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w 11 ir k ii i/i/1: ■ / /T /, /. is r: C AV E N D E R ' S t l< / Y nI CD 11T f D The Battalion B1 El iNl Page Friday • April 11,19' Say Cheese Ryan Rogers, The Battalion Bryan Clifton, a junior journalism major, adjusts one of the cameras at KAMU as volunteers from the Journalism 225 class prepare the set for a Campus Crusade for Christ broadcast that will be filmed today. Band Continued from Page 1 The preliminary round of the selection process nar rowed the number of candi dates from 18 to nine. In the final round, candi dates led the band in the Band Hall and on the drill field. A selections committee v > consisting of the current drum majors and represen tatives from the individual classes in the band judged the final candidates. The finalists were judged for baton (mace) control, whistle accuracy, stride (foot) placement, music beat and uniform march. Candidates also were judged on their ability to communi cate instructions to the band. Maj. Jay O. Brewer, associate director of the Aggie Band, said the drum majors cho sen will lead next year’s expected 450- member band well. “You have to have someone the band will listen to,” he said. “They have to work well with directors and commanders.” Brewer added that Fugitt, Fluff and Sullivan are all well-qualified, with a 3.0 or higher grade point ratio. “Fugitt will do an excellent job,” he said. “He is a hard worker and very much involved.” i —i Dave House, The Baiu Top: John Fluff will serve as artillery band sill drum major. Bottom: Chris Sullivan will sen; as infantry band side drum major. Festival Continued from Page 1 Face-painting, bead-selling, sports activities and sidewalk chalk drawings are among the activities of fered to Whoopstock participants. Over 50 campus or ganizations will attend, and 13 concession stands will be set up. Going said the biggest problem Whoopstock or ganizers encounter each year is the time limitations on the event. “It’s too attractive of an event and we only have six hours,” Going said. “It’s hard to pack in every thing that we want and everything that everybody else wants.” Collymore said there are misconceptions about Whoopstock’s intentions. “Black people think it’s a white thing and white people think it’s a black thing,” Collymore said. Collymore said African-Americans probably as sociate Whoopstock with images of Woodstock, while whites think the event is geared toward mi norities because it is coordinated through the De partment of Multicultural Services. “Everyone is wrong,” Collymore said. “It’s basi cally for everybody, because when it started, every one was a part of it.” At the first Whoopstock festival, such campus organizations as the Corps of Cadets, the yell lead- “No one will feel left out at this festival. No one will feel like a minority.” Karen Collymore chair of Whoopstock committee mm ers, the College Republicans, Aggie Democrats, the Greek community and Student Government helped make preparations. Collymore said the Department of Multicultural Services did not put on the first Whoopstock just for minorities. She said it was a joint effort on thepi of many people. “The other people who were involved,liket Corps of Cadets, did not just put this on forati tain segment of the student population," Col more said. Collymore said a person should not feellikeai nority, because there will be something for everjboc “No one will feel left out at this festival,”i more said. "No one will feel like a minority." In case of rainy weather, the festival willbeii- located to G. Rollie White Coliseum. “That’s something we’ve stepped up afterli ing at the forecast this week,” Going said.'" shine, we’ll be there.” din ► This day in History Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 1997. There are 264 days left in the year. In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emper or of France and was banished to the island of Elba. In 1899, the treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect. In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchen- wald in Germany. In 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East. In 1953, Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secre tary of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the space craft; the astronauts managed to return safely. In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Com mission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sex- ► Weather ual harassment of workers by supervisors. Ten years ago: Invoking emergency powers, the gov ernment of South Africa outlawed any action, word or written document protesting the practice of detention without trials or calling for the release of detainees. One year ago: 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who’d hoped to become the youngest person to fly cross-country, was killed with her father and flight instructor when her plane crashed after takeoff from Cheyenne, Wyo. ► Today's birthdays Today Tonight Tomorrow r Today’s Birthdays: Former New York Gov. Hugh Carey is 78. Ethel Kennedy is 69. Actress Louise Lasser is 58. Syn dicated columnist Ellen Goodman is 56. Actor Peter Riegert is 50. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 40. Coun try singer Steve Azar is 33. Rock musician Nigel Pulsford (Bush) is 32. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 31. Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms, some possibly severe. Mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy and cool with a slight chance of rain. 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