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itember 3 ; l9 Jednesday • September 3, 1997 crow South Beach C The Battalion AMPUS st. 13th St. ■S § XCHANGE mtinued from Page 1 Carll said the Citadel lias two fe- iale cadets. Getgood said VM1 has [females. Strye said Texas A&M was asked the Citadel and VMI to partic- ate in the exchange program be- mseA&M has had women in the orps longer than any other service ademy or cadet program. “It’s not perfect, but it’s the ingest,’’ Strye said Women joined the Corps in 175. Fifty-one women were in the stall-female ROTC unit, Compa- (W-l. Fort Lauderdale n . Miami P ad ® Beach ,ounty Allantic Ocean Florida Keys llision •bale, who remaii r of the crew at vever, he—likeot Maj. Becky Ray, special assistant to the Commandant, said the male officers who are supportive of the integration program and the female cadets deserve credit for the suc cess of A&M’s integration program. “We don’t pretend to have all the answers,” Ray said. “We’re try ing to share what we’ve learned to keep them (cadets at Citadel and VMI) from making the same mis takes we have.” In 1985, the Texas Aggie Band became the first Corps outfit to in tegrate women. Women became a part of other outfits in the late 1980s. Ray said the Corps has not had all-women outfits since the late 1980s because integration works better when women and men are in the same outfits. “That way they can’t be ostra cized as easily,” Ray said. “They feel like they are really a part of the Corps.” Getgood said he thinks A&M has a good integration program. “I think the women here are fairly well-respected if not treated as equals,” he said. “They seem to take it and dish it out as well as everyone else.” Ray said about 135 out of more than 2,000 cadets in the Corps this semester are women. Strye said other outfits partic ipating in the program include Squadron 17 and Companies C-2, B-l, E-l, G-l and F-2. Internet Continued from Page 1 Doug Keegan, a Clements Hall RCC and a junior applied math ematics major, said students need lobe aware of the services offered. “1 would encourage students to use the resources that we are pro riding them,” Keegan said. RCCs, who are in Haas, Clements and 1 lotard halls, must be available 10 hours per week to answer resi dents’ computer questions. Keegan said the RCC program’s goal is to provide one consultant for every 100 residents living in the dorms. “Stanford strives to fit one RCC to every 100 residents,” Keegan said. "They have met with re sounding success.” Breanna Weir, a Haas Hall RCC and a sophomore civil engineer ing major, said she hopes more residents come to her for help in using Ethernet access. “The other RCC and I have got ten a handful up and running,” she said. “I would like to see a sig nificant portion, about 25 per cent, up and running.” ResNet Continued from Page 1 “Students have shown such an interest that we may try to speed up the program,” he said. “We are IK involved in ota^ xp i oring meient options." ^1 The two options the University favors are year- round installation and construction and increasing work during the summer months, McCauley said. Previously, Res Net installations have been com pleted only in non-occuppied residence halls dur- ' Earth after the eras ir’s modules and a ver for weeks, sion, which Ryum y, are unlikelytop rest. i has a vested inter mis aboard Mir—• program—did n| in here in Russia e Mir commandi l- 14. ision noted thattl roughout thecre' ical conclusion thi strange,” he said ipects g. tephan placedthBi vestigation for” ride” — the Freni inslaughter. It doi ill necessarily be foi ith any crimes, be investigated ft eople in danger, he French “Goi eq uiring onlooke: if road accidents. , two on bond. Botf micide and Good tions can be purl J years in prison and 100,000. ing the summer to keep the disturbance of residents to a minimum, McCauley said. Dan Mizer, assistant director in Residence Life, said he expects the department to meet with cam pus leaders within the next two weeks to discuss the possibility of construction being done during the fall and spring semesters. 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