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BY AMANDA SMITH
The Battalion
ee Kuan Yew, former prime min-
of Singapore, answered ques-
is from Texas A&M students and
ity Thursday in the George Bush
idential Conference Center.
Jew, now the senior minister of
lepublic of Singapore discussed
outheast Asian nation, its place
ie world economy, its evolution
the information age and the eco-
ic crisis in Asia.
ormer President George Bush
[oduced Yew, who resigned in
0 after serving eight terms as
Singapore’s prime minister.
“Lee Kuan Yew is known, not
only to Asia, but across to the
whole world as one of the bright
est statesman to come along in a
long, long time,” Bush said. “His
country is small but his reach, in
terms of respect and experience,
is long.”
Un Tat Chan, president of the
Singapore Students Association and
a senior finance major, said Yew
brought stability to Singapore and
gained a positive reputation for his
relations with other Asian countries.
“Sometimes people think of Yew
as the Henry Kissinger of Asia,”
Chan said. “He is still influential in
Asia. He brought Singapore where it
is today. He had a vision of what Sin
gapore would be like in the future. ”
Yew became prime minister in
1959 at the age of 35, and was the
first prime minister elected when
Singapore gained its independence
from Malaysia.
T.H. Kwa, a graduate professor
of international business studies,
said Yew has been influential in
opening Singapore’s doors to trade
and technology.
see Singapore on Page 2.
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BY PATRICK PEABODY
The Battalion
The Corps of Cadets will
Id its Fall Military Review to-
^ at 5 p.m. at Gen. Ormond
^Simpson Drill Field.
Maj. Gen. M. T. “Ted” Hop-
d will be the reviewing officer.
Gen. Donald Johnson,
uty commandant of the
rps pf Cadets, said the review
mportant for the cadets as a
rt of their military training.
Tase Bailey, Corps comman-
|f, said the review is an op-
rtunity for members of the
rps of Cadets to be evaluat-
and rewarded for their
Ihievements.
“It is one of the only times
get the entire Corps togeth-
” Bailey said. “It also allows
to have our form and disci-
ne reviewed, as a group. It
o allows us the opportunity
present awards to different
its and cadets. ”
The J.J. Sanchez Award will
presented to the unit with
highest recruiting and re-
tion rates. The award was
med for Sanchez, who died
an automobile accident,
nchez’s family will be in at-
dance at Fall Review.
The Wofford Cain Boots and
her Awards will be present-
at the review. Cash awards
11 be presented to outstand-
! juniors and seniors to be
ed toward the purchase of
eir boots and sabers. An
ard will also be presented to
unit with the highest acad-
ic average.
Bailey said it is good to have
e review on a home football
me weekend.
“We always try to plan the re-
[ew on a home football-game
ekend,” Bailey said. “I think
|at review can help attract new
embers to the Corps. Families
me to the game and usually
me and watch the review also. ”
Corps honors
four former cadets
BY KRISTIN STOCKTON
The Battalion
The lifetime achievements of four
former cadets will be recognized Sat
urday as Texas A&M inducts them
into the Corps Hall of Honor.
The commemoration will be held
at 9 a.m. in the Sam Houston
Sanders Corps Center on campus.
The late John Hill Jr., Class of ’44;
the late Kenneth R. Huddleston, Class
of ’50; Clayton W. Williams, Class of
’54; and Edward C. “Pete” Aldridge,
Class of ’60 will be honored.
Each year a committee meets
with Maj. Gen. M.T. “Ted” Hopgood,
commandant of the Corps of Cadets,
to select four former cadets to be in
ducted into the Corps Hall of Honor.
Lt. Col. Keith Stephens, director of
the Corps of Cadets Center, said the
committee selects people based on
the examples they have set and con
tributions they have made to A&M.
“Each individual’s life and ca
reer exemplifies the high standards
Earth satellite
station comes
to campus
BY MEGAN WRIGHT
The Battalion
Equipment from New Orleans
arrived on campus yesterday for
the construction of a satellite
earth station.
