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Monday, April 26,1
A&M yearbook a family tradition for 1994 Aggieland editor
By JENNIFER MENTLIK
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Michelle Kaye, a junior journalism major from Beaumont, poses with
several previous editions of Aggielands. Kaye was selected as the 1994
Aggieland editor.
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would read her father's Aggieland -
Texas A&M's yearbook. So when
she was selected as the 1994 Aggieland editor,
the position seemed to be a natural
progression in her life.
"My dad would show us his Aggieland
and tell us about his life at A&M," she said.
"So when I got this position everything
started to come together."
Kaye, a junior journalism major from
Beaumont, said an Aggieland has been in her
home since before her birth. Her father
attended Texas A&M University as a member
of the Corps of Cadets.
Kaye began her career with the Aggieland
during her sophomore year as a writer. This
year, she is serving as copy editor under the
1993 Aggieland editor, Donna Roth.
Although she plans a few changes for the
1994 yearbook, Kaye believes it is a
traditional book, and she intends to keep it
that way.
"It's very permanent," Kaye said. "It's like
an Aggie Ring. It's something you're going to
have forever."
One of Kaye's main goals is to diversify
the Aggieland staff. She hopes her staff will
exemplify a cross section of the student body
and will be one of the yearbook's strong
points.
"I want to make sure that the Corps
section is properly represented by the Corps
members, that minorities represent
minorities, that Greeks represent Greeks," she
said.
The Aggieland plays an important role in
recording the history of A&M, she said.
"We document things like how tall Bonfire
was, how many people went to this Midnight
Yell, who the parents of the year were," she
said. "Little things like that are going to slip
your mind but you'll want to remember
them. It is the University's diary."
As editor of the largest yearbook in the
country, Kaye's duties will cover nearly every
aspect of publishing and producing the book.
Her responsibilities include selecting and
managing the staff, determining the
yearbook's content and handling the budget
as well as business trips. She traveled
Thursday to Kansas City, Mo. to tour a
publishing plant.
Considering the amount of time Kaye
spends in the Aggieland office, she said it is
equivalent to a full-time job.
"I come in-between classes, before classes,
after classes," she said. "It'd be easier forme
to count the hours I'm not in the office. We
joke about how we're going to put up cots
here, and how I don't need an apartment for
summer because I just live here."
Kaye said too many students don't realize
the amount of work involved in publishing
the yearbook.
"I hear people say 'Well the book doesn't
come out until fall. What are you doing
now?' People don't think we do anything
until September then we put the entire 850-
page book together in one month," she said.
Requirements for editor include
maintaining a 2.0 GPR at the time of
appointment, one year previous experience in
a responsible position on the Aggieland or
comparable yearbook and completion or
registration in Graphics 210.
The Student Publications Board interviews
each candidate before selecting a nominee. E
Dean Gage, senior vice president and
provost, has final approval of the nominee.
Diversity and Equality Coalition
offers political choice to KKK rally
By SHELIA VELA
The Battalion
The Diversity and Equality
Coalition (DEC) held a political
rally Saturday on the steps of
Texas A&M University's
Administration Building to
provide a political alternative to
the Ku Klux Klan rally held in
College Station.
"History shows that protests
and curiosity have sometimes
turned into support for hate
rallies such as the KKK," said
Jeffrey Brown, member of DEC
and senior English and history
major. "This is an alternative
political rally, while
simultaneously getting the word
out what DEC is about."
Brown said the rally was
successful considering the short
notice, and DEC is an informal
volunteer group with no financial
support.
Despite the late start,
approximately 75 people attended
throughout the entire rally which
lasted from 12 to 3:30 p.m.
Members of the Texas A&M
faculty and staff participated at
the rally. Marco Portales, a
professor of English, spoke on
minority issues at A&M; assistant
psychology professor Wendy
Stock, discussed women's issues
and hate groups; and Larry
Hickman, chair of the Faculty
Senate Committee on Minority
Conditions and professor of
philosophy, spoke about minority
statistics.
Whoopstock Unity Fest '93,
which was also held as an
alternative to the KKK rally , and
the DEC rally had the same aim.
They both provided an alternative
to the KKK rally, but the DEC
rally dealt with race issues on
campus while Whoopstock
provided a more social aspect.
"Since the KKK is a political
organization, we wanted to
provide a political rally with a
different side to things," he said.
Ron Going, freshmen political
science major and DEC member,
said the rally provided a forum
for professors and members of
DEC to discuss why the KKK
decided to hold a rally in College
Station.
"The faculty had the
opportunity to speak and share
thoughts of what needs to be done
on campus to make the KKK not
think of us as prime KKK
material," he said.
"We were both on the other
side of the world where the KKK
was," Going said.
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It is important to see a physician and follow the
advice given to recover from an illness. This
includes taking all medication prescribed.
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