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Schumacher banners bann
University forbids residence hall to display offensive ‘spirit sif C
BY STUART HUTSON
The Battalion
Students passing by Schuhmacher Hall on a
home game weekend this fall may notice a lit
tle “spirit” missing from the hall’s exterior.
Michael Krenz, the Department of Residence
Life Northside area coordinator, said the residence
hall lost its privileges to post “spirit signs” for the
rest of the semester after posting a sign contain
ing what he called “derogatory remarks.”
Krenz said a spirit sign is a large sign hung
on the side of a residence hall the Friday before
a home game to showcase the hall’s support for
the Texas A&M team.
“Their purpose is to promote school spirit
and unity,” he said.
The inappropriate sign displayed the words
“SCREW THE BATT” in large print along with
the words “and Baylor, and PTTS” in smaller
print. The sign also displayed a politically in
correct Bonfire symbol along with a picture of
a man fornicating with a sheep.
Jason Newman, a resident of the hall and a
senior business major, said while he was not in
volved with the creation of the sign, he does
know the motivation behind it.
“We feel that The Battalion has only represent
ed one, negative side of the [assault] issue in some
of their recent articles about Bonfire,” he said. “It
really has unfairly put Bonfire in a bad light.”
Sallie Turner, editor in chief of The Battalion
and a senior journalism major, said the objec
tive of the newspaper is to report the news as
accurately and objectively.
“We try to report the news in as balanced and
accurate of a way as is possible,” she said. “It is
our job to report the news, not to make it.”
CODY WAGES I
The ’spirit sign’ displayed by Schumacher Hall before the Texas A&M-Baylor footballgarj
weekend resulted in the revocation of the hall’s privilege to post any more banners this scl
Newman said he knows of many people
who think that certain published articles
have indirectly led to new “politically cor
rect” policies on the Bonfire cut sight which
are strongly objected to by many participants
in Bonfire activities.
“It seems like some people are trying to make
every thing P.C.,” he said. “[Bonfire] is just not
that way, and it is never going to be."
Krenz said the expression viola
partment of Residence Life guideline:
lished for the signs and could mean pc
for individuals found to be directlya
ed with its creation.
"Basically, they violated postinggi
and if any individuals or organi/a:
found that are directly involved, the\
reprimanded,” he said.
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New program to gauge
organizations’ progress
BY JESSI HIGHFILL
The Battalion
The Student Organization As
sessment Center (SOAC) is a new
program created this fall to help
student organizations evaluate
their progress and processes and
plan for the future.
The center is part of the De
partment of Student Life Studies
in the department of the Division
of Student Affairs and is already
working with campus organiza
tions such as the MSC, the Inter
fraternity Council, Residence Hall
Association and the Department
of Recreational Sports.
Darby Roberts, the SOAC co
ordinator, said the center offers
numerous services for student
organizations, including student
involvement surveys and needs
assessment.
Roberts said the SOAC is
equipped to gather data through
various methods such as mass
mailings, telephone interviews
and the internet.
He said the center encourage
the use of the Internet because it
saves time and manpower and be
cause most students have conve
nient access to the Internet.
Sandi Osters, Student Life Stud
ies director, said the center’s goal
is to help campus organizations.
“One of the aims of higher
education is for students to be
involved in their own educa
tion,” she said. “My vision is
[for SOAC] to serve the students
directly in whatever they need
to know about their organiza
tion: what they do, why they do
it and how satisfied are the peo
ple they serve. ”
The center is located in Rud
der 103, and the services are free
to any officially recognized stu
dent organization.
Osters said she encourages any
organization wishing to use the
center to get in touch with them
soon to allow plenty of time to
gather information to insure accu
rate results.
“The problem with students is
that when they want something,
they want it yesterday,” she said.
“It takes much longer to do good
work, and we wouldn’t want to
throw something together that
Former commissioner defends TAAS
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The embattled exit exam
for Texas high school students was defended again
yesterday by the former state official who championed
its creation.
“This is about improvability for all children and im-
provability of educators in our system,” Mike Moses
testified in the federal-court trial of a lawsuit alleging
the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills discriminates
against minorities.
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students, from Amarillo to Beaumont, from
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Moses, who left the state’s top education post last
month to become deputy chancellor at Texas Tech Uni
versity, was cross-examined by Javier Maldonado, an
attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, which filed the lawsuit.
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the students’ knowledge of the state-mandated cur
riculum?” Maldonado asked.
“In my opinion, I would define complete knowl
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dents enrolled in a Texas high school actually makes it
to senior year, compared to three in four for whites.
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