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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
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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.
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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
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that we value their ideas,” saidSK
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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:
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