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The Battalion
Volume 103 • Issue 85 • 8 Pages
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Tuesday, February 4, 1997
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his space was left after Law and Puryear residence halls
hre demolished last year.
By Kathleen Strickland
The Battalion
The demolition of Law and Puryear
residence halls last year has left stu
dents and administrators debating how
to use the empty space.
Both dorms were demolished when
they failed to meet safety standards.
Jesse Czelusta, president of the Res
idence Hall Association, said he hopes
students will take an active role in de
ciding what will become of the space.
“This is a team effort,” Czelusta said.
“We really want to get the students’ in
put and find out what they want.”
Karen Fisher, director of Facilities and
Operation for RHA, organized meetings
both last semester and this semester to
allow students to voice their opinions
and ideas about the space.
“We are now in the survey phase,”
Fisher said. “We have come up with the
ideas, and now we want to get the stu
dents’ response to them.”
An open-air stage for student gather
ings and a park area for students to relax
are among the proposed uses of the area.
Others include basketball and volleyball
courts and a playground.
Another idea for the area is to build
a memorial to Law and Puryear. The
buildings were the two oldest residence
halls on campus. The memorial would
be funded by private donations.
Czelusta said the proposed facilities
“This is a team effort.
We really want to get
the students' input
and find out what they
want."
Jesse Czelusta
RHA president
are all considered temporary because
of the increasing demand for buildings
and parking.
Eventually, the area may eventually
contain a parking lot, classrooms or an
other residence hall.
“In the long term, it is a definite possi
bility that the space may be used to build
a residence hall,” Czelusta said. “There are
still on-campus housing shortages, par
ticularly in the female dorms.”
Fisher said lower cost facilities are be
ing considered because any facility on
the site would most likely be temporary.
“It is more beneficial to keep the area
green right now because it is a prime
space for other facilities,” Fisher said. “It
hasn’t yet been determined what will be
most needed in the future.”
Students who want to participate
in the decision can attend a meeting
on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 5:45 p.m. in
709 Rudder.
ggieland schedules
akeup pictures
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) Series
By Joey Jeaneti e Schlueter
The Battalion
Students who missed the fall deadline for hav-
g their pictures taken for the 1997 Aggieland
ive a second chance to get in the yearbook.
Low student turnout for pictures in the fall
rompted the Aggieland staff and AR Photogra-
hy to schedule makeup sessions on campus
is semester. This is the first time the pictures
lavebeen taken on campus in over 10 years.
Jennifer Hickle, who takes Aggieland pictures
r AR Photography, said the number of students
jetting pictures taken for the Aggieland year-
ook is low compared to previous years.
The reason for the decrease, Hiclde said, is that
dents do not pay attention to the promotions.
“Before makeups, we only had about 3,500
ictures,” she said.
I Spring makeups have brought in 800 addi-
1 tional student photos.
| Sara Olson, Aggieland staff member and a
phomore business major, said students are
issingout on a great opportunity.
"It’s important for students to get their pic-
jire taken for the Aggieland,” Olson said.
CWenty years from now, they can look back
pdsay, ‘Look how good I look.’”
DavidYoung, a junior business analysis ma
lt, said he buys an Aggieland yearbook every
shop
year, but he has never had his picture in it.
“I haven’t had my picture in the Aggieland
before, and I wanted it this year,” Young said.
Aaron Rusling, a sophomore kinesiology ma
jor and Squadron 16 Outfit Clerk/Operations Cor
poral, had his picture taken Monday at the MSC.
“I found out through my outfit that all
sophomores and freshmen need to get their
picture taken,” Rusling said.
Members of the Corps of Cadets are pho
tographed wearing their uniforms in front of
the U.S. flag.
Students who have their picture taken for the
Aggieland have the opportunity to buy packages
of their pictures from AR Photography.
Paul Reininger, photographer for AR Pho
tography and a senior outdoor education ma
jor, said students should come to makeups if
they missed pictures in the fall.
