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OCA GENERAL MEETING When: Tuesday, April 9 Where: MSC 292B Time: 7pm Why: FREE FOOD, voting for next years officers, and lots of fun! what else could you aste for? oca.tamu.edu KoMus 131* &45--0(/fc& 10 Tuesday, April 9, 2002 NEWS THE BATTALIOl Looking for Formal Wear, Gowns, Shoes, Handbags? Resale lAJearlio u5e for Ladies and Children 3800 S. Texas Ave. Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 846-3679 for Men 3808-B S. Texas Ave. Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 846-4868 s www.area-wide.com Store hours: 10 am - 6:00 pm Monday - Friday 10 am - 5:00 pm Saturday Major credit cards accepted - Layaway available - Purentci'i TEXAS A & M u! 'efend NIVERSITY Friday April 12th Midnight Yell @ Kyle Field Saturday April 13th Bevo Burn BBQ and Whoopstock Simpson Drill Field 11 AM - 2 PM Sunday April 14th All-University Awards Ceremony 9 AM - 11 AM Rudder Auditorium A&M invasion GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION Chad Kroeger, vocals and guitarist for the Canadian band Nickelback, performs at Reed Arena as part of the MTV Campus Invasion tour. Holocaust Continued from page 1 There will names in be i reading of the victitl remembrance on Tuesda\ Rudder Fountain from 9 a.m. to 3 p r< Tuesday night an interfaith memorial ice will be held at Rudder Fountain at p.m. Different religious groups on have joined together to each host a differs part of the memorial service. Peyton they tried to incorporate other religions their display to reach all students. “We try and bring in other perspecdvi especially with all the attempts to shown diversity on our campus,” Peyton said. Students will have a chance tow down their thoughts and comments ai end of the exhibit. Other students said they must keep flame of remembrance alive. “It's so important that these things remembered ” said junior Blake Wal “Because students need to be educated they can teach these things to their children A 1 NEWS IN BRIEF Labels on malt beverage bottles to change WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to cleari: consumer confusion, federal regulators * forbid makers of certain flavored maltbevr ages from labeling and advertising them* containing vodka, rum or other liquor. The action by the Treasury Departmen: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearmsc* Monday is aimed at the fast-growing marie for “malternative" drinks. Like beer, products have a malt base, but theyareus. ally clear and flavored. ATF spokesperson Jim Crandall said Brewing Co.’s Skyy Blue and Bacardi Silver art examples of products that would need to chan? their labeling to comply. He said Smirnoff let another flavored malt beverage, would not!* affected because its labels do not suggests the drink contains liquor. Editors Continued from page 1 "Did you hear about it too? All the cool kids will be there. MSC UarieMShow assistant opinion editor for Fall 2(XK). She believes her experience has given her the knowledge and qualifications that will enable her to effectively serve as editor in chief. New ideas and improvements are possi bilities for the coming fall semester, Crutcher said, but she is waiting to discuss her ideas with an editorial staff that has yet to be selected. After graduation, Crutcher plans to attend law school. She hopes to develop her management skills as editor for The Battalion. Senior journalism major Doug Fuentes said serving as editor in chief for the sum mer is the culmination of his years at The Battalion, in which he has worked in nearly every area including sports, news. Aggielife, opinion and photography. “I love working at the paper so much” Fuentes said. “I want to get as much expe rience as I can.” Fuentes, who is from Waco, has worked for The Battalion as a sports writer since the fall of 1998 and served as the sports editor from summer 1999 through spring 2000 and spring 2001. He worked for the sports desk at The Bryan/College Station Eagle from May through December 2000 and also worked in the ESPN X-games’ graphics department in the summer of 2001 and in January. As editor in chief, Fuentes hopes to create a balance between a fun working environment and getting the job done. He plans to focus on students’ perceptions of the newspaper and encourage students to turn to The Battalion as their main source of news on campus. For junior biology major Denise Bischofhausen, being selected as Aggieland editor is reaching a goal she set 8 years ago. She has been the academics editor for fe yearbook for the past 2 years, was ad er her freshman year and has been involved in yearbook production for 8 years. “The Aggieland is on an incrediblestan tlard,” Bischofhausen said. “I want to con tinue what editors before me have done. Bischofhausen, who is from Irving, sees the Aggieland as an A&M tradition. She believes passion and detennination will make her an effective editor. “This is what I love to do more (to any thing in the world,” she said. In addition to working to continue Aggieland's past success, Bischofhausen plans to add 2 new positions to the staff.■ marketing editor to promote sales and dis tribution and an assistant editor to incre® proofing accuracy. Keeping unity and com munication throughout the staff is also 31 important goal, she said. 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