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..a Department in the Division of Student Affairs
The Office of Diversity Education in Residence Life
Presents...
The 7th Annual Drive In for
Diversity Conference
“E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One”
Friday, November 17, in Rudder Tower on the
Texas A&M campus
8:00am to 5:00pm with a luncheon at 12:20
Dr. Eric Jolly's morning keynote \/a
address will be, "Respecting
Cultural Differences and Valuing
Diversity. " His afternoon keynote
will focus on "Strengths and
Weaknesses of a Multicultural
Class."
Students; Faculty and Staff of Texas A&M may
attend the sessions free of charge, however the
luncheon is $10. The cost to attend for all others
is $30. To pre-register, please call the Office of
Diversity Education at 845-9804. A special
luncheon with Dr. Jolly will take place
concurrent with the scheduled luncheon. Anyone
interested in attending this conversational dining
opportunity should contact the Office for
Diversity Education as soon as possible.
Space is limited so call now!
Persons with disabilities, please call 845-9804 to inform us of your
We request 3 working days prior to the event in order
that we mav assist you to the best of our abilitv.
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Professor to lecture on
foreign policy decisions
|oe Hagan, a professor at West Vir
ginia University, will present his
speech "Foreign Policy by Coalition:
Decision Making in Politically Frag
mented Settings," at 4 p.m. in 105
Bolton Flail.
The lecture is part of The Program
in Foreign Policy Decision Making that
is sponsored by the Texas A&M De
partment of Political Science and the
George Bush School of Government
and Public Service.
□ Blood drive organizers are aiming
to collect 1,800 units of blood to
beat UT's total of 1,357 pints.
By Courtney Walker
The Battalion
Panel to discuss nature of
hunger in Brazos Valley
The Friends lust Peace Institute will
present a panel discussion about
hunger in the Brazos Valley at 7 p.m.
in the Friends Congregational Church
in College Station.
Dr. Alex McIntosh, a Texas A&M so
ciology professor, will moderate the dis
cussion that includes representatives
from Brazos Church Pantry, Brazos Food
Bank and St. Francis Episcopal Church
and the Area Office on Aging.
The panel will discuss the nature
and magnitude of hunger in the Brazos
Valley, the impact of possible federal
budget cuts and how local organiza
tions can help decrease hunger.
The discussion is open to the public
and admission is free. Friends Congre
gational Church is located at FM 2818
and Southwood Drive.
The traditional rivalry between Texas A&M
and the University of Texas is usually associated
with football, but this week students can “beat the
hell out of t.u.” by giving blood.
Campus organizations and BloodCare from Dal
las will have a blood drive
from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
through 'Thursday and from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday.
Jennifer Tally, coordina
tor for the blood drive and a
junior English major, said
UT challenged A&M to beat
the 1,537 pints of blood it
collected in October.
April Coover, UT blood
drive coordinator and a ju
nior child development
major, said she challenged
A&M because school spirit and rivalries are
great incentives.
Stations will be set up at the Memorial Student
Center, Sbisa, the Commons, the Kleberg Building
on West Campus and the Quadrangle. A&M’s goal
is 1,800 units of blood.
Blood donations are decreasing, and someone
uses a pint of blood every 10 seconds, so there is a
need every day.
Ann Erickson, a junior nutrition major, said
even if there is not an immediate crisis, oioo(i:i^ 0 ,
ways needed and the drive is a good way kt',
mote blood donations.
“Anytime A&M competes with t.u. people®
more attention because of the history betwee
two schools,” Erickson said.
Last April, A&M and UT had competing|: I * :
drives during the Oklahoma bombing, and®®'
collected 2,204 pints of blood.
“The bombing happened on Wednesday?:
blood drive, and people were waiting in liw
three hours to give blood after they heard a
the explosion,” Tally said.
Even though there is no crisis this time,ill
said A&M should be
to reach their goal,
possibly break the*
record of 4,000 units iff
university blood drive,
"We are a world(■
university so we shoul|
able to set a wort
record,” Tally said.
Along with “beating!
hell out of t.u.,” thefj
A&M Corps of Cadets i
have extra incentive;
th<
cadets to donate blood.
Bag-ins will be rewarded to outfits with 75;(
cent of its members donating blood and outfitst
the most participation. Bag-ins allow cadetstosl
instead of getting up at 6 a.m. for drill and format ] ec
Tyson Voclkel, Corps commander and a set (j e
engineering technology major, said the drive is
other way for the Corps to show the strengd
A&M and its desire to “beat the hell out oft.u.’
