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vtiU cm /(W odt ojf <f<wc 'Seen,, 'Witte & Spinet tteecU! The Battalion IMMON Thursday • October], mie bev '***■*¥' “The Liquor Stores of Texas” 70/ ‘Tittiuerttety TThcve £ Station, 'TT 77%*?0 (0* t6e (?6w*utaf- "r/Mt S/cofifiitty (^entm) 846-7257 ‘T/Akou.: ’Wton-Sat fO fr.tn. Mail “Portraits Silver Taps inspires greater knowledge Trucks cause many needless deaths Benningfield and therestoi; gun-toting NRAspokesmi ize this? Let’s pretendtal Second Amendmentdoespi vide all citizens with theri«i bear arms. Howcanmy^ cal” government stopmefn defending my family andpl sions with a howitzer?Afteii howitzer is an “arm.” I don’t think Thomaslels had assault weapons in By Courtni The Bat * % An all-Gershwin evening with p Marcus Roberts is perhaps the most exciting and talented jazz pianist on the scene today. Backed f- q by the equally skilled _ Academy of the Ascension, ^ he will create dynamic > new interpretations A /imit ec f of the music of George in select ber Gershwin, including a thrilling variation of “Rhapsody in Blue.” Jazz up your life with “Portraits in Blue”! orchestra Thursday October 3, I 996 . *v' 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium ° A y % ° N t OfTfr “If you’ve never heard of Marcus Roberts, where have you been?” CBS This Morning TA ^ZT' e ‘ “...Roberts demonstrates his technical virtuosity and passionate intelligence in impressive fashion. And yes, with soul." ON TOUR WITH Marcus Roberts Time Magazine Reduced rates for student tickets. Now accepting AggieBucks. Optra C'JWw Arti Satu Persons with disabilities please call 845-8903 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event IBHHfefcLus t° assist you to the best of our ability. 'SC 'PAS Itintf At ts Since the recent tragedy at Bonfire, everybody at Texas A&M has probably felt like something was stirred inside of them. Dur ing these past two weeks, I have often heard about the way the Aggie family comes together in times of need. I witnessed this at Silver Taps the other night. As I stood there, I began to wonder, “Would we have mourned the student’s death the same way if this person was black, Jewish or homosexual?” There is no doubt in my mind that we would have because the student would have been an Aggie and a part of our family. So why do we spend time harassing and degrading each other about our differences? How many times have you heard the phrase, “Highway 6 runs both ways?” This phrase is telling those whose thoughts and ideas differ from the norm at Texas A&M that they can leave if they want to. We need to value our differ ences and realize that Texas A&M is so great and unique because of what each and every one of us brings to the University. We know how precious life can be, and we have just seen how quickly life can end. Why do we waste our precious time here on earth when the only thing that really matters in the end is that they were part of our human family, and in this case, our Aggie family? On Oct. 1,1 attended the second Silver Taps in less than a year for a friend who died in an accident that occurred while riding in the bed of a pick-up truck. What will it take for people to realize it is dangerous? Wake up and be responsible. Don’t ever ride in the back of a truck — to cut or anywhere else. Don’t be misled into thinking that just be cause the driver of the truck is re sponsible that you’re safe because you’re not — accidents can be caused by other people on the road just as well. Hopefully, the Universi ty will start busing us out to cut, but until it does, we have to do what we can to keep everyone safe. If it comes down to riding in the bed of a truck or not going, don’t go. No matter how many trees you might cut down that day, their worth does n’t even compare to the worth of your life. when he spoke of armingtli(| jespite recruitme pie. In a sparsely populatedn /l, fall enrollmen try, I would hope thatallabli- bodied men would cometoil aid of their country. I ts remains low thi diversity preside J’s difficulty attra< ningfield think men were pm ttributed to the U M is a produci a large part of i ptiveto minorities )ti Douglas, exec provost, said At notes minority re< ed with arms to defend them’ selves against thegun-t( criminals of the late! The line needs to be draw somewhere. It is obvioustb' argument over interpretati the Second Amendmentwii je said they com tinue. But regardless ofthaia ties and work wit think we realize theneedfon [Association men regulation, whether it bebai he University rec hand guns or howitzers, If that our modern Democtaq breeds violence, thengunsa; catalyst to the worsening i lion. The solution isnotadt more guns to the problemti rather slowly dismantling cas gun-crazed arsenal. 13,782 minority st Christ* Elicia Bennett Class of '99 Shannon Shafer Class of '99 Accompanied by 30 signatures Guns continue to be out of control http://opas.tamWHr fcTMG06B85SEP9G Chris Gaines Class of ’98 Regarding Joe Benningfield's Oct. 2 Mail Call, "Guns provide the means for defense”: Guns + People = Death. In math, we call this an equation. In life, we call this a reality. Why can’t The Battalion encourages lew!) editor. Letters must be 300 woriu and include the author's narw, d phone number. 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