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receives trust award
Anat Geva, research associate of
the Historic Preservation Program in
the Texas A&M College of Architec
ture, received the James Marston
Fitch Award for her project, “Frank
Lloyd Wright’s Architecture: A Com
puterized Energy Simulation Study."
The James Marston Fitch Chari
table Trust gives the award to mid
career professionals who have an
advanced or professional degree, at
least 10 years’ experience and an
identity in one or more of the follow
ing fields: historic preservation, ar
chitecture, landscape architecture
and urban design, environmental
planning, archaeology, architectural
ihistory and the decorative arts.
Ceremony honors
former student
Dudley J. Hughes, Class of ’51,
of Jackson, Miss., was honored by
the Texas A&M College of Geo
sciences and Maritime Studies dur
ing a ceremony Oct. 2 at the
Michael T. Halbouty Building.
Room 101 of the building was
named the Dudley J. Hughes Lec
ture Hall.
, Hughes gave a $2 million gift to
the college to be used to support
professorships in the Department of
Geology and Geophysics.
Hughes has worked in the oil and
gas industry since 1951 and spent
35 of those years as an indepen
dent operator. He is chair of the
Hughes-Rawls Corporation.
Caliente Festival
this Saturday
The Caliente Festival, a celebra
tion of Hispanic culture, will be from
noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in front of
| the Academic Building.
Chris Wallingsford, chair of the fes-
| tival and a junior business analysis
major, said the festival is being spon
sored by the Hispanic Business Stu-
' dent Association as a way to bring the
organizations in the Hispanic Heritage
Council together to celebrate Hispanic
: Heritage Month, which ends Oct. 15.
He said each organization will
have a food or game booth. A mari-
achi group from Johnston Middle
School in Houston and Texas A&M
Ballet Folklorica Celestial also will
perform at the festival.
Navy F-14 crashes
into Atlantic Ocean
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A
Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet on a rou
tine training flight crashed Thursday
in the Atlantic Ocean, and both pilots
ejected. The Navy said one was res
cued and a search was under way for
the other.
It was the seventh military
plane crash since Sept. 13. The
six earlier crashes happened with
in a week and led to a one-day
break in training flights for a safe
ty review by all the services.
lifestyles
Rancher says
buffaloes more
than football
opponents: They
also can be
food.
See Page 3
17th-ranked Texas A&IVI
travels to Colorado to face
#16 Buffaloes.
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Cater: Softness of stalking
laws leave victims with
little recourse.
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No clear majority in class elections
Photo Illustration RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion
Craig Woods and Ben J. Armenta
are run-off candidates for Class of
’01 president.
By Brandye Brown
Staff writer
The Election Commission was
forced to use the old election sys
tem and run-offs rather than the
new ranking system because a
majority for each candidate was
not reached.
The run-off results were an
nounced last night at the Sullivan
Ross Statue.
Run-off candidates for the
Class of ‘01 president are Craig
Woods with 11 percent and Ben
Joseph Armenta with 11.1 per
cent.
Run-off candidates for Class of
‘99 vice president are Scott
Generes, David Kessler, and Jere
my Vicars.
' Elections for the freshman
senators also will be held with the
run-offs. Because of discrepan
cies in the ballots, the results for
senators were invalid.
Pat Troy, election commission
er and a senior political science
major, said the freshmen elec
tions were a good experiment
with the ranking system, but no
clear majority was reached.
“In case of experiments, un
foreseen situations do arise,” he
said. “To address the situations
we encountered in the ranking
system and to make the election
process as fair as possible, we re
verted to the old system to tally
votes and will go to run-offs.”
Troy said the system is ad
mirable and that the system will
work, despite initial problems. He
said a clear majority was neces
sary for the Election Commission
to declare a winner, and a major
ity was not reached with the rank
ing system.
“The system will definitely
work with smaller numbers of
candidates,” he said.
“Really to work perfectly, each
voter would have to rank every
candidate.”
Please see Election on Page 2.
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Fire destroys home of graduate student
By Robert Smith
Senior staff writer
The Bryan Fire Department
is investigating the cause of a
fire that engulfed a Texas A&M
graduate student’s home yes
terday morning.
No one was in the house
during the fire.
Mike Donoho, assistant fire
chief of the Bryan Fire Depart
ment, said the cause of the fire
is unknown, but there are two
suspect areas in the house.
“We’re focusing on the wa
ter heater that’s in a closet
and the garage right now,” he
said. * .
The wood frame home on
the 100th block of College
View received severe smoke
and heat damage, destroying
the roof supports and ruining
the back bedrooms, Donoho
said.
Bryan Wiggley, a resident of
the house, had left it 20 minutes
before the fire was reported.
The fire department re
sponded to the fire at 10:59
a.m. after receiving a call from
University Tire Store.
Fire fighters arrived at the
house at 11:02 a.m. The fire
was under control within six
minutes.
Firefighter Mike Wodrich drops his hose after being struck by falling timbers as he works on the blaze on College View Thursday. No one was injured in
the fire, which destroyed the home of an A&M graduate student.
TWo Aggies to benefit from blood donations
By Robert Smith
Senior staff writer
A blood drive for two A&M students will
take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the
First American Bank on University Drive.
The two students are Zack Washburn, a
sophomore business major, and Helen Hud
dleston, a junior applied mathematics major.
Washburn, an Aggie Band member, is in a
coma at St. Joseph Regional Health Center af
ter being hit by a car on Harvey Road Sept. 13.
Huddleston has been in a coma since a
Sept. 20 car accident and is in critical but sta
ble condition at Herman Hospital in Houston.
Huddleston was in a head-on accident
vyith a duly truck while traveling from Brook
shire to Hempstead on Highway 359.
