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Morgan Olsen,® president for businel nance, said the benei a good business ce: will allow SMU tore; petitive for top teach; “It was becoming many employers na: offering this benefit Dallas Morning /Vena day’s editions. “This sary to ensure SMU r e: retains the best peon-: Members of Benefits Council rece adopting the policy, the Faculty Senate mously to concur. ihc {(Mar w esP*- Dir ■ The /I for week lyvood': is not w :tacu latitsei irts. Pit [ory tha •lativel Strug tveen :enes a lovie ( lodge o mnect. left feel i Jerry ^ ’Robert: Jerry isl Panel speakers say love is colorblii NABJ and ExCEL discuss interracial relationship stereot for a m\ s to tra' ring it t ha, ang ut on tl I’' decides By Amanda Smith The Battalion Charles Sippial, Texas A&M vice president for administration, said in a panel discussion that he does not believe love should be determined by col or lines. Sippial is a black man engaged to a white woman. “Gretchen and I were friends for a long time. Out of that friendship grew love,” he said. “When 1 see Gretchen, I see a woman I love. I do not even think about race. How others feel about our love in some cases is positive and in others negative. There are people in my family who are negative about the relationship. They have the problem. I don’t have the problem.” In a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Na tional Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and Excellence Uniting Culture, Education and Leadership (ExCEL), students, faculty and staff discussed their experiences in interracial rela tionships. Apryl Reid, NABJ vice president and a senior journalism major, said the purpose of the program is to defy some of the stereotypes attached to in terracial dating. “I feel like there is this taboo regarding inter racial relationship dating in our society,” Reid said. “We should look beyond the color lines and beyond the epidermis. We are trying to get indi viduals from various backgrounds to attend, but we do not want it to be a black or white thing.” Panel members included Ryan Beard, a senior psychology major; Tammie Preston-Cunningham, a We should look beyond the color lines and beyond the epidermis. ” — Apryl Reid NABJ vice president an A&M staff member; Dr. Kimberly Brown, an English professor; and Sippial. April Young, NABJ president, executive direc tor of ExCEL and a senior journalism major, opened the program with scenes from Othello, In troducing Dorothy Dandridge, Money Train and The Birth of a Nation. All clips involved relation ships between two races. “It is important to understand iife tionships are not just a black person: person,” Young said. “It is not just a: white issue." Preston-Cunningham said somepe; changing their views on interracial re.' “You can’t change everybody."Pit ningham said. “Sometimes differed even a cultural thing, but the way you.; What your family values are sometime! an issue.” Brown said her experience in interri tionships and her own study of race ha';:. more attuned to racial issues. “I think in terms of race more thane | Brown said. “But learning more about®, son's culture and learning more aboulii person can be productive.” Randolph, the daughter of an interri. riage, said she has identified more African-American culture, although raised in a predominantly white cute “I do not understand why interracial: ships are hard for people to understand., they bring up issues like that, 1 ” Replant Continued from Page l “There seem to be a lot of people on campus who say that we are an ‘anti-Bonfire’ group. We’re not. This is all about the trees and the en vironment. Since the beginning of Replant, there has been a strong bond between Bonfire leadership and Replant leadership,” Salter said. “We wish that people would realize that Replant no longer has any official ties with Bonfire, and that there’s no way that by moving it to the fall that we are trying to re place Bonfire in any way.” Rosen said Replant began in 1990 when Scott Hantman, former Environmental Issues Committee Chair, introduced the idea. “Replant started out as an Envi ronmental Issues Committee, but, in 1994 we became a committee of our own in the Student Government Of fice due to our large numbers,” Rosen said. “It was originally supposed to help counteract the effects of Bonfire, but now we are a separate environ mental organization.” In Spring 2000, Replant volunteers planted trees at Lake Bryan and the Bryan Regional Athletic Complex. Close to 1,500 students and faculty members have registered to participate in the planting, including first-time participants Alpha Delta Phi Sorority. “We thought it would really be a great way to bring our goals of phil anthropy home to the Bryan-College Station area,” said Casey Kent, Alpha Delta Phi member. “This is a great opportunity for many groups to help out locally.” Costs Continued from Page 1 Mexico. Student Express charges $93 per person to cover taxes and fees for all persons traveling to Mexico. Sue Antrobus, an agent with ITS Cruises and Travel, said, to avoid spring break scams, students should make sure the company is reputable and book their trips early. Antrobus said that “a few years ago, there was a tour group that canceled at the last minute and did not reschedule a new trip for the customers.” Companies offering reduced rates for spring break trips can do so be cause of the huge group rate they can receive since they work with univer sities and schools all over the nation. Antrobus said reputable companies for student travel include Holiday Express, Fun Jet, Go Golf- Continental. Debbie Miller, a consul# Executive Travel and Lei::; that if students are using® iar travel company, theyst, to other people who havet* company. Miller also suggested' investigate companies by ■ the Better Business Bures.. community where the bus - located. She also advised;, to book spring break trips ' than Thanksgiving inorde: ceive the best rates. 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