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Do You Have What it Takes to Teach? Are you a Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student? The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture ofTers a program that leads to SECONDARY TEACHER CERTIFICATION and an optional master’s degree. For more information, attend the Post-Baccalaureate Program information session: Tuesday, October 9, 2001 Rudder Tower, Room 401 4:00 PM All majors welcome including BIMS, BIOL, CHEM. MATH, and PHYS. If you cannot attend, call 862-1773 for information. Log on to the program website at post-bacc .coe. tamu. edu Politics Page 10 THE BATTALION Tuesday, October 2,2(11; B-CS economy growth not affected bv terrorist attacks Octobei By Jonathan Kolmetz THE BATTALION Has change been constant in your life? then come to Who Moved My Cheese? Are you having a hard time adjusting to change in your life? Is your organization struggling with change? Do you need a new perspective on how to handle your new responsibilities? Who Moved My Cheese workshop is the answer! This is an amazing way to deal with change in school, work, organizations and in your life. Date: Tuesday, October 2 th Time: 3pm-5pm Location: Koldus 144 Cost: FREE This program is produced by the Department of Student Activities. Since the stock markets opened one week after the terror ist attacks in Washington, D.C., and New York City, the Dow Jones Report is down eight per cent, the Nasdaq fell 12 percent and the S&P 500 has lost five per cent, but economic development growth in Bryan-College Station has not slowed, officials said. The repercussions felt by local businesses, however, may not be known for some time. The quarterly sales tax reports are not due for at least another eight weeks. “With the reports not due in for a couple of months, the best way to view the local econo my is to just drive around,” said College Station Mayor Lynn Mcllhaney. “With construction going up all over College Station, it is easy to see that things are business as usual here.” The H.E.B. grocery store, the new shopping center on the comer of Holleman Drive and Texas Avenue, the pharmacy near Southwest Parkway, and the road constmction on University Drive all were planned before Sept. 11 and have not stopped because of the attacks, Mcllhaney said. “I believe the best thing that we can do locally and as a nation is to continue to rely on our greatest assets: the people,” Mcllhaney said. “If we as a community allow other factors to determine our financial future, then that is not the America that I know.” Mcllhaney warned that if the residents of B-CS let the attacks affect their local shop ping routine, there will be far greater repercussions, and the terrorists will have won. “The next set of casualties is going to be in layoffs and the companies and even com munities that get into a finan cial binds,” Mcllhaney said. Roland Mower, president and CEO of the Bryan-College Station Economic Development Corporation (BCSEDC), support ed Mcllhaney’s claims that no signs of economic slow down have been seen since the attacks. “No company since the Sept. 11 attacks have backed out or showed a lack of inter est in the B-CS area,” Mower said. “The current economic situation in Bryan-College Station has more to do with the last six months or longer, not the past couple of weeks.” The BCSEDC serves the cities of Bryan and College Station, and Brazos County in their economic development efforts. “We give information to companies looking to build or relocate to the Brazos Valley,” Mower said. a I believe the best thing that we can do locally and as a nation is to continue to rely ihc KK'al tvonoim to preventrI repercussions in the future. Wt| signs showing the larger local< omy still is growing, the smaJ locally owned businesses mightiu| be faring as well. “We dropped off in Aug\ist| and really fell short September,” said Jim Burkea owner of The Curiosity Shop; Post Oak Mall. “August and September normally good months for us,' Burke said. “But people a lenetii igine iod is ew re; me II wi ese are mag i will bring you the story goes. te and showed t being more conservative rf „ I for | on our greatest assets: the people. — Lynn Mcllhaney, College Station mayor Mower did speculate, however, that Bryan/College Station will see evidence of the economic effects of the attacks in the future. “The rate in which the national and global economies filter into the B-CS area is slower than we see it on Wall Street,” Mower said. Mower said B-CS will have to take a more proactive approach to careful with their money becais- they just don’t know what going to happen.” Burke encouraged citizei to continue their normal shop| ping trends and not lei lit attacks deter their purchasiuj| consistency. “I talked with other smi| business owners, and they all are seeing the same trend their stores,” he said. With the typically large bu; ing months of August ar;l September gone for small bus ness owners, they putting his f jaf; of “magic" bea strated and angr Bslsed them out the TIM DYLL „ h s heard it as a ch i s out. this miglr now ar:l'yt ale an y m 9 re - looking at the fourth quarter!! 3ene f' c engineer help bring sales back around. "We will watch our orders an! hope for better times com: Christmas,” Burke said. NEWS IN BRIEF Governors plea to U.S. to return to normal life WASHINGTON (AP) — Five governors ended a two day swing through the nation’s stricken economic and federal capitals Monday with a plea to Americans to defeat terror by restoring the nation’s commerce and tourism. The governors joined District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams for what was billed as a “Back to Business” tour. The bipartisan outing was designed to help restore the confidence of the traveling public after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington. The politicians warned of potential damage to the nation’s economy if people don’t start s been regarded lire of food prod w, it has become altering the gen of plants, scienl aduce healthier c ore of them. Ope traveling, shopping and vacationing again. | c hen cupboard c “It is not worth letting terrorists steal ...wtolL restaurant’s mi we are as Americans,” said Gov. RonnieIpces are, they ; Musgrove, D-Mississippi. loducts enhanced The tourism industry has been slow toLoduction compar recover from the attacks. The mayor and otte fiieaper, healthier, city officials are backing a plan to make SlOdy Over the years, ti million in loans and grants available to bust-|anies have used te nesses hit by the downturn. 1 NIGHT 9 HOURS 12 BANDS 12,000 DONUTS 45,000 STUDENTS r the benefit of m; _ making our food he, heaper and more £ fan ever. This burd taken lightly, and be ie current econo m 125 YEARS OF TEXAS A&M NO CLASSES THE NEXT DAY! The 125th birthday bashi SIMPSON DRILL FIELD OCTOBER 3. 2001 m mrnm Mmm m m mum jr mmm mm m 6 PM - 3 AM 4:30 - 7:30 PM PICNIC BY FOOD SERVICES (BRING A BLANKET! 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