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September 10, 1998
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Texas A&M on-campus bus assigned to the Howdy route collided with a female bi-
clist at approximately 3:35 p.m. Wednesday at the corner of Olsen Boulevard and
hn Kimbrough Road. A dispatcher for the University Police Department said no in-
ies were reported at the scene of the accident.
Senate opens 51st session
Lupe Medina bill presentation gets sorrowful reaction as family looks on
BY AMANDA STIRPE
The Battalion
Many tears were shed when the Lupe
Medina Bill for driving safety was pre
sented to the Student Senate meeting
Wednesday night.
Lupe Medina was planning to gradu
ate from A&M in December, but died
April 23 while driving to College Station
from Huntsville late that night falling
asleep at the wheel.
Rob Ferguson, Northside senator, pre
sented the bill to Senate with Medina’s
mother and sister present.
“I saw him before my senate meeting
that night and he said ‘Go and make a
difference for Northside’. That night he
died,” Ferguson said.
The Lupe Medina Bill will have a na
tional impact on students driving late at
night. Super 8 and Hampton Inn motels
have agreed to give students discounted
rates for nighttime travel, especially dur
ing holidays. The National Sleep Foun
dation supports the bill and has pro
posed the use of the A&M bill as an
example to prevent drowsy driving.
“55 percent of fall-asleep victims are 25
years old and younger. 78 percent are
males,” Ferguson said.
The 51st session of the Student Senate
received a visit from Sen. Steve Ogden, R-
Bryan. Ogden, a former A&M student,
said he respects the students and enjoys
representing the area and the school.
“You fire me up,” Ogden said. “I have
pride representing the students and A&M. ”
Student Senate voted unanimously
to accept Dr. Ben Welch as Director of
Student Activities.
The Northgate Safety Crisis Resolution
passed senate unanimously. Recently,
Asian and Indian students have complained
to officials about racial harassment at the
Northgate area on many occasions.
“This is a serious safety hazard that
warrants further investigation and, if
possible, a quick solution,” said the Sen
ate in a statement.
A meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tlies-
day to decide what should be done to re
solve the issue.
Other bills, such as the Adopt a Fu
ture Aggie Program and an e-mail dis
claimer bill, were sent to the External
Affairs Committee.
University Square maintains towing
practices despite Albertson’s closing
BY BETH MILLER
The Battalion
Students who park their
cars in the University Square
shopping center parking lot
on the corner of University
Drive and College Avenue
may return to find themselves
in need of a ride home.
A-l Wrecking Service, in
conjunction with Stalworth
Corporation, has been towing
cars from the parking lot since
it was built in 1970.
Jack Culpepper, CEO of Stal
worth Corporation, said it will
continue to do so as long as
unauthorized parking persists.
Culpepper said the cars are
towed as the last step of a
strategic process. A spotter is
positioned in the lot as cars
arrive and leave throughout
the day. The spotter watches
each person exit his car and
leave for his destination. If he
does not enter one of the
stores or restaurants, A-l
Wrecking Service is called,
and the car is towed.
Barry Felkner, operations
manager of A-l Wrecking Ser
vice, said a majority of stu
dents parking in the Universi
ty Square parking lot have
permits to park at A&M, but
they park in the lot because
there are no spaces available
on campus.
“People think since it is a
big lot close to campus they
can park there, but when you
have 200 to 300 people there
every day, it creates a big
problem,” Felkner said.
Felkner said he has seen
no change over the years in
the number of tows.
“Nineteen years ago I got
into the towing business and
maintained that lot,” Felkner
said. “It’s the same every year. ”
Alicia LaRosa, owner of
Alicia’s, a restaurant in the
University Square shopping
center, said she has not no
ticed much towing this se
mester, but she expects it to
pick up soon.
Culpepper said Stalworth
Corporation makes no mon
ey from the tows.
“Our customers have to
have those (parking) places
for their businesses. They are
the priority,” Culpepper said.
According to Larry Hask
ins, Culpepper’s attorney, Al
bertson’s, which used to be
located in University Square,
continues to hold its lease,
and future plans for the prop
erty are under consideration.
One possibility is that Al
bertson’s will reopen as a gro
cery store and focus on the
students as the major market,
carrying more products de
manded by students.