The company PetroCom donat
ed the equipment to be used by the
Department of Engineering tech
nology as a laboratory for its stu
dents. The satellite equipment was
installed at the southwest corner of
the Thompson Building.
Pierre Catala, a senior lecturer in
engineering technology and indus
trial distribution, was on site during
the installation.
“This is the first earth station on
a campus, that I know of, that is
used only for the students and
classroom procedures,” Catala
said. “It is strictly educational.”
and qualities we emphasize in the
Corps of Cadets,” he said.
The Corps Hall of Honor, which
was established in 1994, currently
has 24 members.
Hopgood said in a press release,
“Induction into the Hall of Honor is
the highest tribute we in the Corps of
Cadets can pay to our graduates.
These individuals demonstrate to to
day’s cadets just how far the values
we teach can take someone. ”
Hill graduated from Texas A&M
with a degree in civil engineering.
He worked for Gifford-Hill & Co. of
Dallas for more than 40 years. He
was selected as a Texas A&M Dis
tinguished Alumnus in 1994.
Huddleston obtained his degree
in petroleum engineering and later
became the senior vice president of
Pennzoil and the president of
Proven Properties Inc. He also
served as the vice chair for the
Corps Development Council.
see Honors on Page 2.
Story hour
BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion
Barbara Bush, reads Is Your Mamma a Llama? by Deborah Glari-
no to a group of children Thursday afternoon at the Texas A&M
University Children’s Center.
Oratorical contest aims
to find enrollment solution
JAKE SCHRICKLING/The Battalion
Mike Taylor, a senior telecommunica
tions engineering technology major,
sands the new satellite earth station
that is being mounted between
Thompson and Fermier Halls.
The estimated value of the equip
ment is $115,000, and Catala said co
ordinators of the effort have been
working since early February to ac
quire the satellite.
see Satelute on Page 2.
BY NONI SRIDHARA
The Battalion
The Committee for the Aware
ness of Mexican-American Cul
ture and the MSG Black Aware
ness Committee held the “What’s
the Word” oratorical contest last
night, which dealt with finding a
way to increase minority enroll
ment at Texas A&M. Minority en
rollment has dropped as a result
of the Hopwood decision.
Kristal Stovall, a sophomore
journalism major, presented a
poem titled “Hopwood” preceding
her speech.
The poem began “A word that
evokes anger and dissension yet
a topic that deserves and desires
our attention. It isn’t something
we should be afraid to mention,
but instead we discuss working
on retention.”
The contest featured eight con
testants who presented a variety of
platforms to develop new recruit
ing techniques to enhance minor
ity enrollment. The students were
judged by content and delivery of
their speeches. The first, second
and third place winners were
awarded scholarships of $1,000,
$500 and $250 respectively.
Tamara James, third place
winner and a senior biology ma
jor, presented a platform titled
“Operation: Enhancing Diversi
ty.” James divided her platform
into recruiting techniques and
majority-minority relations.
James said as far as recruiting is
concerned, minority students
should recruit from their high
schools and surrounding areas.
“We also need to give present
students some kind of incentive to
get involved in such recruiting ef
forts,” James said. “For example, if
a current student recruits 20 stu
dents, they will be given a $500
book stipend, [if] they recruit 60
students they increase that to a
$1,000 scholarship, and so on.”
James said there should be a
mandate for all student organi
zations to go through a course
addressing cultural sensitivity.
The second place winner was
Anthony Edwards, a biomedical
science major. Edwards presented
a platform called “ Project Matric
ulation: Attracting Black and His
panic Students.”
see Contest on Page 2.
‘resident opens doors for student concerns
BY MEGAN WRIGHT
The Battalion
Approximately 60 people stopped by
s A&M University President Dr.
M. Bowen’s office in Rudder Tow-
Wednesday during an open house
9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to discuss con-
is, ideas or to introduce themselves
Bowen.
Bowen said students who stopped in
not bring much negative criticism.
