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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February
Approval process ended for VPs
BY JEANETTE SIMPSON
The Battalion
After a three-hour heated debate the
Student Senate voted to eliminate the ap
proval process for vice presidential nom
inees.
The student body president appoints
all of the vice-presidents.
An amendment to an existing bill
now establishes the Senate’s approval of
vice-presidential nominees by a two-
thirds vote, and abolishes the Appoint
ment Approval Board.
The Student Senate Library Use Fee
Bill was approved in a 48 to four vote.
The bill supports a $ 1 increase per cred
it hour. David Kessler, an off-campus
senator and senior English major op
posed the approval of the the bill.
“I support the funding for the elec
tronic and hard-copy reserves,” Kessler
said. “However, I do not support the in
crease for the binding of the extension of
the hours at the West Campus, and Ster
ling C. Evans libraries.”
The Board of Regents will now take
“The Appointment
Approval Board has
caused us only to
look at the charac
ter and integrity of
the vice-president
nominees.”
— Lisa Schiltzkus
student senator
the Student Senate’s support of the fee
increase into consideration.
The Student Senate’s resolution to
send the condolences of Texas A&M to
Prairie View A&M for the loss of four
students in a car accident last Thursday
evening passed unanimously.
“Prairie View A&M has stood by our
side so many times, it is important that
we [Texas A&M] send our deepest con-
WISE conference focuses on
women’s time management
BY BRANDIE LIFFICK
The Battalion
Running a fully-functioning private life and a well-run
ning computer system may be a little more than what usual
ly falls under the definition of “multitasking,” but for women
like Diana Bushong, its an everyday event.
The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) are pro
viding an opportunity for women such as Bushong to learn
how to better juggle their professional and private lives dur
ing their annual conference, titled “Finding the Balance” Feb
ruary 18 and 19.
“This Particular conference really is summed up in its ti
tle,” said Bushong, WISE board member and computer spe
cialist at Texas A&M. “We hope to help women find ways to
balance their careers and their social life — whether that
would be a family, friends or whatever."
The first event of the conference, Friday night in the fac
ulty club, will allow students an opportunity to meet with the
guest speakers and representatives from sponsoring compa
nies on a casual basis.
“For students that are about to embark on careers, it’s good
for them to interact with successful women in a variety of
fields,” said Nancy Magnussen, director of WISE and pro
gram coordinator for the college of science.
Some speakers included this year are Glenda Humiston,
deputy under-secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources,
and Dr. Geraldine Richmond, professor of Chemistry at the
University of Oregon.
“For speakers, we try to pick women successful and well
known in their fields,” Magnussen said. “But we like for them
to not only speak but to interact with those attending the con
ference.”
Speaker topics range from finding balance in an ever-
changing work place to working strategically to reach goals.
WISE will also support several other activities including
“Expanding your Horizons,” an annual program designed to
encourage sixth grade girls to look at fields in science and
technology.
Magnussen said that more than 100 women have signed
up for this year’s conference.
Tickets sold for lifteen dollars to students and twenty-
five dollars to faculty and community members.
“In the past, usually about 50 percent of those attending are
graduate students,” Magnussen said. ’’The other half is gen
erally made up of post docs., faculty, and undergraduate stu
dents. We have some who return year after year because they
enjoy the day so much.”
“We appreciate the support we have gotten from the col
leges since the beginning of WISE,” she said. “Without that,
we certainly couldn’t continue to host these conferences.”
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dolences, and best wishes to their cam
pus,” said Rob Ferguson, student sena
tor and junior political science major.
The Student Senate Recreational
Sports Fee Referendum Bill was intro
duced in Wednesday’s meeting and ap
proved for further committee action.
The Student Recreation Center is
asking for a $7.36 increase in the Rec
Center fee per semester. The fee would
become a $78 fee, but students will only
see a $7.36 increase because the addi
tional $20.64 will be consolidated from
the Student Services fee. With the two
fees combined, students would see their
fees increase from $ 189.44 to $ 196.80.
“Without this fee increase the Rec.
Center will sutler many cutbacks, stu
dents would see a decrease in services,
and the hours that the Rec Center is
available to them,” said Brian Minyard,
speaker of the Student Senate and senior
biochemistry and political science major.
“That is why it is important that our con
stituents understand the importance of
the support of the student referendum
when it appears on the ballot.”
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to meet the March 31 deadline,"ki
“Clearly, they need to fully coni
their work without regard to a
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final analysis about how purpj
open this process has been. Thais
we go out of our way to have no op:
It’s unfair to speculate on the wot
less it is produced. ”
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planned bonfire memorial.
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recommendation to President B»:
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on what and where the memonalsh
be — everything from a miniature
model to a one-line email.”
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w hen the decision will finally hem
but we w ant to be sure that we have*
a choice that is representative ofi
this [tragedy] has meant.”
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