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The Battalion >lume 103 • Issue 134 • 10 Pages The Batt Online: http:// bat-web.tamu.edu Tuesday, April 22, 1997 enior Week dopts new elebrations By Kathleen Strickland The Battalion eniors can feel graduation nearing as Senior jk celebrations signal the end of the semester, enior Week begins Tuesday and will end with g Dance Saturday night, arah Wilson, president of the Senior Week mittee and a senior speech communication liajor, said this year’s Senior Week will be differ- ijitthan previous years. ( In the past, it’s only been a weekend event,” Wil- said. “It began with Senior Bash on Thursday had the banquet and Ring Dance on Saturday. ijB'Our goal was to turn it into a whole week of ^events." The Karaoke Kick-Off Tuesday at 9 p.m. at Iwinkle’s Bar and Grill is the first event of the ;k. Tickets can be purchased for $2. Wednesday night is Discount Night in Bryan and College Station. In the past, it’s only been a week- nd event. Our was to turn it nto a whole week I fun events.” goal Sarah Wilson President, Senior Week Committee Students wearing class of ’97 senior rings or t-shirts can receive dis counts at area es tablishments. The Senior Bash will be held at Shadow Canyon Thurs day at 8 p.m. Tickets for the bash are $2. Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president iforstudent affairs, will host an Ice Cream Social ■his residence on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Ad mission is free. f .l"We wanted to cover the entire week with Various activities that would be less expensive Jan the traditional Senior Banquet and Ring Dance,” Wilson said. Both the Senior Banquet and Ring Dance will be held Saturday. The banquet begins at 6 p.m. and will be held at the College Station Hilton and Con- jfeice Center. Ring Dance starts at 9 p.m. in the MSCand Rudder Tower and will last until 1 a.m. Ilickets for the Senior Banquet are $20 per rson. Tickets for Ring Dance are $60 per cou- |or$35 for an individual. In addition, picture pages for Ring Dance can be purchased for fier$l 1 or $17. Celeste Flores, Ring Dance co-chair and a se- r marketing major, expects about 3,000 peo- Ito attend. [‘This is the largest Ring Dance ever,” Flores d. “We are using eight different rooms with dif- types of music.” See Senior Week, Page 4 Left: Christy Schneider, a junior agricultural systems management major, holds a candle for her father, Class of '70. Ryan Rogers, The Battalion Above: Ross Volunteers march into the Muster ceremony, preparing for the 21 -gun salute. Tim Moog, The Battalion Ceremony honors spirit of deceased By Marissa Alan is The Battalion Shots fired by the Ross Volunteers rang out in honor of Aggies who died this year in a hushed G. Rollie White Colise um as a capacity crowd gathered to com memorate and celebrate the tradition of Aggie Muster. As the roll call was read for those who were absent, family members and friends answered “here” and lit a candle, a symbolic reminder that the deceased were present in spirit. Muster originated in the late 1800s and last night Texas A&M students and former students joined together for the on-campus event. In attendance for the ceremony were the remaining members of the Class of ’47 who marked their 50-year reunion. Around 900 members entered the class in 1943, but many of their graduations were delayed because of their participa tion in World War II. In her Class of ’47 remembrance speech, Christina Horz, a Muster com mittee member and a senior marketing major, said the Class of ’47 could be ad mired for its contributions to society. Among them, there are CEO’s, presi dents of corporations, athletes, politi cians and musicians. “There’s an Aggie for every occasion in the Class of ’47,” Horz said. Horz said if the Aggie ring could tell a story about the Class of ’47’s contribu tions, such as participating in Wo rid War II and believing in liberty, it would be an honorable story. “I think it (the ring) would speak of a group of men of honor and dignity,” Horn said. “These men have contributed and participated in what they consider to be the greatest fraternity on earth.” Royce Hickman, Class of’64 and pres ident of the Association of Former Stu dents, gave welcoming remarks for the Muster ceremony. He said the event pays homage to the deceased and reflects upon their accomplishments. “I submit to you that it is not the deaths of Aggies we honor tonight, it is their lives,” Hickman said. See Muster, Page 4 Climbing to victory i' if* bMMi Dave House, The Battalion Icott Meadows, a senior environmental design