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NEWS
Search continues for
health services director
Dr. Lucille Isdale, director of the
McKinley Health Center at the Univer
sity of Illinois, will interview Thursday
for the position of Texas A&M director
of student health services and the A.P.
Beutel Health Center.
The interview will be held at 3 p.m.
in 707 Rudder Tower.
A&M's division of student affairs
began interviewing for the position
last Friday.
The interviews are open to all staff
members of the Division of Student Af
fairs, Health Promotion, the Employee
Assistance Program, the College of
Medicine and members of the Federa
tion of A&M Mothers' Clubs.
The Division of Student Affairs
plans to fill the position by the end of
the month.
Memories haunt survivors
of 'death march'
TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) —
Bahrem Ektic, 16 and frail, saw dozens
of Muslim men lying dead or dying as
he made a seven-day trek to safety from
conquered Srebrenica. The memory of
one victim will remain with him.
"One had nose and ears cut off,
and only two fingers left on each hand.
When we passed by, he whimpered.
He begged us to kill him. But we could
not shoot him, for fear Serbs will hear
us. And nobody mustered strength to
put him out of his misery with a knife.
"So we left him there whimpering.
The sound will always be in my
head," Ektic said softly Tuesday, his
shoulders appearing too slight to han
dle the rifle he carried.
Ektic was among 15,000 Muslim
men who fled Srebrenica to evade the
Bosnian Serb fighters who overran the
"safe area" last Thursday. Most had
been conscripted for the defense of
Srebrenica.
Fewer than 5,000 have made it
safely to government-held Tuzla, 70
miles to the northwest, and there is
growing concern about the fate of the
11,000 who remained missing.
Democrats express
concerns about hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two
years, one trial and a series of govern
ment reports and hearings. Rep. Bill
Zeliff says he will try "to get to the bot
tom" of the siege that left 91 people
dead near Waco, Texas.
Some Democrats say they are con
cerned that Republicans will turn the
eight-day hearing that starts Wednesday
into an attack, with federal agents as the
primary target.
But Zeliff and GOP aides say the
hearings — the first into the Waco mat
ter since Republicans took control of
Congress — will help clear up remain
ing questions about what happened
when agents tried to serve a search war
rant on the Branch Davidian compound.
"Nobody can say I'm engaging in a
witch hunt," the New Hampshire Re
publican said. "With all the honesty and
integrity in my body, I'm trying to get to
the bottom of this."
Committee aides said the hearings
will cover everything from the plan
ning of the Feb. 28, 1993, search
warrant raid to the April 19 fire that
destroyed the compound. Four feder
al agents and six residents of the
compound died in a shootout.
Campus Briefs
SSSD works to improve campus accessibilit)
□ For 1 7 years. Support Ser
vices for Students with Dis
abilities has helped students
work around their disabilities.
By Tara Wilkinson
The Battalion
Support Services for Students with
Disabilities is working to provide all
Texas A&M students with an equal op
portunity to succeed.
Dr. Donna Williams, interim director of
Support Services for Students with Disabil
ities (SSSD), said they have been helping
students with disabilities within the Texas
A&M System since 1978.
“We help students with disabOities ne
gotiate their way through the University
and get a college education the same as
everybody else,” Williams said. “All we do
is make inroads.”
Gail Walters, former director of
SSSD, said most people immediately
think of wheelchairs when they hear the
word disability.
Learning disabilities are more com
mon among A&M students than physi
cal handicaps.
Many A&M students are challenged by
hearing and vision disabilities, psychologi
cal disabilities, chronic health ailments
and neurological impairments.
SSSD services include extended-time
testing, audio textbooks for the blind,
class registration assistance, note takers
and sign language interpreters.
Most of the reading
for the blind and note
taking is performed
by student volunteers.
Walters said stu
dents with disabilities
are responsible for
seeking out SSSD ser
vices themselves. Stu
dents must register
with SSSD each se
mester they wish to
utilize the services.
An SSSD brochure
explains that A&M of
ficials are not neces
sarily aware of needs of students with
disabilities.
“Texas A&M University does not have
special admissions programs for individu
als with disabilities and does not make pre
admission inquiries regarding disabilities,”
the brochure said. “Students have the op
portunity to state any extenuating circum
stances that have affected their academic
performance.”
SSSD assists registered students and
advises others about disability-related
issues.
Williams said she encourages students
to take control of their situations and be
come more confident.
She said students with
disabilities should in
troduce themselves to
their professors per
sonally.
“We try to encourage
them to advocate for
themselves in every sit
uation,” she said.
SSSD picks up
where individual stu
dents leave off, work
ing with University of
ficials to make A&M
more accessible to all
students.
Williams said SSSD is constantly work
ing with physical plant officials to improve
the accessibility of campus buildings.
Recently, automatic doors were in
stalled in the MSC, the Koldus Building
and Harrington Education Center.
If a student has a class inak
that is not accessible, SSSD willp
the University to move the class toi
er location, Williams said.
SSSD has made progress, sk
but is always looking for furtk
provements.
“We’ve made tremendous stride:
past four years in the number ofst.
served and the quality of those ser
Walters said. “But I think the wir:
vice is something we constantlyl
look at and not ever feel like wet
everything we can.”
SSSD is currently develop:
Learning Resource Center in Ha:
Walters said they are equipping
with the latest access softwares;
Book-Wise-Edge, the most advancs
of technology SSSD owns. Book
Edge is a machine that scanss
reads it aloud and prints the wor.
screen.
