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For a Mini... Make it 601 Luther Street West (north of Lake Lansing Road) • College Station,TX • 979-680-3680 • www.melrose.com Thursday, July 10, 2003 THE BATTMllir Bailey _ Continued from page 1 games and other events, Bailey is always on her list of people loin “Every time I come to College Station, she’s usually thefirsipei. son I rush to see, her and my cousin,” Bacon said. “I try to there in time for lunch so we can talk.” Bailey said Bacon is one of about a dozen former studentstliaifi considers to be part of her family, although she loves each and even student she has worked with and knows where just about eveiyone of them is right now. In any given week, she corresponds by e-n with more than 3(H) former students around the world. In 1999, Bailey, who was always there for students in theirti need, received countless calls and prayers from them when they heard the news that her husband, Keith, had died. “When ( Keith) died they came from all over,” Bailey said. "1 they came not so much to take care of me, although they made off® to do most anything, but they came because they wanted to be sum] was alright.” However, even during this traumatic time in her life, she said,the motherly instinct inside of her took over when she saw that somesiti dents who had never been inside a funeral home before werenervois “I realized some of (the students) were uncomfortable and I did my best to make them comfortable,” she said. “But they were the make sure I was alright. Those kinds of things you never forget.” In 1992. Bailey received the Association of Former Studenis' Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Staff Administration. Each year the Association gives away two of these awards the University. The award is considered one of the highest honors a faculty or staff member can receive at A&M. That same year, Bailey was named as a Fish Campnamesak another honor because it is chosen based on nominations students. “I was so surprised (when they told me) that I screamed and I'm not a screamer” Bailey said. “It was fun to be caught up in the enthusiasm of the students and the spirit, it was an amazing event Before coming to A&M, Bailey worked as a model in NewYod owned various companies, including a distribution company that» ered 19 states, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, worked for an oil(iel service and was a hotel and restaurant operator in New Orleans. But in the early 1980s, the oil industry collapsed and Bailey's husband Keith was diagnosed with throat cancer. In 1983,heha(l surgery and she sold all of her interests in New Orleans and head ed for the family farm near College Station. In 1985, she began working in the MSC. Jim Reynolds, director of the Memorial Student Center, said Bailey has been an incredibly vital part of the MSC. “Students don't leave their personal lives at the door of the MSC and need time, attention and assistance,” Reynolds said. "Jane has been the one who has really stepped forward and taken on that role Reynolds said Bailey has also become a great friend during their time together. Bailey said she has enjoyed her time with A&M and the MSCal couldn’t think of a single favorite memory in her 18-year careerte “1 have so many memories there is no way to enumerate them, she said. “They are all related to students and working with studefi it’s been a joy in my life,” she said. She said she hopes to be remembered as someone whotrulyd about the students she worked with when she decides to retire. “I would hope that someone would remember me as s took their job seriously, someone who really cared about r really enjoyed their company,” she said. “That’s all I could hope for,’ Crunch Continued from page 1 Gates detailed the cuts in the budget to meet a variety of higher priority needs. Those reductions will total $20.5 mil lion. On July 21, Gates said he will present a review of budg et-related issues as part of the required public hearing on a proposal to increase tuition in January 2004 to students and anyone else that may be inlet' ested. Gates said achieving lie budget goals requires a lot of decision making and that ills never easy. “It is especially difficult when those decisions affett members of our family," said. “We will continue tt all we responsibly can d( protect our Aggie family, there will be times when must make difficult and paii decisions.” » * Vnlnntppr Nffi Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day Sunday, August 24,2003 Volunteers are needed in All campus residence hall areas to help unload cars, carry belongings to rooms, and assist new and returniiig students. Help Welcome The Gass of '07! Volunteer Applications sure available at http://reslife.tainu.edu, or telephone Residence Life at 862-3158, or e-mail us at housing@tamu.edu THE BATTALION True Brown, Editor in Chief The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring sen* teis and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods)' 1 Texas A&M University. 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