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/ol. 102, No. 46 (10 pages)
Established in 1893
Monday • October 30, 1995
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:an cultures courses Sunday, which will be
ortai jubmitted to the full Senate Wednesday,
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6, dasii lommittee for Academic Affairs reviewed
two bills, one that would turn the matter of
culture courses to the specific colleges to de-
outgait anc | another that would approve the in
ternational course and call for American
cultures to be covered in United States his
tory courses
Jesse Czelusta, a sponsor of The American
and International Cultures Proposal and a
senior agricultural economics major, said the,
first bill’s intent is to recognize the ability of
the individual colleges and departments to
determine what best suits students
“This one allows more flexibility,” he said
“The idea is to allow the colleges and depart
ments to develop a curriculum that reflects the
needs of their graduates.”
The bill would repeal the current cultures
requirement bill, which has been tabled for
consideration, but charges the individual col
leges and departments to research the need for
a requirement.
Should a college decide on the implementa
tion of a cultures class, all departments within
the college must implement it. However, de
partmental requirements would not be binding
on the college.
Bo Armstrong, a sponsor of the first bill and
a junior computer science major, said this pro
posal would benefit some colleges such as engi
neering, which may chose a lesser requirement
than what has been proposed in the past, or
none at all.
) “I think that under the Faculty Senate pro
posal, there’s the opportunity for students of
any major to take courses that don’t apply to
them,” he said. “Leave it to the colleges and
departments, and they can tailor their cultures
course to best benefit their students in their
future careers.”
The second proposal, called the Degree Mar
ketability bill, is more similar to the Faculty
Senate bill.
Amy Bigbee, a junior chemical engineering
major who has worked on the bill, said the
group that drafted it believed in the original
idea of the cultures course requirement.
“We valued the goals of the original Facul
ty Senate bill in that a degree will be made
more marketable through an international
course being taken, and that the students
could benefit from an American cultures
class,” she said. “But people could take class
es not related.”
Bigbee said the Degree Marketability bill
would mandate the international course, but
not an American cultures course. Some people,
if forced to take a class that concerns itself
with minorities, might not think what they are
learning is relevant, she said.
“People will be saying, ‘If this is so impor
tant, why didn’t I learn it in history?”’ she
said. “So History 105 and 106 should include
more on minority cultures.”
Currently, many History 105 and 106 sec
tions include studies of minorities, hut Bigbee
said there needs to be more agreement about
the content.
“We noticed that History 105 and 106 were
not included on the Faculty Senate list and we
wondered why,” she said. “Because not all pro
fessors felt their sections met the requirements.
“We want to see that all the sections fulfill
the requirements.”
Bigbee said this bill would leave the list of
requirements to the colleges.
“This bill calls for the approved interna
tional course list to be accepted and, further
more, each college could develop a list of suc
cessful courses more applicable to their de
grees,” she said.
Armstrong said the reason two bills are be
ing submitted to the Student Senate is to allow
for more options.
“The whole purpose for them (the bills) com
ing out Wednesday is a presentation to the
student body,” he said.
Armstrong said there are many options for
the Senate. If it is decided to pass one hill, the
other will be intentionally voted down.
“There is also the chance that we could
come up with some sort of a hybrid bill,” he
said. “They can send them back to the commit
tee, review them or kill them. But at least we
have something to work with.”
The Student Senate Curriculum and
Regulations Subcommittee for Academic
Affairs debated two proposals Sunday
dealing with international and American
cultures courses.
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□ The American and International Cultures
Proposal recommends that each college be al
lowed to implement their own cultures require
ment, rather than having the University set the
curriculum. The bill, if passed, would repeal
the current Senate proposal.
□ The Degree Marketability Bill recommends that
the University mandate an international cultures
requirement, but not an American cultures require
ment. The proposal also encourages U.S. history
classes to include more on American cultures.
The two bills will be presented before the entire
Senate Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the
Governance Room of the Koldus Building. Stu
dents are allowed to attend.
Former president George Bush pets Reveille VI before the A&M-UH football game Saturday.
Bush visits Aggieland
□ The former president
is the namesake of the
University's school of
government.
By Tara Wilkinson and Wes Swift
The Battalion
George Bush visited Texas
A&M Saturday to be honored as
the Board of Regents officially
named the school of government
and public service after the for
mer president.
Bush, whose presidential li
brary at A&M is under construc
tion and should be completed by
Fall 1997, attended a President’s
Buffet during which the regents
presented him with a resolution
passed one hour earlier that pro
claimed the school as the “George
Bush School of Government and
Public Service.”
The regents also announced
that an anonymous Texas founda
tion has established a $300,000
Bush fellowship in honor of Judge
K. K. Leggett of Abilene.
Leggett served on the Board of
Regents from 1901-1910. Leggett
Hall, built in 1910, was named in
his honor.
Bush thanked the regents, fac
ulty and students who filled the
room for the buffet.
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Maj. Brewer makes name for himself, Aggie Band
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
□ The associate band
director said the student
body is showing its respect
when it recites his halftime
introduction of the band.
By Melissa Keerins
The Battalion
D uring halftime, a hush falls
over the stadium as the band
is ready to march, and a famil
iar voice booms over the loudspeakers.
“Now forming at the north end of
Kyle field, the nationally famous
Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band,” the
voice says.
Maj. Jay O. Brewer, associate
band director, has made himself no
ticed with his distinctive voice.
A&M fans say Brewer's low, capti
vating voice speaks the words that
would not sound the same by any
one else.
Brewer has been introducing the
band since he graduated in ’81. A
former bandsman,
Brewer said he plans to work with
the band for another 25 to 30 years.
“Actually I never even left,” he
said. “I plan on being here until I
decide to hang it up.”
Brewer is one of two former Aggie
bandsmen who have come back to
work with the band. The other is
E.V. Adams, who directed the band
from 1946 to 1973.
Brewer said people notice when he
is not there to announce the band.
“I direct the reunion band, so
every year for one game I ask a
friend to announce the band for me,”
he said. “This year, more then ever,
people were calling to find out
where I was during that game.”
Cadet Maj. Jonathan Luikens, head
drum major and a senior geography ma
jor, said everybody likes Brewer’s voice
because it is so distinct.
"He is ... a big motivation
factor for all of us."
—Jennyth Peterson
bass player, Aggie Band
“People want to know who he is
most of the time,” Luikens said.
“They really like his voice and notice
when he’s not there.”
Brewer designs some of the drills
the band performs and writes his
own scripts to announce them.
“It is just part of what I do,” he said.
“You have to understand the band and
the drills and understand the moment
before you announce them.”
Mack Avery, a bass player and a
junior business analysis major, said
that Brewer is a big part of the half
time show.
“He’s been announcing it for
years,” Avery said. “People hear his
voice and recognize it naturally.”
Brewer said he loves what he does.
“It is very obvious that the stu
dent body appreciates what I do,” he
said, “and I think it’s wonderful.”
Brewer discovered a few years
ago from a friend that the student
body recites the introduction along
with him.
“I think it shows respect to the
band when the students repeat my
words,” he said.
Jennyth Peterson, a bass player
in the Aggie Band and a junior con
struction science major, said Brewer
is a big source of motivation.
“He is not only the associate di
rector but a big motivation factor for
all of us,” Peterson said.