FRIDAY
April 16, 1999
Volume 105 • Issue 130 • 14 Pages
College Station, Texas
105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
sports
today’s issue
Toons 2
DC Talk 3
• Texas A&M Baseball
Team faces Baylor
University in three-
game weekend series.
page 14 Hof Wine and Roses festival.
Battalion Radio
Tune into KAMU-FM 90.9 for
details on tomorrow's Messina
opinion
• Malcolm X stands as good
example for present-day fight
against racism.
PAGE 13
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BY NONI SRIDHARA
The Battalion
IBousands of parents will be
fMe Texas A&M campus this
pekend to participate in activi-
fdr the 30th annual Parents’
eekend.
Klstel Polder, an Of The Year
:bcc mmittee member and a
phc more biomedical science
ajoi, said Parents’ Weekend be-
m i 1919 and was created by
£ federation of Aggie Moms’
ubs.
rThis was when Texas A&M
as |ll male, and everyone was a
ember of the Corps, and the Ag-
e Morns of the time were con-
anfly worrying about their
>ns, ’ she said. “The cadets be-
tn lo invite their mothers to
•me down once a year in May to
bseltheir mothers’ tensions and
solas a way of saying ‘thank
m.”’
"Polder said in 1969, the date
asjchanged from May to April
id [named “Parents’ Weekend”
include all parents,
the opening ceremony will be-
n at 5:30 p.m. at the replica of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
and will feature the Aggie Band
and Ross Volunteers.
A new event will begin this
weekend’s activities.
The Corps of Cadets will begin
a 24-hour guard duty at the repli
ca of the Vietnam Veterans Memo
rial on the grounds of the George
Bush Presidential Library and Mu
seum at 8 a.m. today.
Jarred Worth, a commander in
C-l of the Corps of Cadets and a
senior agricultural economics ma
jor, said outfits will be on five-
hour duty.
“There will usually be one se
nior and five other cadets from the
senior’s outfit on duty at one
time,” he said.
Other events today include the
Aggie Moms’ Boutique, displaying
crafts and other goods from noon
to 5 p.m. at Duncan Dining Hall.
Polder said this is where all the
Aggie Moms’ Clubs display home
made crafts and other goods.
A Corps-Fraternity charity
baseball game to benefit the Still
Creek Boys Ranch will take place
at Olsen Field at 5.
The MSC Variety Show will be
hosted by Freudian Slip at 7:30
p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Per
formances include Fade to Black,
Apotheosis, Jeremy Valdez, John
Cox, Texas A&M Drums, Latin
Rhythms and the Aggie Wranglers.
University Symphonic and Con
cert Bands will perform at 7:30 p.m.
in Rudder Theater. Residence Hall
Association will host Casino Night
tonight. Friday’s activities conclude
with Midnight Yell Practice.
Events on Saturday include the
9th annual Parents’ Weekend Golf
Classic at A&M’s golf course be
ginning at 7:30 a.m, the Parson’s
Mounted Cavalry Final Review at
PMC Headquarters at 11 a.m., a
Bevo Burn Barbecue at the site of
Law and Puryear Halls from 11
a.m. - 2 p .m., the All-University
Open House, hosted by Dr. J. Mal-
on Southerland, vice president for
student affairs, and a Singing
Cadet’s concert in Rudder Audito
rium at 7:30 p.m.
Concluding Parents’ Weekend
will be the All-University Awards
Ceremony Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at
Rudder Auditorium on Sunday, the
Ross Volunteer Company Drill Exhi
bition at O.R. Simpson Drill Field at
12:30 p.m. and the Corps of Cadet’s
Parents’ Weekend Review and Cer
emony at Simpson Drill Field, which
will include a Corps of Cadets life
saving medal presentation.
Polder said one reason she
joined the Parents’ Weekend Com
Parents' Day Agenda
What
Where
Friday, April 16
8 a.m. Corps of Cadets begin Guard Duty
-George Bush Library
12 p.m.-5a.m. Aggie Mom’s Boutique
-Duncan Dining Hall
5 p.m. Corps-Fraternity Charity Baseball game
-Olsen Field
5:30 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
-Vietnam Memorial replica
7:30 p.m. MSC Variety Show
-Rudder Auditorium
7:30 p.m. Symphonic/Concert Bands
-Rudder Theater.
Midnight Yell Practice
-Kyle Field
Saturday, April 17
7:30 a.m. 9th Annual Golf Classic
-Texas A&M Golf Course
9 a.m.-5p.m. Aggie Mom’s boutique
-Duncan Dining Hall
11 a.m. Parson’s Mounted Cavalry Review
-Fiddler's Green - FM2818
11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Bevo Burn Barbecue
-Law and Puryear Halls
11 a.m.-4 p.m. All University Open House
-100 Throckmorton
7:30 p.m. Singing Cadet’s Concert
-Rudder Auditorium
Sunday, April 18
8:30 a.m. All University Awards Ceremony
-Rudder Auditorium
12:30 p.m. Ross Volunteer Company
-Simpson Field
2:30 p.m. Cadet’s Review/Awards Ceremony
-Simpson Field
mittee is because she is from out
of state, and her parents rarely get
the opportunity to visit.
’’This way my parents can get a
glimpse into many different as
pects of the University in one
weekend,” she said.
SALUE TURNER/THE BATTALION
Students protest sexual assault
as a part of Take Back the Night.
