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State & Local Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday, Februai rc COMA lauds African-Americans What's Up By Tanya Sasser The Battalion Black History Month continues to raise awareness of blacks and their accomplishments through out history, a Committee celebrates history, culture of blacks in America to organize a "step show" to in clude the black fraternities and WEDNESDAY co-adviser for the Committee on Multicultur al Awareness said. A variety of events have been planned for February as part of Texas A&M's celebra tion of these accomplishments. Joellen Newman, co-adviser of COMA, hopes this month's events * will help people appreciate blacks and their contributions to Ameri can culture. "There are a lot of things African-Americans invented that people don't know about," she said. "For example, peanut butter and the gas mask." Dub Oliver, co-adviser for COMA, hopes appreciation of blacks wills continue after the month is over. "This is a celebration of their history," Oliver said. "Their ac complishments are overlooked or sometimes not realized. I think it should be a continual process, but Black History Month should help highlight their contributions." COMA will have a booth at the northeast entrance of the MSC be ginning next week. The display honoring a few of the many inven tions blacks contributed to society will stand for two weeks. Also, a video will be shown each Thursday for the remainder of the month as part of the Black History Month video series. This series is sponsored by the Depart ment of Multicultural Services. Newman said COMA is trying sororities. "It will be almost like a dance routine where they try to out-do each other with the steps they do," she said. Newman said COMA will sponsor a showing of "The Long Walk Home" on Feb. 17 in Rud der. "There wasn't as much turnout as we had hoped for the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration," she said. "I think maybe a lot of peo ple didn't know about it. We hope the turnout for the movie will be better." A complete list of events planned for Black History Month is available at the Department of Multicultural Services in the MSC. FLORICULTURE, ORNAMEN TAL HORTICULTURE CLUB: General meeting, guest lecture, Robert Taylor from Nortex Nurs ery. New members welcome, ski trip sign-up deadline. 7 p.m. in 102 Horticulture Building. Call 775-6008 for more information. A&M MAGIC CLUB: Qei meeting open to all magician newcomers. 8:30 p.m. to1j| in |HOU‘ 139 MSC. Call David at 847-2688 for more infonti; consi j eril tioii of a AIESEC: General comirj^h mole meeting. Anyone interested I Ste ver come! 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder up to life aggravah ■id. Bui State Dis CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSO CIATION: Meeting discussing in ternational week and upcoming party. New members welcome. 7 p.m. in the basement of Bizzell Hall West. Call Tim at 754-6745 or Nicholette at 696-7398. ENGufFpdden, TAMU DEPT/INKSHED PRESS: pff , S ? n \ e safcl last v reading by poet Susan 1 gnnted 11 professor at Rice University, cation if ] Rider, horse capture world championship A&M student cuts his way to victory A.S.M.E.: Lunch Speaker Meet ing: A presentation on the econo my and job market for engineers. 11:30 a.m. in 301 ENPH BLDG (office side). p.m. in 150 Blocker. Callji April 24 cl 3452 for more information, f. 1 1 1 ' 8 ' ■Morecedei f Mrtunity lack mal< . Resident faculty and student speakers:;! of NAAC about co-oping and doings; news coni ups for helping at the high 1 ! By Jayme Blaschke TheBattalion A Texas A&M student will be named World Cutting Horse Champion when the Na tional Cutting Horse Association presents its national awards this weekend at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston. Jeff Smith, a junior agriculture business ma jor, will receive his award Friday night in the horse arena adjacent to the Astrodome. The actual competition involves the horse as much as the rider. Smith said. Riders have two and a half minutes to ride into a herd of cattle, and separate a single cow. Once the cow is separate, the rider leaves the rest of the work to the horse, which keeps the cow from rejoining the herd, he said. Once the cow turns away, the rider is free to go after another one. "Usually you separate two to three cattle during your allotted time, while a judge watches," Smith said. "The judge scores you on a scale of 60-80 points, with several penal ties thrown in. "If a cow gets away from you, that's a five point penalty," he said. "The horse does most of the work, though." The competition among cutting horse riders is very intense and goes year-round. Smith said. He competed against hundreds of riders from California to Mississippi throughout 1991 to win the World Championship. "From January 1 to December 31, there are cutting horse shows every weekend all across the country, with people from all states com peting," Smith said. "The person with the most victories at the end of the year is the champion. "Everyone across the country competes ev ery week, so if you miss a weekend you're be hind, and might not be able to catch up," he said. "Once someone gets ahead of you, he's got an edge." The sport originated in the old west, when cowboys used the the technique to single out sick or injured animals from the main herd. Smith said. Although it is still used on ranches today, competition has become popular. TAMU RUSSIAN CLUB: General meeting and to talk about ISA pro ject. 6:30 p.m. in 208 ACAD. conference. Also, don’t rorgeiMat Steve last day to turn in your rest- tween his for the resume file. 6:30 pi 342 Zachry. Call Jennifer atfi 4159 for more information. "A family friend introduced me to it in 1987, and I began competing in 1989," he said. "There isn't a cutting horse club here, because this area's really not that involved in it. PROGRAM FIVE HONOR SOCI ETY: General meeting. Every one who is a Program Five partici pant is invited to attend and help us plan activities for this semester. 