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Yet we have no buildings left on campus that were built before 1909. That isn’t because build ings weren’t constructed before the turn of the century though. More than 22 buildings were con structed during those three decades. But none of them are still standing. More than three decades of ar chitecture have been lost. Those buildings and all that they con tained were destroyed — some by fire, others by demolition. There’s no way to get them back. That’s a tragedy. Old Main was the first building on campus. It was built in 1875, even before the official founding of this University. It burned down in 1912 and was replaced by the Academic Building in 1914. The University president’s home and the mess hall were oth er 19th century buildings that burned. Other buildings were torn down because they were old and sometimes falling apart. With fires and wrecking balls, part of A&M’s history was stolen. And yet Grundy fondly tells his grandchildren about attending movies with his cadet buddies at Guion Hall. “We had movies and other types of entertainment — plays or things like that occasionally. They were very inexpensive, but in those days, most everything was inexpensive.” His family will never be able to see Guion Hall, however. It was torn down in 1971 to make way for the Rudder Auditorium. With fires and wrecking balls, part of A&M's history was stolen. It was a magnificent building with impressive columns and stately windows. In its place is Rudder Auditorium — no columns in sight. What a shame. Guion Hall was at one end of the Military Walk, Sbisa was at the other. This graceful stretch of campus was home to beautiful buildings and greenery. Now it has a sunken kiosk station. Military Walk is commemorat ed with a plaque, but never will Aggies of today truly understand the ritual that went with that part of campus. We cannot forget the bond be tween the history of the school and the actual campus. They go together hand in hand. “Let’s make sure that the cam pus reflects the traditions and history of A&M,” said Greg Keith, graduate student, and founder and president of the Old Main So ciety, an A&M organization dedi cated to preservation and restora tion of the buildings and campus. This organization is trying to guarantee that the campus does reflect the history of the institu tion, by preserving and restoring what is already here, remember ing what was here and planning what will come in the future. “The reason we’re starting < ,-^s> 's with and focusing on the old buildings is to track the history of our campus. It's a point of reference,” said Keith. “We’re a conservative group in the true sense of the word.” They are trying to conserve the campus, as we all should. Although every building need not appear old, we don’t want Texas A&M to look like a Hous ton skyline or a industrial office complex. We are a University and should look like one. “You look at the new dorms and have to ask yourself ‘Are these collegiate?’” Keith said. “Yes, the administration is forced to make decisions based on eco nomics, but we can do beautiful things, like the Koldus building or the Sanders Cadet Center.” Maintaining the look and his torical integrity of a building is such a radical idea. Just across the street fn campus sits the newly remode! St. Thomas Episcopal Chun The addition to the facilityk done in a style identical tot; original, so that the two buildir are perfect companions. If they can do it, so can we. Though restoration and pres vation can be costly, they must priorities at Texas A&M. Destr tion can be just as costly, both terms of money and history will not always be convenient maintain these buildings, but i must make the effort. “Other universities spend a I of money to not tear buildijj down, like the University ofil ginia, which has dorms dati: back to the 1820s,” said Keith. The oldest dorms we have A&M are from nearly a cent® later; keeping them up is definit ly possible. Sometimes, buildings can repaired or remodeled at a fra tion of the cost it would take build new ones. We must first, however, realii the importance of maintainii and preserving our campus. Ignoring our history wilim only hurt us immeasurably, also those who come after us. At a school that is built on fri ditions, we need to recognize th role our campus plays in thos traditions. When will the destruction eni Will we return in 40 years only find the Academic Building gone 1 I hope not. Crow soars as best new artist at Grammy Awards LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Spring steen won song of the year for his brooding. Academy Award-winning “Streets of Philadelphia” and three other honors while newcomer Sh eryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do’’ won record of the year at Wednesday night’s 37th an nual Grammys. Tony Bennett, who became a sentimental vic tor in the pop perfor mance categories at the last two Grammy shows with “Steppin’ Out” and “Per fectly Frank,” won album of the year for “MTV Unplugged.” The top three awards cut across genera tions and musical styles with a rare victory for a debut effort in the record of the year cat egory, and accolades for Springsteen, just twice previously honored. “It’s such a victorious feeling to sing good American music and have this happen,” said Bennett, who also won for best traditional pop vocal performance. “Streets of Philadelphia,” from the 1993 movie “Philadelphia” about a lawyer with AIDS, also won for best rock song, best song written specifically for a