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Dr. Marcelo Bussikt, Music Director
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Gilbert and Thyra Plass
Additional concert funding provided by
Office of the President, Texas A&M University
On the program:
Revelation (world premiere) Bill Klemm
Coriolan Overture Beethoven
Symphony N. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Ode to Joy Beethoven
Melanie Helton, soprano; Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano;
Joseph Evans, tenor; Indcio de Nonno, bass-baritone.
Brazos Valley Chorale
Maestro Jess Wade III
Artistic Director/ Conductor
Sunday, March 5, 2000
4:00 RAJ., Rudder Auditorium
Tickets may be purchased at the MSC Box Office, 845-1254
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NEWS
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Ueno receives award
BY MARIANO CASTILLO
The Battalion
Dr. Keiyu Ueno, class of ’77, was
awarded the 2000 Outstanding Interna
tional Alumnus Award Thursday at the
George Bush Presidential Conference
Center. The presentation was made at the
annual Consuls General Luncheon, part of
the International Week activities hosted by
the International Students Association.
The award recognizes former interna
tional students who have distinguished
themselves professionally. Dr. Ueno, a na
tive of Kumamoto, Japan, received his
doctorate from Texas A&M’s Chemistry
Department and is now president of Do
ji ndo Laboratories.
Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M.
Bowen and Dr. Richard Ew'ing, dean of the
College of Science, made the presentation.
“Dr. Ueno exemplifies what it means
to be an Aggie,” Ewing said.
After graduation, Ueno kept strong ties
News in Brief
“pnteiriational pro
grams] buUd permanent
relationships
between individuals, in
stitutions and nations”
— Luis Winter
consul general of Chile and dean of the
Houston Consular Corps
with A&M. He played a crucial role in the
development of A&M’s former Koriyama
branch in Japan and contributed to endow
a chair to the Department of Chemistry.
Over 30 nations were represented at
the luncheon by consuls and staff from
Texas. “The luncheon honors consuls and
their staffs for the support they give inter
national students and their efforts to make
the University more culturally aware,”
said Gustavo de Sousa, president of the In
ternational Students Association and a se
nior food science and technology major.
Tlie Honorable Luis Winter, consul gen
eral of Chile and dean of the Houston Con
sular Corps, spoke of the importance of in
ternational contacts and exchange programs.
“[International programs] build per
manent relationships between individuals,
institutions and nations,” Winter said.
Bowen commended the consuls gen
eral for their cooperation after the 1999
Aggie Bonfire collapse. Consuls helped
communicate the news of the tragedy to
their countries and kept families abroad in
formed of their sons’ and daughters' status
as soon as information became available.
Asha Rao, a Ph.D. candidate in ento
mology, was also recognized with the Out
standing International Club President
award. Rao, president of the India Associ
ation. received a $500 scholarship from
the Association of Former Students.
Spring break
Continued fromh
While the Colorado mounta
slopes continue to attract
break crowds each year, Brittia
the majority of clients this yei
headed where it is warmer.
“There are no Bights [left]
Eriday, Maix
cun!" Brittian said.
Cancun, according to Aggie
Adventures, has been one of
travel destinations for universiti
dents this year. Coming in ados
ond is South Padre Island, and
and Daytona Beach, Florida.
Spring break trips are notnei
ily that expensive.
"1 look forward to just relaxii
the beach for a few days in
Christi. We are staying in Texas,
helps keep costs down, butwev
he able to have fun.
I didn’t want to just sit at
but sitting on the beach wi
friends will be exciting,”
Jonathan Brooks, sophomore mart
ing major.
Ho
vmo
UT tuition to jump
by $420 next year
AUSTIN (AP) — The average Uni
versity of Texas student will pay
$420 more a year in tuition and
fees next year in a plan to hire more
faculty, raise salaries and help
needy students.
The $14 per credit hour in
crease will include regular tuition in
creases totaling $4, plus a new
$10 fee to help finance 30 new fac
ulty positions, $3 million in grants
to needy students and raises for
university employees, including
teaching assistants, said Steve
Monti, the school’s vice provost.
UT President Larry Faulkner
had lobbied student groups dur
ing the past several weeks to pro
mote the $10 fee, and he ap
proved it this week.
