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A2322 v -105:no.141 The E. THURSDAY 105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY June 10 y 1999 Volume 105 • Issue 150 • 6 Pages College Station, Texas aggielife • Provisional students face academic challenges during summer terms. PAGES today’s issue Toons 2 News 5 Battalion Radio Tune in to 90.9 KAMU-FM at 1:57 p.m. for the Bryan Rotary Clubs top-10 Brazos Valley businesses. opinion • The political “tree-o” of Bush, Clinton and Albright lack skills needed for leadership. PAGE 5 brum stresses eadership skills BY CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion 0 I Educators from across Texas Kill meet today and tomorrow to si are ideas about leadership tech- ■ques and to discuss similarities a d differences between high sjchool, college and post-college leadership programs. I The leadership conference, Khich is co-sponsored by the Cen ter for Public Leadership Studies (CPLS) at the Bush School of Gov- ernment and Public Service, Texas A&M’s Leadership in Medicine Hrogram, the k ISO ISIS' I SR/i' oted j tsaoos ■ollege of Agri- ci Iture and Life Sciences and the John Ben Shep- ■ard Public ■eadership Insti- ti te, will culmi- ■ate in the cre ation of the Texas Association of Leadership Edu cators. I Katherine Ed wards, program coordinator for Tpxas A&M’s Ueadership in different disciplines,” Edwards said. She said the conference is a fo rum for leaders in businesses, schools, nonprofit organizations and other areas to share leadership ideas. Chris Townsend, organizer of the conference, associate professor of agricultural education and un dergraduate program director for agricultural education, said adult leaders from various areas will at tend the conference. She said the panels will be in teractive, allowing panelists and attendees to “Youth leaders should have vision, be action-oriented, ethical and have the ability to work with others and have human relations” — Chris Townsend Conference organizer meet with each other. Townsend said the confer ence will high light the Nation al Youth Organization Leadership Model which outlines what youth leaders should be. “Youth lead ers should have vision, be ac tion oriented. gor: 3Ub&' /ince>' of nade.: a and ycvin® conr: pi.v :anf? to p Medicine program, said she at tended a small conference hosted by the John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Institute at the Univer sity of Texas of the Permian Basin, which was held to gauge the inter est in organizing a statewide lead ership association. I She said the groundwork for the conference was laid by Duane Leach, the director of the John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Insti tute, who will also be one of the guest speakers at the leadership conference. I “We hope to organize an official association for the state of Texas by bringing together leadership edu cators from across the state and ethical and have the ability to work with others and have human rela tions,” Townsend said. Nancy Dickey, president of the American Medical Association and associate professor in the College of Medicine at A&M, will speak on leadership and world health at to day’s dinner. Rick Rigsby, assistant professor of speech communication at A&M and a national motivational speak er, will discuss communication and leadership today. Toby Boenig, former A&M stu dent body president and director of collegiate licensing, will address the conference participants at to morrow’s lunch. Just dropping in PHOTOS BY BRADLEY ATCHISON/1 hi: Battalion Former President George Bush celebrated his upcoming 75th birthday Wednesday by skydiving onto the grounds of the George Bush Presidential Library complex. Bush marks birthday with skydive BY RYAN WEST The Battalion Former President George Bush parachut ed yesterday from a height of 12,500 feet onto the grounds of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service to celebrate his 75th birthday, which is this Saturday. “It was such a thrill, I might have to jump again, but I’ll have to wait until I’m 80,” Bush said. “The last time I did this was for my 73rd birthday,” he added. “People all over the world wrote and told me to go for it!” The plane, which is known as a Shorts Sky van, took off with Bush and 12 other sky- divers at 9:30 a.m. Bush exited the plane on the first pass along with his two jumpmas- ters, the event organizer and an aerial video- grapher. He deployed his parachute at 4,500 feet after 45 seconds of freefalling. With the guidance of a ground instructor on a two-way radio, Bush maneuvered his canopy to the landing area. A crowd of sky- divers outfitted in colorful jumpsuits rushed to guide his feet safely to the ground, where his wife, Barbara, awaited him. “I’m not particularly