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Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
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On the program:
Selections from
Fantasia, Schindler's List Main Theme, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, and
Concerto frr Piccolo and Orchestra by Vivaldi featuring
Andrew Fitzpatrick, winner of the
Youth Concerto Competition
Randy Wilson, Guest Artist
The Theatre Company
Sunday, February 6, 2000
4:00 P.M., Rudder Auditorium
Tickets may be purchased at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234
Tickets cost: $10.00 adults, $5.00 students
Each adult may bring up to 2 children to the performance at no additional coat
‘Please arrive by 3:30 p.m. if you art purchasing or picking up tickets at the MSC Box Office
Additional support provided by Texas A&M University Department cf Performance Studies, the
Arts Council of Brazos Valley, Brazos Business Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, the
Astin Charitable Trusts, and the Doak Foundation.
NEWS
Page 2
THE BATTALION
Slocum names final coac
rida' I ohm;
—
BY JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
A mere 24 hours after the Texas
A&M football team announced the
signing of 22 players on National Sign
ing Day, the Aggies filled the last open
ing — a running backs’ coach.
Thursday, A&M football coach
R.C. Slocum announced the hiring of
Pete Hoener to take over the Aggie
backs for the 2000 season.
Hoener joins the Aggies from Iowa
State University where he was the of
fensive coordinator in addition to
coaching the offensive line.
“I am pleased we were able to at
tract Pete Hoener to our football staff,”
Slocum said.
“1 have known Pete for quite some
time and have alwavs admired his
coaching. Having spent many years as
an offensive coordinator, he will bring
considerable experience to our staff.”
Overall, Hoener brings 14 years of
offensive coordinating experience at
the collegiate level, with positions at
seven schools over the last 25 years.
In the middle of that period, he
spent two years in the NFL coaching
tight ends for the St. Louis Cardinals.
“I’m excited to be a part of a tradi
tion-rich program like Aggie football,”
Hoener said.
“I look forward to working with a
head coach like R.C. Slocum and the
rest ofthe Texas A&M coaching staff.’’
With the Cyclones, Hoener took
over an offensive line that allowed
46 sacks in 1997 and transformed it
in a single season to one that only al
lowed nine.
Welch plans to enhance
the Aggie community
BY APRIL YOUNG
The Battalion
In his new role as director of the Center for Executive
Development (CED), Dr. Ben Welch hopes to make the
most out ofthe “Aggie network.”
The CED hosts professional training and executive-
level development programs that provide educational op
portunities for professionals.
Welch's goal is to use the large number of former
A&M students who hold prominent positions across
the country to enhance the visibility of the center and
Texas A&M.
“I would like (the CEDjto become one ofthe
premier centers in the country for executive and
management education,” Welch said."It will be
most important to utilize the Aggie network when I
am out visiting with businesses and industries so
that I can make them aware of our center and what
we have to offer.”
Welch said there is an indirect connection between
A&M students and the center.
“The participants that we deal with are executives in
various organizations and government agencies, and we
trv to showcase what a wonderful university A&M is,”
Welch said. “Several participants
say they w ould love for their son
or daughter to be able to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to at
tend this University.”
As director of the CED,
Welch visits w ith companies to
help them realize the need for ex
ecutive training and works with
University faculty and outside
speakers to develop management
and executive training programs.
Welch joined the CED this
semester after serving as direc
tor of student activities at A&M
Dr. Don llcllricgel, executive
Lowry Mays College and Grad
ness, said Welch will he an asset
“Dr. Welch brings charisma, energy
to the role," 1 Icllricgcl said. "Aside firm
bright person who is effective in conduct
velopment programs.”
Welch said the st' idents in the (
also benefit from die center’s activities
News in Brief
Forum addresses
death penalty
The Friends Just Peace Insti
tute presented a public forum on
ways that citizens can take active
steps to abolish the death penal
ty in Texas and surrounding states.
The forum, held Thursday at
the Friends Congregational
Church in College Station, fea
tured a panel of speakers from
various anti-death penalty activist
organizations who spoke to an
audience of more than 100.
David Atwood, president of
the Texas Coalition to Abolish the
Death Penalty, directed the group
to get members of the religious
community and corporate lead
ers involved.
“Without members of the
faith community, and leaders of
the top corporations we are go
ing to get nowhere in the move
ment towards [a moratorium on
the death penalty],” Atwood said.
Convention raises
Latino issues
The 13th annual Southwest
Latino Student Convention’s
two day conference is expect
ed to bring as many as 350
students to A&M Friday to ed
ucate Latinos on the issues
that impact their community in
the United States.
