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IY THE SKIN OF HEIR TEETH , Agg/es creep past niveisity of Kansas 1 Hnv/cs, 24-21. 01 PORTS, PAGET BURNING DESIRE • Right to set fire to American flag still sparks debate among citizens. OPINION, PAGE 11 CHECK OUT THE BATTALION ONLINE http://battalion. tamu. edu MONDAY October 5, 1998 Volume 105 • Issue 27 • 12 Pages jroup aims to break itereotypes with program nonal them xas Inv is on A&M BY AMANDA STIRPE The Battalion Phi Beta Sigma fraternity will ■Portrait of the Black Male” ekjwhich began Sunday and will Hough Saturday with a variety ■ussions and events through- tthe week. ‘Portrait of the Black Male” was theme chosen by the fraternity. ; fraternity and sorority in Pan- ajic sponsors a week through- :the year to host events, lectures ■scussions. J] Garrett, chair of the MSC ick Awareness Committee and mber of Phi Beta Sigma frater- said the week will promote fraternity. “It will promote what we stand ’’Garrett said. “The week will play ■rent sides of the black man.” Garrett said he hopes the lec- Rand discussions will be posi- ? for African- American men. It will show our versatility and ;fully break stereotypes and js that have been around for a Jme,” Garrett said, le week started Sunday with a |js service. Today Phi Beta Sig- host a discussion between -American males about the status of black men in today’s society. Tuesday a relationship forum will discuss what students can improve, and Wednesday a self-image discus sion is planned. Thursday the fra- “The week will play at different sides of the black man” — Joel Garret Chair, Black Awareness Committee and Phi Beta Sigma member ternity will host a presentation on jazz music and its origins called “All That Jazz.” There will be a party at the Student Recreation Center, and the week will end with a barbecue Saturday before the Texas A&M-Ne- braska football game. “Portrait of the Black Male” is not exclusive to men. All students are invited to attend the events dur ing the week. More information about the week or the fraternity is available on their Website at http://stu- act.tamu.edu/stuorgs/pds. emei roups hope clothing jiows Aggie unity BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion ..Maroon Out, a project spon- AU ' t fd by the class councils, will pen this Saturday at the Texas [Nebraska football game, je goal of the event is to get Aggie to wear maroon to the fell game on Oct. 10. |e class councils already have Jd 15,000 Maroon Out T-shirts |have 10,000 more available, e Shirts will be on sale this week ®0 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC, pry, Commons and the Wehn- puilding. They will also be avail- I Ilm game day for $5. -* Kyle Valentine, Maroon Out di- B -tor and Class of ’00 President, I Ijidhe advises students to get their 1I|| as early as possible in case H are not any left. Valentine iBcommunity merchants are fffWafe of the Maroon Out project |jre keeping a lot of maroon T- in stock. roon Out has the support of s organizations on campus in- g the Student Government As- ion, the 12th Man Foundation, [thletics Department, Corps of s and the Greek community, lentine said the Association of ■er Students is also involved ■ expects high participation jershifN alumni. 1 am predicting that we will ]0in ive 99-100 percent participation r-TraDfl’T 0 alumni,” he said. Tara Toliver, Class of ’00 secre- T ei ‘ h " 17, said in a press release there 'DistJCf benefits that will result from Maroon Out this event. “One of the benefits is that we will be bringing together current students as well as former students for a common cause,” she said. “Other benefits include an electric atmosphere leading up to and dur ing the game and incredible pub licity for Texas A&M across the community, state and nation.” Valentine said Kyle Field holds 62,000 people, and they are expect ing 4,000 to 5,000 Nebraska fans. “Therefore,” Valentine said, “there should be 57,000 Aggies all wearing maroon.” Toliver said it is important to reemphasize the main purpose of the event. “The purpose of this event is to unite all Aggies and our spirit,” she said. “We are not attempting to cre ate a new tradition. The creation of a tradition is completely up to the desires of the entire student body.” Sasse: women want low-rent option • Hart residents meet to discuss future ofhalVs all-male status. BY AMANDA SMITH The Battalion Residents of Hart Hall will meet with Ron Sasse, director of Resi dence Life, tonight to consider the department’s proposal to provide women with an opportunity to live in Hart Hall. The meeting will be held at 10:30 p.m. in the Hart Hall lounge. Sasse said a study conducted among on-campus residents last spring showed women were inter ested in a low-rent, non air-condi tioned housing option. Residence Life is considering opening up one or two of the 10 ramps in Hart Hall for female res idents interested in a low-rent housing option. Tfravis Vice, a Hart Hall resident adviser and a junior mechanical engineering major, will lead a committee to review the inclusion of women in Hart Hall. The ten tative committee will include cur rent Hart Hall residents and women interested in a low-rent housing option. “We are not fighting (women moving into Hart Hall),” Vice said. “We want to find something that will be beneficial for the current residents and the female residents. ” Hart and Walton halls are the only two non air-conditioned dorms on campus and currently cost $572 per semester. The lowest-priced housing option available for women is the balcony dorms, which cost $970 a semester. More than 100 Walton Hall resi dents met Tuesday with Residence Life to discuss adding air condition ing to the hall, which would increase the housing fee for Walton residents. If air conditioning was added to Walton Hall, Hart Hall would be the only non air-conditioned dorm on campus. Sasse said there is no longer de mand for two non air-conditioned facilities. Hart Hall can hold 274 resi dents but currently holds 259 res idents. Walton Hall can house 336 residents but currently houses only 314 residents. see Hart on Page 2. Rolling on MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion Thomas Faulk (far right), a junior construction science major, leads other posts in unloading Bonfire logs at stack site Sunday evening. Faulk is junior redpot coordinator for Aggie Bonfire. March targets prayer, not protest BY JENNIFER JONES