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There's a r Place for You in the ^ eace Corps Peter Arellanes, Volunteer in Honduras Peace Corps works with any major. Opportunities exist in the fields of business, health, education, environment, agriculture, community development and information technology. Find out how you can earn a graduate degree while serving. Learn more about Peace Corps with Campus Representative Dr. Nelson Jacob. TAMU Career Center John J. Koldus Bldg. • Ste. 209 845-5139 • peacecorps@tamu.edu Also on campus TAMU Alumna and Recruiter Kimmi McMinn: ■ November 5-8 MSC Info Table • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ■ November 6-7 Film Show and Presentation Rudder, Room 709 7 to 8:15 p.m. www.peacecorps.gov • 1-800-424-8580 CareerCenter Texas A&M University Campus Blitz Speak with Career Center representatives, gather valuable Career Center information and jump start your FUTURE! Look for Career Center Representatives at these locations from 11am - 1pm. Tuesday, October 30 - MSC Wednesday, October 31 - Commons Hershey’s Candy giveaway compliments of Hershey Foods Steps To Your Success! 845-5139 209 Koldus http://careercenter.tamu.edu Effective Reading Centers congratulates these students for increasing their reading rates by 300 to 700 wpm and comprehension rates by 80% to 95% Shawn Calvert Emeigh Fox Francisco Ballesteros David Holland Zaynah Danguah Justin Kitchens Victor Negron Benjamin Cooper Kensey Hayes Joey Rigney Carlos Saldana Philip McAdam Marisa Montague Luis Jurado Zachary Comiskey Micah Gertson Melinda Ruiz Patrick Scott Joseph Hahn Jose Garcia Sarah Sweeney John Gage Nicholas Vorauer Ron Tribble II JT Edmondson Joshua Davis Betty Ghirmay Why Be Overwhelmed by Reading Assignments?? Learn how to read 2-3 times faster!! Cut your study time in half!! Make Better Grades!! How Do You Score? Take The Effective Reading Quiz Yes □ No □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Are you: Using the same reading method you learned in elementary school to read college-level material? Behind in your reading? Distracted or bored while reading? 'Wanting to make better grades? Have You Ever: Re-read the same line more than once? Finished reading a sentence or paragraph and not remember a single thing? Had to re-read material over and over in an effort to understand it? Found yourself staring at the page while reading? If you answered yes to two or more of the above questions, you may have inefficient reading habits. We Can Help You! Oct. 31 st Wednesday 2-3:15 4-5:15 6:45-8 Nov. I st Thursday 2-3:15 4-5:15 6:45-8 The Free Seminar will be held in Rudder Tower Rm 308. Sponsored by Effective Reading Centers. No reservations required. 268-0078 Come O/u Ai'DDu-/)6£C> LAHeV, U£ V£ BEE.V ■over this a million 77aiES ? these are. Three ajaaie* he Father . Soa>, /ud Holy GHoT! matt Ditto>u y a>eve , A/0D DEaUSE RfCflARDS? NEWS IN BRIEF New Mexico state police officer strut! by trailer rig funny side u p T by Josh Darwin I'f4 GOING DOCK. TD DOOR TO '/OU THIS ItsiCReCnevE OFFER? I don't thwjys this I'S <SONN* oS. \ FEEL- I'M IN A SILVESTER AND TwCETY CARTOON LAS CRUCES, N.M. (APj- state police officer was ski critically injured by a semkraj trailer rig Sunday as he mas traffic stop on another mote Maj. Forrest Smith said. Patrol Officer Keith 41, of Alamogordo was ski! about 2 p.m. after stopping eastbound passenger ,i between Deming and t Cruces on Interstate 10. “He had massive kt injuries, a broken pelvis.ait: ber of broken bones andaim sive brain trauma," Smitha Hanker’s wife, Leslie, andfe son were with him at theta) tal late Sunday, the majors Two people in the van were injured, Smith said.