Huddleston’s younger sister Sheryl was
traveling with her and suffered minor in
juries. Both were wearing seat belts during
the accident.
Anji Moore, a senior biology major, met
Huddleston when she joined MSC OPAS
last month.
“She’s very sweet, and we were really excit
ed when she joined (OPAS),” she said. “It was
shocking for us when she was hurt.”
Huddleston is a member of MSC OPAS,
was an orientation leader last summer and is
the MSC director of promotions.
Chris Luton, a senior electrical engineer
ing major, said he encourages people to do
nate blood.
“We’re counting on Aggies helping other
Aggies,” he said. “For people who are con
cerned, this gives them a way to help Helen.”]
Huddleston’s mother, Shirley Grigar, said
her daughter received blood the first five days
in the hospital.
Grigar said her daughter is not receiving
blood now, but she may need more for up
coming surgery.
Blood donations can also be made for Hud
dleston and Washburn tomorrow at the Amer
ican Red Cross Center on University Drive.
Donors must be at least 17 years old and
weigh at least 110 pounds.
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Program offers
student leaders a
taste of Corps life
By Rachel Dawley
Staff writer
Texas A&M student leaders ex
perienced life on the Quadrangle
last night at the first “Dining with the
Corps” program.
The Student Leader Advisory
Board (SLAB), 20 student leaders
from organizations around cam
pus, ate dinner in Duncan Dining
Hall with the Corps of Cadets.
Chris Zorich, public relations of
ficer for the Corps and a senior psy
chology major, said the program al
lows people to see what happens
during the breakfast and dinner cer
emonies on the Quad.
Students often are exposed to
Corps dining during lunch in
Duncan, but the morning and
evening meals are reserved for
Corps members. These meals fo
cus on freshman training by
teaching attention to details and
discipline, Zorich said.
“The program is an opportunity
to watch an official Corps ceremo
ny, ask questions and become fa
miliar with what we do,” he said. “It
is important because it helps break
down stereotypes and allows people
to realize that the Corps is not a
closed community.”
SLAB members joined cadets in
retreat formation before dinner. Re
treat formation is on the Quad every
morning and evening to raise and
lower flags.
Laurie Nickel, SLAB chair and a
seniof business administration ma
jor, said the program promotes
awareness of Corps activities.
“Dining with the Corps gives
students a chance to answer
questions and understand the
Corps,” she said.
Danny Feather, Coips comman
der and a senior economics major,
said the program was an effort to
help people understand the Corps.
“The program is important be
cause it dispels myths and rumors
[about the Corps],” he said. “Stu
dents are able to come and see the
Corps and its family atmosphere.
The Corps has been segregated
from the student body for too long.”
Please see Leaders on Page 2.
Building on a tradition
Bonfire focuses on motivating on-campus residents with entertainment
By Karie Fehler
Staff writer
Texas Aggie Bonfire is built on the different traditions
of residence halls and Corps of Cadets outfits.
This support ranges from shaving letters in resi
dents’ hair to having Bonfire Buddies.
Some of the traditions help motivate freshmen to
work on Bonfire.
Omar Hinojosa, a buttpot in C-l and a junior con
struction science major, said the freshmen in his outfit al
ways entertain upperclassmen during lunch break at cut.
“The fish eat their lunch really fast and then make up
skits to entertain the upperclassmen,” he said. “It’s really
fun for them because they get a chance to talk trash to the
sophomores and release the stress of the week.”
Hinojosa said freshmen also learn Bonfire “campu-
sology” and recite the facts to motivate each other.
Campusologies are sets of 37 different facts about A&M
and its history that freshman cadets must memorize at
the beginning of their freshman year.
“The fish learn about the tradition through campu-
sology,” he said. “They recite things like how many days
left until Bonfire burns and it motivates them. I learned
it two years ago and I still love to say it!”
Jennifer King, Bonfire co-chair of Hobby Hall and a
sophomore education major, said residence hall tradi
tions help make work at cut site more fun.
“We play little games and do things like our dorm yell
to motivate the girls,” she said. “This also really boosts the
spirit for Hobby and keeps the fish really motivated.”
John Hearn, yellowpot for Schuhmacher Hall and a
sophomore business major, said smaller traditions pro
vide ways for students to be involved in Bonfire.
“Big traditions are always built on little traditions,”
he said. “It’s the little traditions that really help people
stay motivated.”
Will Gammell, a buttpot in A-l and a junior business
major, said the traditions add to the experience of Bonfire [
“We make our weekly stops at the BigGas station ii (
Hearne — that’s becoming a real tradition,” he said.
Although some halls do not claim a specific area c
Bonfire, some pride themselves on a certain aspect c ,
building Bonfire.
Windows in Walton Hall boast “Walton Loads,” whil
some Moses Hall residents wear T-shirts claiming the ,
are the ‘Bonfire Gods’.
Joel Townsend, yellowpot for Dunn Hall and
sophomore aerospace engineering major, said ha
traditions make freshmen feel like they are a part c
Bonfire.
“Our traditions may not be so out of the ordinary, hr
we pride ourselves on putting the first log on the field eac
year,” he said. “This motivates the fish and they think ‘He;
this is cool — we’re carrying on an old tradition.’”
Chris Henry, a Bonfire co-chair for Krueger Hall and
sophomore management major, said many halls suppoi
Bonfire by having Bonfire Buddies.
“We pair up our girls with guys in a [Aggie] Band oui
fit and it’s a lot of fun,” she said. “You get a chance t 1
meet another Aggie who supports Bonfire. It helps t
keep the spirit in the traditions high.”
Please see Bonfire on Page ^