The Battalion
>lume 103 • Issue 134 • 10 Pages
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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.”
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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