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■» *s'' Performins at 3rd Floor Cantina Friday, October 20th Robben Ford & The Blue Line Handful Of Blues available at bastings Hastings books • music • video ™ College Station - 2004 Texas Avenue South Bryan - Manor East Shopping Center mimitlKi ill- 11 ' “ ■ SS!5&«»* t-' til'll' ■ '95 AGGIELANDS ARE HERE. Pick up or purchase your yearbook today. PICKING UP your 1995 Aggieland is easy. If you ordered a book, just bring your Student ID to the English Annex (across ' ror £ ec ? ° n Hall) this week between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and show i o one of our enthusiastic staff members. If you did not order last years yearbook, you may purchase one or $30 plus tax. Checks are accepted at the English Annex, o pay cash or charge on your VISA, MasterCard, Discover or meric Express, go to 230 Reed McDonald Building. • The nation's largest college yearbook - 864 pages • 2-1/4 inches thick • Weighs almost 12 pounds Let the memories of the 1994-95 school year come rolling back Page 14 * Tin: Baitauon Thursday • October Mail T Drinking, driving steals another life Last March my girlfriend and I met a friend in Tyler to relax. We were driving into town to get a bite to eat when a drunk driver brought our world crash ing around us. My girlfriend and I spent a week in East Texas Medical Cen ter, but our friend wasn’t so lucky. He was killed on impact. The drunk driver was charged and convicted with ve hicular manslaughter with a deadly weapon. He is now serving a minimum of 10 years on a 10-year sentence in a state prison. We’re still healing from the pain caused by a drunk driver. Drink responsibly and always designate a driver. Rest in peace, Chase Walton. Brian Wilcox Class of ’95 Carie Castellano Class of ’96 There was no sugar coating of any issues or concerns nor any delightful anecdotes to en tertain people. Race relations have been and always will be a problem in America. Americans need to take heed of the Kemer Commission’s re port about America heading to ward two separate and unequal nations, a black America and white America. The Commission has released a second report that says the condition of race relations are worse now than they were 30 years ago. The world is hurting from all of the hate that people pos sess for another because of skin color and economic stand ing, wars and years of mis use/mistreatment of the land. Either we are truly going to have to learn how to respect and understand cultural differences or annihilate each other off the face of the earth. than Farrakhan. The effects of this M be more far-reaching thanetf the Nation of Islam hadthout The significance of this is that this group of | telling our country that they j are not being allowed to fitin, I am very grateful took place because it opened eyes of America to the facttt; racism is alive and well Ilopefully, people that we are still struggling discrimination. Hopefully, people wereawi ened to the bigotry that goes r around us u neon tested every dj 1 lopefully, people willreatsl the fight for freedom is ongoing. Until racism and discrimiu tion are ended, protests like I Million Man March will ue to force people to looke what is wrong in our country 'Then, as a country, weiE have the strength and th courage to take a stand for wk is right. As Martin Luther Kingsaii "My freedom is inextricalli bound to the freedom of others.' Justin Mikk Class off: A&M has nothin; on Cal Berkeley Carlos Edwards A&M Adviser Forget Farrakhan: March for all men I strongly disagree with Alex Miller’s column about the Mil lion Man March. No one can understand the need for a Million Man March until they have been an African-American man in a racist society. Through the freedom of ex pression, anyone who spoke at the March was expressing their thoughts and opinions as to the importance of Oct. 16, 1995 be ing a day of atonement and what it meant to them. • I am writing in response to Alex Miller’s column on the Million Man March. I agree with his evaluation of some of the speakers in that I too was shocked at some of the ideas put forth. But, I disagree with his idea that it was a disappointment. I found it very encouraging and inspirational that almost 500,000 black men came togeth er to stand for strength, unity and progress. Many of those in attendance and many of us watching looked past the disparaging remarks of Louis Farrakhan to see this was a positive for the black commu nity. This protest was bigger 1 am amused by the burgee: ing fear that A&M is becomi: an institution analogous toCil fornia Berkeley. I wish. When I think of Cal Berkele I think of the no. 2 school in English in then: nestled in sunny California. When I think of A&M, neering, chicken farmersari soil science comes to along with images of the pH Brazos Valley. Here is a remedy forthos who confuse these two sell All one has to do to prove A&M is not Berkeley is to them our library. That should resolve theissiii Christie hi Class of 1 } Happy Boss’ Week Dr. Leonard Berry Director, Center for Retailing Studies Professor of Marketing Your Staff Knows You ’re the Best!!! 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