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Please call the library’s information number, 845-5741, with questions regarding NOTIS status. P N o Parents Night Out FREE Babysitting for Texas A&M Faculty, Staff and Students. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 6:30 - 10:00 PM MSC 201 Sponsored by: Alpha Phi Omega Questions: Call APO Office at 862-2525 It happens when your advertise in The Battalion Call 845-2696 jypn. C ALL Football team members should act more mature Thursday was one of the most embarrass ing days for me as an Aggie, i was leaving Heldenfels with a friend and was appalled at what I saw. I stood by helplessly as I watched a couple of members of the football team throw objects and hit people in the backs of their heads. Then the football play ers would turn around and laugh. Some of these students were young ladies. Who do they think they are? What makes them think that they are better than anyone else? As members of the A&M football team, they are representatives of our school. When these players are seen participating in such childish acts, it makes the rest of the stu dent body wonder if you deserve to be a member of such a prestigious team. The person who committed the act itself knows who he is, and so do many others. The saddest thing is, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened. It’s a shame that a small few can disgrace the rest. Remember, football players, you are all Aggies (so I thought), and you represent A&M. I hope that some action is taken to pre vent this type of behavior in the future. I hope that I don’t have to feel ashamed about supporting a team that has certain individu als think that they are above everyone else. I’ve got news for you, you’re not. Nicholas Botary Class of’96 Accompanied by 45 signatures Homosexuals ruin A&M's high moral standards I am writing this letter due to my disgust of some articles I have recently read in The Battalion. The articles I am referring to concern Gay and Lesbian activity at Texas A&M University. Throughout my high school years I viewed Texas A&M as one of the best uni versities in existence. Not only due to its academic excellence, Texas A&M has also been known for its pride, tradition, and high moral standards. Texas A&M was a school that I wanted to be a part of. Upon arriving this year one of the first things I noticed was an article in The Battalion about GLBA and “coming out week.” I was shocked to say the least. This was the university that I thought would stand up for a high standard of moral ity. But I guess I expected too much. Don’t get me wrong, there is no other school that I would choose over Texas A&M. I still be lieve that it is the greatest university in ex istence, only with a few bad apples. To be frank, I simply wish for those with these dif ferent private lifestyles to go where they’re better excepted. LIKE AUSTIN!!! Or at least keep your private life to yourself. Jason McKemie Class of ’98 Anti-gun article makes many illogical leaps I must admit, for a paragraph or two Ms. Preston had me agreeing with her in her 11/14/94 column on “Parents taking more re sponsibility around their children”. Unfor tunately this agreement was short lived as Ms. Preston reverted to one of her signature “logic leaps” in equating the level of guilt of the two parents involved in the deaths of their kids. I, unlike Ms. Preston, have two small boys-Tyler (3 1/2) and Conner (1 1/2). Limit ed as my writing ability is, let it suffice to say those little guys are my life, period. Everything I do in a 24 hour period is direct ly or indirectly related to their well-being. You can not begin to imagine the intensity of the love you will feel for your child until you’ve had one of your own. Among the many things I want for my boys, a safe, secure home is right up near the top. Let me relate a personal experi ence. My first semester back in school my wife, Tyler, and I lived in a nice duplex com munity off of Southwest Parkway. One night during Spring Break while my wife was at work and I was in the back bedroom trying to get a colicky Tyler to sleep, a youth broke into our home through a window in the front of the duplex. Before I got to the front room he was halfway in the window. I didn’t know what exactly to do. Should I yell loudly? Should I get an iron skillet and hit him over the head? Should I take Tyler and try to get out the backdoor? I chose the former, yelling, and fortunately it scared him back out the window and down the street. Shortening the story, the police re sponded quickly, the youth was caught along with a partner who had also broken into 3 other duplexes, and I began giving the police my statement. While speaking with the po lice a car full of extremely nasty looking gen tlemen parked across the street and pro ceeded to look back and forth between the Friday • November 18, 1994 two youths and myself. Finally, they drove slowly away, staring back at me the whole time. The officer later informed me that these youths were from Houston and were probably dropped off at these duplexes by a “ringleader” with instructions to get any thing they could. He said it happens quite often during school breaks when most stu dents are gone. I agreed to testify if neces sary and that was that. As I sat up that night, I didn’t sleep until my wife got home the next morning, I pon dered the mysterious gentlemen in the parked car. I came to the same conclusion any sane human being would come to in my situation, they were the so-called ringlead ers. I ultimately decided to buy a handgun. My question to Ms. Preston is-does this make me a bad, irresponsible parent in your eyes. Since buying it I have never “been caught in the throes of power when holding a gun”. I don’t carry the gun in my belt anxiously "waiting for someone to flip me off”. I keep it stored so high in the clos et I’ll probably break my ankle trying to get it in the dark if the need ever arises. Ms. Preston, is my mind “over-anxious” in my attempt to secure my “castle”? Would