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Golden Key International
Honor Society
New Member Induction:
Monday November 26, 2001
7:00 PM, Rudder Theatre
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Community Ice Forum
A public discussion of the feasibility of Brazos County
including an ice skating rink in its new Exposition Center.
When: Monday, November 12, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Rm 3, Brazos Center
(1/2 mile east of Earl Rudder Freeway on Briarcrest Drive,
in Bryan)
Please attend - come show ydur support for
ice sports in Brazos County
Brazos Ice Coalition
Chuck Wiggins, Coordinator
690-9476
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There’s a
* ' Place for You
in the
eace Corps
Heidi and Jim Wilton,
Volunteers in Armenia
Learn more about Peace Corps
with Campus Representative
and Former Volunteer
Dr. Nelson Jacob:
TAMU Career Center
John J. Koldus Bldg. • Ste. 209
845-5139 * peacecorps@tamu.edu
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.
Africa, Central America, Europe,
the Pacific, the Caribbean,
South America or Southeast Asia.
Where do you want to go?
Apply now to be abroad next
summer.
www.peacecorps.gov • 1-800-424-8580
STUDY THE ARTS AND CIVILIZATIONS
OF THE AEGEAN
PHOTOGRAPH AND SKETCH
GREECE AND TURKEY
Dr. Charles White: 845-7859, cwwhite@archone.tamu.edu
Professor Susan Kirchman: 845-7065, smk@texas.net
NO PREREQUISITES-OPEN TO ALL MAJORS—SIX CREDITS
(HUMANITIES ELECTIVE-VISUAL ARTS REQUIREMENT)
TEXAS ASCM 1ST SUMMER SESSION
MAY 2 I JUNE 24, 2002
did. you get
the memo?
MSC Spring 2002
Open House
Tables Are On Sale NOW!
Date: January 27, 2002
Reserve space for a recognized
student organization in 3 easy steps!
1. Go to the MSC Box Office in Rudder Tower.
2. Complete a registration form and read the
rules.
3. Pay a $30 registration fee. Cash, checks,
Aggie Bucks, or credit cards are accepted.
Hurry...First come, First served
Sponsored By: MSC Marketing Team ^
If you have any questions,
contact Chris Carter, MSC
Executive Director of Marketing
at 845-1515.
News
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undergraduate prograir
Lowry Mays Colsj
Business, said it generii
target of enrolling
each fall.
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was offered admissict
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said. ‘‘That process
reviewed annually.Asi:
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concerned, however. r>
is anticipated for thei(
2006 freshman class.
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percent student enrols
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required, like all other-
to successfully coni'
requirements before
upper-level courses.
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are fundamental," Dns
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dents must apply to
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“The election was settled a year ago. President
Bush won and the voters have long since moved
on,” said Bush press secretary Art Fleischer.
Against the backdrop of the disputed Nov. 7, 2000.
election, the news organizations set out earlier this year
to examine as many as possible of the ballots set aside
as either undervotes or overvotes. Undervotes involved
about 62,000 ballots where voting machines were
unable to detect a choice for any presidential candi
date, while about 113,000 overvotes were read by
machines as possibly containing more than one choice.
Sunday that “we don’t have enough forces on the
ground to stand in their way” if the northern
alliance tried to seize the capital.
At a press conference here. Abdullah said the
opposition had recaptured its former headquarters,
Taloqan, and three other northern provincial capi
tals since Mazar-e-Sharif, linchpin of the Taliban
defenses in the north, fell to the alliance on Friday.
Rumsfeld said. The city’s airport had not yet
been secured, he added, though he thought it
would be soon.
60 hours and successfii
pleting eight specificco®
Drysdale said it is bet
admitted as a freshman
College of Business anl
reasonably high grades®
level classes.
“This is known ask-
enrollment management
said.
Estrada said there is
law governing specific
that individual colleges
of incoming freshmk
part of the top ten peitt:
their high school class. Hi
these students currently
less than 70 percent for bo!
College of Business ami
College of Engineerint.
near 80 percent for the ti
of Architecture.
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of Architecture, as ah^h-ii
area,” Estrada said.
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monitored to ensufd'
leges not fill with otib
percent students.
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Pre-Law Society
Come learn how to apply for Law School!
St. Mary’s Law School Is
coming to speak and will answer any
questions regarding law school
TOMORROW
7 p.m. Rm. 11 I Koldus
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Spring 2002
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