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The Battalion 1*1 Stigma £ps»ll<»i9 I»a~«s«r» , fc:s. .DELte SLASHING BJVB'Y Racciwe^baff ^duraamei*^ G. Rollie White November 20, 1999 (0:00 a.m. Men's and Women’s Singles All FAMU Students and Faculty/StaH' Pre-Registration: Nov. 15-19 Welcome! (uj, Rec and Wehner AWARDS 10 a.rrt. 5 p.m. Men and Women Day of Kvent: 9 a.m 9:30 a.m. 1 Place: S75 -t- free dinner $10.00 Advance or $12.00 Day of 2 nd Place: $50 + free dinner Tournament 3 rd Place: $25.00 $2.00 Refund with 2 Canned Cioods VIANY DOOR PRIZES! MSC Black Awareness Committee Nubian Nominations Review Categories Subtn i t Nom in at ion s Http://ft>ao.tamu.eciu Deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 22nd "Celebration of Achievement " Texas Business Leaders <ft Nubian Awards Reception Thursday. Tel). 10th 3pm J. 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Forcing Information line: 862-7724 Web site: http ://www-engl ish.tamu.edu/wprograms/forcing.html Bond* S Choice Page 2 • November 19,! he Bati Seeking comfort from fait# Prayer services help churches, students deal with help churches, tragia BY STEPHANIE DUBE, CALEB MCDANIEL AND JEANETTE SIMPSON The Battalion O n a morning of sadness in Bryan-College Station, there were tearful smiles at sever al area churches, as students and church members responded to tragedy with faith. Special services were held at Grace Bible Church, St. Francis Episcopal Church and Rudder Fountain. Nearly 70 people greeted each other with hugs and handshakes at Grace Bible Church in College Station yesterday for a 10 a.m. prayer session. Senior Pastor Dwight Edwards opened the service by quoting Psalm 46 from the Bible, “We will not fear, though the earth be re moved, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. ” Pastors, church staff and stu dents emphasized the importance of prayer in comforting each other. Leigh Montgomery, a sopho more mathematics major, said she was still in a state of shock but came to offer prayers for those af fected by the accident. “We can comfort them as Christ has comforted us,” she said. Brian Fisher, college pastor at Grace Bible Church, predicted that there would inevitably be feelings of guilt among students who had worked on stack, and many of them would wonder whether they had done something to cause the collapse. “I anticipate that for their spe cific questions, 1 won’t have the an swers,” he said. But both Edwards and Fisher said the job of church pastors was to be available for students, who constitute about 50 percent of the 2,000 members at Grace Bible Church. “We’re mainly just trying to be there to put an arm around them,” Edwards said. “There’s no need to say why [this tragedy has hap pened], because none of us knows why. It’s the who behind the why that’s important.” Some people attending the service were beginning to talk of the good that could come from the accident. “I think this will be a faith strengthener,” Heidi Cook, a staff worker at Grace Bible Church, said. Fisher said Christians should use this opportunity to share their faith with the grieving. “I was just imagining how many angry and confused people there are walking around campus,” lie said. “What these folks need to hear is ‘I love you.’” Later in the afternoon, more than 5,000 students joined togeth er at Rudder Fountain to pray for students, rescue workers and fam ily members impacted by the Bon fire tragedy. The event began with a song by the Singing Cadets and a message from Gregg Matte, director of Breakaway Ministries, which offers Bible studies, worship services and spiritual support to A&M students. “There aren't any words that can be said that can make this all go away,” Matte said, addressing the crowd of students, many of whom were grieving the loss of close friends. “I don't know what to say, but 1 do know who to point you to — Jesus Christ and God, the Father. ” When the officialpri ing ended, the student; singing songs and c each other. Abigail Werneke,as etiology major, said she about Bonfire col laps:: roommate at 6 a.m. Her reaction was prayer, she “We have to justs continued faithfulnest time,” Wernekesaid. “I process is just nowgoii Students are coming it encourage and mount This tragedy will affect: dent at A&M.” Later in the evening of the Bonfire tragedyg; St. Francis EpiscopalC another prayer vigil. The Rev. C. Andrew; those gathered in pn reading the names of all: dents both injured and the accident. "We