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MONDAY • NOVEMBER 3 • 1997
ish to arrive in
!-S Wednesday
iimer President George Bush
tiiswife, Barbara, are arriving
inesdayto spend several days
lege Station for the dedication
ieGeorge Bush Presidential Li-
lyand Museum.
Tie couple will arrive on a Union
strain at the corner of George
jiDrive and Wellborn Road at
3p.m. Wednesday.
^private barbecue dinner will be
:Wednesday night for Bush, his
fyand some former Bush
5 ers. Entertainment will include
'lantz.the Oak Ridge Boys, «
stalGayle, Loretta Lynn, the
j$A&M Singing Cadets and the
jeBand. A fireworks display will
:the evening.
^dedication ceremony begins
11a.m. Thursday at the library
nuseum. Bush will be joined by
iident Bill Clinton and former
iidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald
1.The dedication is closed to
aublic.
jW. George W. Bush and his
i,Laura, also will participate in
:eremony.
Tie Rev. Billy Graham will present
vocation and benediction with a
sial presentation by the U.S. Army
Band Herald Trumpets.
ME reaccredites
tllege of Medicine
erasA&M Health Science Center
sge of Medicine received the full
inyear continued accreditation of
uaison Committee on Medical
cation (LCME) in October.
teLCME is the nationally recog-
Hiaccrediting authority for med-
leducation programs leading to
medical doctorate in U.S. and
adian medical schools.
“xasA&M Health Science Cen-
lollege of Medicine is the result
iaffiliation with Texas A&M, the
ralTexas Veterans Health Care
'em, Scott & White Memorial
flitaland Clinic, Darnall Army
nmunity Hospital at Fort Hood
cDriscoll Children’s Hospital in
this Christi.
ittlement reached
lAmtrak dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak
cits workers have reached a set-
ceiit that averts a possible na-
alpassenger railroad strike, a
>esman for Transportation Sec-
Rodney Slater said Sunday,
^agreement was reached dur
ian eight-day extension in negoti-
hs urged by Slater last week.
Strike could have left
),000 Amtrak riders without
Tice and hundreds of thou-
ds of commuters, mainly in the
ttieast, looking for other trans
lation as well.
I Schulz, speaking for Slater,
firmed the settlement but would
give details. Slater called a
is conference for later.
lifestyles
Boogie on
Down: Film
about ’70s
porn industry
hits its Marky
Mark.
See Page 3
sports
ie Texas A&M Football
?am stages a fourth quarter
imeback to defeat OSU.
See Page 7
Couple struggles to adopt Aggie baby
By Colleen Kavanagh
Staff writer
“Kelly,” a Texas A&M graduate, said she was
terrified when she found out she was pregnant
in December of her senior year at college.
“1 had broken up with my boyfriend the
month before, and I had no idea how to tell
my parents,” she said. “After a lot of praying,
I decided to look into adoption.”
Kelly went to Child Protection Services
where she was given a list of adoption agencies
in Texas. While flipping through the booklet,
she saw the term “open adoption,” she said.
“I heard the term ‘open adoption’ and
called Homes of St. Mark, an adoption agency
in Houston,” she said. “When I found out that
1 got to choose who my baby’s parents would
be and if I wanted to I could stay in contact
with them and my baby, I decided that was
what I needed to do.”
Bill and Jill Clark of Houston have been
Bill and Jill Clark are encouraging students
to pursue ‘open adoption’ instead of abortion
trying to adopt a baby from an A&M student
for almost two years. They have placed regu
lar ads in The Battalion trying to catch the at
tention of pregnant students.
The Clarks and eight other couples want
ing to adopt have put up a billboard on High
way 6 until December.
Bill Clark said the nine couples thought
the billboard would educate people about
open adoption.
“Open adoption allows for all different lev
els of communication between the birth par
ents and adoptive parents,” he said. “We are
registered with Homes of St. Mark, a pioneer
of open adoption.”
