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The Battalion
Thursday, July 1,1993
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GLBA holds rally to
increase awareness
Gathering includes speeches and yells
By MICHELE BRINKMANN
The Battalion
"Beat the Hell Outta Homophobia" was one of several chants shout
ed by gays, lesbians and bisexuals at the Hands Across A&M rally held
Wednesday on the Texas A&M University campus.
"The purpose of this rally was to heighten awareness of a significant
number of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, faculty and staff," said
Brian Reinhartt, former president of Gay Lesbian Student Services and
intern for the A&M Student Counseling Services.
About 20 people gathered around the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue
in front of the Academic Building in the afternoon heat to listen to
speeches and yells at the first Gay Lesbian Bisexual Aggies (GLBA) ral
ly. The group listened to four speakers and then marched around cam
pus yelling chants and holding hands.
A multi-colored flag was displayed and a bouquet of balloons were
tied to the statue, to symbolize the group's unified diversity, Reinhartt
said.
Gatherers also wore pink triangles, a symbol of gay, lesbian and bi
sexual pride. This tradition began during World War II in Nazi Ger
many as a way of identifying homosexuals.
Reinhartt was the first speaker at the rally and told the group, "Texas
A&M is in the Dark Ages."
Outgoing treasurer of GLBA, Jayson Payne, who attended a gay
march in Washington D.C. last weekend said, "We're not fighting
against the University, we're fighting against the people's attitudes at
the University."
Reinhartt also said that a Gay Lesbian Bisexual Former Students As
sociation is in the works.
GLBA sponsored the rally to comply with official Gay Pride Month
and yesterday's 24th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in San Francis
co, which started the Gay Lesbian Civil Rights Movement.
In order to represent bisexuals, the Gay Lesbian Student Services
(GLSS) voted last spring to change the name to Gay Lesbian and Bisexu
al Aggies.
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The Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Aggies association march around
campus during a rally on Wednesday. They were lead by former
president Kim Retting and her friend Tammy Dickerson. They chanted
such slogans as, "Hold hands, not hate," and "Beat the hell outta
homophobia," as they marched hand in hand to show their loyalty to
each other.
Dinosaur
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present time because they were
evolved to live in an environment
that doesn't exist anymore."
Varner said the movie was not
realistic in its image of "science
run amuck." He said in real-life
biotechnology experiments, regu
latory agencies oversee all parts of
experimentation. There is no evi
dence of oversight in the movie,
he said.
Varner said even if science
were able to re-create the di
nosaurs, they would not become a
popular tourist attraction like in
the movie. "There is no even re
mote possibility of creating a
wholesale production like in the
movie," he said.
In the past, the public has not
been fond of the idea of messing
with nature.
According to an Associated
Press article, the moves made by
Texas A&M to make a maroon
bluebonnet last May were not well
received by wildflower enthusiasts.
The same sentiment came across in
the movie when Jeff Goldblum
said, "You shouldn't mess with
Mother Nature."
Young said the movie does
have some positive results. "It is
entertaining and it is raising peo
ple's interest in science and biolo
gy," he said. Other than that the
film should not be taken too seri
ously, he said.
Fireworks
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"We try to stay within the holi
day spirit and confiscate them
without having to give out cita
tions," he said.
The fine for the possession of
fireworks will be up to $1,000 this
year.
To prevent fireworks injuries,
the city of College Station in
conjunction with the College Sta
tion Noon Lions Club, Post Oak
Mall, KTEX 106 and KBTX Chan
nel 3 will be sponsoring the
"Fireworks Extravaganza" at the
newly constructed Wolf Pen
Creek Park.
Mike Bolton, chairman of the
Fourth of July committee with
College Station Noon Lions Club,
said, "So far it looks like it will be
the biggest fireworks display in
the Bryan and College Station
area, but possibly even in the Bra
zos County."
In the past years, the City of
College Station has been using
Olsen field as a site for their fire
works display, while Post Oak
Mall conducted their own fire
works display in the mall park
ing lot.
Bolton said the two sponsors
decided to make the fireworks
display bigger and better by coor
dinating this event.
He said 4,000 to 5,000 people
attended last year's fireworks
show at Olsen Field.
"We hope that the crowd will be
larger than last year," Bolton said.
The coordinators of this ex
travaganza said the fireworks
display is on July 3 instead of the
actual Independence day to
avoid conflicts with people's
schedules.
Bolton said that there will be
many games for the children and
special performances by Rock A
Fellas and the Brazos County
Grass.
Program
Continued from Page 1
teachers ideas on how to teach
biotechnology and how to identi
fy additional resources at the local
or regional level. It started June
14 and will end July 2. The teach
ers are provided with on-campus
housing during the program.
Dr. Ed Funkhouser, associate
head of the Department of Bio
chemistry and Biophysics, said
the program will continue at
A&M for the next two years.
He said the movie Jurassic
Park has not effected the per
spective of the teachers, but they
expect a growth in excitement
among the students.
"The teachers are planning on
requiring their students to watch
the movie and read the book and
then decide what is possible and
not possible," he said.
Funkhouser said the teachers
had an opportunity to work with
two student organizations
Wednesday. Labstart and Minor
ity High School Research Appren
tice Program, both a part of Texas
A&M's Summer Research Ap
prentice Program, got hands-on
experience with the help of the
teachers in a laboratory setting.
Dr. Don Pettigrew, one of the
scientists ddordinating the pro
gram, said in a press release, the
program will also deal with the
ethics involved with cloning. He
said he is concerned about stu
dents and teachers knowing
enough about biotechnology to
begin to explore ethical issues.
Biotechnologists have had to
deal with misconceptions about
cloning for years and, with the
wide-spread popularity of Juras
sic Park, the public has a re
newed fear of cloning, he said.
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