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Student organization works to pre
serve A&M's historical integrity
Aggielife, Page 3
THE
DIVING INTO TROUBLED WATERS
Preston: Greg Louganis' behavior during
the 1 988 Olympics was unacceptable.
Opinion, Page 9
Vol. 101, No. 106 (10 pages)
A&M offers
“Serving Texas AdrM since 1893
leadership scholarship
J New scholarship is
awarded based on
student involvement
at Texas A&M.
By Kasie Byers
The Battalion
Student leaders have a
chance to be compensated for
their work now that Texas
A&M is offering a new scholar
ship based solely on student
leadership.
The Student Leadership
Scholarship requires a mini
mum of a 2.5 grade point ratio
overall and a 2.5 GPR for the
previous semester.
Those eligible for the scholar
ship must be either a full-time
undergraduate and graduate stu
dent who has completed one year
at Texas A&M and are in good
standing with the University.
Jeff Wilson, student body
vice president, said this year’s
10 scholarships will be funded
through the Office of Student
Affairs.
The scholarships are $1,000
each: $500 for the fall semester
and $500 for the spring semester.
Thomas Clingenpeel, student
senator, said the Financial Aid
and Scholarship Office will make
the initial selection of appli
cants, and a special committee
will select the final recipients.
Clingenpeel, the organizer
and member of the scholarship
selection committee, said that
although the committee has not
yet been selected, there are al
ready certain qualifications it
will be looking for.
“We’re looking for a variety of
involvement through time com
mitments to student activities
and Texas A&M,” he said.
“However, someone doesn’t have
to be involved in 20 different or
ganizations to receive a scholar
ship. True dedication and in
volvement in one activity is just
as important.”
Brooke Leslie, student body
president, developed the idea for
the scholarship, which was one
of the 13 points outlined in her
campaign platform.
The Student Senate thought
of a similar scholarship 10 years
ago, but Wilson said it did not
make student leadership a major
basis for the scholarships.
“The Student Senate went to
the Financial Aid Office and
asked that student leadership
be considered as a major crite
ria in receiving scholarships,” he
said. “ However, their impact
was very small.”
Wilson said it is important
for this scholarship to become a
reality.
“Some student leaders put in
40 to 50 hours a week and don’t
get compensated for their involve
ment,” he said. “This is a great
way to reward those students.”
The applications are due
May 1. The Division of Student
Affairs will notify recipients by
June 1.
HOME SWEET HOME
Aggies claim 67-64 victory in
final home game.
Sports, Page 7
Thursday • March 2, 1995
Food Services director search
reaches far beyond University
â–¡ Position of Food
Services director is
open to public and
private sectors.
By Lisa Messer
The Battalion
A national search is
underway to find a per
manent director of
Food Services.
A search advisory
committee formed by
A&M administrators is
accepting applications
and nominations for the po
sition. It will begin screening
candidates March 24.
Committee members antici
pate the new director will begin
working in July.
Robert Bisor, special assis
tant to the vice president of Fi
nance and Administration and
chair of the search advisory com
mittee, said the committee
wants applicants from both the
private and public sectors.
“We’re casting our net
as wide as we can,”
Bisor said. “We’re ad
vertising in chronicles
in higher education, so
applicants are not just
from the public sector.
We’re (also) advertising in
local papers and magazines.
See Director, Page 10
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Tired yet?
Angie Davis, a sophomore psy
chology major from Bedford, Jenny
Scholl, a sophomore civil engineer
ing major from League City, and
Aaron Ledet, a sophomore pre-
med student from Katy, participate
in the 48-hour marathon during
Greek Week.
A&M considers housing during holidays
â–¡ The Student Senate will
vote March 9 on year-round
housing on campus.
By Wes Swift
The Battalion
Residence halls may be open year-
round if Student Senate members and
University officials give their approval.
See Editorial, Page 9
The Student Services Committee ap
proved the bill that the Student Senate
will vote on March 9.
