Friday, October 21, 1983/The Battalion/Page 5
SC Black Awareness Committee
o sponsor gos
music program
by Rhonda Snider
Battalion Reporter
^■The Voices of Praise, an
v MSC Black Awareness Com-
' 1 miaee choir, will host a Gos-
1 pelfest at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
in Rudder Theater. In addi
ction to the 25-member choir,
[(ffive gospel groups and a
ni soloist will perform,
yfl Guests will include Prairie
View A&M University’s gos
pel choir, a gospel choir from
Houston State Universi
ty, the New Zion Jubilee Sin-
IHrs from the New Zion Mis-
.Mrnary Baptist Church in Col
lege Station, the Christian
Hope Baptist Church Choir
P and soloist Myra Winkley.
’tiH Each group will perform
foi about 20 minutes.
The Voices of Praise will
y, sing five songs. The selections
wi l be a variety of upbeat,
IjBntemporary gospel songs, a
ghange from last year’s Gos-
ipelfest program of mainly
!i! ; slow songs.
'Wflie MSC Black Awareness
Clommittee choir and the
Voices of Praise have been
planning and preparing for
Gospelfest since the spring
semester, said Tracey Ho
ward, president of the Voices
of Praise and member of the
executive board of the Black
Awareness Committee.
“It’s a lot of hard work ... I
think it will be very benefi
cial,” Howard said. The prog
ram will help bring black stu
dents together as well as being
entertaining, she said.
The purpose of the com
mittee, Howard said, is to pro
vide a cultural group for the
400 black students at Texas
A&M and a means by which
they can socialize. The group
also invites speakers to pro
vide information pertinent to
black students, she said.
Gospelfest tickets are $2 for
students and $3 for non
students. They are available at
the Rudder Box office or
from the Black Awareness
Committee at a table set up in
the MSC today.
Members of the Voices of Praise
Gospel Choir sing in the Memorial
staff photo by John Makely
Student Center to promote
Gospelfest.
Police beat
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department through Thursday:
THEFTS:
• $250 in cash from a room in
Dorm 2. A student was asleep in
the room at the time.
• A wheel cover from a vehi
cle parked in the reserved staff
lot south of Rudder Tower.
• A wallet from the first floor
of Langford Architecture Cen
ter. The wallet contained a
Texas driver’s license and other
personal property.
BURGLARIES: ‘
• Bowling league funds total
ing $27 were stolen from 316
Animal Industries.
RECOVERY:
• A K-Mart All-Pro bicycle
was recovered from the Married
Student Housing complex. The
bike was reported stolen on Oct.
4.
OTHER:
• The exit gate arm to the
reserved staff lot north of En
gineering Building was broken.
• Two people were dove
hunting on the Dairy Cattle
Center property. University
Police found one of the hunters
and gave him a trespass
warning.
tuden t filing suit against police
by Brigid Brockman
Battalion Staff
’exas A&M student says he
lllfile at least one lawsuit
|ainst two University Police
fia rs, but is “holding up on
' gal advice.”
! Ill®in Walker, a sophomore fi-
itils life and building construction
||Hr, said his main objective is
aBi the two officers dismissed
om the police force because
| ey acted in an unprofessional
] [jalier.
Walker informed campus
Ticials including President
IKank E. Vandiver, Vice Presi-
■ for Operations Charles R.
p atgill and Director of Security
^ id Traffic Bob Wiatt of his in-
ntions by letter.
™ Walker was arrested Nov. 11
,^t ' , i[officers Cameron Fillmore
hJ Mike Buckley. The officers
uhd that a warrant had been
iued for Walker’s arrest after
they ran a driver’s license check.
The warrant had been issued for
unpaid traffic fines.
The incident began after Uni
versity Police stopped Walker
for a traffic violation.
The officers pulled him over
after he used a pedestrian walk
way to cross Houston Street to
Jones Street on his motorcycle.
Walker also is charged with
resisting arrest, but Walker de
nied that charge.
Walker said he was frisked,
and that Buckley then forced his
right arm behind his back. At
that point, Walker said, he asked
Buckley what he was doing. Wal
ker said he never was informed
by the officers that he was under
arrest.
and Fillmore tried to “rough
him up.” Walker said he made
no attempt to escape or resist
arrest.
Wiatt received a copy of Wal
ker’s letter Thursday afternoon.
He said he would have no com
ment on the letter because it
would not be fair to comment
before the pending charges
were resolved in court.
However, he did say the offic
ers told Walker that they had to
arrest him because of the traffic
warrants, and at that point he
resisted arrest.
He also said both officers had
soiled uniforms and had suf
fered cuts and scratches, while
Walker made no formal com
plaint of any injuries.
“I have every confidence in
our officers,” he said. “There is a
second side to every coin, and
the only comment I have is I’ll
see Mr. Walker in court.”
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