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By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
On!-campus students at Texas A&M will
have the convenience of shopping at Al-
tson’s Food and Drug Store on South
lege Avenue beginning Nov. 12.
Albertson’s will relocate to 615 Univer-
I Drive in place of Randalls Food and
ig Store.
Last week, Albertson’s offered a lump sum
landalls Corp. to buy the store location.
Randall’s will vacate the building by 6
p.m. Nov. 8. Albertson’s will close its South
College Avenue store Nov. 11 at midnight
and move into the Randall’s shopping cen
ter at 8 a.m. Nov. 12.
Kathy Boyd, store manager for Albert
son’s, said the transition to the new location
on University Drive will be smooth.
“We are going to restock the store,” Boyd
said. “It will be business as usual.”
Some Randalls employees are part-time
and full-time A&M students.
Boyd said Albertson’s intends to hire
some Randalls employees.
She said the employees will be required
to fill out an application, interview and take
a drug test just as Albertson’s employees are
required to do.
Some students are concerned about the
absence of a grocery store near campus.
Christy Ryan, a junior aerospace engi
neering major, said it is hard to get items she
needs because she does not have a car. Ryan
lives on Northside and walks to Albertson’s to
cash checks and shop for groceries.
“There aren’t any other places near cam
pus that I can go to,” Ryan said. “I just hope
someone moves into the store soon.”
Other students have said they do not
understand the reasoning for the Albert
son’s move.
John McAllen, a freshmen biology major,
said the Albertson’s location on South Col
lege is a prime spot for business.
“I can’t see why Albertson’s would
move,” he said. “They have a focused mar
ket being so close to campus. I see students
in there all of the time.”
Some students who live off campus said
they are glad to see Randalls leaving and Al
bertson’s moving into the University store.
Stephanie Greere, a senior agricultural de
velopment major, lives near the Randalls
shopping center. She said does not like to
shop at Randalls because the store has high
er prices than other grocery stores.
Please see Further on Page 5.
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“At first, all women were put into
one outfit, W-l,” she said. “Women
were in the Corps, but they were still
segregated from everyone else.”
Tara Tripp, a cadet and a senior
English major, said male cadets are
not hostile to the women, but some
times they do not know how to treat
women in the Corps.
“I think fear was a big factor when
integration began,” she said. “Once
male cadets saw that our only differ
ence was using different bathrooms,
wearing skirts and wearing our hair
up, they saw us as equals.”
Alcover said she always has been
in a military environment because
her father is a command sergeant in
the U.S. Army.
“When I spent the night with the
Corps, I didn’t see many females,”
she said. “It is challenging to make it
four years, and I like challenges.”
The female cadets said they have
worked to increase integration, and
they hope to serve as role models for
other female cadets.
Monica Strye, a junior animal sci
ence major, said being in the Corps
is hard for everyone, not just women.
“I advise girls to get into shape
physically,” she said. “When people
are broken down physically, it is easy
for them to break down mentally. We
support females, and try to demon
strate that it can be done.”
Alcover said as a freshman and a
sophomore, she worked hard to keep
up with everyone in the Corps. Now,
she said she works to be a role mod
el for the women underneath her.
Tripp said respect is based on
more than just the physical training
in the Corps, and women generally
have higher grade-point ratios than
their male counterparts.
Please see Integration on Page 5.
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Becoming a part of tradition
hange would allow Ph.D. candidates to receive Aggie rings
By Brandye Brown
Staffwriter
e Graduate Student Council, the Student Senate and
he Student Leader Advisory Board have submitted a
esolution requesting graduate students be able to re
heir Aggie rings upon reaching Ph.D. candidacy,
on Griffin, president of the Graduate Student Council
a [doctoral student in the Department ofWildlife and
fery Services, said it is important for Ph.D. sti
i to receive their rings before they graduate,
ae reason I feel this is important is based
the reason why A&M is an outstanding
gr aduate university—it is based on tra
il,” Griffin said. “In the past, graduate
ents have not been included in the tradi-
is of A&M. The message to undergraduates
at graduate students are interested in being
of the entire student body and taking part in the tradi-
fA&M.”
Iffin said he met with Porter Garner, associate executive
lor of Alumni Programs at the Association of Former Stu-
l to discuss evaluation of the current Aggie ring policy.
fThc! bottom line is we are asking the Association of For-
Students to re-evaluate the current policy in regard to
f amount of time that undergraduates spend on campus
and enact the same policy for graduate students,” Griffin said.