Bin Islam, chair of the subcom
mittee for international student af
fairs, said he introduced the bill in
response to his constituents’ demand
for housing during winter break.
“There is no housing for interna
tional students over the break,” Is
lam said. “Normally, an internation
al student has to find somebody,
usually of the same nationality, to live
with.”
J.D. Cole, chair of the student services
committee, said he has heard many stu
dents express a desire for 12-month
housing.
“Students, especially those who work,
have, in the past, expressed interest in
12-month housing,” Cole said.
He said working students often must
forfeit their earnings for a month because
they have no place to stay over the break.
“It’s a financial hardship for some stu
dents,” Cole said. “They have to live off-
campus because the halls are closed.”
Cole said the bill is a reasonable pro
posal. *
“Many other universities of A&M’s
size,” Cole said, “have some form of 12-
month housing for its students.”
Islam said he has looked on campus
for solutions, such as using the Memorial
Student Center hotel, or clustering resi
dents needing year-round housing to
gether in residence halls.
“I talked to the MSC Hotel, but they
seemed very adamant about not staying
open over the break,” he said. “Then I
thought about clustering people who
need 12-month housing together, such as
on the first floor of the balcony halls. But
the logistics were hard to imagine.”
Ron Sasse, director of the residence
life and housing, said the university has
provided interim housing in previous
years, but it stopped because of cost and
security concerns.
“As far as cost and security, the inter
im housing became a liability,” Sasse
said. “The demand was as such that it
was finally eliminated.”
Sasse said the department previously
placed international students with local
families over the winter holidays. The
winter break, he said, is the only break
when there is a demand for housing.
“Christmas is really the only time
when there is a need,” Sasse said. “The
rest of the year, there’s not really any de
mand.”
Islam said he is looking at other uni
versities for possible answers. He said
he will examine the University of Texas’
program because of its similarity in size.
“I’m going to look at t.u. first because
its student population is like ours and
has a similar number of international
students,” Islam said.
Sasse said his department will consid
er any input from the Senate.
“We’re willing to listen to any informa
tion and look at anything,” Sasse said.
“We need more information, so we can be
in a better position to help students.”
"Many other universities of
A&M's size have some form of
12-month housing for students."
-J.D. Cole,
student services chairman
c Safebreak’
â–¡ CDPE and BACCHUS
team up to promote a safe
spring break.
By Cheryl Heller
The Battalion
Texas A&M’s Center for Drug Pre
vention and Education began a week-
long prbgram Wednesday on educating
students about how to survive spring
break — literally.
The program, titled “Safebreak”, which
continues through March 8, aims at keep
ing students from drinking and driving
during spring break, Amy Williams, a
CDPE graduate assistant involved with
the program, said.
“This year we’re really focusing on des
ignating a driver and not drinking while
driving,” she said. “There are so many al
cohol-related accidents over spring break,
that we’re trying to encourage people to
play it safe and to enjoy spring break in a
safe and healthy manner.”
Rob Naudin, a junior political science
major, said that if he plans to drink dur-
explores safe
ing spring break, he will plan ahead and
designate a driver.
“Alcohol tends to play an important
role in spring break for a lot of people,”
he said, “but if you plan ahead, every
one can have a good time and make it
home safely.”
The CDPE has information tables in
the Memorial Student Center
this week. In
addition to
alcohol and
driving,
Williams said
the organiza
tion will also
distribute
packets with
inf orm ation
about sexually
transmitted
diseases, sun
exposure and
dehydration.
The packets
contain
coupons from local merchants, she
said, including a J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
alternatives
gift certificate and discount offers to
Houston Rockets games.
The CDPE is teaming up with the
Greeks today to provide a free “mock-
tail” bar at the Greek’s carnival at
Rudder Fountain.
The CDPE is also sponsoring a Geo
Tracker giveaway, Williams said, for stu
dents signing a pledge that they will not
drink and drive, or ride with anyone who
has been drinking, during spring break.
