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Aarch 21,19% i^day • March 21, 1996 Nation & Campus Page 5 • The Battalion sci-fi on can’t see else' >le can’t see it Candidates Continued from Page 1 'iggieCon gives :e to experience ,hey might not terested in un- > conference, people do not ction between norite types ol d being class! fi fan. lot of people 1’t realize they ire sci-fi fans," Richards said But with Star Trek's populari ty span ning al- most three genera- 11 i o ns and with more than 30 million peo ple tuning in for the third •ason premier oi X-Files, it is ignore the phe- still haven’t dab- -nre, though, Ag eye-opening ex- said. people to things seen or done be- gives me the fo- * people to new ggieCon, a lot of that forum.” le hopes people conference and iriety of person- nee attracts, just a sub-popu- y, and humanity ut,” he said, spectrum of per- she weird to ,nd include international students in more Student Government programs.” Armstrong shared his plans to increase ailtural diversity at A&M. He said he has been working on a cul- iures program with Shawn Williams, NAACP president, and David Brown, Col lege Republicans president. “We want to put more minority informa- ninto History 105 and 106 and Political Engineering antina. i Austin, is r from Dallas,« ?miautomatics Science 206 and 207,” Armstrong said. “No one knows about the positive accom plishments of minorities.” Carl Baggett, a presidential candi date and senior accounting major, spoke about his plans to set up a booth once a week in the MSC to gather stu dent input and to implement cam puswide surveys. “The University has gotten so big that we need to treat it like a small town,” Baggett said. “The psychology department has the capability to (conduct surveys) and has said this plan can be implemented in one month’s time.” "The University has gotten so big that we need to treat it like a small town." — CARL BAGGETT student body presidential candidate Baggett said breaking down campus barriers could be accomplished by forming a student body executive council, which would bring together student leaders from across campus. Also in attendance were several se nior yell leader candidates, including Scott Castillo, Gary Kipe, Jimbo Cross and Drew Howard. One junior yell leader candidate, Jeremy Nelson, came to the forum. Mark Aguirre, a senior accounting major and president of CAMAC, said the purpose of the forum was to allow stu dents to become familiar with the candi dates and to ask them questions. “There is rarely an opportunity to see everyone, so I feel fortunate that we can see all the candidates,” Aguirre said. “We are going to make this an annu al event and hope to increase the size next year.” Elections will be held March 27 and 28. Dr. Robert E. Kotch Family Practitioner Announces the relocating of his office effective January 2,1996 to Park Place Plaza (Former Winn Dixie Shopping Center) 2501 Tx. Ave. S., Suite C-107 College Station, TX 77840 No Appointment Necessary Hours 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Friday 409-696-2005 is playing at rmer, is playing illy's. band, is playing ate peer is about 2- sect ons 525-527 3- sections 501-503 8-502 -sections 505-508 -sections 5H-515 -sections 525-528 -502 & 507 -504 &505 -504 & 508 1-500 »4 Continued from Page 1 A similar consolidation of nu- tlear engineering with a larger tngineering department oc- iirred at Arizona State Univer- iity in the early 1990s, which iventualiy led to the eradication Inuclear engineering. Keith Holbert, an associate professor in ASU’s electrical en gineering department, said a ’rontingent” at the time of the merger questioned the common sense of combining nuclear engi- jeering with electrical engineer- instead of with mechanical engineering, as is proposed at Mechanical and nuclear engineering have more technical in course material than electrical and nuclear do. Holbert said the merger has attracted more faculty and stu- to ASU engineering pro prams, but that it has also re sulted in intradepartmental competition for faculty positions. Sean Pautz, an A&M nuclear engineering doctoral candidate rho was an undergraduate at ASU, said intradepartmental competition led to the eventual eradication of nuclear engineer ing during a budget crisis. “They said they were going to seep the program and get a new department head, but a couple of months later they were having budget crunches,” Pautz said. “When it came down to mak ing some hard decisions about the allocation of funds, the nu clear engineering program didn’t stand a chance. Electrical engi neering wanted to have a new professor, so after that, they es- phased the nuclear en- program out.” The Massachusetts Institute c/Tec/mology and the University of California at Berkeley, univer sities some look to as role mod els, have integrated computer and nuclear engineering courses allowing the two depart ments to remain financially au tonomous. However, Russell said the de partmental consolidation at would include combining the two departments’ budgets tone. Some say that another nega tive effect of consolidating de partments is that it leads to a decline in the amount of special ized attention students receive. Dr. Bruce McCormick, an hM computer science profes sor and former head of the com puter science department, said the merger could seriously harm students. The degradation of education for the students is a very key is sue,” McCormick said. “It took many years for this institution to to the need for a comput er science department - we want to retain that identity.” Menendez Continued from Page 1 Weisberg, who had permit ted television cameras in the first trial but barred them from the second, imposed a gag order on the jurors and all other participants out of fear their comments might affect the penalty phase. In closing arguments, de fense lawyers argued that the brothers had been sexually and psychologically abused since they were toddlers, and that they believed their parents would kill them rather than Hsk disclosure of incest. The defense portrayed Menendez, a Cuban immigrant and self-made millionaire, as a demonic pervert who tormented his sons. Their mother was depicted as an erratic, deeply troubled woman who abused alcohol and drugs and once locked her baby in the closet so she could go shopping. But the prosecution rejected the abuse defense as a lie con- aocted in prison and pointed to "'hat they said was evidence of Premeditation. The case went to the jury March 1, but deliberations had h start over March 14 when W jurors were replaced be muse of illness.