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January 18,1996 ts The Battalion Thursday January 18, 1 996 Aggielife Page 3 rank Leading the way Conway uses unique approach to strengthen his position Moog,, The Dattaijon a nuclear reac- rport. i to be analyzed racteristics and ating process," g for improved 3ring graduate ?nt of Nautical ve underwater led Bidden to i be harnessed appearance of I most the same shape and size Juclear Science /e ranking for tment in U.S. Ibertson’s ell said. 1 also ad- ^ssession paying a t commu- o let Ma- ; Al- 'icJk Powell al service! ess class d to pay 500,” she Iped us.” By Kristina Buffin The Battalion L ast April, the newly selected Memor ial Student Center executives gath ered to travel to Houston to meet with the Reveille Club, but they were miss ing the most important person, MSC Presi dent Patrick “Cone” Conway. Patrick Conway Stew Milne, The Battalion Patrick Conway, a senior genetics major, is president of the MSC. Executive vice president for public rela tions and senior political science major Jonathan Neerman was a little scared. “We were supposed to meet at the MSC at 5 a.m. to go to the Houston Reveille Club, and he wasn’t there, so we had to go pick him up at his house,” Neerman said. “He came running out of his house half- dressed. His pants were undone; his tie was around his neck, and his jacket was in his mouth. He had to finish getting dressed in the car. I thought I would have to dress him for the remainder of the year.” Although Conway may have scared Neerman, he has gained nothing but sup port and respect since then. “He (Conway) is different because he comes across as outgoing and fun, and some people think that he doesn’t work hard, but he is a hard worker,” executive vice president for programming and senior economics major Heather Huntley said. Conway, a senior genetics major, attrib utes his ability to carry a huge work load and still do well in school to the people he works with. “It has been pretty much what I expect ed,” he said. “It is hard to balance school with 40 hours a week of work, but I knew that going in. I’ve enjoyed it, and every thing has gone smoothly. All the other peo ple around me have made it smooth.” Part of his academic success included a nomination as a finalist for the Rhodes Scholar Award. Conway was one of two A&M students nominated to have the op portunity to study abroad in England at Oxford University. “It was great to be a finalist,” Conway said. “It was a tremendous experience to meet all those other people. “It was also good to see that students from state schools can compete with the Ivy Leagues in a competition like this.” Conway first got involved with MSC pro grams his freshman year when he joined nine commit tees. He became the chair of MSC Town Hall his junior year. He said this early in volvement in several commit tees and his leadership skills helped propel him into the po- sition of MSC president, which he will hold until April. “It has helped me out so far — having such a wide variety of involvement,” Con way said. “It gives you a base of knowledge to work from. I did a lot of leadership stuff in high school, and I kind of wanted to be student body president or MSC president. “The reason I chose the MSC was that, al though it is bureaucratic, I feel that I have a lot of control. As student body president, you represent the students, but stuff with the ad ministration, you are just an influence.” One of Conway’s goals has been to bring the MSC committees together with more co programming. Instead of having just one orga nization sponsor an event, he wanted to see organizations sponsor programs together. “Co-programming allows us to pool our resources, and that equals more effective programming,” he said. “In the past, we got caught up in whose name was on the program, but that is not important.” Conway has reached out to other organi zations such as the Resident Hall Associa tion and the Graduate Student Council, and Neerman attributes this to Conway’s character and leadership. “His organizational method is different from the past in the MSC,” Neerman said. “He has proved that you can have a differ ent style and it can still be a benefit. He challenged us to do it in a different way be cause the campus is changing. “As long as they are not scared to try something new, I hope his changes stay with the MSC because the MSC can’t con tinue to be stagnant. But I think he has had an impact on the younger leaders.” "He (Conway) has proved that you can have a different style and it can still be a benefit." —Jonathan Neerman executive vice president for public relations Though the new president will be select ed on Monday, Conway hopes that people won’t neglect their current jobs, and he said that his main focus is to keep every one on task. However, Conway admits there are a couple of things he wishes he could have accomplished. “I wish I could have added more new programs like an executive lecture series that would bring in people like Bill Gates for only 25 cents per student,” he said. “I also wish we did a better job of tying orga nizations together in a cooperative effort.” Cdnway