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BRIEFS
Virtual gender topic of
conference today
Texas A&M's Women's Studies
Program and the Interdisciplinary
Group for Historical Literary Study
will host a conference, "Virtual Gen
der: Past Projections, Future Histo
ries," April 11-14 at the College Sta
tion Hilton.
Keynote speakers are Seyla Ben-
habib, Harvard University professor
of government; Carroll Smith-Rosen-
berg, University of Pennsylvania
professor of history; and David Sad-
ker, American University professor
of education.
Registration is $15 for students
and $75 for nonstudents. For infor
mation, contact Margaret Ezell at
845-8351 or Pamela Matthews at
845-7994.
Many fall prey to new
Speed STEP program
The College Station Police Depart
ment issued 248 speeding tickets dur
ing March as part of the Speed STEP
effort to reduce traffic accidents and
to reduce speeding by 3 percent.
Four areas of College Station are
being targeted. Thirteen citations
were given on EM 2154 from EM
2347 to Louise Street, 75 on the 100-
600 blocks of University Drive, 87 on
EM 2818 from Dowling Road to the
northern city limits, and 73 on EM 60
West from EM 2818 to the western
city limits.
The College Station Speed STEP
program began in January and will
continue through September.
Skirmish on drill field
injures one student
A skirmish occurred between a
group of about 150 Corps of Cadets
members and 80 Aggie Band mem
bers early Tuesday morning.
Cadets attempted to rush the
Simpson Drill Field where the Aggie
Band practices. Band members tried
to keep them off the field, and one
student was injured by an unidenti
fied object. The student was later tak
en to a local hospital for treatment.
The University Police Depart
ment was called by cadets to con
trol the situation.
Perot speaks to group
at University of Texas
AUSTIN (AP) — Ross Perot in
tertwined dire predictions for
America with quotes from Cicero
and lines from show tunes as he
told students Wednesday night
about the country's problems.
He hasn't declared himself a
presidential candidate for 1996, in
stead saying he will let the Reform
Party decide at its Labor Day con
vention.
Thursday • April 11,1
Q-drops decrease
in number this yeai
By Kendra S. Rasmussen
The Battalion
Almost 7,000 Texas A&M stu
dents poured into their deans’ of
fices this semester to Q-drop diffi
cult courses or relieve themselves
of unbearable course loads.
Don Gardner, associate regis
trar, said the junior class had
the highest number of Q-drops
this semester..
“I really figured it would be
sophomores (who Q-dropped
most often),” he said. “The only
thing I can figure is that juniors
have been around long enough
to know the system and what a
bad grade can do to their grade-
point ratios.”
Sophomores dropped courses
the second most frequently,
and the freshman class was
third. Seniors Q-dropped the
fewest classes.
There were 6,996 Q-drops this
semester, down from 7,739 in Fall
1995 and 7,418 in Spring 1995.
Gardner said fewer students
Q-drop in the spring semesters
because enrollment is lower.
Poor performance, he said, is
the most common reason for Q-
dropping a class, but students
have not always had that luxury.
“Years ago, (if a student was
performing poorly) they either
stayed in the class,” he said, “or
withdrew from the University.”
Gardner said that when Q-
drops were first allowed at A&M,
no policy limited the number al
lowed to students. Q-drops be
came an easy way out, he said, so
administrators decided to enforce
a limit.
“The Academic Operations
Committee decided it was time to
start putting a handle on them,”
Gardner said.
Today, students are limited to
three Q-drops, but deans can
make exceptions.
“Every college has theirm
philosophy (on extra Q-drops),]
said. “The deans do a good
looking at each case onaninj
vidual basis.”
Deans’ offices were floodedl
last two days before theQ4«|
deadline, April 1, whenmoi
than 2,500 students realized!]
time to drop was running out,
Gardner said many stud#
wait until the last minutel*
cause they want to see if they a
salvage their grade before dnj
ping a course.
“1 think there are a lotofsti
dents who feel like a Q isalsj
ure,” he said.
Karin Johnson, College)
Liberal Arts secretary, saidtl
number of students whocaa
in for Q-drops increased steal
ly the week before the deadlia
Students were more awarei
the approaching deadline IS
year, she said, because itti
well-advertised.
She said the 15 minutest!
fore deadline were themostka
tic, but she completed tlie(|
drops with five minutes to spai
having processed 350 dropii
one day.
“All I did all day longn
process Q-drops,” she said.
Vanessa English, a College)
Business Administration sem
tary, said her office processed!*
tween 500 and 600 Q-drops»
the last day and never fellMri
“F’ortunately, they don)
have to see an adviser to dropi
class,” she said. “They justhsu
to fill out a form. It only take;e
long as it takes them to bui
in a form.”
English said business student
drop Accounting 229 and 2!
Economics 202 and 203,a®
Math 141 and 142 more freque:!
ly than any other courses.
THURSl
April 11,19'
Environment
Continued from Page 1
“because they didn’t want to
have to worry about having to
recycle it.”
Recent legislation at the
state and federal level has be
gun to use incentives and
penalties to promote clean up
of the environment.
The first bill passed by the
Texas Legislature, Senate Bill
1340, set forth environmental
guidelines but imposed no
penalties on violators. Howev
er, Gibson said the subsequent
Senate Bill 1051 has improved
the collection of everyth!)!
from tires to oil by providiig
incentives to consumers ail
businesses.
One struggle for environma
talists has been to convincett
government of both theimpt
tance and benefits of recydinp 1
Gibson said it took 10
landfill estimated at $1 hi®
to catch the city of CollegeSti
tion’s attention.
Porrazzo cited a statist!!
that estimates that 89.2pei
cent of all trash can beret!
cled. She said efforts mustk
made to recycle, because
percent of the nation’s landfills
are projected to be full by 2®
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Sterling EIayman, Editor in Chief
Stacy Stanton, Managing Editor
Stew Milne, Photo Editor
Michael Landauer, Opinion Editor
Tara Wilkinson, City Editor
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Staff Members
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, Eleanor Colvin,
Johanna Henry, Lisa Johnson, Michelle Lyons, Heather Pace, Danielle Pontiff, Kendra S.
Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Courtney Walker & Tauma Wiggins
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Clark, Marisa Demaya, Tab Dougherty, Jonathan Faber, James Francis, Libe Goad, Jere
my Hubble, John LeBas, Amy Protas, Wes Swift & Alex Walters; Page Designers: Helen
Clancy and Kristin Deluca.
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