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□ A representative of the
Nation of Islam asked
African-Americans of all
religions to join the "Million
Man March" on Washington
or stay home in self-reflection
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African-American men hold the key
to their future, and it is up to them to
turn it into a bright one as they march
on Washington, D.C. this October, a
spokesman for the Nation of Islam said
Thursday night.
Brother Cedric X, a representative of
Minister Louis Farrakhan from the
Austin Mosque, asked African-Ameri
cans to join Farrakhan and other lead
ers in the non-partisan, non-religious
“Million Man March” set for Oct. 16.
“This march will cause us to come
into unity together,” X said. “It will al
low black men to stand up together once
and for all, not falling backwards, but
going forwards from here on out.”
The Nation of Islam is calling on all re
ligions to proclaim Oct. 16 a holy day, and
for all African-Americans to stay home
from work and school in self-reflection.
“No matter what you call him, he is
still God,” X said. “We are going to
atone for our sins; you are going to be
come one with God.”
X said African-American men need to
stop pointing the finger and stand up
for themselves.
“Can white people atone?” he said.
“Yes. But we’ve got to atone first before
anybody, because we sat here and toler
ated 400 years of madness. You and I
have allowed the women to be abused,
raped and drug across the fields while
we just sit there and watched.
“We have sat around for 400 years.
We have been cowards for too long.”
African-Americans are the only ones
who can solve the problems of drugs, vi
olence and poverty which face them, X
said, and they cannot become depen
dent on the government.
“Think about the power we would
have if 1 million men marched on
Washington and came back to all the
gang-bangers and said, ‘You’ve got to
stop,”’ he said.
The march is for men only because
African-American women have been
forced to carry too much of the load,
X said.
“I know you live in a society where
people want to oppress the woman,” he
said. “But when you see him trying to
be a man, step off. Step off and let him
be* a man.”
X said cuts in government make self-
help a more pressing issue.
“This country is dying,” he said. “We
have a $400 trillion debt. When they get
ready to get rid of affirmative action,
where are you going to work?”
The solution is for African-Americans,
especially those with a college education,
to start their own businesses, X said.
“Please finish,” he said. “We need
your minds. Without your ingenuity, we
can’t do it.”
X said the march will also attempt to
set up a network for African-Americans
to better their own communities.
Darius Morris, a member of the Na
tion of Islam and a senior business
analysis major, said the march is
planned to bring African-Americans all
over the world together to fight their
worst enemies — themselves.
“We’re one of the most disrespected
groups on the earth,” Morris said. “Why?
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semester's table setup.
MSC Council to consider
veterans’ flag proposal
□ If approved, seven flags
representing the United States,
Texas and military services will
be added to the MSC Flagroom.
By Kasie Byers
The Battalion
The MSC Council is following up on a re
quest made by Texas A&M Veterans to place
the National Ensign Flag, the State Flag of
Texas and the five military service flags in
the MSC Flagroom.
The National Ensign Flag is the United
States flag, and the five service flags repre
sent the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard.
Texas A&M Veterans approached
Jim Reynolds, MSC director,
at the beginning of the
summer. Reynolds
passed the proposal
along to the Council.
Jimmy Charney,
executive vice presi
dent of finance and
administration for
the Council, said
the general concept
was approved at a
recent Council meet
ing, but further steps
must be taken before it is
implemented.
“The request will go to the
building operations committee in the
next two weeks for final details,” Charney
said. “It must then go to the Council for fi
nal approval before the flags will be placed
in the MSC.”
William Zarco, Texas A&M Veterans pres
ident, said the group first noticed that the
American and state flags were not in the
MSC when the club met to take an organiza
tional picture in the MSC Flagroom.
“It’s a shame,” Zarco said. “We were a
brand new organization and wanted our pic
ture taken in front of the national flag in the
MSC. No U.S. Flag was there.
“The Flagroom represents importance at
A&M, but there are only Corps [of Cadets]
flags there. Everyone can see that the U.S.
and state flags belong there as well.”
