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Agriculture Career Exposition Fall 2001 October 3, 2001 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Kleberg Atrium Agriliance, LLC Ag Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company Agricultural <& Natural Resource Policy Congressional Internship Program Archer Daniels Midland, Co. Cactus Feeders Cargill - Animal Nutrition Division Cargill - Turkey Products Conti Beef LLC Environmental Care - North Haven Gardens EXCEL Farm Credit Fort Dodge Animal Health Colden Harvest H.E.B. Grocery Company (2 booths) IBP, Inc. JELD-WEN Kactus Korral Inc. The Kroger Company KRP Foods Land O' Lakes, Inc. Lawns of Dallas Luby's Inc. Sanderson Farms Schlotzsky's Inc. Seaboard Farms, Inc. Texas Agricultural Statistics Service Texas Cooperative Extension Trugreen Chemlawn Tractor Supply Company Tyson Foods U.S. Marine Corps Universal Computer Systems Wayne Farms, LLC Wright Brand Foods An American’s Journey trip®®# ' ''I llllili to Islam ^ What meaning does Islam assign to human life - an American convert’s perspective Tuesday, Oct. 2 nd MSC 201 @ 7:30pm ' iTfpRpPi m M , r- " 'M/- m Mm ■ X '< V - Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Lang Professor of Mathematics University of Kansas i j** m ■ ilk % r ' i '* f ' ' :■ m Muslim Student’s Association http://msa.tamu.edu Free Entry and Refreshments! lif . - . m 1 Sfll Pack Rats Mondays Students explain why they collect certm things and what they mean to them By Lindsey Fielder THE BATTALION It is not just stamps and coins anymore. Some people are bom collectors. They get hooked on something and even tually end up with a large collection. These collections are usually valuable and some are worth a lot of money, while oth ers just hold senti mental value. Most Aggies in College Station are familiar with the infa mous beer collection. In Aggieland. a beer collection ranges from a pyramid of cans to neon signs. A common myth is that beer collec tors are mostly col lege students. Michael P. Soroka, a sociologist at the University of San Diego, found that the majority of beer col lectors are college graduates with house hold incomes of $35,(XX) or more. Most of these professionals describe themselves as “p ersons w ho like to drink beer." These collectors are not driven by the profit motive, but invest a lot of money in their beer collection. Brett Davis, a sophomore recreation, park and tourism sci ences major, collects race T-shirts. He has more than 80 souvenir T- shirts from races he has run in. All runners receive the T- shirts when they compete in a race, so Davis decided to start saving the T-shirts. He has T- shirts from 5Ks, lOKs and sever al longer races. “I don’t wear them because I don’t want to get them messed up,” Davis said. “When I run in a race, I just take the shirt and hang it up in my clos et at my parents’ house.” The most interesting T-shirt in Davis’ collection, he said, is from the Millennium Marathon in New Zealand. It was the first marathon of the new millennium. Davis also has a T-shirt from a 100-mile race he ran at Huntsville State Park. Erica Walther, a senior kinesi ology major, collects all kinds of /I l l AMIH KAR • THE BATTALION memorabilia. Her main collec tions consist of coasters, elephant figurines, high-heels figurines and crystal balls. The coasters she collects are the cardboard coasters com monly seen in restaurants and bars. Walther started collecting coasters when she saw a bar that used them to decorate the walls and ceiling. She has coasters from as far away as Germany and Mexico. “The coasters symbolize places I've been or people collect them for me,” Walther said. Walther’s collection of ele phants started in high school. The elephant figurines are usu ally gifts and she plans to use them to furnish a jungle-theme room someday. “I started collecting elephants before 1 knew they had anydj to do with A&M,” Walther si “Now they just mean thatma more to me.” Her collection of high-hi figurines started when she seven years old. She has heels made out of glass and porcelain. The most s item in this collectiaj an antique high figurine her grandmother gave w hen she was in second grade. Walther and mother have a hobby collecting crystal together, she said, crystal ball must be and completely with no flat side. The most they ever spent is $50 crystal ball. Crystal can cost as much $300. Walther said. “1 guess fm jui collector at hei Walther said. "I cal explain why I colli these things. I justdo.’! Collectors’ mothl are hard to deciphi Most cannot expli their need for tltff material objects. Dr. Wendy Wool! I psychology profess! at A&M, said peof] can pursue material things!] self-serving reasons or foil personal indication of compf tence and success. Some people collect things! impress other people. Wood sail Collectors may use thesematen] al possessions to compare them selves to cithers or to overcome self doubt. These are tmwt motives for collecting. The positive motives behinc collecting include pride, secuiit; and freedom. Wood said Collectors also may pursue mate rial things to support theirfattiil) When people attain matenij things for the wrong reasons, can be unfulfilling, Wood sai! On the other hand, if coiled® have the right motives be their pursuit, the search can vide happiness. Hi Camouf of a hunter in across T« doorsmen j nature. 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