5:30 p.m in 224 Aca demic Building. Call Jana Stanley at 696-2666 or Yamoria Miller at 847-2231 for more information. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOS: PHY AND HUMANITIES-MU SECTION AND THE OPI STARK SERIES: Brown I Concert - Susan McDonald, c®' s irratioi sical guitar. 12:30 p.m, inti ioney sail. Academic. Call Rebecca I at 845-3355 for more informafe "It's really a word of mouth sport, because the closest professional trainers are in Fort Worth," Smith said. "It's pretty fun though, and a lot of people have been doing it for a long time." Agency declares 1992 as 'The Year of the Gulf PRE-LAW SOCIETY: Mr. Joseph Conboy, Associate Dean of Texas Tech School of Law, will be speaking. Everyone welcome! 8:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Call Suzie Rampmeier at 776-4266 for more information. TEXAS A&M CLUB (TAMSCC): Car Show a.m. to 4 p.m. at the MSC. Cal Bill at 693-8001 for more inform tion. General meeting along willi trophies to be awarded forIhe las! Auto Cross. 7 p.m. in601 Rud der. Call Terry or Case^ at7T6-|l ronser p J ’ the oppos 6045 for mpre information. <• ^ f j )c ^ more than move it." I Comm Boney alsr McSpaddt lonsiderin I Butler, he would sentenced "It's ir iomebodj nanity, 1 igainst tht But 3urns and SPORTS CM ^ssociatio of Colore< n crime. "It's a munity d ponsible den said. INAACP si BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Gulf of Mexico may be "America's Sea," but to many Americans it is a forgotten one. "People don't stop to think about the Gulf of Mexico," said Kerry Kirschner, director of mar keting and development at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sara sota, Fla. "They've heard of New York Harbor and Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes," she said, "but for the most part we have pretty much been ignored." Kirschner hopes to change that perception and win national sup port for measures to clean up and protect the gulf with a public rela tions campaign built on the slogan "America's Sea — Keep it Shin- ing." He developed the campaign with a $40,000 planning grant from the Environmental Protec tion Agency's Gulf of Mexico Pro gram to coincide with the designa tion of 1992 as The Year of the Gulf. "Hopefully, every year is the year of the gulf," Kirshner told the program's Policy Review Board at a recent meeting in Biloxi. It may have to be. Lack of money and a late start could mean parts of the promo tional effort will spill over into 1993, said EPA Atlanta Regional Director Greer Tidwell, the board's co-chairman. Some of it may never happen. The Policy Review Board has asked federal agencies participat ing in the gulf program and the five Gulf Coast states to contribute a total of $1.2 million. Kirshner also has proposed raising private money through corporate spon sors to bring the campaign's bud get to more than $4 million, but 1992 is here already and those dol lars are not. While public relations may ap pear frivolous compared to other spending priorities, commercial fisherman Dewey Destin believes it may be more helpful than regu latory' measures that he says are almost impossible to enforce. "I think a lot of the problem could be solved with a simple change in attitude by the people who live around and work on the gulf: have respect, don't throw the trash overboard, don't throw the stuff off the oil rigs," said Destin, also a city councilman in the Flori da Panhandle town named for his family. Gulf officials hope President Bush will give the campaign na tional exposure with a public cere mony to kick it off in Feb. or March and that Mexico will partic ipate to make it an international effort. LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL: Club social — bowl ing and lots of fun! 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Wolfpen Bowling. Call Stacey at 693-1687 for more in formation. ■: wmosfvicfir MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: We will discuss upcoming events such as intramural softball, trips to Blue Bell and Messina Hof plus we will have student speakers on research credit! 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. BRITISH AGGIES: Poolr. conversation. If you are inters-1 ed in British culture oryouareL from Britain, come on out Evefj ! one is welcome. 8:30 p.m.a! Hornback’s Pool Hall. Call Mai) Ann at 847-0652 for more infoi- mation. TAU KAPPA: General meeting 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder. See More What’s Up/Page 8 The Battalion US PS 045-360 Ttie Battalion is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, holidays, exam periods, and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters; publication is Tuesday through Friday during the summer session. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77840. 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