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members of various hall councils began
discussing the idea of the residents at
tending the event together.
“We just want to help people deal with
what is coming up — a visible extension
ofthe Aggie Spirit,” Schuster said.
Schuster said everyone is encouraged
to join the group, which will gather at noon
onO. R. Simpson Drill Field and will leave
for Reed Arena at 12:30 p.m. After the
Commission finishes its presentation,
the group will walk from Reed Arena to
the Polo Fields for a moment of silence.
"We came to the realization that this
is going to be a big, important day for the
University when they made the an
nouncement,” Schuster said.
"Regardless of what the findings are,
we feel the University is going to need stu
dent support."
“I think it is great that students want
to get together and support one another,”
said Forrest Lane, student body president
and a senior political science major. “I
don't see this as anything but positive.”
Kenneth Elsbury, social chair of Moore
Hall and a freshman civil engineering ma
jor, said that regardless of speculation
held by members of the Aggie communi
ty about the cause of the collapse, the
community will need to recognize the
Commission’s findings as the most prob
able cause.
“Tomorrow is going to be a day that is
going to provide some closure for a lot of
people,” Elsbury said. “The Commission
is well trained. They know what they are
doing, and I put a lot of confidence in
what they have to say.”
“Even to go so far as to take the Bon
fire part out of it, it’s something that is go
ing to affect every single person on cam
pus in one way or another,” Schuster said.
“We would like to get as many people to
gether as we can to show some support
for the University."
Schuster said he did not know how the
campus was prepared to accept the re
sults ofthe Commission’s investigation
and deal with them in the here and now.
“If the way the student body and the
Aggie family handled it in November is in
dicative of us as a student body and an
Aggie family, then I think everything will
be just fine, regardless of what is said,”
Elsbury said.
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THE BATTALION 1
Distinguished awards
celebrate faculty, staff
BY MAUREEN KANE
The Battalion
Students interact with faculty and
staff every day. However, it is not every
day that students get the chance to
thank them for the time and effort they
put into their jobs.
This Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m. in
Rudder Theater, individual students,
student organizations and fellow col
leagues will have the opportunity to
show them this appreciation through
the Distinguished Achievement
Awards.
Janis Stout, the dean of Faculties
and associate provost, said anyone can
nominate a faculty or staff member, and
some departments have actual com
mittees to deal with nominations for
these awards.
“You get a sense of who’s doing
wonderful teaching. I don’t think we
have to have a formula to choose nom
inees — it’s individual people’s per
ceptions of special things that these
staff or professors have done. They
make a case for their nomination. It’s
these testimonials of extra good work
that make those cases persuasive,”
Stout said.
Clint Bertrand, associate depart
ment head oi'engineering technology
and industrial distribution, is a recipi
ent of the award in the category of in
dividual student relations.
Bertrand said he tries to heat each
student as an individual and give them
as much attention as possible because
“it sure makes a difference if a student
feels she or he is appreciated in the eyes
ofthe professor.”
“I look with pleasure toward the
awards ceremony. I deal with students
and I’m here because the students are
here. Anything that has to deal with stu
dents pleases me very much,” Bertrand
said.
The same sentiment of appreciation
was expressed by two other recipients:
Dr. Colin Allen, associate professor and
assistant department head of philoso
phy and Humanities; and Dr. Frank
Raushel, professor of chemistry.
Allen said that he tries to get his stu
dents involved in class, rather than just
lecture.
“1 try to get them to think about the rea
sons for and against what they’ve read
about and get into details of arguments
— to get them to question their own
reasons for what they believe is the
truth,” Allen said.
Allen has also been working on de
signing software for the class he teach
es.
The software runs on the World
Wide Web and enables students to take
practice quizzes and do practice proofs,
tie hopes that he was nominated for the
Distinguished Achievement Award be
cause ofthe work that he does.
Raushel is receiving the Distin
guished Achievement Award because
of his work in his area of research. He
said that he and the graduate students
working with him are currently trying
to develop existing enzymes to detox
ify organic nerve agents in rapid fash
ion.
Raushel said that, in the classroom,
he tries to get students involved, and in
the lab, he tries to get them to act inde
pendently and get them interested in the
projects he is interested in.
Since 1955, more than 650 faculty
and statf have won more than 1.8 mil
lion dollars through these awards.
Arm Pittman, the manager of facul
ty programs and services, said these
awards are funded by the Association
of Fonner Students and are presented
in the categories of teaching, research,
individual student relations, continuing
education and extension, staff and ad
ministration.
“These are the most prestigious
awards given by the University for
faculty and staff'. It’s an almost year
long process [to decide the winners]
by colleges, student groups, different
vice presidents — a large nominating
group. The selection committee of 36
people consists of faculty, students,
former students and staff. To win an
award, a person must have been here
for at least five years. After five
years, a person can win an award in a
different category, and after 10 years,
they can win an award in the same
category,” Pittman said.
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specifically asked that no one be appointed to a potential
Bonfire 2000,” he said.
Rusty Thompson, bonfire adviser, said at a Residence
Hall Association (RHA) meeting that no plans for a future
bonfire should be made.
“The University is asking that since we don’t have [a]
bonfire planned, we shouldn’t have any bonfire positions,”
Thompson said at this year’s February 23 RHA meeting.
“We’re basically asking you not to use the titles.”
Thompson added that the only positions currently in
place were senior redpots finishing up duties from 1999.
University officials have said a decision regarding the
future of bonfire is expected to be announced in about five
weeks.
Southerland has held meetings with student groups, in
cluding a meeting last week attended by about 80 students
associated with bonfire, including the 1999 redpots.
Southerland said the meeting served as preparation for
those involved with the pending May 2 release ofthe Spe
cial Commission’s report.
A student who attended the meeting said Southerland
sidestepped the issues of whether or not the tradition will
continue. The meeting included a question and answer ses
sion, but did not include any details about the report, ac
cording to the meeting attendee.
“We have not seen the report,” Southerland said.
“Absolutely not.”
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