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Monday, August 21
THE BATTALION
SGA uses Kick-Off week to reach studen
By Jeanette Simpson
The Battalion
The Student Government Associ
ation’s Kick-Off week begins today
with a string of events intended to
reach out to the University commu
nity and introduce students to Texas
A&M leaders.
“Through Kick-Off Week, we
want to promote the work that SGA
does for the the students, and we
want to get them in touch with ad
ministrators,” said Student Body
President Forrest Lane, a senior po
litical science major. “We want to be
there to listen to the issues that stu
dents are concerned with for the
2000-2001 school year.”
Kick-Off week also starts a new
year-long program called Outreach,
designed to make students aware of
all the areas of SGA and how they af
fect campus life.
“We hope, through Outreach, to
become accessible to the students,
and to encourage new and returning
students to get involved in the orga
nizations and committees that inter
est them,” Lane said.
In order to encourage students to
be part of the SGA experience,
a
Getting involved
is an important
part of the Texas
A&M experience,
and SGA is a
great way to be
involved”
— Chad Wagner
Student Senate speaker and junior
political science major
many different SGA groups will be
involved in Kick-Off Week, said
Chad Wagner, speaker of the Stu
dent Senate and a junior political
science major.
“Getting involved is an important
part of the Texas A&M experience,
and SGA is a great way to be in
volved,” said Wagner. “Through
Outreach we are going to reach out
and bring in other students to share in
the incredible leadership experience
with SGA.”
Kick-Off Week begins in the
SGA office in the John J. Koldus
building with an open house from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. for Aggies to meet
their student leaders.
“We wanted make [the students]
aware that we are here to listen to
their thoughts and ideas, that we want
to answer their questions, and that we
want to talk with them about any con
cerns they have,” Wagner said.
Students also will have the oppor-
Aggie Band leads All-U Night
Students encouraged to support athletes
By Marium Mohiuddin
The Battalion
When the sounds of the Aggie
Band are heard at 6:30 p.m., it is the
cue for students to fall out and fol
low behind as the band marches to
Kyle Field to kick off 2000 All-Uni
versity Night.
“[The organizers] are trying to
bring back an old tradition by hav
ing the band wander around campus
and pick up students,” said J. Mal-
on Southerland, vice president of
Student Affairs. “This is how Mid
night* Yell Practice use to begin
when I went to school, but that was
in the ’60s when there were about
8,000 to 10,000 students attending
yell practice.”
About 10,000 Aggies are expect
ed to gather for All U-Night in an ef
fort to unite the campus and show
support for fall athletic teams.
“This event has always been a
tradition,” said Ricky Wood, head
yell leader and a senior theater arts
major. “It does fall in the same week
as Gig ’Em week, but it is a culmi
nation of what [Gig ’Em] is sup
posed to represent.”
After the students enter Kyle
Field, there will be video presenta
tions of the soccer, volleyball and
football teams. Head coaches for fall
sports teams will speak.
“This event is to help students un
derstand about the Aggie spirit,”
Southerland said.
The schedule of events also in
cludes speeches from Southerland
and A&M President Dr. Ray M.
Bowen. The yell leaders will lead
the students in yell practice, mark
ing the first yell for the Class of ’04.
Football coach R.C. Slocum and
basketball coach Melvin Watkins
are also expected to speak. The pro
gram will conclude with an oppor
tunity for students to meet athletes
and coaches at The Zone Plaza or G.
Rollie White Coliseum. Students
can also try their hand at playing
against the athletes.
“One of the things that I am
looking forward to is to see a guy
try and take on the women’s vol
leyball team,” Southerland said.
“These women are great, and the
student body will be able to see that
on Monday night.”
AUGUST 28.
6:30p.m,
RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
KTFB
Continued from Page 1
A bucket truck would then lift
participants to carefully bind the
newly positioned log. The center-
pole would be buried 20 feet into the
ground, bringing the total bonfire
height to 40 feet.
Previous Aggie Bonfires were
usually 55 feet tall.
While traditionally integral parts
of Aggie Bonfire, such as the Aggie
Band, yell leaders and Corps of
Cadets will not participate in an offi
cial capacity, Dyson said, fomier stu
dents will fill these roles.
“We’ve talked with a former band
leader who said if the band doesn’t
play, he’ll organize his own band, full
of alumni, and they’ll have alumni
yell leaders,” he said.
KTFB has consolidated its opera
tions in two entities to deal with the •
functionality and legal issues of
erecting a non-University-sanctioned
bonfire.
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trinity to meet with University
ers and administrators.
On Tuesday SGA comi
chairs will meet at RudderFoi
to discuss the responsibilities
their individual committees,AS
administrators such as
Williams, director of PTTS.i
Ron Sasse, director ofResidei
Life, will be available arounds
pus on Wednesday for quesiis
and discussion.
“Wednesday will give
the opportunity to meet the prei
vice presidents and administrate
the University, and it will makei
leaders visible to the students,
that is important,” Lane said
Lane and other executivem
cil leaders will be at RudderF;u
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discussing having a memorialatl:
a.m. on Nov. 18 and a yell pract
on Nov. 21 in place of Bonfire.
“We realize that there willbep
pie out there at that time. That is uf ufJ
we feel that it would be appropn:
to have a memorial then,” Lanesa:
“We hope to have a set agendabyi
middle of the semester.”
An additional committee was
pointed in February to create aloi
term memorial for the 1999 Ag
Bonfire collapse.
A task force headed by Biyi
Cole, head of educational adniiii:
tration, will investigate thek
method of building Bonfire.!
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sub-groups, which will makers
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By April 2001, Southerlai remind these
who will be a member of one Awhile in the
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have two solid designs forane ; dmuscles; the
ly structured Bonfire. are at ^e R
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months to make a recommehdaiP much weigh
for building a new stiucti^ywilljfltimid
Southerland said. “This is'Why!
will not be a Bonfire in 2001 bee
there will not be enough timeless
the process.”
However, the Memorial Stud
Center (MSC) is planning a merj
rial plaque for the victims oflhej
lapse in the form of the white®
fire memorial ribbon. It wtj
placed in the front hallway^
MSC.
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In one organization, the non-prof
it Keep the Fire Burning, Ltd., funds
are raised to “maintain the traditions
of A&M.”
The second entity, a limited lia
bility company, KTFB, LLC, was
formed after it was determined the
conception of an off-campus bonfire
would defy University ruling.
According to the group, lawyers
recommended the LLC to shield the
members of the original KTFB. The
company will be responsible for all
bonfire operations. It would take the
brunt of the damage fiscally it
event of lawsuits, and legally
event of University reaction,
Any students who are adi
onto the site to cut and aid inti
ley and bucket truck processor
bonfire would be card-i
members of the group,
accountable to any legal
sions.
For further sdfety, no i
workers would be admitted H
site, and access to the site
controlled at gates.
Caldwell: 114 S. Echols/567-4615
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