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By Melissa Nunnery
The Battalion
Texas A&M students have
the chance to honor their fel-
i matches an low Aggies and other veterans
anally am ex who have worked to secure
America’s freedom in honor of
n 1 want togij Veterans Day today.
The Corps of Cadets will
have a ceremony at Westgate
Memorial near Albritton Tower
at 11 a.m. to recognize the con
tributions of veterans.
The ceremony will commem-
lorate the signing of the treaty
that ended World War I. The
treaty was signed on the 11th day
Jof the 11th month at the 11th
nee at thetifl hour. The Westgate memorial
was chosen as the site for the cer-
like this, ydiemony because it has a plaque
and I believe inscribed with the names of Ag-
have beendlfgies who died in World War I.
The ceremony will consist of
|a wreath laying at the memori
al. Corps Commander Steve
Foster and Corps Comman
dant Maj. Gen. M.T. “Ted”
Hopgood Jr. will speak. A
prayer will be followed by a bu
gler playing Silver Taps.
Foster, a senior political sci
ence major, said everyone is
welcome at the ceremony. The
purpose, he said, is to show
support for veterans.
“A good tradition for A&M is
the military and the veterans
we produce,” Foster said. “We
want to support them in any
way possible.”
The Brazos County Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post will also have a
program for Veterans Day. The
VFW program will begin at 11
a.m. at the VFW lodge on FM
2818. The program will observe a
moment of silence at 11:11 a.m.
John Edward Velasquez,
post commander of the Brazos
County VFW Post 4692, said
the timing of the program co
incides with the signing of the
treaty that ended World War I.
Velasquez said veterans
should be remembered every
day, not just on holidays.
“We honor veterans on certain
days ... and we should always re
member veterans,” he said, “We
should remind ourselves we live
in a free country because of vet
erans. Freedom is not free. Free
dom has a price.”
Some A&M students served
in the U.S. military before
coming to A&M. Company V-l
is a Corps outfit composed pri
marily of active duty veterans.
Steve Pryor, V-l recruiting
sergeant and a junior agricultural
economics major, said Veterans
Day has a special meaning to
many members of his outfit.
Gene Lutz, a V-l squad
leader and a junior business
analysis major, served three
years in the Air Force before
coming to A&M.
He said Veterans Day has al
ways been special to him be
cause he grew up in a military
family, but it has become more
personal since joined the Air
Force. He said he hopes the
ceremony on campus will raise
students’ awareness of Veter
ans Day.
“It will put more meaning into
the day and let people get a first
hand feel for what it (Veterans
Day) means,” Lutz said.
Kenneth Webb, V-l first pla
toon sergeant and a junior
computer engineering major,
compared Veterans Day to Ag
gie Muster.
“It’s hard for others to under
stand why we take it so seriously
and why we’re so devout,” he
said. “Veterans Day is kind of like
Muster for the U.S. military.”
orurri to be held today
Directors for PITS, food services will answer questions
an
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_ By Laura Oliveira
The Battalion
I Texas A&M administrators are
■cpected to get an earful this after
noon at an open forum designed to
give A&M students an opportunity
t6 voice their concerns.
I Food service and parking is
sues are expected to be dis
cussed, so the directors of both
departments will be present to
answer students’ questions.
|, Ron Beard, Food Services direc
tor, said he welcomes the opportu-
©ty to address students’ concerns.
1 “I am looking forward to it,” he
laid. “We will do our best to answer
the questions to the best of our
Ihowledge and we will be very
Straight-forward about it.”
! The forum, which will be held in
||)8 Rudder Tower from 4:30 p.m. to
6 p.m., is sponsored by the Student
Government executive council.
I Matt Mayfield, student exec
utive vice president of adminis-
Bation and a senior animal sci
ence major, said the goal is to
bring improved communication
to the campus.
“We want a healthy exchange of
knowledge between students and
administrators,” he said.
Mayfield said he encourages
students to attend.
“It is open to all students and we
want to urge everyone to come,” he
“It is open to all
students and we
want to urge
everyone to come.”
Matt Mayfield
Student executive vice
president of administration
said. “The more students we have,
the better the results will be.”
Mary Miller, associate vice
president for finance and admin
istration, will be present at the fo
rum. She said parking will proba
bly be a passionate topic on the
minds of students.
“I know students will raise ques
tions about parking,” she said. “Be
cause that is a situation where you
really cannot please everyone.”
Miller said the forum will be
beneficial to both students and ad
ministrators.
“I think it is a wonderful idea,”
she said. “The only way you can
meet the needs of the students is if
you know what those needs are.”
The administrators have made
similar efforts to listen to the con
cerns of students. “Piping Hot
Ideas,” sponsored by Food Services,
provides an opportunity fqr stu
dent feedback on how cafeterias
are being run. Dr. J. Malon Souther
land, vice president for Student Af
fairs, sponsors Chat -n- Chew,
which is a forum for students to ex
press their needs.
