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TERRY ROBERSON/Thh Battalion
Daniel Strohmeyer, a freshman ocean engineering major, lays bricks at the
Corps Center Plaza Wednesday. The money from selling the bricks will go
toward scholarships and upkeep of the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center.
East Texas killer executed
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Battalic
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Con
victed murderer Ricky Black
mon was executed last night
for hacking to death an East
Texas man with a 3-foot-long
sword fashioned from a steel
sawmill blade.
Blackmon, 41, was the first of
six Texas death row inmates ex
pected to receive lethal injection
over the next two weeks. He be
came the 17th put to death so far
this year.
Blackmon had no last words
as the deadly chemical cocktail
began flowing, but earlier re
leased a prepared statement that
asked people to view the Inter
net Website of a church in
Huntsville.
“Use this to teach others
about what not to do and pray
God receives the glory, not me,”
he said.
"This is what he
(Blackmon) did
and this is what
needs to be done”
— Thomasine Crow
Victim’s mother
As the drugs were being ad
ministered, Blackmon obvious
ly choked up, sobbing, then
closed his eyes and gasped twice
as a muscle in his neck began
twitching.
Eight minutes later, a tear still
running from his right eye, he
was pronounced dead at 6:22
p.m. CDT.
“I wouldn’t want to call it
relief,” Thomasine Crow, the
victim’s mother, said of the ex
ecution. “I think there is jus
tice that needs to be met and I
think this is what needs to be
done.
“Nothing can bring Carl
back. Nothing can ever ease
that pain completely. This is
what he (Blackmon) did and
this is what needs to be done.”
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Brazos summons
potential jurors
BRYAN (AP) — Brazos
County officials are expected
to mail 600 jury summons to
day to residents considered
for the second trial in the
1998 dragging death of a
Jasper black man.
Jury selection begins Aug.
31 in Bryan for the capital
murder trial of Lawrence
Russell Brewer, one of three
white men charged in the
gruesome June 7, 1998
killing of 49-year-old James
Byrd Jr.
Death
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Wagener worked as a graph
ics artist for The Battalion.
Mark McPherson, graphics
editor for The Battalion said
Wagener had a really good
sense of humor, which
showed in both his conversa
tions and his drawings.
“He was always eager to do
as many graphics as he could,"
McPherson s^aid.
McPherson said Wagener
had changed his major from
agricultural engineering to en
vironmental design because he
was interested in joining the Vi
sual Arts Laboratory.
“He was really interested in
animation,” he said.
Toscano said he recalled at
least one A&M student who died
from alcohol poisoning this year
and an 18-year-old student who
had a high blood-alcohol level
when he fell to his death in the
Southside Parking Garage.
“Maybe if the media puts
the message out that alcohol
can kill, maybe it would get
through,” Toscano said.
Continued from Pag.
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and department heading
ment of Secondary andr^j
cation at East Texas Stas .1
which is now knownas'^
University-Commerce.
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idem and chief executmj
both Tarleton State I
West Texas A&M Univen:|
served as interim chan
System.
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Board of Regents, said!
service has defined M
land-grant mission.
“His devotion to eve
is a true inspiration to;
has ever had the horn
him,” he said.
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passionate A&M alum.
“There is no wayyoucj
him without knowinghe*
gie,” he said.
Stokes also said Evans!
him to update hisbiogtap
This year, The TexasAi|
of Regents passed a resob
mending Evans forhisf
tributions to the librarci
sity, the System and thesBtl
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Volunteers Needed! An nnwH 8
WELCOME!
* INTERVIEWING NOW *
to begin service in the Fall.
Training will take place August 23-28, 1999.
For more information call Susan Vavra at 845-4427 ext. 133
or visit our web site at www.scs.tamu.edu/volunteer/
STUDENT
COUNSELING
SERVICE
Want a Free T-shirt???
Help us start a new tradition, in the Spirit of Ags helping Ags,
by volunteering to aid Freshmen and their parents the day
they move into the Residence Halls.
All volunteers will be given a t-shirt to be worn on check-in
day August 25. If you are interested in helping the newest
members of our Aggie family, contact Sandra Mitchell in
YMCA 110, call 862-3158, or log onto our website at
http://reslife.tamu.edu/info/ for an application.