The $10 charge is being billed
as a library and information-tech
nology fee and will be used to
support those services while free
ing up money elsewhere in the
budget to support the new initia
tives, officials said.
Undergraduates from Texas who
take 15 hours of classes a se
mester currently pay $3,167 for in
state tuition and mandatory fees
for a full school year.
They would pay $3,587 next
year under the new plan.
Conference aimed
at recruitment
The Whooping Weekend confer
ence will bring 300 high school stu
dents that have expressed interest
in attending Texas A&M to the Uni
versity to get a first hand look at
life in Aggieland.
This year’s Whooping Weekend
conference is from March 3-5.
Among the many activities
scheduled throughout the confer
ence, high school students will
have the opportunity to go to class
with students, participate in a mock
midnight yell practice and eat din
ner at the Commons.
Rob Ferguson, a junior political
science major and sub-chair for
Whooping Weekend activities, said
the scheduled activities are used
as recruiting tools to show partici
pants that A&M is the best univer
sity to attend.
Ferguson said this year, the com
mittee is aiming to display a more
professional attitude.
“I want [the participants] to see
that we are not just college stu
dents holding a conference,” Fer
guson said. “We are serious about
recruiting these kids to come to
A&M and we believe the best way
to do that is by behaving in a pro
fessional manner and having fun at
the same time.”
Marium Mohiuddin
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Making a splash
RYLA SCULLTni: Battauox
Brad Barta and Valerie Hutson splash around to raise awareness for the homeless at the Shack-a-thon.
Replant
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plaques to be placed at the base of each
of the trees, but the Replant Committee
will eventually replace them with some
thing more permanent.
Christopher McRae, Replant director
and a senior bioenvironmental sciences
major, said many people misperceive Re
plant as a bonfire-related event. 1 le said
that although Replant’s origin traces back
to bonfire, it is not
currently associated
with the event.
“We are not try
ing to replace the
trees cut down by
bonfire,” McRae
said. “We were es-
tabb bed for that
reason, but now we
just recognize the
benefits of the trees
and give back to the
community.”
Arriens said that
contrary to public be
lief, Replant trees are
not planted at bonfire
cut sites. The lumber
used for Bonfire is
cleared from private
land at the request of
the landowner, while
trees for Replant are
always planted on
public lands for re
forestation and beau
tification purposes.
Each year, hun
dreds of A&M stu
dents, parents and
youth from local stu
dent councils unite to
plant the trees. Arriens said members of Ag
gie Moms clubs from around tlie state were
on hand last year to take part in the event.
Arriens said Replant was founded on
the principle of giving back to the envi
ronment what has been taken away.
Through Replant, an opportunity is pro
vided in which students from various or
ganizations and members of the commu
nity join together to actively help the
environment.
RYLA SCULL/The Battalion
Twelve memorial trees will be planted in honor of the
12 Aggies who died in the Bonfire collapse. The trees
will be planted alongside Polo Road.
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Cloning
Continued from Pag!
“[GSC | was crated to take cn
of that end of the business and alio
us to continue researching”
Future cloning prices have na
been determined. Westhusin said tin*
while future clones will cost are
markable amount less than Miss/s
clone, cloning may not be the rightaf
enue for everyone.
“In the future, we hope to mi
this more affordable. But petclonin
will always be more expensivetta
going to a dog breeder, a pet store a
the animal shelter,” Westhusin saij
“This will not be for everyone-i
will serve only a select group ofp
pie.” Westhusin said that the coi
ny also hopes to make advancettientt
in creating cattle with a more
tant immune system.
Many think there are other waysi#
replace a lost pet. Kathy Bise,
tor of the Brazos Animal Shelter, sail
that there are over a half million pet
put to sleep every year in Texasaloitf
“It’s sad that there are twogrof
of pets out there. [There are] thosi
that are loved and cared for soimri
that when they die, their owners an
willing to pay thousands ofdollai
have them cloned,” Bise said. “I
then there are those that are
and left to be euthanized because!
body wants them.”
“Win at people need to undeisl
that this is not the way of getting
pet hack,” Westhusin said. ‘'You
hoping at best to get a pet that exliiB