proud of him,” she said laughing minutes later at a press confer ence. “I expect the best from George Bush.” After Bush jumped and landed, the Sky- van aircraft made a second pass. This time they deployed a military skydiver salute to the former commander-in-chief from mem bers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. The men, each flying his respective ser vice flag and followed by a civilian skydiver flying the American flag, turned to salute Bush after they landed. The third aircraft carried 19 skydivers who gave a final skydiving birthday salute to the former president. The special salute, a freefall formation of a “75” and a “GB,” was comprised see BUSH on Page 2. ood Services makes summer changes BY SUZANNE BRABECK The Battalion £. ,liter ,ute ipu 5 tone'" I The Department of Food Services is offering stu dents more dining choices this summer, including new meal plans and more dining facilities. I Since Sbisa Dining Hall is closed for the sum mer for maintenance, other facilities are doing double duty to make up for its absence. I Deborah Rogers, Sbisa facility manager and Class of ’91, said after receiving numerous com plaints from students who said the Commons was too far of a walk from the Northside of campus, the Department of Food Services has added an other Outbound Dining location. In addition to the Outbound Dining location at the Commons, the service is also available at Bernie’s Pizza Place, which is located above the Underground Market. I The Outbound Dining program has expanded its menu to include breakfast, which is available from 7 to 10:15 a.m. There are five breakfast meal options available, and each cost $4.95. E The lunch program is available from 10:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offers four meal options at a cost of $5.95 each. Meal plans, Aggie Bucks and cash are all accepted. I James Smith, a food service board manager, said, “It is very important to us to provide the stu dents with the best and most convenient service that we can; it is always our overwhelming goal. We are open to suggestions in any of our opera tions.” I The summer meal plan has also been revamped this summer. In the past, students were allotted seven meals per week. If students did not use all seven meal plans during the week, the remaining credits could not be used in the following weeks. I This summer students are allotted 130 meals per semester that they can use as they want. Hostel attracts former students BY CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion J.P. BEATO/The Battalion With Sbisa Dining Hall closed this summer for maintenance, the Department of Food Services has expanded services at other facilities to better accommodate student needs. Rogers said there are notices posted at dining fa cilities that can help students determine how many meals they should use per week to make the meals last the entire semester. Another option that is available for lunch and dinner, as an alternative to the Commons Dinning Hall, is the Underground Market. This allows stu dents to choose an entree from a selection of frozen dinners and select a beverage, and fruit or dessert in the place of one meal. The Underground Market is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 12 p.m. 8 p.m. on the weekends. Rogers said she encourages students to fill out Department of Food Services report cards so the department can better accommodate students. This year’s Aggie Hostel Week kicks off Sunday with a week of classes, social events, a banquet and Ring Dance. Every year since 1992, Joe Taylor, Class of ’47 and a resident of Little Rock, Ark. has attended Aggie Hos tel Week. “I’ve enjoyed each of the activities year after year, and it’s nice to see old friends and also meet new ones,” Taylor said. “We have fun on campus at the Ring Dance, and also going off campus to Shadow Canyon and also the Dixie Chicken.” Taylor said former students return each year as he does, but he also looks forward to meeting new peo ple. The 12th annual Aggie Hostel, hosted by the As sociation of Former Students, will offer classes this year including environmental agriculture and a Vision 2020 update. More than 100 former students over the age of 65 will attend the Aggie Hostel and meet with student leaders to discover what has changed on campus since they were students. Taylor said he always enjoys meeting the student hosts and getting to know students currently attend ing A&M. Aggie Hostel attendees will stay in residence halls, eat their meals on campus and attend classes in the John J. Koldus Building. Other events throughout the week include tours of the Corps Center, Cushing Library and an ice cream social at the home of Vice President for Student Af fairs Dr. J. Malon Southerland.