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The Battalion and two of its
staff members brought home five
awards from the 1989 regional
Mark of Excellence competition
for student journalists sponsored
by the Society of Professional
Journalists.
The Battalion received second
place for best all-around daily
student newspaper, competing
with student newspapers in the
Texas and Oklahoma regions.
Dean Sueltenfuss was honored
with three awards: first place for
in-depth reporting, second place
for feature writing and third
place for column writing.
Fred D. Joe received third
place for feature photography.
The honors were presented at
the Sigma Delta Chi Awards in
Journalism conference in Tulsa,
Okla., May 6.
All two- and four-year colleges
and universities were eligible for
the Mark of Excellence awards,
which are considered the most
prestigious in the country for stu
dent journalists, Regional Direc
tor Ira Perry said.
Sueltenfuss’ in-depth report
ing entry will advance to the na
tional contest and winners will be
announced during SPJ’s national
convention in Louisville, Ky. in
October.
“I am proud of the effort of
our students,” Randy Hines, stu
dent publications manager, said.
“These awards are just a symbol
of the quality of their everyday
performance
Health center closes
The A.P. Beutel Health Center
losed Monday reopening June 1 at
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Emergency Medical Service
:eased ambulance operations Sun-
lay. Service resumes June 2 at 7 a.m.
In case an emergency requires an
imbulance during this time, dial
)911 from campus to reach the Col-
ege Station Fire Department.
Senate passes ‘refrained’ Corps integration resolution
Cadet Smith first woman to receive
Corps ’ distinguished Doherty A ward
for outstanding graduating member
Maureen Smith is the first woman to re
ceive the Doherty Award recognizing the
outstanding graduating member of the
Corps of Cadets.
She received the award during ceremo
nies on Albritton field in front of 105 grad
uating cadets as she prepared to be commis
sioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air
Force.
The award, which includes a cash prize of
$3,000, is gfiven annually to a senior cadet
who has completed eight semesters in the
Corps and has received a bachelor’s degree
by commencement time.
The recipient must maintain a high grade
point average while exemplifying “Aggie
spirit” and earning the respect and trust of
the student body.
After a nomination process, the candidate
is chosen by a committee made up of the
University president, the president of the
Former Students Association, the Comman
dant of Cadets, and two members selected by
the University president.
Smith is a geology graduate from Lufkin
who maintained a 3.72 GPR while serving as
commander of Squadron 14 during her se
nior year.
By HOLLY BECKA
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M Faculty Senate members
passed a “reframed” resolution appointing a
committee to advise President William Mob
ley on the progress toward full integration of
women in the Corps of Cadets.
At the Faculty Senate’s April meeting, the
resolution was sent back to committee so it
could be revised with “more positive” word-
ing-
Patricia Alexander, chairwoman of the sta
tus of women committee, said the updated
resolution is stronger and will create change.
“It will assure women have the same
choices and opportunities as their male coun
terparts in the Corps,” she said.
Alexander said a committee appointed to
the president will make sure students are
treated on an equal basis.
The resolution states the Corps limits
women in their choice or assignment to out
fits on the basis of their gender, but doesn’t
limit men in their choices.
The resolution calls upon University offi
cials to remedy these “institutional restric
tions” through policies and procedural
changes.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling, Corps com
mandant, said he is an avid supporter of
women in the Corps and equal opportunity
but doesn’t want to force the issue.
“(Full integration) is in our goals and our
strategic plan, but realistically, time is what is
needed,” he said. “The president doesn’t
need any more advisers.”
In an interview after the meeting, Darling
said he is concerned that moving too quickly
with Corps integration could prove detri
mental. He said female cadets are needed at
sophomore, junior and senior levels in an
outfit before women can choose outfits, like
the committee of the status of women would
like.
“Men don’t even choose what outfit they
are in,” Darling said. “A lot of assigning is
done according to the number in the outfit
and other factors.”
Darling said Corps-member retention is
high among his priorities. He said he’s afraid
a high attrition rate will result if a lone
woman is placed into an all-male unit.
“We don’t have the hourly supervision like
at the academies for this,” he said.
During discussion about the resolution,
Victor Willson, a senator representing the ed
ucational psychology department, said if inte
gration were a matter concerning any other
organization than the Corps it would be cut
and dry.
“I don’t see why the Corps of Cadets is
granted this exemption,” he said.
At least seven Corps units will be inte
grated during Fall 1990 and all former sepa
rate female units will be integrated.
Mobley will decide whether he wants the
advisory committee.
Local businesses stop taking checks
By JAMES M. LOVE
Of The Battalion Staff
• For more than two years many Northgate area busi
nesses have stopped accepting checks before the close
of the spring semester and will not take them again un
til summer school starts.
According to many managers of Northgate busi
nesses, graduating students and those just leaving for
the summer are hard to find if they write a hot check.
Because of this, many businesses find it easier not to
accept checks during the end of the spring semester.
The Cow Hop quit accepting all checks April 10.
Cow Hop owner Jim McGuire said the restriction has
cost him some loss in sales, but he believes it is the best
decision.
“If a $3 check comes through here and bounces, my
bank charges me $8,” McGuire said. “And if we are un
able to find who wrote it, we’re out $5.”
Jean Rohren, the manager of the Flying Tomato,
says the business usually quits accepting checks at the
end of every semester.
Rohren said graduating students often close their ac
counts and don’t realize they have outstanding checks
when they leave town.
“I don’t think students actually mean to write the hot
checks,” she said. “I think it just happens when they
loose track of their account.”
Y.S. Puh, owner of the Deli Shop, says he gets very
few hot checks, but that it gets very bad just before sum
mer vacation starts.
“We don’t quit accepting checks at the end of every
semester, just before the summer,” Puh said.
The A&M Steak House also has taken a stand against
the situation by wielding a sign on its front door that
states the no-check policy effective until the beginning
of summer school.
On the other hand, some establishments have found
solutions to the problem.
The Burger Boy has continued accepting checks de
spite the increase in check returns.
George Sopasakis, owner of the Burger Boy, charges
check writers an additional 25 cents to account for
losses.
Sopasakis said it is expensive to track down students
See Checks/Page 4
Stout elected speaker
The Texas A&M Faculty Sen
ate elected Bill Stout as speaker
and Peter Hugill as deputy
speaker during its final meeting
Monday.
Stout, a professor of agricultu
ral engineering specializing in
management of agricultural sys
tem, served as deputy speaker
during the Faculty Senate’s sev
enth session.
Hugill, a senator representing
the geosciences college, was chair
man of the academic affairs com
mittee for two and a half years be
fore serving as the Senate’s
secretary/treasu rer.
Carlton Stolle, an accounting
professor in the college of busi
ness administration, will serve as
Faculty Senate’s secretary/trea-
surer during the 1990-91 school
year.
Stolle was a member of the
core curriculum oversight sub
committee and secretary to the
academic affairs committee for
the Senate’s seventh session.
Executive committee members
are Patricia Alexander, with the
educational curriculum and in
struction department; Gary Hal
ter, with the political science de
partment; H. James Price, with
the soil and crop sciences depart
ment; John Quarles, with the
medical microbiology and immu
nology department; William
Smith, with the statistics depart
ment; amd J. Benton Storey, with
the horticulture department.
Eighteen new senators also
were installed during Monday’s
meeting.
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