Miller said question and an
swer sessions help administra
tors do their jobs.
“I am a very firm believer in lis
tening to the concerns, ideas, and
questions that students have,”
Miller said. “It is one way to find out
if we are doing our job.”
Forum unites students
Each school will research issues to present to Legislature
By Wesley Poston
The Battalion
College students from the
University of Texas, Texas A&M-
Corpus Christi and Tarleton
State University concurred Fri
day on key issues facing the
Texas Legislature in next year’s
session.
Nickie Obenhaus, Student
Government legislative rela
tions chair and a senior chemi
cal engineering major, said the
committee represents students
before state and federal govern
ing bodies.
“The Legislature is going to
be in session next year, and a
student voice is always impor
tant,” Obenhaus said. “We invit
ed student leaders from all over
the state to get together a kind
of game plan.”
Obenhaus said if Texas col
leges and universities unite they
will have a greater voice before
state legislators than each insti
tution would separately.
Four issues were chosen to
be researched and presented at
the forum.
Each school will research the
pros and cons of each of the fo
rum’s issues and then collabo
rate to write a position paper.
The paper would then be sent to
every college and university in
the state and to state legislators.
Chris Reed, speaker of the
Student Senate and a senior fi
nance major, said the position
paper will carry more weight
since it will be agreed upon by
several universities.
“The main advantage is having
everyone on the same page,” he
said. “Students unfortunately don’t
have an organized lobby. Now that
we all know what we’re working on,
no one school is going to carry an
overwhelming load.”
See Forum, Page 5
Piano Man
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Bobby Delafield, a junior chemistry major, plays the piano in the
MSC flagroom Saturday night.
The Battalion
TODAY
Weeding Out
Students are growing
gardens for grades in a
class that allows them
to eat their homework.
Aggie life, Page 3
taying Alive
he A&M Football Team
ept its bowl hopes in-
ct with a j>4-7 victory
ver Baylor Saturday.
Sports, Page 7
up ’O Pee
pgar: Companies
hould not require
mployees to be
tested for drug use.
Opinion, Page 9
Gospelfest celebrates religion
By JoAnne Whittemore
The Battalion
Rudder Auditorium echoed with music
Saturday night as Texas A&M’s Voices of
Praise Choir presented its annual
Gospelfest.
Kim Carter, president of Voices of
Praise and a senior engineering technolo
gy major, said the theme of this year’s
Gospelfest, “Under the Influence of the
Holy Spirit,” reflected the way Christians
should live.
“Being under the influence means let
ting the Spirit guide you in everything you
do and committing your ways to [God],”
Carter said.
Gospelfest began Saturday morning
with seminars for students from A&M and
other participating universities, including
Baylor University, Sam Houston State Uni
versity and Lamar University.
Subjects ranged from “Relationships”
to “Accepting the Challenge of Becoming
a Christian.” There were seminars exclu
sively for men and exclusively for women
that focused on Gospelfest’s theme from
both perspectives.
Jacqueline Cook, Gospelfest chair and
a senior elementary education major, said
the purpose of Gospelfest was to provide
a day of worship and salvation.
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Gina Jerkins leads a devotion Saturday
during Gospelfest in Rudder.
“I want someone to realize that Jesus
Christ is real and is our Lord and savior,
and for those who are not saved to know
the Lord,” she said. “We would like for
them to realize that He is a spiritual being
that would like to be a part of their lives.”
See Gospelfest, Page 4
Resident reaction file
offers students’ opinions
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
Texas A&M students can
obtain information on vari
ous rental properties in the
Bryan-College Station area
through the Resident Reac
tion File sponsored by Off-
Campus Student Services.
Jennifer Hodges, a grad
uate assistant with OCSS,
said the program provides
information to students
other than the cost of the
apartment or duplex.
“It is an opportunity to
let people know their resi
dent manager and the con
dition of the apartment
they live in,” Hodges said.
Any student may submit
a compliment or complaint
form concerning the rental
property in which they live.
The resident manager of the
rental property is sent a
copy of the complaint or
compliment and has seven
working days to respond.
The compliment or
complaint and the re
sponse is kept in the Resi-
“It is an opportu
nity to let people
know their resi
dent manager
and the condition
of the apartment
they live in.”
Jennifer Hodges
Off-Campus Student
Services
dent Reaction File for three
semesters.
Students may view the
file in the Department of
Student Life in 112 Koldus.
Hodges said the Resident
Reaction File is useful when
making requests to land
lords, such as pest control
or repairs.
“It can really help with
getting things done,”
Hodges said.
Laura Decanini, a grad
uate student in plant
breeding, used the Resi
dent Reaction File when
her landlord was hesitant
to exterminate pests. She
said the landlord usually
responds quickly to com
plaints, but had recently
been negligent. He agreed
to exterminate after receiv
ing a copy of the complaint
filed with the Resident Re
action File.
“Since then he’s been
pretty fast and reliable,” De
canini said.
See File, Page 4