“We can build spirit and show our great sip
for the community at the same time,” Voelkelsaii
Rho Delta Chi seeks unity for Asian students
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□ The Asian-American sorority
wants to increase its membership
next semester.
By Lily Aguilar
The Battalion
Finding a niche at Texas A&M can be
challenging for students, but seven women
have found a way to create unity and pro
mote Asian-American awareness on campus
and throughout the community.
Rho Delta Chi is an Asian-American sorori
ty in its first semester at the University.
Rae Ann Uy, sorority president and a ju
nior industrial engineering major, said the
seven-member charter class is seeking Uni
versity recognition and is hoping to increase
membership next semester.
Uy said she, Liz Nguyen and Laura Le de
cided to create an Asian-American sorority
because they felt it gave Asian students an
opportunity to come together and be part of
the Greek community.
“We are the first chapter of Rho Delta
Chi, which is not part of the Panhellenic
(Council],” Uy said. “Our founding chapter is
at the University of California’s Riverside
campus. Rho Delta Chi is involved with the
Asian-Greek Council in California.”
The sorority focuses on community ser
vice, as well as academic achievement, Uy
said, and the sorority volunteers at Phoebe’s
Home, a shelter for abused women.
“We have had a food and clothing drive for
the Thanksgiving and Christmas season,” she
said. “We want to really establish ourselves
like any other sorority or organization.”
Le, vice president of service and a senior
psychology major, said the sorority has al
lowed her to make friends and enjoy the di
versity of Asian cultures.
"We want to really
establish ourselves
like any other sorority
or organization."
— Rae Ann Uy
president, Rho Delta Chi
have given us a chance to try differ
foods,” she said. “Next semester, we hope!]
have some speakers and maybe finds!
Asian community and help them out.
“We got a late start this semester, sot
many people know about us. We are hop:
that we’ll have more members and impir
with time.”
Yen Nguyen, academic chair andajuni
biomedical science major, said she he:
about the sorority through her roomraa
Nguyen said her work in the sorority
been “self-satisfying.”
« “So far, all the girls get along real
Nguyen said. “We are all very down ti
earth. We work with each other, and wet
formed a pretty diversified environment’
Liz Nguyen, vice president and a junio: ■
biology major, said the sorority promote; ■
unity between different Asian ethnicities. l
“The sorority gets girls together to de
velop a sisterhood,” Liz Nguyen said. “We
have become friends. It is hard to get a
group together that reaWy cares for'ohew
another the way we do.
ill
The sorority members, which include
women from Korean, Chinese and Filipino
backgrounds, Le said, will try to increase
cultural awareness activities in the future.
“We have had potluck dinners, which
“We want to give more to the commu-
By
nity as we get more people to join. WJe have
some tentative plans for next semester, but
we are a democratic society. We want every
one to vote on who our speakers should be
and what activities we should do.”
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Bush, Powell headline foreign policy conference
□ Former President
George Bush warned
against isolationism
and protectionism.
HOUSTON (AP) — Former
President George Bush and his
ex-Secretary of State James
Baker III warned Monday
against calls for isolation within
the United States and insisted
this country must remain a
world leader.
“I’m concerned about the
growing chorus of isolation and
protectionism on both sides of
the political aisle,” Bush said at
the inaugural Baker Institute
for Public Policy annual confer
ence at Rice University.
“These same people argue
there’s no real threat to vital in
terests of western democracies
because we no longer have a su
perpower rivalry,” Bush said.
‘‘That’s narrow minded.”
The two-day conference, fo
cusing on foreign policy chal
lenges at the end of the 20th
century, brought to Houston
some three dozen former diplo
mats, ex-government officials
and scholars to talk about for
eign policy challenges at the end
of the 20th century.
Besides Bush and Baker, also
on the program late Monday was
former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair
man Colin Powell, who was mak
ing his first public appearance
since announcing last week he
would not be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for presi
dent in next year’s elections.
Powell was to speak on a pan
el about “Politico-Military Fac
tors and the Future of Warfare.”
Other sessions included discus
sions of economic changes in
Russia and China.
Bush said calls for the United
States to get out of the United
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Nations were based on “sheer!?
norance and selfishness” and
pointed to his own experiences
pulling together the UN forth
Gulf War.
“The UN at the time o' ,
Desert Storm fulfilled its; A
promise, demonstrated its i
portance,” he said.
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dred people who showed up ft: l
the conference “are here fori
very simple reason. We all shart;
a profound belief in the impor
tance of international affairs and e
a passionate commitment to Hit [
cause of international coopera ‘ p
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