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TVisha Acosta
Melanie Adamek
Anna Allred
Amy Anderson
Erin Baker
Jenny Becker
Becky Bergstrom
Jen Bersani
Amy Blackman
Keeley Bliss
Christine Borowy
Teresa Bowers
Stephanie Key
Jaimie Kocian
Tara Kamensky
Jacqueline Kinney
Bethany Larsen
Alicia Lauve
Stephanie Lemke
Kami Lesher
Paige Mansfield
Natalie Marley
Melanie Moore
Amy Brown
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Kate Petree
Felicia Coleman
Lisa Puckett
Courtney Cox
Julie Quintero
, Heather Crawford
Swayze Reed l
Jennifer Dagen
Shayla Dozier
Christin French
Shawna Frieze
Jill Gerasimowicz
Lindsey Gimber
Kristin Glass
Lindsey Glass
Emily Granath
Christy Havel
Jameen Huddleston
Lorrie Jayne
Erin Johnson
Laura Jones
Shayna Reichek
Jessica Richardson
Lisa Rodriguez
Amanda Rollins
Whitney Skinner
Jaton Smith
Kathleen Terry
Emilie Welch
Jenny Wilkins
Melissa Williams
Jolie Williams
Robin Young
Sarah Zachry
Page 2 • Wednesday, September 15, 1999
News
Campus
Continued from Page 1
was ranked as having the least
friendly campus, has such a state
ment in its student rules handbook.
Kessler said he believes A&M
has a larger gay population than
what is widely accepted, and it
would benefit from more protec
tion by the University.
“The most conservative esti
mates of gay population I have seen
are about 2 percent of the entire
population,” Kessler said. “Two per
cent of the thousands of students at
A&M is an awful lot of people for
the administration to ignore. ”
Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice
president for student affairs, said
A&M is responsive to its gay stu
dents and provides help by means
of student counseling organization
such as the ALLIES program.
Southerland said he hopes the
student population does not believe
that sexual orientation discrimina
tion will be tolerated at A&M.
“That is not how we at the Uni
versity feel, and we hope that no
one else feels that it will be [toler
ated],” Southerland said.
In a press release, Bowen said
he is pleased that A&M ranked well
in such categories as “encouraging
classroom discussion,” but he said
the ranking as a least friendly gay
campus is undeserved.
“The reality is that Texas A&M
is an inclusive institution that pro
vides broad-based support for all of
its students and welcomes every
one,” Bowen said.
Sbisa
Continued from Page 1
Zawieja said the MSC Cafeteria
and the 12th Man International
Food Court in the MSC will have
a board dining program for the
evening meals. The Underground
Food Court and Bernie’s Place, to
be known as Espresso Coffee
Shop, are expected to open in Au
gust of 2000.
“Northside students still will
be able to use their Aggie Meal
Plans and Aggie Meal Credits for
carry out meals in the MSC,” she
said. “Meal plans will be used in
cash operations all over campus
for breakfast and lunch.”
Shailen Singh, a resident of Ep-
pright Hall and a junior speech
communications major, said the
renovation of Sbisa will benefit
the MSC eating establishments.
“While Sbisa is closed, I think
the MSC is going to be more pop
ular and more crowded, due to
the amount of Northside stu
dents needing a place to eat,”
Singh said. “I don’t think too
many people will use the buses
to go to the Commons for their
meals. Hopefully when Sbisa
does reopen, students will have
a variety of foods and services
available to them.”
Diversity
Continued from Page 1
the scholarship offered through
the Texas A&M Foundation influ
enced his decision to come here,
according to a news release from
the Texas A&M Foundation.
“I came to A&M primarily be
cause of the great interest they
showed in me,” Herrera said.
The private contributions to
the Texas A&M Foundation total
ing more than $1 million have
come from contributors, includ
ing $500,000 from Ford Motor
Company and $220,000 from Mo
torola. Other contributors include
Alcoa, Applied Materials,
DuPont, Texaco and the John G.
and Marie Stella Kennedy Memo
rial Foundation.
Renovations to Evans contin
BY JEANETTE SIMPSON
The Battalion
Renovations to the fifth floor of Sterling C. Evans
Library, including installing a new fire alarm system,
sprinkler installation and an upgrade of the electrical
system, nears completion.
The $8.1 million renovation project, which began
last June, will make the first and second floors more
efficient and make the third through sixth floors, or
the book stacks, meet safety codes required by the
American Disabilities Act and fire safety standards.
Adelle Hedleston, public relations information of
ficer for Evans Library, said the renovations are be
ing done to bring the 24-year-old building up to the
current standards of building codes, make the library
more user-friendly and help to increase the efficien
cy of the many other services provided. She said pur
pose of the renovation the construction is not to cor
rect mistakes made in the original construction, as a
myth has suggested.
“Let me dispel the sinking myth,” Hedleston said.
“The library has never been in any danger of sinking.
How this ridiculous myth got started is a mystery to me. ”
Charlene Clark, public relations officer at Evans Li
brary, said once the construction on the fifth floor is
finished, the renovations to the third floor will begin.
The estimated starting date for the third-floor con-
ANTHONY DISALVO 1
Veronica Marfll. a sophomore general studies
is required to wear a hardhat as she gathers
from the fifth floor of Evans library . Half oft!
floor is restricted to students due to construct^
erected on the first and second floors where:]
jors renovations are taking place, the main do:
the library and the Sterling C. Evans Library!
will still be accessible. Due to the renovations,til
culation desk was moved to the 1st floor stairweI
the reference materials have been moved totlit|
floor of the Annex.
News in Brief
Off Campus Aggies. RHA
to compete in tug of war
Off Campus Aggies (OCA) and the Residence
Hall Association (RHA) will square off in a tug of
war today at 1 p.m. on Duncan Field.
The tug of war is one of the activities for OCA
week, today through Friday. The activities will be
from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Dirty Red, an alternative music band will per
form Thursday at Rudder Fountain. On Friday, stu
dents can take their best shot at Student Body
President Will Hurd and other students leaders
in a dunking booth.
Each day, OCA will feature Sony Playstations
at the fountain where students may play EA
Sports’ NCAA 2000 video game. Prizes, handouts
and flyers will be distributed throughout the week.
pendence from Spain Thursday.
The groups invite students, faculty and staff meml
stop by Rudder Fountain and learn to dance sals
merengue and to test their knowledge of Hispaniccui
The booths will be set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
special guest speaker at noon. Bv must find
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two College of Science seats.
Applications are available in the Student Gov
ernment Association in Koldus Student Services
building, 127 and are due by Friday at 5 p.m.
Contact Speaker Pro-Tempore Justin Toal.
CAMAC, HPC to mark
Mexican independence
The MSC Committee for the Awareness of
Mexican American Culture (CAMAC) and the
Hispanic President’s Council will present
their annual celebration of Mexico’s inde-
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