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lume 103 • Issue 14*14 Pages
Thursday, September 19, 1996
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By Brandon Hausenfluck
The Battalion
Community and campus Hispanic
'anizations will continue their cru-
pe to educate the population about
p growing importance of their com-
tnity at a festival today at Rudder
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The festival is one of many func
tions being held in recognition of His
panic Heritage Month, which began
Sept. 13 and runs through Oct. 15. The
functions aim to present a different
perspective to the public about His
panic culture.
Duran said she hopes after this
month the Hispanic community will
be able to take proactive stances on
political issues.
The Professional Hispanic Network
is an organization of University and
community Hispanic leaders who meet
once a month to discuss issues con
fronting the Hispanic community.
Dr. Marco Portales, PHN president,
English professor and executive assis
tant to Texas A&M President Ray
Bowen, said PHN meetings allow
members to interact with other His
panic leaders.
“We will begin a series of dialogue
to provide opportunities for all
members to express their view
points,” Portales said. “[The Hispan
ic community] needs to be under
stood by a wider population.”
Portales said people do not realize
Hispanics are a growing part of the
population.
“We pay taxes and support the Con
stitution and all of American things,” he
said. “Some people think we are linked
together as immigrants and freeloaders.
See Festival, Page 8
Forum strives to clarify
affirmative action issues
By Carla Renea Marsh
The Battalion
More than 500 students and community
members attended a forum Wednesday
night aimed at updating and educating peo
ple on affirmative action in the wake of Cal
ifornia’s Civil Rights Initiative proposal and
the Hopwood decision.
The forum was hosted by the Memorial
Student Center Black Awareness Committee
and the MSC Political Forum.
Eric Curley, BAG director and a junior
philosophy major, said most people do
not fully understand affirmative action,
and he said the BAG wants to clarify the
misconceptions.
See Forum, Page 8
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Dr. Marilyn Kern-Foxworth speaks at the
affirmative action forum in Rudder Theater.
lorps program
nters 3rd year
Shuttle arrives at Mir to bring astronaut home
By Ann Marie Hauser
The Battalion
Ihe Texas A&M Corps of
dets is furthering its mission
train leaders of character for
estate and nation,” as the
rps Mentorship Program enters
third year.
The program brings former
dets to the A&M campus
jtau$\out the semester to speak
to cadets about transforming
|Ciirps experiences into skills for
She workplace.
I l.D. Williams, Corps leader-
liip training officer and a senior
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reality check and
provides them
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IP is the Corps’ best tool for
dership training.
“ft really means something for
se cadets to have successful
lets come back and tell them
iat they are doing will help
min the future,” Williams said,
ley give them valuable insight
o the business world.”
The CMP was created by the
rps and Corps Development
uncil to give the cadets role
idels and prepare them for the
t century.
CMP speakers are arranged by
nk Muller Jr., Class of ’65 stu-
it body president and a corpo-
executive.
Danny Feather, Corps leader-
p training sergeant and a ju-
[br agricultural economics ma-
said Muller gives selflessly to
Corps and the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
“He spends hours making
phone calls and mailing out in
formation in order to make
arrangements for the program,”
Feather said. “He breathes fire
into the CMP.”
The program is designed for
the' 65 percent of cadets who will
not be commissioned into the
armed services after graduation,
but military-bound cadets attend
regularly as well.
David Rodriguez, Class of ’94
and former K-2 commanding offi
cer, is now a business analyst for
Koch Gateway Pipeline in Houston.
Rodriguez said success comes
from experience.
“A title doesn’t grant leadership,
experience does,” Rodriguez said.
Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice
president for student affairs, said
other programs exist at A&M that
cadets, plus students not in the
Corps benefit from.
“The MSC has done this for a
long time,” Southerland said. “It’s
a really good reality check and
provides them (students) with a
head start.”
The first CMP session was
Tuesday night at Southerland’s
house. The session, featuring the
topic “Selling the Corps” drew 32
cadets to Southerland’s home.
Advice was given on all aspects
of communicating with prospec
tive employers.
Frank Muller III, a former stu
dent body president and Class of
’88, said analyzing an audience
contributes to successful inter
views because it leads to effec
tive communication. This is es
pecially important in job
interviews, he said.
“Know your audience. The bet
ter you do, the more your are go
ing to be able to sell yourself,”
Muller said. “Gauge your audi
ence and take it (experience) out
of military terms.”
Future topics to be discussed
include marketing, international
business, law and politics.
