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Show this Saturday, April 26 th , 9:00 p.m. at Rudder Auditorium for FREUDIAN slit? ' comedy improv dy Tickets now on sale at Rudder Box Office for $ 5 One thins’s certain, we are NOT associated with the Dixie Chicks Faith Alone Music Festival A - Jbef ug jouf (he fun in U&aT nexl/J'nncfi6nl We have SPECIAL OFFERS for Sororities Fraternities and all University Clubs 2003 2003 • GIFT ITEMS • GRADUATION Graduate with a bang! CARD & P4RTY FACTORY YOUR COMPLETE PARTY SUPPLY STORE FOR ALL AGES & OCCASIONS! 717 Texas Avenue South, Suite A College Station • (979) 696-3842 loin the Team! SGA Diversity Team Established in the fall of 2001, the 14-member team works to coordinate SGA diversity initiatives in the areas of: Community Building Initiative (CB1) Development • International Affair People Development • Public Affairs Recruitment • Retention • Research • Training Members will serve the 2003-2004 academic year, Applications are available in the SGA office (Koldus Building, Suite 12 7) or online at http://sgadiversity.tamu-edu and are due no later than 5 p.m. Friday April 25. /STUOHNT G CD V E R N M E N T ASSOCIATION TEXKS A&yt UNIVERSITY 4A Wednesday, April 23, 2003 AGGIELllWORLD R THE BATTALliTHE BATT web browser v. 2.002 REFRESH I LJEB UATCH ■ » Sotm www.mojam.com As summer draws near, the number of concerts rises. While some big stars perform within driving distance every week, the problem is knowing when and where these artists are playing early enough to buy'the tickets and plan a road trip. Mojam.com is a Web site that aims to give the information needed for any concerts. The site covers all genres of music and gives detailed information about each concert. Just put in an artist’s name, city or venue to get a listing of all related concerts. Mojam.com invites visitors to become a member of the Web site, free of charge. By becoming a member, it is possible to save an itinerary for quick checking later. However, as detailed as the site is, it lacks complete itineraries for any city, venue or artist when compared with commercialized sites. To counteract that, the Web site invites visitors to submit the information on any missing concert dates — something that defeats the purpose of visiting the Web site in the first place. However, the site is well designed and has potential, but boasts itself as the “largest listing of live music on the web” when this is not true. If the site would spend more time ensuring the informa tion is complete and less time on layout it would be more useful. helping pet owners care for their animals. The aid offered on pethelp is non-discriminating. The sitefea help for dogs, cats, birds, wildlife and almost any other type of pet advice is thorough and detailed, yet it easy to understand. Cart pets never seemed easier. Pethelp.net is not a flashy Web site, but it is organized and ear navigate. Finding help for a specific problem is a task that c« quickly completed. However, the latest date found on the Web site is 2001. is updated regularly, or even updated at all, is unclear. Therefore, not have the newest information in pet care. Nonetheless, the information — which ranges from advice oit ciplining pets to veterinarian visits — is valid and helpful. The': site accomplishes the task of helping educate pet owners. Itaii The daily SllC rtGGUI I IfJIINIICN NIC IclNN VJI IICIJJIII^ CUUGCUC JJCl WWIICId. II OlUi C \ C , , u keeping the stress levels down and keeps the pleasures of petow c ^ es ship up. —Denise Scha By Dirl THE ASSO HONG k ifong reopem ichools Tues ifter they we he SARS vir nit thousands jical masks v he territory s ogo. hr -Denise Schoppe www.pethelp.net Pets can be comforting companions as well as loving and loyal stress relievers. Occasionally, though, they cause stress instead. Pets need to be cared for, trained and loved. Sometimes doing one or all of these things is difficult and a little direction is needed. That’s when pethelp.net steps in to lend a virtual hand. Pethelp is a Web site devoted entirely to A Das te of Cyberspace Keep on Sur fing U e b - LI lor t hy Plan to Stay Logged On Check it outi bookmark in ev eryone on your Buddy List i ti April 23: The Muslim Students Association wil be hosting the ISLAM 101 Series: Pillars of Islam at 7 p.m. in Rudder 302. Free pizza! For more informa tion, you can visit http://msa.tamu.edu or contact Mohammad Munawar 979- 268-0883. this Wednesday. Show times are: 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in Koldus 110. Admission is free. A&M will be held at 7: in Rudder Auditorium. recent days. Organization lot enough U ease under co At the sr ,ong reporte uesday, brir 99. Most offi tently avoide about when Icome the woi lyears, despite |Tung Chee-h' optimism Mo He said tl colony was “ getting the f afterquarantii SARS patiei down more pc But expei looking for ; tained drop in lasting for we — that would respiratory sy under control. The WHO eral signs nee' April 24: President Gates will host a reception honoring Dr. Southerland at the Stark Galleries from 3-5 p.m. April 26: The second APDA 5K run and walk-a-thon will begin on Tom Chandler Drive located near the south side of Texas A&M’s Reed Arena. BHIIlliWB The Hillel Foundation’s Aggie Friends of Israel will present the film “Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in Israel The Hispanic President’s Council will be having a barbe cue fund-raiser at Rudder Fountain, 3-6 p.m. April 27: The first dance concert of the Dance Program in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas April 28: Dennis Haste Speaker of the House, < present the William Wa: Cameron Forum on Affairs at the George Presidential Library Center 11 a.m. The program will open! an introduction by Geot! Bush, 41st President of United States. Arafat fc prime m RAMALLAH Arafat defie Tuesday by c ter-designate even at the r PEOPLE IN THE NEWS America's oldest person dies from pneumonia SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The nation's oldest person, a 113-year-old woman who wit nessed the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake, enjoyed junk food and lived alone until she turned 102, has died. Mary Dorothy Christian died Sunday at the Creekside Care Center in San Pablo, where she had lived since 1992. She had come down with a cold that turned into pneumonia, said nurse Ester Aballa. "She would be 114 in two months, and she kept saying she wanted to make it," Aballa said. "I guess it was just her time." The Gerontology Research Group identi fied Christian as the oldest living American in November following the death of Mary Parr of Florida, who also was 113. The title brought Christian a brief celebrity that she enjoyed, according to relatives. Born June 12, 1889, in Taunton, Mass., Christian moved with her family to San Pablo. She was a teenager working at an East Bay chocolate factory when she watched flames engulf San Francisco fol lowing the 1906 earthquake. She married in 1907 and had two sons, whom she outlived. Following a divorce in 1922, she worked several jobs, including elevator operator and department store saleswoman, before retiring in 1971. Relatives said Christian lived alone until she turned 102 and refused to be taken in by family members. She indulged cravings for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Hostess Twinkies as long as she was able, they said. A niece, Marge Parks, said Christian was sometimes confused about the times' her whereabouts, but nearly remembered relatives' birthdays as anniversaries. Christian is survived by two great children, two great-great-grandchikfe and several nieces and nephews. The oldest living American is nowEla 1 Slough, 113, of New Jersey, who wasiw 26 days after Christian, according tof UCLA School of Medicine, a member the research group which tracks the o The oldest living American man, 112f! old Fred Hale, lives in New York. The world's oldest person, according! the Gerontology Research Group Kamato Hongo of Japan, who is 115.Hi oldest person on record was Jeaitf Calment, a French woman who was 12 when she died in 1997. 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