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Department of English-Writing Programs Office will hold forcing
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during the scheduled days mentioned below. Graduating seniors who
plan to graduate during the semester of enrollment must bring a signed
letter from their academic advisors on departmental letterhead. No
force entries will be done during pre-registration periods
All force entries into these classes are limited.
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May 26 &. 27 - Thurs. & Fri.
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and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Summer II
June 29 & 30 - Wed. & Fri.
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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August 25 & 26 - Thurs. & Fri.
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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Honoring the 1994 Achievements of the Seven Historically
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Reception following program. All students invited to attend.
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The Battalion
Wednesday, April 13,1
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The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI — Two replicas of the ves
sels that ventured on Christopher Columbus’ his
toric voyage in 1492 were hit by a 20th century
navigational problem Tuesday.
An out-of-control barge struck and damaged
the replicas of the Pinta and Santa Maria, two of
three wooden vessels on loan from the Spanish
government. The Nina, moored closest to land,
was not scathed.
“These are ships and accidents happen,” said
Rick Stryker, president of the Columbus Fleet As
sociation, which lobbied to bring the replicas to
Corpus Christi as tourist attractions.
The Pinta and Santa Maria were never in dan
ger of sinking because all damage occurred above
their water lines, authorities said. Stryker said the
hardest-hit Pinta will be taken to an Aransas Pass
shipyard for repairs.
Two tug boats lost control of the empty barge
as it passed under Harbor Bridge on its way to a
refinery in the Port of Corpus Christi, according
to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The barge, owned by Dixie Carriers Inc. of
Houston, first hit the Pinta and pushed it into the
Santa Maria.
Authorities said Pinta had damage to its hull,
internal structure, gangway, anchor, mast and
cross piece.
The Santa Maria had some internal damage and
a 2-foot-diameter hole above its main deck.
“These are very sturdy ships and they are well
taken care of,” Stryker said. “They will weather
this.”
He had no idea how much the repairs will
cost.
“I wish I could say, ‘Oh, it’s going to be cheap
and it won’t take very long,’ but I don’t know,
he said.
About 100,000 people have visited thesbMApril is
known as “Los Barcos” and “Las CarabeliBually u
since they arrived in Corpus Christi infeBn,
Stryker said.
Spain sent the ships here to commemorattj
500th anniversary of the Columbus voyagelc;|
New World.
Mark Buese, vice presidents of adminisiit]
for Dixie Carriers, said his company and theCsj
Guard were investigating the accident.
"It’s under investigation and I have not®!
ment on liability,” Buese said by telephone(m|
Houston.
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boats pushed barge under the bridge, Buesesitl
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counter a north wind blowing the barge so;;,
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Remember the Alamo ?
Critics question battle’s accuracy
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — They’re
fighting at the Alamo again. This
time, it’s the legend that’s under
siege.
On one side are the traditional
ists who see the Alamo as an un
deniable symbol of Texas pride
and independence. On the other
are the revisionists who see it as
just a big lie perpetuated by a
“redneck culture.”
Reputations of longtime heroes
like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie,
killed more than a century ago
defending the fort, are now under
attack.
Some of the allegations seem
downright blasphemous: Bowie
took part in an elaborate slave
running scam. Crockett was a
washed-up politician who didn’t
even wear a coon skin cap.
William Barret Travis, the Alamo’s
commander, suffered from
syphilis.
What in Sam Houston is going
on here?
“I think there’s just kind of a
general re-evaluation of the
Alamo that is occurring, not just
among Mexican-Americans but
among other people," said Avelar-
do Valdez, a sociologist at the
University of Texas at San Anto
nio.
For more than a century, the
tale of the Alamo was the same:
In 1836, fewer than 200 Texans
fighting for independence de
fended a fortress against more
than 4,000 Mexicans.
The Mexicans won; all the Tex
ans were killed. But their bravery
was celebrated, and “Remember
the Alamo” became a rallying cry
when Texas fighters marched to
victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Today, the cry is over how to
remember the Alamo. Was it a
heroic struggle for freedom or a
ruthless display of imperialism
and racism?
“I still feel that Mexican-Amer
icans do not view the Alamo as
something that symbolizes some
kind of symbol of freedom or lib
erty. ... I still believe they see it
more as a symbol of racism,”
Valdez said.
Defending the Alamo — and
its reputation — this time is the
Daughters of the Republic of
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Texas, a group of mostly white
women who trace their ancestors
to when Texas was a nation, from
1836 to 1845.
The Daughters have managed
the site since the state entrusted it
to them in 1905.
But critics scorn the group as
an exclusive club. Valdez calls the
Daughters representative of an ar
chaic “redneck culture” that
doesn’t represent Texas’ increas
ingly diverse population.
"This exclusive little clique has
nevertheless succeeded in convinc
ing many that their baseless
mythology is fact,” San Antonio Ex
press-News columnist Carlos Guer
ra wrote. "As they see it, Texas his
tory is about how freedom-loving
Anglos came to Texas and brought
civilization to the local savages."
Guerra, Valdez and others want
to force the Alamo’s caretakers to
show off a larger slice of die mon
ument’s multicultural history.
“You have a history here that
needs to be all-inclusive. But the
history we have here is exclusive,”
said Gary Gabehart, president of
the Inter-Tribal Council of Ameri
can Indians in San Antonio.
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the emergency lights and sira
were not on and the dri'ti
stopped to let pedestrians era
the street in front of it.
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EMS, said they have adopted
new system of priority dispatd
which is modeled after a sysltr.
used in Seattle and Los Angeles.
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situations are treated in difieret
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