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December 7, 1998
Volume 105 • Issue 70 • 12 Pages
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JAKE SCHRICKLING/Thf Battalion
Texas A&M football players and coach R.C. Slocum celebrate after a double-overtime win against Kansas State in the Big
XII Cliampionship.
BY JEFF SCHMIDT
AND JEFF WEBB
The Battalion
iDuring this year’s Bonfire,
lad yell leader Brandon Neff
pitioned the “1939” written on
front of his overalls, a tribute
the season that produced
<as A&M’s only college foot-
national championship.
[That year A&M edged out Tu-
Jie University in that season’s
jgar Bowl, 14-13.
]With A&M’s victory over then
1-ranked Kansas State Univer-
(according to the USA Today
ll/ESPN) Saturday, the No. 8 Ag-
ts (11-2, 8-1) received an invita-
In to return to the scene of their
ghest football achievement to
play No. 3 Ohio State University on
New Year’s Day.
“We’re as ex
cited as we can
be to go to the
Sugar Bowl,”
A&M coach R.
C. Slocum said.
“I think our fans
will really enjoy
the experience.
It’s a great hon
or for us to go
there.”
A&M clinched a spot in the
Bowl Championship Series with its
36-33 double-overtime win over K-
State, tire highest-ranked victim in
school history.
In the Sugar Bowl, A&M will
SLOCUM
play an Ohio State team that was
ranked No. 1 for nine weeks, but
suffered a loss at home to Michigan
State University, a team that had a
4-4 record entering the game.
That loss dropped the Buck
eyes in The Associated Press and
the USA Today/ESPN Polls.
Despite this, Ohio State
coach John Cooper said the
Buckeyes could make a case for
the Fiesta Bowl — the bowl that
actually determines the nation
al championship.
Slocum said he has great re
spect for the Buckeyes’ program.
“There’s not a more consistent
program in college football year in
and year out,” he said.
Slocum used the possibility of
playing in the Sugar Bowl as moti-
STEWART
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“Walking With the Presi
dents” is an exhibit featur
ing prominent African-Ameri
can political figures in black
and white photographs. The
exhibit, in the MSC Visual
Arts Gallery, continues
through February.
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BY AMANDA STIRPE
The Battalion
‘Walking With the Presidents,” an exhibit in the MSC
sual Arts Gallery, chronicles prominent African-Ameri-
n political figures through black and white photographs.
The exhibit, which is a collaborative effort of the
SC Visual Arts Committee, MSC Black Awareness
immittee and MSC Political Forum, is inspired by a
>ok Walking With Presidents — Louis Martin and the
e of Black Political Power.
The committees contacted presidential libraries and ob-
.ed 24 photographs of African-American political figures
ich as Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Bunch, Louis Martin
d Mary McCloud Bethune. Each photo is accompanied
l a detailed description of the event and an explanation
why the individuals were chosen for the exhibit.
Erin Peterson, chair of the Visual Arts Committee and
junior international studies major, said the exhibit has
‘ceived positive feedback since its opening Nov. 23.
Kelly Dees, external relations director for Visual Arts
ERIC NEWNAM/The Battalion
Committee and a sophomore biomedical science and ge
netics major, said the exhibit shows the political influ
ence of African-Americans.
“The purpose is to use the medium of photo to show
the influence of black people within the presidential fo
rum,” Dees said. “People are excited to see it because it
offers a different presentation. ”
Dees said she is excited the three committees
came together to form the exhibit.
“It is a unique opportunity for the groups to put on
this project,” Dees said. “It is a good way to introduce
the events through art.”
Joel Garrett, chair of BAG and a senior management
major, said the exhibit shows the strides African-Amer
icans have made in politics.
“It chronicles black political power and the steps
we have made,” Garrett said. “It is a nice photo ex
hibit. I hope everyone gets the chance to see it.”
“Walking With the Presidents” is open Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday
from noon to 6 p.m. The exhibit will end Feb. 4.
vation for Saturday’s game.
Right before the first overtime
started, Slocum gathered his players
and said, “Think
Sugar baby!”
The last time
A&M played OSU
was in the 1987
Cotton Bowl, a
28-12 Buckeye
victory.
The Buckeyes
hold a 3-0 all-
time lead over
Texas A&M in their series.