The convention will hold
sessions to discuss upcoming
elections, political issues and
demographics, and will feature
a variety of speakers, includ
ing Ida Castro, chairperson of
the Equal Employment Oppor
tunities Commission.
The convention, hosted by
the Committee for the Aware
ness of Mexican and American
Culture (CAMAC), began as a
one day workshop 13 years
ago when members of the
committee wanted a unique
way to promote culture.
(.ontnnu
\\;ide Birch, director of SCS
collapse may have had an abnc
on the student bod\ because ol A<5
atmosphere."
“Aggies are an especially lightc
very one here feels as tho#
c\ cry one else.” Birch said. “Whcnte
died, it felt like we all lost 12 familyisr
Birch said retuminn to IhcA&Mr
Rape
Continued from Page 1
Last year, the Brazos County Rape Crisis Center had
66 clients w ho were victims of a drug or alcohol relat
ed assault.
“If you are in a situation that involves alcohol, you
can’t really protect yourself,” Sara said. “My attacker
wasn’t drunk.”
The University Police Department has not seen any cases
involving the use of Rohypnol and other date rape drugs.
“We haven’t investigated any cases where Rohyp
nol was a factor,” said Sgt. Allan Baron, a Crime Pre
vention Officer with UPD. “In most cases, the victim
will not seek medical attention within the time frame
[needed to locate the drug].”
“| Media coverage] has made people aware ofthe dan
gers that can occur on a date,” Baron said. “People started
to be more aware of their drinks.”
In order for the drug to be detected in a medical exam,
a urine sample must be taken within 72 hours of ingestion;
however, the urine test is not a part ofthe medical exam
that is performed after a rape and has to be requested.
UPD had four reported cases of sexual assault in the
1999, Baron said. Of those cases, three were date or ac
quaintance rapes.
“Date rapes [on-campus] usually occur in donn rooms,
vehicles or in parks,” Baron said.
Baron said rapes where the v ictim d(x:s not know the
attacker can occur in the home, but often occur in |xxirl\
lit or unpopulated areas.
Sgt. Ernie Montoya ofthe Crime Prevention Unit of
the Bryan Police Department said the increase from 50
rape cases in 1995 to 71 cases in 1999 could lie only an in
crease in reported cases, not an increase in the actual num
ber of rapes.
College Station Police Department had 20 reported cas
es in 1999.
Last year, the Brazos County Rape Crisis Center had
298 clients from the Bryan-College Station area. ()ne hun
dred thirty-seven were females and nine were males be
tween the ages of 18 and 29,1 lostetter said.
1 lostetter said most male victims arc victimized as chil
dren or adolescents and do not tell anyone until much Lit
er in life. Those that are assaulted as adults are usually at
tacked by other adult males.
“It is difficult [for a man] to come forward,” I lostetter
said. “Most arc having financial problems or they can’t stay
in a relationship. Basically their world is at a heap at their
ankles before they realize [the assault] is the problem."
Sara still suffers psychological scars from being
assaulted.
“1 always had a problem trusting people,” she said.
“Now when a guy talks to me, 1 wonder if he’s interested
in me, not what he sees.”
from the w inter break may cause PI'
for many students who used ihchti
about the collapse.
“Students may have gone home aft'
they had gone through into the backoff
he said. “But coming hack here may T
to deal w ith those memories aiidemot: '
they are ready or not."
Barbara Rothbaum. director ofthe
Anxiety Recovering Program at theL r
in Atlanta, said at a seminar about’
Thursday in the MSC that the only way '
PTSD is to talk about the traumaticexf
“A lot of people suffer from thiskt'
hide all their sadness and hurt." Roth
“ Hie only way to get the pain logos*;
about it w helher it is with a parent;
a friend, or a professional.”
Rothbaum said students who feel
suftering from PI SI) should seek help’
counseling center.
“It is enormously beneficial to talk
one who knows how to react and help
“This is w hat psychologists are there to;
Birch said the STS has started at
group which meets at 3 p.m. every Wef
is focused on helping students who are f
ing PTSD as a result ofthe bonfire coll-'
“We started with four students, b-
many more students who are goingthrof
could benefit from this kind of group."
Birch said many students may not’'
help because they arc embarrassed thaT
ing trouble with their emotions.
“Many students are probably nets#
because they think it would make thems ;
he said. “But it takes a lot more strength'
your problems than to run from them."
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