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Page 2 • Tuesday, June 15, 1999 The H News Ik Be Summer snow SALLIE TURNER/1 hi-: Battalion 16-year-old College Station resident Andre Jones prepares a pina colada snowcone Monday afternoon at the Chill Out Snowcones stand. The snowcone stand makes an average of 100 snowcones a day during the summer. Diversity Continued from Page 1 Schaffer said A&M needs to recognize the progress made and the need to continue to make progress. She said in comparison to other major Texas universities, A&M is not far behind. “U.T. [University of Texas] is doing better, but not much better,” she said. “As the Houston Chronicle points out, the Universi ty of Houston is ahead of every school in the state. ” Schaffer said urban universities have higher-percentages of minorities than A&M. The report said, “The general counsel of Texas A&M University has advised us that funds cannot be designated for the specific purpose of minority faculty recruitment.” The report says this “challenges the Uni versity to renew and strengthen our com mitment to recruitment and retention of a di verse university community. ” Donors Continued from Page 1 The Birdwells’ Sul Ross Scholarship will be matched by part of a $10 million do nation to the Corps made by H.R. “Bum” Bright of Dallas, Research Continued from Page 1 “People often see science as something distant from their communities,” James said. “Connecting school programs with research facilities will help the communities realize that the USDA adds a lot to our lives.” Teachers will spend three weeks with the researchers at Class of ’43. The donation will be made in the Birdwells’ name. Birdwell said in a press re lease, “ [By making this do nation] I’m simply trying to pay for what I received at- Texas A&M.” their labs and attend a two- week conference at A&M to learn how to put the scientists’ ideas into effect. The two- week conference at A&M will take place at the USDA/Agri cultural Research Service Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory. During the upcoming school year, the scientists will visit the schools to help the teacher implement the mini-re search program. Hometown hero Supporters say Bush held up under campaign p MIDLAND (AP) — After getting over the initial shock of hearing Gov. George W. Bush declare his presi dential ambitions in Iowa, not Texas, Bush’s hometown supporters say they are pleased with his first day on the campaign trail. Their favorite son did not change his tune on issues like bilingual edu cation and affirma tive action under pressure from the national media, and many Bush fans said they could not have been prouder. “You should have seen him up there,” said Marvin Ellis, a window washer who listened to Bush’s first campaign speech and press confer- BUSH ence Monday morning while dan gling 11 stories from the ground. "It was like the reporters were a firing squad. They were trying to trip him up and get him to say some thing that they could jump on, but he kept his cool. Instead of playing tit-for-tat with what other people think about things, he just stated what he felt. It was great.” Bush took stances on several is sues as he traveled through Iowa and New Hampshire, telling re porters he is opposed to racial quo tas and is concerned about the im plementation of a peace plan in Kosovo. Drake Robertson, a waiter at a downtown lunch club, said he is glad that presidential candidate Bush sounds just like Governor Bush. “It was refreshing that he didn't I LC swin^ I At Bond have to change the way he] i ust because he was playing big boys," Robertson said j that all students need tole lish, and he said racial qio got to go — all things I’ve say for years now. There tiling diiieivnt about theg. cbma Jose) >11 O'Neill, who r, f ee k down the street from BushJff 13 1 1 duced him to his wife, L 1 k Bush will begin to makehb Plnce even cleared as the campw a 'P ! 1 ops. 'pP'e w "He had to stay inAusiB Nt ish out the Legislature t* 4 started traveling acrosstlic«l ccen and talking to reponers;:B^ eal1! specifics of his platform, ! v said. "This isn't showbu; P'oen He has responsibilities.Ne; : | fhbnt propriate fot him tosiaru: lt - questions." H Th jery, ' ay : a or < idlest Uver| HI M, . rm summer enrollment figure Summer enrollment totals for Summer Session I and 10- week terms have decreased from last summer. Texas A&M Registrar Donald Carter said that enrollment numbers were down this summer because of the large number of undergraduates who have graduated from the University in the past few years. Freshmen enrollment numbers for the first summer session and 10-week terms were not available. Overall enrollment for Summer Session I and 10-week terms: 1999 1998 16,036 16,368 Undergraduate enrollment for Summer Session I and 10-week terms: 1999 — 11,544 1998 — 11,788 JP BEATO/Tm B.C NUTZ BY R. DELI Yeah, thiaj6s OFF REALLV fi C/1 Al "7* Figure out (sJHEA) Th iajos U)Eajt UdRO/96 ... STARTED ujell... 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