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| The Battalion STATE & LOCAL 3 ft; >- it : tsaj m ! C1 > : adr. ovt iait! : firti m it. nk d/o: OH); naj resl ire err id tun 10!. essj‘ it m( hfi Its lof ed ; ior.,, bu:f ltll| I ti I I Thursday, November 9,1989 Students suspended for slurs One appeals sentence as other two serve AUSTIN (AP) — Two Westlake High School students are serving their penalties this week and a third is appealing after all three were or dered suspended over racial inci dents at a football game in October. Don Rogers, superintendent of the predominately white Eanes In dependent School District, said the suspensions ranged from three days to six, the maximum allowed by state law. School officials would not identify the students involved in the incident that sparked controversy statewide and resulted in what was believed to be the first time the University Inter scholastic League has disciplined a Texas school for a racial incident. Westlake was reprimanded, placed on probation through the 1990-91 school year and ordered to prepare a plan for dealing with ra cial sensitivity after the NAACP filed a complaint against the school. The students were suspended for going into the stadium the night be fore the game against mostly mi nority Austin LBJ High and writing with shoe polish. Dorothy Orebo, principal of LBJ, said, “I’m glad for the scnool’s sake and the community’s sake they have been able to identify” the three stu dents. Orebo said she had no reaction to the punishment because individual schools assess punishment appropri ate to their guidelines. She added that most schools have no guidelines for dealing with racial problems be cause such incidents are seldom re ported. Both Rogers and Westlake princi pal John Matysek emphasized they could not prove the racial slur was written by the students being disci plined. Jordan Institute for Awareness names fellows for 1989-90 year By Julie Myers Of The Battalion Staff Nine Texas A&M students have been named 1989-90 Jordan Fellows by the Jordan Institute for Interna tional Awareness. In the three years since it began, the Jordan Fellows Program has given students who met application and interview requirements the op portunity to travel to countries of their choice to pursue academic and personal goals. The application process involves writing a three-page essay, an itine rary and budget. In addition, appli cants must submit three references. The institute limits grants to $3,000 per student. The Director of the Jordan Fel lows Program and senior industrial engineering major Roderick Ander son said about half of the initial ap plicants are granted an interview by the panel of two faculty members, and two or three Jordan students. A maximum of 10 students are chosen each year from among those apply- ing. Students also may combine their fellowship with class credit by taking language classes in the foreign coun try or arranging credit for research. Upon returning, students are re quired to present a report on the trip and their findings. Robert W. Anderson, an electrical engineering graduate student from Omaha, Neb., will travel to Spain and Germany to learn about neuros cience research at universities and institutes. Marcus B. Butler, a business ad ministration graduate student, will travel to Austria to work in a finan cial institution and attend classes at Johannes Kepler University in Linz. Karl R. DeRouen Jr., a graduate student of geography from Eunice, La., will research a federation of for mer British colonies in various Ca ribbean nations this summer for his dissertation. Andrew S. Gardener, a senior En glish and French major from Col lege Station, will research Italian methods of teaching foreign lan guages in Italy. Krista D. Lyons, a sophomore po litical science major from Welmore, will travel to England as an exchange student at the University of Lancas ter. In addition, she will conduct in dependent research regarding the European Economic Community’s proposed changes in 1992. Jennifer L. Mobley, a junior eco nomics major from College Station, will work in Paris for a multi-na tional corporation this summer and improve her ability to speak French to further her goals in international business. Mobley said the program was looking for students who would take the initiative to travel solo instead of with an organized group. “That’s what made us all stand out,” Mobley said. “We had specific goals in mind.” Laura S, Moore, a senior political science major from Seabrook, will work in Paraguay and visit Chile to further her career exploration in Latin American affairs. Catherine Rentz, a sophomore an thropology major from Spring, will work on a dig in Ireland and then study anthropology at the University ofLondon. Randolph T. Stephenson, ajunior political science major from Com merce, will research the Swadhyaya movement in India as an approach to economic development. Applications for next year’s fel lows will be available in September for all undergraduates and graduate students. The Jordan Institute promotes in ternational awareness through a va riety of programs, including travel opportunities, international speak ers, exhibitions, cultural programs and international career seminars. In addition to funding the Jordan Fellows, the institute administers the MSC Overseas Loan Fund, the Jor dan Enrichment Fund and the Jor dan Living Abroad Program. The institute also supports the Jordan Collection of international art ob jects on display in the MSC. Pets can sit on Santa’s lap Brazos Animal Shelter will take holiday portraits of animals with owners next week to raise funds By Selina Gonzalez Of The Battalion Staff Bryan and College Station pets better watch out be cause Santa Claus is coming to town. “Santa will make an unusual pre-Thanksgiving visit to help raise funds for the Brazos Animal Shelter,” Patty Arreola, Brazos Animal Shelter representative said. Pet portraits with Santa are sponsored by CNC Pho tographies and allow pet owners to have their picture taken with their pet and Santa, Arreola said. Portraits will be taken at CNC Photographies, 3601 E. 29th Street in Bryan, on Nov. 15, Nov. 16 and Nov. 19. “Anyone who wants to take a picture with Santa Claus is welcome,” Arreola said. Owning a pet is not re quired, and Arreola suggested that parents take their children. All profits will be donated to the Brazos Ani mal Shelter, she said. Arreola said CNC Photographies requests that no wildlife be brought for a pet protrait and that the pets’ vaccination records be up-to-date. No reservations are required to have a pet portrait made, Arreola said. Portraits will be taken in a den set ting with a Christmas tree and books in the back ground. “Last year, 80 pets participated in the pet portraits with Santa fund-raiser,” Arreola said. “We made be tween $300 and $400. “We get a lot of community support from both those who have adopted pets through the shelter and others. People really love their pets.” Arreola said some clients have sent their pet portraits in Christmas cards. The two packages that are offered are one 5x7 and four wallet size photos for $16 or one 8x10, two 5x7s and eight wallet size photos for $21, Arreola said. Nov. 15-16, Santa will be at CNC Photographies from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Nov. 19, he will be available from 2 until 7 p.m. Computer facilitates research Cray Y-MP gains acceptance at A&M By Todd Swearingen Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M University’s re cently acquired Cray Y-MP super computer has been online for the past couple of months and is al ready assisting faculty and stu dents in conducting valuable re search. Dr. Bahram Nassersharif, di rector of the supercomputing fa cility, said the engineering de partments have been utilizing the machine the most. Nassersharif said that the oceanography and meteorology departments have used the su percomputer to model patterns of global climate, the mechanical engineering department to model fluid dynamics and the chemistry department to conduct work on molecular models. “Right now, we’ve got faculty and graduate students just begin ning to use the machine — there are probably about a half dozen serious users at this point using as much time as they can get on the machine,” Dr. John Dinkel, asso ciate provost for computing and information services, said. The Cray is capable of nearly 300 million calculations per sec ond. Dinkel said that this is about 20 times faster than any of the other computing facilities on campus. “By way of comparison, the machine is probably a 1,000 times more powerful than a Mac (per See Cray/Page 9 •I ll-i - - ; . « it iAlijx ’.OUx.iiuC- L I : ‘ Stand Up. Be Counted. While You Still Have the Choice. 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