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Vol. 92 No. 154 (8 pages) 1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Wednesday, June 9,1993
Student Regent bill could return
By JASON COX
The Battalion
Twenty-two and counting.
The controversial Student Regent Bill, which died
in the Texas House of Representatives last month af
ter being introduced for the 22nd time, may be down
but is not necessarily out, say state legislators and
University officials.
The bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Jim Turner
(D-Crockett), calls for the creation of a non-voting
student seat on each university system's board of re
gents. Because the measure was scheduled late in
the legislative calendar, lawmakers adjourned be
fore a vote could be taken.
Why the bill is having so much trouble being ap
proved by the legislature is what Jay McCullough, an
official with Turner's office, called "the million dollar
question." McCullough said some regents might be
uneasy with the idea of a student representative who
wouldn't be able to serve the usual six-year term.
"If I were a member of the Board, I might think,
here is a student that is only going to be here for a
limited time and is going to try and change how we
think," he said.
McCullough applauded the work of student dele
gations in getting the bill further through the ap
proval process than it's been in over 20 years and
said it would be a "strong bet" that the bill would
come up in the next legislative session.
Brian Walker, Texas A&M student body presi
dent, said it was unfortunate that the bill was set so
late on the calendar, but the response it received dur
ing the session was positive.
Walker said there was a concern about confiden
tiality in the meetings, but legislators were support
ive of the bill when it was decided the student
See Student/Page 4
A&M student found drowned
Death first of two weekend drownings at Lake Somerville
By JENNIFER SMITH
The Battalion
The body of a Texas A&M
University student who
drowned Saturday at Lake
Somerville was found Monday
night.
Zhen Liang Xu, a 30 year-old
soil and crop science graduate
student, was reported missing at
5:30 p.m. Saturday, said Dpt.
Hugo Heinz, a Somerville police
officer.
"He was swimming with
some friends and he wandered
off in the water too far," Heinz
said. "He just went under."
Heinz said that when the dis
appearance was reported, a res
cue team immediately started to
look for Xu.
"Divers were called in, but
their efforts were fruitless," he
said.
Xu's death was the first of two
drownings this weekend at Lake
Somerville. The body of a
Brushy Creek man was found
Tuesday. Heinz said the second
drowning occurred when the
man fell out of his boat into the
water.
Before this weekend. Lake
Somerville had not had any
drowning incidents for almost
two years, Heinz said.
Heinz said Lake Somerville
doesn't have a severe undertow
or any other hazards that would
be likely to drown someone.
"It's just an unfortunate oc
currence," he said.
Xu was working towards his
doctorate degree and also
See Drowning/Page 4
Workin' at the car wash
STACY RYAN/The Battalion
Larissa Kozlova (left) and Natasha Davidyuk, for a trip to Colorado next week. Today they will
college students from Russia visiting the United continue the car wash from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. at the
States for the summer, wash cars to raise money Jack In The Box at 1504 Texas Ave.
University works to recruit women,
overcome all-male school reputation
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Texas A&M University has yet
to mirror the 1990 census, which
reported a slightly higher number
of women than men in the United
States, according to a spring 1993
semester summary of enrollment
from the Office of the Registrar.
In 1990, there were 121 million
men (49 percent) and 127 million
women (51 percent) in the United
States. In 1993, A&M had 23,592
men (58 percent) and 16,848
women (42 percent) enrolled in
spring semester classes.
Dr. Nikki Van Hightower, as
sistant director of University Rela
tions, said A&M is still trying to
overcome its reputation as an all
male military school.
"There's definitely a reason
women are not coming to Texas
A&M in the same numbers as
men," Van Hightower said.
"Women, like minorities, have to
live with the same tradition that
this school once excluded them."
Texas A&M was established as
a military institution in 1876. In
1963, wives and daughters of stu
dents, professors, faculty and staff
were admitted to Texas A&M on a
limited basis. In 1965, member
ship in the Corps of Cadets be
came voluntary. By 1971, women
were being considered for admis
sion under the same qualifications
as men.
After almost 100 years of being
an all-male military school, A&M
is working to match national sta
tistics.
"I think that when you are
coming out of a history of exclu
sion, you need to send out a posi
tive message," Van Hightower
said. "There are great opportuni
ties for women here, and we want
women at this University."
Many colleges within Texas
A&M have almost an equal num
ber of men and women represent
ed.
In the colleges of general stud
ies and science, men outnumber
women only slightly, and veteri
nary medicine, a traditionally
male-dominated field, has more
women than men.
But in the fields of agriculture
and life sciences, architecture,
business administration and engi
neering, men outnumber women
at Texas A&M.
These are the colleges with the
highest enrollment and conse
quently receive the most atten
tion.
The College of Engineering is
representative of colleges in
which men outnumber women in
great numbers.