Clark said some of the couples want to
adopt Aggie babies.
“I graduated from Texas A&M,” he said.
“Three of us have Aggies in the family and
want to continue the tradition.”
Statistics from Planned Parenthood Fed
eration of America, Inc. reported that two to
three percent of pregnancies in 1993 ended
in adoption. In the United States, less than 10
percent of babies born to unmarried teen
agers are placed in adoptive homes.
Pam Lucas, adoption coordinator at the
Homes of St. Mark, a licensed child place
ment agency in Houston, is helping 30 cou
ples, including the Clarks, find babies to
adopt. She said open adoption allows birth
parents to choose the adoptive family for
their child. Adoptive parents and birth par
ents communicate and can exchange pic
tures and letters on a regular basis.
“Most people think they have to say
goodbye to their children forever," she said.
“They don’t think they can do it, so they
choose to have abortions or to parent their
children themselves.”
Lucas said the benefit of open adoption is
birth parents have a say in how open they want
the adoption to be. Both sets of parents meet
and make plans for the child’s future.
“Open adoption is a moving thing to see
because it’s a win-win situation for the chil
dren,” she said. “The birth parents form an
extended family, much like aunts or uncles.
As the children grow older, they realize the
decision to give them up for adoption was
done out of love, not selfishness.”
Licensed agencies, such as Homes of
St. Mark, screen all prospective parents,
Lucas said.
Please see Adoption on Page 12.
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Corps’ Hall
of Honor
By Rachel Dawley
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets recog
nized the achievements of four former cadets
by inducting them into its Hall of Honor Sat
urday morning af the Sam Houston Sanders
Corps Center.
This year’s inductees are the late Lt. Gen.
Robert W. Colglazier Jr., the late James W. As
ton, Lt. Gen. Eivind H. Johansen and Gen.
Joseph W. Ashy.
The Corps of Cadets established the Hall of
Honor to give tribute to former cadets who
“have lived lives that exemplify the Texas Aggie
Spirit.” Those chosen are judged to possess the
values upon which the Corps was founded:
honor, loyalty', service, pride, patriotism, faith,
leadership and honesty.
Colglazier, Class of ’25, attained the highest
rank held by a reserve officer on active duty
with the U.S. Army. He served as the Army’s as
sistant deputy chief of staff for logistics and as
the commander of the U.S. Army Europe’s
communications zone. Colglazier was a coun-
cilman-at-large of the Association of Former
Students and was named a Distinguished
Alumnus in 1971.
Aston, Class of’33, was Corps commander,
captain of the football team and president of
the senior class while at A&M. He later served
as the youngest city manager of Bryan and
Dallas. After active duty in the Army Air
Corps, he became vice president, president,
CEO and chairman of the board of the Re
public National Bank of Dallas. Aston was
president of the Association of Former Stu
dents in 1962 and was named a Distinguished
Alumnus in 1976.
Johansen, Class of’50, was the youngest gen
eral to serve as the Army’s deputy chief of staff for
logistics. During his career, he had command
and staff assignments in the United States, Ger
many, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Upon retire
ment from active duty in 1979, Johansen became
president and CEO of the National Industries for
the Severely Handicapped. He became a Distin
guished Alumnus in 1985.
Ashy, Class of ’62, is the fourth Aggie to
achieve a four-star rank. He flew 289 combat
missions over Southeast Asia and led air units
at every level of command.
Please see Hall on Page 2.
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BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion
Jose A. Grimaldo Jr., funding opportunities coordinator for TEES Research Services, arrives at the Wisenbaker building Friday morning as
Michael Jackson, complete with limo and entourage. The event is put on to raise funds for the Leukemia Society of America.
A GROWING TRADITION
Committee encourages participation with Replant Awareness Week
By Amanda Smith
Staff writer
In an effort to “branch out” to more Texas
A&M students, the 1998 Replant committee
will have information on the history of and
participation in the event available at differ
ent locations on campus Nov. 4-6.
