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E ARE THEY irts artists of the ’80s ~~ ■' made the treacherous fthe decade. ;ntr ,PA “ 3 THRASHER • Soccer player Nicky Thrasher has her sights set on the Olympics. SPORTS, PAGE 7 CHECK OUT THE BATTALION ONLINE http://battalion.tamu.edu THURSDAY September 24, 1998 Volume 105 • Issue 20 • 12 Pages iJmm '■s main eve rain by him* rather did ii Hie cold s ,e *' Hartme Inters, I'd h_- With thai: niversity of- art man feli- the warm* n track and wdrunnem In cross co. • idualiy - oss Counir. t a course' Invjiai The i i '1 • attahon 105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY A&M forfeits win over Louisiana Tech Armenia BRANDON BOLLOM/ I m Maitai ion rsity declares A&M senior running back jmarrlneligible for this season. BY JEFF WEBB The Battalion Texas A&M has forfeited its 28-7 victory over Louisiana Tech University because senior A&M running back D’Andre “Tiki” Hardeman has been declared ineligible by the University. / Hardeman was cleared for competition after grades were posted by the registrar’s office, but A&M officials discovered a clerical error. The error was not discovered until Harde man had played in the first two games of the season. Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Jim Oakes confirmed he received a call from A&M Athlet ics Director Wally Groff notifying him of the for- eit following the Aggie win over Louisiana Tech on Sept. 12 in which Hardeman scored three touchdowns. “I told him [Groff] that this is something we don’t take any delight in,” Oakes said. “It could happen at any school. We have the highest re spect for the Texas A&M athletics program, and this is something we don’t enjoy.” If Hardeman regains his academic eligibility before next season, he can apply to the NCAA for a “redshirt” season and, therefore, gain an extra year of eligibility. “I’m disappointed to learn that Tiki Hardeman will be ineligible for this season,” A&M Football coach R.C. Slocum said in a news release. “This is a loss for our team, and a big disappointment for this young man. Hopefully, he can turn this into a pos itive by rededicating himself in the class room and regaining his eligibility for next season.” With the win over Louisiana Tech nullified. the Aggies will need six more wins against Di vision I opponents to be eligible for a bowl berth. “Tm disappointed to learn that Tiki Hardeman will be ineligible for this season! - R.C. SLOCUM A&M FOOTBALL COACHX In the first two games of the season, Harde man rushed 24 times for 105 yards and four touchdowns. It at homt teammate; is with ictuallyitWi nior year,’ :er the >ach& g Harm country 1 next s uthland >s and Cros: is for He and Co, r the aci n his 'ceived ed trad Ison in a nsiderhi® e coschei said, nan cred® 1 1 his re| ■xperiencf f coacl# ded. arch for architecture an nears conclusion V PATRICK PEABODY , The Battalion MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion __ ^ Yiff er V an ' ,,a ,ce » takes the stage along with Run DMC, Jerry J li [Walker, Roger Creager and Pat Green at Tuesday night’s T ickoff. ?hi 's forsu® a Is ma^ :ounted J attheAs |f •ker pla Cf: ps Joh |! ’ ] era^ ng k’- search for a new dean for the tiild n J 0 f Architecture is nearing thisgj; don. lid, [ search began when former LeagU' / a it er Wendler stepped down ie ma) ng a position on President Ray /en’s Vision 20/20 project. It 1 is 6' 1 ' dally end on Friday when the er his an f s announced. orni? n Ron Douglas, executive vice .iliforfl mt anc } provost, began the iftheh; forThe dean last year, i-foot/, p llt together a selection i McC' ttee last fall,” Douglas said, I Johns 1 2 Conoley, Dean of Educa- ne, it " r as chosen to head the selec- Ic’Gwin mmittee. est hm ? received around 70 nomina- insoit )r the position,” Conoley said. >diip a ursued those by letters and ie. calls, and finally whittled it 'd for 0 o about half a dozen people.” ydist 011 toley said the applicants had a coufltjdnge of skills and experience. “I th 11 the finalists we had two nom- ; \iys "with doctorates,” Conoley said, t fasti 10 he test had master’s degrees, g on a cere from many different fields, r main goal was to find some- e r thstith administrative experience. r gunt^e were also looking for some- )7 (mF ith international experience, h),” tat also had people skills. We -yalothd someone that would be able keaftlf'the college to work towards a iqb^ion vision.” hoh^uglas said it was a very diffi- ire. Regents focus on land improyements cult to find a new dean for the Col lege of Architecture because it is dif