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8 PHOTO ESSAY Thursday, August 7, 2003 THE BATTALION lr Junior management major Ryan Stephens looks back at a pigeon that landed on his shoulder in St. Mark’s Square in Venice. The pigeons of St. Mark’s are a staple image of the ancient Venetian City. c5 iiin in QT in an Utahan CPara cfis e By Amber Dugat SPECIAL TO THE BATTALION Aggies experienced paradise in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy earlier this summer. The Santa Chiara Study Center, located in this Tuscan town, is open to students of all majors. The center enter tains interests of picturesque village scenes along with cosmopolitan vivaci ty. For students attracted to a program where they can be absorbed in the cul ture of their surroundings, Castiglion Fiorentino is abound with local hospi tality. Texas A&M students, by invita tion, participated in local medieval fes- Photos by Randal Ford tivals and celebrated with townspeople during competitive events such as the town palio (horse race). Due to the center’s centralized loca tion, students were able to enjoy the famous attractions of larger cities near by including the historic monuments in Rome, ruins of Pompeii, cathedrals in Florence and canals in Venice. Students studied in the company of personal travel guides — professors Joe Hutchinson, Steve Oberhelman, Dan Wood, Vivian Paul and Florence native, Paolo Barucchieri. “Traveling with the professors was such an opportunity,”, said Ryan Stephens, a junior management major. “I learned so much more studying with all the professors on trips rather than traveling with a tour guide. Each prof had something unique to add.” The trip also allowed free time for the students to explore Italy on their own. Students sun-bathed on the small coasts of Cinque Terra, Elba and the Isle of Capri, while the daring students went sky-diving in Switzerland. The trip concluded in the Dolomites, a mountainous region near the Austrian A Venetian gondoleer paddles onward through the canals in Venice approaching St. Mark’s Square. A paraglider in the Dolomites sets up his parachute before taking off into a valley. The Dolomites is the mountain range in Northern Italy that is sometimes referred to as the Italian Alps. The side of Santa Maria Novella in Florence peaks over the city with the Greeli let ters Alpha and Omega inscripted on its facade. Volume 1< Brt By Jact THE Two highly Aggie family, Ion L. Hagler, mencement c Reed Arena, : deputy direct University Rel Stephensor actively helpe ice for Texas of years. “Both are Stephenson sa edly demon Texas A&M.” TP Si B) Tl T exas A Studen Southe career at A& Southerlai A&M in 196 the month. MB I’A “My expe remarkable, 1 the lowest lo “And the app the quality ol ents have hel is off the ma] do is off the Southerla thousands ol different pos A&M. Southerlai ment, but wr one is chosei “When th not fill my p< of interviews (Robert M. C V,P. job to or said. “At that Whenever so was my inter during the si development Southerla is appropriati “The key that I’ve had est quality ol have in this ( he said. Southerla “You never 1 hears.” He sc with an oppc See Soi Jus Graduate Darren Pi< connectini today. A s composed The
