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Academic visions
ROBERT J. REED/The Battalion
The Albritton Bell Tower, in the foreground, outlines the
Academic Building, which was built on the former site of Old
Main, the first building constructed on the Texas A&M campus.
Corps prepares for 14-mile trek
Official calls 'March to the Brazos
largest student fundraiser in U.S
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By Gina Howard
The Battalion
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets is
set once again to hold the largest
student organization fund-raising
event in the nation.
The March to the Brazos is an
annual event conducted by the
Corps to benefit the March of
Dimes and will take place April 4.
The march will begin at the Quad
and travel down Highway 60 to
the Brazos River.
Carolyn Fish, March of Dimes
division director, said it is the sin
gle largest student organization
fund-raising event in the nation,
but the Corps has never received a
lot of praise for their work.
"The March to the Brazos has
been going on for 15 years," Fish
said. "It's been going on quietly,
steadily and with little or no fan
fare. The students haven't been
looking for pats on the back."
The march, which first began in
1911, was originally called the
Hike to the Brazos, said Jim Shel
ton, corps public relations com
mittee chairman.
"It was first used as a military
exercise that lasted for three
days," said Shelton, a junior
biomedical science major. "They
tried to put it on April Fools' Day
to get the students off campus and
to stop pranks. When Worlds
II began, it stopped."
In 1977, the Corps of Cafci TJmn-
brought back the idea, but dr* ^
ed to affiliate it with the
Dimes, he said.
"Since 1977 we have raisl
over $500,000 for MD, and.
goal this year is $60,000," Shei
said. "So far we
$26,000. I'm sure we willrej
our goal."
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just a fundraiser, he said.
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Student Senate passes 'Free Speech' bil
By John Lose
The Battalion
In its last session before student elections,
the Texas A&M Student Senate last night ap
proved a new clause for the University Rules
and Regulations handbook which would pro
hibit intimidation and harassment in the class
room because of political views.
The "Free Speech" bill is in response to the
"political correctness" movement currently af
fecting some college campuses on the east and
west coasts.
"The purpose of the bill is to make the state
ment that A&M will not tolerate this type of
behavior from student groups, faculty or what
ever," said senator Ty Clevenger, who intro
duced the bill.
At a previous session of the Senate, he read
aloud examples of students at other universi
ties who have experienced harassment be
cause their actions or views were not consid
ered politically correct by employees of their
respective universities.
One example was that of a student who was
refused a change in roommates because his
disagreement with his current roommate's ho
mosexuality was not considered politically cor
rect by the university he attended.
Senator Hobby Benavides, however, dis
agreed with the bill, saying it disregards a fun
damental of the political correctness move
ment.
"The idea behind PC is to stop harassment.
It is an anti-harassment movement," he said.
State bans unauthorized roadsigns
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
The Texas Department of
Transportation is enforcing a state
law passed several months ago
which prohibits signs along public
roads unless they are authorized
by state law.
The department always has
had some problems with signs be
cause they interfere with highway
department signs, said George
Boriskie, maintenance engineer
for the Bryan district office of the
Department of Transportation.
"It's quite easy to put signs up
along the highway directing peo
ple to events," he said. "We have
to put up signs for safety and di
recting traffic. People are reading
all kinds of stuff, and it's distract
ing."
Boriskie said the department
has just started sending notices to
people violating the law, and they
will have 30 day£ to remove the
signs themselves. If they fail to do
so, the department will remove
the sign and bill the sign owner
for labor and transportation costs.
"If people don't comply, law
enforcement can issue a citation,"
he said. "All we (the department)
can do is issue a notice."
An offense under the law is a
class C misdemeanor, which car
ries a maximum fine up to $200.
The law defines a sign as being
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Texas A&M Faculty Senate and the Universi|. m . n c
administration. I, u ave
The Senate also approved a list of recoi r ax c
mendations outlining lighting [
around campus, including areas not sufficim
ly lit at night, as well as areas where thelij
ing needs to be repaired. is t j
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By Sharon Gilmore
The Battalion
Texas A&M students can es
cape into the world of science
fiction and fantasy this weekend
at the 23rd annual AggieCon.
"AggieCon is a science fiction
fantasy and horror convention
that deals with literature.
comics, movies, art and anything
that has to do with creativity,
said Cynthia Seitz, co-director of
this year's AggieCon.
Sponsored by the MSC
Cepheid Variable, the conven
tion is the largest of its kind in
the Southwestern United States.
About 1200 to 2000 people usu
ally attend the event, she said.
Thirty professional guests are
invited, including Julius]
Schwartz, former editor of the I
Superman comic books at DC
Comics; David Drake, author of
Hammer's Slammer's series; Bar
bara Hambly, author of the The
Rainbow Abyss and Those Who
Hunt the Night; Real Mus^cave,
former Texas RennaisanceYes’n-
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