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Send payment and registration form to: Phoebe’s Home PO Box 3490 Bryan, TX 77805 (979) 822-3962 (Make checks payable to Phoebe's Home) Walk to End the Silence: 5K Run/3K Walk Registration Form Name: Phone: Ad d ress: l_S tate: Zip: T-shirt size: S M L XL Age: Sex: M F 5K Run 3K Walk Waiver In consideration of acceptance of this entry, I waive any and all claims for myself and my heirs against the organizers, sponsors, and anyone working or connected with this event for damages arising from my partic ipation in, and travel to and from this event. I further stare that 1 am the sole assumer of risk and that I am in proper physical condition to participate in the event. Signature: Date: (Must be signed by a parent or guardian if participant is under 18) Wednesday, Mar. 3 in College Station Download your complimentary pass at campuscircle. net/girlnextdoor 2 \ FISH M R.milNA ■(> & T Doaj T cTARf Bosa/ Ai^aJY OSt/lRS THEY WoaJ, HoBBiT APPRECIATION bAV 15 OVEPC noise * 80 JOSH DURUM Ruas, Before 1 CAM wet.? nou on YOUR Quest, You MUST PRoVf YOURSCLF WORTHY- HERe. Puw TVIP OPeNMS RlfF TO "PARADISS CITY" I Find so Ruos played the riff to perfection, rocking like be bad never rocked before. PANTS. OYZ V^y Win UoyeA Survival Continued from page 1 drive will go to provide micro-credit loans to the poorest of the poor in developing countries to aid them in creating small business, Adler said. The money for the micro-credit loans, which is between $25 and $5,000, is donated by various financial sponsors such as Calvert Funds, Novica and the Greenstar Foundation. Students can participate in the drive by logging on to www.povertyfighters.com, logging in under Texas A&M and clicking the appropriate link. Sponsors will give 25 cents for every click made on the Web site. Currently more than 150 colleges are partici pating in the click drive. Last year, the drive raised $35,000, Adler said. Adler said 95 percent of these micro-credit loans go to women in poor countries. “For example, a poor woman in Bangladesh who lives in a heavy traffic area can get a micro credit loan and start a small food stand, creating a source of revenue for her family," Adler said. Diane O'Brien, president of the organization and coordinator of the click drive at A&M, said she registered A&M in the Collegiate Click Drive after hearing a representative speak about it and said she hopes it is a success. “It would be cool if people could put the link on their Instant Messenger profile." O'Brien said. The Collegiate Click Drive is run by students at Brandeis University in Waltham. Mass., and was founded in 2002 by Brandeis student Ben Brandzel, who came up with the idea of organiz ing a competition of colleges dedicated to lighting poverty, Adler said. Ceremony Continued from page 1 cultural differences and working in unity to provide a comfort able atmosphere to international students. “For A&M to continue to gain international prominence, we must attract more interna tional students,” Hickman said. Students from Montessori School House in Bryan enter tained the audience with a song and counted to 10 in Spanish. “They have been working on this for almost a month ” said Leo Gonzalez, Class of 1993 of Bryan. Gonzalez’s 5-year-old daughter Lauren is a student at the Montessori School House. The Montessori School House has students from 17 dif ferent countries. At the conclu sion of its performance, the teacher asked the class to name the countries where each inter national stu dent was from. “It is a priv ilege to be a part of an organization that promotes a better world through unity,” said Julio Jana, president of the International Student Association and a sen ior agriculture economics major from Brazil. “I want the spirit of this year’s International Week to carry throughout the year.” College Station Mayor Ron Silva and Mayor Pro-Tern Paul Madison of Bryan cut a red rib bon to officially begin the week- long festivities, while audience members looked at booths that displayed cultural and national istic items. The booths will also be on display today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the hallway. Events scheduled this week include an international buffet- style lunch that will be on the second floor of the MSC Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and a Talent Show Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for the buffet lunch and can be purchased at the MSC Box Office or online at www.tickets.com. NEW THE BATTALlI Luncheon Continued from pagel | degrees in chemical, eleclriq mechanical and petrolet engineering. “Her Highness Skin Mozah Bint Nasser A1 Missis consort to the Emir of theSq of Qatar and president of j Qatar Foundation, is thedrisj force for the introductioni quality education in Qatari well as this great institiiii (Texas A&M) of knowledg Al-Hayki said. • Many expressed theirsais faction with Gates’ effortsi incorporate diversity am University. “1 am very pleased thallti making a concerted effort] the diversity of this instiii tion,” Honorary Vice Consiili Barbados Louis Browne sail “There is tremendous value] bringing other cultures in,® since we are living in ajlolj world it is imperative ttam have diversity in this iustiti tion along with the tremeka education that it offers bejon the borders.” International Week, wliiii has been around for 25 yeas and all corresponding events® put on by several Americana international student volunteers said Shreyas Kumar, directon the Consuls General Lunched “We work together to rai each event successful, andinth process, we develop an ids standing and a respect foread other and each other’s cultures,’ Carlos Hellmund, a send agricultural economics majei and Director of International Week's ceremony and party,sail he believes that diversity hast be reciprocal. Swapnil Sinvhal, a gradual student of computer science are member of the hi Association, agrees, empt® ing the exchange involved i International Week. “International Week isaven good way of introducing lie local population to otheuil- hires, and we enjoy showing the cultures,” Sinvhalsaid Hotard Continued from pagel Josefy said the CBE has beef working hard to make deadliit for the plans. Gates said he knows mi campus residents are attachedit their residence halls, but res- deuce halls are not intended! last forever. “Each hall has its traduii so did students at Bizzelli when it was converted," Gi said. “The fact is, residencehi have a specific life span.” Shaikh said he underswl plans change, and he hopesiln one day, residents can transferl another dorm and carry u everything good about Hotaii “It will take a lot of plaimii! but we hope to be successful! another year,” Shaikh said. by Py the po: iss As tic els tk col SU| fas iss bir w inc co m ci s NOTICE TO STUDENTS GRADUATING Spring 2004 According to Texas A&M University Student Rules and Chapter § 54.007 (c) of the Texas Education Code, all financial obligations to the University must be paid by the end of the semester. Failure to settle all financial obligations will result in withholding a student’s diploma at graduation. Additionally, a block will be placed on the student’s account which will prohibit registration in subsequent semesters and receipt of official transcripts. Student Financial Services Student Accounts and Billing P.O. Box 30015 College Station, TX 77842 979-845-8127 sfs@tamu.edu Citations: Section 14.15 of the Texas A&M University Student Rules states “The student must have settled all financial obligations to the university.” Chapter § 54.007 (c) of the Texas Education Code states “A student who fails to make payment prior to the end of the semester may be denied credit for the work done that semester.” TAMUMATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT PRESENTS MATH CAREER FAIR 2004 THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2004 ^ 1:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m. Blocker Hall, Room 156 ^ Company Booths Located in Hall outside Blocker I5(i Presentations by: Hewitt Associations, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, GM Corporation, Mercer, U.S. Navy, Tuboscope Pipeline Services, Trajen, Inc., Teaching Field, Math Department Faculty For more details, call 862-4306 tJf&fie. PteaiUMtci} Ge*Ue*& 9 9 9 OF BRAZOS VALLEY YOU COULD HAVE AN STD AND NOT KNOW IT! IF YOU'RE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOU ARE AT RISK - EVEN IF YOU ARE USING CONDOMS. 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