Griffin said Ph.D. students spend about three years on
campus before reaching Ph.D. candidacy and then one or
two year's working on their dissertation.
Griffin said Garner said he would take the proposal to a
committee of the Association of Former Students to evalu
ate the issue.
“Mr. Garner said he was encouraged by the interest and
research put into the proposal,” Griffin said.
Garner said graduate students have been able
to receive Aggie rings in the last year. Griffin said
the resolution did not include master’s students
because most master’s students are finished in
one or two years.
“To decrease the requirements for master’s
students might do an injustice to the spirit of the
tradition,” he said. “We want to be part of the tra
dition, and we want to preserve the integrity of the
long-standing tradition.”
Griffin said doctoral students are an important asset to the
University, and often represent A&M around the country.
“This would be highly beneficial to A&M, because gradu
ate students would be making presentations at national
meetings with a big ol’ Aggie ring on their finger,” he said.
Please see Tradition on Page 2.
ROBERT McKAY/The Battalion
Marcus Brown, a senior construction science major, uses a theodolite to determine angles on a site
near the intersection of Bizzell and Ross streets Tuesday morning.
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ipes since grade school.
See Page 3
sports
Sophomore
safety Brandon
Jennings plays
a vital role in the
Aggie defensive
backfield.
See Page 7
I: Women must stop
owing themselves to be
derhanded by men.
See Page 9
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Wayne
Wylie
By Karie Fehler
Staffwriter
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Dr. Wayne Wylie, speaker of the
Faculty Senate, said his non-aggres
sive approach to solving issues fac
ing Texas A&M faculty and students
contributes to an atmosphere with a common goal —
maintaining excellence in teaching and learning.
Wylie, who also is an associate professor of health
and kinesiology at A&M, says he loves being a pro
fessor and speaker of the Senate.
“I particularly love the service part of my duties because we can all work through
to solve issues that might be troubling to faculty and students,” he said. “Texas
A&M is a fantastic place for people to come to get their education, but we need to
continually work to keep it a fantastic place.”
Wylie said he has found his niche in trying to portray the feelings of the administration
in the decision-making process.
“Basically, the idea here is that I truly believe that we are all working towards
the same goal,” he said. “If we complement each other and don’t get wrapped up
in arguments, we’ll get to the solution a lot quicker — to me, that’s better than sit
ting in the office and griping about what’s wrong.”
Wylie said he first heard about Texas A&M while serving in Vietnam as part of
the U.S. Army.
“I was around a bunch of Aggies over in Vietnam, and they all told me what a great
place A&M was,” he said. “We depended on each other over there, and I trusted them,
so I came to College Station when I came home.”
Wylie graduated from Texas A&M in 1974 and taught health education at Bryan
I.S.D. while working on his master’s degree. Upon completing his master’s, Wylie
began a co-ed health program at College Station I.S.D. and coached basketball,
baseball and football.
Please see Wylie on Page 2.
Michael
Stewart
By Amanda Smith
Staffwriter
W Michael Stewart has his eyes
JL. on the future: his future, the fu
ture of Pan-Hellenic and the fu
ture of Texas A&M.
Eric Hopkins, a senior business analysis major and the
treasurer of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, said Stewart
makes good use of his time and listens to other leaders. Ste wa r t
“Michael has good time-management skills,” Hop
kins said. “He balances a lot of things at one time. He is able to be a follower when
others have responsibilities. Michael brings a look at the future of the organization to
mold characters of others in the organization.”
As president of the Texas A&M Pan-Hellenic Association, Stewart coordinates eight
different organizations, targeting the black community on campus.
“In previous organizations, I have been a leader,” Stewart said. “This year, I have
learned to to be a manager as well. We are responsible for (coordinating) programs
within the black community. ”
Stewart, a senior mechanical engineering major and president of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity, served in the Corps of Cadets for four years.
“My greatest moments were becoming a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
and becoming a Ross Volunteer (in the Corps),” Stewart said. “I have seen talent all
over the campus. I think that Texas A&M is the greatest school in the world.”
The Corps of Cadets drew Stewart to A&M. As a senior at Kileen High School, Stew
art considered attending Florida State University or the U.S. Military Academy.
“Texas A&M and the Corps of Cadets offered me the best of both worlds,” he said.
“Texas A&M is a true microcosm of the real world. We can learn from our mistakes
without it having the effect of a life-long detriment.”
Danny Feather, the Corps of Cadets commander, said he lived upstairs from Stew
art when he was a freshman.
Please see Stewart on Page 5.