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Enroll in a minimum of iz credits in courses taught in English hy TAMU professors OPEN TO ALL MAJORS: Page 2 News in Brief Texas A&M’s Department of In formation and Operations Manage ment (INFO) will hold a career work shop in the Presidential Conference Center at 1 p.m. The Women in Information Tech nology Career Building workshop brings female students in the INFO department together with women al ready working in the information tech nology field. Career building, the interviewing and hiring process and balancing life and work will be discussed at the workshop. The workshop of about 100 stu dents will include small discussion groups led by the female professionals. Conoco, Dell Computer Corp., FedEx and the Texas A&M Center for Management of Information Sys tems are sponsoring the workshop, free to all INFO majors. CAMPUS THE BATTALION Wedding Continued from Page 1 community has been challenging the laws that make same-sex marriages illegal, and they have recently seen a win in the state of Vermont. “The movement towards same-sex marriage rights has seen an astounding victory in Vermont,” Bennett said. “The Vermont Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples must be given the same legal pro tection as heterosexual couples.” Bennett said he finds no reason same-sex marriages should not be legally recognized. “There is no reason for a national or state government to deny the right [to marry] to its citizens,” Bennett said. “Individual churches should be able to make that decision which is paramount to part of their faith.” “Marriage is supposed to be about love and com mitment. But as it is now, it’s only for that traditional kind of arrangement with a man and a woman,” Hinze said. “NOW thinks that people should be equal regardless of their gender. Preventing people from marrying because of the gen- JP BEATO'I The Valentine's Day ceremony was held in honor oi l Freedom to Marry Day to create awareness that me) of the gay and lesbian community are denied theli to marry. der of the people involved is discriminatory.” “I sincerely hope people go home and thinki Bennett said. History Continued from Page 1 but by the ’90s, African-American enrollment had dropped at A&M. University documents attributed the drop to the Hopwood decision which outlawed race-based scholarships. “It’s about the loss of scholar ships. If a school can offer students the money, they will go where the money is,” said Mary Jo Powell, As sociate Director of University Rela tions to The Battalion in 1997. Enrollment, continued to drop every year in the late ’90s for African-American students. Of the 15,832 applicants for the fall of’97, 742 were African-Amer ican — over a hundred less appli cants than the year before. The African-American student population fell three percent in 1998, and African-American appli cants fell 21 percent. A&M again began a series of new programs designed to begin to sup port the enrollment of African-Amer icans and “promote higher education diversity in the wake of the anti-af firmative action Hopwood decision.” The Black Awareness Commit tee (BAC), which began on campus in 1969 to handle concerns of African-American students evolved into a program to educate about cul ture, heritage and to entertain. Jermaine Hailey, a member of com pany E-2 in 1996 and a senior political science major began a support group for minorities within the Corps of Cadets. “Its purpose is to lead the better ment of the Corps, “ Hailey said to The Battalion in 1996. “We want to find ways that minorities can help the Corps and encourage the cadets.” PTTS Continued from Page 1 communication is a key thing. As students come to realize what we have to do to manage a system as large as ours, they’re probably going to real ize that we can’t please every one all the time." 1 lowe said there is already an advisory board in place, but they have done little to increase com munication between PTTS and students. “The PTTS advisory board isn’t very active,” she said. “One of our projects is to look at the PTTS advisory board and see how it amid be more effective.” Tie new board plans to begin meeting within one or two weeks. Campus Calendar Tuesday Aggie Lutherans Treehouse: Joinusfa study, fun, and fellowship at 7 • 8:30 p.r Savior's Lutheran Church located near to Aggie Toastmasters: Leam public speak-; terviewing skills with possible certificafe in Rudder at 8:30 p.m. check blue screen, i infonnation please contact Laura at 6952 Brazos Valley Coalition for Life: We will a our second annual fund raising beneft j from 6-9 p.m. at the Brazos Center. We* silent auction, dinner, and presentation. To be $10 for adults and $7 for students, for! formation contact Lauren Guide at the EM; Orthodox Christian Fellowship: We reading and discussing liturgy at ( Chapel at 5:30 p.m. For more informs Susan at 696-3112. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSC JORDAN INSTITUTE (From left to right) Cassady Yoder, an anthropology graduate student, Dave Amber, a science journalism graduate student, Cory Ramsey, an anthropology graduate student, Kathryn Willis, an anthropology graduate student. Travis Heggie, a ge ography graduate student and Sarah Keyes, an anthropology graduate student, will travel around the world in pursuit of their fellowships with the MSC Jordan Institute. April Harlin, a wildlife and fisheries science graduate student is not pictured. Institute Continued from Page 1 her to various parts ofTurkey including Istanbul, Ankara and Bodrum for a total of three weeks. While there, she will be working to restore 3,000-year- old Islamic glass from a shipwreck. Yoder, also an anthropology graduate student, will travel to the island of Odense in Denmark for two months. Her project includes excavating a cemetery that was attached to a medieval church. “I’ll be focused primarily with the health ofthe peo ple of the time,” said Yoder. “But I’m really looking forward to getting to know the culture and the people of Denmark.” Other fellows include: •Dave Amber, a graduate student in science and tech nology journal ism will travel to New Zealand to study the country’s stance on nuclear arms control. • April Harlin, a wildlife and fisheries graduate stu dent will conduct research on dolphins and examine con servation practices in Chile and Argentina. • Travis Heggie, a geography graduate student who will study conservation and the impact of logging on agri culture and conservation in Samoa. • Sara Keyes, an anthropology graduate student who will study artifacts dating back to 1450 in Morocco. • Kathryn Willis, an anthropology graduate student who will travel to Egypt to study artifacts from a shipwreck. While the Fellows program is open to all Texas A&M stu dents, most applicants are graduate and non- traditional under graduate students. “At that point in their academic career, they are looking for research opportunities,” said Glueck. Upon returning home, the Fellows are required to give a pre sentation about their experiences abroad. “The presentations often include a lot about their research. But that’s not the only thing of interest,” said Glueck. "We are also interested in hearing what they have to say about the cus toms the experienced, and the day-to-day things they dealt with while living in a difterent country.” “1 want to thank [The Jordan Institute] very much for this wonderful opportunity,” said Ramsey. “I absolutely advise oth ers to do this type of thing.” The Jordan Institute also supports six other committees, in cluding the MSC Overseas Loan fund and the International I d- ucation Outreach Program. Faculty senate ( aw tinned from: Currently, the Websitesp: the Student Senate featurespsi butions from the fall of 1992ifs the summer of 1999. “I’ve been told that thegrai ccive in a class is the measm much you’v e learned,"saidW dent btxly president and seniot science major. “Not havingacsi'l information, as to how wr teaches, violates what I ftav I )r. I hi unas \\ So ■ engineering associate professor,as(a the grade distributiowshecompiWl one college on a trial basCldon'tf the [ Academic A /lairs Ctmmittef J consider working with just one o( leges, hut tins would givethemtlt: tunity to at least let the Student Sera that we value their ideas,” saidSK “When Dr. Bowen is tnakiit nal decision on this issue,lai that he will make the correct the one that will benefit42,00i| dents,” I bird said. In other business, the Faculty'; clined a recommendation to add J icans with Disabilities Act (AD^ statement to all existingcoursesyl According to a recommend® in May of 1997, the ADA policy: present on any new course syllab it may be considered for the cum: CARC301: Graphic Arts (3) CARC 311-551: Visual Notes/Drawing, or Painting, or Sculp* 1 ^ 0 ^ ^ CARC 311-552: Installations/Galleries & Exhibits (3) CARC 331/ARTS 350: History of Art & Civilization (3) CARC 485: Directed Studies (3) CARC 489: Special Topics (3) ENDS 311: Photography (3) Camp Longhorn Inks Lake & Indian Springs LOOKING FOR: Counselors Nurses Nursing Assistants Office Photographers (experience preferred) Want a REWARDING Summer Job? For June, July or August? We will be interviewing: TUESDAY, Feb. 15th 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in MSC COBOL Programmers Needed College Station Part-Time Universal Computer Systems, Inc. is the premier provider of soft ware and hardware in our industry. 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