Ohio State defeated A&M 17-0
in 1963, their first meeting.
The Buckeyes played in the
Sugar Bowl last season and suf
fered a 31-14 loss to Florida State
University, the team that will face
Meier aims
to increase
coverage
diversity
BY JENNIFER JONES
The Battalion
Aaron Meier, a senior political
science major, has been appoint
ed editor in chief of The Battalion
for Spring 1999- by Dr. Ronald G.
Douglas, executive vice president
and provost.
Not too bad for a guy who mis
spelled “Battalion” on his applica
tion to the newspaper in 1996.
Meier said he first applied to The
Battalion with little interest in pur
suing journalism as a career.
“My friend told me to apply and
do movie reviews,” he said. “That
was all I planned on originally. ”
Since his time as an Aggielife
staffer, Meier has worked as a
feature writer, reporter, sports
writer, clerk, page designer, as
sistant Aggielife editor, Aggielife
editor, night news editor and
managing editor.
“Working at The Battalion is a
unique educational opportunity,”
Meier said. “You can come in and
learn everything. You could do
some page designing for the sports
desk and then write a news story
the University of Tennessee in the
national title game.
A&M’s national championship
season was the last time the Aggies
appeared in the Sugar Bowl.
In that game, A&M fullback
John Kimbrough scored the only
two Aggie touchdowns of the day
while rushing for 159 yards on 25
carries.
The Aggies entered the game
ranked No. 1 in the nation and
needed a 69-yard drive in the
fourth quarter to win.
Under coach Homer Norton, the
Aggies finished the 1939 season
with an 11 r 0 record.
A&M’s last bowl appearance
was in the Cotton Bowl in 1998
when A&M lost 29-23 in the clos
ing minutes to UCLA.
MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion
Aaron Meier, a senior political
science major, will take the helm
as editor in chief of The
Battalion in Spring 1999.
— you’re not locked in. It’s a good
chance to get a taste of everything. ”
Meier said it is not unusual for
an editor in chief to be a non-jour
nalism major.
“The past six editors’ under
graduate major has not been in
journalism,” he said. “You don’t
have to be a journalism major to
work here. Only one fourth of
our staff are journalism majors.
We have a wide range of majors
from business 4o engineering to
English.”
see Editor on Page 2.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Women’s Studies
sponsors contest
The Women’s Studies Program
is sponsoring The Henry Jame
son Prize for the best undergrad
uate essay or research paper
about women.
Entries will be evaluated by an
interdisciplinary committee for
their contribution to the under
standing of an aspect of
women’s lives or roles in society
and for their originality and clari
ty of presentation. The winner will
receive $250.
To be eligible, students must
have been enrolled at Texas A&M
during the semester they wrote
the entry.
Entries should be no longer
than 5,000 words, typed double
space and submitted in triplicate.
Works of fiction and poetry are in
eligible, and each author may sub
mit only one entry.
Deadline for entry submission
is Feb. 12, 1999.
For more information, contact
the Women’s Studies Program at
845-7994.
Dead days
indicate
approach
of finals
BY MELISSA JORDAN
The Battalion
Redefined days and reading
days this week mark the arrival of
final exams and the end of the fall
semester.
The final week of classes is
composed of dead, redefined and
reading days.
Donald Carter, registrar in the
admissions and records depart
ment, said today and tomorrow
are redefined days; students at
tend their Friday classes Monday
and Thursday classes Thesday to
make up for the days of class
missed during the Thanksgiving
break.
EXAM WEEK SCHEDULE
• MONDAY — Redefined day —
attend Friday classes; Dead day
•TUESDAY — Redefined day—at
tend Thursday classes; Dead day
• WEDNESDAY —Reading day
• THURSDAY — Reading day
• FRIDAY— First day of exams
Carter, said this will ensure
each day of the week has the same
number of class meeting times.
Carter said the term “dead day”
means no major exams may be
given on these days.
Carter said classes are not held
on reading days to provide stu
dents with a few extra days to
study for the quickly approaching
final exams.
“It gives students a couple of
days to prepare themselves for fi
nal exams, which start on Friday,”
he said.
Carter said he would encourage
students to use reading days to
study for final exams.
“I would hope that students
would take advantage of this
[reading days] to study,” he said.