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HOUSTOf School inmate rugs, with a ti e facility stil Jason Scot Sealy Hospital in September r In of him folio If other schoo Texas Youtl how Kay and t tions, which rockett schot The victim: |pital after scht ng physical pi lion spokesv Houston Chro I KayofNev list his breathi Galveston Contitiued from Page 1A A&M encourages interaction be tween students of both campuses, Kemp said. “Students are able to pull football tickets with a sports pass, apply fgr their Aggie ring, hold a miniature bonfire, or be a Navy or Coast Guard cadet,” he said. TAMUG has its own student body president, yell leaders. Muster and Student Government Association committees. Events such as E-Walk, Howdy Week and Big Event are held, and students are allowed to par ticipate in T-Camp if they transfer to main campus. TAMUG students, known as “Sea Aggies,” do notTiave access to all of the majors available at the main campus. Eight majors are cur rently available to the Galveston students. All focus on careers relat ed to marine sciences. “Sea Aggies are very loyal to A&M,” Kemp said; “If anyone tries to tell them that they’re notan Aggie, they better watch out. The students here are proud to be Aggies.” Graves said approximately 168 students transferred to the main campus last spring — an unusually high number. Only six students ap plied to transfer to Galveston from College Station. There are several reasons why stu dents consider making the transition from Galveston to College Station, or vice versa. If students apply to A&M and there is not enough room, they can be referred to attend Galveston and then easily transfer up to College Station the following year. “Most students attend Galveston with this option in mind and plan on transferring throughout their time there,” Graves said. Curtis Lalla, a transfer student from College Station to Galveston and a junior marine transportation major, said he attended College Sta tion knowing from the start that he wanted to attend Galveston. “It was better for my career, and that’s what I wanted to do,” he said. Meghan Flynn, a transfer student from Galveston and a sophomore general studies major, said she found the transition difficult because she had to do much of research on the transition herself. “I think there should be some kind of big brother/big sister program so that students transferring to College Station already know someone here, and they can help out with any ques tions or problems,” Flynn said. “I’m looking to organize such a program.”- Students interested in transferring students might have about thetrarc fer process. Lalla said transferring to Gaive ston was like going to a new colless “I realized really quickly thatto ditions were not the same andonlj a small group of Sea Aggies real; care about keeping up tradition am spirit,” he said. Flynn said many small detail: about campus resources are differed None of th< Indications, w |iac problems laid Ward. The staff n ed and vomit lEDINA Sea Aggies are very loyal to A&M” — Dr. Walter M. Kemp vice president and CEO of TAMUG from Galveston to College Station must meet several requirements. First, students must have attended Galve ston for at least two full-time semes ters (24 credit hours) and have a GPR of at least 2.5. Depending on the ma jor, students may be required to meet a higher GPR set by the department. If a major is full and no transfers can be accepted, students can go into gen eral studies and can transfer into the departments of their choice later, if they have less than 60 hours. The as sociate dean of each department ulti mately makes the decision. All students who meet the re quirements can fill out a change of curriculum form and turn it into the admissions office in Galveston. The requests are taken to College Station by Graves. He visits Galveston once a semester to answer questions that Association, P esources to e< ive awareness from Galveston. She used the exam- it Rudder Four pie of thejiealth care facilities oe both campuses "At Galveston we haveaccessu the off-campus University of Texas Medical Branch, but here, it isrunto- tally differently,” Flynn said. “Itwas a big pain because I had to have medical files transferred. I though: that A&M would tell me if I needed to have that done, or they would doii for me; I experienced delays in see ing a doctor because of it.” Despite the fact that A&M allows Galveston students to participate in ^ the traditional activities. Sea Aggies April 23, 199K are not able to access every resource 111 wheel v available at the College Sufmcam- ^ e S e Station h pus. which causes some A\wu/M JaextfaJl, the S students to call for answers. . the program. “If we’re so equal and a part of 4 Rob Fergust University system, then w/hy dot-’science major we have access to the Recreate measure in the Center or the Beutel Health Center the program has Lai I a as ked. Ir- a t e students ab Contii iers of LMP a ilerting studer langers of dro' vere given the iledge banner >et behind the A toll-free r ible soon alloi )ut which hoi ^ack said. The Lupe N named after Lu tudent killed Kemp said TAMUG students! not pay fees that benefit College Sts tion students. Their fees benefit Galveston campus instead. “It would not be fair to al Galveston students to take advantass of various facilities, such as Recreation Center or health cenW because they do not pay the fees tto go towards those facilities,” he said Despite complaints from students, the Galveston administration is grate- ing sleep depri\ “Drowsy dri hing people kr how, the name I Ipome partnered (and that’s goo< teople are beet aid Ferguson, i lent for policy < the Student Sen The key to n ful for the positive impact A&Mlia: ]ess ^ Ferguson on its campus, Kemp said. “College Station is the reason Galveston’s success,” Kemp sa “It is essential to the developmeil of our campus.” Kilby Continued from Page 1A “He didn’t talk a lot unless you asked him questions. He also read continuously; he was always reading something. He was interested in everything. He could talk about any thing intelligently, and that was what struck me as a little bit different about him.” Singh said members of the department were excited when they heard Kilby won the Nobel Prize. “It is very rare that an engineer wins the Nobel Prize in physics, and he was a member of our faculty, so we were very excited,” Singh said. As a distinguished professor at A&M, Kilby served primarily as a research consultant. students’ sense - “Sleep is ve students think When you push it will catch up “We’ve seen wl “What he did was advise faculty and graduate student! a student tries t( on research,” Parker said. “He knew about most of the re search that was going on in the whole world and why the; were doing it, and he had opinions on what was, what was not good to do.” In 1998, A&M teamed with Texas Instruments (TI) if establish the Tl/Jack Kilby Chair in Analog Engineering. The chair was part of a $5.1 million gift from TI to enhance the analog engineering program at Dwight Look College of Engineering. Today, Kilby, 76, who has also received the Medal of Science and was inducted in the National In ventors Hall of Fame, travels around the world, consult ing for firms and governments, and serves as a director for several corporations. ve home after t few hours of sle According tc way Traffic Sal drowsy driving least 100,000 ac talities, and 20 drowsy driving -