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Tim^Foo^Mart “We have all your party needs!” A New Aggie Tradition. The friendliest cashiers in town. University at Texas Ave. 846-5007 Page 6 • The Battalion Nation & Campus Thursday • April 18,i4 Suffragette now accused of racism thur; April 1 8, 1 Omega Phi Alpha is the Sorority of the month. Maverick & Steve Wariner Tickets on sale. <\P AH major credit cards accepted. We Support Aggie Organizations. Stop by Jim’s for Exxon gasolines that are formulated for a cleaner engine and reliable performance TAMU - Math This Summer Consider taking a math course this summer. Advantages are: • Smaller classes • Greater personal attention • Expanded help session New course offerings this summer include: • History of Math (Math 689-101) • Mathematics of Recreational Games (Math 689-103) • Mathematical Comm. &Tech. (Math 689-201) Prerequisites for these courses will be kept to a minimum. Contact the Math Dept, at 845-3261 for further information. The Battalion is extending applications deadline to Friday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. All positions for summer AND FALL ARE OPEN News Ytyriters • Feature WrifeS • Columnists Page designers • Radid^ta# Web • Page Staff Graphic Artists '* Photographers The Battalion is an award-winning daily newspaper with a circulation of24,000. Make your contribution! All positions are paid. No experience necessary. AGGIE RING ORDERS THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER DEADLINE: April 24, 1996 Undergraduate Student Requirements: 1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.) 2. 3Q credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1,1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 3. You must have a JLQ cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. You must be In good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. Grgdqgte Student Requirements If you are a May 1996 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements: 1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System; and 2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. If you have completed all of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Completion” from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted. Procedure To Order A Rina: 1. If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than Wednesday, April 24,1996, to complete the application for eligibility verification. 2. If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on June 5, 1996, you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than April 26,1996. Men’s 10K - $314.00 14K - $428.00 Women’s 10K-$175.00 14K- $204.00 Add $8.00 for Class of ‘95 or before. The ring delivery date is June 5, 1996. ATTENTION: UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS Students who will either complete all of the above requirements after the Spring ‘96 semester final grades are posted or after commencement, may order their rings beginning approximately May 23, 1996. Please visit the Aggie Ring Office between May 1 & 15 to complete an audit request and to receive further information. Since ring prices for the May-June order will not be available until May 1, please do not go the Ring Office until then. In the event you will not be in the College Station area between May 23 and June 12 to place your order in person, you need to pick up a mail order form and be sized for your ring before you leave town. Students oppose Iowa. State University s decision to name a building after the crusak AMES, Iowa (AP) — Carrie Chapman Catt, a crusader for women’s suffrage and founder of the League of Women Voters, had the right feminist creden tials for Iowa State University to name a building after her. Her views on race are anoth er matter. Now the university is under pressure to reconsider its deci sion to honor Catt, an Iowa State graduate who died in 1947 at age 88. The debate focuses on a state ment Catt made in a losing ef fort to win ratification in two Southern states of the amend ment giving women the vote: “White supremacy will be strengthened, not weakened, by women’s suffrage.” Catt’s supporters say she was a product of her times who made the statement simply to win Southern support. Students and others say the school cannot shove aside Catt’s remark and others like it. Catt also spoke of prohibiting voting by uneducated immigrants and referred to Indians as savages. “A product of her times? I cringe every time I hear that re mark,” said Meron Wondwosen, a black sophomore from Silver Spring, Md. “People treating people with dignity is not some thing that is bound by time. It’s a basic principle.” It was Catt who envisioned the state-by-state strategy to build momentum for the woman’s suf frage amendment that was rati fied in 1920. She also founded the League of Women Voters. Neither Iowa nor the univer sity had done much over the years to honor the school’s most famous women