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Conference on education seeks
better approach to curriculum
By Andrea Warrenburg
Of The Battalion Staff
A mini-conference on education titled “Needed: A
Whole Curriculum Approach to Teaching, Learning
and Assessment” was hosted by Texas A&M Monday to
discuss the need for all the elements of school curric
ulum to work together.
P. Kenneth Komoski, executive director of the Edu
cational Products Information Exchange Institute,
poke to a crowd of more than 60 people about the ne
cessity of viewing curriculum holistically.
“We tend to think of a curriculum as conveniently
and neatly packaged, but teachers don’t keep it all toge
ther,” Komoski said. “The textbook is driving the cur
riculum where there needs to be more balance.”
Komoski said EPIE, an independent consumer edu-
ation agency, tested a group of students at the begin
ning of a school year over material in a textbook they
would study that year. The students’ average score on
[he test was 80 percent. At the end of the year, the stu-
®l dents were tested again over the same material and
scored 25 percent lower.
“Teachers say ‘OK I’ve done my job and covered the
book,’ ” Komoski said. “But they’re not doing their job
because they may be covering things not covered at all
in the curriculum or that kids already know.”
Komoski said that efficiency and organization are not
the most important parts of a curriculum, but that it
needs to be seen as a whole process.
“There is a need to have customized textbooks that
fill state and local objectives,” Komoski said. “And we
need to test to see if our objectives were accomplished.”
The 2 1 /2-hour mini-conference was hosted by Dr.
H.H. Richardson, A&M Deputy Chancellor, Dean of
Engineering and director of the Texas Engineering Ex
periment Station. It was moderated by Dr. Dean Corri
gan, A&M professor of educational administration and
former Dean of the College of Education.
Sponsors of the mini-conference were TEES, TEES
Technology Development Division, the Learning Tech
nology Center and the A&M College of Education De
partments of Educational Administration and Interdis
ciplinary Education.
Helmet saves life of A&M student
Roly Aguilera’s motorcycle helmet
saved his life Monday night when he
hit a car that had moved into his lane
of traffic, College Station police offi
cer Gary Stratton said.
After the motorcycle accident,
Aguilera told officials that he didn’t
remember heading south in the left
lane on Texas Avenue.
He also said he didn’t remember
Shanna K. Carroll’s car move from
the right lane into the left.
“A car pulled out in front of him
and he hit the car,” Stratton said.
Doctors at Humana Hospital said
Aguilera appeared to be fine. They
plan to run tests to ensure he didn’t
suffer any head injuries, a spokes
man said.
Aguilera’s heavy clothing pro
tected his body from serious injury
while his helmet saved his life, Strat
ton said.
Stratton said Carroll appeared to
be fine although she was shaken-up
as a result of the accident.
Rainy days and Mondays
This jack o’lantern sitting on the sidewalk outside
Keathley Hall describes the mood of the day as
rainshowers
Monday.
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‘Miss Coed’
By Selina Gonzalez
Of The Battalion Staff
Here she comes . . . it’s Miss
Coed America.
A Texas A&M University coed
could represent college coeds na
tionwide. The Miss Coed Amer
ica Program is searching for sin
gle female undergraduates who
want the opportunity to travel
and form contacts while continu
ing their education.
The best aspect of the compe
See Coed/Page 9
Prof: Individual rights no longer al ive
By Steven Patrick
Of The Battalion Staff
Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism is lead
ing the battle for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness,” the true concept of individual rights
as captured by Thomas Jefferson in The Decle-
ration of Independence, said Dr. John Ridpath.
Ridpath, associate professor of economics and
intellectual history at York University, spoke on
the importance of individual rights and the phi
losophy of objectivism last night in “Ayn Rand
and the History of Individual Rights.”
Ridpath said the United States is founded on
the concept of individual rights.
“It is true that individuals have rights; and that
truth, in my mind, is the central founding prin
ciple of the United States of America,” Ridpath
said.
“That the moral greatness and the productive
greatness of the United States is, in fact, traceable
to that principle more than to anything else.”
Ridpath said that individual rights, as defined
in the Declaration of Independence, are no
longer alive today.
“We do not live in a hopeful time, even in
North America,” he said. “It is no longer the case
that the founding principles of the United States
are still in play, and certainly not in the world
where there is massive starvation and blood shed.
“Rights today are not just pseudo-rights, they
are anti-rights.”
Historically the concept of individual rights
reached it’s pinnacle in the Decleration of Inde
pendence and has been on the downward slope
since then, he said.
“I believe that America was born in 1776 and is
dying today,” he said.
Ridpath does, however, see hope for individ
ual rights in Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectiv
ism.
Objectivists believe reason is the only source of
knowledge, man must exist for himself and his
own self-interest, and that the ideal political-eco
nomic system is laissez-faire capitalism.
“An individual is right to value his or her life
as the highest value,” Ridpath said.
He also said the role of government should be
a limited one which protects individual rights.
“You can embrace whatever social theories you
want,” he said. “The future is open.
“One thing we can do is call the government to
protect individual rights.”
Ridpath views individual rights as essential to
freedom.
“Individual rights are a principle which de
fines and sanctions individuals’ freedom of ac
tion,” he said.
“It is the bridge from what is true for every in
dividual morally, to what is morally appropriate
in social relationships.”
“I view Ayn Rand as indispensible in the battle
(for individual rights); because of her work the
battle is on,” Ridpath said.
Halloween
rules apply
to students
By Pam Mooman
Of The Battalion Staff
While college students may
have outgrown trick-or-treating,
Halloween safety rules still apply
to them.
“What we really have to look
for is pranksters,” Burt Kretzsch-
mar, UPD’s crime prevention
lieutenant, said. “(College stu
dents) are looking for more of a
thrill than dressing up.”
The UPD will be on the
See Safety/Page 9
The Association of
Former Students
Fall Senior
Induction Banquet
Wednesday 6t Thursday, November 8 & 9, 1989
6:30 p.m.
MSC - rooms 212-226
All December graduates are invited.
Complimentary tickets may be picked up in the MSC Flag Room /
Student Lounge October 31, November 1 & 2 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
TICKETS GIVEN ON FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED BASIS
Student I.D. Required to Pick UP Tickets
This is your invitation to the induction of the Class of '89.
Compliments of
The Association of Former Students
The Center for Drug Prevention and
Education hopes you have a howling
good time this Halloween,
but remember,
witches brew and broomsticks
don’t mix.
This is a public service message brought to you by the
Center for Drug Prevention and Education.
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