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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1989)
Texas ASM ^ ^ V # e Battalion v\\\| / ///, WEATHER TOMORROWS FORECAST: Partly sunny and hot. ////l\\ v\ HIGH: 90s LOW: 70s ant the pr 88 No. 190 USPS 045360 54 Pages ‘P for ourinten >t threatening tion in a s departure m pound atKei College Station, Texas Monday, August 28,1989 >or Day returt anti-drug prori nd achievable ]tiire more r >g that the obley helps RHA ick off FLS, speaks of leadership roles the Battalion Staff sility of abc p: T,mm Woolen > Noriega to ii| Sticking charge! people toiuitit—'7" . ^•resident William Mobley ad- ortable" win t f < p se d about 150 residence hall stu- nent that thefi® ts anc * Department of Student es too highR es tdence Life staff mem- 8 Ws Saturday to kick off the two-day Sidence Hall Association’s Fall ^'™*"*||P^Jdership Seminar. ^^^®lobley first spoke about the con- ||®ction on campus, near the resi- 11 ■ lce * la ^ s ar, d otherwise. He said he impainnerJI 1 although parking is a serious rtunities” a!t®^ ern now ^ OT f ^ e rt * s tdcnts of the ’ ^■thside halls, the new parking ga- o seeks nun ls e near the Commons will be com- up costs Sj J e 1 '* in July of 1990 and that the tailoring the P ai kin g con gestion on that side of fine under »P u * w ‘ 1 ' bei 1 eso, '; t ‘ d - million The>^^ r ' Mobley also addressed the nn- poiiance of the leaders in residence 77 calling (hem .he lirsl line of Ka continue iB, ,. ® . nvirontne.r.>; !rsh, fi at the Urnverstty. ■ Campus hie is in no small way a d "arroirant tbe ( l ua fity of the resi- t ,u , deuce living experience in student Oj " j n jLSjsing-’ Mobley said. “And those Tra ' ' n f ea dership roles in this area p w in a position to a great deal to set B tone, to provide the altitudinal ,VWVWiTCj«derghip, anc i to provide the coun- ■ing and support students need to Bd their way through this complex university.” Blie also discussed the growth of ^ AkM and the importance of having atlobal perspective anci leadership ■11s, which A&M offers its students. fit wampus life is in no small way a function of the quality of the residence living experience in student housing,.. — William Mobley Among the other speakers for the seminar were Associate Vice-Presi dent for Student Services Dr. Malon Southerland, Interfraternity Coun cil adviser Charles Goodman, Direc tor of Student Affairs Ron Sasse and Associate Director of Student Af fairs for Residence Life Tom Mur ray. Among the topics of the seminar were responsibilities of the hall council members, fundraising, freshman programs, intramurals, leadership training, and the RHA. Trey Jacobson, chairman of the Fall Leadership Seminar, said the fo cus of the First seminar was the de velopment of more informed and ef fective hall council leaders. “The program was a success in several aspects,” Jacobson said. “The hall council officers became more in formed about their positions, they became more informed about RHA, and they learned more about lead ership and motivation. All those will benefit the hall councils and conse quently the on-campus residents.” itudent leaders practice adership skills at camp Timm Doolen lid Michael Kelley vjvialtS Cl The Battalion Staff ■ Many of Texas A&M’s student fetders gathered for three days of jlffidership training at the Fall Lead- ■ship Conference in Trinidad, Bxas, on August 22-24. ■ “Fall Leadership is an introduc- By leadership workshop where stu- |deni leaders around campus gather N get acquainted in an informal set- to develop leadership skills,” l- 1 lid Brenda Holland, chairman of St. Brenda Holland, chairman of the FLC committee. ■ The conference, first held in 1953, is sponsored by the Memorial Rudent Center Fall Leadership 1 Committee and is held on camp Dtmds of a Texas Utilities electric ant in Trinidad, a small, rural, [ast Texas town. According to Fall Leadership lit- ature, the conference was origi- lly designed by John Samuels, a Student who wanted to instill lead- hip qualities and unity into the nun under him, while working to Ive problems of the MSC. Paul Henry, co-adviser for FLC ad MSC Assistant Director, esti- ated that 100 students, 15 special guests and 15 faculty and staff at- ! tended the conference. “We had stu dents from the Residence Hall Asso ciation, Student Government, vocal music groups, class council, bonfire, Corps Staff, and, of course, the MSC,” Henry said. “We had mi nority students as well, including students from the National Associa tion of Black Journalists, the South west Black Student Leadership Con ference, the Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture, and the Chinese Student Associaion.” Kristi Jackson, director of visual resources for the conference, said that the