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I apons seize” Russian troops hau ucks and two arm rom the Bosnian Ai vest of Celic after a !■ olume 103 • Issue 56 • 12 Pages Monday, November 18, 1996 The Batt Online: http://bat-web.tamu.edu diverse universities gather for forum ) VIN A Sarajevo n a rnenf* ^deration By Laura Oliveira The Battalion Administrators and staff from varal Texas universities con- H'd on the Texas A&M campus for the Drive-in for Diver- * iHB^nference. I^we conference was sponsored ^ Mie Department for Student fairs and the Department of siilence Life and Housing. It fo- «^Hd primarily on informing ad- YUG0W strators ant ^ higher educa- (Montem? 1 * P ro f ess i° na l s about current itif 5 on diversity. BHeik^wJHHHlake Clampffer, a residence AP/Wm. J C^j t jj rector anc j a graduate stu- i operations,” Sen :ni of agricultural economics, tie Armed Services j Serb Rep. said the conference was an oppor tunity for staff and administrators concerned with diversifying cam puses to share ideas. “I think talking about problems and using conferences such as these as an avenue to come to gether with people interested in solving those problems is very beneficial,” he said. The conference included ses sions that addressed affirmative action, administrative involvement in diversity initiatives and estab lishment of a strategic plan for continuing diversity. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, a professor of curriculum and in struction, led the affirmative ac tion lecture. She said it is the teacher’s responsibility to expose “I was very impressed to see such a wide scope of people attend from different universities.” Blake Clampffer Residence hall director students to different perspectives. "It is so important to share with students a variety of perspectives,” she said. “Then students can choose their own perspective.” Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president for student affairs, said the conference achieved its goal. “This type of conference is great,” he said. “It puts staff and administrators in a better situa tion to gain knowledge about how to work with different types of individuals.” The University of Texas, Prairie View A&M, and Universi ty of Texas-San Antonio were among those represented at the conference. Clampffer said the coordinators of the event succeeded in drawing attendees from surrounding uni versities to the conference. “I was very impressed to see such a wide scope of people at tend from different universi ties,” he said. Sunny Nash, award-winning writer and author of Bigmama Didn’t Shop at Woolworth’s, gave the keynote address to commence the conference. She shared the story of a young boy who had taken the wrong road in life as a result of feeling abandoned. Nash worked with the boy in a community program where he re vealed his feelings to her saying, “I am tired of feeling like a germ.” Nash articulated the impor tance of inclusiveness and stressed this year’s theme of diversity. Elizabeth Green, a clerk at the student counseling service, said Nash’s speech was inspiring. “I thought it was wonderful,” she said. “Her philosophy about including people and life in general is parallel to what I want to believe.” Southerland said Nash’s outlook on life should be a guide as to how others should live. “Sunny Nash’s speech at the beginning [of the conference] was wonderful,” he said. “It is good for all of us to have that reflection.” ?eting. affer speaking on .1 the ground-troop )00 to 10,000 Army tional effort. Then lid-March for pert ar. The U.S. troop le during that time Bonfire Students warned against drinking BONFIRE ALCOHOL AWARENESS COMMITTEE UPD STATISTICS St portioi versity. Superstitioni ny treat on exam fervor in this nat in Confucian pta; iich young men esthetic achievemi ; a 97 percent ttend school six more young Koi re to professional m is seen as the! us about the tally depends," the day before, ults fjll short o By Erica Roy The Battalion The Bonfire Alcohol Aware ness Committee continues to stress the importance of not drinking alcohol before and during Bonfire to preserve the tradition. Mark Eddings, BAAC chair and a junior marketing major, said Bonfire is the most visible Texas A&M tradition. When stu dents refrain from drinking at Bonfire, it presents a positive image to visitors. “It might be their (visitors) first impression of what A&M is all about,” he said. “Don’t let anybody have anything nega tive to say about our tradition.” Lanita Hanson, assistant di rector of student activities and BAAC adviser, said the communi ty watches students’ actions dur ing Bonfire, which is why they are asking students not to drink. “I think the primary [reason] is that the eyes of the community and the region ... are really fo cused at Texas A&M,” she said. “The behavior of our students is in full public view and we can’t forget that we need to project a positive public image.” BAAC will have tables set up in the Wehner Building, the MSC, Sbisa and in front of the Quadrangle today through Nov. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ta bles will close at 1 p.m. on Nov. 25 because of Elephant Walk. See Bonfire, Page 5 he cooperation ier Rwandan soli and Zairian rebi nciications so mal military fori avoid conflict ed groups. It wai accommodations d does not intenl ^ay into the regioiij I, it wants to o Ty on feeding n ing a corridor t he corridor coi nancnt solution hrough the re es to their hom :e’s mandate, ai icials, will not inf Hutu militiamen^ . _ # g the refugees, or5pIenuOr IH them from their of s m cover. thP C« TrlSS ecisely those mil| U former Rwandan!