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Texas A & M University notU. U. S. is t other fferent it, said Unable ie busi- If,” she ie gave 114™ YEAR • ISSUE 22 • 12 PAGES monster appetite _jmA. COLLEGE STATION • TX TODAY TOMORROW See extended forecast. Page 2. TUESDAY* SEPTEMBER 30*1997 d subject ted in the | r Theft at | Vs green -i ling an as- ! at $340, oorofthe •eat at the recessing leckpoint, <ed about nvestigat- jbject and ity of crim- argency at used the ansel Park ance. The lixed alco- lication to bject was ospital for m 3. An8- d in some 'nited and or. The fire rsidents. Forum will address race relations at A&M By Joey Jeanette Schlueter Staff writer A diversity forum tonight will give Texas A&M students the op portunity to voice their opinions on how to improve race relations on campus. Student Body President Curtis Childers will host the forum at 8:30 p.m. in 206 MSC. The forum follows the presenta tion of the documentary film The Color of Fear last Thursday. The film focuses on eight men of different so cial and ethnic backgrounds dis cussing race issues in society. ChUders, a senior agr icultural de velopment major, said the forum will [j Please see related letter, Page 9. allow students a chance to offer so lutions to racial problems at A&M. “There’s a racial problem on campus,” he said. “We want to leave (the meeting) with a lot of ideas on what we can do about it.” Childers said more than 100 students from different A&M orga nizations are expected to attend the discussion. The goal of the forum is to iden tify problems related to race rela tions and how individuals and or ganizations can address the problem, he said. Ideas from the forum will be presented at the University of Texas Diversity Summit Nov. 18-19 in Austin. At the summit, student governments from different uni versities will offer solutions to the problem of racism and a lack of di versity in higher education. Childers said the forum will provide A&M a foundation of ideas to build on for the future. “The forum will offer a broad- based commitment to carry ideas out and make sure those ideas hap pen,” he said. Martin Hodges, director of mi nority affairs for Student Govern ment and a senior journalism ma jor, planned the event. At the forum, students will form groups to voice ideas and brain storm solutions. Childers said the need to ad dress racial diversity has prompt ed Student Government to take action and fix the problem of racism on campus. Graduate work presented at Chemistry Symposium DEREK DEMERE/The Battalion Cal Davis, a first-year veterinary medicine graduate student, enjoys a burrito at Freebird’s Monday. By Rachel Dawley Staff writer The 1997 Graduate Research in Chemistry Symposium gives more than 40 graduate and post-doctoral chemistry students the opportunity to present their research. The symposium, which began yesterday and ends today in the Chemistiy Building, features the re search of A&M chemistry students through oral presentations and a poster contest. Dr. Tim Hughbanks, an A&M chemistry professor, said the depart ment is trying to maintain and ex pand its relationships with industry. “A number of industry leaders are alumni who come back as li aisons,” he said. “The symposium allows industry to find out about the chemistry program and its students, and it allows students to meet industry leaders.” Representatives from Industry- University Chemistiy Cooperative Program (IUCCP) member compa- mmmmm “I learned how much competition there is for jobs and how important speaking and presenting your ideas and research is to getting a job.” STEVE MERRIGAN CHEMISTRY GRADUATE STUDENT nies gave presentations yesterday morning on industiy settings. Indus try representatives meet with gradu ate students and learn more about the program, Hughbanks said. Steve Merrigan, a chemistiy grad uate student who is training to be a physical organic chemist, presented his research and poster yesterday. He said the symposium showed the dif ferences between industries and uni versities. “An interesting part of the sympo sium is to see how life in industry is different from academia,” Merrigan said. “Industrial research is money- driven, while academic research is idea-driven.” Merrigan said industry leaders re cruit employees at the symposium. “I listened to all the presenta tions,” Merrigan said. “I learned how much competition there is for jobs and how important speaking and presenting your ideas and research is to getting a job.” Please see Chemistry on Page 10. George Bush Library opens its doors on the Web By Joey Jeanette Schlueter Staff writer The George Bush Presidential Library id Museum can be found on the World ideWeb atwww.csdl.tamu.edu/bushlib. The Bush Library Foundation said the Hie George Bush Digital Library” has fen under construction since winter of 595.The Foundation has gathered infor- lation and photographs of artifacts and Is that will be housed in the library. The Web site contains five pages fea- iring a biography of former President George Bush, public papers, photographs, museum collections and a biography of Barbara Bush. Access to public papers from the Bush administration is available on the site. Papers from his two terms as vice pres ident are available only at the Bush Li brary. The museum collections page features photographs and information on dona tions from Bush and other heads of state and domestic gifts. Gifts from leaders of 17 countries are featured on the site. Photos of a gold model of the Fortress of Musmak in Saudi Arabia are on the site. The model was a gift to Bush from the King of Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Abd All-Aziz AlSa’ud in 1993. A porcelain lattice bowl from Queen Elizabeth II of England also is featured, as well as a solid bronze “dancing bear” giv en to Bush by