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MONDAY • NOVEMBER 10 • 1997
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By Rachel Dawley
Staff writer
Corps of Cadets Squadron 12 repainted the Aggie
Barn on Highway 6 Friday after a group of students
from Baylor University painted it green and white, Bay
lor’s colors, Thursday night.
The Aggie Barn is in Reagan, Texas, 10 miles from Mar
lin. The maroon-and white-building has become a tourist
attraction, reading “Gig ’em Aggies” and “Whoop ’99.”
The Baylor students painted the barn in green and
white to read “Sic ’em Bears” and “Go Bears 2001.”
A junior cadet in Squadron 12, also known as Talon
12, learned of the incident through a friend at Baylor
and decided to repaint the barn in Aggie colors.
Mark Hauser, executive officer ofTalon 12 and a senior
geography major, said a few juniors from the outfit went
to Reagan to get permission to repaint the barn, and the
squadron repainted it Friday evening.
“Many people drive by it on the way to the game,
and we felt lucky to be a part of it,” Hauser said. “Bay
lor fans driving to the game saw us.”
Hauser said he is surprised Baylor students dam
aged the barn, but realized some schools do not have
traditions like those of Texas A&M.
“For me, when you look around the University, peo
ple worry about losing traditions and say that Ol’ Army
has died,” he said. “Something as simple as repainting the
barn reminds you that this University is still based on tra
dition. It is special to all of us, and I think everyone here
wishes they could have done it.”
The A&M students worked from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Friday night to restore the barn.
Mandy McAlister, a cadet in Talon 12 and a senior envi
ronmental design major, said a group of Aggies donated food
for Talon 12 while they worked.
“I think it was a sad thing to do on Baylor’s part,” McAl
ister said. “They don’t understand the importance of our
traditions. Ol’ Ags helped by bringing food, lights and
building a bonfire to keep us warm. We felt it was impor
tant to restore the tradition.”
TK. Kirkpatrick, owner of the Aggie Barn and Class
of ’24, is planning to send a letter to the president of
Baylor University and a bill for repainting costs.
Kirkpatrick painted the barn maroon and white in
1981 to let all Aggies know they are welcome and that
he was an Aggie.
Please see Barn on Page 10.
OPAS features B-CS
area artists during
Arts Awareness Week
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By Amanda Smith
Staff writer
Benjamin Knox did not know de
signing T-shirts for his Corps of
Cadets outfit when he was a sopho
more at Texas A&M would change his
future. Knox, known as the Texas Ag
gie artist, said his start in the art field
began at the University.
“I started (doing art) when I was
a sophomore at Texas A&M Univer
sity in the Corps of Cadets, by doing
prints and designs for outfits,” Knox
said. “Then, I gradually began to
pick up work for other designs for
other organizations like the MSC. I
was 100-percent on my own, and it
was an opportunity to do what I
wanted to do.”
During Arts Awareness Week
(Nov. 10-14), MSC OPAS will feature
the works of Bryan-College Station
artists, including Knox.
Jennifer Posa, OPAS director of
audience education and develop
ment and a senior English major,
said Arts Awareness Week gives stu
dents the opportunity to see what is
available in the arts.
“It’s an MSC OPAS effort to get
the event organized,” Posa said. “It’s
a chance for other organizations
(on campus) and businesses to
showcase themselves. We have lots
of different activities going on.”
Today, MSC OPAS will feature
SPEX (Spontaneous Exposure to
Artists). There will be a table in
the MSC from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
to celebrate the birthday of artist
Tim Rice.
Please see Artists on Page 10.
Dpening ceremonies of Bush Complex draw to a close
Community Day’ marks
(inclusion of dedication
Public tours available
of Presidential Library
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
After the dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
torsday, former President George Bush celebrated “Community Day” Friday
Texas A&M students and the Bryan-College Station community.
At the opening ceremony Friday, Bush thanked the A&M community.
"Thank you so much for the warm welcome to the Aggie family,” he
lid. “I chose Texas A&M as the site for the library because there is a
H>se of community Barbara and I feel every time we come here.”
He said U.S. citizens should support education and public service
'temain diverse.
“Sometimes we take our freedom for granted,” he said, “and we don’t
Iderstand the magnet that drives people here. But we must remain
mnected with the world.”
Bush was joined by children dressed in cultural costumes, who represent-
! ihe push for international peace during his administration.
He also presented the International Center, which is near the library and
b students the opportunity to learn more about worldwide leadership.
Curtis Childers, student body president and a senior agricultural
ivelopment major, said Bush had a major role in overcoming in-
hational obstacles.
“To me, people seem the same wherever you go,” Childers said. “We
iduld be educated in a way that goes beyond our shores.”
Bryan Mayor Lonnie Stabler and College Station Mayor Lynn Mcll-
fey attended Community Day and thanked Bush for the opportuni-
[ $his library will offer the communities.
Members ofthe Texas A&M Board of Regents also attended Community Day.
After the ceremony, visitors participated in different activities. Most
‘the visitors waited in line to tour the library, which was free for the
ty.The library tour features exhibits and memorabilia chronicling
Ush’s life from his birth to his administration.
Other visitors played sports or toured the complex, which was being
bted after Thursday’s dedication, and booths were set up for participants.
