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Retreat focuses on Catholic faith
By Jackie Vratil
The Battalion
Aggie Awakening, a weekend
structured to bring students closer
to Christ, begins today as ninety
students leave for Somerville, Texas.
Father Dean Wilhelm, associate
pastor with St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, said the retreat has been
popular. He said students begin to
line up hours before the retreat sign
up begins.
The 50th Aggie Awakening will be
held this summer.
Erin Fernald, rector of the re
treat and Class of '95, said there
are many different kinds of people
involved in the retreat.
“Not all of the retreaters are
Catholic,” she said. “There are even
some retreaters farther along in
their spirituality than us — the peo
ple putting together the retreat. We
try to hit everybody.”
Wilhelm said the retreat gives in
dividuals an accurate view of Ro
man Catholicism is because it is up
beat and student-orientated.
“We introduce people to the
Catholic faith, and we do celebrate
Mass,” he said. “We do it all from a
Catholic perspective.”
He said that although the retreat
is open to students of any denomi
nation, it centers around the
Catholic faith.
Fernald said she has seen
changes in the structure and focus
of the retreat.
“The retreat used to be more
non-denominational, but with the
addition of a new priest five years
ago, it now is put on with a Catholic
perspective,” she said.
Nathan Metzinger, Aggie Awak
ening coordinator and a senior bio
medical science major, said the
name is perfect for such an activity.
“We celebrate the love of Christ
and the teachings of the Catholic
Church,” he said. “It is great for the
individuals who have not been real
consistent with their faith and need
an awakening.”
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Southside residents are invited to enjoy live mu
sic, free food and games Sunday afternoon at the
Southside Bash, an event designed to promote unity
on campus residents.
Eric Williams, vice president of
operations for the Resident Hall
Association and a junior biomed
ical science major, initiated the
idea last semester.
“Southside is considered the
part of campus that never does
anything,” Williams said. “We
wanted to do this to show that
there is unity on Southside.”
Rachel Ferguson, a senior ele-
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education major
mentary education major, said the bash will be a good
way for freshmen and sophomores to meet people
from other dorms.
“This is the first time anything like this has been
done on Southside,” Ferguson said. “We usually keep
to ourselves.”
Free pizza, canned drinks, cotton candy, snow cones
and 400 pounds of barbecue will be available for all who
attend. Residents also can participate in volleyball,
baseball and football.
Amy McCormick, Bash ac
tivities chair and a junior geog
raphy major, said the bands will
be the main focus of the bash.
“The bands will be set up at
the mod quad,” McCormick
said. “There will be two stages
on each end — one for the band
playing and one for the band
setting up.”
Fysher, Haywood, Highway
6, Dexter and By Friday will provide the live music.
The event is open to all Southside residents and will
be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. T-shirts will be sold for $ 10
each to cover event expenses.
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Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 1997. There
are 271 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1818, Congress decided the flag of the United
States would consist of 13 red and white stripes and
20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new
state of the Union.
In 1841, President William Henry Harrison suc
cumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaugural,
becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office.
In 1850, the city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
In 1887, Susanna Medora Salter became the first
woman elected mayor of an American community — Ar-
gonia, Kan.
In 1902, British financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 mil
lion in his will to provide scholarships for Americans at
Oxford University in England.
In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces liberated
the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
In 1945, U.S. troops on Okinawa encountered the
first significant resistance from Japanese forces.
In 1949, 12 nations, including the United States,
signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,
39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.
In 1981, Henry Cisneros became the first Mexican-
American elected mayor of a major U.S. city — San An
tonio, Texas.
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