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Page 2 » Tuesday, March 30, 1999 News Fish BV R. DELUNA Simel & Lewis By Mel HE'S JOyr TRYING To GET TO CLASS. , Spade Phillips, PI By Matt Kowalski GPAPe, roesw'T etr/wktno •'_Bg£K KILL BRAIN CgttS7 you VI AM. JUST SOUNO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. LIKS ANY OTHER LIVIWO 0ROUP, 0RAW CELLS HAVE WEAK, LAZY I FIOURE ALCHOHOL IS KIUM0 OFF ALL THE WEAK CELLS FIRST... YOU KWOW... SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. P tTRIlOKIKO BEER IS LIKE SIVIKIO THE OL' MOOOM A LITTLE TUWE-U’ Safety Continued from Page 1 are all workable plans. “We need to show students that cars should be seen as weapons,” Clarke said, “especially when the driver has been abusing drugs or al cohol.” Clarke said crime-prevention plans, like the Corps of Cadets escort service and the on-campus emer gency phones, are working to an ex tent. He said the emergency phones need to be more accessible to stu dents. Clarke said racial hate crimes, like the Northgate incidents last semes ter, can be avoided by educating Ag gies about different cultures repre sented on campus. Brandon Neff said education is the best tool for preventing alcohol abuse on campus, and said he would like to implement alcohol- awareness courses. “Many students come out of high school without having even one al cohol-awareness course,” he said. “Through various committees and educational sessions, we can almost completely eradicate the problem.” Neff suggested for the University to work through the community and with the Bryan and College Station Police Departments to help decrease the number of traffic-related acci dents. Neff said the problem with the hazing issues is many times, it is not clear what the actual definition of hazing is, so they tend to do things in a gray area. He said one of the solutions to ad dressing hazing is to expand upon the hazing identification programs Dr. Southerland invented and to make people knowledgeable. “The advertisements in The Bat talion are effective because people read that,” he said. “People are made aware of what hazing is, how it can affect your life and how it stands to affect the life of the entire campus.” Neff said by educating Aggies about hazing, a new generation of Aggies who will not tolerate hazing at any level will be created. Will Hurd said passing a city or dinance forcing Northgate bars to sell food is the latest idea being dis cussed among A&M administrators. “The Northgate alcohol and food proposal is a potential solution,” he said. “However, 1 do question limit ing the bar owners’ right to free en terprise.” Hurd said West Campus, espe cially, has been neglected in regards to being equipped with crime deter rents. He said more lighting is need ed, bus operation hours during the night should be extended and more emergency phones need to be in stalled. “Tve seen maybe three emer gency phones, and the Corps es cort service is not able to efficient ly help those on West Campus,” Hurd said. “Therefore, we need to propose new ideas, like a bus shut tle to West Campus for those who use the library during the night hours.” Kendall Kelly said she does not think A&M has a large drug prob lem, but not enough time is spent trying to deter students from abus ing. Kelly said campus emergency phones are not in accessible areas, the lighting on West Campus great ly needs improvement, and the Corps escort service needs to be publicized more. Kelly said all the time upper classmen devote to haa;; Corps and fraternities sk spent teaching the unda useful social skills one doe ceive in the classroom. “The Corps is hooked lion, but when traditionstr ate problems, it need; stopped,” she said. T.J. Edwards said one steps that should be taker- cate freshmen at FishCi when students first arrivt about the laws and bazar: stance abuse. “We need toshowstude are other ways to having time,” he said. Edwards said he want:' dents who they would ben: fortable with as campuses: Corps of Cadets, the police: individuals. “ We want to show peoplei care,” he said. “Thisisv want to propose a prograrj {ile to be escohed toandfi gate so they will feel safer, 1 Neil Lewis said Studer: | merit Association can 1 feet on students’ personal: j to abuse alcohol ordinal said the members ofi Government Association:: against alcohol anddruga;. all they can do is encoq forcement of punishme promise awareness. Lewis said if students ;:|. him with safety concerns, he will look into soMngfej| He said hazing incide | Corps cannot be stopped: i| in the Student GovemmerrB tion. “I don’t think theCotpi other organization wants tin hotly president interfering.H traditions,” he said. Citation Continued from Page 1 Welch said the incident could fall under the category of hazing be cause Hinze was demeaned. “Amy was visibly upset,” he said. “No one should be verbally assault ed.” Welch said students who wit nessed the incident should have come to Hinze’s aid. “I’m very disappointed that she was treated in that manner and that there was not more of an effort to come to her defense,” he said. Appleton said most members of A&M Christian Fellowship did not see Hinze get shoved and did not think she was in harm’s way. “There were enough of her own friends surrounding her that we did n’t feel one of us needed to step in,” she said. Wiatt said officers were in the area monitoring, but none were sta tioned around Short. “These ministers have been com ing to campus for years,” he said. “We don’t station officers around a controversial speaker. ” Celebrate Continued from Page 1 Fountain at 12:30 and 2 p.m. Thursday. Seth Spofford, president of Res urrection Week and a junior indus trial engineering major, said Resur rection Week is not about joining together for only a week. “It is to get people excited to car ry Resurrection Week past the week,” Spofford said. “We want Christianity to rub off on other peo ple and not have people hide it.” Spofford said Resurrection Week serves as a rallying call to motivate people to incorporate Christianity into their lives. “[Resurrection] Week is for peo ple who believe in the Bible and be lieve Jesus is the savior,” Spofford said. “It’s about the Christian Attention Poets! Are you the next Shakespeare? Enter the MSC Literary Arts Sonnet Contest! • Winners will receive prizes and a chance to read their poetry at Barnes and Noble’s as part of the 2nd Annual Texas A&M Shakespeare Festival. • Complete rules available at the College Station Public Library and in the MSC at the Texas A&M Bookstore and the Student Programs Office. All ages welcome to apply! 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