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FEBRUARY 13 MSC 12-2 PM Page 6 • The Battalion Monday • February 12,151 Hispanic leaders disagree with new requirement □ The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarship now includes a U.S. citizen prerequisite. HOUSTON (AP) — Youth scholarships have always been at the center of the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. But a new requirement this year that applicants for the schol arships must be U.S. citizens has outraged Hispanic leaders. The League of United Latin American Citizens announced Saturday it would pass resolu tions condemning the new citizen ship requirements. Houston LULAC Director Johnny Mata called the rodeo executive committee “ignorant” and “lacking in cultural under standing” in establishing the new criteria. “We want to be rational in our thinking,” Mata said at the LU LAC board meeting, held during Saturday’s rodeo parade. Mata said LULAC is pushing to get the standard changed to legal residency, but he said the group has not decided on a qualifying requirement that the young people be seeking U.S. citizenship. The concern that students worldwide might try to take ad vantage of the rodeo scholarships is what rodeo officials siij spurred the new policy. “I have no response to anye who would call us ignorant,”® Leroy Shafer, the rodeo andfe stock show’s assistant gentry manager. “Our decision was well thouf; out, well explained and welt tentioned,” he said. "Qi frankly, we’re getting tireiil name calling and we’re not go:; to engage in any. We’re not got; to bow to pressure on this.” Computer Continued from Page 1 frequently, people from time to time tend to spread it around,” Scott said, “and that is what we believe happened.” The theft occurred in a restricted area dur ing a weekend when few people were around. Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, supervisor of the UPD Crime Prevention Unit, said most computer thefts occur in isolated areas. “Most computers are stolen when nobody is looking,” Kretzschmar said. “Computer parts are usually stolen in areas where doors are left unlocked and in unsupervised areas, such as labs and offices, where a per son can take a computer apart without be ing noticed.” In the past, computer parts were often stolen from Sterling C. Evans library. But Kretzschmar said the current trend is to steal from the Blocker and Bright Buildings. Scott said thieves sometimes break into buildings by climbing through ceiling tiles. “We had a problem with people going over the ceiling tiles as recently as last week,” Scott said, “but they are going to put some extra doors with hardware at key points to prevent people going over that way.” Many thieves gain access to buildings be cause of student carelessness. Scott said students who are working on projects often leave doors open, giving thieves an easy entry. “Students want to be able to come and go while working on a project, so they put something in the door to keep it open,' Scott said. “Inadvertently, they leave! open for someone to come in.” Despite relatively easy access to carapu building, few thieves are walking out ofbiuli ings in the middle of the day with entire coib puters tucked under their arms. The major!; of computer crimes, Kretzschmar said, in volve the theft of small parts. Thieves can be deterred, he said, ifstii dents and department members would tatf preventative measures, such as engraving identification on computers and using seen rity devices. “There are special screws that can be ptr chased to protect parts,” Kretzschmar said. “Departments that have labs should use cable tie-down devices to keep people from walking off with computers or should boll computers to tables.” Reports Continued from Page 1 be easier, quicker and more ef ficient (for the faculty),” he said. “It will also eliminate a big step and a whole lot of labor on the part of the secretary.” But some professors are uncom fortable having results on the Web, Troy said, because they fear that anyone on the Inter net will be able access the results. This will not be the case, Troy said, because only A&M stu dents, faculty and administra tors will have access to the evaluations. “The change that we plan to make is to have more information available,” he said. “(But) it will still be somewhat restricted.” Dr. David Carlson, associate professor of anthropology, said he has no objection to his eval uations being made more readi ly available. “The College of Liberal Arts voted several years ago that evaluation results could be dis tributed to anyone that asked for them,” he said. “They are not kept secret. Putting them on the Web just makes them easier to get to.” Ravi Chona, associate professor of mechanical engineering and his department’s representative on the Engineering Faculty Ad visory Council, said he does not object to the information’s dis tribution, though he is con cerned with the implication easy access will have. He said some professors will lower their teaching standards as a result of widely distributed evaluation results. “I think the biggest issue is: Will something like this encourage teachers to make students ‘feel good’ about their course so they can get a good evaluation back?” Chona said. “I think it could be disastrous for the University and its reputation.” CAMAC Continued from Page 1 the most important thing is to help the ones who are just trying to survive. The conference has shown them that there are His- panics out there who are success ful, and that gives them hope.” Ramirez said the keynote speakers at the conference were excellent examples of Hispanic leadership because of their ac complishments within the His panic community. Carmela Mellado, a conference speaker and editor in chief of His panic Engineer magazine, pointed out contributions Hispanics have made to various scientific fields, such as physics and chemistry. “Our community needs to know that our people are doing these kinds of things,” Ramirez said. “They are an inspiration.” Gloria Villalobos, a fresh man architecture major, said the conference speakers, through their stories of accom plishment, showed herthatsk can make a difference. “My favorite speech was giv en by Jimmy Cabrera, an inspi rational speaker who explained to us how we can achieve our goals,” Villalobos said. “He told us to remember the phrase‘Kit is to be, it is up to me.’” Villalobos said the Rio Bran Ballet performance Frida; evening was another conference highlight. “It was good to see some His panic talent at Texas A&M," Vil lalobos said. "Through dance, you can see all the different cultures that have influenced our own.” Alvarado said this year’s con ference was successful, but tha: she hopes people from a broade: range of ethnicities will attenc next year’s conference. j “It seems like we’re heinf pulled from different directions, Alvarado said. “I think Urns! can leam more from each dike it we’d just listen to one another." Join the Technology Force of the Future! Schlumberger is a worldwide, technology force which employs 53,000 ambitious individuals in 97 countries with annual revenues approaching $7 billion. We are comprised of two main business groups: Oilfield Services, which offers a complete range of energy exploration and recovery services; and Measurement and Systems, which produces everything from utility meters to automatic test equipment to “smart cards” for the retail industry. Here at Schlumberger you’ll enjoy the recognition that goes along with taking the responsibility for the work you direct. 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