Let’s show the young Ags what “Aggie Spirit” is all about.
Gig ‘Em,
Department of Residence Life
A department in the Division of Student Affairs
Welcome Back Aggies and
Congratulations Graduates!
Kathy Mayfield-Lynch
Realtor/Broker, CRS, GRI
Aggie Mom
Solving Student Housing Needs at A&M
for over 20 Yrs.
Houses, Duplexes, Condos,
Let Your Investment Soften the
Education Cost.
Choose your own roommates!
AFFORDABLE!
Contact Kathy and “Be Sold on Service’
(409) 777-4116 dUi
kathy@tca.net
COVENTRY
AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: AUGUST 5, 1999
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
(These requirements must have been completed by summer term 1)
You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 25 undergraduate credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and
passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
60 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first
semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the suc
cessful semester requirement described in the following paragraph. Should your degree be conferred with less
than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this requirement will be waived after you graduate and your degree
is posted on the Student Information Management System.
30 undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing
that prior to lanuary 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed either
a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined
in the University catalog).
3. You must have a 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due
fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements: «
If you are a August 1999 degree candidate and do not have an Aggie ring from a prior degree, you may place an
order after you meet the following requirements:
1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management
System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due fees,
loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
However, if you have completed all of your course work prior to this semester and have been cleared by the the
sis clerk, you may request a “letter of completion: from the Office of Graduate Studies (providing it is not past
their deadline). The original letter of completion, with the seal, may be presented to the Ring Office in lieu of
your degree being posted.
Procedure to order a ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements and you wish to receive your ring on October 14, 1999, you must
visit the Ring Office no later than Thursday, August 5, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to
complete the application for eligibility verification.
It is recommended that you do not wait until August 5 to apply for your ring audit. Should there be a prob
lem with your academic record, or if you are blocked, you may not have sufficient time to resolve these mat
ters before the order closes put on August 6.
2. Return no later than August 6, 1999 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to check on the status of
your audit and if qualified, pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa or
MasterCard (with your name imprinted).
Men’s 10K
Women’s 10K
$313.00
$197.00
14K -$411.00
14K-$218.00
* Add $8.00 for Class of‘98 or before.
The ring delivery date is October 14, 1999.
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Saturday, August 7
9 p.m. Rudder Auditorium
Tickets are $4 in advance
$5 at the door
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105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Kasie Byers, Editor in chief
Sallie Turner, Managing Editor
Veronica Serrano, Executive Editor
Mark McPherson, Graphics Editor
Riley LaGrone, Aggielife Editor
Doug Shilling, Sports Editor
Matt Webber, Night News Editor
Sallie Turner, Photo Edto
Guy Rogers, Photo Editot
Caleb McDaniel, Opinion!
Veronica Serrano, City Eo
Non! Sridhara, Campus Et
Ryan Williams, Web Edito
Kyle Whitacre, Radio Proc
Staff Members
City - Carrie Bennet, Sameh Fahmy, Ryan West,
Suzanne Brabeck & Stuart Hutson.
Sports - Jeff Webb, Santosh Venkataraman,
Michael Rodgers, Ruth Stephens & Reece Flood.
Aggieufe - Assistant: Stephen Wells; Aaron Meier,
Scott Harris, Brian Fleming & Michael Maddux.
Opinion - Tom Owens, Jeff Becker, Mark Passwaters,
Marc Grether, Chris Huffines, Megan Wright, Aaron
Meier, Beverly Mireles & Ryan Alan Garcia.
Photo - JP Beato, Mike Fuentes, Terry Roberson,
Bradley Atchison & Anthony Disalro
Graphics - Assistant: Gabriel Ruenes:leh
& Michael Wagener.
Cartoonists - Ruben Deluna.
Copy Editors - Amy Daugherty,
Mandy Cater Graeber & Aaron Meier.
Page Designers- Manisha Parekli.
Radio - Andrea Bragdon, Paul Breamfe
Campbell, Francis Fernandez, Jasoa Pe:
Stephen Landin & Logan Youree.
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