movie or television and best male rock vocal performance. “I’m not sure this is a rock vocal. You stick around long enough and they give these things to ya,” he said, drawing laughs. Springsteen, who earned an Oscar last year for the song, expressed his apprecia tion to “the folks who have come up to me in restaurants or on the street who’ve lost their sons or their lovers or their friends to AIDS and said this song meant something to them.” Besides record of the year. Crow also won Grammys for best new artist and female pop vocal performance. She sang shortly before winning the sec ond award, and joked during her acceptance speech: “I want to thank my family for doing the wave during my performance. Kinda took the pressure off me of having to perform in front of Bonnie Raitt ... and all these (famous) people here in the front row.” Northwestern Summer Session ’95 Make a splash. At Northwestern’s Summer Session you’ll have access to Chicago and its beaches, parks, museums, festivals, shopping, baseball, music, and food. We have lakefront campuses in Chicago and Evanston (they’re about 30 minutes apart) where you can earn credit in courses that last from one to nine weeks. Come to Backstage, Crow said she relied on poet Wyn Cooper’s work to complete the song. “I wrote five different sets of lyrics for that song and ... I called Wyn and said, ‘Can I use your poem?’ and he said, ‘Great.’” “Stones in the Road” by Mary Chapin Carpenter won the country album honor. “I’m happy to be a musician,” the emotional winner said, “especially in this time when the arts are being at tacked in so many ways.” Carpenter also received a Grammy for best country female vocal perfor mance for her hit “Shut Up and Kiss Me.” The best male vocal performance went to Vince Gill for “When Love Finds You.” Salt-N-Pepa were awarded the Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for the trio’s song “None of Your Business.” Transcending categories, the song “I Swear” brought All-4-One the Grammy for best pop vocal performance by a group of duo and was named best country song for the ver sion recorded by John Michael Montgomery. In rhythm and blues, jack-of-all-trades Babyface won Grammys for best male vocal performance for “When Can I See You?” and for writing “I’ll Make Love to You,” the popu lar hit recorded by Boyz II Men. Boyz II Men claimed the R&B album tro phy for “II” and received the award for best R&B duo or group vocal performance for “I’ll Make Love to You.” Toni Braxton won the fe male R&B vocal performance for “Breathe Again.” In a victory over the duet on “Moonglow” by Bennett and k.d. lang, the pop vocal col laboration Grammy went to A1 Green and Lyle Lovett for “Funny How Time Slips Away.” It was the first Grammy of the ’90s for Green who was a regular winner during the 1980s. Green noted that Lovett couldn’t join him in accepting the award because he had bro ken his collarbone last weekend in a motor- cyle accident. Bonnie Raitt, whose flagging career was revived in 1989 with her multi-Grammy-win- ning album “Nick of Time,” won the best pop album award for “Longing in Their Hearts.” The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presented its annual Grammy awards in ceremonies at the Shrine Auditori um. The top awards were presented during a three-hour CBS telecast with comedian Pan Reiser as host. He opened the telecast by noting how (if Grammys seemingly have “400,000 cate gories” and joked: “Record stores have basically three cate gories: ‘new releases,’ ‘always in demand, and ‘a dollar-ninty-nine, how bad could be’?” The Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge” woi the rock album trophy and Aerosmith “Crazy” received a Grammy for rock perfoi mance by a group with vocal. Melissa Etheridge captured the femal rock performance Grammy for “Come to Window.” Green Day grabbed the award fc best alternative music performance for thei album “Dookie.” “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden eamei the hard-rock performance Grammy. Eric Clapton, who soared back into th Grammy limelight two years ago with hi “Unplugged” album, captured the traditiona blues album award for “From the Cradle.” Queen Latifah’s “U.N.I.T.Y” topped thi rap solo performance competition, which in eluded the hugely popular “Gin & Juice" Snoop Doggy Dogg. The producer of the year Grammy wenth Don Was, whose work this past year include Raitt’s and the Stones’ albums. “Blues For Dixie,” recorded by Asleep a the Wheel with Lyle Lovett, won a Gramm; for country performance by a duo or grouj with vocal. Aaron Neville and Trisha Year wood scored the country vocal collaborator Grammy for “I Fall to Pieces.” The instru mental performance award was won by Chel Atkins for “Young Thing.” Nominations in 87 categories were an' nounced in January. The winners were chosen by secret ballot ing of 7,000 academy members includinj singers, musicians, producers, composers, en gineers and others. Most of the Grammys were presented ir a ceremony before the televised part of th( program. It was the 25th time the Grammy Awards show was telecast. A dozen Grammy presen tations passed before it became a TV show on March 16, 1971, broadcast from the Holly wood Palladium. This year’s show aired ii 166 countries. Summer Session at Northwestern and make a splash. Noteworthy in ’95: Field schools in archaeology, environmental studies, ethnography, and urban studies and a six-week program in Prague. For more information, please call 1-800-FINDS tfftJ. 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