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‘THE CABLE GUY (PG-13)
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1. 11:45 2:30 4:50 7:25 10:15
2. 11:30 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:45
‘THE ROCK (R)
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11:40 2:40 5:00 7:35 10:30
DRAGONHEART (PG-13)
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THE CRAFT (R)
11:20 2:15 5:05 8:00 10:10
THE ARRIVAL (PG-13)
10:35 1:00 3:45 6:55 10:00
PRIMAL FEAR (R)
10:55 1:40 4:55 7:50 10:45
TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS (PG-13)
11:30 1:45 4:15 6:50 9:30
OLIVER & COMPANY (G)
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EXECUTIVE DECISION (R)
7:40 10:25
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Kerry O’Hare, viola
Dennis Parker, violoncello
David Garrett, violoncello
Robin Hough, oboe
Jeffrey Lemer, clarinet
Arthur Weisberg, bassoon
Nancy Goodearl, French bom
Ruth Tomfohrde, piano
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news
BRIEFS
Regents select TAMIU
Laredo president
The Texas A&M University Sys
tem Board of Regents voted to offer
Dr. J. Charles Jennett the position of
president of Texas A&M Internation
al University in Laredo. Jennett is
currently the provost and vice presi
dent for academic affairs at Clem-
son University in South Carolina.
Chancellor Barry B. Thompson
is expected to negotiate the details
of an employment agreement with
Jennett as soon as possible. If he ac
cepts the position, he will begin
work by August 1. Jennett would
become the fourth president of
TAMIU, succeeding Dr. Leo Sayav-
dra. Sayavdra assumed the position
of deputy chancellor of academic
institutions and agencies for the
A&M System in January.
After a nationwide search by a
committee composed of TAMIU
faculty, administration, student gov
ernment, alumni and members of
the Laredo Community, Jennett was
named one of three finalists.
Since 1981, Jennett has served
Clemson University as dean of the
college of engineering and professor
of environmental systems engineering.
Before working at Clemson, Jen-
nette served as professor and chair
man of the civil engineering depart
ment at Syracuse University and as
sociate professor of civil engineering
at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Aggie to lead Texas
Young Lawyers Assn.
Bryan attorney and Texas A&M
graduate Robertson Neal has been
elected to serve as a director of the
Texas Young Lawyers Association of
the State Bar of Texas. Neal will be
gin serving his two-year term this
month. He will be representing the
290 young lawyers in Brazos Coun
ty and 19 surrounding counties.
Neal is currently in private prac
tice and was previously the assistant
district attorney for Collin County.
Neal received his undergraduate
degree from A&M in 1985.
William James pro
ject receives grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foun
dation has approved an appropria
tion of $100,000 to the American
Council of Learned Societies. The
money supports editorial costs of a
project involving the correspon
dence of William lames, the Amer
ican philosopher.
The William James Project is
producing a 12-volume critical edi
tion of letters between James and
prominent American and European
figures in the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
John J. McDermott, professor of
liberal arts at Texas A&M, is general
editor, project director and princi
pal investigator for the project.
The Mellon Foundation money
was granted in response to a request
and proposal written by McDermott.
A&M professor re
ceives teaching award
Dr. Make McDermott, associate
professor of mechanical engineering
in the Texas A&M Dwight Look
College of Engineering, recently re
ceived the American Society of En
gineering Education (ASEE) Section
Outstanding Teaching Award.
The award is granted to an educa
tor for excellence and dedication to
engineering education and for having
a strong record of activity in the ASEE.
Since arriving at A&M in 1972,
McDermott has served as faculty
adviser to the student chapter of the
Society of Automotive Engineers
and Pi Tau Sigma mechanical engi
neering honor society.
McDermott's efforts have resulted
in over $3 million in research grants
to the University.
Gay lit: To be or not to be?
Shakespeare's inclusion in gay course causes uproar mq
By Heather Rosenfeld
The Battalion
Texas A&M President, Dr.
Ray Bowen, put an end to the
question “to be or not to be”,
when he approved the Faculty
Senate’s proposal to add a gay
and lesbian literature class to
the upcoming course catalog.
The course spurred an uproar
within the Senate upon inclusion
of Shakespeare’s name in the
class syllabus, although his
name was previously included
four times when the course was
offered on a trial basis.
Dr. Roland Allen, professor of
physics and an ex-member of the
Faculty Senate, strongly object
ed to a class of this nature being
identified with Shakespeare.
“The falsehood that Shake
speare belongs in a course on
gay and lesbian literature is typ
ical of the bizarre revisionist
ideas that are being spun out by
certain people in the humani
ties,” Allen said. “It is unfortu
nate that Texas A&M, a major
university, is now going to en
dorse this falsehood.”
Faculty Senate Speaker,
Steven Oberhelman, disagreed
with Allen’s perspective on the
importance of Shakespeare in
the course.
“It is not a course on gay and
lesbian writers, it is about litera
ture... ,” Oberhelman said,
“...and gay and lesbian literature
is recognized as a scholarly spe
cialization b y the academy.”
Professor Harriet Andreadis,
Shakespearean scholar and in
structor for the approved course,
furthered the Oberhelman’s claim.
