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Forum The Battalion Page 6 • Friday, October 17,201 Aggie Spirit Qatari students excited to join A&M Student Leader Views Elizabeth Dacus A ggie Spirit is not just about the traditions we hold dear. There has been much controversy recently about what are truly Texas A&M traditions and what is really part of the Aggie Spirit. I’ve come to the conclusion that although traditions are an important part of being an Aggie, our spirit is far more important and reaches much further than any of our traditions. On a weeklong trip to the Texas A&M cam pus in Doha, Qatar, I met true Aggies who didn’t know all our traditions, but still upheld the Aggie Spirit. The 29 students I met at TAMUQ have the same love of family, friends and community we possess here in College Station. Much like us, they value unity and tradition in everything they do. In the four short weeks they have been in an Aggie school, they have formed a tightly- bound group that enjoys learning and spending time together. The sense of community and family in this small group of students is just as you would find it on our home campus. The friendships they are forming are the kind that will hold them together for a lifetime. These students also feel a strong connection with students who live thousands of miles and an ocean away. The Qatari students embraced the 13 students in our College Station delega tion with open arms. We were instantly a part of their Aggie family in Qatar because we knew we were all Aggies. Their biggest wish was to meet and know more Aggies from our main campus so that they could feel more commu nity with them. Not only did the 29 Qatari students have the Aggie Spirit, but the com munity was beginning to catch it as well. Just as our families and commu nity leaders in College Station have become a part of the great Aggie family, the Qatari com munity was anxious to become a part of the Aggie family. We met numerous parents, friends, community members and business leaders who had already begun to capture the Aggie Spirit in their hearts. Regent Sue Rudd Wynn commented on our trip that we found the “spirit that can ne’er be told” in Qatar. I don’t think she could be more right. Although we taught these students many of our most revered traditions while we were there, we did not have to teach them how to bleed maroon. I hope that as we all look in to the future we won’t spend so much time talking about uncov ering or whether Sky Rocket should really be a yell. I hope we will think more about the spirit that holds our Aggie family together. Memorial Student Center Council President Elizabeth Dacus is a senior accounting major. MAIL CALL A little safety advice for Aggies I’m a bus driver and every day I see Aggies doing things that are very dangerous. I know that everyone is in a hurry, but there is no reason to walk in front of a moving vehicle, especially a bus. Remember that thing your mom told you when you were little, “Look both ways before you cross the street.” Every day people come very close to get ting hit by a car or bus simply because they aren’t paying attention. Being in a hurry is not a good reason to be seri ously injured or killed. Now for all you crazy bike riders on campus, many of you follow the laws and are concerned for your safety, but some of you don’t even real ize that you are jeopardizing your life and the lives of oth ers and breaking the law. Bicyclists, you need to be aware that you are under the same laws as motor vehicles. You must stop at stop signs, you much stop at traffic lights. You are supposed to yield to other vehicles. You also need to “look both ways before you cross the street.” They do give tickets to people on bikes for breaking the law. For all Aggies, try to slow down and think before you do something that could be dan gerous. Consider the people in the car that you walk or ride in front of and remember that they are in a hurry to. Remember that cars and buses are dangerous and they will do a lot more dam age to you than you will do to them. Geanie Jaffa Class of 2004 Inmates deserve to feel pain In response to Lindsay Orman's Oct. 15 column: I, for one, believe that no matter how torturous an exe cution may be, the one receiving it deserves what he or she gets. I have grown up fully believing in the saying “an eye for an eye." Pavulon, a drug used for lethal injec tions, is considered inhu mane by many because it actually allows the death- row inmates to feel the pain of dying. I don’t understand howthal is so inhumane. Is a homicidf not inhumane? Any individual that per forms a malicious act deserves to endure the same kind of pain that they bestowed upon theii victim(s). If you want to cal an execution inhumane, com sider "Old Sparky” or hanj ings, but not lethal injections, no matter if the inmates do feel any kind of pain. I am assuming that most people would almost enjoy