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    Page 8 • Friday, March 5, 1999
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College Station to open
Northgate police office
• Department may
add new services as
result of new location.
BY NONI SRIDHARA
The Battalion
A new College Station commu
nity police office will officially open
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
and reception at 10 a.m. today be
hind the Loupot’s bookstore in
Northgate.
Major Mike Patterson of the
Field Operations Bureau with the
College Station Police Department
(CSPDJ, said this community office
is a natural extension of CSPD’s two
other offices. The first is located in
Lincoln Center and the second is in
Windsor Square Apartments.
Suanne Pledger, special projects
director for Loupot’s bookstore,
said the location was chosen be
cause Northgate is the center of
College Station activity. CSPD is
trying to duplicate a program im
plemented in Denton where the
College Station officers recently re
ceived formal training.
Patterson said another reason
for choosing the location of the of
fice is because officers spend a
large amount of time patrolling the
Northgate area.
“We not only have drinking in
cidents,” he said, “but sometimes
we’ll see car burglaries or vandal
ism occurring over there. ”
“We can now deal with these
problems more directly if we have
some officers over there. We are
hoping to see more of a long-term
effect.”
Patterson said, in the beginning,
the office will primarily be open
during weekends and evenings,
with one bicycle officer patrolling
the area.
He said the space and materials
for the center, including the furni
ture, have been donated by the
Northgate Merchant’s Association.
Patterson said they are looking
at relocating the office if the North-
gate parking garage is built.
“If the Northgate parking garage
is built, then we will see if we can
relocate into the garage,” he said,
“so we will have more space and it
will be more secure.”
Pledger said the office will also
distribute tourist information to
area visitors.
“The members of the CSPD are
acting as community ambas
sadors,” she said, “so I hope it will
be well embraced by the commu
nity. ”
News
Rewarding Experience
Conference to help develop new system to award
Texas A&M professors for excellence in teaching
BY RACHEL HOLLAND
The Battalion
Texas A&M faculty and admin
istrators will explore ways to
change the reward system for
teaching today at the College Sta
tion Conference Center.
The local conference is part of
a national project that helps uni
versities develop methods of eval
uating and rewarding teaching
that enhance student learning.
A&M, through the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences, was
one of 11 universities that partici
pated in the original national pro
ject in 1995.
Dr. Larry Oliver, project coordi
nator and associate dean for the
College of Liberal Arts, said A&M
administrators became interested
in expanding the project to other
colleges after seeing its success in
the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences.
Oliver said representatives
from at least one department with
in each college at A&M will par
ticipate in the conference.
“With the information they get,
they will begin making plans to
better evaluate, measure and re
ward effective teaching," he said.
He said departments will have
one year to produce a brief report
about their plans and make it
available to other departments.
“The end goal is for all depart
ments to have better information
and ideas on stimulating, evaluat
ing, and measuring effective
teaching,” he said. “We hope it
will have a ripple effect across
campus.”
He said there is no master plan
for departments to follow.
“This is not an attempt to con
struct a one-size-fits-all teaching
system,” he said. “It is an attempt
to get departments to construct a
system that is best for the culture
of the department.”
Dr. Carlton Stolle, project coor
dinator and a professor in the
Mays College and Graduate
School of Business, said the con
ference will try to change the per
ception that teaching is not as im
portant as research.
“What we are trying to do is
keep the level of teaching high and
more visible,” he said. “We are not
trying to bring down research. We
just want to elevate the level of
teaching.”
Memorial run to benefit
American Cancer Socie
BY RACHEL HOLLAND
The Battalion
Nearly 600 runners and walkers
from the community are expected to
participate in the 12th annual Bill
Thomason 5K Memorial Run/Walk
Saturday.
Christian Galindo, the event di
rector, said the race began in 1987 to
raise funds for the American Cancer
Society when his running partner,
Bill Thomason was diagnosed with
cancer.
Galindo said there are two pur
poses for the race.
“We want to remember and hon
or Bill, who died of cancer in 1988,”
he said. “We also want to raise funds
for and support the American Can
cer Society. ”
He said $50,000 has been raised
from the past 11 races and another
$9,000 is expected from this year’s
race.
“It is important to raise funds for
the fight against cancer, because it is
such a horrible disease," he said.
“And at the same time, we are trying
to pass on a message of healthy liv
ing. We want to encourage people to
get involved in physical fitness and
to eat properly so their bodies will
be strong enough to fight off any
thing.”
Galindo said helping the Ameri
can Cancer Society through the race
became even more important to him
last year when he was diagnosed
with cancer.
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physical fitness
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The race is at 9:30 a.m.S
and there is a $15 entry
course is a loop through we|
that begins and ends at th
on Villa Maria.
Galindo said at least ha
participants each year are
dents.
Forrest Lane, the unived
tions sergeant for the
Cadets and a junior polina i
and economics major, saidffi l
of Cadets will volunteer
eleventh year at the race ,
The course is certified
for the first time through | r •
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hate crimes legislation. *
‘As Americans, we have
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kill or not to kill, to be alealpW'l'
be a follower,” Francis Renee!
Mullins, 28 said.
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James Byrd Jr., waschainei:L s j onj;
back of a pickup truck whiff] et lra
alive, dragged for several {ration,
and left outside a black ceirMcordc
in Jasper. ijor in
A jury convicted oneoiBd the
white suspects, John Willia ilutions
and sentenced him to deposed ec
week. Trials for the othert'|ing the
pending. ■Harw
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the jury’s verdict, but she® “Our
that hatred led to her dor
death. °brate
“While we were out beiii^ Uc h le
ers in our country, my dad' 1 ! Harw
home being lynched by hi- 01
citizens,’’ she said, referring® actlv
time that she, her brother at )c ' e 1SSI
husband served in the Ann!
“It was a crime against
Americans,” she said, “and
also a crime against human*
Mullins urged supportW
that would establish a Text
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victims of hate crimes to set A7“|
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pensatory and punitive da
“Texas has been in thespi
due to the horrific hate I
killing of James Byrd Jr.,”sl
bill’s author. Sen. Royce Tain ten
Dallas union t
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cost, not only to society,' ^
your victim as well,” WestJ )w
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legislation was left pendinL , p‘ if
fore she left, all committee-
bers rose to applaud and the ! iS;50c j at
brace her. T Thef
“We can’t allow our sod tie dres:
be divided by race, sexual o: j|social
tion, ethnicity, religion, ag^ti dent
der anymore,” Dianne Hai4 s ;ociat
cia, executive director 0 ldent
Lesbian Gay Rights Lobby
said in an interview.
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“It is time we unite todo ir^ctor
can, and we’re hopeful this
we will.”
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