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A&M interns get ahead with Field
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
Two Texas A&M students are spending the
summer working as interns in the Washington,
D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jack Fields of the Texas
8th Congressional District — which includes
Texas A&M.
Heather Strickland, a junior political science
and psychology major, and Kate Bennett, a se
nior political science major, began their intern
ships at Fields’ office in May.
Tve learned a ton every day. It’s been incred
ibly educational. ... D.C. is an exciting city,”
Strickland said.
Bob Ferguson, chief of staff of Fields’ office,
said the interns’ responsibilities include legisla
tive correspondence and staff assistance.
Strickland said her responsibilities vary. She
usually answers phone calls and letters, opens
mail. She also does research for the staff.
Bennett works more with telecommunica
tions. She assists Christy Strawman, the
telecommunications and finance legislative di
rector. She does research and attends legislative
hearings and briefings.
“It (the internship) gives them exposure to
Capitol Hill and what goes on in a legislative of
fice,” Ferguson said.
Ferguson said the office staff also wants the
interns to have fun while working. Staff mem
bers encourage the interns to go to special leg
islative classes and lectures offered. Interns also
receive time off to sightsee and tour Washing
ton, D.C., New York City or Williamsburg, Va.
Ferguson said some offices make their interns
work all the time, but Fields’ staff tries to give
their interns a more well-rounded experience.
Although the interns do not work directly
with Fields, he takes them to different events,
such as receptions and fund-raisers.
Strickland said she has learned about the
workings of the bureaucracy and the internal or
der of the congressional offices.
“I’ve learned more about what I don’t want to
do with my career,” Strickland said. “I know I
want to work in ... some realm of public policy. I
have no desire to be a member of a staff.”
Strickland wants to attend law school after
she graduates.
Bennett has also decided to go to law school
because of the opportunities it offers. Before her
internship, she had not decided whether to at
tend law school or pursue a master’s degree.
Bennett said she has learned practical office
experience and a lot about working with people.
Strickland and Bennett applied for the in
ternship in February. Strickland said she ac
cepted the internship with Fields because she
felt she would be serving the College Station
area by bringing a college student’s perspective
to the office.
Several Aggies are interning for other members
of Congress, but interning for Fields is unique be
cause he represents the College Station area.
Candidates for internships send their re
sumes to Fields’ office and are given a phone in
terview by a staff member. Ferguson said they
usually accept all students who apply. Only two
interns currently work for Fields, but earlier
this summer four served in the office.
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Heather Strickland and Kate Bennetl
their boss, Jack Fields, in Washington,!
If the staff must choose between stucki
plying for the internship, the decision ist
on the students’ academic records and the:|
pected internship goals.
Ferguson said Fields and his staff have]
pleased with their summer interns.
Divers find large section of j etliner wreckage dit ° riu
EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP)
— Divers pulled six bodies from a
large section of TWA Flight 800
on the ocean floor, and officials
said other bodies would have to
be removed before the wreckage
— and the clues it holds — are
brought to the surface.
“We are concentrating on the
people, we are not concentrating
on aluminum,” said Robert Fran
cis, vice chairman of the National
Transportation Safety Board.
Divers on Monday reached the
60-by-30-foot piece of fuselage in
a “wreckage field” of airplane
parts under more than 100 feet of
water, Francis said. A boat using
sonar on Sunday pinpointed the
area of the wreckage.
The FBI’s New York chief,
James Kallstrom, estimated that
there were at least 40 more bod
ies near the sunken fuselage, The
New York Times reported.
The search for more bodies
was to resume today. Of the 230
people killed in the crash, 107
bodies have been recovered.
While investigators have offi
cially said they are not yet sure
what caused the plane to explode
over the Atlantic shortly after
takeoff Wednesday, there were
reports that bomb residue was
found on a wing fragment.
CNN said “chemical traces” on
the wing “strongly suggests an
explosive device.” And the Times
reported that one test conducted
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms yielded a “border
line positive reading,” while an
FBI test was negative. More so
phisticated tests were scheduled.
USA Today reported that the
part with the residue was sent to
Washington, D.C., for analysis.
A federal investigator, who
spoke to The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity, said the
CNN report was “absolutely not”
true. Kallstrom refused to com
ment.
The FBI also is studying other
possibilities in the explosion, in
cluding a catastrophic mechanical
failure or a surface-to-air rocket
attack.
FBI agents investigating the
rocket theory seized the records
of a Long Island marina where
two men rented a boatslip the
night before the crash, the Daily
News reported today.
A manager of the Center Yacht
Club in East Moriches sail
agents questioned him
22-foot fishing boat that
brought to his marina, then
paper said.
The manager, who askeil
to be identified, said two;:
gave a $66 deposit and wen
throug-]
Perforn
in the boat the night of thee:
sion. He saw the men leave:
the crash and neither ai
the deposit back, the Daily L
reported.
Other marina operators in
area were also being interview
At a news conference Mor;
night, Francis said there art
erally hundreds of objects I
ing the 500-foot-long wrecl
field on the ocean floor off Fir;
land.
Tugboat sinks after tanker collision, one person killed
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) —
As rescue attempts continued,
the Coast Guard continued its
investigation into the collision of
a tug boat with a chemical
tanker in the Houston Ship
Channel.
One crewman was killed, an
other hurt and two were missing
from the accident at 3:42 a.m.
Monday.
The Coast Guard said the 89-
foot tug, the Laura Haden, sank
on its side in 40 to 45 feet of wa
ter in the waterway that con
nects Houston to the Gulf of
Mexico.
One crew member was res
cued immediately following the
collision and was taken to the
University of Texas Medical
Branch hospital, where he was
reported in fair condition. He
was not identified.
The body of Guyle Gregory
“Gregg” Gerdes, 25, of La Mar
que was recovered, and divers,
boats and a helicopter continued
searching for the two missing
crewmen.
Officials were looking into a
report that the tug had a steer
ing problem that might have
contributed to the collision,
Coast Guard Lt. Harry Schmidt
said.
Authorities closed the ship
channel, then opened it later to
barges traveling at slow speeds.
Nine ships had been sched
uled to depart for the Gulf of
Mexico, several of which had to
anchor in the channel above’
wreck, said Caleen Burton Alt
spokeswoman for the Port
Houston Authority.
Anxious relatives awai:
word.
"We’re praying,” saicNt
Cire, mother of missing erf
man, Lance Liska, 31, of
Porte.
No fuel or any cargo spf
from the 580-foot tanker St
Hawk, Coast Guard Lt. Greg
Long in Galveston said.
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