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Clinic offers riding lessons
for handicapped children
SANDRA M. ALVARADO/The Battalion
Sitting atop ”Binkie," Jamie Everett, 6, of and Jenni Jorgensen, both members of the
College Station proudly holds up his Horsemen’s Association, guide the horse
participation ribbon while Sandy Murrell (left) around Louis Pearce Pavillion.
By ROBIN GOODPASTER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
T A Taving both of his hands
1/1/ wildly in the,air and
r V wearing a huge smile
on his face, J.C. Moreland has fi
nally learned to enjoy riding a
horse. '
It didn't used to be that way.
"Last year, it took us two
hours to get him on the horse,
and he got off really fast," said
Rebecca Farmer, chairman of the
committee for the Special Stu
dents Riding Clinic. "But now.
we can't seem to get him off the
horse."
During the clinic, handi
capped children are given the
opportunity to ride horses while
assisted by members of the rid
ing committee. The clinic is held
three weekends each semester.
"They really enjoy it because
it is something that they can do
all by themselves," Farmer said.
"Their parents spend a lot of
time taking care of them, and
this Is something that the kids
can do themselves," Farmer
said.
Fliers are sent to the area
special education classes so that
students are aware of the clinic.
Farmer said.
At the clinic, the students ride
the horses and play games like
musical cones and Aggie Says —
a game like Simon Says.
Every student receives a blue
ribbon.
Chris Palasota, a student a
Bryan High School said that he
likes the horses to go fast, and
that he wasn't scared because he
has ridden before.
The clinic is sponsored by the
Horseman's Association at
Texas A&M.
Aggies could sway vote, chairman says
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most analysts figure George Bush has to win
Texas to regain the White House.
Recent polls say Bush has a slight lead, and if he
does narrowly grab the Lone Star State's 32 electoral
votes, credit may land squarely in Aggieland, where
Texas A&M University College Republicans have
helped register thousands of voters.
"I'm very thrilled with the numbers there," says
Tony Zagotta, national chairman of the College Re
publicans. "I believe if Texas is a close state, it's go
ing to be Republican students who give the margin
of victory to George Bush."
A&M is "definitely the crown jewel for us,"
Zagotta said. He said Republicans have registered
more students at A&M than at any other school he
knows of.
Aggie Republicans claim they have helped register
some 20,000 of A&M's about 43,000 students this
summer and fall.
"Everyone here is very staunch Republican," says
sophomore Philip Peter, a conservative students
who registered to vote when he returned to campus
this fall.
"Everyone is a little worried that maybe their
vote's really going to count this time. I know that's
the vv^y I feel," he said after attending a recent Dan
Qua)de rally that drew 8,000 students.
Bush challenger Bill Clinton's MTV appearance
and his sunglass-wearing saxophone serenade on the
Arsenio Hall show may have won him fans among
American youth at other colleges. But at A&M,
where tastes often run more to crew cuts and uni
forms, many were unimpressed.
The Republicans were the driving force behind the
registration of some 17,000 students in 1990, a com
parable number in 1988 and even more in 1984, said
Phil Meuret, president of A&M's College Republi
cans.
This year's Aggie registration claims are difficult
to verify.
De Parker, deputy registrar for Brazos County,
said nearly 13,000 people have been registered in the
county since a mid-August purge of voting rolls.
However, the registration applications are not classi
fied by party preference or whether the voter is a
student, she said.
The total number of eligible voters countywide
stood at 60,915 as of Oct. 8, with about 1,000 applica
tions left to process, Ms. Parker said.
See Aggie/Page 6
Greek Week comes to close
Festivities end with awards ceremony; final thoughts focus on PI
By TANYA SASSER
Staff Writer of THE BATTALION
Texas A&M Greeks need to overcome
stereotypical images in order to change the way they
are viewed on campus, said Student Activities
Adviser Jan Paterson Sunday in the Memorial
Student Center.
Paterson spoke at the Greek Week awards
ceremony, encouraging students to concentrate on
public relations as a way to improve the reputation
of the Greek system.
"You need to concentrate on P.R. instead of
publicity," she said. "P.R. is an effort to create, in
people's minds, an image."
Greek Week provides a good opportunity for
Greeks to improve their image on campus and in the
community, Paterson said.
"You need to be willing to invest your resources,"
she said. "You have to invest time, personnel and
money. You need to work on this both within the
system and as individual chapters."
Paterson said it is easier to gain a negative image
than a positive one.
"What one of your chapters does, reflects back on
Habitat for Humanity starts 4th house
lege Station, will be requiredi:
pay for the house on a non-profit
no-interest basis over a fixedtiffi
period.