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP)
— Space shuttle Atlantis arrived
at Russia’s Mir station Wednesday
night to pick up astronaut Shan
non Lucid, thrilled to be going
home after a record-breaking six
months in orbit.
The shuttle docked with the
station, its lights flashing like a
beacon, about 240 miles above
the Carpathian Mountains of
Eastern Europe. Faces were
pressed tight against the windows
of both spacecraft.
The air waves crackled in Eng
lish and Russian as the space trav
elers — six on Atlantis, three on
Mir — shouted out information.
“Atlantis and Mir shaking
hands,” shuttle commander
William Readdy informed
Mission Control.
Lucid couldn’t wait for
the hatches to open;
she was like a child
longing to go home
after a summer
away at camp.
The last time
she saw Ameri
cans face-to-face was '
when Atlantis left her at Mir
in March.
While Lucid has said she en
joyed the orbital getaway aboard
Mir, she planned to waste no
time moving out. All her bags
were packed
and, within a
few hours of
the docking,
she was to swap
) J places with Atlantis
astronaut John Blaha,
who will stay for four
months.
“She’s ready to leave, but I’m
ready to get there and get on to
working with the Russians,” Bla
ha said earlier.
Lucid won’t actually leave for
home until next week. Atlantis
will undock from Mir on Mon
day after five days of linked
flight and will return to Earth
the following Thursday.
The shuttle-station is the
largest space structure ever —
more than 535,000 pounds of
mostly metal hurtling around
Earth. The Russian complex has
more compartments now than
the last time Atlantis showed up.
The 11:13 EDT docking
seemed to go smoothly. “I think
we had a 10-point-oh on that
one,” said Atlantis astronaut
Carl Walz.
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Red Cross blood drive strapped for donations
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Carrie Woodley, a freshman elementary edu
cation major, prepares to give blood.
By Melissa Nunnery
The Battalion
Donor turnout at the five
American Red Cross Blood-
mobile locations on campus
this week has been small in
comparison to past campus
blood drives.
Mindy Vrba, an American
Red Cross consultant, said
only 170 units (pints) of blood
per day were donated on
Monday and Tuesday. Their
goal is to take in 350 units
each day.
The Red Cross uses an av
erage of 120 pints of blood
every day, Vrba said.
Vrba encouraged Texas
A&M students to put them
selves in other people’s shoes
and donate blood.
“Ninety-five percent of
people are going to need
blood sometime,” Vrba said.
“If one of their (students)
family members was sick and
needed blood ... think of all
the Central Texas families
that need blood.”
Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity and the Red Cross
teamed up to bring Bloodmo-
biles to the A&M campus.
“If everyone who
comes would
bring a friend, it
would help us
reach our goal."
Mindy Vrba
American Red Cross
consultant
They are at Rudder Fountain,
Sbisa, Kleberg, The Commons
and Corps Lounge E, which is
a new location this year.
Michael Boggs, a blood dri
ve supervisor and nurse, said
the new location raised only
20 pints the first two days.
“If they (donations) don’t
pick up today, we’ll have to
close it,” Boggs said.
Lack of publicity, Boggs
said, is probably one factor
contributing to the poor
donor turnout. People just do
not know about it, he said.
“We need to get the word
out two weeks ahead,” Boggs
said. “Maybe we could send a
letter out to all the units (in
the Corps) and get the seniors
to encourage the underclass
men to participate.”
Vrba said it is important to
get the word out about the
blood drive to generate more
donations.
“If everyone who comes
would bring a friend, it would
help us reach our goal,” Vrba
said.
She said there needs to be
at least 50 donations per day
at each campus location to
raise the amount of blood
needed.
Boggs said donating blood
is a quick and easy process.
“You only bleed for 20 min
utes,” he said. “Most people are
finished in five or 10 minutes.
Then, you’ve saved three lives.”
Boggs said many people
are afraid to donate blood.
“A lot of people are afraid
of needles, some are just terri
fied,” Boggs said. “If they
come with a buddy they feel
better. It’s the unknown that’s
so scary. People leave saying it
wasn’t as bad as they thought
it would be.”
Boggs said anyone thinking
about giving blood should
drink plenty of water before
and after donating.
Mark Shackleford, a senior
applied mathematical science
major, said he always gives
blood at the blood drive.
“There used to be a line,”
Shackleford said. “I guess
people just don’t make time
for it.”
Swaminathan Balamuru-
gan, a computer science grad
uate student, said when he
saw the Bloodmobile on cam
pus he decided to donate.
“I saw it here and decided
to come over, but I didn’t
know about it until I saw the
van,” he said.
The Bloodmobiles will be on
campus everyday until Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.