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'olume 103 • Issue 96 • 10 Pages
GA examines
tudent opinion
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
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volunteers to
ke the phone calls.
Carl Baggett, stu
nt body president
d a senior account-
l major, said the
rvey will help student leaders to
tter represent their constituents.
“One of the biggest jobs of student
vernment is to be a resource,”
ggett said. “[We] have to know
at students like and dislike and
at they feel strongly about.”
Will Hurd, the executive assistant
the student body president and a
phomore computer science and
ternational studies major, said this
a test run to solve any future prob-
aswith the survey procedure. If all
eswell, the process can be used in
e future to get students’ opinions
issues confronting the Student
dvernment Association, Hurd said.
“This is another avenue to get
Bheir (the student body’s) opinion
heard,’’ he said.
s The students called are asked six
giiestions about various aspects of
udent Government. The survey
Jks the participant whether the Stu
nt Government represents student
inion and if they think Student
“[We] have to
know what
students like
and dislike and
what they feel
strongly about.”
Carl Baggett
Student body president
: TUNE-UP
Government is effective on campus.
The survey also allows the stu
dents to give any additional com
ments about Student Government
they wish to make.
Hurd said future surveys can help
the Student Government Association
know all sides of an issue before mak
ing a decision.
James Rogers, survey coordinator
and a junior marketing major, said
the students contacted so far have
been enthusiastic and willing to take
the survey.
“Overall, I’ve been
really impressed with
the low number of
people who say T
don’t want to do tliis,”’
he said.
Although the re
sults of the survey
have not yet been cal
culated, Rogers said
many students have
said they are not fa
miliar with the role of
Student Government.
Lastly, the survey
asks if the student knows the name of
the student body president. Rogers
said a surprising number of students
either could not identify Carl Baggett
as student body president or give the
name of a previous president, such as
Toby Boenig or Brooke Leslie.
Sarah Lewis, TAMC chair and a ju
nior journalism and economics ma
jor, said the survey provides a wider
outlook on student opinions and is
representative of the student body.
“They are very specific questions
and they deal directly with prob
lems,” Lewis said.
The results should be calculated
by next week.
Baggett said Student Govern
ment Association is not the first
student group to conduct a survey.
“This is a scientific, empirical sur
vey to find out what a cross section
of the student body thinks of how
we represent them,” Baggett said.
“It’s a step forward in the whole
survey process.”
brld leaders bank on
&M professor's book
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By Rebecca Torrellas
The Battalion
Russian, Chinese and Eastern
ropean leaders are using a book
banking written by a Texas
j&M finance professor to help
leir economies become more
larket-oriented.
Dr. Peter Rose’s book, Commer-
al Bank Management, is being
anslated for use as a textbook and
it economic resource.
Rose said these countries are
lening up their economies and us-
ig his book to help ease transitions
[hile trying to race against time to
jiaintain their political stability.
“The quicker we can get them
|chnical information, the quicker
(ley can translate it into new busi-
(esses, products and services [and]
ie better the chances that the race
[ill be won,” Rose said. “Unem-
(loyment will decline and living
jtandards will rise.”
He said governments that refer
) his book do not fully understand
[hat it takes to regulate and super-
[ise a private banking system, such
> the United States. They need the
[nowledge to compete and survive,
:said.
Since the book’s publication in
|991, it has been translated into
everal languages, including Russ
ia and Polish. It will soon be re
used in Chinese.
Czechoslovakia and Poland have
lade the biggest strides in over-
[auling their economy and have
trued the corner toward rising liv-
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Dr. Peter Rose, an A&M finance
professor, holds his book Commercial
Bank Management, which is being
translated for use as a textbook and
an economic resource.
ing standards and falling unem
ployment, Rose said, while Russia
has a longer way to go.
He said financial institutions like
the book because it is easy to read
and comprehend. It takes readers
step by step from the basic to the
complex issues of banking.
“It starts out very direct and
straightforward,” Rose said.
Michelle Jones, a student in Rose’s
class and a senior finance major, said
the book is easy to follow.
See Book, Page 5
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INSIDETODAY
WISE WOMEN; Seniors Lori
Gioco and Heather Hayden
lead a young A&M team into
the 1997 softball season.
Sports, Page 7
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State
Opinion
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► Corps Dorm Recycling Program
Cadets
By Shikonya Cureton
The Battalion
A new recycling program has made its
home in Corps of Cadets Dorms 4 and 8
on the Quadrangle.
Adam Malota, a Corps member and a
senior industrial distribution major, is
the founder of the Corps Dorm Recy
cling Program. He said his involvement
with the Environmental Issues Com
mittee and high school programs
sparked his interest in recycling.
“In high school, we had environmen
tal programs that I was involved in,” he
said, “and with that knowledge and in
formation available in EIC from Cas
sandra DeLarios and Nicole Patschke, I
was able to avoid obstacles that would
have come along.”
The recycling program Malota
founded includes aluminum can, white
support recycling
paper and glass recycle bins in the two
Corps dorms. Twin City Missions, a
nonprofit organization, collects bins
from dining halls around campus and
has agreed to make additional stops at
the dorms.
Malota presented his program to a
group of Corps members and sent letters
to the Corps commandant asking for
funds to start the program.
Maj. Gen. M.T. “Ted” Hopgood Jr.,
Corps commandant, said he was glad to
support the recycling program.
