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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1983)
fif>iiirs11ii?n io jc^fdizior> ‘/t?/11ir>njjuj OCA provides input, fun by Malleus Kazemzadeh Battalion Reporter Getting off-campus students involved in on-campus activities and representing those students in Student Government are two functions of Off Campus Aggies. “Since two-thirds of the stu dent body live off campus, OCA provides input and activities for students who live a distance from campus,” Louann Schulze, adviser for the group, said. The organization allows off- campus students to have a voice in Student Government. On one occasion, the student senate was trying to take a day-student parking lot and re-establish it for dorm students, Schulze said. OCA was able to defeat the proposal, however, and keep the lot for day students. “It’s important for off- campus students to get involved in OCA because sometimes they aren’t motivated to get involved in campus activities on their own,” Schulze said. Through OCA, off-campus students get to know others and participate in campus activities as a group. “Yell practice is a typical event that takes motivation to go to,” RHA dorm by Lezlee Hinson Battalion Reporter Experience, dedication and enthusiasm are the key charac teristics an officer of the Resi dence Hall Association should possess, current president Stacy Graf says. The RHA election, which will be held along with the other stu dent organization elections Tuesday and Wednesday, is not as issue-oriented as other elec tions, Graf said. RHA addresses issues as they are presented by the Department of Student Affairs, she said. The purpose of the RHA is two-fold. First, it represents the 8,000 on-campus students by evaluating the policies that affect them, Graf said. To effectively evaluate those policies, RHA works closely with student affairs. For example, if student affairs is considering a proposal that would change the telephone service to the dorms, they would submit this proposal to RHA. RHA then would evaluate the roposal in terms of its effect on all residents. The group might approve the proposal, Graf said, recommend certain changes, or suggest an entirely different alternative. Generally, student affairs fol lows RHA’s recommendations, Graf said, because RHA is consi dered the “expert” on concerns Dale Collins 1982-83 OCA president she said. “If your roommate doesn’t feel like going, you end up not going, too.” Not only does OCA encour age students to get involved in campus events, but it also plans activities for them. Last year, OCA planned a street dance that was a great success, Schulze said. The group also had a chili cook off and a Parents’ Day barbecue. Stacy Graf 1982-83 RHA president of the dorm residents. The second function of RHA is to assist the individual hall councils in planning recreation al, educational and social activi ties, Graf said. RHA also sponsors various campus-wide activities such as RHA Casino and RHAlloween. It also organizes seminars on such topics as dorm security and rape prevention, Graf said. RHA’s organizational struc ture contributes to its ability to accurately reflect the views of the dorm students, Graf said. The group consists of about 70 voting members. guides activity Leadership role continues Yell leaders succeed by Tracey Taylor Battalion Staff Since the first yell practice in 1932, Texas A&M yell leaders have held an important leader ship role in the daily life of this campus. But what happens after graduation? Do these students continue to be leaders in their respective fields? A quick glance at the Associa tion of Former Students roster says yes. Occupations of former yell leaders range from ranch mana gers to flight instructors. In addition, three attorneys, sever al accountants and CPAs, six bank officials and officers in the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force are included in the roster of former yell leaders. Former Aggie yell leaders are working for Price Waterhouse, E.F. Hutton, DuPont Invest ments, Hughes Tools and Ex xon. Bob Segner, a yell leader in 1967, is now an assistant profes sor of building construction here. But there also are those who still are leading large groups of people. Garry Mauro was elected the first civilian yell leader in 1968. More recently he was elected Texas land commissioner. After graduating from Texas A&M in 1970, Mauro went to the University of Texas to earn a law degree. Since receiving it, he has held numerous governmen tal jobs including assistant com ptroller, director of field opera tions and comptroller of public accounts in Austin. Mauro said he realizes that the yell leader experience was an important one. “I’m always laughing that running statewide is no diffe rent that running for yell leader at A&M — just a little bigger campus,” he said. Also included among the ranks of yell leaders who have done well is Tom Nelson, who was a senior yell leader in 1963. Nelson is now a reporter with the Houston Post and responsi ble for covering events at Texas A&M. Below is a list of the yell lead ers from 10 and 20 years ago, their degress, how they are cur rently employed and their marital status: 1962-63 yell leaders: — Hugh Anderson, ’64, chemic al engineering, staff engineer at Texas Gulf Inc. — quality con trol department in Newgulf, married, two daughters. — Bill Brashears, ’63, general business, stock broker with Dupont Investments in Dallas, married, one son. — Mike Dodge, ’64, finance, construction supervisor for Huie Properties in Dallas, single. Tom Nelson, ’63, marketing, masters in educational adminis tration, reporter for the Hous ton Post, single. — Frank Summers, ’64, econo mics, deceased. 1972-73 yell leaders: —Joe Hughes, 75, accounting, CPA with Bright, Shin and Bright in Dallas, single. — Bobby Sykes, 74, manage ment, assistant vice president/ trust for Landman First Nation al Bank in Midland, married, no children. — Griff Lasley, 74, animal sci ence, commodity account execu tive in Waco, married, one son. — Ron Plakemeir, 75, manage ment, attorney with Neugent, Lilienstern, Vernon, Lions and Plakemeir in Texas City, mar ried, no children. — Mark McClean, 75, no infor mation.