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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
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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
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139 MSC. Call David
at 847-2688 for more infonti; consi j eril
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AIESEC: General comirj^h mole
meeting. Anyone interested
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come! 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder
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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.
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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 '
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faculty and student speakers:;! of NAAC
about co-oping and doings; news coni
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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 ^
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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.
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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.
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