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by R.DeLuna THE BATTALIO! NEWS IN BRIEF Women in Time awards presented Five members of the let A&M community were awaid Women in Time Awards FA the kickoff of a week of acitii celebrating Women's Month. Kimberly Brown, assistantp: fessor of English, and Davenport, associate p of educational psychology,we presented faculty awards. The staff award was preseni to Dale Hayes, a constructe foreman in the physical department. Brenda Bethman, pr coordinator for the Wo Center, received the administiai award, and the student m went to Sara Allenson, a seoi business management major Crowds gather to support Bush HOUSTON (AP) - Crawl gathered in two Texas Saturday to support Pn George W. Bush's stand i Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. A crowd of more than 7,000[} lied in Selma, while an audiei of between 8,000 and cheered and waved flap listening to speakers at a don town Houston plaza, according organizers, who work for rad stations owned by Clear Cham Communications Inc. Meanwhile, thousands moi jammed into a do Houston plaza in support of Bus: Offering 1,2 and 4 Bedroom Units •Individual Leases *Fitness Center •Tanning Pool •Cyber Lounge •Heated Resort Style Pool *60016 Room •Maid Service •High Speed Internet Access •Shuttle Bus •Fully Furnished the . Cambridge college station student housing 501 University Oaks ph. (979) 694-1500 www.cambridge-tamu.com Pick-a-Prof on its Web site (sga.tamu.edu), which allows students to view the breakdown of grades in any given course by professors from as far back as 1985, Landgraf said This service is free of charge, but lacks student reviews. “When I register for classes I first check the grade distribution from the SGA Web site, then check the student reviews from Pick-A-Prof,” said Anna Hollier, a sophomore finance major. According to feedback from panels of students in focus groups, the student reviews posted on Pick-A-Prof are what keep users coming back to the site, Bragg said. Pick-A-Prof also offers a new service called Professor Support System, which allows professors to post their syllabi and biogra phical information on the site prior to registration. Professors can use this feature to make their own course evaluations. Associate professor of English Paula Matthews said while the information should be available to students, she would have mixed feelings about par ticipating in the Professor Support System “Why don't we just have this for the University instead of on a commercial site,” Matthews said. Matthews said she full disclosure of informatiom students, admitting looked herself up on the Pick- Prof Web site when it fin began. But she said the sil would work best if every pent in a class wrote a review. The Pick-A-Prof servit began as a pilot program A&M and the University Texas at Austin, and is now lized on more than f nationwide. 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