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THE BATTAlJ
10am-12pm, Rudder Fountain
Kickoff Celebration
12pm-1pm. Stark Gallery
Kickoff Speech
2pm-4pm, Evans Library Room 106
Lecture and Discussion: "‘Diversity.
Collegiality, and the Scholarly
Environment at Texas A&M”
Wednesday, January 21st
12pm-1pm, Rudder Fountain
MSC Town Hall: Lunch Box Concert
11:30am-1pm, Rudder Fountain
MSC Literary Arts Committee:
The World’s Longest Poem
5pm. Rudder 502
MSC E.L. Miller. “A Cultural Look at the
History of Technology"
Thursday. January 22nd
11:10am-12:25pm, Harrington 204
A History on Perspectives of "Race”
Lecture by Dr. Sheela Athreya
11:10am-12:25pm, Blocker 160
Cultural Relativism
Lecture by Dr. Cynthia Werner
11:30am-l pm. Rudder Fountain
MSC Literary Arts Committee:
The World’s Longest Poem
12pm-1pm, Rudder Fountain
MSC Town Hall: Lunch Box Concert
12:45pm-2pm, O&M Building 210
African American Folklore
Lecture by Dr. Tom Green
10:20am-11:10am, Blocker 102
“North American Indians before
Columbus “
Lecture by Dr. Alston Thomas
12pm. Duncan Dining Hall
Southwestern Black Student
Leadership Conference (SBSLC) with
Speaker Bryon Balne
SBSLC Variety Show
7:10pm - Comedian; 7:45 - Slam Poet;
8:20pm - Step Africa
10pm. MSC
MSC Aggie Nights: “Campus with a
Dream" Sponsored by MSC ALOT,
MSC FISH, MSC Hospitality and
MSC LEAD
10pm, MSC Flagroom
MSC Town Hall: Hio Hod Contest
www.newgrounds.com
Sunday. January 25th
2pm-6pm. MSC Flagroom
MSC Open House with Entertainment
Monday. January 26th
Saturday, January 24th
For More Intnrinutlnn
V30pm. Rudder Auditorium
Southwestern Black Student
Leadership Conference (SBSLC) -
Keynote Speaker Nikki Giovanni
2:45pm-4:00pm
Student Leader Forum:
SBSLC delegates and TAMU student
leaders session (Invitation Only)
Plcatto ( outnet the Mcinm inl Student
Texas A&M University
9anr>-2pm, MSC Flagroom
Viewing of "Eyes on the Prize"
4pm-7pm, Rudder Auditorium
MSC Town Hall: Showtime at the
Apollo Auditions
7pm, Bush Presidential Conference Center
Campus with a Dream
Keynote Speakers:
... ^ ur. oeny Miller
Untcrbcroer (Reception Followlna)
Tuesday, January 27th
30pm. Rudder Auditonum
MSC OPAS: "Cats”
Wednesday, January 28th
7:30pm, Rudder Auditorium
MSC OPAS: “Cats"
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taken Monday, Jan. 26, through Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004, in
Room 407 of Rudder. There is no sitting fee required to be
photographed for the yearbook; resits are $10. To make an
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Aggieland 2004
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