Tables will be set up at the MSC, Duncan
Dining Center and the Commons Lobby.
Replant, a 40-member committee of the
Student Senate, will sponsor its annual
spring planting March 7.
Katie DuFour, a Replant committee stu
dent-involvement executive and a sopho
more community health major, said Replant
Awareness Week aims to inform students
about becoming involved with the event.
“We started Replant Awareness Week this
year,” she said. “We want people to come out
and help. We hope that they can gain informa
tion about Replant. We are going to feature pic
tures of student leaders hugging trees.”
Replant began in 1991. Students replant
trees at Lake Somerville to help replenish
trees used to build Bonfire.
Michael Taylor, Replant financial develop
ment chair and a sophomore environmental
design major, said he hopes the Replant
Awareness Week dispels some of the myths
about Replant.
“There are a lot of misconceptions [about
Replant]he said. “We are not at all against
Bonfire. We support it. Replant is a growing
Aggie tradition, and I feel that it encompass
es a large part of the student body.”
Last spring, 2,500 students planted 10,000
trees at Replant. In previous years, as many
as 25,000 trees have been planted at the
event. The reduction in the number of trees
planted last year resulted in part from
drought at the land site.
Rachel Hamelers, Replant director and a ju
nior anthropology major, said the Replant
committee works during the fall semester to
ensure the success of the project in the spring.
“We are working all year to plant [and
maintain] the trees,” Hamelers said. “We (Re
plant committee) usually go out to Lake
Somerville once a month to care for the trees.
The Army Corps of Engineers takes care of
the trees during the duration.”
Hamelers said she wants to see an in
creasing number of students and groups
from all areas on campus participate in Re
plant this spring.
“Last year, it was so neat to see the diverse
number of student groups,” Hamelers said.
Please see Replant on Page 2.
opinion
ay: Removing degrading,
Jscene term from dictionary
eaks ties to the past.
See Page 11
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1876 - 1906
Decade by decade, A&M’s unique history is not forgotten
By Rachel Dawley
Staff writer
T he first public institution of higher ed
ucation in Texas, the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, was es
tablished April 17,1871.
The Morrill Act, approved by President
Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862, had do
nated public lands for colleges to benefit
agriculture and mechanical arts.
The 12thTexas Legislature appropriated
$75,000 to this land-grant college for con
struction of academic buildings and ac
commodations for professors.
Old Main, the first building on campus,
was completed in 1875. The structure,
along with college records, was destroyed
in a fire May 27, 1912.
The Academic Building, designed by
Frederick Giesecke, replaced Old Main.
Texas A&M formally opened its doors to
students Oct. 4,1876. The Texas Constitution
of 1876 declared the college “a branch of The
University of Texas, for instruction in agricul
ture, the mechanic arts and the natural sci
ences connected therewith.”
Gov. Richard Coke welcomed the col
lege, with the words, “Hence forward these
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First in a four-part series detailing significant
events in the growth of the LIniversity.
halls are dedicated to the cause of liberal
scientific and practical education.”
Classes began during an exciting year in
the history of Texas and the nation. Ulysses
S. Grant was in his last year as president,
one marred by scandal and upheaval. Ear
ly in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented
the telephone, and the sport of baseball hit
during the spring.
Dr. David Chapman, University archivist
and Class of ’67, said most students came to
A&M to educate themselves.
“Many of the first students here were
sons of professors,” Chapman said. “Others
came because it was a state institution and
therefore may have looked like a more sta
ble environment for higher education con
sidering the instability of the times in post-
Reconstruction Texas.”
The first choice for head of the agricul
tural and mechanical college had been Jef
ferson Davis, former president of the Con
federacy. Davis declined and recommended
Thomas Sanford Gathright, superintendent
of education in Mississippi.
Six students registered during the first
days of enrollment.
Please see History on Page 10.
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