March
protests
assault
Activists speak out
against violence
' WATCH
ko 8ush to address
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l-May ’99 graduates
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• graduate from
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ay 14 and 15.
Resident Bush
ill* speak at the
njtmencement
Engineering and liberal arts
aduates and graduates of the
Jge of Medicine not earning
eir Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
es May 14 at 2 p.m.
riculture Commissioner
( mbs will address architecture
■id business administration grad
ates and veterinary medicine
cadniates not earning their Doc-
bush
ill ■ Veterinary Medicine
) IJ b.V.M.) degrees May 14 at 7:30
Cm.
> Lt. Gov. Perry, who graduated
bm Texas A&M University in
972, will speak at the com-
[encement for agriculture, geo
sciences and science graduates
May 15 at 9 a.m.
The three ceremonies will be
in Reed Arena but are separate
due to the large number of un
dergraduate and graduate degree
recipients.
In separate ceremonies, D.V.M
degree recipients will receive their
diplomas May 14 at 10 a.m. in
Rudder Auditorium and M.D. de
gree recipients will receive their
degrees June 5 in Rudder Audito
rium.
Each degree candidate will re
ceive 10 tickets to the commence
ment ceremony. If additional
tickets are available, they will be
distributed through the MSC Box
Office
The commencement commit
tee of 11 faculty and staff repre
sentatives and two students, pro
vides suggestions on
commencement speakers to Uni
versity President Dr. Ray M.
Bowen, who makes the selection.
Gary Engelgau, executive di
rector of admissions and records,
serves as chair of the commence
ment committee.
For more information about
commencement tickets, contact
Brick Replacement
GUY ROGERS/The Battalion
Blake Stovall, a junior aerospace engineering major, replaces old bricks and adds new ones in front
of the Sam Houston Corps Center.
BY SALLIE TURNER
The Battalion
Fear, anger, doubt and lack of
trust were the responses to descrip
tions of sexual assault incidents dis
cussed at the Take Back the Night
speech and march last night.
Darron Tlirner, a representative of
Texas Christian University’s Men
Against Rape program, said every
one in the community is responsible
for protecting women and men
against sexual assault crimes.
“[Rape] is not just a woman’s is
sue, it’s a community issue,” he said.
“Men need to understand that the
actions done by other men affect the
way they are perceived by women.
Turner asked the audience to
imagine themselves as the other gen
der and how their attitudes toward a
typical day would change.
“If I were a woman tomorrow,
how my body is perceived would
become a major issue,” he said.
“What I wear, the safety of my
see March on Page 2.
Wall replica
unveiled today
The Vietnam Wall Experience, a
240-foot replica of the Vietnam Vet
erans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
will be unveiled today.
Former President George Bush
will dedicate a plaque to honor the
site on April 20 at 9 a.m. The Viet
nam Wall Experience will be on dis
play through April 22.
The Corps of Cadets will aid in
guarding the memorial.
aseball game proceeds to aid
Stillcreek Boys Ranch charity
'Ninth annual game
promotes competition
between Corps and
reeks.
BY LISA K. HILL
The Battalion
■Members of the Texas A&M Corps
■Ipadets and the Interfraternity Coun-
q|Hwill oppose each other at the ninth
feual Corps-Fraternity Charity Base-
yball Game at 5:00 tonight at Olsen
5-2 Wield.
Proceeds from the game will bene
fit the Stillcreek Boys Ranch.
The event will promote a spirit of
friendly competition between Aggie
fraternities and the Corps.
Chris Gober, outfielder and pitcher
for the fraternity team and a member
of Sigma Nu fraternity, said the chari
ty game unites Corps and fraternity
members.
“The foundation of the two groups
is very similar,” he said. “The overall
vision of the two groups and what they
try to instill in each of their members
— high character, leadership, respon
sibility — is very similar.”
“We have two great organizations com
peting in a friendly manner to raise
money for the Stillcreek Boys Ranch.”
Brad Armstrong, coach of the Corps
team and a member of company K-l,
said the Corps is well prepared for the
game.
“We’ve been practicing for two to
three months, about four times a
week,” he said. “We have about a SO
SO split chance of winning. That’s
what makes it fun.”
Armstrong said the game does not
involve negative rivalry.
“This game is not negative in any
way,” he said. “We’ve been working
hand in hand with the fraternity coach
es and everyone’s been supportive.”
Tickets for the game will be $3 at
the gate.
Barbecue allows students
to meet with administrators
BY AMANDA SMITH
The Battalion
Texas A&M administrators mingled with 100
students before serving them dinner in the
backyard of President Dr. Ray M. Bowen’s
home last night. Students who wanted to at
tend the dinner registered over the internet, and
the 100 dinner guests were randomly selected
from a pool of applications.
Thra King, media communications specialist for
the Office of University Relations, said the barbe
cue is an effort by the president and administrators
to meet with students in an informal atmosphere.
Walter Wendler, executive assistant to Bowen,
said each administrator hosted a table of five to
10 students to enable them to interact on a more
personal level and discuss issues affecting the stu
dents and the University.
Mary Porch, a senior agricultural development
major, said the dinner provided a networking op-
Brent Troyan, a senior English and Speech
Communications Major, and Dr. Ray M. Bowen
enjoy BBQ Thursday afternoon.
portunity.
The Agonizers, a barber shop quartet of
the Singing Cadets, provided entertainment
for the guests.
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