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'S o Mardi Gras trip THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979 Page 3 lud ew parades for RVs Drill team performs at parade despite strike in New Orleans By RUTH GRAVES Battalion Reporter Because of the police strike in ew Orleans, Texas A&M Univer- ty’s Ross Volunteer Company Mardi Gras last month for first time in 28 years. Ron Hilton, adviser for the Ross ne type /olunteers, said he is looking into duction Ic out-of-state parades to see if the der but | 0S s Volunteers can perform in hem. However, the RVs have met (bstacles on every parade so far. The Ross Volunteer Company, he oldest student organization at \.&M, is the “elite of the Corps of Ijidets” and “represents both the hiversity and the state,” said the !> er 100 itudent posts ip in election company’s operations officer, Dave Stauch. Each year 72 juniors are selected by the senior members of the com pany. Each RV wears a yellow and white cord on his uniform. The Ross Volunteer Company is called the “honor guard” of the gov ernor of Texas, and participates in some of the governor’s activities by forming saber arches. Another annual event for the Ross Volunteers is the Montgomery County Go Texan parade held in February in Conroe. This event also fell through for the company be cause the roads were iced over. Hil- • -w- ^ 1 * 11 ■ ton said he decided the driving con- f I I 'l^'i I I "i ditions were “too bad to put that^ • VAX XXX X J.x V many people on the road augural parade. The junior mem bers, however, weren’t able to at tend because most of them didn’t at that time have their “whites” — their white Ross Volunteer uni forms, Hilton said. The Ross Volunteers do have another major performance this semester, however. They will per form at Parents Day, April 22, on the main drill field, Stauch said. By RUSTY McDONALD Battalion Reporter The Fish Drill Team got to do something other campus groups wanted to do but couldn’t — go to Mardi Gras. Drill team members were able to participate in the Krewe de Iris Parade since they were already in New Orlsans for the Tulane In vitational Drill Meet. The parade Fish Team to compete was held in the suburbs of New Or leans because of the police strike which had canceled the parades through the French Quarter. Spokesmen for two of the other campus groups — the Ross Volun teers and the Memorial Student Center Travel Committee’s trip — said that safety and transportation problems were the main reasons for their cancellations. Bobby Cox, commander of the Fish Drill Team, said it was about a 35-minute drive to the suburbs where the parade was held. He said the turn-out for the parade was bet ter than he expected and the crowd was well-behaved. Cox said he had been to many Mardi Gras celebrations before with his family and that he noticed more state police patrol cars around than the usual New Orleans police cars. “It seemed that there was a state police patrol car on every corner,” Cox said. He said there were not as many people out in the French Quarter as he remembered from previous years, but it was still “pretty crowded.” “Most of the people thought we were Marines because there were a lot of ships in and our short hair gave that impression, I guess,” Cox said. “And we got some pretty funny looks when we said ‘howdy,’ but when we were waiting outside Pat O’Brien’s, we got to talking to the other people waiting and they were very friendly.” “I think we put forth a pretty good image of A&M while we were there,” Cox said. called i on the I ions for ved an | ? a! It also I iriation ■ : By SALLY DREYFUS Legisla- Battalion Reporter rake Jr. There will be over 100 positions om the §en for students wishing to run in 'fficetole upcoming student elections, a other tpril 9 and 10. undfor Filing for the 1979-80 election Evans’iosts will be from March 26 to bill on rap 30 and requires a $1 filing er with Bbf Students cannot begin campaign- ng for the elections until they have (ledfor their positions. Bill Jentsch, &C(l : ^ ec ^ <)n commissioner, said. Positions open for election are: ‘—class officers of’80,’81, and ’82; college —yell leaders; bounty —Residence Hall Association; 1 Open —Off-Campus Student Associa- had at ion; of the —graduate student council and re law, —student government, lounce The executive committee mem- ant lawyers (the student body president Varren Bid five vice presidents) must have ) foiled I minimum grade point average of or two 2.5 at the time of their election, id said Other offices vary in grade point re further piirements. ,aw by A maximum of $150 may be spent for the executive student govern- fjent positions and yell leader posi- jdons. A maximum of $50 may be spent by all other candidates. All candidates may spend $35 on run-off elections. Anyone requiring more informa- tion on filing for positions should go by the Student Programs Office in o men room ^16 of the Memorial Student inated Center or call Bill Jentsch at 845- uthem §$ll Hilton said he tried to get the Ross Volunteers to perform in the Azalea Festival parade in Mobile, Ala., but it was too late to schedule them in the parade. The Ross Volunteers were also considering performing at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Wash ington, D.C., but no college units were accepted in the parade, Hilton said. The Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio usually accepts only mounted units and bands, he said, but the Ross Volunteers have been invited in previous years. However, this year the company will not be able to perform in the parade be cause the parade officials didn’t have time to vote on admitting the RVs to the parade, Hilton said. All of the junior RVs and some of the senior members drill about 4 1/2 hours almost every week in prepara tion for their performances, Stouch said. The three platoons of the com pany also have some individual drills at night. The senior members are responsible for teaching drills to the junior members. Because Mardi Gras was called off, however, the company’s drilling time has been reduced. Since the senior members at tended the annual parades last year, it is the junior members who are especially disappointed. The juniors, as a whole, “have a real good attitude,” Stauch said. “They’ve had a lot of disappoint ments this year.” So far, the only parade the junior members have performed in was the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce parade last semester. The senior members participated in Gov. Clements’ inauguration in January by forming a saber arch. They also performed drills in the in- By RUSTY McDONALD Battalion Reporter Hut...ho...hut. ..ho. There’s a flurry of activity and a flash of weapons thrown through the air. Then there is absolute stillness, as if the group of men had been turned to stone. The Fish Drill Team is practicing its moves for competition. And competition it is. The drill team participated in the Tulane Invitational Drill Meet at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., on Feb. 23. Against 15 other teams and bad weather, the drill team placed first in squad basic drill, second in inspection and platoon basic drill and third in platoon fancy drill. The team finished third overall in the competition. “We didn’t do as well as we wanted to, but we have found the spots to smooth out for the next meet,” said Bobby Cox, commander of the Fish Drill Team. “This first meet gave us a chance to see the other teams and how they perform.” The drill team leaves today for the Best of the West Invitational Drill Meet at the University of Southern California in Anaheim, Calif., and will compete against about 30 teams said Maj. Ronald L. Dennis, faculty adviser for the drill team. The Fish Drill Team is formed in the fall and is open to all freshmen in the Corps of Cadets. Cox said the freshmen in the band are not eligible because the drill team has practice at the same time as the band. Freshmen also have to post at least a 2.0 grade-point ratio to stay on the team for the spring semester. “That’s where we lost a lot of men from the team,” Cox said. “They didn’t have the grades so they were off the team.” There are 29 members of the drill team and the commander is elected by the members of the team. The Fish Drill Team has eight student advisers — six sophomores, one junior and one senior who are all past members of the drill team. It also has two faculty advisers from the Military Science Depart ment. iCazen, ™ Ray HASTINGS BOOKS & RECORDS-THE AIAIAREHOUSE of the those RICE UNIVERSITY JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ACCOUNTING FRIDAY, MARCH 9 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. An admissions officer will be on campus to meet with students interested in management and accounting fields. Master s degrees are offered in these areas. No specific undergraduate major is required. 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