed for integration.
“It’s a very sad day for the
Greek system and the
University of Alabama,”
Baldwin said Monday. “It rein
forces a lot of negative stereo
types that people would like to
go away.”
Of 731 women who panic-
ipated in sorority “rush.”
about 625 received member
ship invitations.
I JM \ 1 ( :
Administrators and faci-
leaders have pushed tor inter ' ,
. <• u n L^alsumple
non oi the school s Greeks. 1
jBfh
- 1
lef
ieaich war
)istrict
tern, which for decades
been a seedbed for state Icair.
including the current goverr’ c ^ nse f ltl
Don Siegelman.
School officials have L * ,vm s ;l
close watch on the issue m ors wan,ct
One group of Aggies is trying
to do just that. How dy Ags, a stu
dent organization founded to
ensure “howdy’s” presence on
A&M’s campus, just may be the
dwindling tradition’s saving
grace. Jayne Wittie, a member of
Howdy Ags and a junior biomed
ical science major, said the
organization panicipates in
events such as Howdy Week by
getting local businesses involved,
giving away prizes to those who
exchange howdies and forming a
“Howdy line" (wearing t-shirts
that spell out — you guessed it
— “Howdy"). Yet Wittie said the
club works all year long to pro-
then-Gov. George C. WiL'*S are,,e a '
made a celebrated “stand in ast su mme
schoolhou.se door” in 1963 »<insber
an attempt to keep two bli. 5 ^ ause
from enrolling in the all-* 'clued crii
universiry. elony chai
President Andrew Sorer-ocaine.
has said he would not maaL M l think
integration or institute a qi n this cast
system, but another adm ng Mondr
trator said officials would: iatliple wa
tinue working on an eod(rvin’s pri\
segregation. ■■ W\ | lc |Ut js
:olsider Cii
A. trial date
Blrvin die
mote the tradition.
"One of the biggest prtxV
[w ith people not sa> ing ho:" 00
is that students are bus\ • 1 1 ' i n \\ a
their own lives and so into::
own schedules that the) ^— -
even think about it," Witt* *
"People are not used loaner
day tradition. They have to r
a football game or yell pa*.
— some scheduled event—t:
involved with any kind of sec
spirit. We claim to be thefre
liest campus, so it’s sad:
’howdy’ has declined. Our ora
ization does its best to get "
dents back in the tradition.fe
the end, it’s all up to them."
Coi
ord
disi
Bush
ter's i
clean
I AUST1
A* Tutoring,
It’s about that time again!!! A + Tutoring will start its tutoring sessions this
Monday, September 10 th . The class schedules are posted on the web at
www.aplustutorinq.ws. Here is the line up of the classes offered this semester
Chem 101
Phys 201
Math 131
Chem 102
Phys 202
Math 141
Chem 107
Phys 218
Math 142
Chem 227
Phys 208
Math 151/171
Chem 228
Math 152/172
*
Math 166
Biol 113
How do you know if tutoring is for you?
• You want to get an "A" in your class.
• You want to study smart with as little time as possible.
• You want to actually LEARN the material for the MCAT, £RE, Upper
level classes, ...
Come and get your season pass today. Accept no substitute. If you re a j
skeptic, bring this ad with you and get in FREE for the first session offered in
any class or any class offered Tuesday, Sept. 11 th . For more information, call us
at 260-2660 or look us up at www.aplustutoring.ws. Don't forget to ask about
some of the great deals offered during the next two weeks. Look us up in
tomorrows ad for more great deals.
underage d
President
daughter
missed N
M unci pal
woman Pa
I The dis
Barbara E
n<> conies
minor in pi
in June, co
ol commu
she perfoi
attended ai
class, paid
and stayec
three mom
I The i
wiped fi
Gonzales
I Jenna \
$b()0 in Ji
■cense wa
days after
test to tryi
ilse’s ID i
ruing fro it
and a judj
underage i
ffrom an A
Come
De
con
• This ad cannot be used if a class is sold out. Students with season passes and tickets are let in first,
come, first get.
• A + Tutoring does not guarantee an "A" in any one of your classes.
<
After that, first
7