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Opinion, Page 11
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Sports, Page 9
“Serving Texas A dr Ad since 1893’
Monday • April 24, 1995
Class of’95 announces class gift Residence,ial1 visitation
0 hours extended to 2 a.m.
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person' The Class of ’95 is presenting
ustry. t&M with a Muster monument
and cl endowment as its class gift.
"icerE The Class of ’95 will spend
wasophout $95,000 on the gift, the
1995 Thai amount depending on Se-
w prod !° r Weekend expenses and
iggress evenues.
iphaseJfody Burke, Class of ’95
i are j n Jresident, said one-third of the
smpete ®>unt will go toward the mon-
e "h esi iment and the remainder to-
BM C( mr ^ the endowment,
nc dur Burke said the proposed site
Id’s top the 1 monument is in the Acade-
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Hit will be a small monument
nth two hands reaching out, one
igbting the candle of the other,”
lurke said. “On one hand there
Olvill be a Class of ’95 Aggie ring
and on the other will be a wed
ding band because not everyone
represented at Muster would
have an Aggie ring.”
Burke said the monument will
have two inscriptions. One side
will give the history of Muster
and the other will describe the
current ceremony and barbecue
that takes place.
“With the monument, the
Class of ’95 is able to leave a
physical monument
that serves a purpose
of educating visitors
to A&M,” Burke said.
Matt Upton,
Class of ’95 class
gift co-chair, said
the endowment will
benefit every mem
ber of the Class of
’95 and other Aggies
by supporting the
Muster ceremony.
“Every member of the Class
of ’95 will one day be recognized
at Muster, either here or some
where else around the country,”
Upton said. “It doesn’t matter
who you are or whether you’re
involved in campus organiza
tions, you will be involved in
Muster someday.”
The gift was one of six voted
on during the elections in
March. The Muster monument
and endowment won with 445
votes. Second choice for the gift
was an endowment package
with 240 votes.
Upton said one of the rea
"We may be through with our
four years here, but I'm sure we'll
have a lot more to give A&M."
— Matt Upton,
Class of ’95 gift co-chair
sons this gift was the most pop
ular choice was because Muster
coincided with Senior Weekend
this year.
“This is our one last chance as
seniors to have a good time and go
out with a bang,” he said. “There
were a lot of Class of ’95 names
called at Muster this year.
“It really hits close to home
and makes you realize what it’s
all about.”
Upton said the connection
with the Class of ’95 and
Muster is strong because the
class will be the honored at
Muster in 50 years.
“We may be through with
our four years here, but Tm
sure we’ll have a lot more to
give A&M,” he said. “In 50
years it will be the Class of ’95
who will be giving the speeches
at Muster and other events.”
The goal of every class that
leaves a gift to the school is to
have the gift in place by the
class’s fifth reunion, Burke said.
“That will not be a problem,”
he said. “I foresee the gift in place
well before that time.”
Upton said the sculptor. Dr.
Rodney Hill, associate dean for
student services in the College of
Architecture, is working on the
sketches for the monument.
□ The decision was a
compromise between
the administration and
the RHA.
By Wes Swift
The Battalion
On-campus residents will be
able to entertain guests a little
later next year.
Dr. J. Malon Southerland,
vice president for student af
fairs, increased the residence
hall visitation hours, allowing
students to visit halls until 2
a.m. all week.
The decision caps a year-long
drive by the Residence Hall As
sociation for 24-hour visitation
in the halls. Residence halls’
regulations have previously al
lowed visitors from 10 a.m. to 11
p.m. on weekdays and 1:30 a.m.
on weekends.
Ron Sasse, director of the De
partment of Residence Life and
Housing, said the decision was
made after hearing some reser
vations about all-day visitation.
“There was a concern that 24-
hour visitation was too much
right now,” Sasse said. “We
would like to slowly take it to
that direction. The first logical
step was to increase the ceiling.”
