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BY CARRIE BENNETT
The Battalion
By Mel
As we approach the millennium,
questions concerning the effects of
the Y2K computer bug increase.
Bryan, College Station, Texas
A&M, the Bryan-College Station
Chamber of Commerce and com
munity businesses and organiza
tions are hosting the second of
three public forums to address
health, safety and education issues
tonight at 7 p.m. at the College Sta
tion Conference Center.
Joe Brown, public information
officer for the City of Bryan, said
the forums inform the public about
problems the area could face and
the preparations different services
and businesses are making for the
millennium.
“We want to tell people what we
are doing about the Y2K computer
bug, what to expect and to expect
the unexpected,” Brown said.
Brown said the Bryan-College
Station area is conducting tests to
insure that computers are Y2K
compliant. He said officials discov
ered the Bryan water system com
puters were not compliant, but
they are working on correcting the
problem.
“The Bryan-College Station
community is on top of the game
in preparing for any Y2K prob
lems,” Brown said. “If we do expe
rience any disruptions in this area,
it will probably come from outside
sources, such as grocery store dis
tribution warehouses or other large
distributing sources."
The forum will open with a brief
overview of the Y2K bug. Repre
sentatives from St. Joseph Regional
Health Center, College Station Med
ical Center, the Bryan and College
Station police and fire departments
and the Bryan and College Station
school districts will form a panel.
Each panel member will be allowed
two minutes to speak about com
puter preparations they have been
making.
Brown said questions and con
cerns from the audience will be ad
dressed at the end of the forum.
which he said is a good
exchange of ideas because
swers will not be timed
Brown said one issueilt
not discussed at the last fa
will be discussed at this
preparations for disrupti:
homes. He said to organize
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bottled water and flashligb
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Brown said. “We wanttoi
the public to prevent any dr;
tions.”
Brown said drastic ■
would include withdraw:
money from banks or ho:
food and supplies, whic:
cause shortages.
“We’re prepared todeah
technological component
Y2K bug, but we’re not sure
the human reaction,” Brow
A third forum discussal
ing, gas and grocery store
tions will be April 1 at the
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Conference to focus on presidency and rheto
BY SAMEH FAHMY
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Center for Presidential Studies (CPS)
will hold its fifth annual conference Thursday through
Sunday at the George Bush Presidential Conference Cen
ter.
The conference will start at 6:30 p.m. and is expected
to draw more than 150 participants. It will focus on how
presidents have used rhetoric in U.S. leadership. Past con
ferences have addressed the presidency and the environ
ment, the presidency and Cold War rhetoric and speech
writing.
Dr. Martin Medhurst, professor of speech communi
cation and coordinator of the program in presidential
rhetoric, said rhetoric is integral to the way a president
is perceived.
“Those who have used rhetoric effectively are ulti
mately remembered as better leaders than those that did
not,” Medhurst said.
Dr. Leroy Dorsey, associate professor of speech com
munication, said the conference is the first program in
the country to bring together scholars to talk about
rhetoric and the presidency.
“Participants will gain a better understanding of how
the president uses rhetoric to shape perceptions of what
it means to be an American,” he said.
David Zarefsky, dean of the School of Speech and
professor of communication studies at Northwestern
University in Chicago, will deliver the keynote
Conference presenters will discuss the rhetoria
tiveness of nine presidents, including George V\
ton, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald ReaganandBi
The conference will include luncheon roi
Friday and Saturday featuring the relationshipb
a presidents’ rhetorical skills and their abilities
vide political leadership and the rhetorical lead
Abraham Lincoln.
CPS is an academic unit in the Bush School
eminent and Public Service designed to inci
public’s understanding of the presidency as an
tion.
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na and Olsen Field, but students do not use it
the 30-minute walk to campus is not convenient
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