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The Battalion
Tuesday, March 23,1995
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Jeff Seale, a sophomore biomedical science major Monday afternoon and washes his bike behind his
from Arlington, takes advantage of the heavy rain apartment at Briarwood.
Stabbing victim still in hospital
Peace Corps to visit A&M
Recruiters search for volunteers interested in helping others
By JENNIFER SMITH
The Battalion
A Texas A&M University
freshman remains in fair
condition Monday at a Galveston
hospital after being stabbed
during last week's spring break
activities on the island.
Christopher T. Shannon, an
electrical engineering freshman,
was stabbed three times in the
chest and once in the upper left
side of his head, said University of
Texas Medical Branch officials.
Shannon was stabbed March 17
at 12:30 p.m. at the Howard
Johnson Motel after he confronted
others accused of beating and
robbing a man outside the hotel.
His friends rushed him to John
Sealy Hospital's trauma center
after the incident.
Officials at UTMB said
Shannon would have died if his
friends had waited for an
ambulance to take him to the
hospital.
No suspects have been arrested
by Monday, but officials with the
Galveston Police Department said
they are seeking a suspect.
Two of Shannon's three chest
wounds were to the heart, and he
was in critical condition when he
was admitted to the hospital,
officials said.
Officials at UTMB said they
have no idea when Shannon will
be released.
By GINA HOWARD
The Battalion
U.S. Peace Corps
representatives today and
Wednesday will recruit Texas
A&M students who are interested
in giving their time and
knowledge in exchange for the
satisfaction of helping others, said
a Peace Corps recruiter.
Ronald Rushing, A&M Peace
Corps recruiter, said he is looking
for qualified seniors and graduate
students to serve as volunteers
with the program.
"We are looking for students
who are adaptive, resilient, and
very open to other cultures and
foods," Rushing said.
Volunteers must be U.S.
citizens, at least 18 years old, have
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a college degree and have
participated in volunteer
activities.
The Peace Corps, the largest
development organization in the
world, teaches in countries who
have requested assistance in
developing agriculture, education,
health, professional and technical
trades.
Volunteers spend two years
and three months overseas
teaching countries to become self-
sufficient.
Rushing said the Peace Corps
gives volunteers the opportunity
to gain valuable experience while
helping others.
"It's an excellent entry level
position and really helps with
competitiveness (in the job
market)," he said. "Also, many
graduate programs look favorably
on the Peace Corps. It's an
incredible cultural experience."
The Peace Corps covers
volunteer expenses including
travel, living, medical and dental
as well as a $5,400 end-of -service
bonus. In addition, some
participants may receive a
deferment and partial forgiveness
of student loans.
Currently, 6,000 Peace Corps
volunteers are serving in 65 job
areas around the world.
Peace Corps recruiters will
have an information table Mar. 23
and 24 in the MSC from 9 a.m.
until 3 p.m. A slide show will be
presented tonight at 7 p.m. in 502
Rudder Tower and interviews will
be conducted by appointment
only Mar. 24. Contact Ronald
Rushing at 845-5499 for more
information.
Two students
die in wrecks
during break
Ashley Randolph Turner,
a sophomore chemical
engineering major from
Kingwood, was killed
March 13 in a car accident
Turner was 19 years old.
Lauren Elizabeth Brandt,
a freshman psychology
major, was killed in a car
accident during spring
break.
Brandt, 19 years old, was
from Spring, Texas.
Both of these students
will be honored at the April
6 Silver Taps ceremony
along with other A&M
students who have died
within the past month.
proposed cuts will mean fewer ROTC undergraduate scholarships.
Although fewer ROTC scholarships will be granted, Haraway said
the Corps can attract many scholarship recipients because A&M's
ROTC program provides features uncommon to other universities and
military academies.
"The Corps has made leaps and bounds in the
ways they handle females."
-Mark Haraway, Corps commander
"At A&M, we've got military academy discipline and we also offer
the variety of a major university," he said. "If we point this out, our
ROTC program will sell itself."
Along with increasing overall Corps enrollment, Haraway said he
hopes female enrollment will also increase. He said more females will
join the Corps because male attitudes towards female cadets are chang
ing.
"Today, few people in the Corps hold the attitude that females
shouldn't be in the Corps," he said. "The Corps has made leaps and
bounds in the ways they handle females."
Haraway said one of his roles is to educate the Corps and try "to in
still a sense of progressivism" towards its acceptance of females.
"The only way to have a successful groups of females is if there is
enough of them, he said. "We must recruit and retain females."
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