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day • October 23, reforti The Battalion )lume 103 • Issue 39 • 14 Pages Thursday, October 24, 1996 iucts and reduce i sal to children.” Bob Dole \s president, I will [mission to focus paign finance ref# itlfp,E,Sontest prize money will go to scholarship fund oft money contnoas I 1 ^ • Student wins $50,000 The Batt Online: http://bat-web.tamu.edu i corporations andlai ms to federal cani arties to influence ft ections." Ross Perot Reform Party can not accept any kind ial interest money, y will be financed!)) ■> of hard-woili ricans sending in sn ributions.” By Brandon Hausenfluck The Battalion Texas A&M student won $50,000 lonate to her favorite charity in a tional cooking contest with over entrants. lindy Kovar, a senior sociology ti Pan the states wil 'dally some of the ii is,” said nationalcte said she entered the contest dorm Party endots effect on the race 10 captured 19 pera ly when he ran in 1!) ;le digits andifsUl leform Party endra a whim. I just tried it,” Kovar said. “I’ve nev- ntered a contest before.” (ovar’s entrde was a black bean, n and rice casserole accented with latoes, onion and cilantro. She calls ex-Mex Salad. [he contest was sponsored by Good usekeeping magazine and hosted by or Paul Newman, who has his own of food products. Newman has donated more than million worth of profits to charity in the sales of his products. The College Station Kroger grocery store was awarded an additional $10,000 to the charity of its choice for selling the cooking ingredients to Ko var. Still Creek Boys Ranch will receive the donation. Kovar said she plans to give the money the Slovanic Benevolent Order of Texas scholarship fund. “[The Order] is a fraternal organiza tion that gives scholarships to students based on merit,” Kovar said. “I had benefited from it (the Order) and I know they give 100 percent of the do nations to students and a lot of people can’t boast that.” The Order was organized in 1897 by Czechoslovakian immigrants. Along with giving scholarships, the organiza tion raises funds for volunteer fire de partments, the Cancer Society and the American Heart Association. Howard Leshikar, president of the zmsm gDough Order, said the donation will allow the organization to support more students. “We always have more applications than money,” Leshikar said. “It’s out standing that Cindy would think of us. A lot of scholarship winners will be looking forward to this.” See Contest, Page 14 Forum to explore values of Internet By Laura Oliveira The Battalion Representatives from universities around the world will gather today at Texas A&M to explore the Internet as an agent for global change and its value for education. Dr. Alex Mintz, director of the Foreign Policy Decision Making Program and co organizer of the conference, said the fo rum will show how the Internet is becom ing a tool for research and education. “It is kind of futuristic in a sense,” he said. “The forum is exploring the new areas and new measures the Internet can provide.” The conference is co-sponsored by the James Baker Institute at Rice University and the Program in Foreign Policy Deci sion Making at A&M. Chris Hanson, an international rela tions graduate student, said the Internet will serve upcoming generations with teaching advantages he did not have as a student. “I am a graduate student about 10 years too soon,” he said. “There will come a time when you can literally pull anything off the Internet.” Video conferencing is a new advance ment allowing professors from around the world to be “guest lecturers” at different universities. Students will be able to interact with professors during classes by using a pic ture screen through the Internet. See Internet, Page 14 ratio Senate cantt actly the kind of can ty likes. He won’taca; ;al action commiffi ablishment altera® &M political clubs Irge students to vote paign orsement, announti off. A'e’ve seen, there ait of undecided vot By Christie Humphries The Battalion party caucuses. ..With elections less than two ign coordinatorGij e ^ s awa y i campus political or- ampaign believe 41 Q i zat; j ons have been busy moti- ting students to participate in ‘election process. Members of Aggie Democrats, , . ,1 liege Republicans and Aggies for a good signal, he sail mn Larry Neal doe® rty’s endorsement^! said Gramm delta' exas party’s question! ip ports Bob Doleanl n. Support forPerotl to obtain the Refora l - inton have been registering stu- ive already beenniad: VQte s j nce ear iy September. linnesota, where Pffl to then, partisan clubs have been the vote in 1992, fi!| ucat j n g citizens about their party’s tes courted the Rei itf orms through mass mail-outs ts state conventioi dliterature distribution through- stionnaires and iw Brazos County. j feff Livingston, president of Col- j ^Republicans and a senior electri engineering major, describes his lb's involvement in the election icess as a cycle. Livingston said the cycle begins in ptember. The entire month was voted to registering students to te, He said the club registered out 8,000 students. Kristy Perez, president of Aggie mocrats and an educational i'chology graduate student, said male is high within her organi- fion. Perez said that during an election students are more motivated to come involved because they feel iirefforts can make a difference. During October, Livingston said College Republicans focus on en gaging registered voters to actual ist a ballot on election day. He said the College Republi- ns have a representative in my residence hall and 60 to 70 rcent of off-campus living resi- nces. The representatives iden- twho is registered and who will my up to vote. Ryan Runkle, president of Aggies for Clinton and a senior philosophy major, said the election has kept the members of his organization busy distributing literature throughout the community and on campus. Perez said that after a voter regis tration drive, the Aggie Democrats shifted their focus to early voting and persuading students to vote. The College Republicans will de vote the last two weeks of October to encouraging voters to choose Repub lican candidates on election day. “We’ll start next week targeting people who haven’t made up their mind,” Livingston said. The College Republicans are moti vated by a desire to see Republicans gain strength in government. This is Livingston’s fifth year at A&M, and