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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
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MONDAY
October 5, 1998
Volume 105 • Issue 27 • 12 Pages
jroup aims to break
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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.