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SWC SHOWDOWN
A&M baseball looks to extend SWC
lead against Baylor this weekend.
Sports, Page 9
X-amining OUR GENERATION
Taylor: Our generation is so diverse, it is hard
to define us with one label.
Opinion, Page 13
DRAMATIC ARTS AT A&M
Theater arts program and Aggie
players present "Othello."
Aggielife, Page 3
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tracts with on-campus students to
provide cable services.
A decision on the bill came af
ter less than a minute of debate,
causing surprise among some.
Trevor Dunham, RHA vice
president for operations, said
that he was shocked by the lack
of debate. He said he thought
more would be
said for those who
would have to pay
for the service but
do not have a tele
vision.
But Dunham
said he under
stands why there
was little debate.
“We’ve been
looking at this for
time,” he said.
a long
The resi-
“We’ve had extensive discus
sion on this,” Ross said. “We’ve
been working on this since the
beginning of last fall. The hall
councils have had time to talk
to the residents. We’ve got
feedback and we’ve put a lot of
effort into this.”
Dunham pointed to a recent
survey of on-campus residents
that showed 82.7 per
cent of the 1,029 re
spondents agreed to
pay the fee. Only 3.3
1 percent had neutral
feelings, and 14.4
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' ' ' dations come amid a
flurry of possible fee
increases. The Texas A&M
Board of Regents raised park
ing fees in its last meeting, and is
expected to consider raising resi
dence hall rents in an upcoming
meeting.
Ross said that the cable fee
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Anissa Summers, a freshman English major, offers to trade Easter eggs for donations to the
American Heart Association outside the MSC Wednesday afternoon.
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| ®itists have their way, in a few
ars, the Easter Bunny and the
neral public will be enjoying
aroon carrots.
Dr. Leonard Pike, professor of
'rticulture sciences, is develop-
g the maroon carrot, which is
Tssbred from carrots with p ar
il maroon color.
The maroon carrot began as a
jlovelty concept aimed primarily
Aggies worldwide.
I “We just had to have a ma-
foon carrot from Aggieland,” he
said, “but after growing some
samples, it was determined
that the maroon carrot had a
nice crisp, crunchy texture sim
ilar to an apple.”
Pike said that while working
on the ideal maroon carrot, he dis
covered that the maroon carrot is
healthier and tastier than tradi
tional carrots.
Kilsun Yoo, research assis
tant professor of horticulture
sciences, has been focusing on
the maroon carrot’s healthy, in
ternal qualities.
“I have been working to en
sure that the Aggie carrot is
high in beta carotene, natural
sugars and low in the terpenoid
compound, which causes a bit
ter, harsh flavor,” he said.
The crossbred maroon carrot is
naturally high in beta carotene
sharply differs from other pro
posed fees, because residents will
know what the fee will pay for.
“The biggest problem that resi
dents have about fees is that
many times they don’t know what
a fee is for,” Ross said. “This is dif
ferent. Residents can look at this
fee and know exactly what they
are paying for.”
The bill will now be voted on by
the Staff Council and sent to the
Department of Residence Life and
Housing for examination. The bill
will progress from there, depend
ing on the Department’s ruling.
Ron Sasse, director of the De
partment of Residence Life and
Housing, said since the Regents
have to approve the fees, action
may not be taken on the proposal
until 1996.
But Sasse did say he expects
the proposal to be passed.
“I think it can be in place by
Fall 1996 like the bill says,” Sasse
said. “I don’t see any reason why
it would not happen.”
□ Classes that begin af
ter noon on Good Fri
day have been can
celled.
By Lynn Cook
The Battalion
Students, faculty and staff will
get Good Friday off beginning at
noon Friday.
The Texas Legislature
passed a resolution that Gov.
George W. Bush signed stating,
“I ... order that all State de
partments and agencies, except
emergency services, be closed
for half a day beginning at
noon on Friday, April 14.”
Dr. Ray M. Bowen, president
of A&M, said in a memo that all
faculty and staff will get half-a-
day off beginning at noon.
Each department will deter
mine which offices should remain
open as emergency services. Em
ployees who do not know if they
are required to work Friday
should contact their supervisors.
Jeanette Phariss, assistant
provost, said classes that begin
after noon on Friday will be
canceled.
“If class begins at noon or
later, the class will be dis
missed for the day,” Phariss
said. “If class starts before
noon, student will be expected
to attend and finish class.”
Sheran Riley, assistant to the
University president, said the
University has a limited number
of holidays it can declare each
year. Each agency head usually
decides which holidays to take,
she said.
Instead of Good Friday, this
year faculty and staff had two
days off at the end of spring
break instead of one.
Riley said the University
does not have any more holi
days to give.
“This year, the faculty and
staff got two days off at spring
break, so the University has no
more holidays,” Riley said.
Campus Crime Stoppers put on hold
□ Lack of leadership
has caused setbacks in
getting program started
this semester.