The Battalion Community members lined the pews of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and filled the streets of Bryan yesterday to celebrate Re spect for Life Month. The celebration began at 1 p.m. at St. Anthony’s with a prayer gath ering and was followed by a 3.7- mile Eucharistic procession down East 29th Street to the site of the new Planned Parenthood women’s reproductive health clinic. Rev. David Konderla, associate director of campus ministry at St. Mary’s Catholic Center in College Station, said the event was a time for reflecting on the meaning of life. “This is not a time of protest but of prayer,” he said. Konderla said about 150 people were present at the prayer service, and by the time they reached the Planned Parenthood site, the num ber had doubled. At the prayer gathering. Rev. Steve Kana of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Bryan said the event was a way to express a mes sage of life, not through protesting but through prayer and reflection. “What we face in society to day is a spiritual battle,” he said. “Today we gather together, not with posters or billboards, but with the most powerful [symbol] ... the Eucharist.” The Eucharist in the Catholic Church is consecrated bread and wine. Since the Eucharist is not seen as a symbol for the body of Jesus Christ but believed to be the actual body of Christ once blessed, the procession carried Je sus to the clinic. Jan Wooderson, a resident of Bryan, said the procession was an expression of faith. “The procession is a prayerful statement of the sacredness of life,” she said. Although the event was not a direct protest against the construc tion of a new Planned Parenthood facility in Bryan, the procession still carried a pro-life message. Peter Durkin, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, said he did not have a problem with the march. “Planned Parenthood believes in participatory democracy,” he said. “If people have different opinions, that is fine as long as it remains peaceful and prayerful.” see March on Page 2. NEWS IN BRIEF Co-op career fair set to begin today The Co-op Career Fair be gins today with representa tives from 56 companies and offers prospects for summer internships and jobs after graduation. The career fair is located in the Zachry Engineering Center lobby. It will run today and to morrow 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The companies visiting offer a variety of options for all un dergraduates: scholarships and fellowships will be offered and information about confer ences, seminars and other ca reer fairs will also be given. Offers for permanent jobs are available as well as sum mer internships, research po sitions and co-ops. Graduate and undergradu ate students can bring their re sumes with them to the fair and register with the Career Center. Bowens show thanks with BBQ BY MEGAN WRIGHT The Battalion Texas A&M University Presi dent Ray Bowen and his wife, Sally Bowen, are hosting a bar becue for students on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. Last spring, a similar event was held and proved a success to coordinators. Jonathan P. Kraatz of the Of fice of University Relations said the purpose of the event is to allow students to voice their opinions. “President Bowen and the others want to hear what stu dent have to say and what their concerns might be,” Kraatz said. Due to limited space, stu dents will be selected after reg istering at different spots around campus. Students can use a registra tion box located in East Bizzell Hall or register via the Internet at the address http://tibble.tamu.edu/freebbq. Deadline for entry is today, and 100 students will be select ed and notified by Oct. 6. Bowen and other University officials will serve the barbecue as a way of expressing their ap preciation of the students. “We want to meet as many students as possible, and we welcome the opportunity to learn firsthand of any specific concerns or issues that we need to be addressing,” Bowen said. Entertainment will be provid ed by Fade to Black, a student dance group, and improvisation- al comedy performances by Freudian Slip. Olympics offer international students chance to compete BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion Pie International Students Association ■Olympics ’98 opening ceremonies and ■round of tournaments were held this weekend. |The opening ceremonies began with a Me of the 32 participating countries car- 1 % their flags followed by several guest takers, among whom included Texas PtM Tennis Team champion Monica Ru- ielo. ! Some of the sports scheduled for the Olympics include golf, bowling, badminton, tennis, basketball and chess. The soccer tournament concluded this weekend with Spain taking first place and Africa taking the runner-up position. Alejandro Nieto, an international student from Spain and a fire investigator profes sional and student in the fire training divi sion, said competition was not the main fo cus of the game. “We do not play just to become champi ons,” Nieto said. “We play as though we are all brothers, both our teammates and our opponents. The important thing that every one has to remember in all these competi tions during these Olympics is that every one plays from the heart.” Edward Bucktron, director of the Mini- Olympics, an international student from Panama and a senior electrical engineering major, said all students benefit from the Olympics. “There is a lot of interaction that goes on and all the competitors get to meet every body and learn about different cultures,” he said. “A lot of friendships develop from here as well.” Bucktron said he would like to have spectators other than international students come out to the various events. “Even though this is the international Olympics, I would like to have support from the University,” he said. “Just by coming and watching, students can learn a lot about different cultures as well.” Ping-Ya Hsu, vice president of programs for ISA and a senior international studies major, said the main goal of the Olympics is to unite the international students. “Our main goal is to help students achieve cultural unity through the world of sports,” Hsu said. MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion George Stewart, a freshman agricultural engi neering major from Costa Rica, blocks an at tempt on a goal. Stewart is playing in the Inter national Student Association’s Mini-Olympics.