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The Texas AdrM University Interfraternity Council
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Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Theta Pi
Chi Phi
Delta Chi
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Tau Delta
FarmHouse
FIJI
RUSH 2003
JUpIpt (Bmmxm
Tues., 1/28:
Pizza and Pool Hornbacks
2-6
Wed., 1/29:
Meet the AGR’s HEER 101
7-9
Thurs., 1/30:
Dinner Chicken Oil 7-8
Fri., 1/31:
Lunch Fitzwilly’s 12-2
Sat., 2/1:
BBQ Oak’s Park 12-3
Mon., 2/3:
Bowling Triangle Bowl 7-9
Tues., 2/4:
Alumni Smoker T-Bone Jones
7-9
Contact: Dustin 412-4302
Alpha Tau Omega
Mon 1/27
Tues 1/28
Wed 1/29
Fri i/31:
Dixie Chicken
7-9
Triangle Bowl
9-12
Zapatos Cantina
8-10
Hilton (Informational)
7-9
Oxford Street - Dinner Date Party
Business Casual
8-10
Contact:Jeff Nickell 696-6794
Beta Theta Pi
Mon., 1/27 Meet the Beta’s, Beta House, 8-9:30
Tues., 1/28 Pool and Darts, Dixie Chicken, 7-9
Wed., I /29 TAP - Fajita Cookout/W/te Only, 7-9
Thurs., 1/30 Pebble Creek//nwte Only, 7:30-9
Fri., 1/31 Steak Night,T-Bone Jones, 7-9
Contact: Frank Braly 764-0003
CHI PHI
Mon 1/27 BBQ, Kyle Field Pressbox, 9 th Floor 7-9
Tues 1/28 Bowling,Triangle Bowl 7-8:30
Wed 1129 Target Practice, Champion Firearms 6-7
Thurs 1/30 Dinner, Fajita Rita’s 7-8
Thurs 1/30 Billiards,Yesterdays 8-9
Fri 1/31 Crawfish Boil, Chi Phi House 5-7
Contact:
Matt Solomon 571-1370
CHI
DELTA CHI
Mon - 1/27 Meet & Greet, Fajita Rita’s, 7-9
Tues - 1/28 Bowling, Wolf Pen Creek, 7-9
Wed - 1/29 Billiards, Hornbacks, 7-9
Thurs - 1/30 Informational, Alumni CtrTInwte 7-9
Fri - 1/31 Date Party!Invite Only, 7-9
Contact: Charlie 696-8725
DELTA SIGMA PHI
Mon. 1/27
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Iguana Dan’s
Hole in the Wall, 7-9
Tues. 1/28
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Bowling
Triangle Bowl, 7-9
Wed. 1/29
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Billiards
Dixie Chicken, 7-9
Thurs. 1/30
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Go-Karts
Boondocks, 6:30-8:30
Fri. 1/31
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Kopee Bridge, 7-9
Contact: Roger Lasater 696-0489
Delta Tau Delta
Sunday 1/26 Super Bowl,Wings‘N More 5-10
Monday I /27 Driving Range, Lone Star Golf 7-9
Tuesday 1/28 Billiards, Poets 7-9
Wednesday 1129 Informational, ClaytonWilliams Bldg. 7-9
Thursday i/30 Wild Game Cookout, Delt House
Invite Only 7-9
Friday 1/31 Oxford Street!Invite Only 7-9
Contact: Levi Martin 847-1454
Kappa Alpha Order
Monday, Jan. 27: Burgers & Balls, Fox & Hound, 8-10
Tuesday, Jan. 28: Pool 4 Darts, Blarney Stone, 7-9pm
Wednesday, Jan. 29: KA Property - Fish Fry, 7-9
Thursday, Jan. 30: Briarcrest Country Club
(Coat 4 Tie)/Invite Only, 7-9
Friday, Jan. 31: Corral, KA Property,
(Coat 4 Tie), 7-9
Contact: John Renner 229-8073
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1/31
Fajita Cookout, Kappa Sig House, 5-8
Dinner, The Tap, 6-8
Burgers & Darts, Fitzwilly’s, 6:30-9
Th • 1/30 B i||i ards & Subs, Whoops, 6:30-9
Acceptance Dinner//nv/te Only, 6
Contact: Arash Ghanbapour 214-649-0290
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Pi Kappa Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Lambda Chi Alpha
Monday 1/27 BBQ Lambda Chi House 6:30-9
Tuesday 1/28 P22! Poet’s 9-12
Wednesday 1/29 Casino Night Lambda Chi House 7-10
Thursday 1/30 Informational (Coat 8 Tie) Faculty Club 7-10
Friday 1/31 Date Party Old Bryan Marketplace 7-10
Contact:
Kurt Autin 255-4649
Phi Delta Theta
Monday 1/27
Tuesday 1/28
Wednesday 1/29
Wednesday 1/29
Thursday 1/30
Friday 1/31
Meet the Phi’s, Carney’s, 6-8
BBQ, Phi Delt House, 7-9
Billiards, Hornbacks, 6-8
Wings ‘N More, 8-10
Informational, Clayton Williams Bldg.