must pray for a!: fected by this horribletr; only Aggies here, bo around the country t prayers also," Doyle said tudet BY RICHi The B CHAD ADAM' A crowd of students walks southbound on Wellborn Rd. toward Reed Arena, where over 14,000 gathered last night to reflect on the day’s trag ^■ccupants c Hdence hall: building c sterday’s early icted with a co ger and confus Students froi oses, Aston me at the Bonf the accident. Walking throi ?x yesterday r uld be seen n they attempte igedy. Che Wilcox, A) on duty W oses Hall and a ■, said many s trned of the a rents and soug •mation and ac “[Reactions U ■nt] have be llcdx said. “At trails from the asking for oretreally scare Vilcox said t nt, students ha ch other and iefun the Mose , “It’s been rea stu I f has happi 'ejre just watc not going to get thin Tpny Andeno Ptpn Hall, saic lap together to ' er students c & tragedy. Kve’re all p |any Aggies epirectly inv nj” he said. Andenoro s: Vallon Hall Wc Thousands meet in Reed to begin healk BY BRADY CREEL AND STUART HUTSON The Battalion Ss Seamaster Professional Automatic chronometer Water-resistant to joom/ioooft OMEGA — Swiss made ‘'EMj/V£7' £ ’-A'" r £ r S7I7£/£7Zr 007 -'' John D. Huntley Class of '79 313B South College Ave., College Station, TX 77840 (409) 846-8916 A midst tear-filled grief and sorrow, Texas Aggies stood arm-in-arm with friends, families and faculty in Reed Arena last night to share their compassion and sympathy in light of yesterday’s tragic events. Tim Hogan, a junior computer engineering major, the service and said it was filled with contemplation and sharing of the Aggie Spirit. “The air was thick with silence, and you could tell that the shock and anger had melt ed away,” he said. “Everyone there only had love and a family spirit.” Hogan said the moment of remembrance was a well-needed step towards recovery from the shocking events of the day. “I showed up [at the Bonfire site], and everything was like a scene out of an old war movie,” he said. “People were holding each other, and no one really knew what was going on. I still can’t believe it happened.” Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen said the day was one of unspeakable grief and sorrow. “No matter how predictable we think life is. none of us knows what the next hour may bring,” he said. “When we went to bed last evening, none of us thought that tonight we would be consumed with the grief that now confronts all of us.” Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president for student affairs, said he became overwhelmed when he looked out his window from the eighth floor of Rudder Tower and could see only students holding hands in prayer around the MSC. “I looked out the window, and there were so many students holding hands and praying that you could not see the bricks [on the Rud der Fountain plaza] beneath their feet,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting to see the reaction, but the sheer numbers struck me so much that I just lost it.” Southerland said that the president and vice president of the University of Texas attended the memorial and ordered all flags on the UT campus be flown half-mast in reverence of those killed in the collapse. Rick Perry, lieutenant governor of Texas and Class of ’72, presented Forrest Lane, Corps of Cadets commander and a senior political sci ence and economics major, and Julie Cast, president of the Residence Hall Am and a junior marketing major, witto state flag flown at thecapitol. Throughout the rest of the ceremoif clutched the flag close to his chest. “This is a sign of what those studetitj to all of us," he said. “It doesn’t start: up for the loss, but it still means a 1 Perry said he had signed anexecutiij Thursday morning ordering flags ah governmental offices to be flownath! “We will remember them as lor a Texas A&M and the Aggie Spirit, ( friends, is forever,” Perry said. Rev. Larry Krueger of the CampusS Association, offered his condolence' large congregation present at these:’ described the path the Aggies needl overcome grief of such magnitude. “May God help us all,” Kruegerd’ cause it is a time to mourn, a time too® to care and a time to pray.” Before solemnly departing fromfl mony, a soft hush fell over the crovi* distant humming of “AmazingGrace the audience. They sang together,:' shoulder, remembering the fallen IN H November 20,1999 7:00 PM Rudder Auditorium t G* rRE SENT S 4 „, f . 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