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: Id ^ er 19) 2{®dnesday, Sept. 19, 2001 in )01 ITision ' Continued from Page 1A One million dollars of the campaign money currently is bcfing used to install a new . scoreboard for the Anderson V ,-d Held Center and Bw locker rooms and a Bunge for the volleyball team ■ G. Rollie White Coliseum. B James and Jere Lynn ilans forked ic IOC wo. Is of seer] from RonirJ security d : revisited-:] Burkhart of Lubbock recently donated $500,000 to the fund. Burkhart played for A&M from 1953-1955. He said he has made contributions to many areas of the University, including the Department of Petroleum Engineering and the Corps of Cadets. “Of course I have a special interest in athletics, but I want A&M to be a well-rounded school in all phases and endeavors,” Burkhart said. “You have to have top-flight facilities to have top-flight programs.” The campaign, which has been planned for two years and in effect for 18 months, is one of 1 1 athletic capital campaigns of the Big 12 schools. Marks said $33 million has already been promised to the campaign. TUDY • B Continued from Page 3A of the IOC I e board me* P ro P° sal process. The subjects chosen to be taught depend on the laculty, Schutt said. Each semester the available destinations vary, ne program has been going to Dominicana for 1 I ears. Some programs only go once, and others peat for years, Schutt said. IIEIGHBOR a momen: i sands of d; the atta.i ic week a: ic 15-mer tously bad nnounced i udent Jacc.: :eed with a I Continued from Pape 3A f course; J| iid. “Wt lion,” said Lt. Mike Matthews can to is of the College Station Police This is iBepartment. "We want to lie mes^: remind people to keep the noise universi Mvel down. It would be good if getner.^ cou id get the information V out at the same time [as the isTo ter ' “B ee A Good Neighbor” cam- ielopmer!’ P ai £ n ]- We d’d t,lis somewhat ■st year when we started our tve access noise abatement program and I alified sec; thmk we’ve had some effect, ill leavinr '^here’s been a reduction in our he organic numbers, maybe 20 percent.” A&M has a center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. There, Aggies live together and take classes together. Safety is an important issue for students, and especially parents, when thinking about studying abroad. Schutt said safety is an important issue for A&M as well. The faculty are in constant contact with the Critical Incident Team, she said. Safety is also covered in orientation classes. r said. J ’s 27) *5 PS so I With an increase in visibil ity, the expectations of the program are even higher this year. Risa Bierman, coordina tor of OCSS, describes some of the new initiatives of the program: I “The first thing we are doing is the door-to-door campaign out in the duplexes in fhe Welsh/Wellborn area to let^people know some tips on how to be a good neighbor and to give them information on some common city fines,” Bierman said. “We are going to be with some police offi cers whose beats cover that area so that they will have the chance to meet some of the people who live out in that area.” 1 The residences visited on Sept. 13 included houses and duplexes on Antelope Lane and Trace Meadows. A simi lar door-to-door visit will be held again Oct. 1 1 in the same area. “We have door hangers to put on the doors of students who are not there, and for those who are there, we have a little welcome bag with pens, a magnet, candy and a flyer — just something that says ‘It’s nice to meet you’ and ‘Thanks for being a good neighbor.’ ” But residents’ reactions to the program are mixed. “Honestly and truthfully, maybe it will scare someone and maybe it will work, but I don’t think it will - there’s too many partiers,” said Misty Hayes, a sophomore computer science major. “It’s a nice ges ture, but most people will just blow it off because a lot of people around here have money and they don’t care if you get the citations.” But others feel that the pro gram can do sopie good in their community. “I think it’s pretty cool,” said Rob Layton, a junior recreation, parks and tourism sciences major. “The police officer that came was nice and gave us some good informa tion. It’s a good program. I don’t think it’s going to stop people from having parties and being loud, but at least they can’t say ignorance is their excuse now.” Some of the information given includes disorderly con duct and noise violation Fines, the first offense of which is $300, as well as information on alcohol offenses. The most important change in that area is that anyone who makes alco hol available to minors will be charged with a class A misde meanor, which is just below a felony. Monique Youm, a junior biomedical science major and mother of two children, said it is important this information be brought to the attention of the residents. “‘Bee A Good Neighbor’ is a great program,” she said. “I’m buying this house and it’s really important because we have to live together with families and students, and I am both. I have to pay a pret ty hefty mortgage on this house and so I don’t appreci ate having to wake up at 3:37 in the morning on a Thursday night because of the noise.” The goal of the program will be put in action through out the semester, with another door-to-door campaign and a block party Oct. 18 at Eastgate, in Thomas Park. The party, an effort to build the relationship between the city, the University and residents of the area, will have food, music and recreation and allow residents to meet the police officers and fire depart ment officials from their area. MCAT 3 out of 4 med school students who took a commercial MCAT prep course took Kaplan. Shouldn’t you? MCAT classes start October 7. Call 1-800-KAP-TEST or visit kaptest.com to enroll today! Test prep, admissions and guidance. For life. INVESTMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE CLEAR AND CONCISE. EVEN IF OUR NAME ISN’T. Aside from our name, we’ve always been in favor of making things simple. 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