conference was successful overall. “The Fall Leadership delegates started on their trip to Trinidad on three buses,” Jackson said. “Along the way, not only did one bus break down, but two of the three experi enced mechanical failure. All of the approximately 100 delegates were then squeezed onto the only remain ing working bus. This could be seen as a negative factor, but the dele gates ironically turned this into a positive opportunity to get to know each other.” Henry said the students got along well together. See Leadership/Page 15 Freshmen Orientation Week ends with unexpected ‘air out’ on quad Fish wakened for Corps’ traditional late-night run, yell practice By Michael Kelley and Timm Doolen Of The Battalion Staff Thursday night on the Quad rangle, an old Corps of Cadets tradition known as “air out” marked the end of the 1989 Freshmen Orientation Week. Corps Chaplain Brett Bowers, a senior secondary education ma jor and Corps Staff member, said that during the event, the fresh men literally get “aired out” of their rooms. “They’re tossed out by their own means or other means Thursday night, at the end of a very long, grueling orientation to the Corps,” Bowers said. “At about 11:00 at night they find themselves being screamed at by everybody but their mo ther,” he said. “They’re hauled off like cattle down the middle of the Quad. They don’t know what’s going on — they probably think they’re in the middle of a war. They form outside of Dun can where tonight they will [hear from] R.C. Slocum, the head football coach at Texas A&M.” At 10:30 p.m. the Corps bugler began playing “Charge,” which was followed by the awakening of the Corps freshmen by the Fresh men Orientation Week cadre, the upperclassmen who had in structed the incoming freshmen cadets during the orientation. Immediately after the bugle sounded, the FOW cadre began entering the freshmen’s rooms, banging on their doors and yel ling. “Get out! Get out! The com mies are coming!” yelled one of the cadre to some freshmen dur ing the hysteria. The freshmen, who were in bed, were suddenly awakened and then instructed by the FOW cadre to get into uniform and run outside. After quickly dressing, the freshmen were led onto the Quad. “Let’s go running, fish,” said one of the upperclassmen to the freshmen who were wildcat- ting on the Quad. Screaming and yelling, the cadets ertded up near the entrance of Duncan Dining Hall. During the activities, Major General Thomas G. Darling esti mated that there were 750 fresh men in the Corps as well as 50 students who were transfer ca dets. All the freshmen and the FOW cadre appeared to be par ticipating in the tradition. After several minutes, the Corps settled down as Head Foot ball Coach R.C. Slocum began to speak. He explained how well head yell leader Waylan Cain had done while practicing with the football team, especially with the Twelth Man kickoff team. Slo cum referred to Cain’s partici- Freshman cadets at yell practice in front of pation in the tradition of the head yell leader training with the foot ball team during pre-season prac tice. Slocum then spoke about the upcoming football game against Louisiana State University. “When they walk out there and we kick that ball off, we want to go out there and get ready for a 15-round, knockdown, dragout dog fight,” Slocum said. Slocum’s speech was received well by the approximately 900 ca dets, who seemed motivated by Slocum’s words. Also listening to Slocum’s speech were dozens of civilians who were kept away from the area near Duncan Din ing Hall by Corps Staff members. Next, the five yell leaders led a yell practice. The final speaker was Corps Adjutant Robert Magee, the Corps Staff member in command of the Corps during FOW. “Wel come to the best kept secret of the Corps,” Magee stated, addressing the new cadets as a final note on the evening’s excitement. Photo by Jay Janner Duncan Dining Hall during “air out.” Photo by Jay Janner Rudy Vacek photographs freshmen cadets Phillip J. Go dova (standing) and Scott Baston awakening for “air out.” New Aggie Watch program designed Students need only current LD. cards to get game tickets rwhat io say "lassi- Ip you I i° b ' to make living on campus more safe By Melissa Naumann B _ -- Of The Battalion Staff T" ion fiej 611 ■ The Department of Student Af- Ipirs, the University Police Depart- |lient and the Residence Hall Asso- ciation are determined to make the ■exas A&M campus a safer place [ through the Aggie Watch Safety/Se- f curity Program. Operation Identification, one of e program’s three parts, encour- ges students to label their belong- |igs by engraving their belongings ith electric engravers given to the sident directors by Student Af- jfeirs. ■ Tom Murray, assistant director of e Department of Student