“For the most part, people aren’t
hging complaints,” Bowen said. “A
of topics are coming through here to-
Und these students just want to dis-
ssthem. Issues like the racial climate.
the recent Hopwood discussions and
even the construction of Kyle Field.”
Bowen said his office likes to host
open houses.
Along with events sirhilar to this,
Bowen said he sees students through
out the year when they have questions
or concerns.
“I have an open-door policy,”
Bowen said. “If somebody needs to talk
to me, I am here. I don’t think that stu
dents realize this.”
Bowen also uses e-mail to keep in
contact with the student body.
“I get a lot of e-mail from students,
and I spend time responding to them
throughout the day,” Bowen said.
“For me the best part of these func
tions is that I get meet various stu
dents,” Bowen said. “I work everyday
with the student leaders and don’t get
many chances to interact with a broad
spectrum of students.”
Afinju Oja McDowell, sophomore
manufacturing engineering technology
major, said he enjoyed meeting Bowen.
“I wanted an opportunity to meet
Dr. Bowen,” McDowell said. “He is
good representative of school leader
ship with events like this. It really
boosts Jiiis irpage as more than just an
unknown administrator; he is a men
tor to the students when he is avail
able like this.”
JAKE SCHRICKLING/The Battalion
Dr. Ray Bowen discusses campus topics with Afinju Oja
McDowell, a sophomore manufacturing engineering tech
nology major, during Bowen’s open house Thursday.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Southerland: survey
offers helpful hints
The results of a racial climate sur
vey were presented yesterday to Dr.
J. Malon Southerland, vice president
of the Department of Student Affairs.
Southerland met with Dr. Sylvia
Hurtado of the University of Michi
gan, chief investigator for the sur
vey, to discuss the results.
“We have received it (the survey)
and had an excellent conversation
with Dr. Hurtado,” he said.
“We’re very pleased with the
work that she’s done and look for
ward to using it to help us with stu
dent affairs.”
Southerland said the document
will be ready for general distribution
within two to three weeks. Souther
land said he is “pretty confident”
the executive summary of the sur
vey will be displayed on the World
Wide Web.
College of Ed
hosts open house
The College of Education will
host its first open house this week
end to allow students to meet fac
ulty and find out about opportuni
ties within the college.
The open house will be held from
8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Harrington
Education Center and will be open
to the public. In addition to the open
house at Harrington, representa
tives from the Health and Kinesiol
ogy Department will be available at
Steed Research and Conditioning
Laboratory to answer students’
questions about health education.
Resource tables, demonstra
tions of distance learning, which in
cludes classes offered over the In
ternet and teleconferencing, and a
poster presentation of graduate
student research will be available
at the open house.
The Staff Advising Council will
also host “Dunk the Deans,” a
fundraising event, from 10 a.m. to
noon. Carr said associate deans
and department heads will partici
pate in the dunking booth, and the
event will provide an opportunity for
students to get to know faculty in a
casual environment.
Lunch honors
outstanding alumni
The Outstanding Alumni Awards
Dinner, hosted by the Lowry Mays
College of Business and Graduate
School, honored former students
Randy Matson, Steve Letbetter and
Jerry Cox for their outstanding busi
ness achievements Thursday night.
Pam Wiley, communications offi
cer for the College of Business, said
the awards dinner is an annual
event to recognize accomplish
ments in alumni’s careers.
“It’s for people who have really
made some major accomplish
ments in their professional ca
reers,” Wiley said.
She said honorees are chosen
every year through a nominations
process.
The dinner was held at the Peb
ble Creek Country Club.
Women’s chorus
preps for concert
The Texas A&M Women’s Cho
rus, in celebration of its 20th an
niversary, is performing a benefit
concert Saturday.
The chorus performs regularly
throughout the academic year,
but this will be the first benefit
concert it wil host. All proceeds
will go to Phoebe’s Home, a shel
ter that provides services to
abused women and children in
the Brazos Valley.
The concert will be at 12:30
p.m. in the MSC Board of Regents
Courtyard. Tickets are $7, and the
cost includes a barbecue lunch.