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* American Wedding at J:00 & 9:15 pm
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In collaboration w/ MSC Film Society
* Aggie Jeopardy Finals in the nsc Fiagroom
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more marketing major.
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the University in that way, but it seems like
they are spending a lot of money changing it
when they already had built a good name for
themselves,” she
Kirk Garza, a junior economics
said he does not see the point in the
remodeling.
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used for something besides decorations,” he
said. “Students already like Rother’s and are
going to buy books from them despite what
the store looks like.”
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ing on for more than two years.
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at first.”
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