Booths will be in the Rudder Fountain
area Monday and in front of Sbisa Dining
Center Tuesday and Wednesday.
The CDPE will distribute safe spring
break information Wednesday at the
“Good Morning Commuters” breakfast in
144 Koldus.
In addition to the on-campus activities,
Williams said, the CDPE’s parent spon
sor program. Boost Alcohol Consciousness
Concerning the Health of University Stu
dents, will send BACCHUS members to
popular spring break spots such as South
Padre Island and Daytona Beach, Fla.
“They’ll sponsor fun, non-alcoholic
events to try to keep the students from
the temptations of drinking,” she said.
Termination of federal funding means finale for KAM U- FV, directors say
â–¡ Public broadcasting
serves a diverse
audience in ways private
broadcasting cannot,
PBS supporters say.
ByGretchen Perrenot
The Battalion
Public broadcasting stations in
smaller towns will not survive if
federal funding is eliminated for
the Corporation of Public Broad
casting, KAMU directors and PBS
supporters say.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich
has targeted the Corporation of
Public Broadcasting’s funding for
elimination.
Rodger Lewis, educational di-
r ector for KAMU-TV, said that if
PBS has to rely on advertising dol
lars for funding, small stations will
not survive.
“The prospects of selling half a
million dollars of ads within one
year in Bryan and College Station
is ridiculous,” Lewis said.
Lewis said KAMU does not
want to stop broadcasting, espe
cially now that new avenues are
opening up, such as possibly of
fering A&M and Blinn classes
via satellite.
Public stations are also the few
stations some people have access
to, Lewis said.
“What about the people who live
in a place where cable doesn’t
reach or those who can’t afford it?”
Lewis said.
Public television reaches 99
percent of American homes, he
said. It is worth the 80 cents a
person it costs for PBS to pro
vide educational shows to the
majority of people, he said.
Penny Zent, educational direc
tor for KAMU-FM, said the shows
on public stations offer high quali
ty, educational entertainment.
“Of the children’s programs, you
won’t find any better quality any
where on the dial,” Zent said.
“This is something that PBS pro
vides that no one else can.”
PBS also plays a vital role in
the community by training student
workers, Zent said.
“More than half of
our staff is made up
of student workers,”
Zent said. “They are
finding careers be
cause of their train
ing here.”
Zent said the situa
tion is similar in pub
lic radio and television
stations around the
country.
“What sets public
radio apart from cable is that it is
community driven,” she said.
“There is a broad coverage range
that is accessible by lots of people.”
Lewis said the public televi
sion shows represent the com
munities’ interests.
“Every station decides what
to put on the station,” Lewis
said, “and, as a basis for their
decision, they better consider
what the people in the communi
ty are interested in.”
Lewis said that in Bryan-Col-
lege Station, the programming
tends to be more conservative be
cause it represents the community.
Public television viewers repre
sent the U.S. population, Zent said.
Representation of race, educa
tion, income level, age and other
demographics are almost identical.
“The public television audi
ence mirrors the U.S. popula
tion,” Zent said.
Emil Ogden, executive producer
for a children’s programs and a for
mer A&M student, said his show
“ImagineLand” would not have
survived without KAMU.
The show, which originated in
College Station and is set on a
farm, is now carried on more than
250 stations nationwide.
“KBTX had no room for any
more children’s shows,” Ogden
said. “KAMU had the freedom to
choose what went on.”
Ogden said other children’s
shows, like “Barney” and
“Sesame Street”, would not have
become well-known without pub
lic television.
“Whether you like the shows or
not,” Ogden said, “you don’t have
to worry about children seeing
murder, mayhem, sex and violence.
“When children’s shows are on
PBS, they know it’s quality and
that it doesn’t have offensive lan
guage or innuendoes.”
The prospects of selling half a
million dollars of ads within one
year in Bryan and Colege Sta
tion is ridiculous."
— Rodger Lewis,
KARTU- TV educational director