Affairs, id when 80 percent of the resi- lents in a hall have engraved their dongings with their drivers license |umbers, they can post stickers and "osters saying “Warning — Opera- ion I.D. All items of value on these piemises have been marked for re- Jdy identification by Law Enforce- sient Agencies.” “Statistics have proven that some thing like eight out of 10 thieves say tha: if they see that sign, they’ll go Somewhere else,” Murray said. Another part of the program, Ag gie Community Watch, is similar to Neighborhood Watch, a crime pre vention program in the community, Murray said. Students are urged to look out for suspicious activities, emergencies and other concerns, and report them to the residence hall staff or UPD, Aggie Watch will include between 10 and 15 program presentations to the resident hall students. As the third part of the project, these pro grams will be presented by UPD, Student Counseling Service and the Department of Parking, Transit and Traffic Services covering topics such as theft protection, personal safety, sexual assault, bike registration and self defense. RHA will present an award to the hall with the most outstanding secu rity program, Murray said. “It’s just one more little thing that we can put into this big bag to have a positive impact,” he said. Murray said the idea of Aggie Watch was conceived to supplement other actions being taken to increase security on campus such as keeping the exterior doors of residence halls locked 24 hours a day. “We arrived at the philosophy that students should have the oppor tunity to decide who comes into their home, with the residence hall being their home,” he said. Two years ago, the doors were locked at the close of visitation and opened when the custodial staff came in. “We had our heads in the sand,” he said. “Two summers ago, we had three serious assaults on campus. That began some discussions on what we needed to do to increase se curity.” Locking the doors may be incon venient but the positive impact will be felt immediately, he said. “With the doors being locked, they’re going to have to carry their key,” Murray said. “Then there will be some motivation to carry all their keys. Would you go to the grocery “With the doors being locked, they’re going to have to carry their key. Would you go to the grocery store and leave your apartment unlocked? People go off all the time and leave their rooms unlocked” — Tom Murray, Dept, of Student Affairs store and leave your apartment un locked? People go off all the time and leave their rooms unlocked.” Murray said new lights have been installed in various locations, and students can have a further impact on the security of the campus by re porting any burned out lights to UPD who, in turn, will contact main tenance personel. Other measures to make the cam pus safer include “Dial-A-Ride,” a night shuttle bus service that can be used by calling 847-RIDE, and a UPD foot patrol to monitor resi dential and academic areas more thoroughly. Remember when it was manda tory to bring an all-sports pass and a student I.D. card to pick up tickets for games? Long lines, sweltering heat and grumpy people. Well, no more. Or at least that’s what the Athletic Department is hoping. For those who purchased either pass, the option will be placed into the coding on their LD. cards, and the cards will be read through scan ners like they are for meal plans in dining halls. Penny King, business manager for the Athletic Department, said the LD. card will be better protected un der the new system. If a student reports a lost LD. card it will be entered into the com puter, and if someone tries to use the I.D. they’ll be caught. The name of who is drawing tick ets for themselves or anyone else will remain in the computer. Whenever a student adds the op tion when registering, the Athletic Department will immediately have that record, King said. Records will be updated through out the first week of school. An all-sports pass is $70, while a football pass is $55. Tickets for home football games are distributed on a classification ba sis as follows: • Graduates and seniors — Mon day prior to game • Juniors — Tuesday • Sophomores — Wednesday • Freshman — Thursday • Non-season & all classes (if available) — Friday Students are allowed to pick up a maximum of 10 tickets in a group (LD. card required for each student ticket). Half of the group must be of that day’s classification or higher., and the other half may be of lower classi fication or full price non-student guests. Student tickets for the November 24 Arkansas game will be distributed to graduate students and seniors Thursday Nov. 16, juniors on Fri day, sophomores on Monday and freshman on Tuesday. Questions are to be directed to the ticket office at 845-2311.