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THE BATTALION
Friday
Parents
Continued from Page 1
Parents’ Weekend offers students the opportunity to show their par
ents a slice of college life.
“This is such a great opportunity to share my college life with my
parents,” said Becky Ball, a junior education major.
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-
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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
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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
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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; twfjâ„¢
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.
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Minority
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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,
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