)enig heads back to A&M
llowing tragic accident
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MEGAN WRIGHT
The Battalion
May 18, 1996, life
ed for Toby Boenig.
mig. Class of ’96 and
er student body pres-
went on a tubing trip
riends near his home
ion and was involved
accident that left him
zed.
anig said doctors
not optimistic about
ndition at the time of
cident.
y doctors said that
lucky if I would ever
ie to touch my nose,
me walk or live any
if normal life that I
sed to,” Boenig said,
a road to recovery has
t long one for Boenig.
s gone slowly but
Boenig said. “It
ne two months to be
o sit in a wheelchair
ut passing out, and
o five months to be
o feed myself.”
enig has been work-
the office of Services
Brandon Bollom/The Battalion
Toby Boenig, former student body president, suffered an
injury two years ago that left him paralyzed. He currently
is working to offer online texts to handicapped students,
for Students With Disabili- part, and Boenig’s goal is
ties in Hart Hall for the past
two months, where he has
been expanding a program
called Texas Text Exchange.
The Texas Text Ex
change is a program de
signed to transfer college
textbooks to computer
software and make it avail
able online for disabled
students who attend par
ticipating universities.
At the moment, there
are 20 universities taking
NEWS IN BRIEF
to have as many as 70 us
ing the exchange program.
Texas Text Exchange
has provided Boenig with
opportunities to interact
with people outside of his
rehabilitation.
“I’ve been less physical
ly active than I have been.
I’ve spent two years rehabil
itating and I can walk a lit
tle. But now I’ve got a great
feeling of productivity, and
I’m around people again.”
ustments made to
y bus route
Operations is changing the Howdy
hich will now travel along Olsen Boule-
ut will not turn into the Rec Centert.
ry Jackson, Bus Operations manag-
d changing the stop will improve the
f the route.
Program addresses
gender roles in classes
Gender Issues Education Services and the
Women’s Studies Program will host the sec
ond in a series of discussions about women’s
issues today. The topic for this week’s dis
cussion is “Classroom Climate.” It will be
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 321YMCA.
Twain attracts diverse crowd to Reed
BY AARON MEIER
The Battalion
“Are you ready Aggies? ”
That was the question Canadian country singer Shania
Twain asked as she opened the first major concert to be held
at Reed Arena.
Twain played to a widely diverse audience with small
children dancing in the front row standing next to elderly
women tapping their feet to the multi-platinum selling artist.
Twain was supported by a wide variety of musicians and
backup singers. Eight men and one woman joined her on
stage playing traditional country instruments such as the
fiddle and acoustic guitar, but adding the contemporary
sounds of electronic keyboards and drum synthesizers.
The look of the concert was also contemporary, with the
drummer wearing ski goggles and a 12th Man football jersey
and Twain wearing platform sneakers and black vinyl pants.
At one point in the concert. Twain brought Debbie Lucas,
a senior animal science major, onto the stage. Lucas said she
wanted to remain a back up singer, but at Twain insistence,
Lucas sang solo and had the audience applauding as she sang
her own rendition of Twain’s hit song, “The Woman In Me.”
Other local guests included nine members of the
Singing Cadets who accompanied Twain as she sang “God
Bless The Child.” The proceeds from the song are donat
ed to charity.
“I’ve known what it is like to go to school without
lunch and come home and not have dinner, and a lot of
times people forget that people like that are out there,”
Twain said.
Immediately following the Singing Cadets, Twain
brought out 12-year-old Katie Austin to perform a song.
Twain said that at every stop on the tour she has a local
youth sing, so that they may have a chance in the music
business.
“I started singing when I was eight,” Twain said. “And
I remember how hard it is to break into the business at
such a young age.”
Twain alternated between upbeat songs such as “You
Win My Love,” and “Whose Bed Have You Boots Been
Under,” and slower romantic ballads like “You’re Still The
One,” which is in contention for Best Female Video at
tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards.
Twain thanked the audience for supporting her on her
first tour, even though she has been on the national mu
sic scene for seven years.
The show concluded with Twain disappearing through
a hole in the stage and reappearing later riding in on a
podium carried by several men.
Mike Fuentes/The Battalion
Shania Twain sings at last nights performance in Reed Arena. The con
cert was the first major concert to be held in the newly-opened facility.