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It seems that some students enjoy making cracks about professor's accents or their pronunciation. I'd like to challenge all these students to try to learn a foreign language well enough so that they don't speak it with an accent and then stand up in front of 100 people and teach. It's very hard, and I believe that be fore throwing around snide comments one should think about some of these professors. Many of them are very well educated doctors who have had to learn English, one of the hardest languages to learn, as adults. Learn ing any language as an adult is very difficult, especially one so difficult as English. I merely wanted to point out that when people make rude comments and loud imita tions, it not only distracts those who are try ing to learn but it also distracts the professor and probably makes he or she feel very bad. The disruptions are unnecessary and in bad taste. If you come to class to make fun of the professor, then you must not have any thing better to do. Perhaps you should just not come to class, or maybe you should sit quiet and listen. A lot can be learned when a person from another country teaches you American history or political science or even English. A new perspective may be very en lightening. With all this fuss over multiculturalism, it may serve well to begin cultural awareness by offering your professors the respect they deserve as well-educated individuals and as teachers. By showing tolerance to the way a person speaks our language and by realizing that this person is hi- or even trilingual, we will be traveling a large step forward in the quest for cultural awareness. over the years. The great memories of Ray Childress, Bucky Richardson, Darren Lewis and Sam Adams giving everything they had for maroon and white will he tarnished if the administration continues to appease the likes of Dockery and Gilbert. National Champs the last 6 years runnin; when it comes to red tape and bureaucrac If there ever b>ecame some type of profession al league for this, say the Federal Gov® ment, I think Texas A&M would be a ret hotbed of recruitment activity. So next time you hear about somestii dents slip>ping through the cracks or bavin to go to three different buildings to getanes ID card, remember it is only Texas A&Mlir ing up to its world class reputation, and you should expect nothing less. Richard Szecs Graduate stuk hursda^ jUU PHI DAVE TE BELIND/ mack h Torn Pearson Graduate student Class of'90 Lubbock resident says Tech fans are immature Grad students treated as second class citizens A.M. Sierra-Martinez Class of '97 Administration doesn't act to control boosters The recent charges of major violations in the athletic department of Texas A&M Uni versity come as no surprise to me. It is not because I question the integrity of Coach Slocum or Recruiting Coordinator Tim Cas sidy. I continue to have the utmost respect for these two men. The problem lies with the overzealous alumni and worst of all with a university administration that has done noth ing to discourage these illegal actions. The man who was largely responsible for our probation in 1988 was Rod Dockery. At the time, A&M disassociated him from our athletic program. This summer, Dockery signed a multi-million dollar contract with A&M which allowed his company to per form services in the name of Texas A&M University. The University seemed to think that Mr. Dockery had paid his dues. This act by our university sent out signals. First, it signaled to A&M alumni (such as Warren Gilbert) that this .university will for give an act that puts the Texas A&M football program in jeopardy. It ignores the fact that future violations, if not this one, could lead to the "death penalty." Secondly, it unfairly signaled to the NCAA infractions committee that Coach Slocum's tough talk about running a clean program was just that, talk. The problem is that if A&M ever gets the "death penalty," Dockery will still have the profits from his deal to help sober the loss, while fans like me will feel like our lives are. finished. These fans will have given their I am writing to' complain about the second class treatment of graduate students. First of all, it is a crime that graduate students are not receiving the same stipend wages. Some receive as little as $400 a month while others receive as much as $1200 a month. There should be a universal A&M graduate student stipend, otherwise the University sends out the message that some Aggies are not as im portant as others. Secondly, as graduate students, we are charged an additional $14 more per credit hour than undergraduates. Even more offen sive, many of my colleagues and I are being charged a lab fee for a lab we are not being offered — only to be told there's nothing anyone can do about it. Finally, what provoked me to write in was that I recently found out that as a graduate stu dent, I am not going to be allowed to order my ring in time for my graduation. Undergradu ates have only to complete 95 hours and may still be as many as 57 hours away from gradu ation when they order their rings. Graduate students, however, are being required to com plete all of their