Bill Walding, Texas A&M Veterans mem
ber, led the Project Colors Committee’s effort
to get the flags in the MSC.
Walding said the seven flags were chosen
because the same flags hang in the Roosevelt
Room, where the President of the United
States meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Charney said the additions to the Fla
groom are important because many people do
not even realize the absence of the national
and state flags.
“The MSC is something that we, as Council
members, see and deal with everyday and
we never noticed [the absence of the
national and state flags] be
fore,” he said. “It took some
one from the outside to
bring it to our attention.”
The MSC Council
and the Texas A&M
Veterans are work
ing out the details of
where the flags will
be placed and who
will provide the flags.
Walding said they
were working with the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
of Bryan-College Station to
get the flags donated to the MSC.
If the flags are added, Zarco said,
then the MSC will serve its purpose as a
memorial for those former students who gave
their lives while defending their country.
“The flags will exemplify what the MSC is
supposed to represent,” he said. “We want peo
ple to recognize that the flags weren’t there be
fore, but now they are.
“And they are there, not because of what
our organization did, but because the student
body cared enough.”
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Interns prepare, organize Muster Courses offer future teachers
□ Muster interns work up to 20
hours and are responsible for
contacting former students to speak
at the annual event.
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By Courtney Walker
The Battalion
Students who want to experience Muster
around the world can apply for an internship
with the Association of Former Students.
Roll call, the 21-gun salute and Silver Taps
are all part of the Aggie Muster tradition in Col
lege Station, but former students in Australia
and Russia celebrate Muster in different ways.
David Wilkinson, director of club programs for
the Association of Former Students, said stu
dents can inquire about employment for a
Muster internship through his office.
Applicants must be full-time students inter
ested in Muster and its traditions.
Interns are responsible for finding former stu
dents to speak, sending out roll call lists, helping
organize and prepare for Muster and writing the
Muster handbook used by chair members around
the world.
Kim Greebon, Student Government Muster
Committee member, said Muster is an event stu
dents expect to happen, and sometimes students
are not aware of the work that goes on behind
the scenes.
“Some people do not realize we plan all year
and the little nit-picky things done to make
things go right the night of Muster like talking
to the families and burning candles the night be
fore,” Greebon said.
Wilkinson said interns should be prepared to
work 12-15 hours a week during the fall and 15-
20 hours during the spring.
Jana Hartman, Class of ’95, was an intern for
Wilkinson and said it was one of her best experi
ences at A&M.
“It was a very time-consuming job,” Hartman
said. “But after Muster was over, I had a won
derful sense of being part of a whole instead of
individual. It felt good to know all the tedious
valuable classroom experience
□ A&M students take
classes at participating
elementary and middle
schools while learning
how to handle
classroom situations.
By Michelle Lyons
The Battalion
See Muster, Page 2
Texas A&M education majors
are getting some real-world
training through a semester-long
program that allows students to
spend time in middle and ele
mentary school classrooms.
A&M students are given the
opportunity to observe teachers
and their students at Som-
merville Junior High, South
Knoll Elementary and Crockett
Elementary. Because they ob
serve at least three teachers over
the course of the semester, stu
dents are able to see different
teaching techniques and styles.
Laura Smith, a senior educa
tion major, said the course has
a lot to offer future teachers.
“Before, I’ve never really been
in the classroom [as a teacher],”
Smith said, “and now I’m getting
2 1/2 hours a day in a classroom
watching a teacher. It’s a lot of
hands-on training instead of just
using a textbook.”
Dr. Donna Cooner, project co
ordinator for South Knoll Pro
fessional Development School
and an A&M education profes
sor, agreed that the program
has much to offer students.
“Basically, the program is de
signed to give the students a
combination of theory and prac
tice,” Cooner said. “They are
able to take what they are
learning and apply to real-
world classroom settings.”
Cooner said she believes the
program will be an asset later on
in the students’ teaching careers.
“When we turn out new
teachers, they will have already
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