“I gave an enthusiastic green light to it
several months ago and have heard it’s
going well,” Hopgood said. “I’m proud to
have it going in the Corps.”
Aggie Moms’ Clubs donated about
$2,000 to the program. The Corps gave
between $300 and $500.
See Recycling, Page 5
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Adam Malota, a senior industrial distribution major and
founder of the Corps Dorm Recycling Program, keeps aluminum
cans, white paper and glass in recycling containers which
are collected by Twin City Missions.
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Klati |f*2|i it’ Brian Fields, a senior English and philosophy major, enjoys his dinner in the branches of the Century
I ^1 d LWI dI I II1C v/141. tree Tuesday evening.
Archive provides outlet for Shakespeare lovers
World Shakespeare Bibliography offers collection of works, reviews
By Laura Oliveira
The Battalion
A soft-core porno of William
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Shake
speare cigar wrappers and over
10,000 volumes of his work can be
found in the World Shakespeare Bib
liography at Texas A&M University.
Dr. James L. Harner, editor of the
World Shakespeare Bibliography and
an English professor, said the archive
is the only one in the world that
serves as a research and bibliography
outlet for Shakespeare lovers.
“If you want to find out what has
been done on Shakespeare, this is
where you go,” he said. “We are the
bibliography record of Shakespeare.”
Harner and his three research as
sistants seek and receive material
ranging from articles about Shake
speare to coffee mugs portraying his
likeness. The written materials are
translated into 87 lan
guages and are acces
sible worldwide.
Harner and his
research team are
transporting works
and reviews on
Shakespeare onto a
collection of CD-
Roms. The set will
include works about
Shakespeare span
ning the 20th centu
ry. The expected
completion date for
the set is 2025.
Julie Campbell, research assis
tant for the World Shakespeare Bib
liography and an English graduate
student, said the CD-Roms will
make information more accessible
to scholars and anyone interested
in Shakespeare.
“If they can use
our tool, they are
that much more
ahead in their re
search,” she said.
Contemporary
film adaptations
are also on file in
the bibliography.
Harner said the
current Shake
spearean films prove
Shakespeare’s sto
ries are timeless.
“It is perfectly
within the tradition of Shakespeare
that each age rewrites it in its own par
ticular image,” he said.
Boz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet
was a top-grossing film at the time
of its release. Harner, who saw the
film twice, said it was embraced by
several Shakespearean fans.
“There have been discussions,
perhaps surprising to outsiders,
that Shakespeare die-hards enjoyed
the film,” he said.
Campbell said Shakespeare
continues to entice audiences be
cause of the variety of characters
in his writings.
“He was not an elitist,” she said.
“He wrote about characters from
the lowest classes up to nobility and
royalty. In doing that he still man
ages to appeal to the masses today.”
Harner said he has never lost an
appreciation for the collection.
“I never grow tired of teaching a
play,” he said. “There is always
something new there.”
“Ifyouwantto
find out what has
been done on
Shakespeare, this
is where you go.”
Dr. James Harner
Editor, World Shakespeare
Bibliography
Controversial gun bill goes to subcommittee
► Critics say bill would roll
back protections by limiting
the number of places where
guns are banned.
AUSTIN (AP) — Eileen McCarron brought a
pair of tennis shoes with her when she argued
against lifting a statewide ban on carrying con
cealed handguns into churches.
The teen-ager who wore them was a church
usher, dreamed of becoming an engineer and
died when he was shot by a robber in a fast-
food restaurant.
For Thomas Reilly’s memory, McCarron
urged the Senate Criminal Justice Committee
Tuesday not to pass a bill that could make guns
more widespread.
The panel sent the bill she opposes, which
critics say would remove many important pro
tections in the 1995 concealed handgun law, to a
subcommittee for more work.
“For Thomas’ sake, we do not need to increase
the reach of guns by extending its domain to the very
place that he considered and treasured as a sacred
and safe haven,” said McCarron, a member of the
First Congregational Church in Houston.
But for Sen. Jerry Patterson, author of the 1995
law and of the bill considered Tuesday, her argu
ment is an example of the emotion he says has
skewed press reports and debates on the con
cealed handgun issue.
The teen-ager’s death, which McCarron said
wasn’t caused by a licensed concealed handgun
holder, “had nothing to do with the concealed
handgun law,” Patterson said.
“She feels very strongly, and I understand it,
but that kid was killed by a robber... That’s emo
tion, and we need to take the emotion out of
this,” said Patterson, R-Pasadena.
Under the bill — which also drew opposi
tion from Texans Against Gun Violence, the
Texas Municipal League and police chiefs —
local governments and state agencies could
not prohibit licensed concealed handguns
from their premises, except for any guns car
ried by their employees.
See Bill, Page 5
Key Provisions
• Local governments and state agencies could
not prohibit licensed concealed handguns, ex
cept those carried by their employees. Patter
son says this follows the Texas Constitution.
• The ban in state law on concealed hand
guns in churches, nursing homes, amuse
ment parks and in most areas of hospitals
would be lifted. Private entities still could
pass their own bans.
• People convicted of nonviolent felonies, but
whose records have been wiped clean
through deferred adjudication and who have
had their other rights restored, would be eli
gible for permits.
• Concealed-carry licenses from other states
would be recognized in Texas. Concealed-car
ry licensees from other states would have to
apply for a Texas concealed-carry license if
they were to become Texas residents.