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BY AMY CURTIS
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Foundation has
ated a new scholarship pro-
im, the Foundation Excellence
lard, to help attract minorities
,&M this fall.
Rose Ann M. Thomas, manager
Icommunications for the Texas
M Foundation, said the scholar-
p will be offered to under-repre-
ted groups, including minorities
|d students from economically-
d educationally-disadvantaged
as and backgrounds.
Thomas said the scholarship is a
at opportunity for the foundation
id the school and that many of
it sponsors did not want the
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“The title of the scholarship has
a dual meaning: the scholarship is
administered from the foundation,
and we are building a foundation
of excellence for these students,”
she said.
Thomas said the scholarship is
funded entirely by private persons or
corporations. She said this is the first
time the foundation has created and
administered this kind of scholar
ship. Thomas said the foundation
raises the funds for most scholar
ships at A&M, but the foundation is
entirely in charge of recruiting and
selecting the students for the Foun
dation Excellence Award scholarship
as well as raising the funds for it.
The 1996 Hopwood decision stat
ed public universities in Texas could
not consider race as a factor in
awarding financial aid. Thomas said
the foundation is a private, non-prof
it organization with its own board of
trustees and can therefore award
race-based scholarships.
Thomas said the foundation has
had feedback from some of the cor
porations that are sponsoring the
scholarship, and said the business
es support the scholarship and are
excited about it.
“They are very enthusiastic for
the opportunity to support this pro
gram,” Thomas said.
Thomas said the details of the
applications will be decided on by
the end of this month.
The scholarships will give $2,000
a year for up to four years, and 100
scholarships will be offered the first
year. Recipients will be selected by a
committee of foundation staff and
volunteers. After Nov. 30, prospec
tive applicants can view the appli
cation for the scholarship at www.
tamu. edu/foundation.
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Career fair promotes international fields
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The International Student As-
ociation is hosting its second In-
ernational Career Fair today in
he MSC Flagroom from 9 a.m. to
p.m.
Exxon International, Cam
bridge Technology and Hallibur-
on are some of the companies
hat will have representatives pre-
;ent at the fair.
Ping-Ya Hsu, vice president of
programming for ISA and a senior
nternational studies major, said
nany of the jobs are geared to
ward business and engineering
students, but urges all majors to
attend. Hsu said the job fair is an
opportunity for students who
have an interest in working for an
international company.
“The primary purpose of the
job fair was to bring companies
with an interest in hiring interna
tional students,” Hsu said.
Hsu said international students
have one year of practical training
in the United States after they
graduate. After that year, they
have to return to their native
country or the company can ex
tend their stay. Hsu said this is an
opportunity for some students to
find jobs in their countries while
still in school.
There will be a banquet after
the job fair at the Royer’s Cafe.
Tickets will be on sale at the job
fair for $8.
Roselyn Regina, vice president
of Public Relations for ISA and a
senior industrial engineering ma
jor, said the banquet provides an
opportunity for students to talk
with company representatives
one-on-one in an informal setting.
“This is a relaxed atmosphere
for students to meet with compa
ny representatives,” Hsu said.
Ten detainees'
hunger strike
marks 4th day
ARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Ten
detained immigrants were still re
fusing to eat Tuesday because de
portations to their hurricane-devas
tated countries have been put on
hold, and they cannot return.
The immigrants — eight Hon
durans and two Nicaraguans — say
they want to go home because they
are concerned about their families.
Hurricane Mitch swept through
Central America last month,
killing an estimated 10,000 peo
ple. The governments of El Sal
vador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and
Guatemala asked the U.S. to sus
pend deportations, said Alfonso
DeLeon, deputy district director
for the Immigration and Natural
ization Service in Harlingen.
The hunger protest began when
some detainees at the INS detention
center in Bayview, about 19 miles
east of Harlingen, refused to eat Sat
urday. Others joined the protest
throughout the weekend, reaching a
high of 53 Monday morning.
Among the protesters, one
Nicaraguan is being deported for
a criminal offense. The rest are il
legal immigrants. Only two pro
testers have received final depor
tation papers.
INS, which said it would not con
sider the protest a hunger strike un
less a person refused to eat for 72
hours, said four of those protesting
hit that mark by refusing their
evening meal Tuesday. Those de
tainees’ consulates were advised,
DeLeon said, and close monitoring
and recording of their conditions by
health officials began.
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