former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney. Bush also donated the baseball glove he used during his college career at Yale University. Domestic gifts to Bush from friends and relatives also are featured, as well as a life-sized sculpture of Bush’s presidential pet, Millie. Photographs on the site include pic tures of Bush in office during the Gulf War and attending economic summits. The site contains numerous shots of the former president and his family. The Foundation said the Web site will be updated frequently with news of the li brary and museum. The Center for the Study of Digital Libraries maintains the site in coordination with the Bush Library. The site also contains links to the Bush School of Government and Public Service and the Bush Library staff. The Library will be opened to the pub lic November 7, 1997. Let’s go to the movies: Schulman Six reopens and renovates count movie theater. See Page 3 32B&559 ^liors Keri Wyatt and les IVIenze return to help 4ng cross-country team. See Page 7 uson: C-SPAN coverage lers news events and itertainment for students. See Page 11 http://bat-web.tamu.edu pk up with state and Ftional news through The pe, AP’s 24-hour online TWs service. EMS on the search for student volunteers By Amanda Smith Staff writer The Emergency Medical Ser vice (EMS) is sending out a call for help to Texas A&M students certi fied as emergency medical tech nicians and students interested in joining the on-campus team. About 40 student volunteer crew members run the division of EMS servicing the campus. Jennifer McGuire, an emer gency medical technician (EMT) and a geophysics doctorate stu dent, said EMS needs more stu dent technicians to help with on- carripus operations. “We have had a lot of calls this semester,” she said. “We are look ing for EMTs and paramedics. We definitely need more than we have right now. A lot of people are pulling a lot of extra hours. We work between classes during the day. We are in service 24 hours a day for 365 days during the year.” Students work night shifts from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m Monday through Friday. On weekends, students work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Alan Flanigan, a senior para medic and a nautical archaeology graduate student, said EMS mem bers work 10 to 70 hours per week. “We are free to students,” he said. “We are the 24-hour care on this campus.” Flanigan said the on-campus EMS crew members are volunteers and receive a monthly stipend of one dollar, the University’s insur ance for liability purposes. Students may receive certifica tion as an EMT dispatcher by ob taining CPR and first-aid certifi cation. Also, the Texas A&M Department of Kinesiology offers a course enabling students to re ceive certification as an EMT. Julie Harris, an EMT medic and a junior biomedical science ma jor, said she became an EMT be cause of her interest in medicine. “I did it to decide whether or not I wanted to go to medical school,” she said. “It’s a good ex perience. It teaches you patient relations and introduces you to medicine.” Harris also received training to drive the ambulance. Please see EMS on Page 10. Leslie promotes ethical campaigns By Brandyi Brown Staffwriter While campaign scandals may flourish in politics, Brooke Leslie, the first woman student body president of Texas A&M, has writ ten a chapter in a book explaining how campus campaigns can be both ethical and successful. Brooke Leslie, Class of’95 and a University of Texas law student, was the 1994-95 A&M student body president. She said it sur prised her when she was asked to write a chapter in the book So You Want to be President... How to Get Elected on Your Campus. Leslie, who is studying in London, said she enjoyed the opportunity and hopes her experience will benefit other students. “I feel that ethics and integrity should play a large part in any stu dent election,” she said. “It is up to the candidate to make sure the cen tral theme of the campaign is ethics. It can be easy for a candidate and campaign workers to lose sight of the more important concepts of integri ty and character when you really want to win.” Leslie said someone always will try to bend or break the rules. “Elections on campus bring out the fighter in everybody,” she said. “If you are a candidate, it is your job to make sure everyone that works on your campaign carries out their job ethically.” Leslie said she used experience from her involvement in previous student campaigns and innovative campaign efforts to help her win the election. “It was the creativity and the new ideas of my staff that were the focal point of my campaign strategy,” Leslie said. “I had a staff of about 100 students — that includes everyone that put shoe polish on their car windows, dorm windows, changed their answering machine messages and carried signs around campus. These were new ways to campaign at that time.” W. H. “Butch” Oxendine, Jr., editor of the book, said he saw a need for students to know it is possible to win campus elections ethically. “The main reason I published this book was to show that elections can be won without being unethical,” he said. “The student leaders (quoted in the book) are people students can emulate. In hindsight, I see that these ethical leaders are the future.” Oxendine said the accounts in the book of 25 student leaders, men, women and minorities Former A&IVI Student Body President Brooke Leslie wrote a chapter in the book So You Want to be President. from schools of different sizes, should inspire students. “These are 25 students who had issues that mattered to them and to the student body, and they cared about these issues,” he said. “It is n’t about popularity in their cases, but about a well thought-out cam paign strategy.” Please see Leslie on Page 10.