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MONDAY • OCTOBER 13 • 1997
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Robert Smith
Senior staff writer
Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen
said Friday the University must position
itself as one of the top 10 public universi
ties in the United States by 2020.
Bowen outlined the “Vision 2020”
program at Rudder Auditorium during
the Academic Convocation. The
Board of Regents passed the program
last month.
Bowen said A&M must continue to
move forward and not become compla
cent with its status in the nation.
“The challenge before us today is to
avoid becoming satisfied with our ac
complishments and become committed
to making this University even better,”
he said.
Bowen also announced University en
dowment programs and plans for a $25
million unrestricted donation by former
Board of Regents chair and A&M gradu
ate Harvey “Bum” Bright earlier this year.
Bowen said $10 million dollars of the
gift will benefit the Corps of Cadets and
$15 million will be used for endowed
professorships.
He said the University will match the
money given to each project, doubling the
amount given to each group.
Bowen also announced a $5 million
dollar academic endowment for stu
dents, using profits made by the Texas
A&M Bookstore.
Bowen said the Bright gift was “a catalyst
for increasing the academic quality of Texas
A&M in a significant fashion,” adding the Vi
sion 2020 project has the same goal — in
creasing the University’s quality.
Vision 2020, he said, will bring together
a large group of faculty, staff, students, for
mer students and other leading citizens of
Texas to establish a plan to raise A&M to a
higher level of achievement.
Bowen said the plan will help state
policymakers and the public understand
the aspirations of the University.
Friday’s event marked the first convo
cation since A&M’s centennial in 1976.
Bowen said the “Capturing the Spirit
Campaign,” the George Bush Library and
the Mexico Study Center are examples of
the University’s improvements.
University administrators said the con
vocation will become an annual event.
RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion
Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen delivers his
State of the UniversityAddress at the Academic Con
vocation Friday afternoon.
Close call
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ROBERT MCKAY/The Battalion
Paramedic Anna Gronberg directs the ambulance onto Kyle Field as A&M linebacker Chris Thierry lies motionless after experienc
ing a “stinger” during Saturday’s game against Iowa State. Thierry was taken to St. Joseph rRegional Health Center after experiencing
some numbness following a tackle, but is listed as, probable for this week’s game against Kansas State. See related story, page 6.
Bush School
dedicates
Berlin statue
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
The breakdown of communism in Eastern Europe dur
ing former President George Bush’s administration was
commemorated Saturday with the dedication of a statue
at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
“The Day the Wall Came Down” is a statue portray
ing five horses leaping over broken pieces of the Berlin
Wall in Germany. Grafitti reading “Free, free, set them
free” marks the wall with the theme of humankind’s de
sire for freedom.
The bronze statue is 12 feet tall and weighs 7 tons. It is
one-and-one-fourth times life size.
Veiyl Goodnight, creator of the statue, said she was in
spired in a dream to make the sculpture. She said as a
child, horses meant freedom to her.
“All my life I can remember seeing horses running
free,” Goodnight said, “and the fall of the Berlin Wall was
a historic moment for the world that to this day has im
pacted our society.”
Goodnight painted names of some Germans who
died trying to conquer the wall.
Please see Statue on Page 10.
Forum stresses importance of woman leaders
By Amanda Smith
Staff writer
The second Aggie Women’s Leader
ship Forum Friday focused on leadership
at Texas A&M and the role women have
as leaders.
More than 100 Texas A&M students from
campus organizations attended the forum in
the Clayton Williams Alumni Center.
Dr. Chris Townsend, keynote speaker and
an associate professor in the Department of
Agricultural Education, said leadership is an
art students can improve through involve
ment in A&M groups.
“Student organizations are leadership lab
oratories,” she said. “Leaders influence oth
ers. You have to practice and experiment. The
great and successful have had little successes
along the way.”
Townsend said the election of Brook Leslie as
the first female student body president of Texas
A&M is indicative of change at the University.
“We have a significant number of female
student leaders,” she said. “The environ
ment at Texas A&M is changing. We have a
greater number of female students, and
these women enjoy the interaction with
other leaders.”
Christina Hunn, MSC Committee Devel
opment director and a junior finance major,
said she attended the forum after hearing
about the success of the first Aggie Women’s
Leadership Forum last spring.
“I just hope to gain a better perspective on
women’s issues and how they affect leaders
on campus,” Hunn said. “I do not feel that
women are represented as well as they should
be in leadership positions on campus.
Women are untapped resources.”
Dr. Townsend said all students need to take
advantage of personal resources and re
sources of other students.
“I think that all students, both men and
women, must focus on leadership and the en
hancement of leadership on campus,” she
said. “If students can practice building coali
tions at Texas A&M, they can be successful
leaders once they leave campus.”
Roy Eriksen, a freshman business admin
istration major, said women need to be rep
resented in leadership positions.
“By coming and attending the forum, I
hope to help address some of the needs of fe
males in the student body,” Eriksen said. “I
think that the female percentage of the stu
dent body is underrepresented. I would like
to see more women become leaders and I
think that they need to be encouraged to be
come leaders.”
Discussions led by former Texas A&M stu
dents focused on finding personal motivation
as leaders, applying strategies to motivate
other students to take leadership roles and
recognizing the importance of women’s lead
ership roles.
Rebecca Downey, a discussion facilita
tor and Class of ’86, said she has seen
women advance in leadership roles during
the past decade.
Please see Leaders on Page 10
Student donations fund
surgery for wounded dog
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By Amanda Smith
Staff writer
Texas A&M students and a Bryan-College
Station woman donated money for Marlin, an
injured Great Pyrenees found by A&M stu
dents, to have an orthopedic operation last
Thursday.
More than $600 was contributed to the
Marlin fund for the dog’s surgery at the Small
Animal Hospital of the College of Veterinary
Medicine, which improved his chances of re
covery.
On the way to College Station from the
Sept. 27 A&M-University of North Texas
football game at Texas Stadium, Ryan Wiley,
a sophomore education kinesiology major,
and Robert Roubion, an MBA operations
graduate student, stopped to aid Marlin, a
three-year-old Great Pyrenees that had been
hit by a car.
Marlin received operations on his jaw and
his front leg at the Kingdom Animal Hospital
in Bryan.
However, his leg condition demanded ad
ditional surgery.
Peggy Cernuch, a veterinary worker at the
Kingdom Animal Hospital, said student con
tributions made the operation possible.
“We have had an overwhelming response,”
Cernuch said. “We had a student walk in and
donate two-hundred dollars. We have set up a
Marlin fund in our computer. It is going to help
pay for his hospital and surgery.”
Please see Injured on Page 10.
Trail
Blazer
junior running back Sirr
Parker was on fire
Saturday, leading the Texas
A&M Football Team to a
56-17 win over Big 12 foe
Iowa State. Parker had an
80-yard touchdown run
and a 78-yard kickoff
return for a touch
down.
See refuted story.
Page 6.