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Continued from Page 1
Carreathers said the Hopwood
decision will be the leading civil
rights issue for the next several
years, but that something should
be done as soon as possible to
help minorities.
“We need to find some innova
tive ways to do what needs to be
done to increase the recruitment
and retention of minority students
without violating Hopwood," lie
said.
But some minority students say
they are not concerned that race is
not considered in admission deci
sions anymore — it’s the elimina
tion of minority scholarships that
affects them more.
Carrol Newton, office manager
for U.S. College Report, said some
minorities do not need financial
help to afford college, but others
may need financial aid.
“It is about money,” Newton said.
“Some minority students do not
have the opportunity to go to college
because of a low family income.”
Prior to the Hopwood decision,
A&M offered a range of scholarships
and financial aid to minority stu
dents. The President’s Achievement
Award, the Collegiate Achievement
Award and the Distinguished
Achievement Award were offered
only to black, Hispanic and other mi
nority students.
“Some minority students
do not have the opportunity
to go to college because of a
low family income. ,,
CARROL NEWTON
OFFICE MANAGER
U.S. COLLEGE REPORT
Ten Li-Fu, a freshman physics
major, said she considered other
schools because she did not receive
any race-based scholarships. She
said the only reasons she decided to
attend A&M was because of the
school’s engineering department
and the need-based scholarship
she received.
However, some students say
Hopwood benefits their situations.
Donna Wilson, a freshman psy
chology major, said she does not
have to worry about affording tu
ition at Texas A&M because of the
Hopwood decision. Wilson received
a scholarship that previously was
awarded only to minorities.
Shaun Cuttill, a sophomore
computer engineering major, said
as a Puerto Rican he would have at
tracted many race-based scholar
ships. But he chose not to use his
race to get scholarships.
Cuttill said he supports the Hop-
wood decision and expects academ
ic standards to improve because of it.
“I believe that Hopwood will
force Texas schools to raise their
standard of education across the
board,” Cuttill said. “If you can’t get
the aid for being a minority, then
you’re going to have to compete on
the same level as everyone else.”
The Texas Legislature recog
nized the need for more scholar
ships based oh finkncial need in the
Texas A&M University System and
granted $2.5 million in scholarships
through the Board of Regents for
the upcoming year.
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“The suggestions ranged from monitoring interlibrary
loans to monitoring requests for books,” Heath said. “If
the library had several requests (for a book), another copy
is bought to insure availability for high-demand items.”
The new policy will be used for all borrowed library
items, except materials that have an abbreviated loan
period, such as reserve materials. These items use a dif
ferent fine policy that is already being used.
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