"[the class] is...not imputing
anything about Shakespeare’s
sexuality, it is not even an issue
that comes up in class” said An
dreadis. “This course simply be
gins to bring our course offerings
in line with contemporary
scholastics.”
Although Allen said his con
cern was with scholastics, and
the material being taught to the
students of this university, he
said that this course was being
offered as a result of pressure by
certain groups with alternative
intentions.
"There is no reason to
fear this course. It is an
academically rigorous
and sound course."
— STEVE OBERHELMAN
Faculty Senate Speaker
“I think these people do justi
fiably feel repressed and out
numbered on this campus,”
Allen said. "But when they fight
back, they should be careful to
remember the truth.”
Oberhelman categorically de
nied any claim that this class
was created by or for anyone
with subversive agendas.
“This was an academic
course, offered by a professor
with scholarly credentials,”
Oberhelman said. “There is no
reason to fear this course. It is
an academically rigorous and
sound course.”
Andreadis said she is con
fused by the controversy of a
class that is not a required
course and responded to Allen’s
assertions that the class doesn’t
align itself with the truth.
“He [Allen] is totally misguid
ed. His ideas are based on seri
ous misinformation and distor
tions,” Andreadis said. “Shake
speare is a brief touchdown in a
semester-long course. I think this
is blown way out of proportion.
Tammy Bradley, president of
the Gay Lesbian and Bisexual
Association and a junior math
major, said Andreadis is ideal
for instructing this class.
“Harriet Andreadis has mas
tered a way of examining litera
ture,” Bradley said. “She encour
ages the student to pick apart and
examine every inch of why a
writer writes and who they are.”
Bradley said she sees the ad
dition of this course as part of
the evolution of this University.
“I am very pleased that even
though this is an election year
and this is a conservative school,
A&M took a progressive step in
the right direction.”
The course will be listed for the
first time in the University
Course Catalog No. 120, and the
class will be available for registra
tion in the Spring of 1997.
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By Ann Marie Hauser
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Seeds of college educations
are being sown this week at the
Texas Aggie Youth Camp, host
ed by the University and the
Corps of Cadets.
Campers between the ages of
13 and 16 have come from across
the country to learn about the
importance of a college educa-
Pat James, The Battalion
Junior Yell Leader Tim Duffy
leads Youth Campers through
yell practice.
tion through leadership and
training activities.
The camp is completely run by
members of the Corps of Cadets.
Lt. Col. Michael Duke, camp
director, said the focus of the
camp is the development of lead
ership skills.
“Our camp is targeted at de
veloping the maturity and peer
leadership skills of the
campers in a fun, fast-paced
sports and recreation environ
ment,” Duke said.
Cohnselors, who are paid,
are selected through an appli
cation process.
John Hernandez, a counselor
and junior civil engineering
major, said he has enjoyed
working with such an excep
tional group of kids.
“If the campers aren’t eager to
learn then they are just eager to
be at camp,” Hernandez said.
“They are a blast.”
Michael Nutt, camp comman
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velopment major, said the lead
ership training plays a double
role for those involved.
“It is as much a leadership ex
perience for the cadets as it is
for the campers,” Nutt said.
Like the cadets, the campers
participate in formations, in
spections, leadership exercises,
obstacle courses and military
band marching.
Kyle Herrington, a 13-year-
old from Palestine, Texas, said
the teamwork exercises are his
favorite activity.
“I like the obstacle and sta
mina courses because they are
hard and challenging,” Her
rington said. “But I like the
fun and competitiveness be
tween the squads.”
Campers have the option of a
leadership emphasis or band
emphasis.
Band participants learn how
to play the Aggie War Hymn and
perform it on the last day for the
rest of the camp.
Katie and Jenny Sepulvado,
sisters, have returned’to the
camp from Oregon,for their
third year and are staying for
both sessions.
“We learn a lot because every
one has something different to
teach us,” Katie said. “But we
don’t like the inspections.”
Both Katie and Jenny hope
to be members of the Aggie
Band one day.
On Friday of camp, campers
receive a big dose of the Aggie
spirit and tradition.
The band participants begin
playing at Duncan Dining Hall
and parade down the quad.
At the arches they join their
fellow campers for their own
yell practice.
The camp concludes with an
awards ceremony and a barbecue.
Greenville citizens rally against racism, hatred
GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) —
About 3,000 people stood and
cheered Sunday as a black min
ister said recent suspicious fires
against black churches and oth
er buildings in the small North
east Texas city “will not make it
a racial battleground.”
The Rev. Houston McClen
don, a minister at the New Light
House of Prayer, joined Gov.
George W. Bush and other
speakers and ministers in con
demning the recent attacks on
two black churches in
Greenville.
“No hatred group will come into
Greenville and make it a racial
battleground!” he said to a stand
ing ovation. “This is our town! this
is our town! They will not make it
a racial battleground!”
The New Light House of
Prayer was scorched late June 9
by a fire authorities believe to
have been an act of arson. A
short while later and about a
mile away, another suspicious
fire did moderate damage to the
Church of the Living God.
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