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Black Awareness Committee
presents...
Womynwith Wings
A celebration of Power, Strength, and Survival
Thursday
March 30, 2000
8 pm
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$5 Non-Student
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MSC Box Office
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CAMPUS
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THE BATTALION
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Student feexeareh K)eek
We would like to thank the following people
who served
as judges
Jon P. Alston
Deborah T. Kochevar
James F. Amend
Karen S. Kubena
Judy M. Ball
George Latimer
Michail A. Belyavskyi
Timothy J. Lomax
Susan A. Bloomfield
Angela L. Lozano
Mike Buckley
Ian R. MacDonald
Sandra A. Buckley
Catherine Malone
Pierce Cantrell
Lifford McLauchlan
Nadeem A. Chaudhary
Mehrube Mehrubeoglu
D.E. Clark
Jeannie Miller
Craig J. Coates
Michael S. Miller
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu
Rita J. Moyes
Elizabeth A. Crouch
John W. Nielsen
Paolo D’Odorico
Laura S. Nowlin
Patrick W. Dunne
Tim O. Peterson
Mark W. Evans
Darren J. Pierson
John P. Fackler
Yaorong Quian
Thomas A. Ficht
Linda C. Radzik
Ricky D. Fletcher
George O. Rogers
Richard L. Floyd
Marvin W. Rowe
Tracey Forman
Jose L. Sericano
Theodore C. Fox
Mardelle M. Shepley
Gregory Foxworth
Emil J. Straube
Wilford D. Gardner
Srinivasa Sunkari
Claude L. Gibson
Kasandra T. Traweek
M. Kay Goldman
Nancy Turner
Clifton P. Griffin
John L. Valasek
Norman 1. Guinasso Jr.
Mario A. Villarino
Arthur M. Hobbs
Robert J. Vokurka
Tiffany Inbody
Paul H. Wellman
Ray W. James
Heather J. Wilkinson
Thomas D. Jeitschko
Gary A. Wolff
Dominique Keller
Susan Wolff
Mahlon Kennicutt II
David L. Wright
C. H. Kim
J.T.P. Yao
Andrew J. Kirkendall
RHA addresses
new dormitory
BY RICHARD BRAY
The Battalion
The Residence Hall Association (RHA) discussed
five separate pieces of legislation ranging from bike racks
to the addition of a residence hall during its meeting
Wednesday.
RHA passed the first bill in support ofthe Department
of Residence Life’s plans for a new on-campus residence
hall. The legislation stated that RHA “supports the De
partment of Residence Life in its endeavor to develop a
new residence hall in conjunction with student input” and
that they request “the formation of an ad hex: committee
to oversee the development ofthe new residence hall.”
The bill was presented by RHA director of leadership
training Sarah Cray and a sophomore agricultural science
and RHA director for publications Amanda Trimble, a
sophomore journalism major.
RHA also passed legislation to extend Welcome
Week to allow for two full weekends for moving in and
residence-hall programming.
Christian Clem, Rl 1A vice president for relations and
a junior psychology major, said this legislation was im
portant for improving the sense of community in resi
dence halls.
“Some ofthe hall council presidents said that Wel
come Week was something they felt strongly about, and
we decided that it wasn’t promoting building good com
munity w ithin the residence halls,” Clem said.
The final bill passed recommended that a bicycle rack
be added in front ofthe Northside parking garage en-
tranee leading to Stair 4.
Mona Shah, a residence hall representative and a ju
nior biomedical engineering major, said the Department
of Parking, Traffic and Transportation Services (PITS)
should pay for the bicycle rack; however, the director of
Department of Residence Life, Ron Sasse, said PITS
would probably be unwilling to pay for the bicycle rack
“based on [hisj previous experience.”
Two bills were presented but will not be voted on un
til the next Rl 1A meeting. One called for the Department
of Residence Life to research placing community
kitchens in the residence halls.
Cray said the bill would help encourage students to
remain on campus.
“This was something that students wanted for the new
residence hall, and most people said that they lefi cam
pus because they hated the food on campus,” she said.
Michael 1 laughey, a former RHA president and a se
nior mechanical engineering major, presented a bill ex
pressing RHA’s support for the “Not on Our Campus
Campaign,” which strives to increase tolerance and uni
ty on campus by reducing bigotry and hate.