— have been keepinf om returning hoiViiMMMMMWHMHMMMMMMiMni the refugees go h| HE BATTALION mce delivered nr >nal protectionj me for the refugh create new cafliffc t in Zaire, leadi'»jp e DrCaMlS saster. | r Dave House, The Battalion Clayton Vader, a sophomore agricultural development major and A-Batt bass player, does a class set across from freshmen bass players after Saturday’s win against OU 33-16. This is a change from the tradition of freshmen and sophomores pushing on the field af ter midnight yell before the last home game. See related game stories Page 7. The last dance Stew Milne, The Battalion Melanie Wilson, freshman goalkeeper, sits in disbelief after A&M's loss to the University of San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Championships Sunday afternoon. A&M soccer team falls to USD in first round By Nicki Smith The Battalion The scene at the Aggie Soccer Com plex on Sunday can only be described with one word — shocking. Despite owning the treasured home-field advantage and a high-scor ing starting line-up boasting seven se niors, the heavily-favored, seventh- ranked Texas A&M Soccer Team was stunned by unranked University of San Diego at home in the first round of the NCAA Championships, losing 5-3 to the Lady Toreros. The loss ended all hopes of an A&M fi nal four appearance in soccer’s version of the “big dance,” and shattered A&M’s 17- game home-field winning streak. It also marked the end of the road for nine A&M seniors who have played on the team since its inaugural season, and the end of what many thought was the Aggies’ dream season. A&M Head Coach G. Guerrieri, who coached his 200th game at the colle giate level Sunday, said the Aggies could not overcome their mistakes. “Our last three days of training went great, but San Diego was very oppor tunistic and really came out to play,” Guerrieri said. “For them to score five goals in eight shots definitely shows the strengths we knew they had. We just couldn’t make mistakes like this and expect to consider ourselves for the national championships.” Only 15 minutes into the game, San Diego sophomore forward Meghan Suddes sparked the USD offense by scoring a six-yard goal past freshman goalkeeper Melanie Wilson. Although A&M junior forward Bryn Blalack would even the score two min utes later off of a penalty kick, the USD offense dominated the next 60 minutes of playing time. Suddes was the main factor in San Diego’s offensive attack as she scored her second goal 10 minutes before the end of the first half to put the Lady Toreros up 2-1 at halftime. See Soccer, Page 7 TODAY rfeshman Mike ii.,-bagpipes ‘{ wa y through his dozen othercoun.'iies jL y ear a { A&M. ■ f j UGANDA ■ Aggie life, Page 3 Route of refugees A 8 ' ' ake That I The U.S. forces' \ mission is u>seo he A&M Football Team ^ %'mnathree-miii\ade Oklahoma coach corridorJivny- ^ eat J^g worc l s the Rwandan hot 133-16 A&M victory. Kig al Sports, Page 7 A 43-niember/I".^^MHMRnHHMaMnMMMMHHMNi Your Uver -^ce: A new policy for fi|er transplants should 10 w lake people quit [busing their bodies. Opinion, Page 11 Students propose state bill Aston Hall tries to reduce truckbed accidents By Carla Renea Marsh The Battalion Residents of Aston Hall will propose the Greg White Bill to the Texas Legislature in hopes of passing a state law that would make it illegal to ride in the bed of a pick up truck traveling faster than 45 mph. Texas A&M student Greg White was killed in a traffic accident Sept. 22 when the pick-up truck he was riding in the bed of overturned on the way back to College Station from the Bonfire cut site. Peter Schulte, an Aston Hall delegate and a fresh man electrical engineer major, said the bill will be proposed to the state congressional candidate elected in December. “This project will re quire a large amount of time to accomplish,” Schulte said. "It will save the lives of others.” Schulte said Aston Hall is considering recruiting the help of the Residence Hall Association (RHA) in working toward having the bill passed. Texas law currently states that it is illegal for a passenger under the age of 12 to ride in the bed of a pick-up truck traveling more than 35 mph. No law, however, prevents anyone over the age of 12 from riding in the bed of a pick-up truck traveling at any speed. Matthew Trainum, di rector of Aston Hall and a graduate student of stu dent affairs administra tion, said the idea behind the bill is to limit and moderate the speed of pick-up trucks with pas sengers in the bed. Schulte said Aston Hall is making concerted ef forts to push the bill. “Traveling faster than 45 mph in the back of a pick-up truck is entirely too fast,” Schulte said. “Forty-five mph is faster than city street limits.” Redpots implemented provisions discouraging students from riding in the back of pick-up trucks shortly after the accident. Trainum said right now people are primarily investing money and en ergy into the Greg White Scholarship Fund. “Aston Hall is waiting to see what happens in the political arena,” Trainum said. “Some peo ple from Aston Hall have asked people such as Rick Powell, students’ attorney of campus legal services, for legal advice.” A&M may lose minority students to states with affirmative action COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Texas A&M University and the University of Texas are fierce foes on the gridiron. But when it comes to addressing an anti-affirmative action ruling, they’re on the same team. Their common adversary: Out-of-state schools that may be more attractive to Texas’ top minority students because they can con sider race as a factor in admissions and finan cial aid — something Texas schools can no longer do under a federal court decision. “It is long-term,” Texas A&M President Ray Bowen said of the fallout from the law suit known as the Hopwood case, after lead plaintiff Cheryl Hopwood. “The recruitment of out-of-state universities in Texas has gone up. ... They know we’re at a distinct disadvantage.” Max Sherman, dean of UT’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in Austin, added, “I think for very competitive stu dents, they’re going to be aggressively re cruited. And if someone offers them a finan cial package because they are a member of an ethnic minority, then they probably will be tempted to take that. “If the state of Texas cannot make that offer to them because they are an ethnic minority, then you probably are at a considerable com petitive disadvantage.” Both spoke in interviews at a recent Texas A&M conference that drew officials from a number of state universities to discuss dealing with the Hopwood decision. In that case, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans struck down the UT School of Law’s admissions policy, which was meant to boost enrollment of blacks and His- panics. Hopwood was among four whites who challenged the policy. The appeals court said the policy discrimi nated against whites, and the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the ruling to stand. The decision has resulted in Texas universi ties’ halting the consideration of race as a fac tor in admissions and financial aid, following advice by state Attorney General Dan Morales. While the 5th Circuit’s jurisdiction also in cludes Louisiana and Mississippi, officials said those states aren’t reacting the same way as Texas because of a separate court case. And outside the 5th Circuit, universities are under a previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing race to be considered as a factor.