ferent from other colleges. “In the College of Architecture, “In the College of Architecture, we put a lot of emphasis on architecture as a profession/' — Ron Douglas Executive vice president and provost we put a lot of emphasis on archi tecture as a profession,” Douglas said. “It is a constant balancing act between the academics and the pro fessional portions. We also have many research facilities, and we need a dean that is able to handle all of that. The dean also needs to be able to get input from the staff, fac ulty and other groups, and form a common goal to work towards.” “It was a tough decision,” Cono ley said. “We had a very strong group to choose from, we even had candidates from Hong Kong and Australia, and we brought more people back for the second inter view than we usually do.” BY AMANDA STIRPE The Battalion Texas A&M Board of Regents meeting will convene today at 1:30 p.m. and continue Friday at 8:30 a.m. in open session to dis cuss the 24 schools in the Texas A&M University System. The Board will hear motions on land improvements in Stephenville, Texas, parking lot de signs at the International Universi ty and it will choose design teams for the University Apartments Community Center and Easter- wood Airport improvements. The board will also decide if the Student Family Apartments System Program offers electronic library BY MEGAN WRIGHT The Battalion The Texas Text Exchange is a program which offers students with disabilities an online digi tal library of electronic texts at no charge. TTE is managed by Adaptive Technology Services, and mater ial used in the system is selected by student requests. David Sweeney, the coordinator of Adaptive Technology Services, is the founder of TTE. According to the program mission statement, the basic objectives of TTE include creat ing, administering and main taining an online digital library for students with disabilities; educating service providers for students with disabilities in the use of e-text; providing infor mation and training in the cre ation of e-text. see Texas Text on Page 6. Revenue Fund will receive an ap propriation of $2.5 million to re design the married-student housing apartments originally built in 1947. The plans may include the con struction of a community center. The Board will discuss the East- erwood Airport improvements that include increased lighting on the runway and improvements to the storm sewer, and other safety improvements to the runway and an extension of Taxi way H. The board is considering appropri ating $330,000 for the improvements. The regents will also review im provement plans to be made to oth er schools in the system and fall en rollment and admission requirements. Before the board convenes again at 5:30 p.m. the group will meet in a closed session about lit igation issues. The Committee on Finance will discuss appropriations for de ferred maintenance projects at Texas A&M and the report of ap propriations and go oyer a five- year fiscal plan for 1998-2002. The Committee on Academic and Student Affairs will meet Fri day to approve admission re quirements for the 1999-2000 aca demic year and rename the Microcirculation Research Insti tute at Texas A&M the Cardiovas cular Research Institute. Speech to encourage health communication BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion Dr. Richard Street, director of Pro grams in Leadership and Health Care policy at the Bush School of Covern- ment and Public Service and head of the speech communications depart ment, will present a lecture titled “The (Mis) Use of Interactive Media to Pro vide Health Services” at 7:30 tonight at the Clayton Williams Alumni Center. Street’s presentation will focus on how to take advantage of interactive media in health care and how health services can more effectively use media outlets. “Health clinics generally are there just to provide medical services for tlieir patients but are not used to providing health care promotion,” Street said. “This lecture is designed to get people involved in their health care by im proving health communication by us ing all the available media resources. ” The presentation will be divided into three different subtopics: the different types of applications, such as multimedia patient educa tion and telemedical consultation, that are available; why interactive media is not widely used in the health care industry; and the de velopment and implementation of health care promotion. Texas A&M College of Medicine and College of Rural Public Health have begun to incorporate this new technology. David