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Is your organization planning a retreat, event, or traveling this
semester? Are you unsure of how and what to plan? Do all of the
rules and procedures make your head spin? Do you want to know
what resources are available to you and your organization? Then
The Ultimate Experience 2003 is for you! Several workshops,
ranging from "The Ultimate Service Project" to "The Ultimate
Retreat," will be made available during the spring semester to
help guide your organization through the event planning
and implementation process.
The Ultimate Retreat
Is your organization planning its annual retreat; is your
leadership tired of the same old retreat location and
activities? Join us and discover how to plan the
ultimate retreat. This presentation will cover all the
various places available to host retreats, suggest
team-building activities, aid in the development of
agendas that will help your leadership development
and much, much more!
January 27, 2003 at 5:00-6:30pm & 7:00-8:3Qpm,
MSC 228
April 14, 2003 at 6:00-8:00p.m., MSC 228
Campus Resources/Renting Vehicles
Discover how to tap into the various resources available
to students at Texas A&M University. This presentation
provides students with a rare opportunity to learn about
the significant number of resources on campus that can
be utilized when planning meetings, events,
philanthropies, and trips. Also, become familiar with the
process of renting vehicles.
February 10, 2003 at 6:00-7:30pm, 228 MSC
How to Get Sued
During this short seminar, participants will learn about
the basics of tort law, the elements of negligence, and
how they can take proactive measures to help protect
themselves and their organizations.
February 6, 2003 at 11:30-1:00pm, 228 MSC
Aoril 9. 2003 at 11:30-1:00Dm. 228 MSC
The Ultimate Event
The Ultimate Event is a high-energy, interactive program
focused on expanding student knowledge about
planning a successful student organization event.
February 25, 11:00-1:30pm, 507 Rudder
For Advisors
February 27, 6:00-8:00pm, 231 MSC, For Students
The Ultimate Travel Experience
Most student organizations travel each semester to
organizational retreats or conferences and many are
unaware of system policies and university resources.
Come learn how to travel safely and learn about the
resources available to you when traveling
for your organization.
March 3, 2003 at 5:00-6:30pm & 7:00-8:30pm,
707 Rudder
Fundraising
Does your organization have to limit its activities and
membership because you simply do not have enough
funds? This seminar is designed to instruct students
on how to raise more money to host or attend events.
This interactive session will help you expand your
fundraising and collection ideas.
January 30, 2003 at 6:00-8:00pm, MSC 228
The Ultimate Service Project
How to do meaningful service and connect your
service experience to your everyday life in order
to continue making a difference every day!!!
February 19, 2:00-3:00pm, 144 Koldus
February 19, 5:30-6:30p or 7:00-8:00p, 146
Koldus
Enhance Your Organization
by Assessment
Professionals from the Department of Student Life
Studies will provide resources and strategies for
effectively using assessment in your
student organization.
April 24, 2003 at 6:00-8:00pm, 228 MSC
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If you have any questions, please call Risk Management Services at 458-4371.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2003
NEWS
THE BATTALION
Playing around
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Junior mechanical engineering major April
Short races through a hole at the Adrenaline
Rush inflatable obstacle course in front of the
academic plaza on Monday afternoon. The
course was part of National Engineering
Week which is going on February 15-22.
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screaming guests rushed the
exits of a crowded nightclub
Monday after someone used
pepper spray or Mace, and at
least 21 people were crushed to
death or smothered in the panic,
officials said.
Firefighters had to use
sledgehammers and pry bars to
open locked or blocked doors
that prevented some club-goers
from fleeing. Fire
Commissioner James Joyce said
at a late morning briefing.
“There are people trying to
get out that could not get out,”
Joyce said. “Locked and
blocked doors are a contributing
factor. We can’t explain how
management or ownership
would allow that.”
All but one of the exits were
locked or blocked, in some cases
by bags of laundry from the
first-floor restaurant.
The locked doors are a fire
code violation, Joyce said.
Twenty-one people were
confirmed dead in the tragedy at
the Epitome Night Club,
Chicago Police spokesman Pat
Camden said. Hospitals reported
treating at least 53 for every
thing from critical injuries to
asthma-like symptoms.
“Everybody smashed; peo
ple crying, couldn’t breathe,”
said club-goer Reggie Clark.
“Two ladies next to me died. A
guy under me passed out.”
Some witnesses reported that
panic broke out after the guards
used pepper spray or Mace to
break up a fight, but authorities
did not immediately confirm
that. Police Commissioner Terry
Hillard said investigators are
trying to sort out conflicting sto
ries about the source of the
spray, and were retrieving a
video from inside the club.
“We will get to the bottom of
this,” Hillard said. “Right now
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or mace into the air in the
Epitome Night Club causing
hundreds of guests to rush to
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could not confirm that number,
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