By Eleanor Colvin
The Battalion
Student leaders, hoping to
make Texas A&M the second
university in the nation to im
plement a campus Crime Stop
pers program have faced some
problems in getting the pro
gram off the ground.
The Student Senate ap
proved the resolution to begin
the Texas A&M Crime Stoppers
last semester. Since then, no
further developments in the
program have been made.
Toby Boenig, student body
president-elect, said he is inter
ested in seeing this program
grow.
“We’ve had some difficulty
getting this program started,”
he said, “but I am interested in
seeing it get off the ground.”
Brooke Leslie, student body
president, said this year was
dedicated to working out the
problems associated with the
ship will be the key to the suc
cess of the Texas A&M Crime
Stoppers.
“The first thing to be done is
find a chairman that is a real
‘go-getter,’” he said. “We need
someone to really move this
project in the right direction.”
Leslie said deciding who will
serve as phone operators is an
other problem.
“Finding volunteers to work
the phones has not been a prob
lem,” she said. “The concern is
that many students may not
handle crimes sensitively
enough or adhere to certain le
galities in reporting the
crimes.”
Gene Zdziarski, associate di
rector of student life, said the
program would help curb
crimes commonly occurring on
campus.
“This program
would focus on mis
demeanor theft,” he
said. “We’re looking
at bicycle and back
pack theft and other
destructive and ma
licious acts. Violent
student body president be COV e re d mainly
by the county Crime
Stoppers.”
Zdziarski said the Texas
program.
“There have been problems re
garding the structure of the pro
gram, where the phones will be
located and how the University
Police Department fits into this,”
she said. “We feel like everything
is in place now, and we’re ready to
take the next step.”
Leslie said one of the biggest
problems with the program was
its leadership.
“We’re hoping everyone will
work hard to establish this pro
gram,” she said.
Boenig said effective leader-
"We're hoping everyone will
work hard to establish the pro
gram."
— Brooke Leslie,
A&M Crime Stoppers would be
structured in the same way as
the county Crime Stoppers, and
anonymous callers will be re
warded if the information they
provide leads to an arrest or a
conviction.
Leslie completes te
and sugars. However, the scien
tists want to perfect the flavor
and healthy qualities before re
leasing the carrots into the com
mercial market.
The inner portion of the ma
roon carrot retains the orange
color.
Pike said the high-quality
taste, texture and unique color
scheme of these new carrots sug
gest a unique marketing idea —
carrot chips.
“The maroon and orange color
combination make an attractive
package,” he said. ‘We are work
ing on how to create carrot chips,
yet still retain the sweeter taste,
high quality and unique colors.”
The maroon carrot should be
on the commercial market in
about two years.
□ Leslie gives advice to
incoming student body
president, Toby Boenig.
By Kasie Byers
The Battalion
The transition between stu
dent body presidents has already
begun as Brooke Leslie moves out
of her office, making room for
Toby Boenig to move in.
All of the items from her draw
ers and file cabinets are piled on
top of her desk, but her platform
still hangs on the wall, with every
point checked off.
At the end of her term as
student body president, Brooke
Leslie has achieved the promise
she made before being elected:
implementing all of her plat
form goals.
Leslie said the most impor
tant points on her platform
were the implementation of the
bookswap and the student lead
ership scholarship.
“Both ^bookswap and the stu
dent leadership scholarship were
main concerns of the student
body and have been tried in the
past unsuccessfully,” Leslie said.
“Their implementation is truly a
landmark achievement.”
She said that throughout her
experiences as student body
president, she is most proud of
the friendships and relation
ships she has built and the
more complete sense of love she
has gained for A&M.
“When you work so closely
with a university, you begin to see
the inside of it as well as the out
side,” Leslie said. “A&M has its
share of problems, but I know
without a doubt it is the best Uni
versity to attend.”
As Leslie prepares to leave her
duties as student body president
and graduate in May, she said
she wants students to remember
her work ethic, integrity and abil
ity to motivate and lead.
“I hope Ill be thought of as do
ing this for the right reason, not
for self-glorification or any kind of
egotistical motive, but because I
could do the best job,” she said.
Leslie said she advises Toby
Boenig, student body president
elect, to never forget that his
main focus is the students.
“Stay focused and remember
what your role is,” she said.
“You’re not here for the adminis
tration, faculty or former stu
dents. You are in this office to do
what is best for the students of
Texas A&M University.
“Never lose the chance to take
advantage of the many opportuni
ties you have within this office to
make a difference.”
After graduation, Leslie said
she plans to travel to Europe to
Nick Rodnicki/THE Battalion
Outgoing student body president,
Brooke Leslie will graduate in May.
take a break from school and
have some fun.
“This office has reaffirmed my
belief in taking some time to have
fun or else you can never enjoy
the job you’re doing,” she said.
After the break, she is going to
law school.
Notice:
The Battalion will not
publish tomorrow be
cause of the Universi
ty holiday. We will re
sume normal publica
tion on Monday.