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and a panel of attorneys
taking live call-in questions
Tomorrow
Friday, April 7,2000
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Each show in this monthly series will focus on a different topic.
This Friday, the program will deal with
Social Security Disability.
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THE BATTALION
Thursday.-
Sparling named student worker of the yi
day, April 6,
BY BROOKE HODGES
The Battalion
Out of 13,()()() student workers at Texas A&M,
Dwain Sparling, a senior political science major, is
among the best.
Or so his co-workcrs at the Physical Plant think.
Sparling has worked as a student technician for the
Physical Plant in the Information Management System
(IMS) ollice since May 1996, and was presented with the
Student Employee of the Year Award Wednesday.
His job consists of fixing computer problems, in
stalling software and working on IMS’s networking en
vironment.
“I le is the only student worker that works for IMS, so
he carries a great load,” said Lauri Griffin, computer sys
tems group manager for Physical Plant. “I le is an amaz
ing young man, and it will be hard to let him go when he
graduates.”
“It is really humbling to be selected out of 51 [nomi
nees] out of 13,000 [student workers]; it’s really an hon
or,” Sparling said. “1 had gone into that job having worked
very little, and 1 ’ve gotten lots of experience working with
very different people and it’s given me lots of technical
knowledge.”
The Student Employment Association held a recep
tion today to recognize student workers in honor of Na
tional Student Employment Week.
“This University could not operate without the student
[workers] we have on-campus. We couldn't, no matter
what anybody says,” said Nora Cargo, student employee
administrator.
“We really rely on them and it’s important we take
time out of our day to honor those people and let them
know they are appreciated.”
In his welcome address at the celebration, A&M Pres-
“It is really humbling to
be selected out of 51
[nominees] out of 13,000
[student workers]; it's re
ally an honor”
— Dwain Sparling
Student worker of the year
)f$45
idem Dr. Ray M. Bowen said A&M has a budget
million invested to pay student workers.
“If anyone ever asks you, ‘Have you had an impact,
have you done anything of value to the University?’ 1 think
just the sheer numbers suggest that you’ve done an enor
mous service,” Bowen said.
The Student Employee of the Year Award was estab
lished by the the National Student Employment Associa
tion to honor outstanding student employees,
National Student Employment Week comes;
ic time due to recent debates surroundingstui
early registration being removed from A&M.
“We need to take time out to help studentsf.
in their academics and their employment,andk
(early registration] away from them we may be*
an obstacle for that,” Cargo said.
Each year, NSEA holds a nationwide comp;
the institutional level that begins with each inss
lecting a student worker of the year.
Ilte recipient of that award goes on to the re;-
cl and then, if he or she wins, the national level.
After winning the A&M contest, Sparling's
lion was sent to the regional competition. ,
“I le has already advanced to the regional com;
and he has won that — the Southern Associate
dent 1 mplovment Administrators,” Cargos®
nomination has now been forwarded to the natn
el. the [NSEA], he is one of four [competitors] ini
ed States.”-
Requirements for Student Employeeoffliel 1
elude student employ merit at least six monthbd 1
mg nominated, enrolled at Texas A&M andta; |
a 2.7 grade-point ratio. Student workers do noth? I
employed on the A&M campus.
The nominations, which are submitted:§§
plovers, are evaluated on three criteria: GPU
of scr\ ice and the actual written nomination
is graded bv three readers.
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A&M graduate student
dies in cycling accident
Research
Senate
BY MEREDITH HIGH!
The Battalion
Texas A&M graduate student James
Howland Ratterree died Monday afler be
ing hit by a car while bicycling.
Ratterree was biking on a feeder road
off Interstate 30 near Dallas.
Ratterree’s daughter, Deanna Ban
ning, is a junior speech communica
tions major at A&M.
“I le loved the Aggies. I le was really
excited about being able to say that he was
an Aggie, and he was really proud of his
daughter for being an Aggie," Banning
said. “He w as an awesome person. Every
body loved him, mid he loved everybody.
I le could just sit down and talk to anyone,
even i f he didn't know them. To him, it did
n't make a difterence.”
