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OPINION
Wednesday • October 12,
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Racist music at Bonfire site
wrong, will not occur again
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THE EVENT TO ENABLE US TO ASSIST YOU TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
On behalf of the eight redpots of Aggie
Bonfire and the rest of the Bonfire Com
mittee, we would like to apologize to Texas
A&M University, the Bryan-College Sta
tion community, and anyone else who
heard the offensive lyrics played at the
Bonfire field on Oct. 5. Aggie Bonfire does
not promote nor condone racism, and we
regret any incident in which it might ap
pear that we do. We believe and want all
to feel that Bonfire is for all Aggies, and no
one should feel that they cannot partici
pate in Aggie Bonfire.
We realize that Aggie Bonfire is one of
the most visible organizations at Texas
A&M. In order for Texas A&M to continue
being the world-class university that it is,
the actions of those working on Bonfire
must not tarnish this image. Over the past
several years, redpots have taken many
steps to prevent incidents that may bring
down the image of Texas A&M by students
involved in Bonfire.
The problems that once plagued All-Uni
versity Night, Sbisa Yell, dorm wake-ups
and grode yells across campus have been
greatly reduced, and these events have
once again become positive aspects of stu
dent life. We, as redpots, address every
Bonfire-related incident that reflects nega
tively on Texas A&M with the utmost seri
ousness. We accept full responsibility for
the incident that occurred on Oct. 5, and
we can assure the community at Texas
A&M that racist lyrics such as those will
never be played at Aggie Bonfire again.
Aggie Bonfire’s purpose is to unite all
Aggies. Any incidents that separate us
will not be tolerated. BUILD THE HELL
OUTTA AGGIE BONFIRE!
conservative beliefs and attitudes for some
reason have a hard time coming out. I
make this statement with a hint of sar
casm, because the paper obviously tends to
lean toward the liberal spectrum. I feel
that a university paper should reflect the
views and opinions of the student body, not
a small minority of it.
I wonder how many students were really
interested to hear about Becky Pinkard at
a safe sex demonstration pulling a plastic
penis from her jeans so her assistant could
place a condom on her “new appendage” as
The Battalion put it. I also find it curious
that the editorial on Oct. 10 was to encour
age Aggies to be tolerant and supportive of
gays and lesbians.
I am very proud to say that I was raised
in an environment where this behavior was
considered to be flat out unacceptable. I
understand that some people are going to
choose to live their lives like that, but is
this really newsworthy material?
I am sure that there will be plenty of
counter-letters stating that I am just a typ
ical homophobic conservative. I just hope
that some of the Aggies who see where this
paper’s priorities are, will express their
concerns as well. As for some of the colum
nist who wears lesbian T-shirts around
campus to see what kind of a rise she can
get out of us, maybe she would just be hap
pier at t.u. where those kinds of things are
just a part of everyday life.
then. Had President Bush ordered a
vasion of Iraq to conquer it complete!;
have no way of knowing where we won
today. The fact is that American I
might still be in Iraq today with Ami
soldiers dying in higher numbers!
those lost in Somalia.
For a historic perspective, I would
remind Elchanan that at the advice of'
Douglas MacArthur, President Trumat
cided to violate the U.N. resolutionai
dered American forces to cross the
parallel in pursuit of the retreatingIi
Korean army. This action broughtC!
into the war and turned a three m
itary operation into a three year warn
eventually ended in a draw.
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sights of the Persian Gulf Warontelt!
sion. He remembers we stopped
“finishing” the job in Iraq because ws
not remove Saddam Hussein and like jold af
the Iraqi people. What Elchanan
have forgotten is why we stopped slii
He chooses to blame President Bushrai
than the news media and their constant:
minders that removing Saddam Husss
from power was not why we wereti
there. The media clearly stated that hj
dent Bush would be wrong to removeHi
Joe Baird
Class of ’96
sein, despite the fact that we kne#Hanes afte
would cause problems in the future.
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Ryan Gehrig
Senior Redpot
Class of ’95
The Battalion should show
conservative opinion, news
One of the reasons I decided to attend
Texas A&M University was for the conser
vative atmosphere that could be found
here. When I read The Battalion, these
• I found Josef Elchanan’s column on
Oct. 11 (U.S. should have finished Iraq job)
to be both shortsighted and totally lacking
of historic and geopolitical perspective.
