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The Parents of the Year will be announced at the All-U Awards Cer emony Friday night at Midnight Yell. The purpose of this award is to give thanks and recognition to outstanding Aggie parents. Parents are nominated by their children, who fill out a lengthy ap plication detailing the parents’ accomplishments. This year’s Parents of the Year are Jon and Johnette Jarvis, Class of ’68 and Class of ’70 respectively. In addition to the many or- Whoopstock retut for Parents’ Weekei ay, April 14, 2C BY CYRA GATLING The Battalion “This is such a great opportunity to share my college life with my parents.” — Becky Ball junior education major gani/ations. Jon was involved in at A&M, he currently is a mem ber of the 12th Man Foundation and the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association. Johnette has served on several committees, including the Com mittee on Admission Standards, Student Recruitment Committee and the Committee for Development of Corporate Partners-High Plains Regional Representative. The annual Bevo Bum Barbecue w ill he held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday near the All Faiths Chapel, near the space formerly occupied by Law and Puryear residence halls. Tickets arc $7 and w ill be sold at the barbecue. Saturday night is Family Night at the Hall of Fame from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and includes entertainment by the Aggie Wranglers, a live band and a jitter-bug contest. Tickets w ill be S5 at the door, S4 with a BBQ ticket and S3 with a student ID. The All-University Awards Ceremony in Rudder Auditorium start ing at 9 a.m. and continuing until 10:30 a.m. Sunday, w ith a reception immediately following, w ill draw' a close to Parents Weekend. Student Registration begins -MONDAY o 10 p.m. to 10 p.m. [Seniors ^ < Sun. Apr. 16-17 17- 18 18- 19 19- 20 Juniors H-0 P-Z A-G Open-seniors only GO U LU Od IThur. Apr. 20-21 23- 24 24- 25 25- 26 Sophomores ' Wed. Apr. 26-27 27-28 Apr. 30-May 1 May 1-2 IFreshmen H-0 P-Z A-G Open-juniors only H-0 P-Z A-G Open-soph only Tues. May 2-3 3- 4 4- 5 H-0 P-Z A-G Seven years ago, Texas A&M students handed together in nonviolent protest against an impending visit from the ku Klux Klan (KKK). The event was considered such a success, that it quickly became an annual event, known as Whoopstock. This year’s Whoopstock Unity Festival will be held on the Saturday of Parents’ Weekend, April 15, as a way to attract a larger audience, said Michael Haughey, vice president of public relations for W'hoop- stoek and a senior mechanical engineering major. “So many things go on during the spring semester that it is hard to find a free week end,” Haughey said. Whoopstock provides Aggies and members of the community an opportunity to work w ith organizations and people to w hom they might not normally he exposed said Layla Allatcxuii, the W'hoopstock chair and a senior biomedical environmental science major. “This is a day to celebrate being an Aggie.” Allatooni said. "There is a lot of diversity,, which makes us special.” Yell Leaders w ill kick off WTioopstock on Simpson Drill Field at 11 a.m. and the festivi ties w ill continue until 6 p.m. There w ill be a variety of events during the day. The Aggie Wranglers w ill perform along w ith Fade to Black, Belly Dancers, Cache and Sly Letter. Around the stage, booths will he set up by international student organizations will sell foods and crafts which represent and educate students about their country. Activities will include face painting, a velcro wall and a joy jump. “I’ve been involved with! three \ ears and have made thek| Allatooni said. “ I have metpei- would have never met otherwise m lo; efl aim to cul Hie non-prof ‘dfts and com :els the Amer ic Company wa sjO, aged 18 d The cast itsel rs — Laoti; inj Indian, Jap; lathe or she ha g lie program iginal; the artis rst perform i [ties, the actc n. The show ait to make d Irican life, jhrry Ho is an SALLIE TURNER/Tttl A student gets a henna desigitif^entol Beta ed on her ankle at the Indian Si Association booth at last yeah Whoopstock. Students to display tale BY ANNA BISHOP The Battalion Keeping w ith the tradition of previous Parents’ Weekends, MSC Town Hall's Va riety Show will kick the weekend offat 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Corry Clinton, director of operations for the event and a senior mechanical en gineering major, said the MSC Variety Show has been a part of Parents’ Weekend since 1951. "Part of the very nature of the program is to hold Variety Show during this week end,” Clinton said. “It provides students and their parents an opportunity to be enter tained through the main talented acts and performances,” An estimated 2,300 people are expect ed to attend the Variety Show, which will feature various comedy acts, talents and bands. Clinton said the “comedy impi sation" f reudian Slip will emcee consecutive Variet) Show. Performers in this year’s Show Acoustic I larmony; Apotheosis; Bi Alan Makon; Jon Meyer; twfj™ Comedy !lour; Latin I xplomM* and Dean; Paul Murello; Percussiony Stephanie Rigg and I leather Johns; li-j A&M Dance Repertoire; and the gie Swing Cats. Judging will be based upon 0: the act and general approval Ciuest performers will included® Wranglers and Derek Bergeron. All proceeds from the showull fi Town Hall. The money generated^ [ year’s Show will be used toputf shows and comedy performances. Coffee House. Tickets for the show are der Box Office. RUBEN DELUNA/Tm Battalion Minority Continued from Page 1 creating a hard-to-break cycle. West said. But the University could attract both minority students and professors by foster ing a more diverse atmosphere, possibly through requiring students to take ethnic studies and literature courses, West said. “There’s a condescending attitude that you can study minority literature or culture as an aside, as a journey to the ‘other,’” West said. Ronald Douglas, executive vice presi dent for academic affairs and provost at A&M, says the University’s small-town lo cation puts it at a disadvantage in attracting minority faculty. The lack of qualified minorities is also a factor, Douglas said. “Much of our strength is in the science and technology fields, and the rates of mi norities that get Ph.D.’s in those fields are very low, and we have to compete for them with other top universities,”Dowi Douglas added that the recall* cision limited the University's opt' affirmative action employment but said the administration is ted to diversifying the faculty tW er efforts, such as advertising magazines and newsletters, ir ‘IS - - S3 ‘ ^Ut CraftMasters’ Mall ^ * 5'. IBS7 Briarcrest Drive • Bryan 5th Anniversary Sale SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2000 §TT(om warn sails 10% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE Fantastic Door Prizes Live remote *2? Come meet the vendors & watch craft demos Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs. til 8 p.m. 7 7 (MlO / U c Stop by and gel that perfect gift for any occasion. <s~ 'A' 1 ° Want A Challenge? 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