Families are selected fortk
Habitat for Humanity prop
based on their level of need,wf
ingness to become partnered
ability to repay the loan.
The goal of the organization!
to eliminate poverty housingfroi
the world and to make deceit 1
shelter a matter of conscience aid I
action, according to graduate* f
dent Steve Moiles, a membeiJ I
the Texas A&M chapter.
The newly reorganized All |
chapter works in affiliationri E
the Bryan-College Station chapte j
of Habitat for Humanity Intern f
tional, which now haslOOap
proved applicants on file.
The Texas A&M chapter hope
to have enough moneytostaf
and finish four houses with chap
ter funds by the spring.
"Right now we're doing wart
ups — repairing roofs andliel[
ing people in need fixupthei
homes," Moiles said.
"We don't have enough moir
ey to build a house on ourow
yet, but we're trying to raisi
funds to build more houses.On
goal is to raise enough moneylt
build a house on our own,with
out the help of the affiliate."
The chapter plans to holdfii
raisers to raise money, and would
like to funnel money fromofc
organizations' fund raisers folk
chapter's projects.
The chapter would also liketo
get more students involved with i
the program.
"We've gotten to a lotoffresh
men already, but notalotofup
perclassmen," Moiles saii
"Hopefully our projects willgd
more upperclassmen involved.'
"Anyone can do whatwe'ic
doing," he said. "It's been done)!
other universities, and 1 know#
can do it."
By CHERYL HELLER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M chapter of
Habitat for Humanity, an interna
tional non-profit organization that
helps build homes for the under
privileged, is currently building
its fourth house in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area.
Willie Smith, a single man with
several children, is the most re
cent recipient of a home built by
the organization. The cost of the
house is about $26,000 and Smith,
an employee of Cafe Eccell in Col-
SANDRA M. ALVARADO/Thc Battalion
Habitat for Humanity volunteer Robert Gutierrez stands on
stilts as he “tapes” the corners where the walls and ceiling meet
in one of the bedrooms of Willie Smith’s future home.
every one of you," she said. "But the negatiwl
generally what you hear about."
Greeks need to make an extra effort to prcrl
themselves to the administration and faculty!
A&M, Paterson said. They should make sure cl
activities and behaviors are not disruptive tot!
academic process.
Paterson is proud of the changes aiJ
accomplishments that have taken place withinfii I
Greek system within the past few years.
"When I look at this group, I can't imagine tluj
anyone would feel badly about our Greek System’
she said. "You're responsible adults. Youcondit
yourselves well, and you're intelligent. Youjiis
need to do a better job of shining your light."
The Greeks raised over $5,000 duringGred
Week, which will be donated through the Uniltt
Way to the Brazos Valley Boys and Girls Qubs,sail
Ken Monk, president of Order of Omega.
Virginia Sanders, director of Greek Week,said4(
Greeks wanted to donate the proceeds from Grtd
Week to a local organization this year.
"We knew the United Way was very big,"sit
said. "We wanted to do something that III
community could see."
The Battalion
ATLANTIS TILLMAN, Editor in Chief
STEVE O’BRIEN, Managing Editor
JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor GARY CARROLL, City Editor
MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports
HEIDI SAUER, News Editor Editor
TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor
Editor RICHARD S. JAMES, Photo Editor
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Reporters — Melody Dunne, Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Brandi Jordan, Cheryl Heller, Tanya
Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski, Monique
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News desk — Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlik, David Thomas, Lance
Holmes, Lauri Reysa and Jennifer Smith.
Photographers — Darrin Hill, Jenny Matlack, Randy Nichols, Sandra Alvarado, Billy Moran,
Jennifer Lockard, Ricardo S. Garcia and Robert Reed.
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Sports writers— K. Lee Davis, Michael Plumer, Don Norwood and Ruly Medrano.
Columnists — Anthony LoBaido, Stacy Feducia, Dwayne Purvis, Shawn Ralston, Matt
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40,000 children die of malnutrition daily
1 in 7 children in Texas go to bed hungry
WHY?
MSC Great Issues presents:
'ZV&tM ‘2{/ee&
October 12-16
"World Hunger:
A Battle with Many Fronts"
Panel Discussion
Fri., Oct. 16
11-2, Rudder 308
"Nutrition: Linking
Food, Health, and
Development"
featuring experts in many fields
at A&M and film on the eradication
of nutritional blindness
National Teleconference
Opportunities available to
phone in questions to the panelists.
What can I do?
Canned Food Drive October 12-16
Drop off sites across campus and at Southside Quad.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2:30 PM-Sponsored by APO Service Organization
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