seeing someone who mur dered a loved one to experi ence a less “pleasant final breath." So, if anything is inhumane, it is only what the criminal did to end up on death-row and not the actual process of lethal injection. Lindsey Rodgers Class of 2006 Adventist CatfioRc Lutheran 9{pn-L>enominationaC tPentecostd Seventh Day Adventist 1218 Ettle St., Bryan (corner of Coulter) 775-4362 Pastor Bill Davis English - 11:30 am Sabbath School - 10:00 am www.bryansdachurch.com AssemBCy of Qod Bethel Temple Assembly of God 2608 Villa Maria, Bryan 776-4835 Sunday Worship 10:15 Sunday School 9:00 www.betheltemplebcs.com baptist St. Mary’s Catholic Center 603 Church Avenue in Northgate (979)846-5717 www.aaaiecatholic.ora Pastoral Team Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Pastor - Campus Ministers - Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed, Martha Tonn, Julia Motekaitis Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza Daily Masses Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church Tues.&Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel Weekend Masses Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean), 5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish) Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Confessions Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m., Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m. or by appointment. Parkway Baptist Church 1501 Southwest Pkwy (979) 693-4701 Sunday Worship 8:15 10:45 & 6PM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday: Meal 5:30PM College Bible Study Wed. 6:30PM www.pbccs.org Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church College & Career Class You are invited to a Bible Study especially for students. Sunday mornings at 9:45 Wednesday night supper at 5:30, followed by Bible Study at 6:30 1228 W. 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(979)693-0400 Sunday Assemblies: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., College Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Sunday Night: 5:45 p.m. Mid-Week 6:45 p.m. Aggies for Christ Call for on-campus pick-up info www.aggiesforchrist.org ‘EpiscopaC St. Thomas Episcopal 906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, IX 696-1726 Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rite II) and 11:15 (Rite ll-fbr late sleeping Ags) 7:30 p.m. Evensong Next door to Canterbury House. the Episopal Student Center Sunday 8.-1 5 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. ^ Sunday School *11 9:30 a.m. Stillpoint Evening Prayer & Communtan |J| COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Comer of Harvey Mitchell Pkwy and Rio Grande 693-4403 • www.peacelutheranweb.com Methodist A&M United Methodist 417 University Dr. (in Northgate) • 846-8731 Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45, 10:50 College Sunday School: 9:30, 10:45 Thursday Nights: 5:30 - University Choir 6:30 - FREE Supper, 7:00 - College Bible Study www.am-umc.org/college Calvary Chapel AGGIELAND Feeling a little overwhelmed? God can help! We are a small church that teaches God’s Word verse by verse, and places a high value on worship. We care about you - you’re not just another student. CASUAL ATMOSPHERE Come join us! Currently meeting at: Putt-Putt Golf A Games 1705 Valley View Dr., C.5. Just across Texas Ave. from the C.5. Police Station We’re studying the Book of Acts Services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Pastor Jeff Hughes '95 (979)324-3972 www.aggieland.ee Equipping the saints for the work of the ministry - Heb. 4:12 First United Methodist Church Bryan Worship Services: 8:40 am and 10:55 am College Class at 10:00 am Rev. Matt Idom, Pastor On 28 ,l, Street, 1 block east of Texas Avenue in Bryan 779-1324 www.fumcbryan.org community CHURCH Wow Meeting Across from Campus in Oakwood Interm. School George Bush & Hofik St. behind the CS Conference Ctr. Follow the signs! every SUNDAY Prayer Service @10 a.m. worship @10:30 a.m. small groups meet throughout the week U\[pn-d)enominationaC EentecostaC Cornerstone Church • On Campus College Bible Study held weekly • Sunday Service at 3:00pm Meets at College Station Conference Center (George Bush Drive) 485-8744 Fellowshi i/ro IP n Where students have been connecting with Jesus since 1976. 10:30 A.M. Sundays at Brazos Christian School, 3000 West Villa Maria Rd. wvvw.FeiiowshipCC.org students@FellowshipCC.org Fall theme: God’s purposes for my life. www.com CH U RCH.com 260-1163 Victory United Pentecostal Church Sunday 2:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. 1808 - H Brothers (behind the C.S. Wal-Mart) 764-4180 EresSyterian College Station Korean Presbyterian Church 220 Rock Prarie Rd., CS 696-0403 Sunday Worship - 2:00p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church 220 Rock Prairie Road (979) 694-7700 Rev. Sam W. 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