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10 Study Abroad to Double Your Employment _ Opportunities a F R E E info kit I To get , e-mail us: /rt/o<rt)Abroad/«Russia.com • or call Toll Free: 1-866-889-9880 Affordable Health Insurance for College Students FREE QUOTE 979-693-1683 Bruce Boyd HEALTH & HlfeLLHESS FAIR 2003: LETS BEAT THE HELL OUTTA STRESS! Tuesday, October 7 10:00 am - 3:00 pm MSC Flagroom, Walkway, & Rudder Fountain Area # Si FREE Health Screenings &■ Information! Si Lots of Games! ® FREE Massages! i® Creativity Center! O FREE Prizes! ■ FREE HIV Testing Sponsored bv the Student Counseling Service & Student Health Services For more information, please call 847-8910 The Vintage House at Messina Mof Introduces Three Great Weekday Evenings Enjoy three special menus served in the most romantic restaurant in the Brazos Valley. Wednesdays... An Evening In Tuscany Every Wednesday evening, it’s just a short drive to Tuscany. You’ll love the traditional Tuscan cuisine served with a vineyard view. It’s four courses for only $49.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity. Romantic Thursdays Every Thursday evening from 5 to 10pm, the Vintage House offers a new, special menu just for couples. You'll love everything, including the price. It’s four courses for only $49.95 per couple plus tax and gratuity. Fridays: Aggie Strip & Shrimp Every Friday evening, get the very best Aggie made strip and the very freshest Gulf shrimp...combined to make this four course evening the highlight of your week...just $59.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations or more information, www.messinahof.com or call 778-9463, ext. 31 LIVE, ONSTAGE Michael Martin Murphey with Bruce Wood Dance Cowboy singer Michael Martin Murphey comes to the MSC OPAS season for a one-night-only performance with Fort Worth-based Bruce Wood Dance. Buy your tickets today. One lucky TAMU student ticket holder to this event will get to meet Michael Martin Murphey backstage! comq$ H km ito&stet (>»rr HumVfrM jcudanc only '•> J 01 TICKETS: 845-1234 www.NSCOPAS.org COWBOY SONGS Bruce Wood Dance Company with Michael Martin Murphey Performance to be followed by Q&A with audience members Thursday, September 25 7:30 PM in Rudder Auditorium Support Provided By: MSC OPAS Tim Det^Jes of Performing Ant •lighten | entertain ] impire Wednesday, September 24, 2003 NEW THE BATTALIO Engaging surprise Volum ell Jos By THE Student Be Josefy said i University a evening that n and tradition art Josefy outlii and his stall improve mentor sis as SBP. He said he strengthening t mentoring: the man relationshi relationship an student relatior their areas of sti Prin< rank Joshua He of to] Under the cover of the Century Tree, senior German major Eric Brown proposes to his girlfriend of two years, junior interdisciplinary studies major Stacey Johnson The couple was soon surrounded by friends who were watching from a distance. Stacey said "Yes." By Sonia THE BAT! Farm workers, industry agree to proposal By Suzanne Gamboa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The agricultural industry and farm worker advocates have agreed to a legislative proposal that would allow about 500,000 undocumented immigrant farm workers already in the country to become legal residents and make employing farm labor easier. The groups, which for years have fought over wages and working conditions, hailed the proposal. The bill could help ensure a stable work force for the nation’s fanns, while also bringing undocumented farm workers and their families “out of the shadows,” said Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, one of the sponsors. “Time is running out for American agriculture, farm workers and consumers. What was a problem years ago is a cri sis today and will be a catastro phe if we do not act immediate ly,” said Sen. Larry Craig, R- Idaho, another sponsor, along with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D- Mass.. and Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif. About 7 million undocu mented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, are believed to be in the United States. U.S. nego tiations with Mexico for an agreement on hiring migrant workers stalled after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when U.S. focus shifted to enhancing border security to prevent the entry of terrorists. The agriculture proposal would reform the H2A visa program under which agricul ture employers can hire immi grants as temporary farm hands after showing they can’t find U.S. workers. Growers have often complained that the pro gram is too bureaucratic and burdensome. The legislation would ease some of the program’s rules. The bill also proposes to freeze wages for certain farm workers for three years at the level in place on Jan. 1, 2003 while Congress studies what their pal should be. The bill would alloweJ/gibli undocumented workers alreadj in the United States to apply ft* temporary worker status. Theii spouses and children also wool! be allowed to stay in the United States, but could not wort. Eventually, after a longer period of work, these workers andlhei families would be eligible fo permanent residency. Immigrants not already! the country would be allowed come to the United States a! temporary workers for up It three years. After that the; would have to return to then country of origin. Farm worker advocates ha« pushed for years for legalization to help protect workers fro® abuse and exploitation. The new bill, said Arturo Rodriguez, United Far® Workers president, “grants free; dom from fear to hundreds of thousands of the hardest work ing, lowest-paid, taxpayh® workers in America.” Princeton R again named Tex of this year's top To gauge the ious academic, social factors wt account. Adciitic al other top-2( compiled, rank specifics of the si According Princeton Revic Colleges, 200 which came c August, A&M n several top-20 li the third best “J and having thi “Town-Gown F in the nation. A&M’s tight- nity atmosphere involvement are No. 14 “Every on A&M ran 3rd "Jock 5th "Tow i 6th "Stud 12th "Alten 20th " CI a s Serving Texas Aggie By Sar< THE University Pi cers are working of a man who n students at gunp early Saturday n Elmer Schne of UPD, said the to campus arour were approachei directions to an t two minutes lab Revis By Lind: THE B Transfer studt their Aggie rings due to a recent dre idency hours requ “Back when different,” said I 1997, the directoi for The Asso Students. “You oi idency hours to n In 1994, the buy tickets, be inspired