he said that over time, he has become bothered by the liberal bias of cam pus organizations. He said his club upholds conservative views and sup ports the Republican Party. Runkle said members of Aggies for Clinton are excited about this year’s election. “They have to be to be putting in so much time,” Runkle said. Some students devote more than 20 hours each week to the club. The group has been at Post Oak Mall handing out fliers to educate cit izens about Presidents Clinton’s plat form for the past month. Perez said Aggie Democrats go door-to-door in neighborhoods dis tributing packets of literature on De mocratic candidates. “We’ve had more people block walking than ever before,” Perez said. She said members have been mo tivated by the community’s response. Perez said she would like more students to vote and become in volved in the election process this year. To motivate students to get in volved, the Aggie Democrats are planning a debate with the College Republicans. The Presidential election is Tues day, Nov. 5. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ft ■ !,<l iitlisi ■ Sul Sighting Ryan Rogers, The Battalion Tim Evan, a senior management major, leads a campus tour on Wednesday afternoon. Shockley continues recovery process By Melissa Nunnery The Battalion Almost two years after an accident put him in a coma for two-and-a-half months, the prediction that Trevor Shockley would never walk again seems absurd. Shockley, a former Texas A&M student, was riding his bicycle when a campus shut tle bus turned in front of him. He lost his balance and slid under the vehicle. The back wheels of the 18-ton bus ran over him. When Shockley awoke from a coma fol lowing the February 1995 accident, his out look was not promising. But he now holds a job and hopes to one day return to A&M to finish his degree. Shockley completed his rehabilitation at the Transitional Learning Community (TLC) in Galveston on July 17. He has since returned home to Montgomery where he works at his father’s feed store. Shockley’s father, Joe, said his progress is outstanding. “People with the severity of his injuries didn’t live five years ago,” Joe Shockley said. “Now, in physical therapy, they’re working on his posture and helping him do things in a more natural way.” He spent nine months in rehabilitation learning to walk again, and now travels to Conroe twice a week for outpatient physi cal therapy. Gary Seale, director of clinical services at TLC, said Trevor’s prognosis following the accident was grim. “The doctors didn’t give him much chance to survive, much less walk again,” Seale said. His father said Trevor wants to return to A&M to finish his degree in animal science. A senior at the time of the accident, he had 25 hours remaining before receiving his diploma. See Shockley, Page 14 UB sub & get a 6” REE!! Station Locations Oi# With Other Offers, oupon With Order ir Discount -es 11/24/96 htmetto (EXTREME) T0 ffl HYP ^ $2 OFF pK.-$38.99 20PK.-J31” he Battalion TODAY vil in the Air aternities fight inger with fear in eir haunted houses is Halloween. Aggielife, Page 3 ig Plans Ton Hanspard and xas Tech hope to n wild over Aggies iturday at Kyle Field. Sports, Page 9 he Life Line ce: A Corpus Christi ry wrongfully con- :ted a drunk driver manslaughter. Opinion, Page 13 RHA adopts program to clean up church parking lots Ryan Rogers, The Battalion RHA and Off-Campus Aggies pick up bottles behind Northgate. By Wesley Poston The Battalion Northgate churches and A&M students benefit from an early-morning community service that will continue long after its originators graduate. The “Bottoms Up Clean- Up” program, started by the Class of ’97 as freshmen, has been adopted by the Resi dence Housing Association. Participants pick up beer bottles and trash every Sun day at 1:30 a.m. in Northgate church parking lots behind the Northgate bars. Ashley Howard, a clean-up participant and freshman ele mentary education major, said the project keeps college students from imposing on area churches. “We clean up early in the morning so that churches are able to go out on Sunday morning and not have beer bottles everywhere,” she said. Jesse Czelusta, RHA president and a senior agricultural eco nomics major, said the service has been given new life. “Last year, it kind of died down,” he said, “so we decid ed it was time to open it up to a larger spectrum.” Czelusta said the project was picked up by RHA to en sure its longevity. When the Class of ’97 leaves, it wants the program to remain. “We hope it will continue long after we’re gone,” he said. This year, 10 to 15 students have participat ed each week end in the clean up, Czelusta said, so it has taken only 20 minutes to clear the litter. “We pick up any sort of trash we encounter,” he said, “be it a $20 bill or a bottle.” The project was necessary, he said, because the pastor of the A&M United Methodist Church had to get up every Sunday at 6 a.m. to clean the parking lot before his congre gation arrived. “The idea came from him, probably indirectly,” Czelusta said. The early-morning meet ing time was chosen to en courage partic ipation, he said. “We either had to do it right after the bars closed or get up early Sunday morn ing,” he said. Howard said cleaning early Sunday morning works best for participants. “We’re out and up anyway,” she said. Czelusta said participants gain leadership skills and ser vice experience. “Why the heck do we go out there at 1:30 in the morn- “Last year, it kind of died down, so we decided it was time to open it up to a larger spectrum. ,, Jesse Czelusta RHA president ing?” he said. “It’s what ‘the other education’ is all about.” Participants meet in the parking lot of the A&M United Methodist Church, are paired up, and given a trash bag. Czelusta said everyone is wel come to participate. “I think I’m going to drag my folks out there this week end,” he said. Howard said RHA has an ongoing competition with Off-Campus Aggies to see who can bring out the most residents. “So far RHA has won,” she said. Czelusta said the clean-up concludes with a brief yell practice that includes the yell, “Clean the hell outta Northgate.” College Station is pretty clean for a college town, he said, and the clean-up just helps the image. Everyone in the Northgate area benefits from the clean up, he said, “but the people who benefit the most are the ones who pick up the trash.”