Dr. Jan Winniford, associate
vice president for student af
fairs, said the decision was a
compromise between students
and the administration. She ex
plained that many of the major
goals of 24-hour visitation could
be accomplished with the 2 a.m.
extension.
“For example, many students
wanted extra time to study in
the halls,” she said. “This gives
them that extra time.”
RHA leaders found the deci
sion bittersweet. Several mem
bers acknowledged that the
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The Batealion
Students, alumni, family and friends filled
j. Rollie White Coliseum to capacity as they
gathered at Muster on Friday night to honor
the 110 Aggies who had died this year.
Besides the campus Muster, 400 other
lusters were held Friday, 30 of which oc
curred outside the United States.
Poems and prose written by Aggies were
read to emphasize the spirit and unity which
is part of the Muster tradition.
Roger Hsieh/ Thf. Battalion
Dr. Lee Phillips, ’53, was this year’s Muster
j speaker.
Speakers told stories in recognition of the
Class of ’45, who attended Muster as part of
their 50th class reunion.
Class of ’45 remembrances were told by
Laurie Peebles and Bridget Hennessey, both
members of the Muster Committee.
Peebles’ speech focused on the Class of ’45
before they entered World War II.
She said 1943 was a time of decisions for
the Class of ’45, who would only experience
one semester of “normal” college life.
“After two years of school, these guys would
still spend time together,” Peebles said, “but
instead of in the classroom, it would be on the
battlefield.
“In 1943 the Class of ’45 was packed up on
17 trains. This class experienced a Corps trip
like no other class at A&M. It
was a Corps trip that would
change their lives forever.”
Hennessey told of the expe
riences the class faced after the
war.
She said that after serving in
World War II, most members of
the class returned in the fall of
1945 and spring of 1946 to com
plete their education, but 106
members of the class wouldn’t
have that opportunity.
“In the end, the Class of ’45 lost more
men in World War II than any other class,”
Hennessey said. “They were no longer
naive college boys, but men who had seen
the horrors of war.”
Hennessey said that if it was not for the
Aggie ring, the Class of ’45 might not have
even been a class.
“Without the ’45 on their ring, class mem
bers would have been men without a class,”
she said. “As it is, 45 is a number that bonds.”
Keynote speaker. Dr. Lee Phillips, focused
on the ties between the classes from ’45 to ’95,
using Aggie traditions as the main symbol of
this unity.
“It makes me wonder sometimes what in
the world it is we could have in common with
them (Class of ’45),” he said. “One thing that
comes to mind when you compare the Class of
’45 to ’95 is that the Class of ’45 didn’t gradu
ate in four years either.”
On a serious note, Phillips gave numerous
examples of how Aggie traditions are the main
bond between the students and alumni.
“Our traditions — beliefs and customs
handed down by Aggies from generation to
generation — are time-tested, value-proven
conventions,” Phillips said. “We’ve all stood as
the Twelfth Man; we understand it. We’ve all
worked on Bonfire.
“We’ve all experienced Silver Taps. Do you
"Our traditions — beliefs and customs
handed down by Aggies from generation
to generation — are time-tested, value-
proven conventions."
— Ur. Lee Phillips,
1995 Muster speaker
realize that you have stood where I’ve stood,
where the Class of ’45 has stood and where
Aggies have stood forever?
“ We’ve heard the volleys; we’ve heard
the taps, and so I understand how you feel
when you pay that silent, solemn goodbye
at Muster.”
Aggies share a common language, he said,
which bonds them together.
“At the barbecue, when yell leaders got up
on stage and gave the signs, everyone under
stood them and passed them back,” Phillips
said. “We have communication, and with
communication we can solve problems.”
Roger Hsieh/ The Battalion
Susan Oza (left) lights the candle of Theresa Schehin, who
was present for her husband. More pictures of Muster, Page 3.
Strength of building s walls
questioned, delays search
J A man identified as "John Doe 2" has been
dismissed as a suspect.
■ OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Army deserter was questioned Sun
day in connection wfth the bombing of the federal building, but the
Justice Department denied he was the heavy-browed “John Doe 2” pic-
pred in an FBI sketch.
■ As the investigation widened, some 20,000 people overflowed the
state fairgrounds, where President Clinton and the Rev. Billy Graham
were to lead a memorial service on what the president declared a na
tional day of mourning.
|i Hours before the ceremony, spectators lined up for a mile. Attorney
Bteneral Janet Reno got a standing ovation as she entered.
■ “I think we all feel paralyzed,” said Tamara Meadows, of suburban
pdmond.
■ The bombing site, where workers have toiled for days in heat, dust,
lain and cold, was a scene of growing misery. Fears that the structure
Would crumble stopped searchers again and again from reaching the
flEea where a day-care center and Social Security office were.
I The death toll in the worst terrorist bombing in U.S. history stood
at 78, with 150 people unaccounted for. More than 400 were injured in
Wednesday’s blast, caused by thousands of pounds of homemade explo
sives packed into a Ryder rental truck.
■ David Iniguez was picked up by military authorities in San
Bernardino, Calif., on charges unrelated to the attack and was ques
tioned in connection with the bombing, Justice Department
spokesman John Russell said.
See Building, Page 1 2
Forum defines desired traits for new vice president
□ A&M officials included
the importance of re
sponsibility and delega
tion of authority as im
portant qualities for the
vice president for finance
and administration.
By Lisa Messer
The Battalion
Faculty and administrators
stressed the importance of teach
ing experience, ability to delegate
responsibility and service when
hiring a permanent vice president
for faculty and administration
Friday in an open forum.
The search advisory committee
for the vice president for finance
and administration held the fo
rum to allow University input
into the search to fill the position.
Dr. Charles Lee, chairman of
the committee and interim execu
tive vice president and provost,
said the committee has identified
115 possible candidates.
“We get five to 10 a day
now,” Lee said. “We expect the
number to be substantially
larger by the end of next week.
We have applicants from the
private sector, public sector,
military, you name it.”
Dr. Walter Wendler, dean of
the College of Architecture, said
the committee needs to
remember that
A&M’s academic
purpose should
be the most
important
thing to the
vice presi
dent.
“I want to
reiterate the
importance
of the indi
vidual’s un
derstanding of
the importance
of finance and ad
ministration and
academic programs
Wendler said. “We can be a
great University here with well-
managed finances, but we can be
even better if we work together.
“It would be nice if the person
had some teaching experience.
Every decision made in that of
fice trickles down to students
every day.”
Dick Lindsay, vice chancellor
for finance and operations in the
A&M System and member of the
committee, said the vice president
for finance administration
needs the ability to
delegate responsi
bility.
“The vice
president
needs an un
derstanding
of delega
tion of au
thority, ac
countability
and respon-
sibility,”
Lindsay said.
“I think the
management au
dit said we have
enough policies and
then some. A&M and the Sys
tem are committed to reducing
what I think are bureaucratic
problems.”
Lindsay said the service orien
tation of the person recommended
by the committee will be crucial.
“We’re here to serve and help
you do your jobs better,” Lindsay
said. “If we can’t do that, I don’t
know why we’re here at all.”
Dewey Liccioni, assistant vice
chancellor for administration in
the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences and a member of
the committee, said the new vice
president would have to be will
ing to change.
“We don’t need the ‘Lilypad
Syndrome’ of this is my area and
this is your area,” Liccioni said.
“The person needs to look across
the board. They’re going to have
to move. They’re going to have to
be mobile. There are going to be
some changes.”
Lee said the committee was
scheduled to start reviewing ap
plications April 15 but missed
the deadline.
He said the committee will get
a short list of candidates as soon
as possible.
The committee will make rec
ommendations to Dr. Ray Bowen,
president of A&M, and Bowen
will name the new vice president.