The booths included the Texas A&M Poultry Science Department, which
stirred baby chicks, and international A&M student organizations repre-
Tting such nations as Venezuela, Africa, China, India and Puerto Rico. A booth
toutthe Presidential Conidor offered information about the two presidential
'hries in Texas — the only state to have two. The booth also had information
tout the towns and historical monuments along Texas Highway 21.
Brenda Mills, a College Station resident and a day-care nurse, at-
Wed Community Day. She said although she waited for 30 minutes
'get into the library, it was worth it.
. “I feel so inspired after seeing all of the exhibits,” she said. “I bought one of
!e first-day, limited postcards of the library and had the artist autograph it.
fos was a wonderful experience. I will be coming back with my family.”
Bridgett Lawson, a freshman political science major, said she will be
Ending a lot of time in the library.
This library means a lot to me,” she said. “I think it is incredible
le path that led Bush to the White House. It makes me think that hard work
fo pay off.”
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re-created setting.
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The ‘47 Studebaker the Bushes drove
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Statues displaying uniforms of each of the
U.S. Armed Forces from Desert Storm.
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A mock-up of the White House in
Washington D.C.
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
When former President
George Bush was asked what he
thought of the George Bush Pres
idential Library and Museum, he
said it was an ego trip for him to
tour the library.
Those who tour the Bush Li
brary will understand why.
The library documents Bush’s
life from his first baby steps to his
last steps in the White House and
almost everything in between.
Dr. David Alsobrook, director
of the Bush Library, said the li
brary is designed to require little
explanation for visitors and be
“user-friendly.”
Visitors begin the tour by en
tering a 50-foot tall rotunda made
of limestone, marble and granite,
with a skylight above.
The first exhibit on the tour is
a brief film in the Orientation
Theater. The film features the
personal side of Bush as a man, a
husband and a father.
After the film, the tour leads
into the changing exhibit gallery,
which features rotating exhibits
from collections. During Novem
ber, the exhibit is about the life of
the Bushes after the Bush Ad
ministration.
The next area focuses on the
private life of the Bush family. Vis
itors can watch film footage of the
former president in an “interac
tive family scrapbook.” This area,
Alsobrook said, is designed to
look like visitors were walking
through a family’s attic.
The family area leads into the
life of Bush during World War II.
A replica of the TBM Avenger
Aircraft Bush flew as a Navy pi
lot is suspended from the ceiling
above a model of the USS San
Jacinto, the aircraft carrier from
which Bush flew a mission be
fore being shot down.
After World War II comes
Bush’s college career and mar
riage to Barbara Pierce in 1945.
Pictures of Bush at Yale Universi
ty and the baseball glove he wore
while playing there are displayed.
Also, a picture of Barbara and
George holding George Jr., the
governor of Texas, hangs on the
wall, along with a portrait of their
second child, Robin, who died of
leukemia in 1953.
In this area, a replica of the 1947
Studebaker Bush and Barbara
drove to Texas in is displayed.
As visitors leave the college
and marriage section, they enter
an area documenting Bush’s time
of public service and leadership.
Here, a 30-foot tall replica of the
Capitol Building leads visitors
through Bush’s time as a con
gressman to director of the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency.
The Vice Presidential and Presi
dential Years section follows. Mem
orabilia such as political buttons and
stickers are on display next to inter
active video about Bush.
A 30-foot tall replica of the
north facade of the White House
features a video wall document
ing a day in the White House.
The next historical section fea
tures a large piece of the Berlin Wall
surrounded by a wall that begins
black on one side and turns to gray,
then white. On the wall, pho
tographs showing the prominence
Bush had as the Cold War ended
and the Berlin Wall fell are displayed.
The Cold War section leads
into the Domestic Policy section,
which features Bush’s policies,
such as the Clean Air Act.
Please see Tours on Page 10.
Board opens seven
positions for PTTS
cooperation efforts
By Colleen Kavanagh
Staff writer
The Student Leader Advisory
Board (SLAB), a division of Stu
dent Government, has opened
seven positions on a student ad
visory committee to the Depart
ment of Parking, Traffic and
Transportation Services.
Laurie Nickel, SLAB chair and
a senior business analysis major,
said one of SLAB’S concerns is
parking on campus.
“At the beginning of the se
mester, SLAB vowed to work on
solving some of the parking
problems on campus,” she said,
“and we just wanted the student
body to know we are following up
with everything.”
Nickel said SLAB has a com
mittee that works with PTTS, but
SLAB wants to expand the com
mittee and recruit a variety of
students, not necessarily stu
dents involved in the Student
Government Association.
“Student Government has a
high turnover rate,” she said. “So
we hope to recruit students who
want to work on the parking issue
for an extended period of time and
help solve some of the problems.”
Nickel said SLAB has worked
with Mary Miller, associate vice
president for administration, to
set up the committee. Miller
will chair the committee; other
non-students on the commit
tee include the director, associ
ate director and other officials
of PTTS.
Miller said the committee
needs members who will rep
resent the student body and
help PTTS work on campus
parking problems.
Please see Board on Page 10.
lifestyles
West Campus community
garden educates students and
grows food for local charities.
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sports
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The Texas A&M
Football Team
qualified for a
bowl game with
its 38-10 win
over Baylor.
See Page 7
opinion
Cater: Confederate flag
faces conflict as symbol in
modern era.
See Page 9
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