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wary 16,20( om Page I oject called The cele- ntil Jan. 31). rom t irs have re ing daytiffi ig the semes s kx'kedi students It' idence ; as ai ection fe ; will cotitir- •o\\ ded r taff. mala ■rely tobei lets rum, lice Depi ammissioE : armed ttl and 62 no: i. Thecitt 0 sworn it units andi ins cottffi ptured. entofCnij d compos: s ofthelii e.tx.us.Ai :y have si es may real ime Stopp'- Tuesday, Januai'y 16, 2001 - 1 Page 3 THE BATTALION mtin's tz^ticy Students commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. with two weeks of events By Matthi.w Parker The Battalion The powerful message of hope Martin Luther King delivered with his speeches and his presence in pub lic life made him a figure that stu dents at A&M look to today as the torchbearer who lighted the way to peace and unity for all people, re gardless of race. For the next two weeks, the sec ond “Campus With a Dream’' pro gram will celebrate King’s peace ful teachings with his words illuminating the cultural diversity of the Aggie spirit. Ravyn Miller, a senior biomed ical science major, said she thinks the purpose of the events is to cele brate the hope King gave the Amer ican people. “The problems and the issues African-Americans faced through out the 1960s were horrendous com pared to the social injustices we con front today,” Miller said. Miller won the “What’s the Word” oratorical contest sponsored by the Black Awareness Committee (BAG). Her reward comes with $1,000, and she is the speaker who begins all the "Campus with a dream events. Miller said King’s words inspire her and give her “hope that maybe some things can change, in our day and age.” Samecia Bloomfield, executive director of cultural programming for the Memorial Student Center (MSC) and a senior English major, said King’s words of the past are still rel evant today. “No matter if you are black, white, Asian, whether you practice Islam or you are stone-cold Southern Baptist, we all have to live and inter act in this world. Just because you go to church on Sunday, ahd 1 go to u No matter if you are black, white, Asian, whether you practice Islam or you are stone-cold South ern Baptist, we all have to live and in teract in this world. ” — Samecia Bloomfield, executive director of cultural programming for the MSC church on Saturday, we still are the human race and still share the same hopes and dreams." Bloomfield said. Bloomfield marched with A&M’s BAC in the Unity March. The march will begin today at Rudder Fountain, pass the front of Hart Hall, travel to the statue of Sullivan Ross, and then circle around the Academic Building back to the MSC. Bloomfield said the march helps “support the ideals Dr. Martin Luther King worked/or and others are still striving for: one race, one culture.” Bloomfield said one of the goals of the program is to spread aware ness of A&M’s multicultural student programs. An event scheduled for Thursday from 7-10 p.m. is a performance of the play A Slice of Rice, Frijoles, and Greens produced by the Asian Cul tures Education (ACE). Bloomfield said she thinks the theme of this play is the same as that of the Campus with a Dream program. A 1998 Campus Climate Ex ecutive Summary showed that the campus and its programs need more diversity. The study found that 76 per cent of the student body said that diversity and multicultural aware ness prograrns are valuable to stu dents, but only 28 percent of stu dents reported participating in organized activities to promote awareness about diversity. “With everybody coming togeth er there may be a time in your line of work where you have to travel across seas, so you don’t want to walk into Iran with a short skirt and go-go- boots,” Bloomfield said. The 1998 summary revealed, only 25 percent of faculty and 41 percent of undergraduates feel that A&M students have a good under standing of the traditions and values of other cultures. “I think many people around here are ignorant and don’t even know it,” Bloomfield said. “You have to you just stop, look, and learn.” ILLUSTRATION BY RUBEN DELUNA AND CODY WAGES^Ti i f Batt/CUOX i in agrici i up dm ■ told me) the steps 1 uncle, s'o :> pursue I do moret would a person# g he o asierforoS “was widow sail s Corps o| senior t»’f honored | Taps ini iditor >r litor )ducer ,adio Producti naster laster luring the fall!' rsity, 11111' are i rciassitu hours are 8s' , .,nh UsedBookBroker at 650/ r throng* 1 us /o ^ > 1 r et ai| Book Accounting Author: Warren • Edition: 1 9th Retail price: $93.67 Biochemistry Author: Stryer • Edition: 4th Retail price: $101.33 Calculus Author: Larson • Edition: 6th Retail price: $118.76 At UsedOookOroker you pay only Accounting $60.88 Biochemistry $65.87 Calculus $77.19 Buy direct from the seller Delivered to you FREE r * •4 t