Aggie Brigade
A&M seizes second straight victory
in Ranger Challenge Championship
By Douglas Pils
The Battalion
FORT RILEY, KANSAS - Ten
sion mounted as the Texas A&M
Aggie Brigade prepared for its
second run at constructing a one-
rope bridge over a 40-foot wide
ravine. The team of nine had just
completed the task in 1:40 and
needed only to duplicate this run
within seconds of that time to
win the first event of the U.S.
Army Third Region Ranger
Challenge Championship.
A cool, crisp wind was kick
ing up as the Kansas afternoon
crept toward evening when the
starter's gun set the four teams in
motion for a race against the
clock. Rick Taylor, the Aggie
Brigade team leader, charges
through the ravine and up the
opposite side in first place, seem
ingly seconds away from win
ning the event, one in which the
Aggies are expected to win.
Suddenly, the unexpected
jerks the team out of sync. As
Taylor reaches the crest of the
ravine, the slack runs out and
pulls him back into the middle.
The excess rope had tangled,
forcing Taylor to unravel the
mess and make the best of what
seemed like a lost cause.
Within seconds the rope is un
raveled and Taylor is up the oth
er side tying an end-of-the-line
bowline knot to the post that an
chors the line. The rest of the
team quickly traverses its way
across the ravine to finish second
in the heat and third overall in
the eight-team competition.
For the moment the team is
noticeably shaken. It was sup
posed to win the event going
away, but their year-round train
ing taught them to put any dis
appointment behind them and
focus their attention on the re
maining eight events.
The training paid off as the
Aggie Brigade never fell below
third place and in the next to last
event the team moved into first
place. The Aggies pulled away
from the eight-team field in the
10-kilometer road march, the last
event, which included a 25-
Phot courtesy of U.S.Army ROTC
John Donley, right, and Sean Simms secure a line during the one-rope
bridge competition at the U.S. Army Third Region Ranger Challenge
Championship held in Fort Riley, Kansas March 20-22.
pound rucksack on their backs.
"That's one good thing about
our team," said Guy Jones, the
team's Executive Officer (XO).
"Once we finish an event, it
doesn't matter where we fin
ished, we just drive on, looking
ahead. Part of our training in
cludes thinking about what hap
pens next, not what happened
before. Cojne Saturday (the day
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City submits plan to develop Northgate
Proposal entails closing Patricia Street in evening to serve as pedestrian mall
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
The City of College Station presented a plan
for developing the Northgate area by making it
more accessible to traffic to the Texas A&M
University Board of Regents Thursday.
The development involves changing the
main entrance of businesses in the area from
University Drive to Patricia Street.
Elrey Ash, director of development services
for the city, said the Northgate area changes
would enable Patricia Street to be closed to
traffic in the evenings.
"It could possibly be closed off, like a pedes
trian mall," Ash said. "The city owns a lot
back there for parking. If you did that sort of
thing, they (businesses) could utilize that space
as a place for clientele."
Another plan involves a "streetscape" pro
ject designed to beautify the community along
Texas Avenue and major entrances to the city.
The consultants who designed the project
were given two goals: improve the communi
ty's appearance and bring unity to city thor
oughfares, Ash said. "We want to create an
identity for the city through landscaping," he
said,. "It will bring some aesthetic improve
ment to the community."
Ash said the project will create identity at
major entry points to the city, such as near the
overpass on Flighway 6 from Navasota. Some
kind of sign and landscaping could be used to
mark the entrance to the city, he said.
The proposal also includes possibly creating
an area on Texas A&M property for a bicycle
and jogging path along Texas Avenue, be
tween University Drive and George Bush
Drive. On the opposite side of Texas Avnue,
there would be a sidewalk, and possibly a
bikeway.
College Station Mayor Larry Ringer said the.
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Open to all majors and all classifications
A&M Board of Regent
approves dean of
College of Architects
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
Integrating faculty research
into the classroom and providing
a sound university education for
students are two of the goals of
Texas A&M's new Dean of the
College of Architecture.
The appointment of Dr. Walter
Wendler was approved by the
Texas A&M University Board of
Regents on Thursday and takes ef
fect March 28.
Wendler has been at A&M
since 1981, first as an associate
professor of architecture.
Wendler said although he will
probably not have much time for
teaching, he hopes to stay in
volved at some level, most likely
in a seminar setting.
"My primary interest is in the
process of teaching architecture,
especially design," he said.
"Teaching is extremely impor
tant, and this job is extremely im
portant."
Wendler is also involved in re
search, particularly during the last
five years, about teaching and
learning strategies in architectural
design studios.
"We want to have a better un
derstanding of the special nature
of that environment, and hope to
improve the quality of it," he said.
His present research concerns
analyzing conversations between
faculty and students in the design
studio, and better understanding
what is talked about, how and
when it is talked about.
"It's a situation where you're
actively involved in problem solv
ing with students," Wendler said.
"There's not that much research in
this area at a university level."
He said, however, research in
this area is growing, because pro
fessors are trying to understand
the method of teaching in design
studios from an educational per
spective in order to improve it.
Wendler said that when the
College of Architecture bet
the late 1960s, it had somet
that was unique for mostarck
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work A&M has done
its appearance and e
the University, and
wanted to be a part of
I "Our purpose is to
what's been done with
sity and set the tone f
he said.
Another main pr<
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Texas Avenue to three
tural colleges - a researchcjin either direction, plu
and a lot of research actii
Since then, there has been
slant growth in research in
college. Wendler wants to is
research for students.
"It's a problem that faces
colleges," he said. "You l
many faculty that are involva
scholarly research, and yout
to bring that into the classroot
Wendler also wants to# , u - j
sure students - especially ft a * ter t ^ ie r0 P e -. § £
at the undergraduate level
have a sound, general univei
education that will prepare!
for either graduate studies
workplace.
"We want them to getane
cation, expertise and
said.
Wendler said the c
riculum meets University^!
ments, but other courses
could give students a
scope of knowledge, such as ft
over international
In addition to his teaching auii
search expertise, Wendlerbo
the William M. Pena Endo*
Professorship in Informal
Management, which involves
information that architects cot
before they begin to design
jects, such as costs and needs
clients.
Wendler graduated fromh
in 1972 with a B.E.D. degree,
received his master's degree
chitecture in 1975 from thel
versity of California at Berk
He also holds a Ph.D. from
University of Texas in 1991
Before returning to A
1981, Wendler also worked
New York, and in Louisii
where he had an architect!
pracbce and taught.
But Wendler wanted to ret.
to A&M.
"I just like the place so tic
he said^i'Tt's a great uw
and this is a great state."
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