Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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New food services, SAGA, now provides daily specials and a new envi- ronment at campus cafeterias. Through the Cactus Room window you might see Tere Sanchez and Luis Sarcgdo studying.

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6 Something for Everyone a release from homework. The build- ing is 35 years old and is specifically for the students at A I. In the SUB there are many features such as the game room, and the bookstore. The University Bookstore was opened in 1949. The Garden Lounge and the Vendetta Room are new areas where comfortable furniture provides a place to unwind. The Tejas Room is still a cafeteria but this year a new food ser- vice, SAGA, provides a better selec- tion of meals and a nice environment. The food service also introduced a piz- za place. And finally the PUB is the real place to forget about a routine week of homework. Good food, mu- sic, beverages, and friends add to the abmience of the SUB. Love at first sight! Fubar, a visitor at A I, shows his affection toward Donna Gomez.

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Through the years A I's students have had access to a wide array of educational opportunities. One of the reasons our students became well-rounded and successful was be- cause of the resources available to the students at our li- brary. Like the metamorphasis which occurs in a student's college life, so were the changes our bookbarn endured. Sixty years ago (1925) Texas A I's first library occupied only one first floor wing of what is now Manning Hall. (It contained less than 6,000 books). Twenty-six years later (1951), the library was moved to College Hall. The Book population escalated to 110,000 books. The abundance of magazines, books, reference resources, etc., started to be- come crowded. To meet its students needs, in 1968 the Jernigan Library was established as Texas A I's new knowledge center. A kaleidoscope of students, VIPs and area visitors have used the library. The library has been a trusted source of knowl- edge and is considered to be one of A I's major achieve- ments. Recently in 1984, A I added yet another plateau for learn- ing with the completion of its third floor. The new floor makes 45,000 square feet available to students for a micro- computer facility, viewing rooms, media production room, faculty and group rooms, and a seminar room. Also avail- able to students are 15 IBM, 15 Apple II-E, and 6 Radio Shack TRS-80 computers. The center also has pronters, plotters, and a broad reane of software. Students are enthu- siastic about the new equipment and they are becoming more interested daily. The third floor was officially opened with a dedication ceremony honoring James A. Michener, Pultizer Prize winning author. The Library Adds On 8 Our foreign friend K.C. Chan studies using the new IBM Computer in order to make his homework a snap!