Invite Only, 7:30-8:30
Date Party, Rockfish
Invite Only, 6-7:30
Contact: Josh Hyatt 220-2900
Phi Gamma Delta
(FIJI)
Sun., 1/26 FIJI athletics, REC, 2-5
Mon. 1/27 Casino NightAssoc.of Frm. Students Bldg.,7-10
Tues., 1/28 Black Diamond BBQ, FIJI Barn, 7-10
Wed., 1/29 Billiards/Cigars, Fox and Hound, 7-10
Thurs., 1/30 Hilton Oakwood Ballroom (Coat & Tie)
Invite Only, 7
Fri., 1/3 I FIJI Fight Night, FIJI Barn, Invite Only, 7
Contact - Andrew Rice 680-3 I 74
PHI KAPPA THETA
Monday 1/27
Tuesday 1/28
Wednesday 1/29
Thurday 1/30
Friday 1/31
Phi Kap Lau PKT House 8-10
Phi Kap Fiesta PKT House 8-10
Pool Yesterday’s 8-10
BBQ PKT House 8-10
Dinner PKT House / Invite Only 7-9
Contact:
Emmanuel Situka 255-2808
Pi Kappa Phi
Monday 1/27
Tuesday 1/28
Wednesday 1/29
Thursday i/30
Friday 1/31
Dinner & Live Music, Pi Kappa Phi House, 6-8
Billiards, Poets, 7-9
Rush Reception, Reed Arena Sky, 7-9
Dinner & Smoker/lnv/te Only,
Pi Kappa Phi House, 6-8:30
Mystery Date Party/Invite Only,
Pi Kappa Phi House, 8-1 I
Contact: Michael Cauthen 218-0206
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Mon., I /27 Phil Pritchett Concert, SAE House 8-10
Tues., 1/28 Triangle Bowl 8-10
Wed., 1/29 Hilton (Coat &Tie)/lnvite Only 8-10
Thurs., 1130 Date Party,SAE House/lnwte Only 8-10
Fri. 1131 Bid Acceptance (Coat &Tie)//rrw£e Only 8-10
Lunch daily at Duddley’s Draw 12-2 pm
Contact: Patrick Keegan 7 / 3-2 91-4196
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Mon., 1/27 BBQ Sigma Chi House 7-9
Tues. ,1/28 Billiards Fox & Hound 7-9
Wed., 1/29 Banquet (Coat & Tie) Pebble Creek CC 7-9
Thurs., 1/30 Smoker/Bowling Sigma Chi House 7-9
Contact:
Brian Mobley 694-4509
Sigma Nu
Mon., 1/27
Tues., 1/28
Wed., 1/29
Thurs., 1/30
Fri., 1/31
Wild Game Cookout, Sigma Nu House, 6:30-9
Meet the Sigma Nu’s,
The Library on Northgate, 7-9
Pool, Poets, 7-9
Banquet, Pebble Creek CC/Invite Only, 7-9
Date Party, Kyle House//nw'te Only, 10-1 am
Contact:
Justin Stafford 492-0204
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sun., 1/26
Mon., 1/27
Tues., 1/28
Wed., 1/29
Thurs., 1/30
Fri., 1/31
Superbowl Party, Sig Ep House, 6:30
Wild Game Cookout, Sig Ep House, 7-9
Casino Night/Cookout, Sig Ep House, 7-9
Informational, Briarcrest CC (Coat & Tie) 7-9pm
Pool, Poets, 7-1 0
Date Party, Sig Ep House//nv/te Only, 7
Contact: Erich Sowell 324-6006
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Thursday, January 23, 2003
THE BATTAl
Study: Vitamin A supplemen
raise risk of broken bones
(AP) — Taking vitamin A
supplements can weaken the
bones and increase the risk of
fractures up to seven times,
according to a large Swedish
study.
The research, conducted on
men, confirms three earlier stud
ies in women showing that high
intake of vitamin A raises the
risk of broken hips and weak
bones. The latest study is the
first to measure levels of the
vitamin in blood, rather than just
asking about diet and supple
ment use.
The three-decade study and
other evidence suggest that daily
vitamin A consumption of more
than 1.5 milligrams can be dan
gerous, and that people should
not take vitamin A supplements.
Current dietary recommen
dations call for only 0.7 mg of
vitamin A for women and 0.9
mg for men a day. That is easi
ly supplied by a healthy diet.
Many popular multivitamins
contain 0.75 mg to 1.5 mg of
vitamin A, generally listed on
labels as 2.500 international
units and 5,000 IUs, respec
tively.
“Vitamin A is potentially
harmful,” said Dr. Donald
Louria, chairman emeritus of
preventive medicine at the
University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey in
Newark, NJ. “Unless there is a
known medical reason like cer
tain diseases of the eye, ... peo
ple should not be taking vitamin
A supplements.”
The study by doctors at
University Hospital in Uppsala
was reported in Thursday’s New
England Journal of Medicine. It
involved 2,322 men.
Vitamin A is known as an
antioxidant. Antioxidants are
believed to reduce the risk of
cancer and heart disease.
Government studies show one-
third to one-half of Americans
take vitamin A or multivita
mins containing it.
Vitamin A can interfere with
cells that produce new bone,
stimulate cells that break down
old bone and interfere with
vitamin D, which helps the
body maintain normal calcium
levels.
In the study, about one-fifth,
or roughly 465 of the men.
were found to be at risk
because they had the highest
levels of vitamin A. The men
were about 2 1/2 times more
likely to break a hip and 65
percent more likely to suffer
any fracture than those with
lower levels of the vitamin in
their blood.
Those in the 99th percentile
were about seven times more
likely to break a bone.
Large amounts of vitamin A
are found in beef liver and fish
liver oils; smaller amounts are
in egg yolks, butter and cream.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Hatfields and McCoys appear
before judge in property dispute
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — More than a century after
the last shots were fired in America's most storied
feud, the Hatfields and McCoys went before a judge
Wednesday to try to resolve a dispute over access to
a graveyard.
'Relatives have an unquestionable right to visit
the graves," said Della Justice, an attorney repre-
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because it is on land owned by a Hatfield held
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Foley’s
Garden Ridge
H-E-B
Helzberg Diamonds
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Kroger Food Stores
Mervyn's
Neiman Marcus
Office Depot
PETsMART
Sam's Club
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Target Stores
Walgreen Co.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Zale Corporation
ALL MAJORS Welcome
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