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Though the rivalry most likely will return to its usual intensity next year, no one will forget the moment that everyone, even Longhorn fans, came together to mourn the stu- Passageway Continued from Page 1 on their present alignment unless they are moved, which we hope they will be eventually,” he said. “Whether or not the train moves, [the passageway] still gets us un der Wellborn Road. Wellborn Road is not going to be moved, and it’s a barrier through campus and a very hazardous crossing. ” The Southside Parking Garage, presently the largest on campus, holds 2,000 cars. The new garage will ac commodate 3,700 cars. Along with the expansion of the Zachry parking lot, total parking capacity on campus will be brought to approximately 36,000 spaces. Williams said there currently are 1,700 students on a waiting list for a garage space, and the new garage should alleviate all parking problems on campus. He ■e Battalion dents lost the week before. m The Bonfire col brought this team back it spective,” A&M punters Lechler said. “Which is that this plate most special school in thee® because of the tremendous! port of the fans and howst family Aggies are.” saici the $30 million garage will be built using J revenues and will be used primarily for student [J “This was one reason for increasing parkingieB year, so we could build up enough revenue to™ these two facilities," he said. Students will be able to park and get to the® deuce halls with little effort, because a shuttleisp/B to run from the West Campus Parking Garagerj dence-hall locations once the project iscompleti, handicapped-accessible parking will be availabletsj first level of the new garage. Williams said the “rainbow” aerial pedestrian™ which currently crosses Wellborn Road, willbetoiri “It doesn't meet current [AmericanswithDisa Act) requirements, because the slopes are it is too narrow,” he said. The projects are estimated to be completed cember 2002. Bonfire Continued from Page 1 Medina rad Masc jor, stun to make the ground a little more stable. This time, the cause may be a little harder to fix.” John Weese, A&M faculty ad viser for the Bonfire investigation commission and a professor of me chanical engineering, said the com mission will use the information re vealed by the soil tests as a piece of the puzzle which hopefully will show why the stack fell. “The commission will receive the information and will give it full and careful consideration,” he said. “Their conclusions and analysis on the mat ter will be revealed in their final report, along will all their findings. ” Continued from Page 1 The slogan “Wake Up and Drive” is spread throughout the area by lo cal car salesman, Gordon Roundtree. Rolph said A&M and Baylor stu dents participated in the commer cial, which begins airing at the end of this month. “It is important to get the word out, and we are excited that the commercial will air on heavily watched channels like MTV and all of the major networks,” he said. After the winter break, Ferguson will travel to the University of Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas Lutheran College to get support from those schools. where h |ep on a pi ,but his lc into his bn v pencil, ason said have a , ok my sop Ferguson said drowsy(fe affects every college studerd the ages of 18 to 24, direct!| indirectly. “Every person in college! affected by these deaths that ' ot : times and’ not happen,” he said. “St»he pencil, need to encourage their frieiriilB^ason said [at A&M) and at other sell Lage with take responsibility fortheirowi®] s tiH hav According to the NationaL inches lor Foundation, 73 percent q dents will fall asleep onetint hind the wheel. Ferguson said drivers arersj sible for making the decisiontof over if they are too tired todn- “1 know it isn’t worth tidl lives, so pull over andg road instead of putting yotusdfj others in danger,” he said. jsers, but 11 Is and nee< From luck^ gi of Sul Ros |ity blanket /hile som Icles of cloi Robbie Mo pliable pie lough the y Family dedicates artwork to victim] [‘I have the Ithem sine |f happens doeller sa BY JEFF KEMPF The Battalion Aggie. TVadition. Many people find these words synonymous, and this year many Aggies shared their love for tradition with their families at home. One Aggie family carried on its five-year Thanksgiving tradition of carving a totem pole. Each year the Hill family picks a theme for the pole, and this year the choice was obvious. Missy Crow, a member of the Hill family and a junior elementary edu cation major, said the family came together in a special way this year. “After the Bonfire collapse and the loss of fellow Aggies, my family wanted to dedicate the tradition to those who lost their lives building a tradition for us,” she said. Since 1995, Charles Hill has found an appropriate tree on his farm and stripped its bark to prepare for the arrival of the rest of the fam ily. On the weekend following Thanksgiving, the family gathers on the family’s farm in Crockett to join in fellowship and carve a nearly 20- foot pole. Scott Brewer, a member of the Hill family and a senior construction sci ence major, said the work is tedious. “We begin by cutting grooves into the tree with a chain saw,” he said. “Then we use chisels, hammers and chain saws to draw and sculpt the designs.” The project starts Friday morning of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and typically concludes the following afternoon. The pole is erected using a large tractor and chain. A five-foot hole holds the totem in place, and soil is packed around its bottom. This year the pole’s top is adorned with an intricate Bonfir^ replica. They Hill, a junior engineering major, came up with the idea cht logical the Bonfire design. ■‘They he! “I wanted to make this ■d. “I donT memorable,” he said. “ThispcBng to do 1 be in the ground forever,soihf®^ the box fire was appropriate for thep f or being a gi The rest of the polefeat*WAnother ' bols of Aggieland and the A;: dreaded fina it. The 12th Man, the “gig 1 ® ^esun for and a football with the score™ year’s A&M-UniversityofTexasjjji ball game are represented. ; Crow asked friend and room Leslie VanDusen, a junior elffl tary education major, to joi family this year. VanDusen said she was] pressed with the work and cou!| believe the passion the showed toward the project. “The craftsmanship isamaffi she said. “You would never8 people you who are your p carve totem poles, letalonedot| so well.” Gallery to host art workshop BY JESSI HIGHFILL The Battalion Endangered species and the art of Andy Warhol are the subjects of a children’s art workshop Sunday at 2 p.m. in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries. The workshop is part of the galleries “Sundays in the Galleries” program. The workshop will begin with a tour of the gallery’s current exhibit, “Andy Warhol: Endangered Species,” and will conclude with two hands-on art projects for chil dren and parents. Catherine Hastedt, Stark Galleries curator, said in the first project chil dren will choose an animal from the exhibit and draw a picture of that an imal’s appropriate habitat, including elements the animal needs to sur vive, such as food and water. The second project will focus on the style of Warhol’s work. The children will use sponge prints, overlay them with colored mylar and finish their drawings with ges tural lines, Hastedt said. “This will teach them about col or contrast, line and movement in art, all of which are recognized ele ments of Warhol’s art,” she said. The workshop is free, Hastedt said, but parents must register their children in advance. The “Sundays in the Galleries” program is offered once a semester, but the gallery would like to do more in the future, Hastedt said. Parents can register their children CkilAr AAW« •For-'t o' Suniavjs- jo G^W^jries Pro O) ram Sf oerk GABRIEL RUENES/TheBU for the workshop by calling ST] For more information at Stark Galleries, call (409) or visit their Website | http://stark.tamu.edu/. MSmSStW^S t THE TOTAL SPOUTS NETWORK BIG MONDAY Texas A&M Basketball VS. Kansas Monday January 17, 2000 8:00 P.M. 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