“Assistive technology isgt
bridge the gap for students with:
ities,” Walters said.
Renee Harris, accommodation,
nator for SSSD, said the lab will
full time in the fall and will es:
hours of operation to include ever.
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Bowen said that if the fee increase
is not approved, it may be necessary to
cut expenses across the University, in
cluding $5.3 million from academic af
fairs, which would decrease class
availability.
“The biggest impact on students, I
think, would be getting into classes,
largely in liberal arts and science,” he
said. “It’s going to impact mostly on
class access and in a major way on
lower division classes.”
The increase would generate $15.4
million in revenue. Most of the money
would be used to make up for the budget
deficit, and $5 million would be used for
staff and faculty salary increases.
The remaining funds would be used
for a $1.5 million addition to need-
based financial aid, $1.38 million for
special reserves and $1 million for
maintenance of campus facilities.
When Bowen proposed the increase,
he said he knew it may meet student
opposition.
“I fully understand that most of the
students won’t be happy to hear about
this,” he said. “But I hope they’ll see
the silver lining.”
An open forum was held on June 21 to
hear from students, staff and faculty.
Texas law mandates that any increase in
the general use fee must be subject to
public hearings before approval.
Students at the forum overwhelm
ingly objected to the increase. Many
students questioned the necessity of
the increase, and others said the in
crease was too much and would force
some students to drop out of school.
Any fee increase must be approved
by the Board of Regents.
The next official Board meeting will
be Aug. 31. The Board may vote on the
proposal before the formal meeting if it
chooses.
Certification
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with secondary education as it is, you don’t get that experience
until you student teach,” she said.
If the proposals are approved, the first redesigned course
would be implemented in Fall 1996. The other courses would be
phased in until the program is fully implemented in Spring 1999.
Dr. John E. Morris, professor of educational curriculum
and instruction, said secondary certification can be obtained
in as few as three semesters with the existing program. The
redesigned program consists of four sequential phases that
will take six semesters to complete.
Kristy Eastham, senior English and history major, said she
does not think a six-semester program will deter students who
are serious about teaching.
“The main point of all this is to make us better prepared
to teach the kids,” Eastham said. “Teachers aren’t as re
spected as they should be, but if we get more training,
maybe that will help.”
Beasley said she is hesitant about recommendations to
make the program longer.
“I think people will be a little wary about taking six semes
ters,” she said. “Most people haven’t even thought about get
ting their certifications before their sophomore years.”
Marcel LeJeune, a senior history major, said he has consid
ered returning to A&M in Spring 1996 to start working toward
secondary certification.
“If they change the program, I’m definitely not coming back
to A&M to get my certification,” he said. “I can go somewhere
else and get it a lot quicker.”
Carrie Lively, a senior journalism major who is studying for
her teacher certification, said she has always wonder
students seeking secondary certification are not ret
spend as much time training in public schools as ele:
education majors are.
“I feel like I won’t get that necessary experience
said. “A&M already has a highly ranked educatior.:
ment, and redesigning the secondary education progir
put us over the edge.”
A&M does not offer a degree in secondary educat;
dents wishing to teach at the secondary level mus:
their degrees in a field other than education and take
of teacher-education courses for their certifications.
Leigh Weisinger, a senior English and speech comm:
major, participated last semester in a pilot course dee
provide feedback for planning field-based experiences.
“I don’t like the program as it is now,” Weisinger sa::
base a majority of your grade on your field experience. B:
a very subjective sort of thing. As long as there isaf
tached to it, you aren’t going to have a helpful experience
The first and second phases of the program each cot
semester-long course. These classes will require stuc
work with teachers and adolescents in and out of the cl:
setting.
The third phase consists of two teacher-developmer
es, one in the fall semester and one in the spring.
The final year of secondary-certification trainin-
four, consists of a semester-long, senior-level method;
and a semester of student teaching.
Students will have a choice between a nine-hour::
hour student teaching program.
Weisinger said substitute teaching is the only exp:
that is realistic training for teachers.
“I’ve heard over and over that student teaching cl
prepare you to be a teacher,” she said. “It’s like trying
pare an astronaut to go up in space. There really isn’t r
like it on Earth. You can simulate space, but it’s not the:
Grants
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“A lot of the teaching [in Austria] is
one-way,” Keim said. “Professors come in
and lecture, and the students listen.”
Dr. Richard Woodman, head of the De
partment of Management, said the experi
ence Keim gains from his trip will help
the A&M business school tremendously.
“The knowledge he’ll get from this ex
perience can only help his teaching. It
can only enhance what he has already
done and improve his credibility, espe
cially when teaching international busi
ness classes,” Woodman said
Keim, who has taught at Texas
A&M since 1974, will also research the
differences between political and social
institutions in the Western world and
in Eastern Europe.
Kimber and Keim join a group of 75-80
Fulbright scholars who teach at A&M.
The J. William Fulbright Scholarship
Board, which was created in the 1940s,
awards money to scholars, scientists and
artists to study outside the United States.
Professors are judged on their pro
posed teaching or research, past perfor
mance and the needs of the country to
which they want to travel. The entire
process takes one year to complete.
Woodman said Keim and Kii
awards exemplifies the talent oft:
ulty at A&M.
“It’s extremely positive,” Wo:
said. “These grants are highly re:
It reflects very well on the school
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gram have changed dramatically t
years. Originally, she said, thep:
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