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lack and a senior accounting major,
aidThornton was more than just a
epresentative of H.B. Zachry.
He was just as much a friend of Ag-
jeBonfire as a supplier,” Baggett said.
Thomas said Thornton would
ting the cranes and remain in Col-
tge Station while the cranes were
eing used.
Thomas said Thornton was dedi-
ated to keeping Bonfire safe for
veryone involved and made sure the
afety guidelines were followed.
“He was always conscious of the
afety'aspect,” Thomas said.
Dr. Bill Kibler, a former Bonfire
idviser and associate vice presi-
lent for student affairs, said those
forking on Bonfire could depend
inThornton to make all the crane
itrangements.
We never had to worry whether
iecrane was coming or not,” Kibler
aid.“Preacher just always took care
if that.”
Hopkins said the redpots could de-
i«ndonThornton to help them when
ieyneeded him.
He was always there for us,” he
1. “He always had a smile on his
fce, always ready to help.”
Thomas said Thornton enjoyed
getting to know the students involved
»ith Bonfire.
Kibler said Thornton’s involvement
gave him the opportunity to form
friendships with redpots and brown-
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"The meeting’s purpose is to
generate discussion and hope
fully to generate some good
ideas,” he said.
Military Weekend was also a
lime for cadets to socialize.
Combat Bash was a mixer held
Friday night at the Lakeview
Club in Bryan and there was a
banquet Saturday night in Dun-
|canDining Hall.
There were campus tours for
I the visiting cadets to get a look at
jAHiM and participants took a
group picture on the Quadrangle.
Amanda Giambra, a member
of the Military Weekend host sub
committee and a sophomore psy-
choiogymajor, said A&M made a
good impression on the Military
Weekend visitors.
“Military weekend was an out
standing success,” Giambra said.
“All the cadets I spoke to had a re
ally good time. They thought A&M
had a real friendly atmosphere.”
Santos said Military Weekend
at Texas A&M is highly reputed.
Tt is considered the finest Mili
tary Weekend in the nation,” he
said,"Most military academies can
only afford to send all their repre
sentatives to one campus, and they
iraditionally choose A&M.”
Monica Strye, head of the con
ference subcommittee for Mili-
taryWeekend and a sophomore
animal science major, said it is a
tredit to the cadets’ maturity that
they could peacefully discuss
suchapotentially heated topic as
military gender integration.
Took at the caliber of people
mthat room,” Strye said. “They
are the leaders of their corps,
and they conducted themselves
inavery mature and profession
al manner.”
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Bennett said the show’s orga
nizers were impressed that col-
ege students organized, super-
fisedand designed the MEDALS
nrogram in nine months.
“If they (other students) see
tve're all college students doing
this, they might take an initiative
o start a MEDALS conference
here (in their own schools),”
hnett said.
Bell said the students running
i he show were surprised A&M
tad organizations that did not ex-
:lude ethnic groups.
“They were impressed with
he level of diversity that we have
tecause all of our activities aren’t
eally centered toward one eth-
1 tic group here,” Bell said. “They
ivere really surprised that we
vere able to get a broad spec-
irum of people.”
Bell said informing viewers
ibout the program will make
hem realize there are re-
tources at A&M to meet the
teeds of minorities.
"The Texas A&M that most
tveryone else sees doesn’t in
dude the multicultural ele
ment,” Bell said. “So you’re
matching this television show
aid everyone that you see on the
show is from Texas A&M, and
they’re all minorities doing
fags to help other minorities ”
pots during the last 28 years.
“He just loved Bonfire and [he]
loved the students,” he said.
Tony Brackens, Thornton’s
nephew and a former University of
Texas football player, now plays for
Jacksonville.
When A&M played the University of
Texas, Thomas said Thornton insisted
on standing in an area where he could
show his support for both teams.
“He stood with one foot in the
Texas area in support of his nephew,”
Thomas said, “and with the other foot
on the A&M side in support of A&M
and Bonfire.”
Kibler said since Thornton was in
volved with the inner workings of
Bonfire, some students may not know
of his work.
“He was a behind the scenes kind
of guy,” he said. “He wasn’t outspoken.
He wasn’t very visible.”
Thomas said Thornton had been
called "Preacher” for most of his life,
and he does not know how he got
the nickname.
“Even Preacher introduced himself
as Preacher Thornton, not Thomas
Thornton,” he said. “It was just a nat
ural fit for him.”
Thomas said Thornton’s contribu
tions to Bonfire will be missed.
“Bonfire will miss him and his
pleasant way of wanting to help,”
Thomas said. "He was the type of per
son you would do anything for.”
Baggett also said Thornton will be
missed this year at Bonfire.
“You can’t quantify how impor
tant Preacher Thornton was to Bon
fire,” he said.
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Morning News editor Ralph Langer defended
the newspaper’s decision. He said the paper’s top
editors debated at length about what to do with
the story and decided it needed to be published.
But Larry Pozner, vice president of the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said
“What the story says is, ‘We don’t care about the fun
damental rights of anyone if we have a story.’”
Pozner noted that the conversation, if it took
place, is protected by attorney-client privilege and
is inadmissible in court.
As for the memorandum itself, Pozner said, “The
only way you could have it, if it exists, is through a
violation of some other citizen’s rights.”
Sam Archibald, a retired professor of journal
ism at the University of Colorado who specializes
in First Amendment issues, said the newspaper
was obliged to print the story.
“If an editor decides the documents are valid he
or she should publish it,” Archibald said. “Editors are
not in the business of withholding information.
They are in the business of publishing.
“This is information that people — some of
whom will be jurors and all of whom will be partici
pants in a democratic society—have an interest in.”
Christopher Mueller, a Colorado University law
professor specializing in legal procedures and ev
idence, disagreed.
“The media should not have published this ma
terial at all,” he said. “It is just wrong to say there is a
public right to know the content of statements of a
person in conversation with his lawyer.”
Jim Carrigan, a retired federal judge, said it was un
ethical to publish the story. “This kind of conduct
qualifies journalists for a place below lawyers in terms
of public respect, in terms of ethics,” he said.
Rogge Heflin, The Battalion
Little Drummer Boy
Sam Pulley, drummer for the band
Throwaway People, plays at the Cow
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