londay • September 15, 1997
Pl&M grad chooses
juality over diversity
By Benji Cheng
Staff writer
|As one of just four African-Amer-
|n students admitted to the Uni-
i ity of Texas Law School this fall,
isA&M graduate Aja Henderson
ht feel a little out of place among
Dther 464 new law students there,
iut she said her undergraduate
erience prepared her for that
ation.
When I was at A&M, there was
lally only one or two other blacks
he class,” Henderson said. “It’s re-
mot that much of a difference.”
Since last fall, UT Law School has
n the number of new African-
lerican students enrolled drop
ti31 to four. UT officials blame the
ip on the Hopwood decision,
ich prohibits state universities
to n considering race as a factor in
■nissions and scholarships.
■Mary Soto, assistant dean of ad-
Isions for UT Law School, said a
■jor cause of the drop is not actual
lercussions of Hopwood, but the
v u ception created by the media.
“Certainly a lot of (the drop) is a
ult of the negative publicity
nit what it is like to attend law
iooI here,” Soto said.
Henderson said the media has
represented the UT administra-
i as supportive of Hopwood,
|ich she said it is not.
"The (UT) administration was
bet with Hopwood, and they
l/en’t always been portrayed like
It,” Henderson said.
Henderson chose UT over Duke
Iv School. Although Duke Law
pool was more diverse, she said, the
plity of education at UT and her de-
\ I to stay in the South outweighed
Is less-diverse student body.
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l‘We expect a lot of Hispanic
Idents to come out and partic-
ate in the celebration, because it
R time to express our heritage,”
said.
fispanic fraternity Omega
ta Phi presented the movie Se-
Saturday night at Rudder
Henderson
But Henderson also said a lack of
minorities in the classroom results in
a lack of alternate points of view, which
hurts every law student’s education.
“(A lack of diversity) does de
tract from the quality of educa
tion,” she said.
“In legal education, it does make
a difference because of the diversity
of viewpoints.”
Soto said the
number of
African-Ameri
can applicants to
UT Law School
has dropped 40
percent since
Hopwood, and
classroom diver
sity at the school
suffers because of it.
“I strongly believe that in law
school, learning from other students
is huge part of learning,” Soto said.
Mary Chapman, president of the
Texas A&M Pre-Law Society, also said
decreased diversity would result in
fewer diverse opinions in the class
room. But she said the new enroll
ment numbers would have only a mi
nor effect on the overall quality of
education at UT Law School, which
she regar ds as one of the best in Texas.
“ [About] the only [thing] it’s going
to affect is cultural diversity in the
classroom,” Chapman said.
From her sophomore to senior
years at A&M, Henderson wrote
columns on and off for the Battalion’s
opinion section. She said her stint as a
columnist prepared her for the argu
mentative atmosphere of law school.
She described her columist expe
rience as worthwhile, but bittersweet.
“Sometimes, it seemed like mail
call was devoted to me,” Hender
son said.
Theater as part of the early cele
bration of Hispanic Heritage
Month.
Other events this month will in
clude Latino parties, social gather
ings and a fajita cook-off.
Students from many Hispanic
countries, including Brazil, Bo
livia, Columbia, Costa Rica,
Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru
and Venezuela, will participate in
Hispanic Heritage Month.
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3’he Texas Higher Education Co-
inating Board recognized the de-
itment in 1993 for "creating a pos-
e multicultural environment in
as higher education.”
Dr. Emily Santiago, assistant di-
tor of Multicultural Services, said
leveral student organizations now
torkwith the department.
|T think the department has
bwn tremendously,” Santiago
lid. “There is a lot of enthusiasm
pm minority students who utilize
program.”
Santiago said it is rewarding to
p minority freshmen who feel
red and out of place at A&M be-
)nie involved on campus.
Through our different pro
ms, I think we provide a ‘home
|ay from home’ for ethnic minori-
,” Santiago said.
Leah Matthews, Class of’93, said
being involved in Multicultural Ser
vices programs such as Ambas
sadors, ExCEL and MEDALS, as well
as in other University programs
such as Fish Camp, has helped her
improve her leadership skills.
“I like all the people I worked
with (in Multicultural Services), and
I met many good friends in the de
partment,” she said. “The depart
ment has a lot of good programs to
promote people of color. It gives
you the opportunity to get together
with people who have the same
concerns as you do.”
Martin Hodges, Student Govern
ment director of minority affairs and
a senior journalism major, said he
believes the department’s role as an
educator is important in shaping
A&M’s future.
“I believe the department will be
pivotal in taking A&M into the 21st
century,” Hodges said. “Ifwe are going
to have a global economy, we need to
have a global perspective. That’s what
the department provides.”
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