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Wednesday, April 17,1991 The Battalion Page 3 opinion nink drivers, •king would 'havior it is, ns Lilian than 100 i the record ty Statement :riminationas ident Mobley ed by the iination-Free >age artide iry Monday ful of fair and not just uals are not ft( •use on been the of our moral uetobe 1 special we need beS ryone. ’.xasA&M n. ass can benefit? g on welfare rerica has ie end of i early 19® es that the d roughly al i chosen no follow, IW nits contend ve illuming )n the ss. This ore; : individual saret or electri^ y Ni!« jps 1 ' \ «/ We asked and you said ... Do you approve of the new anti-harrassment and discrimination policy at A&M? Faye Comingore Sophomore — Biology Bandera Electrical Engi- s 'ot "It's perfect It's not only ethnic group, being discriminated against, there's a lo of gender discrimination and a lot of dis crimination with homosexuals." Khwaja Rahman Graduate student neering Bangladesh "I think the previous policy is better. / don't know what they mean by 'illegal discrimination.' Does that mean there will be some discrimination legally?" Denise Hickey Senior — Architecture New Jersey "1 don't think we ought to discriminate against people based on race, religion or anything because that's personal prefer ence. I approve of the new policy." Sheila Guinn Senior—Business Analysis Dallas "They need to explain what illegal dis crimination is because that could mean anything. They could go back and say they didn't mean it to protect gender or race. I don't agree with this." Phuong Tran Freshman — Bioengineering Port Arthur "I think we need to protect everybody against discrimination. They should change it back so there's no ambiguous language in it." Dr. Jim Morris English professor "I'm in favor of a strong policy on cam pus. I'm sure the Faculty Senate would respond properly to the problem. I think the feeling behind the new policy is good. It doesn't make a particular differ ence to specify groups." Dr. James Clingermayer Political science professor "I prefer the new policy. 1 doubt in a di rect way it will make a great deal of dif ference in terms of hiring and tenure de cisions. In indirect ways it would send signals about what is proper behavior. I'm glad Dr. Mobley made the change he Gerlane Jacob Junior —- French Brazil "I don't think anyone should be discrim inated against on the basis of gender, sex or race. I think the new policy will be effective." Phone line use down editor says By Twila Waddy The Battalion BATTIPS was flying high last year, but this semester The Bat talion's phone line for story ideas is strug gling. BATTIPS, which was implemented last summer, was used more regu larly during the summer and fall, but spring editor Lisa Robertson said BATTIPS rarely is used now. "People still call in, but we get fewer responses now than when the program was first implemen ted," Robertson said. "It is partly our fault because we used to publish the phone number every day, then the paper became smaller because of increased ad vertising." BATTIPS is an answering ma chine where callers can leave their name, number and story idea. The phone number is 845- 3315. "BATTIPS was set up to feedback from students on wf they felt about stories," she said. "But now it is primarily used to get more input from the students and faculty on campus stories that we would not know about." Robertson said it is important for callers to leave a phone num ber so they can be contacted for more information. BATTIPS was started by Mon ique Threadgill, editor of The Battalion in the summer. "I came up with the idea of BATTIPS because many newspa pers have information lines where you can call in and find out about news," Threadgill said. "I thought it would be ben eficial to let our readers call in See BATTIPS/Page 10 Texas A&M Blood Drives A Tradition Since 1959 Year Pints Given Deferrals 1959 392 n/a I960 275 n/a 1961 177 n/a 1962 205 n/a 1963 605 162 1964 564 304 1965 503 292 1966 550 190 ^512G Texas A&M University blood drives wilh The Blood Center at Wadley have been an Aggie tradition since 1959. Dr. David R. Fitch, a 1942 A&M graduate and A&M Finance professor, started the Aggie blood drives in 1959 when he went looking for a charitable project. The annual blood drives with Wadley soon grew into The A&M Blood Club — covering the blood needs of Aggie students, faculty, staff, alumni, former students, and all their families. Wadley can send blood credits for any Aggie who needs it to any participating hospital in the U.S. To claim any blood credits from the A&M Blood Club, just call the Student Government secretary Harriet Montgomery. 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