major, won the mountain liike cross country race by a five-minute margin. He will travel to Durango, Colo., to compete in the Road Nationals. Texas A&M Cycling Team excels with cross country win By Kristina Buffin The Battalion The legendary renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, in his fa mous book Kodak, predicted the invention of the bicycle. Litde did he know 400 years later, Texas A&M students would be using his invention to roam amongst the mountainous terrains of a course set up in Bryan. The Texas A&M Cycling Team hosted the Collegiate Conference Championship this past weekend at the Bryan Utilities Lake and upended previous champion Southwest Texas University. Hutch Butler, otganizer of the meet and a senior recreation, parks and tourism sciences major, said Southwest Texas hosted the meet last year and this year A&M wanted to host. “It couldn’t have gone any better,” Buder said. “The attendance was kind of low because UT did not send anybody but we had a good time.” Scott Meadows, a senior environmental design major, won the mountain bike cross country race. In fact, he defeated his arch-ri val Casey Crosby of SWT. “We have been racing 1-2 all semester,” Meadows said. “This year was especially neat because we were the two main people in off-reading and because they won last year.” Meadows will travel to Durango, Colo., May 24 to compete in the Road Nationals, which will highlight the straight-road races. Along with Meadows, four other Aggies will travel to Dufan- go — Donald Brenner, Brent Davis, Clark Davidson and Erik Os- tergaard. Meadows also will travel to the Mountain Bike Na tionals in the fall. Many students chose to ride to escape the pressure and stress of classes. Butler said it is not a question of what he likes about the sport, but what he does not like about the sport. “I got kind of burnt out on the competition,” Butler said. “So I just like to go out and have fun. It’s like becoming one with nature and going back to the woods. “It is a htige adrenaline rush and the only noise is the wind.” Sometimes a new spin is added to the mix. Jeremy Lloyd, a ju nior environmental design major, dyes his hair for good luck. He sometimes has green or purple hair and he once had green sideburns with purple hair. “I like to stand out and lighten the mood,” Floyd said. “It is good for intimidation. Most people who see you with dyed hair think you are a badass.” See Cycling, Page 4 Conditions in B-CS breed severe allergic reactions By Benjamin Cheng The Baiiaiion Spring is in the air, the flowers are in bloom and pollens are being re leased as allergy season is ushered in. Sharon Arnold, director of nurs ing at A.R Beutel Health Center, said the Bryan- College Station area is one of the worst in the state for people with allergies because of its high pollen count. She said Houston stu dents’ allergies often worsen when they come to Texas A&M University. “We see a lot [of allergy cases],” Arnold said. Dr. David Weldon, an allergist at Scott and White Clinic in College Sta tion, said one out of five people have allergies. He said people need to think about what time of year aller gies affect them so the cause of the al lergies can be determined. Arnold said physicians at the health center treat allergy cases with prescription antihistamines. In more severe cases, patients receive corteroid steroids or allergy injections. Weldon said students should see a board-certified allergist if their al lergy is resistant to medication or if their quality of life is compromised seriously. He said there is a miscon ception that taking Sudafed will re lieve allergies, as Sudafed helps with James Vineyard, The Battalion congestion only. People with year-round allergies should vacuum their residence and clean their linen on a regular basis, Weldon said. Air-conditioning units also provide relief for allergy sufferers because they allow users to close windows to outside air. Some seasonal allergies can be avoided by staying indoors in the morning, when pollens are at their highest count. Arnold said students should be aware that elements in their resi dences may be the source of an allergy. “If you know what you’re allergic to, get rid of it,” she said. Weldon said moving to avoid al lergies is rare today because medica- «tion is readily available. “There isn't an area that you can get away from this (allergies),” he said, “except for maybe Antarctica.” The Battalion IN SI DETODAY Toons Page 2 Aggielife Page 3 Opinion Page 9 CHEERS: Redshirt freshman Patrick Malone has adjusted to Texas’ warm weather. Sports, Page 5