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The Battalion
Friday, February 11,|
Bryan to host Mardi Gras celebratioi
By Juli Rhoden
The Battalion
This year, instead of traveling
to New Orleans or Galveston, area
residents can celebrate Mardi Gras
in downtown Bryan.
The Off-Campus Aggies and
the Bryan Main Street Project are
sponsoring Mardi Gras Brazos
Style Feb. 12 from noon to mid
night on Main Street.
Jennifer Woung, OCA public
relations director, said this year's
celebration is different from the
Mardi Gras held for the past six
years on Northgate because area
residents from all age groups can
get involved.
"Our main purpose for bring
ing Mardi Gras to downtown
Bryan is to get the whole commu
nity together," Woung said. "In
stead of concentrating on Texas
A&M students, there's something
for everyone."
Live music, a barbecue cook
off and a children's costume pa
rade are just a few of the activi
ties planned for the afternoon,
Woung said.
Shannon Lee, the
Main Street Project
director, said she
is happy to be a
part of the cel
ebration this
year because
of what it
could do for
the down
town area.
"Since the
Main Street
Project pro
motes down
town Bryan, Mardi
Gras Brazos Style is a
great way for people to
see what the area has to offer," she
said.
Lee said she expects more peo
ple to attend Mardi Gras Brazos
Style this year than in the past.
Some of the Main Street restau
rants are giving away free dinners
during Mardi Gras.
KTSR-FM will broad
cast the event and
will give away T-
shirts, cassettes
and tickets to
some of the
live music
being per
formed at
the festival.
T i m
Stewart,
KTSR promo
tions director,
said having Mar
di Gras in down
town Bryan is a good
idea because it will bring
people into the area.
"College Station has it all,”
Stewart said. "Bryan needs some
thing like Mardi Gras to brii
dents into downtown bet;,
there's always something;
on there."
Mardi Gras Brazos Stylet
originally designed asafiml
er for OCA.
Brent Heady, OCA sod;
fairs director, said theyb
profited much in past Marc
celebrations.
"We really just break;
Heady said. "And the pury
this is not for the money
bring people togetherani
students a safe alternativet;
Orleans or Galveston."
Heady said the project;
has expanded since OCAst
in 1987.
"This year we're geariiy
toward total family enter;
ment," he said. ''And ski:
year's event is an all-day a
people will have more time;
joy themselves."
Aggies discuss race relations, unification at NAACP meetin
By Angela Neaves
The Battalion
Race relations and methods to unify the
Texas A&M student body were discussed at the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People meeting Wednesday night.
Members of the Muslim Student Association,
the College Republicans, Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity, the Committee for the Awareness of
Mexican-American Culture and Zeta Phi Beta
sorority discussed the proposed multicultural-
ism classes and other issues affecting A&M stu
dents at the meeting.
Zack Jones, a senior economics major, said
the proposed multiculturalism classes are not
the solution to racial problems on campus.
"The required classes won't solve anything,"
he said. "They'll divide us even more. Instead
of creating new classes, we should upgrade
those we already have. History 105 should cov
er all history, including African-American, Na
tive-American and all other cultures."
Ferleshare Starks, president of A&M's
NAACP chapter, said every history class should
explore different cultures because this is a multi
cultural society and every major needs to in
clude cultural awareness.
"African-Americans and Asians have dogs;
they get sick. Vets and doctors would benefit
from knowledge of other cultures," she said.
"Americans of all races have contributed to
make the land what it is today and students
need to know about it."
The group also discussed how to get more
students involved in different organizations.
Amy Bluntzer, a senior nutrition major and
representative of Alpha Phi Omega, said her
organization has 224 pledges this semester and
very few of them are minorities. She asked
what Alpha Phi Omega could do to make the
organization more open to minorities.
Kenneth Robinson, a member of Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity, said his fraternity would be
happy to work on a service project with Alpha
Phi Omega, but African-American students
would probably not be interested in joining
the organization over a Greek letter organiza
tion.
"It's not that African-Americans don't want
to join organizations, but we tend to cling to
what we know," Robinson said. "When you
arrive here, there's a culture shock, and a ten
dency to group up with your likeness."
Tiffany Farna, a junior sports managp
and marketing major and a represental
the National Organization for Women,s
is hard for students who are not minoritu
get into minority organizations.
"It's hard, but you have to doit,"
said. "You have to have a black friendtc-
ly understand the culture. You can'll
from a book."
Ryan Flynn, a junior history majorair
resentative of the College Republican;
minority students are not the only peopk
are culture shocked when they arriveatAtj
"I came from New England and«;
enced as much culture shock as anvon;
did," he said. "There is no place like!
and everyone has to adjust in".
The Battalion's coverage ofQuanelL
speech also was discussed at the meeting
Sean Williams, a member of Alpha Plt|
pha fraternity, said the Battalion only repc
the bad things Quanell said.
"Quanell gave a very eloquent speech,;
he didn't come to to upset every on;
Williams said. "I don't condone some
what he said, but there were some posii
points in the speech."
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