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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,
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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
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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.
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investigate companies by ■
the Better Business Bures..
community where the bus -
located. She also advised;,
to book spring break trips '
than Thanksgiving inorde:
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Miller said students sf
with a credit card whenever^
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on trips that are canceled orb
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never met,” Miller said.
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