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nth review on closing ian federal od Safety by consoli- ^sponsibili- I Drug Ad- The Battalion ''.'Huy t f JOOI .93 No. 8 (12 pages) 1893 - A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Wednesday, September 8,1993 orcement ; Enforce- the FBI. P ollege Republicans blast multiculturalism at first meeting By Jennifer Smith The Battalion Voices are continuing to rise in opposi te this summer's decision by the Lib- iil Arts Council of Texas A&M to re- f e liberal arts students to complete six irs of coursework in classes emphasiz- cultural diversity. Reed Irvine, founder and chairman of board of Accuracy in Media and Ac- acy in Academia, spoke out against mlticulturalism at the first fall meeting the College Republicans Tuesday in idder Theater. Irvine, who has appeared on Night- line, Donahue, Crossfire and Mac- NeilLehrer and is a media critic, called the people who support multiculturalism “air heads," and said multi culturalism teaches ha tred and “things of no value." "The multiculturalists think they are doing us a favor by creating a better society," Irvine said. "Western civilization is the greatest culture ever known." "Diversity is something we can afford as long as we have unity," he said. Dr. Richard Street, professor of speech communication and theater arts, said this "The multiculturalists think they are doing us a favor by creating a better society. Western civi lization is the greatest culture ever known." - Reed Irvine, founder and chairman of the board of Accuracy in Media and Accuracy in Academia issue has become muddied. "People are reacting to the word mul ticulturalism," he said. "Understanding our differences is a good way to come to a common ground." Street said the College of Liberal Arts tried to be as flexible as possible when they made their proposal. He said the curriculum committee is currently looking over a list of courses that will meet the requirement. The College Republi cans and Young Conser- vatives are "throwing" derrogatory labels at the Liberal Arts Council, he said. "But most members of the Liberal Arts Council are married white males," he said. Street said the Faculty Senate is cur rently considering a resolution similar to that of the Liberal Arts Council's. "They're using the same approach and are trying to come up with an entire list of classes," Street said. "This would be a University-wide requirement." Irvine urged the College Republicans to voice their disapproval of this require ment and praised their efforts to fight it. Marcel Satsky, vice president of public relations for the College Republicans and See Multiculturalism/Page 10 AMU-TV raises [ore than $20,000 By Cheryl Heller The Battalion Texas A&M University's public pvision station, KAMU-TV, Included its first fund drive of isfiscal year Sunday after rais- ?• $20,335 in pledges from 374 ■ntributors. iProgram Director Rodger pis said the goal for the drive, l«hstarted Aug. 27 and ran for ■ days, was aired in August were added to the total pledges for the fund drive. "We received about $5,000 in pledges during the Civil War spe cial,'^Zant said. "I was hoping we could raise $20,000 during this last fund drive, then add the pledges together and reach the goal, but ooviously that didn't happen." Lewis said KAMU-TV spends about $210,000 a year on pro gramming ex- 'This “”“l 0/2 | "We depend on our viewers for our liveli hood." was ar first sndraiser of Is fiscal year, we're not worried I*, jut not Ijpching our i|al this * Tie,” he said. I We'll have two more *Tfldraisers and an auction that - Rodger Lewis, program director | >Dul<ihelp us with our program- I at expenses this year. ■ KAMU-TV Development Di- Milady) I F 0r Penny Zant said although ■jistation didn't reach its goal, 11-year's August fund drive was Jpmost successful the station has 11® seen. . j "We are encouraged by the re- I Ipse from our viewers, and I 1 I j-inkthe drive really got this fis- ■JTvear off to a good start," she ledken aid. i Lewis and Zant said the\ ey Sought the station would reach peoal because pledges generat- by a Civil War special that bOffeu rs FOR AX penses, with the proceeds from the fund drive ear marked for purchasing program rights from PBS, National Geographic, the BBC and other U.S. distributors. Because KAMU-TV doesn't re ceive any federal, state or Univer sity funding program sponsorship by local businesses and proceeds from a week-long auction in April are also used for programming expenses. "We're