requirements for graduation before even being allowed to order a ring. I am sorry, but this does not does not seem fair to me. Graduate studies gives us until Oct. 29 to defend, Nov. 5 to submit our theses and dissertations, and until Dec. 3 to submit final corrections in order to graduate in December. I don't understand why we can't order our rings provisionally, as well. If the under graduates can order their rings way before they graduate, why can't graduate students do the same? The only answer I get is "It's al ways been done this way," or "It's not our fault. It'^ so-and-so's office." It seems to me that all of these ridiculous procedures and requirements were created long ago, and no one has ever bothered to change them. I find this all very offensive and am currently, along with many of my colleagues, not feeling very inclined to make any future alumni contributions to a univer sity that treats me as a second class citizen and attempts to frustrate me at every turn. I am a member of a country band whs plays ever\' weekend at the Old TownCafi in Lubbock. A couple of weeks ago, onli weekend of the Tech-A&M game, wow® privileged to have a number of Aggie fans! our audience on Friday night. They did some impromptu cheeringfi their football team on one of our breaks. Tech fan asked me if he could use my micro phone to respond to them. I hesitated, t him I did not want any ugliness. He assurti me that he would be very polite. Foolishly, gave him the microphone. Without givint obscene specifics, I can tell you that hewn anything hut polite. My purpose in writing this is to apologia,] on behalf of myself and the members of Old Town Cafe House Band, for his behav ior. Obviously, I regretted giving him tk| mike as soon as I realized what he wasde ing, but it was too late by then. I wouldlik to say to everyone at A&M that someofusis Lubbock are tired of the childish rudeness some Tech fans delight in throwing at you. We do not ALL agree with it, and someofes would like for it to stop. We had a number of A&M fanscomebad to Old Town on Saturday night also. I wan! all of you who were there either nightie know that the hand really appreciated yoa, You were not only extremely polite, but ved School liked our music and let us know it. Ihavel Earli never had people for whom I enjoyed play girls on ing any more than I did the A&M fansftalB c ]- l ool weekend. [were k We hope that you will come back to OlciT Town next time you're in Lubvbock, and«i re P na hope that the Tech fans will grow uponeo:[p ac k ot these days. ing an £ . Schc I Scho the jur whethe moral < that's \ Betty V Maggie Durham OldTmvn Cafe House Banl gj r ]g w Lirihu reason Newsv medica Ited Elizabeth A. Allen Graduate student Forget football; A&M number one in red tape In response to your editorial on Tuesday, Oct. 19, regarding the bureaucracy and red tape at Texas A&M, I wonder why this sur prises you? Have you ever tried to use the Financial Aid Office? Have you ever tried to use the Student Finance Center? Get a new ID card? Co-enroll? Texas A&M is a world class university, and our red tape should hot be any less. I dare say, the red tape at the University of Texas is nowhere near in our league. We are heads and tails above the rest. I've attended four other schools around the country, and we are without a doubt the best. Forget what the football polls rank us. I consider us the Bonfire wake-up calls su have negative effect medica health Traditions constitute an integral as P ectot lcl-ieerle life at Texas A&M University. However,alj, ^ times these experiences are degraded by those who are entrusted with their imple-B n 1SSI: mentation. The acts to which I am referringBpn ext are the 6 o'clock wake-up calls that rattle the dent g foundation of Aston Hall every weekend ir| extract preparation for Aggie Bonfire. j n p- s tu For 15 to 30 minutes every Saturday and m Sunday morning, the leadership of Aston Bon-; fire bang on resident's doors and yell sudip n ^ X P catch phrases as "let's go kill some trees" and; Ihe "wake-up you stupid pricks," while heavy-decidei metal blasts and the flagpole is struck repeat edly with an axe handle in the courtyard. In regard to wake-up calls, the Residence Hall Handbook and Planner states that "use of excessive noise in the hallways to wake up Bonfire participants is not permitted. These methods include, but are not limited to, banging axe handles on doors, loud stereo, air horns, chain saws, etc." In addition to breaking regulations, the[ remove acts negatively affect student attitudes to- as a s jg r ward Bonfire and other traditions. If this is h as its n allowed to continue, support for such tradi- fashion tions will no doubt dwindle, thus tainting the ^ction c H; T he women Spirit of Aggieland. Chad Whitt Class offi TEXAS HALL OF FAME Your#1 Live Country Night Spot! Thurs. Night - 98<t Night. 98<t cover. 98<t single shot bar drinks, longnecks & pitchers of beer. Doors open at 8. $5 cover. 25^ bar drinks & draft beer 8-11. Doors open at 8. Dance 9-1. Music by Scott Randon & Sierra. $4 cover. $1.50 Margaritas, longnecks & bar drinks. Doors open at 8. Dance 9-1. Music by Cheyenne. Fri. 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