Matilda still be alive if her father had just hit her over the head with a bat, or just stabbed her with a kitchen knife? Have you ever had someone break into your house and all you can do is stand there and wonder if he has a gun? Sit down and chew on some of these ques tions Ms. Preston. When you paint with such broad “anti-gun” strokes you are not displaying a solid, objective grasp of the top ic, merely a glaring lack of life experiences. I fully agree that something must be done to stem the current trend of increasing hand gun violence. Personally, 1 have no solution. I am just trying to protect my two little boys. Maybe someday when you have some kids of your own, you will realize that your current naive, idealistic judgment that all guns are bad-PERIOD is no solution either. Alan Gilbreath Class of’95 Student angered over Battalion's Mail Call Just want some clarification on the proce dure yoLi employ to select articles that are printed under “Mail Call.” If your criteria is simply, “if it’s conservative, we won’t print,” then please let me know so that I can write a letter to the president and complain about such blatant misreporting practices em ployed by our school newspaper. Jon-En Wang Graduate Studeni Women Continued from Page 1 University. Zentgraf filed a lawsuit in 1979 alleging A&M excluded women from Corps-affiliated or ganizations. Five years later, an out-of-court settlement was reached that required A&M to encourage women to participate in Corps activities. Today, more than 60 women are members of the Corps, twice as many as last year, and all Corps units are fully integrated. Joanna Hetsko, supply opera tions officer and the only female on Corps Staff, said that al though women’s position in the Corps has improved, education is still needed to better it. “The big wall that females are up against right now is that most males haven’t worked with females before,” Hetsko said. “They get it set in their minds that they’re getting into an all male organization, and they al most are. “We’re all forced to work with different ideas, but we’re all here to meet the same goals. If every body understands that, it would be a lot easier.” Laura Eustace, a senior in A- Battery, said the Aggie Band has an excellent reputation for its women’s recruitment, reten tion and integration. “We’ve come a long way,” Eu stace said. “The band has had women the shortest time, yet we have the best integration in the entire Corps. All four of our out fits have females in them. “Most men in the band have worked with females already. When I entered the band, my sophomore said to one of the males ‘You are not a male,’ and he turned to one of the females and said ‘You are not a female.’ He said ‘You are all cadets, and you’ll be treated as cadets.’ We’ve come a long way in a short time.” Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling, commandant of the Corps, said the women who entered the Corps twenty years ago paved the way for the female cadets now. “Joining the 98-year-old all male Corps in 1974 called for strength, courage and dedica tion, but the women proved that they were not lacking,” Darling said. “Today, women are a vital part of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets’ tradition of excellence.” Roper said he is proud of the strong-willed women who stuck through the Corps and the brave cadets who supported them be cause they helped make the Corps what it is today. “This is a very special an niversary,” Roper said. “It’s an event iA our time that changed the history of A&M. It’s effects are evident, even today, 20 years later.” Roadway Continued from Page 1 Appleton said. “Moving the railroad would be very expensive and would cost as much or more than roadway construction.” Appleton said the consulting firm will also determine if there would be ways to fund moving the railroad, such as whether any obscure federal programs exist that could provide aid. The citizens of Bryan and College Station will be able to participate in this study by at tending three sets of meetings being held in the next year, he said. “We want to get public involvement,” Ap pleton said. “The meetings will get input from citizens on what they need and feel are the best options. We may have a brain storming session with maps to let people show what they think are the best options.” This is not the first time major changes to Wellborn have been considered, Appleton said. Fischer said that several years ago, there was a proposal to lower Wellborn and the railroad. “The Department of Transportation would pay for the actual construction,” Fischer said. “The local government, city or county, typically purchases the right-of-way and pays for the cost of moving utilities.” The proposed changes in 1991 would have cost $30 million, Appleton said. Today, the project will cost around $40 million, he said. Fischer said that when a project is so ex pensive, the city must let the voters decide if they want to use bonds to fund the project. In 1991, the College Station voters did not approve such a funding, she said. Appleton said there were many reasons why the voters rejected the proposal. “The bond got put on the December election at the last minute and did not have time to gain public support,” Appleton said. “The Col lege Station people saw it as benefiting mainly A&M and they did not want the City of College Station spending its money for the project.” FALL GRADUATES Graduation Announcement Orders Are Now Here They May Be Picked Up Beginning Friday, November 17, 1994 MSC Student Organization Finance Center Room 217, 8 am to 4 pm Extra Announcements will go on Sale Monday November 21,1994 on a First Come, First Serve Basis. Professor Smith languages. Now he's fluent life insurance* Today, every educator should get an education in life insurance. Call the TIAA Life Insurance Planning Center. Weekdays, 9AM to 6PM, E.S.T. 1800223-1200 This offer is available to faculty, staff, administrators and their spouses. 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