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Monday, November 18, 1996
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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,
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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.”
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Bonfire
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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
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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
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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.