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'ood Services gets student feedback
By Carla Renea Marsh
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tee lunches with the Food Services direc
offer Texas A&M students a chance to ex-
;s new ideas, ask questions and comment
ijcampus dining.
Jeanne Mitchell, a Food Services staff as
lant, said the program, a project of the
dent Advisory Council, is a chance to get
trident feedback.
I'There are various ways that students can
up," Mitchell said. “Every student that signs
up will get a chance to attend a luncheon.”
Ronald Beard, Food Services director, said
more than 250 students have already signed up.
“That is a really big turnout,” Beard said. “We
schedule about 20 students for each luncheon.”
Food Services held their second lun
cheon Monday.
After being served lunch, students expressed
concerns and commented on food services.
Cindy Casares, a senior elementary educa
tion major who lives off campus, said she reg
ularly attends meetings on campus and wants
a good meal before leaving campus.
“My main concern is for people who live
off campus,” Casares said. “ It would be better
to serve a variety of different foods.
“I would like to eat the same types of
food here that I would at home if I were
there to cook.”
Beard said he is excited about the ideas
the Student Advisory Council has generated
in the past.
Beard said meal plans now offer students
more flexibility.
The hospitality pass, a concept developed by
the council, was implemented this semester.
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Iiail^ganizations support minority graduate students
By Courtney Walker
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Texas A&M’s two minority graduate stu-
it organizations work together to help mi-
ity graduate students adjust to the stress
[course work of graduate school.
The Black Graduate Student Association
ISA) and the Hispanic Graduate Student
icciation (HGSA) were formed to help mi-
Jity graduate students by serving as a sup-
«It base and networking outlet.
/ fcary Cruz, president of the HGSA and a
'Cvvll 8 ra duate student, said the groups
c ^ orked together on a one-day freshman
lentation and cookout for incoming mi-
2Z_i~l|rity students.
We want to foster an image and belief for all
lority students that they can make a differ-
:eand be successful,” Cruz said.
BGSAwas formed in 1987 to provide pro-'
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for African-American graduate students.
HGSA was formed in 1992 as part of a grad
uate student project.
Of the 7500 graduate students enrolled at
A&M this fall, 328 are Hispanic and 182 are
African-American.
"Minority students want a place they can
feel at home with people who have similar be
liefs and through that they learn other things
about A&M and their courses,” Cruz said.
Ashanti Pyrtle, BGSA president, said al
though there wag a 5 percent increase in mi
nority enrollment last year, the small num
ber of minority undergraduate students
leads to a small number of minority gradu
ate students.
“There’s such a small number to begin with
because some minorities just don’t ha\)e as
much academic, moral and financial support as
other students,” Pyrtle said.
One way both organizations are trying to
stop the chain is by recruiting minority un
dergraduate students.
BGSA rewards undergraduate African-
American students with the James L. Court
ney Award for graduating with a 3.0 grade-
point ratio. The award is named for the first
African-American student to graduate from
A&M. The undergraduate student with the
highest GPR is given a class ring.
“We give the rewards to compliment acad
emic excellence and encourage them to pur
sue academic degrees at A&M,” Pyrtle said.
The HGSA has an outreach program that
focuses on Hispanic undergraduates and
the surrounding community. HGSA also
provides information on minority scholar
ships, resumd books, conferences and leg
islative decisions such as the recent Hop-
wood decision.
The two organizations also held a joint vot
er registration drive in September.
Both organizations are open to any graduate
student whether they are minorities or not.
ENDORS
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The revisions place three additional
illations on the process, he said.
First, only students may be pre-
ntatthe table, no. vendors. Sec-
i.all items sold must be owned
the student organization, which
ay either purchase the products
tolesale or take them on consign-
. Finally, the items must relate
^'mission and purpose” of the
ganization.
The revisions have drawn criti-
smfrom vendors and student or-
piiations.
Stem Withington, Class of ’94 and
WrofWithington Designs, said the
has become too restrictive.
Withington’s company has sold Ag-
neckties in association with student
is such as the Aggie Pathfinders, a
Kps of Cadets organization.
What are they going to do, sell
sipasses and maps?” Withington
“To me, the ‘mission and pur
se’ of every Aggie is to promote
Spirit.”
Timothy Vanya, an artist with
idition Concepts, has sold his
tiled edition prints with
tadron 17 since 1987.
Vanya said he will miss being he
ld the table with the cadets.
[will not) have the opportunity to
iet students, parents and alumni as a
tdor and a mentor to the guys from
tadron 17,” he said. “The benefit of
experience is negated when I can’t
there.”
Some vendors abused the system
before, Vanya said, but the steps taken
to correct the situation were too harsh.
“They kind of threw the baby out
with the bath water,” he said. “We
know who the culprits were.”
Vanya said the policy will be more
detrimental to the student organiza
tions than to the vendors.
“This will affect me,” he said. “But
it won’t hurt me.”
Vanya said he is not certain the
same will be true for campus orga
nizations.
The Peruvian Student Association
and the Texas A&M Lacrosse Team set
up T-shirt tables in the MSC during
Saturday’s football game. Both tables
were manned solely by student mem
bers of the organizations.
To satisfy the “mission and pur
pose” requirement, both groups
printed the organization’s name on
each shirt.
Soummo Mukherjee, a junior
biochemistry major, said PSA con
formed so they could continue to
sell merchandise.
“Where else can we sell them be
sides here?” Mukherjee said.
Adam Questell, a junior biomed
ical science major on the lacrosse
team, said the organization protest
ed the policy revisions.
“It seems the [Texas A&MJ book
store has a lot to say in what’s going
on,” Questell said.
Busch said the policy revisions will
require organizations to change the
way they raise funds, but knows the
problem will be resolved.
“We know that students have the
creativity and ingenuity to come up
with new fund-raisers,” he said.
Settlement
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Cora Rogers, a Brushy Creek resident and member of
ROPL, said the University is guilty of “environmental
racism” because there several black families in the area.
She said the residents do not want to go to trial, but will if
they must.
“They (A&M) figured the blacks wouldn’t say anything be
cause most of them work for A&M,” Rogers said. “We’ll go to
court and let the world know what A&M is doing to blacks in
the community.”
The University and ROPL reached a tentative agree
ment in March. Specific details have been negotiated
since that time.
The University agreed to pay residents $600,000 if the
settlement would avoid the possibility of future lawsuits
against the University.
The $600,000 would have compensated for the presence of
the center in the neighborhood, Ashlock said.
The University had also agreed to implement environmen
tal monitoring systems and reduce the number of animals at
the center.
“We thought the environmental issues were taken care of by
mutual agreement long ago,” Ashlock said. “The revival of
those issues complicated matters. The single thing that held it
(negotiations) up was the lack of assurance that we’d have a fi
nal settlement.”
But Schaffer said the environmental monitoring system
would not prevent air and water contamination and the
money would not compensate for the problems the resi
dents anticipate.
“They (A&M) have not done enough to address the environ
mental issues,” Schaffer said. “Environmental issues are cru
cial. They’re going to have a negative impact on people’s lives
and property.
“They (A&M) shouldn’t expect that $600,000 would pro
tect them from lawsuits for the many years ASTREC would
be in operation. If they want to protect ASTREC forever, then
they should pay people fair market value for their property.
They want a bargain basement settlement, but we’re not go
ing to give it to them.”
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