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Ladies FREE till 11 pm GUYS 21 & up FREE till 10pm Doors open ot 9 p.m. Thursday, July 24, 2003 THE BATTALI01 Skaggs Continued from page 1 by his father, a high school agri cultural science teacher. Skaggs said his father valued education and helped raise livestock with him from the time he was 9 years old through high school. Kayce Forbes, a senior ani mal science major, is Skaggs’ student worker. While she has not taken any of his classes, she said it is a pleasure to work for a boss like him. “He’s easy to get along with,” she said. “He keeps me busy. I look forward to coming to work and working with him.” Skaggs said he enjoys work ing with A&M students on the livestock judging team, which he has been doing since 1995. Since then, A&M students have won two national championships and one reserve national champi onship. At these competitions, students must choose which ani mals will compete, and then give oral reasons defending them. Skaggs said he likes working with these programs, because they taught students to their feet and employees value that trait. Skaggs said he enjoys teacli- ing all of his classes, especially enjoys teaching Animal Science 107 and 1 because they provide an o[ tunity to expose non-majors;o the field of animal science. “1 enjoy different courses in different wdys,” he said. Skaggs is currently working with Teaching Extension, he ing to arrange different pro grams, including youth pro grams, and working as supenn- tendent with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Although an employee of A&M since 1992, Skaggs said he still enjoys observing stud® as they mature. “It’s enjoyable to watch the transition from freshmen to sen ior,” he said. “It’s something remarkable.” Convocation Continued from page 1 done on the A&M campus. “We set up an estimate and it will be funded from existing mon; from reserve,” Weicholt said. English professor Douglas A. Brooks, will be the keynote spet at the ceremony, and he said Freshman Convocation is an excelk start to an academic career. “We all have big endings,” Brooks said. “I see convocation as I end of high school and the beginning of college.” Brooks, who focuses on Shakespearian literature, said he plansc relate the life of a student to the life of Shakespeare by stressing the fait that success does not always happen alone. “The basic thesis of my talk is that Shakespeare, like artists, did not work in isolation, but rather collaborated extensive! with actors, theater personnel and even other playwrights as he wrote. Brooks said. Lisa Led low, a freshman general studies major, said she is she will attend convocation. “It sounds like a nice idea, but I think it’s unnecessary other opportunities and programs that A&M has to offer,” she said. Through Freshman Convocation, the University will wekw freshmen to A&M in the same manner that it will say goodbye tota at the end their academic careers during commencement, Harpersaii “Convocation is going to bring the same excitement to students entering the University,” she said. Eric Berger, a graduate student, said he might have chosen adit- ent time to hold the ceremony. “I think it’s neat, but people may be reluctant to go since i before school starts,” Berger said. “It’s a time crunch fora pie to do last minute things before the beginning of the year.” Freshman Convocation will be held Aug. 31 at Reed Arena! 2:30 p.m. Intrar By Kri THE As the fall sen put away their ; ; in exchange to beat the b dents can partici offered by the Recreation Cente The Rec Centt intramural sports wallyball - for tf ters. A&M stude from school in ir ing to Dane M wildlife and fishe “Intramurals g do so you don’ school. You are McGinnis said. McGinnis pla; last fall and 4-on- enjoyed it and tf playing this fall. Melissa Shem major, played im Giraffe stir killed by lie Trustee Continued from page 1 he was nominated to the board. “I had wanted to be nominat ed for several years,” Rothrock said. “Ed Davis and R.C. Slocum visited me in New York City to discuss the idea.” Trustees make policies to raise funds for A&M and man age and disperse the raised. When someone i money, the money is ii and the proceeds are to the college the funds \ donated to. The board of directors of AFS appoints nominees for board of trustees. Rothrock said he hopes investment experience will I the foundation fund grow. Iraq Continued from page 1 al-Tikriti, was seized at an undisclosed location in Iraq, Sancheztol reporters in Baghdad. He was 11th on the U.S. list of 55 most- 1 ed Iraqis. Sanchez said the deaths of Saddam’s sons are “definitely going to be a turning point for the resistance and the subversive elements that we are encountering.” He warned in an interview with ( however, that there may be “a spike” in attacks on U.S. forces, President Bush said Iraqis can gain comfort from knowing ft “the careers of two of the regime’s chief henchmen came loan “Saddam Hussein’s sons were responsible for torture, and murder of countless Iraqis,” Bush said. “Now morel Iraqis can know that the former regime is gone and will never come back.” Ahmad Chalabi, a delegate from Iraq’s Governing Council wlio was at the United Nations, called the killings of Saddam’s sons devastating blow to Saddam (that) will accelerate his capture.” “These deaths are another significant sign, a milestone, on t road to persuade the Iraqi people that Saddam is gone forever,” told Associated Press Television News, adding that it w'ould be bet ter for Saddam to be captured, not killed, to answer for his crimes. 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