“It’s a great opportunity for parents and
grandparents to get pictures of their kids in
college,” he said.
Students who missed the deadline for Ag
gieland pictures in the fall can have makeup
pictures taken from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday in the MSC basement across
from University Plus.
Those wishing to get their picture in the
1997 Aggieland yearbook have until Feb. 21 to
say cheese.
Getting Informed
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Michelle Fuller, a junior management major, picks up a copy of The
Battalion Monday.
olice Department hosts
itizen's Police Academy
By Graham Harvey
The Battalion
College Station citizens will have the chance to
WM !arn a ^ out police work when the College Station
0 wMPlI 0 jj ce Department begins its 20th annual Citizen’s
olice Academy today.
"Vv The program, which ends April 29, is scheduled to
| in every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Citizen’s
—, olice Academy will give citizens insight into the work-
L| j igs of the criminal justice system and encourage co-
** peration between police officers and civilians.
f . h John Holder, public relations and marketing assistant
pass tor only ^ irthe city ofCollege Station, said the academy will teach
Op, JOZZ, a DOl^ ie history of the department, give tours of its facilities,
T1 ember of DCP rovide an overview of SWAT team functions and intro-
bnn Mclosney ucecommunication procedures.
Participants also will have the opportunity to ride along
B £k THurS. ithpolice officers and learn investigative procedures.
45Dm’7:45P f a var i et Y methods, from classroom in-
’ r tuction to role-playing and accompanying officers
n their actual rounds, community residents can get
good look at police operations from the inside,”
older said.
It. Scott Simpson of the College Station Police De-
artment said participants will experience mock do-
estic disputes, perform mock traffic stops with unco-
,s physical perative motorists and receive hands-on instruction
Sports’ Korean-
lining includes
speed, agilily.
id endurance.
with semi-automatic pistols.
“We’re educating the public about how and why
we do the things we do,” Simpson said. “There are so
many misconceptions out there. [The police de
partment] is service-oriented rather than enforce
ment-oriented.”
The program attracts a variety of citizens from vari
ous economic backgrounds, from bankers to mechan
ics to Texas A&M students, Simpson said.
“Generally, there’s three or four [A&M students] in
each session ...Simpson said. “[Most participate] in
conjunction with assignments from a class.”
Chief Michael Strop initiated the academy 20 years
ago, Simpson said, and its success has prompted the
Bryan Police Department and the Brazos County Sher
iff’s Department to develop similar programs.
The Citizen’s Police Academy operates at no cost
to participants every spring and fall. Prospective stu
dents must be at least 18 years old and must complete
an application.
Successful completion of the course earns the par
ticipant a certificate of knowledge and the opportu
nity to serve in Knightwatch, the College Station Po
lice Department’s civilian patrol unit, which began in
October 1996.
“When a situation comes up that’s less than posi
tive,” Simpson said, "[the police] now have some advo
cates out there who can say, ‘We’ve been there.’”
Residents evacuate after fire
Rebecca Torrellas
The Battalion
A fire started on the second floor of Krueger Hall
Monday about 7 p.m. when a microwave shorted out.
The fire alarm in the hall sounded shortly after a
resident adviser tried to put out the fire with a fire ex
tinguisher but could not contain the flames.
Hillary Jones, a resident of Krueger Hall and a ju
nior biomedical science major, said there was smoke
damage on the second, third and fourth floors.
“There was smoke on all the floors so they had to
evacuate everyone, even if the fire was contained in
one room,” Jones said.
Residents of the first, third and fourth floors were
allowed back into their rooms around 9 p.m. Residents
of the second floor were not allowed to return to their
rooms Monday night.
Ex-cadet objects to TV movie
FORT WORTH (AP) — A judge
is expected to rule today on
whether to stop the broadcast of
a TV movie about a deadly love
triangle involving two former mil
itary cadets accused in the death
of a Mansfield girl.
