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ommittee presents Nubian awards
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BY EMILY R. SNOOKS
The Battalion
he Black Awareness Committee
recognized two Texas A&M staff
members, seven students and three
state business leaders yesterday at
the group’s annual Celebration of
Acl ievement ceremony.
■Tammy Henry, BAC chair and a
senior political science major, said
each year, BAC presents the Nubian
award to recognize recipients for ex
ceptional leadership qualities, com-
milnity service, academic effort and
developing a holistic approach to
their lives.
■Student winners were Preston
Jenkins, a junior business manage
ment major, for leadership in the
Corps of Cadets; LaSondra Carroll, a
senior journalism major, for out
standing community influence;
Maco Faniel, a freshmen speech
communication major, for effective
leadership; Stephanie Erwin, an ac
counting graduate student, for ef
fective leadership; Adrian Leday, a
senior biology major, for student in
volvement; Steffanie Pinchback, a
sophomore business administration
major, for original broadus; Temek-
ka Jones, a senior biochemistry ma
jor, for excellence in academics; and
Michael Jennings for excellence in
athletics.
LaSondra Carroll said she was
recognized as an outstanding stu
dent in community service because
of her efforts at the Yahooz Teen Cen
ter, Girls Club of Brazos County, her
church and other events on campus.
Faculty and staff members pre
sented with Nubian awards were
Monique Snowden, a senior systems
analyst for the Student Aid Program,
and Levon Thomas, who works for
the Texas TVansportation Institute.
Henry said the Texas Business
Leaders award recognizes outstand
ing minorities in the state who play
a significant role in the upgrade of
the economy. The three Texas busi
ness leaders recognized were Pluria
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Maco Faniel, a freshman speech
communications major, rejoices
after winning a Nubian award.
Marshall Jr., of the Marshall Media
Group of Texas, Indiana and Illinois;
Ted T. Ellis, a professional artist from
Friendswood, Texas; and Lawrence
Pope Jr., of Pope Automotive in
Houston, Texas.
Search for spacecraft to be documented
■CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —
_■ underwater salvage expert who
spent 14 years trying to find Gus
ffGlssom’s sunken Mercury capsule
^ftds out to sea this weekend in his
most extensive search for the space-
f craft yet.
■Curt Newport is teaming up with
tht Discovery Channel for the two-
week hunt in 3-mile-deep water
about 300 miles offshore.
^■The crew plans to set sail Sunday
with the latest in side-scan sonar in
hopes of finding Liberty Bell 7, lost
atlsea 38 years ago.
■ “We have a pretty good idea
where to look for it,” Newport said
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■ Liberty Bell 7 sank to the bottom
of ! the Atlantic after splashing down
with the Mercury astronaut on July
,21, 1961. The explosive bolts that
blow open the hatch detonated pre
maturely. To this day, there is debate
over whether the hatch malfunc
tioned or Grissom panicked and blew
it open.
The capsule is the only U.S.
manned spacecraft lost after a suc
cessful mission.
"The story of the
Liberty Bell 7...
really hasn't been
told/'
— Karen Baratz
Discovery Channel spokesperson
Discovery Channel is paying for
the expedition as well as filming it for
a documentary to be broadcast this
fall.
“The story of the Liberty Bed 7 is
a fascinating one that, to my knowl
edge, really hasn’t been told except
for a segment in The Right Staff,”
said Karen Baratz, a Discovery Chan
nel spokesperson.Grissom, who
nearly drowned, insisted until his
death in a 1967 Apollo launch pad
fire that he did nothing to cause the
hatch to blow. NASA exonerated
Grissom after the Mercury accident
and he went on to fly on Gemini 3,
although some accounts, including
Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book The Right
Stuff, suggested Grissom panicked.
“One of the greatest mysteries in
the history of American spaceflight is
locked onto that hatch door and that
is, ‘Did Gus blow the hatch or was it
a mechanical malfunction?’” said
Max Ary, president of the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center,
which will restore the capsule if it’s
found. “It could be answered if we’re
able to recover the hatch.”
Newport, 47, a former space sta
tion worker who left Oceaneering In
ternational in January to found his
own company. Liberty Bell 7 Inc.,
said: “Outside of Challenger, this is
the only one we haven’t gotten back.
It’s the right thing to do. It’s patriot
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APRIL 19-23, 1999
Monday - April 19th
Bowling at Wolf Pen 9 pm to 12 am
$1.75 per game
Tuesday - April 20th
Texas Aggie Baseball vs. Houston
7 pm - $1 entry with Ring or 99 Shirt
Wednesday - April 21st
Muster BBQ with Class of ‘49
Academic Plaza - 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday - April 22nd
SENIOR BASH at Hurricane Harry’s
8-9 pm Swing Lessons
Free until 11 with Senior Ring
Special Thanks to:
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