Elchanan seems to believe that Presi
dent Bush is responsible for the present
military buildup in Iraq. Apparently,
Elchanan needs to be reminded that the
reason that President Bush stopped the in
vasion of Iraq was that it was not part of
the U.N. resolution which authorized the
U.S. and coalition forces to expel Hussein’s
military forces out of Kuwait.
Neither the United Nations nor the
Arab world, which set aside decades of
anti-American sentiment, authorized or
sanctioned any plan to conquer Iraq and
replace Saddam Hussein with another
leader. The United States was not willing
to become an occupation force on Arab soil.
Further, there was no desire to decimate
Iraq’s military to the point which Iraq
would simply be handed over to Iran.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and what ap
pears to be obvious now was not so clear
oppression. I have another memory
Elchanan does not. I remember Dec, near
1989, and a knock at my door fromsomccMnstead,
telling me we were going to lovely Pa: L day,
for Christmas. We accomplished in Pciokesma
ma what Elchanan says we shouldbBnmissior
done in Iraq - we removed the evil dictslp veral 1
and liberated the Panamanian people, l![ nroijte to i
been almost five years since 26,000 of:^ rd ^
closest friends and I took our all expei
paid vacation to Central America, and*!
did we really accomplish? Nothing! Ned
ga’s people are still in power, and thes|
pression is as bad as ever. My question
Elchanan is, why will “finishing” the jot
Iraq be any different?
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Jason S.
Class o/!i|
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and will print as many as
space allows.
Letters must be 300
words or less and include
the author's name, class,
and phone number.
We reserve the right to
edit letters for length,
style, and accuracy.
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TUDENT
NMENT
UNIVERSITY
The following bill will be discussed at Wednesday
night's Student Senate meeting. The Student Senate
meets in the Governance Room of the Koldus
Building at 7:30 pm. If you have any questions or
comments feel free to fill out the Senate
Constituency Opinion Form and return it to the Fish
Aide desk in the Student Government Office in the
Koldus Building or call the office at 845-3051.
THE STUDENT SENAtE
Texas A&M University
/STUDENT
GOVERNMENT
S A AI ! UNIV KR SI T Y
Senate Constituency Opinion
To:
(Senator)
S.B. 94(F) 14
Action Taken:
Introduced by: Ryan Shopp
Certified by:.
Speaker of the Senate
Tobin Boenig
Duly Approved:
Student Body President
Brooke Leslie
Student Worker Pre-Registration Bill
WHEREAS: Texas A&M University continues to strive to
provide students with the most efficient
services feasible, and
WHEREAS: The current set-up for student pre
registration has become inefficient,
causing the Bryan College Station phone
system to become overly congested, and
Of: Southside
Off-Campus
Science
Business
Liberal Arts
Northside
Education
Architecture
Engineering
Agriculture
General Studies
Concerning the issue of.
WHEREAS: Under the current set-up all day time
student workers register the same day as the
first senior pre-registration day, and
WHEREAS: These students are filling seats needed by
upper classmen, forcing sections to close early,
and
Yes. I agree.
No, I do not agree.
Optional Information:
My Name is
I can be reached at
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WHEREAS: This especially concerns upperclassmen within
3 semesters of graduation who continue to
have difficulties registering for classes that are
mandatory for their degrees, then
THEREFORE BE it RESOLVED: That the Texas A&M
University Student Senate request that the
current set up be altered to the following pre
registration format for student workers:
This form can be used for any
Student Government issue you
would like to discuss. You can
also pick these forms up at the
Fish Aide desk or just call in
with your comments!!
Senior Workers - Last day for Honors
Junior Workers - Last day for Seniors
Sophomore and Freshmen Workers - Last
day for Juniors
Thursday, October 13 from 7-8:30 pm NETWORKS
and The United Way Pack are sponsoring a
Wheelchair Basketball game in G. Rollie White
Colliseum. Tickets are $3.00 at the door.
Aggie Schnlarslups
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