graduate. Ffrevi- ous efforts to name buildings for her were laughed off by those who didn’t want a “Catt house.” Last fall, on the 75th anniver sary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the university re lented. Old Botany was renovated and renamed Carrie Chapman Catt Hall. It houses the College of Libera] Arts and Sciences. Catt’s controversial remarks were no secret when the univer sity renamed the building. In fact, the school held a seminar on Catt’s life and views. Martin Jischke, the universi ty president, said the school has no plans to change the building’s name. He noted Catt’s support for the League of Nations in the early 1920s, and later, for the United Nations. “While I don’t support every thing that Carrie Chapman Catt did or said, I believe her contri bution to women’s suffrage and world peace are worthy of the recognition that the university has given her,” Jischke said. Women in the Iowa Legisla ture agreed: 26 of 27 signed a letter supporting Catt. But the Ames chapter of the NAACP took the other view. play on Catt’s life, saidCattj jected racism both before and if ter the controversial statement. “That was a speech she ms in 1919 in Mississippi andisi in South Carolina,” Cox said T view this as one otlln ways she used to trytopsf. suade white Southern men! was a waste of time, of cons, Neither of those states vote for it.” "The university needs to publically acknowledge til sometimes good people can do bad things." — GEORGE JACK1 NAACP chapter prm “The university needs to pub licly acknowledge that some times good people can do bad things,” said chapter president George Jackson. He said the university must change the name so that it can say, “I will not tolerate racism in any form or fashion.” The debate over Catt’s legacy has both sides poring through thousands of her speeches, try ing to find passages to strength en their position. Jane Cox, a theater professor who wrote and performs a one-act Wondwosen, one of GGOblada on the campus of 24,OOOsii dents, said Catt didn’t worklj change, either. “Women of color couldn’t in the South until 1964,” Wd wosen said. “So I would sail she were still alive, whatdid;« do after 1920 to guarantee I women of color could vote?Ski didn’t do anything.” Dan Mangan, the studei government president,com down on the side of Catt’s sap porters, calling the chargesi racism “moral absolutism." POLICE BEAT The following incidents were reported by the University Police Depart ment between April 9 and April 12: Misdemeanor Theft: • Zachry Engineering Center - A Deore XT bicycle hub, a single Trac Pro bicycle rim and a Troga Psycho bicycle tire were stolen from the victim's bicycle. • Bicycle rack at Hobby Hall - A 26" Paronah Pro tire and a Sun rim were stolen from the victim's bicycle. • Connally Building - A 50- megabyte hard drive.was stolen from a fifth-floor room. • Zachry Engineering Center - A Sharp dual-head VCR and a 19" Toshiba color television was stolen from a first-floor room. • Parking Area 37 - A chrome rear hubcap was stolen from the victim's 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Criminal Mischief: • Mclnnis Hall Breezeway - A 16 oz. bottle containing an acid solu tion exploded in the breezeway. Criminal Mischief/Fire: • Corps Obstacle Course - A group of individuals were in structed to gather items for a camp fire. They apparently mis understood the instructions and started a fire with several large timbers. They were in the process of extinguishing the flames when the patrol officer detected the fire. Driving While Intoxicated/ Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana): • North Bizzell Street - During the arrest of an intoxicated mo torist, a small quantity of sus pected marijuana was found. The subject was incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail. Criminal Trespass: • Texas A&M University Golf Course - A subject reported sever al individuals were observed run ning on the golf course property. Upon investigation, the subjects attempted to escape detection by hiding in the bushes. The subjects were identified and released. • Steam Tunnel - Three individu als were arrested and incarcerat ed in the Brazos County Jail for entering the utility system with out authorization. Driving While License Suspended: • 100 block of Anderson Street - An arrest warrant has been ob tained for a motorist detected op erating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Felony Theft: • Parking Area 55 - A 1951 Mitsubishi was stolen (w Parking Area 55. Minor in Possession of A! coholic Beverage: • Davis-Gary Hall - Citationit sued. Sexual Assault: • Texas A&M University-B victim was sexually assaulted! an acquaintance. : Burglary of Habitation; • Hughes Hall - Two adjoiii«| rooms were entered and ajf® zipper purse, a gold am# ring, a Jersey Village Hig! School ring, a federal incomeli 1 refund check and $15.00incasl were stolen. 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