very responsive to our viewers," he said. "If our viewers don't like a certain type of pro gram, that affects our decision on what to air, because we depend on our viewers for our liveli hood." KAMU-TV also benefits from Texas A&M faculty and staff members who might contribute to the University's Capturing the Spirit campaign, Zant said. Car show rolls in at A&M Nathan Blasingame, a junior management major from Cranberry and secretary of the Texas A&M Sports Car Club, shows David Yin a Tommy Huynh/THT. Battalion Buick Regal Grand National at a car show in front of the MSC Tues day. Yin is a senior mechancial engineering major from Houston. Shuttle bus route-changes frustrate students By Jan Higginbotham Mary MacmanusTTHE Battalion The Rudder bus now only rides through campus clockwise and Howdy goes in the opposite direction. The Battalion Texas A&M students returning to classes last Monday were sur prised to find a number of changes in the intra-campus shuttle bus routes-changes that not all of the students were happy about. Although the changes went into effect in July, students said they knew nothing of the new routes until they headed for the bus stop on their first day of classes. "There wasn't much publicity given to the locations of the new bus stops," said Leighton Stovall, a junior agricultural systems man agement major. "Now that I've found them, they seem out of the way and inconvenient to students." Mary Lepel, a sophomore kinesiology major, said she used to ride the bus frequently last year but does not anymore. "It (the bus) doesn't run counter-clockwise anymore, so the route really isn't convenient for me." The major changes came when Bus Operations decided to no longer run Howdy and Rudder buses on Lamar and Lubbock Streets. Also, the buses now only run clockwise along their routes. The number of buses on each route has been increased to six in or der to prevent any students from having to wait too long for a bus. Bus Operations has received complaints about the route changes since the start of the semester, said Doug Williams, manager of Bus Operations. "It is essentially impossible to run without any problems," Williams said. "With every solution, there are, of course, two more problems that arise from it." Shuttle bus drivers have also received a number of complaints re garding the changes, but most of the drivers support the new routes. Michael Prather, an intra-campus bus driver, said the changes keep the bus schedule running more efficient. "The new route will work out better in the long run, once people get used to it," he said. Meanwhile, passengers complain that buses are often delayed, making it difficult to get to class on time. Amy Miller, a shuttle bus driver, said "The major delays aren't be cause of the changes in the route but because of the rush between classes." Prather and Miller said drivers have difficulty keeping on sched ule because of pedestrian traffic caused by this rush. Williams said the University has discussed changes in order to al leviate major problems, but no major changes will be made in the near future. 7 Texans die in plane crash The Associated Press e p< of s Tuesday found the bodies ot seven Houston residents who died in the crash of a Learjet on a mesa about 30 miles southeast of Santa Fe. The plane apparently crashed en route from Houston to Santa Fe on Sunday, state police Maj. Frank Taylor said. The plane had been due to return to Houston on Monday. Relatives notified au thorities when it didn't arrive. Taylor said state police were told of the missing plane about noon Tuesday, and a state police helicopter located the wreckage at 3:19 p.m. Taylor identified the victims as the pilot, Morty Rich; co-pilot A1 Sumrall and his wife, Lori Siim- rall; Gary Becker and his wife, Mary Becker; Bucky Arrons, and a friend of Arrons, Kim Coleman. Police at first reported there were four dead, then found three more bodies, Taylor said. Taylor said he didn't know why the group was flying to San ta Fe. They were expected back in Houston at 4 p.m. Monday. The Santa Fe airport wasn't ex pecting the plane and the pilot never radioed the Santa Fe tower to announce he would land there, Taylor said. State police were able to deter mine from radar tracking infor mation obtained from Albu querque that at 5:10 p.m. Sunday the plane was at an altitude of ap proximately 8,700 feet, Taylor said. That was the last time the plane appeared on the radar. 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