said being MSC president is a great experience that will help him when he graduates and faces the real world. “We have the largest student union in the world,” he said. “It is very unique at A&M that we let the students run every thing. It is tremendous that students get that opportunity. “I feel that I learned a ton because of this experience, and I may have a consult ing opportunity after I graduate just be cause I’ve had this experience in a corpo rate environment.” Lyons works to improve dorm life by keeping up with technology nts! VRT eeds!” ByLibe Goad The Battalion T lhe sky looks a little different in Suzanne Lyons’ world. Instead of looking into the night skies in ignorant bliss, the Residence Hall Association president and senior geophysics major looks to the stars to her future career as an astronaut and planetary science researcher. ictivities. ;ht News Editor Editor rs Editor itor Graphics Editor Editor /in, John Lemons, la idy Cater, A^lb e, Suzanne Lyons As RHA president, Lyons aims to make resi dence halls a home away from home. “I get teased that it just looks good on a re sume because this has nothing to do with my major,” Lyons said. “The time I’m here, though, Iwant to make a difference.” As Lyons enters her ninth month as presi dent, she has already helped to extend visitation hours to 2 a.m. during the week and to create a memorial park for Law and Puryear Halls. She has also worked to ensure the 400 overassign ments adjust comfortably. Some dorms also gained access to the Internet and e-mail last semester, and four other dorms will have access this semester. Lack of money has kept RHA from putting the systems in every dorm. “We don’t have it in Hughes right now,” Lyons said. “My suitemate has it on her system and always has her calls forwarded to our room. It’s a pain.” Plans for new dorms and cable television for every resident are also in the works. “Cable has an educational value,” Lyons said. ‘With teleconferencing, someone can take a ma rine biology class from A&M at Galveston.” She also said the University wants to have a cable channel that would post the times and places different organizatiohs meet during the week, similar to the monitors found in the Memorial Student Center. Her plans are far from complete as she looks into her residence hall crystal ball, preparing the campus for physical and technological growth that could happen in the next 20 years. “We want to get the ball rolling so we won’t have to catch up with technology,” she said. "I get teased that it just looks good on a resume because this has nothing to do with my major." — Suzanne Lyons RHA president Lyons said RHA’s main mission is to make hall residents feel comfortable with their envi ronments. The organization set up a system in which each hall elects representatives to voice their constituents’ needs to elected RHA officers. The officers serve as the official link between the students and university officials. Lyons got involved in RHA as a freshman af ter a hall president made her feel welcome. “The hall president treated me like a human being, and I looked up to her,” Lyons said. Now, people look up to Lyons and expect her to make the campus a better place to live. Wendy Lyons, RHA external affairs director and a senior wildlife and fisheries science major, said the president keeps people well-informed with happenings around campus. “She does a good job keeping every one informed,” Wendy Lyons said. “She’s like a big two-way street.” Chareny Rydl, assistant director of Student Affairs and Student Life, said Lyons’ high energy has made her a good president, espe cially during the fall semester when there were hundreds of overassignments. “She handled that as she does with a lot of other things that fall into her lap as RHA president,” Rydl said. “She assessed the situa tion and made the best of it.” Though RHA was not responsible for the overassignments, the organi zation sponsored a dinner for stu dents with no permanent place to live and stayed in contact with them. “It was a huge predicament,” she said. “We didn’t want the overas signments to think we forgot them or didn’t care.” Lyons not only deals with unexpect ed events with the housing situation, but also deals with being a student. “I had to pull it out during fi nals,” she said. “I learned halfway through the semester where priori ties should lie.” Lyons takes a full load of classes and is an avid water polo player. She said she has learned how to give time to her activities and maintain a social life by planning things down to the hour. “It frustrates the heck out of my roommate and sister,” she said. “I even plan going to the Chicken.” Cory Willis, The Battalion Suzanne Lyons, a senior geophysics major, is president of the Residence Hall Association. This will be Lyons’ final term as RHA president. She lifts off from A&M in December and heads into the unknown world of space exploration, leav ing her imprint for future RHA presidents. Like the movie that inspired Lyons’ passion for space travel, the RHA president seems to have the “right stuff” to get the job done. 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