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Page 2 • Monday, May 31,1999 c AMPUS [he NUTZ BV R. DELUNA NEWS IN BRIEF Moore A&M student found guilty of indecency with a child Nathan George Howard, a 20-year-old junior electrical engineering student at Texas A&M was found guilty by a Brazos County jury for indecency with a child while he babysat at a church nurs ery. Howard faces 10 years probation and $10,000 in fines. He is awaiting trial for the same crime in Burleson County. Tebeaux to take over as distance education head Elizabeth Tebeaux, a professor of English, will be the new director of distance education for Texas A&M starting tomorrow. Pierce Cantrell, associate provost for infor mation technology, said Tebeaux has been en thusiastic in promoting distance education ac tivities at A&M. Tebeaux started Web-based instruction with a technical writing course. She served as the coordinator of technical writing and co-au thored the textbook Reporting Technical Infor mation. Nuclear waste transport to cross Texas highways (AP) — Truckloads of nuclear waste may be come a familiar site along Texas highways. No public notification or alerts are planned when one of the shipment makes its 640- mile trip across Texas, passing through Tyler, Abilene, Midland and Odessa along Interstate 20 before turning onto U.S. Highway 285 at Pecos. Continued from Page 1 [A&M] — we’re not living back in 1876.” In her thesis “Salvation of a University: the Admission of Women to Texas A&M,” Heidi Ann Knippa said Bracewell filed a motion to reconsider the measure and Moore’s resolution was de feated in a vote of 27 - 1. In a letter Moore wrote to the Dallas A&M Club pub lished in The Battalion in the days following the defeat of his legislation, Moore said, “We speak of traditions ... of A&M College, but I do not feel traditions should be so binding and so unflexible as to prevent the development of the individual’s con cerned.” .Though the A&M Board of Directors announced in 1963 that women would be allowed to attend the Uni versity, Moore’s battles in the Senate were not over. According to Tommy De- Frank’s series “The History of Coeducation” published in The Battalion in 1966, Sen. Andy Rogers of Chil dress and Rep. Will Smith, both A&M graduates, sub mitted legislation calling for the return of an all-male A&M following the Board’s decision. Smith’s legislation was never voted on, but Rogers had to face off with Moore who was the head Senate Education Commit tee. “The fiery Moore ... called the [Rogers] legisla tion ‘a simple bill thought up by simple people’ attempt ing to ‘return A&M to the year 1900,’” DeFrank said. After the bill was stalled in Moore’s committee for several weeks, Rogers had it transferred to the Commis sion on Military and Veteran Affairs, where it was ap proved. Moore filibustered the bill for two days after it was sent to a subcommittee, DeFrank wrote, before Rogers was forced to kill the bill. Two days later, the House passed Rogers’ resolution. “[The resolution stated] A&M should remain essen tially an all-male institution, but ultimately, authority still lay with the Board of Direc tors,” DeFrank said. At Sunday’s funeral ser vice for Moore former Texas comptroller John Sharp said, “There has never been an advocate for A&M like him. ” Sharp said Moore’s con tributions to the University deserve recognition. “There ought to be a stat ue bigger than the Adminis tration Building for him,” Sharp said. Love birds ANTHONY DISALVO Tmi lUn Leigh Chastain, a staff assistant for continuing education, kisses Oro, a four-month-old Consure parrel the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine Saturday. Oro was part of the Exotic Pets Conference Birds and Rabbits this weekend at the veterinary school. The conference focused on the diagne sis and treatment of out-of-the-ordinary animals. Bowen to mark 5th year as preside! BY SUZANNE BRABECK The Battalion Texas A&M President, Dr. Ray M. Bowen said he is going to cele brate his 5th an niversary as pres ident today by trying to stay out of trouble and try ing not to receive a parking ticket. Bowen, Class of ’58, who earned his bachelors de gree in mechani cal engineering, said he has adopt ed the philosophy that spending time in Aggieland are the best years BOWEN of one’s life. “I have had a great time these past five years,” Bowen said. “There is something magical about living on campus, and I love being part of the Aggie family,” he said. Part of the draw of living and working at A&M, Bowen said, is the efforts of the former students. He said it is unique for former stu dents to show support and affec tion for their alma mater. “A&M benefits a great deal due to the continued contributions of alumni emotionally and econom ically,” he said. “I know a lot about A&M since I graduated from here, but I had been gone a long time.” Bowen said A&M is a gre® versity with great facultyar® dents and he had highexpcctH when he came here. j Bowen said these goalskr spired him to implement a w make A&M more compelilivtP other universities. “Vision 2020 is a long-terrB that will make A&M even si* academically; hopefully, nuB one of the top 10 publicuniveH in the nation," Bowen said. R “I plan to accomplishtltiiB for the University by making great faculty even greater. His celebration will take from 3:30 pan. to 5:30 p at Reed Arena. 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