Defense attorneys for Diane
Zamora went to court Monday to
block NBC affiliate KXAS-TV from
broadcasting the movie locally. The
movie is slated to air Feb. 10, dur
ing the important ratings period
known as sweeps.
Zamora’s lawsuit contends the
jury pool would be unfairly influ
enced if "Love’s Deadly Triangle:
The Texas Cadet Murders” is shown
in North Texas before her capital
murder trial now set for Septem
ber. The charge carries a possible
death sentence, but prosecutors
have said they will not seek it be
cause the victim’s family prefers a
long prison sentence.
“She wants a fair trial and that’s
that,” defense attorney John
Linebarger said after a nearly
three-hour hearing before state
District Judge Joe Drago. “She
doesn’t want to be tried on a made-
for-TV movie during ratings week.”
Linebarger called prominent
Fort Worth defense attorneys Ward
Casey and Tim Evans, both of
whom testified that the movie
could taint the jury pool.
“If she’s got one or two jurors sit
ting in that box that have seen this
movie, I don’t think she’ll get a fair
trial,” Casey said.
Zamora, a former midship
man, and David Graham, an ex
cadet, are accused in the Decem
ber 1995 shooting death of
Adrianne Jones, 16. Prosecutors
say the girl was killed because she
had a sexual encounter with Gra
ham, and that angered Zamora.
Zamora and Graham, both 19,
were high school seniors at the time
of the shooting. She went on to the
Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.;
Graham to the Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Colo.
See Cadet, Page 8
SILVER TAPS
id meet Mon
i- in room 303
lable All Day
A Silver Taps ceremony
will take place tonight in
front of the Academic
Building at 10:30 in mem
ory of Ryan William
Alspaugh, a senior finance
major; Deanye Nicole
Baxter White, a senior psy
chology major; William L.
“Trey” Walker III, a fresh
man general studies ma
jor and Paul Lewis Meloe-
ny, a sophomore electrical
engineering major. All
campus lights will go out
at 10:20 p.m.
Dean Shadduck retires from A&M
► He has served as the
dean of the College of
Veterinary Medicine for
almost nine years.
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
The Battalion
Dr. John Shadduck, dean of the College of
Veterinary Medicine, was honored at a re
ception Monday recognizing his retirement.
Texas A&M President Ray Bowen and
Executive Vice President Ronald G. Dou
glas hosted the reception.
Bowen complimented Shadduck’s
service to A&M and the College of Vet
erinary Medicine.
“He’s been a real asset to A&M,”
Bowen said. “And I wish him luck in his
new position.”
Shadduck is retiring from his position
at A&M after serving as dean of the Col
lege ofVeterinary Medicine for almost
nine years. He came to A&M in July 1988.
Shadduck’s decision to retire came af
ter he accepted a position as executive
vice president of operations for Heska
Corporation. Shadduck will move to Fort
Collins, Colo., to start his new job.
Shadduck was told to remember the
spirit of Texas A&M at the reception and
to visit often.
He said he will miss working at the
University.
“I will miss my position as dean of the
College ofVeterinary Medicine,” Shad
duck said. “But I’ll miss the people the
most — the students, staff and faculty.”
Professor Robert E Playter, head of the
small animal medicine and surgery clin
ic, will be interim dean of the College of
Veterinary Medicine.
Playter said Shadduck’s decision to
leave came as a surprise to the college.
“He will be missed,” Playter said. "I
have some big shoes to fill.”
Shadduck was known for being in
touch with the students in his college.
Claudia Hite, a senior veterinary med
icine student, said he shows concern for
the students.
“Dr. Shadduck has always been help
ful,” Hite said. “He is so polite and yet
diplomatic.”
The Battalion
INSIDE TODAY
BEING AWARE: Dis-
abilities Awareness
Week activities call
challenges to campus’
attention.
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Toons
Sports
Opinion
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