Ratterree took distance education class
es from Dallas in the A&M fisheries sci
ence department while working full-time
at the Environmental Protection Agency.
According to a preliminary police re
port from the Department of Public Safety
in Greenville, Ratterree was riding on a
two-person bicycle with friend 1 toward
Eugene Moses when a car struck them
from behind alter the driver was blinded by
the bright sunlight.
Ratterree was an avid bicyclist.
“He really loved to bike. It was a big
part of his life,” Banning said.
Ratterree’s funeral is planned for
Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints in Rockwall. Rat
terree is survived by daughter Banning
and son-in-law Todd Banning, son Sam
Rett and wife Judy Ratterree.
Ratterree was active in his church and
officiated high school football games.
Dr. Tom Linton, a wildlife science pro-
lessor, said Ratterree was well-liked with
in the fisheries science department.
“He was just a likeable guy. It’s just
a terrible thing to happen,” he said. "I le's
a man who will be sorely missed ...
everyone says that.”
Ratterree will be honored at the next
Silver Taps on September 5,2000.
Continued from Page 1
- censing Office, said that although
A&M’s major research product is
the advancemfcnt of science, it does
create many products that benefit
the nation and beyond.
“We’re not in the product-mak
ing business,” Young said. “(But]
we do often produce ideas and
items that can be of great benefit to
everyone. For example — the ET
2000, which is a cap on the end of
roadside guardrails that has saved
thousands of lives."
()ther recent products arc items
such as new types of radar detec
tors, a new method of producing
proteins for the development of
vaccines, more resistant fofms of
wheat and rice, and new forms of
battery fuel cells.
“Texas A&M’s research ability
has continued to grow and is real
ly picking up steam,” Kennedy
shid. “Just over the past 10 years,
our funding has increased more
than $150 million, and that will
continue to grow as A&M research
continues to offer more and more
benefits to mankind as a whole.
Continued fromh
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the dangers of drowsy driving and ta
li shed discounts for students at hotel)
“The program speaks for itself
consider it grew from only a fewhot.
tels participating, to over 80 particip
the program.” said student senator!
Ferguson, a junior political science
“This program deserves the rights®
leges to be a full committee in the SC
dent (iovernment Association],
Other bills introduced and retm)
discussed in committee, include the
Policy Bill and the International:
Leader of Americas Conference Bill.
These bills, and the bill whichcn
Lupe Medina committee, will bevotd]
the April 19 Student Senate meeting.
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Corrections
In Tuesday’s Science & Technology sec
tion’s “Bioethics Awareness Week” sched
ule, the time for Friday’s lecture by Dr.
Glenn McGee was incorrectly listed as 5
p.m. The correct time and place is 4 p.m.
in Wehner 159 (Ray Auditorium).
In Tuesday’s paper Guy Rogers was in
correctly credited for the “Tornado after-
math in Fort Worth” pictures. The pho
tographs should have been credited to
John Garnett.
News in brief
Graduate Christian Fe//owshM® ''‘
Varsity Christian Fellowship (i\
Grad students meet at 7:30 for
prayer, fellowship and snacks,
our Website at http://stat.tamu.eii 1
low/ivcf.html for locations and
mation, or call Jen or Mark at 764!
Seniors can pick
up rings today
The wait is finally over
for Texas A&M students
who ordered Aggie Rings
in January.
The Association of
Former Students will
begin distributing Ag
gie Rings to students
at 4 p.m.
In order to pick up
your ring, students need
to go to the Clayton
Williams, Jr. Alumni Cen
ter to take a number, be
ginning at 3 p.m.
The rings will be dis
tributed by numbers.
This is the largest Ag
gie Ring order in the his
tory of The Association
and in order to cele
brate, activities will be
held on the back lawn of
the Alumni Center.
Students For Peace: There
series on Iraq: From Desert
Crippling Sanctions. Contact
gelique for details on
events at 779-8498.
Campus Ministry International:
be holding a general meetingat
pm in MSC 205.
XA Christian Fellowship: Pleasejo
for an intimate time with God am
lowship. There will be a guestspe:
this week at 7 p.m. in HECC 200.
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