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State and Local Monday, February 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3 Eight schools participate in Corps’ Military Weekend By Holly Becka Reporter Texas A&M’s sixth annual Mili- iry Weekend enabled a valuable ex- lange of ideas, Corps of Cadets ublic relations officer Darren Rich ardson said. Seven other military institutes krticipated in the military review tid festivities. Richardson, a senior plitical science major, was in charge f the weekend’s events and said ev- ything went smoothly. The activities kicked off Friday ith a roundtable discussion. I “It was fantastic,” he said. “The pic was ‘Adapting to Change’ and : talked about women cadets, lead- ship changes, the disciplinary sys- n — how it’s changed since we :re freshmen, and controls on Sonja Henrikson, a sophomore bi- )gy major from Pease Air Force se, N.H., was co-chairman of the litary Weekend public relations bcommittee. She sat in on the andtable discussion, and said it s interesting. “I really enjoyed the active dis- ssions,” she said. “While talking xit adjusting, each delegate was ied ‘Do you feel the adjustment h female cadets has been com- Two schools said yes, but A&M iwered no. A&M is a very tradi- nal school and women are not in rated into each outfit. ‘We discovered we have avoided a of problems other schools had be- ause of the individual outfits,” she lid. “The female cadets are just as ell accepted here; we do not feel iscriminated against. We’re making eady progress. Things are always getting better as time goes by.” The activities continued Friday with a press conference, a Corps run and the Combat Bash. The visiting delegates partici pated in everything and stayed with Corps members. Richardson said he felt the guests learned some things and enjoyed themselves. A military review in honor of the guests was held Saturday afternoon on the Gen. Ormond R. Simpson Drill Field near the MSC. Reviewing officers were Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling, Col. Herbert Currie, Col. George Stokes and Col. Richard Bi- ondi. A&M President Frank E. Van diver, Vice President for Student Services Dr. John Koldus III, and two members of the Corps Devel opment Council, Chairman Harold Sellers and Chairman-Elect Bill Heye also attended. Before the review, the entire Corps formed a block “T” on Kyle Field. Band members were in charge of getting the various outfits in the form of a “T” so pictures could be taken. Will Welch, a cadet and freshman general studies major from Atlanta, said he thought the “T” was a good cause to show the spirit of the Corps. He said getting the letter formed took a long time. “It could have been organized a little better,” Welch said. “It was a big cluster out there for a while, and when it got organized, we stood in the “T” for about 30 to 45 minutes. After a while it got boring, so the up- erclassmen started doing stuff to eep our minds off standing there.” To keep themselves and the on lookers amused, the cadets on one side of the “T” yelled “Tastes great!” and the other answered with “Less filling!” The letter’s height was the width of Kyle Field, Richardson said. “About 2,000 people formed the ‘T,’ which hasn’t been done in five years,” he said. The weekend came to a close with the military banquet and formal ball. Richardson said a 1978 A&M graduate and former Corps Com mandant Mike Gentry spoke at the banquet. Gentry said the Corps needed to adapt to change if it was going to continue successfully. Music at the formal was provided by the Aggieland Orchestra. Cadet 1st Sgt. Robert Wilson, a visiting delegate from North Georgia College in Dahlonega, said he enjoyed the hospitality and friendship he found at A&M. “Everyone I’ve met has been really friendly,” Wilson said. “There’s only one other place like this I know of— and that’s home.” Wilson, a junior criminal justice major from Eton, Ga., said his first visit to A&M was this past weekend. “This is the third year my school has sent a delegate,” he said. “They’ve been sending juniors so if we learn some valuable information we can implement it next year.” Wil son said he felt there was a good ex change of ideas between the schools. “I got a lot of new ideas,” he said. “Every institute has good and bad things about it, and we can learn from each other. We all agreed we Photo by Mike Mulvey Navy Lt. Stewart from the Trigon, Corps Commander Pat Thom- asson and West Point senior Lee Walters, stand at attention while members of the Corps of Cadets march to dinner during military weekend. had an obligation to make the defi nition of hazing more strict.” He said North Georgia was differ ent than A&M because all the men who live on campus are in the mili tary, and he said he learned some thing from the Aggies. “I think A&M (the Corps pro gram) places a lot of emphasis on re tention of its members,” he said. “The juniors and seniors here have more privileges than we do. . . There’s really no incentive to stay in the program if you don’t get a com mission. I’d like to see retention stressed more at North Georgia.” Cadet Regimental Commmander Brad McQuarrie from New Mexico Military Institute has visited A&M several times to see friends in the Corps who he met at advanced camp, and has been a delegate to Military Weekend the past two years. He said NMMI is vastly different than A&M. “We have a four year preparatory high school and a two year college combined,” he said. “It (the program) went much bet ter than last year,” McQuarrie said. “This year everyone was very willing to put out a lot of information and share well.” The following military institutes participated in weekena activities: North Georgia College; New Mexico Military Institute; the Military Aca demy in West Point, N.Y.; the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.; the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.; the Mer chant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y.; and Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. Gephardt, Dukakis lead in Texas Democratic presidential candi dates Michael Dukakis and Rich ard Gephardt have the lead in the March 8 primary in T exas, but the race remains tight and could change, according to a poll pub lished Sunday. The poll, conducted for the Houston Chronicle and the D.il- las Morning News, is part of con tinued nightly tracking of Texas voter preferences. While the Democratic race in the state is tight, Vice President George Bush has a clear lead in the Republican primary for Texas, the state he calls home. Sen. Bob Dole is a distant second. Among 301 likely Democratic primary voters surveyed, Massa chusetts Gov. Dukakis has 22 per cent of the support and Missouri Rep. Gephardt has 21 percent. Both posted increases of 4 per cent and 6 percent, respectively, from the first three days of sur veying, Feb. 21-23. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 6 percentage points. It was conducted by Uni versity of Houston political scien tist Richard Murray through the university’s Center for Public Pol icy. if&orrectioi#g^' In a Feb. 25 Battalion supple ment a number given for local tax help was incorrect. 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