Zawieja, associate professor in the College of Medicine, said the use of interactive media services is al most absolutely necessary to the Col lege of Medicine. “Students generally spend their first two years of medical school down here in class, and the last two years they usually go up to one of the clinics in Temple such as Scott & White,” Zawieja said. “So many times we have speakers down here [in Col lege Station] giving lectures or semi nars which are transmitted through the Trans Texas Video Network (TTVN) so those students and doctors up there can see the speaker and also ask questions at the same time.” The College of Rural Public Health is also using these technologies to aid its outreach programs. see Interactive on Page 6. passes Senate approval BY MEREDITH HIGHT The Battalion The Student Senate passed a resolution by secret ballot Wednesday night approving the appointment of Ben Ar menia, a sophomore elemen tary education major, to the position of vice president of Minority Student Affairs. It was the second time Ar menia had been through the approval process. Armenia applied for the position shortly after Student Body President Laurie Nickel was elected and Executive Vice President Brian Minyard was appointed in the spring. Armenia’s appointment was initially not approved. All other vice presidents that Minyard and Nickel ap pointed went before the nine member Appointment Approval Board and passed the required Senate two- thirds majority. “There was a 50/50 split on it. I continued to do the job even without the title. I worked all summer in Austin on it,” he said. Armenia was presented for approval again this fall. After a lengthy debate, the resolution was approved by 27 senators and disap proved by 13. Three senators abstained from the vote. Scott Davison, a junior biomedical science major, wrote the minority opinion of the Appointment Ap proval Board, and spoke at the meeting. “Armenia came into the in terview with an attitude of in difference and with the lack of a proactive stance,” he said. “The minority felt as though Mr. Armenia lacked factual support and true knowledge of minority con cerns and the efforts that Texas A&M has already tak en to increase diversity, ” the minority opinion stated. In other business, the Fish Aides for 1998-1999 were presented at the meet ing. The Fish Aides are as sistants to the Student Gov ernment Association. The Lupe Medina Bill passed with several changes. The bill’s goal is to reduce stu dent deaths resulting from drowsy driving by encourag ing hotels to offer discounts to students who are traveling late at night. A provision in the bill was changed so the minimum distance from the student’s home was reduced from a 75- mile radius to a 50-mile radius. A&M top feeder for Texas medical, dental schools BY BETH MILLER The Battalion Texas A&M does not of fer pre-medical, pre-law or pre-dental programs, but Aggies constitute a signif icant percentage of the students enrolled in Texas medical, law and dental schools. Anne Blum, director of the Office of Professional School Advising, said Texas A&M students have obtained a consistently high number of the limited enrollment positions avail able at these types of pro fessional schools this year and in recent years. A&M is the top feeder university for Texas dental and medical schools, and it is one of the top two feeders for law schools, she said. Blum said in order to en ter one of these types of professional schools, stu dents do not necessarily have to receive a degree from a pre-med, pre-law or pre-dental program. They must meet the course pre requisites, do well on the admissions tests, have a good grade-point ratio and do well in interviews. Blum said two of A&M’s academic strengths are the math and science programs offered. She said the pro fessional school advising office offers assistance to students wishing to pursue a career in medicine or law. Blum said she thinks A&M students have an ad vantage over students from other universities because of A&M’s emphasis on “the other education.” “I think now where Ag gies are striking the medi um is in ‘the other educa tion,”’ Blum said. “Schools are looking much more closely at volunteer work, community service (and) leadership in student orga nizations. Medical schools and dental schools are looking for people who re ally care about other peo ple.” She said two medical schools in Texas have changed their interview processes to focus only on extracurricular activities, rather than dividing the emphasis between grades and activities. see School on Page 6.