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suspects in
shooting death
HOUSTON (AP) — Four sus
pects were being questioned Monday
in connection with the weekend
shooting death of a 15 : year-old boy
during a late-night robbery at a Mc
Donald’s restaurant, police said.
Leshon Reagins was shot in the
back early Sunday when he and two
friends unknowingly interrupted
the robbery, authorities said.
“We have not filed any charges,
but we are interviewing suspects,”
Houston Police Sgt. John Silva said.
Police said Reagins and two teen
age friends entered the north Hous
ton area McDonald’s just before 11
p.m. Saturday. While one friend
went to the restroom, Reagins and a
second teen went to place an order,
but found no one behind the coun
ter or in the customer seating areas.
When Reagins’ friend yelled for
service, police said a man armed
with a pistol and wearing a mask
emerged and told the teen-agers to
leave. As the two boys fled, the sus
pect fired one shot, hitting Reagins
in the back, said homicide Lt. Dale
Atchetee.
Three of the suspects had
rounded up about 10 people, most
of them employees, and forced them
to lie on the floor in the back of the
restaurant, police said. The suspects
took an undetermined amount of
money and fled in a late-model car,
police said.
Fraternity paper fund drive to benefit local charities
A&M builders claim top honors in nation
Student chapter of NAHB receives scholarship, plaque, national recognition
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M student chap
ter of the National Association of
Home Builders was recently se
lected as best NAHB chapter in
the nation.
The chapter was awarded first
place for the first time at the na
tional conference Jan. 18 to 21 in
Atlanta. The chapter received a
$500 scholarship and a plaque for
the reward.
Last year the organizaton re
ceived honorable mention. It also
has been awarded third place in
past years.
Britt Jenkins, president of the
chapter and a senior construction
science major, said the NAHB na
tional office elected a board to
choose the best chapter based on
four criteria: campus activities,
chapter activities, community
services and involvement with the
local chapter.
Each university chapter mails
an application to the national
board in Washington D.C., and
the award is announced at the an
nual national conference.
Jenkins said A&M’s biggest
competitors are Michigan, Loui
siana State University and Brig
ham Young University.
Jenkins said NAHB activities
have included building wheel
chair ramps for the the elderly in
the Bryan-College Station com
munity, a car wash to raise money
for the Atlanta trip, a resume
program for club members and
the Kurten Project.
“The Kurten Project is where
we help the city of Kurten tear
down unneeded buildings and
help them assemble a community
center in place of the old build
ing,” Jenkins said.
Another activity, “Project Pri
de,” involves the students in the
College of Architecture volun
teering their time on weekends to
keep the architecture buildings
clean.
“We volunteer our time to fix
lights, pick up trash and keep the
buildings looking clean because
the buildings are open 24 hours
every day and tend to start
looking bad,” Mike Howard, a se
nior construction science major,
said.
The NAHB student chapter
also is helping the Home Builders
Association (HBA) with a product
show on Feb. 16, 17 and 18 at the
Brazos Center.
Money raised from concessions
will be given to NAHB for its
scholarship fund.
In addition to NAHB’s fund
raising, it will compete in the
Texas Home Show in Houston
Feb. 24 and 25. Four students
were chosen for their carpenter
skills and will compete against
other Texas schools, said Dr.
Larry Grosse, NAHB faculty ad
visor.
The program is sponsored by
the Greater Houston Builders.
Each schools’ team will be given a
list of materials and then have to
construct a playhouse within a
limited amount of time, Grosse
said.
Other competitors include East
Texas State University and the
University of Houston, he said.
The school with the first place
playhouse will raise up to $5000
when the construction is auc
tioned, Grosse said.
With all the activites and fund
raising that NAHB is doing, its
main purpose is to help members
get experience not offered in the
classroom, Jenkins said.
“Our club’s main goal is to fur
ther students’ education because
experience helps you to under
stand what the actual construc
tion process of a project entails,”
Jenkins said.
Howard said the organization
has more interest for construc
tion science majors, but it helps
further networking capabilities in
the architecture field.
Grosse said about 125 mem
bers representing both construc
tion science and environmental
design majors are in the organiza
tion.
By KATHERINE COFFEY
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Growing concerns for the environment
could label the ’90s the decade of conserva
tion, and a Texas A&M social fraternity is
taking the initiative to get involved with the
trend.
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, known as
Fiji, is sponsoring a paper fund drive this
month and hopes to raise $1,000 for the
Brazos Valley Food Bank and United Way,
John Yates, Fiji social service chairman,
said.
“We are helping with the Brazos Valley
United Way and the food bank because we
feel it is a noteworthy cause,” Yates said.
“The United Way and food bank distribute
money to the needy in the community be
cause they know where the needs are. We
just raise the money.”
The fraternity got the idea of the paper
fund drive when some members became in
terested in conservation and thought of dif
ferent social services that could benefit
from the fraternity raising money, Yates
said.
Last semester the Fijis had a mock paper
drive and raised $50, he said. The money
went to help the Brazos Valley Animal Shel
ter.
The paper drive was started this semes
ter when A&M’s Association of Former Stu
dents began collecting papers and giving
them to the fraternity. -
The fraternity has collected additional
papers, and Yates said they already have
raised a good sum of money.
He said the sponsors, who are the Ptar
migan Club, On The Double, Triangle
Bowl and C.C. Creations, are matching
funds raised from the paper drive. The Fi
jis plan to advertise this week for additional
sponsors.
Anyone wanting to donate papers can do
so during on-campus pick-up days, which
are Feb. 28 and March 1 and 2. Tables will
be set up in the Memorial Student Center
for those wanting to drop off any unwanted
papers.
Fiji President Wesley Ward said paper
fund drive efforts are for a really good
cause.
“I feel since I’ve taken office that social
services have become more of our main
purpose,” Ward said.“Even though we have
parties and have fun, we also donate time
and raise money for the needy,” he said.
Yates said that anyone interested in do
nating papers to the drive can contact the
Fiji house at 693-2244 for any questions.
Fraternity members also will be available
to pick up collected papers in Bryan-Col
lege Station.
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