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Camp Day Tuesday, February 10 9:30 am — 3:30 pm MSC Flag Room and Hallway 50 Camps from California to New York and throughout Texas interviewing for summer counselors & staff Wanted: Counselors; wranglers; instructors in arts and crafts, sports, lifesaving/water safety, small craft; individuals with nature and outdoor education skills, people interested in working with youth in a variety of outdoor settings throughout Texas and the nation. All Majors Welcome Sponsored by the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, the Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences Club, and the TAMU Career Center TODAY!!! 12:00 p.m. Texas A&M University %IF II ^ MSC Flag Room SILENT WITNESS PROJECT To create worldwide awareness, this initiative created freestanding, life sized, red, wooden figures, bearing the name of a victim of domestic violence. Then, come join us for “Domestic Violence is EVERYONE’S Problem” on Wednesday, February II, 2004 MSC 231,6:30 p.m. Facilitated by: Nick Stransky, Sociology Professor, & Becca Minton, Graduate Assistant Domestic violence is everyone’s problem, not just the victims and survivors who endure its brutality. Come learn how to be more vigilant and aware of domestic violence. Images from www.silentwitness.net & www.mnmed.org/publicEdu/ stoptheviolence.cfm 4 Monday, February 9, 2004 AGGIEL1FJ THE BATTALIOl 'The Onion: Ad Nauseum, Volume 14" Edited by Robert Siegel Three Rivers Press Headlines such as “U.S. Protests Mexi- Canadian Overpass,” “Bush Begins Hunger Strike To Protest Human-Rights Abuses in Nepal” and “A1 Qaeda Allegedly Engaging In Telemarketing” can only mean one thing: A new publication from the premier satire Web site, “The Onion,” is available and any living soul with even a hint of a sense of humor would be advised to check it out. In its years of both Web and print publication. The Onion has easily grown into one of the best sources of humor available. The Onion is a parody of an online newspaper that chums out weekly fab ricated news stories dealing with everything from observations on the absurdity of American culture to the larger than life world of made-up politics. For the past two years, The Onion has released collections of a year’s worth of its publication and. for less then $20 each, these collections are easily one of the best buys available in bookstores. The latest edition, “The Onion: Ad Nauseum, Volume 14,” contains 47 issues of The Onion from November 2001 through October 2002. At 264 pages of comedic gold, the collection’s articles will have fans laughing for a long time since this book will take even the most dedicated reader some time to finish. The articles range from the silly (“Zombie Nutritionist Recommends All-Brain Diet”) to the witty (“Japanese Exchange Student Taken to Japanese Restaurant”) and deal with diverse topics such as America’s war on terrorism and life in suburbia. For those easily offended, be forewarned that The Onion is not above taking shots at everything from religion to the handicapped and even Sept. 11. While none of the articles appear to be written to be hurtful, most of the articles contained in the collec tion are full of dark humor and bizarre ideas!• would make the ultra-conservative in anyonecallfe a ban on the book. Those who are willing to take a chance willl; that the book is an insanely funny collection ham lessly poking fun at our world. Everybody tdij reads the book will have no trouble locating at b: one aspect of his or her behavior that “TheOnior exploits and makes humorous. At the same time, as readers peruse the collet lion, they can’t help but be taken down mental lane as fads and headline stories that everybody^ talking about two years ago are parodied. Theolti mate in bathroom reading, “The Onion” isanexce! lent addition to any humor enthusiast’s collection Casual readers might as well check out the book;!# the sheer amount of print they're buying. Priced;: a mere $18. they will be sure to get their money worth in spades. As America continues its quest!' become more politically correct, it is refreshingt read a humor collection that’s not afraid tothrw some punches. — Robert Sadede Use this as firestarter Read only when insomnia is Buy it at a used boohstort Buy it in hardback Buy a copy for your coffeetai, niqhtstand, and bookshelf f < t n n nut PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Actress Minnie Driver protests work conditions in Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Actress Minnie Driver said she was ignorant about the con ditions that women in poor countries work under until she visited garment factories in Cambodia and Thailand. “The poorest people with the least are making sacrifices for those of us who have the most'sa: Driver, 33, who visited Southeast Asia as partti the British charity group Oxfam InternaW: “Make Trade Fair" campaign. Wearing a patterned red skirt made by localga' ment workers, Driver said she wanted corporai- leaders to carefully consider their buying practice: “Every time they squeeze to get lower prodoc tion costs, faster production, it’s nobody butKic working women who suffer,” said Driver. 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