In the graduate and under
graduate programs in the College
of Engineering, there are 9,563
students. In the graduate pro
gram, there are 2,019 students en
rolled. There are 1,741(86 percent)
men and 278 (14 percent) women.
There are 7,544 students enrolled
in the undergraduate program.
Men make up 6,192 (82 percent)
and 1,352 (18 percent) women.
Karan Watson, assistant dean
of the College of Engineering, said
they are very concerned with
See Women/Page 4
Bus operations consolidates two routes
By LISA ELLIOTT
The Battalion
Texas A&M students who rode "OT Sarge" and
"Fish Camp" last semester are now catching "Cotton
Bowl" to school.
Sherry Wine, assistant manager for bus opera
tions, said the two bus routes were merged this sum
mer to save money.
"Our resources would be better allocated to a
combined route," she said.
The new "Cotton Bowl" route covers the South
west Valley area toward Ponderosa.
The routes titled "Fish Camp" and "OT Sarge"
had very low passenger counts last year. Wine said.
The new route contains all the stops the two old
routes included except those on Fraternity Row
street, off Wellborn Road past FM 2818, because very
few people were utilizing them.
Wine said students were notified about the
change a month before the spring semester ended.
The new route covers more ground in the same
amount of time.
Blaine Hufnagel drove both "OT Sarge" and "Fish
Camp" and said he has not heard any negative com
ments about the new route. He said it takes the same
amount of time for the new route as both of the old
routes and the only difference is that the people who
used to ride "Fish Camp" are having to wait longer
to get home because all the former "OT Sarge" route
goes first.
"Most students seem concerned with how the
new route will run in the fall when the number of
students increases," Hufnagel said.
Mark Lowry, a passenger of "Cotton Bowl" who
formerly rode "Fish Camp," said he hasn't noticed
any difference in the length of the route except he
feels he's waiting a little longer at school than he
used to.
Wine said they are not certain about the success
of the new route because summer is not a good time
to get an accurate passenger count.
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Freebird's constructs world's largest burrito in California
College Station considers next attempt at record
By CARRIE MIURA
The Battalion
Freebird's World Burritos of Isla Vista,
Ca. made the 1993 Guiness Book of World
Records in May for constructing the
World's Largest Burrito. The burrito tipped
the scales at 1,126.8 pounds.
Freebird's has two college-based restau
rants, one of which is here in College Sta
tion located on Northgate.
Pierre Dube, a partner of Freebird's who
works at the College Station location, said,
the next attempt to break the record may
occur in College Station.
"There is a possibility to build another of
the world's largest burrito, but this time
here in College Station," Dube said.
He said Freebird's has been in touch
with Texas A&M's Residence Hall Associa
tion (RHA) and they have been considering
attempting to break the record during RHA
Awareness Week.
"We have also thought of having a com
petition between the two stores and to
break the record by about 10 pounds every
time," Dube said.
The record was broken May 14, 1991 on
the intramural fields of the University of
California at Santa Barbara.
Two weeks ago the record was con
firmed by Guiness Book officials and will
be published in the 1993 copy of the Gui
ness Book of World Records.
Pete Wroblicky, a Freebird's spokesper
son, said, "It took about one hour to pre
pare and put everything together."
The ingredients of the world's largest
"monster" burrito included 160 pounds of
tortillas, 235 pounds of pinto beans, 189.9
pounds of rice, 189.9 pounds of chicken, 44.6
pounds of barbecue sauce, 48.8 pounds of
lettuce, 62.8 pounds of cheese, 87.6 pounds
of guacamole and 111.2 pounds of salsa.
Wroblicky said, "This event was coordi
nated with the health department and Free-
birds'."
Three hundred UC-Santa Barbara stu
dents signed up on a first-come, first-served
volunteer basis to participate in the event.
Wroblicky said the main purpose of the
event was to help feed 600 homeless peo
ple, but local health officials refused to per
mit the donation since the burritos were
rolled outdoors.
"The main emphasis was to benefit the
homeless and the community," he said.
The football field-long burrito was then
cut into 600 small burritos and placed in
new trash cans. They were later eaten by
homeless people.
The former record for the world's largest
burrito was 700 pounds.
Ironically, a year after Freebirds success
fully broke the world record, students at
the University of California at San Diego at
tempted to top the record, but came 10
pounds short of Freebird's record.
"It would even be interesting to try and
get a rivalry going between A&M and the
University of Texas," Wroblicky said.
Sports
•Baseball: Ags washed out by
Long Beach, 6-2
•Clay: Sports used as alcohol's
billboard
•Chuck Knoblauch interview
Page 5
Opinion
•Editorial: Regent bill unrealistic,
students not suited to serve
•Column: Canadian health plan
offers U.S. no guidance
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