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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-
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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.
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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.”
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“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-
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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.
Due in part to the completion of installations dur
ing the summer, Texas A&M will be able to make all
necessary installations for $1.6 million, about one-
third of the expected cost.
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