The bill also pledged that Rl 1A will never “commu
nicate, facilitate or tolerate any acts of intolerance, big
otry or hate.”
Registration
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Dr. Karen Kubena, professor and associate dean ofthe
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
The AOC subcommittee meets at 1 p.m. in Rm 217
John J. Koldus Building Friday to decide whether or
not to approve the proposal to end student worker reg
istration. If approved, the AOC board will then vote to
approve the proposal in next Wednesday’s, April 5 meet
ing. If approved by President Dr. Ray M. Bowen, the
proposal will be enacted, ending early registration for
student workers for the Spring 2001 registration process.
“I think it is important before we proceed to make
any decision, that we have concrete facts to support any
claims that the AOC has to end early registration for stu
dent workers. It is bad business to make decisions based
on hearsay and assumptions,” Hurd said.
Flying high
News in Brief
NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson and
the first female president of the American
Medical Association, Nancy Dickey, will be
the featured speakers at the Aggie Women’s
Leadership Forum, which begins at 7 p.m.
in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center.
The forum includes a panel discussion on
women’s issues within the work force. Stu
dents will also discuss women’s leadership
experiences in a variety of fields during
round table discussions. Women represent
ing different fields will lead the discussions.
The forum cost $8 and includes dinner.
Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office.
Free parking is available at the east parking
lot of the Alumni Center.
BRIAN NICHOLS'Sm iAl roiwBvuixfS
Rory Kem, a senior biochemistry major, tests his faith in himself, by leaping from the topofa
telephone pole from a swaying trapeze bar in his Venture Dynamics II class on Wednesday.
It was incorrectly reported in Wednesday’s^]
tide "Commission fines candidates” thatstuT
body president candidates Jeff Schiefelbeina
Corey Rosenbusch were fined for not listing|i
ty expenses on their expenditure sheets. Theli
was not for failing to list expenses, but for ca
paignmg before campaigning officially began,
In Wednesday’s article “RHA named Schoolofi[
the Year," Josh Kaylor should have been identified ]
as a sophomore construction science major. !iiej :
Residence Hall Association's budget should
been reported as $48,000; it will be increased ty]:]
$11,000 next year. Also, Josh Kaylor presented]
the bid for School of the Year along with Julie
Cast, Michael Haughy and James Wells.
Editors
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in matters which concern them,”
Mireles said.
As editor this summer. Mire
les hopes to focus attention on lo
cal entertainment coverage.
“Because students will have
more free time, we want to make
sure they are aware of what is go
ing on in the community — to
know the College Station music
scene consists of more than just
country groups.”
The Special Commission on
the 1999 Aggie Bonfire report on
the cause of the 1999 Aggie Bon
fire collapse will receive consid
erable coverage this summer.
“This will be a big issue, and
we will have a lot of coverage on
this topic,” Mireles said.
According to Mireles, no im
mediate changes will be made to
The Battalion during the summer.
Students will find every sec
tion basically covered as it is dur
ing the school year. Mireles said
sections will not be eliminated
from the paper.
As the spring semester’s man
aging editor, Mireles said she has
been worked with the current ed
itor-in-chief in making improve
ments to The Battalion, including
such things as design changes
through altering the body copy.
Mireles served on the opinion
staff and as co-editor ofthe opin
ion section during the fall.
Until Miller and Mireles are
approved for the positions by Hx-
ecutive Vice President and
Provost Ron Douglas, they are
still considered nominees.
Campus Calendar
Thursday
Women's Week 2000 CommltjJ
tee: We will be having a Womenf
Week 200 Art Expo at 11 a.m.T
p.m. in Rudder Exhibition Hall. }
Graduate Christian Fellowship of lii
terVarsrty Christian Fellowship (Graj
IVCF): Grad students meet at 7:1
for Bible study, prayer, fellowship,aoj
snacks. Please see our Websites!
h ttp: //stat .tamu.edu/-' i nlow/ivcf.ti| 1
ml for locations and more informatoiji
or call Jen or Mark at 7641552, 1
Tuesday
Prepharmacy Society: There will
a general meeting with a gui ,
speaker from a surrounding Texaj
city pharmacy in MSC 205 at 7 p.m
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