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The Battalion Page 6 • Friday, October 17,201
Aggie Spirit
Qatari students excited to join A&M
Student
Leader
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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
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1218 Ettle St., Bryan (corner of Coulter)
775-4362
Pastor Bill Davis
English - 11:30 am
Sabbath School - 10:00 am
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Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria,
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
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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. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Bill Van Winkle 774-3059
college@fellowshipfwb.org
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Christian
First Christian Church
900 South Ennis, Bryan
823-5451
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Robert D. Chandler, Minister
Church of Christ
A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(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
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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
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Where students have been
connecting with Jesus since 1976.
10:30 A.M. Sundays
at Brazos Christian School,
3000 West Villa Maria Rd.
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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. Steele - Pastor
Sunday Service:
8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School:
9:45 a.m.
Students Welcome
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