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Sasse said new students do not
want to live in non air-condi
tioned dorms that currently cost
$572 per semester.
Mack Thomas, the director of
Housing Assignments, said Walton
and Hart halls are filled predomi
nantly by upperclassmen and fresh
men who were assigned to the hall.
Hart Hall can hold 274 residents
but currently holds 259 residents.
Walton Hall can hold 336 residents
but currently holds 314 students.
Of those, 42 were assigned to the
hall due to lack of space in the oth
er residence halls.
During the summer, the Texas
A&M Physical Plant commissioned
a study within Walton and Hart halls
to determine the feasibility of adding
air-conditioning units and electrical
outlets within the residence halls.
Sasse said the Department of
Residence Life is reviewing the
plant’s study.
Residence Life is considering
opening up one or two of the 10
ramps that section the hall into
seperate units in Hart Hall to fe
male residents.
Tfavis Vice, a Hart Hall resident ad
viser and a junior mechanical engi
neering major, said he wants female res
idents to feel included in the activities.
“We do not want to stick them
on a ramp, and we don’t want
them to be secluded,” Vice said.
“We want to benefit both women
and current residents.”
Under the direction of Residence
Life, Vice said he will organize a com
mittee to facilitate changes made to
Hart Hall.
Anderson said the larger freshman
class adds more competition and pride
to being a part of the programming
committees.
“Every year I think the freshman
class gets more talented,” Anderson
said.
More freshmen were enrolled in the
Corps of Cadets this fall than have been
seen for 11 years. Last fall 648 freshmen
entered the Corps: This year’s number
jumped to 776 students enrolled. With the
total number of cadets that reported this
fall rising to 2,197, Major “Doc” Mills said
this increase in numbers will help the
Corps of Cadets reach its goal of an en
rollment of 2,600 cadets.
“It’s what we hope will be a trend in
recruiting for the Corps of Cadets,”
Mills said.
Kelly Garrity, deputy commander of
the Corps of Cadets and a senior jour
nalism major, said the quality of the
freshmen cadets has been evident
through their aspirations to get in
volved in student government.
“A lot of them are looking beyond
being fish,” Garrity said.
Tase Bailey, Corps of Cadets com
mander and a senior aerospace engi
neering major, said academically this
year’s freshmen are some of the best he
has seen.
The Panhellenic Council registered
776 rush participants, compared with
915 this fall.
Welch said that the large freshman
class gives organizations on campus
the opportunity to seek out the best
students to be involved with the
Sexual harassment conferen
focuses on proper procedui
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BY AMY CURTIS
The Battalion
groups’ activities.
Unlike other organizations on cam
pus, many student government com
mittees have actually seen a decrease
in numbers this year.
Dr. Ben Welch, director of the De
partment of Student Activities, said
the smaller numbers may imply that
those who have been applying for po
sitions with these committees are
more serious about involvement
in
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An African-American female par
ticipant from the Sigma Phi Beta
sorority said that everyone should get
to know members in the PanHellenic
system as individuals.
“You should not approach someone
in a fraternity or sorority just because of
their letters,” she said.
Another issue that was addressed
was the stereotyping of African-Ameri
cans. A male student said he felt he was
the victim of prejudice his freshman year
when he was issued a citation and
placed in the back of the police car for
jaywalking across University Drive.
A female participant encouraged ac
tion on the part of minorities.
“The best action that any minority can
take is by disproving these stereotypes,”
she said.
Several participants said non-
African-American students made
comments to the effect that the
African-American race was ignorant
and just attending the University be
cause of athletic scholarships.
Thomas responded to this comment.
“Whenever someone made that com
ment to me, I said that I was here because
I was valedictorian of my high school.”
In light of several U.S.
Supreme Court decisions re
garding sexual harassment, a
teleconference that connected
Texas A&M with several other
schools across the nation was
held to help faculty, students
and staff deal with the issue.
Kristin Harper, the associ
ate director of the Depart
ment of Student Life, said
that one of the important
points made at the confer
ence was the fact that there
are certain procedures for
cases of sexual harassment
that should be followed.
More than 100 people at
tended the conference which
covered the recent U.S.
Supreme Court decisions on
sexual harassment as well as
sexual harassment policies
that have succeeded.
The panelists who were be
ing broadcast from the Univer
sity of Vermont discussed ideas
other institutions have utilized
to improve their sexual harass
ment policies.
Harper said the policy in
formation presented at the
conference resembled the Stu
dent Rules on Sexual Harass
ment policy A&M has adopted.
Harper said the Students
Rules on Sexual Harassment
are reviewed and updated
every year.
Harper said one of the most
recent changes made to the
sexual harassment policy at
Texas A&M states that anyone
who thinks that they may have
been sexually harassed should
contact the dean of Faculties.
However, a clause exists in
that allows a person to contact
a “resource” persons such as
the director of the Department
of Student Life and the em
ployee-relations manager.
Kim Casey, interim employ
ee relations manager, said
some points made at the tele
conference regarding the im
portance of consulting with le
gal departments on campus
involved in sexual harassment
cases. Casey said another issue
addressed how administrators
were advised on how they
should interview employees
with complaints.
“Everyone really enjoyed
the teleconference. I thought
there was good information
presented,” Casey said.
Human Resources will be
revising and updating its sex
ual harassment brochure and
distributing it soon.
Patricia Schroeder,: .4
er at the teleconferenctH
that some people do r xu
mil sexual har^e-x / I 1
“Whenever a perse:W fi
their power over some ered hi
something despicable-j Sina
sexual harassment," s merits I
Verna Williams, ap; tne of t
at the teleconferencea:;| The
nior counsel at the N; nJor f
Women’s Law Center ifexm /
sexual harassment is: Vot Id t
of sexual discriminatioi
She said sexual hi
ment occurs when th
tions or behavior of soa
interferes with anindiv:
ability to completeai
receive an education.
She said a hostile e: toys a
ment can be one ir ■ndei
someone actively C : trehery
nates against someone e.-nce, bi
eluding groping and p:: >f enter
Another panelist, Ri'lC’n S
Fink, an attorney, saidar items
ual harassment polio von d
cover same-sex haro-Trchery
and protect men and v,-die h., a
Fink said that there-'||4 ar
be ways for people to rep;
cidents and that pc-
should have deadline
complaints and theinveq
tion of those complaint:
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