*- the trucker was not injured Hanker was on the easttcs Regents Continued from Page 1 that they weren’t doing well, we can stop.” Frank Ashley, director of admissions, said counselors at targeted schools he visits advise students not to bother applying to A&M unless they are in the top ten percent. Estrada asked the Regents to consider automatically accepting all students who graduate in the top 25 percent of the 253 target schools. “We know quite well what we can and cannot do from the Hopwood decision,” Estrada said. “This is not race-based. Whatever change we make, we’ll make sure it’s fair and equitable and not disadvantag ing to others. This plan would reward the hard work of students and enrich the pool of academi cally prepared, economically disadvantaged students.” If the plan had been in effect for Fall 2001, 202 stu dents from the target schools who had been denied would have been eligible for automat ic admission, Estrada said. The number of students applying from target schools would increase if they knew they would be automatically admit ted, he said. “It was our understanding that you wanted us to revisit the role that A&M played in admis sions and broadening the diver sity here,” Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Ron Douglas told the regents. “This is one possibility that we’re looking at, and I think it’s the most promising. We have to be able to explain why some stu dents are admitted and why some students aren’t.” The regents will hear more about the top-25 percent admission proposal in upcom ing meetings. In other business, Bowen made the case to regents for an u We know quite well what we can and cannot do from the Hopwood decision. 99 — Joseph Estrada associate provost for enrollment Academic Enhancement Fee, formerly known as the excel lence fee, to help offset A&M’s $6.2 million budget shortfall. Bowen projected a continuing deficit into fiscal year 2006. His request for an Enhancement Fee would pre vent cutbacks in faculty and services that would otherwise balance the shortfall, he said. “The big problem is not the $6.2 million deficit,” Bowen said. “The big problem is that we need to enhance the academ ic quality of our University.” Bowen said even with cur rent spending, the student-to- faculty ratio is too high, the University has too great a reliance on non-tenure track faculty and many college deans want to limit undergrad uate enrollment because of quality concerns. Options for the proposed Enhancement Fee include an increased rate by $30 per credit hour for all incoming students beginning in Fall 2002 or increasing rates equally for all students. Bowen said the University of Texas is planning the same kind of increase, and subse quently, the fee should not deter future applicants. “This is really the start of the conversation,” Bowen said. “There are very few things we (the University) do that we do not need to do. Are our aca demic programs under stress? I can’t prove this.” The Regents also renewed the employment contract with A&M System Chancellor Howard D. Graves and named Nancey W. Dickey the president of the System Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health affairs. Dickey’s appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2002. Until then, Dickey will remain as interim dean of the College of Medicine, a position she has held since Aug. 21, 2000. He had masm head injuries,a broken pelvis,a number of broken bones and a massive brain trauma. — Maj. Forrest Sr New Mexico state pole shoulder, on the passenger; of the state police unit, when! vehicle was struck. Smith sat: The truck struck the reai the patrol car and pushed it ' the passenger van, then cor; ued pushing the vehicles about 200 feet - veering: feet away from 1-10 traffic to The trucker, Scott Ashley, of Mesa, Ariz.. allegedlytoldc! cers he dozed off, Smith sat Ashley was not immediati cited, he said. Van driver MicalahO'fe^ of Las Cruces was transi to Memorial Medical Ceite» Las Cruces. She was in slate condition, house administrat: Mary Sletten reported. Van passenger DonaldSzela; 19, of Las Cruces was listed' fair condition Sunday atib Beaumont Hospital in El .Pas Texas, Smith said. Hanker had graduated lai June from the state policeaca: emy, the major said. 7 course meaC. (Price Cess acfuice. $10. Qeuiei OF BRAZOS VALIH MSC Hospitality’s CLttquette (Dinners November 1 st and 5th 5:30-7pm Rudder 11th Floor tickets: SI 0.00 at Rudder Box Office Advice from an etiquette expert 7 course meal served Business casual dress Persons with disabilities call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. 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