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June 4, 2001
Volume 107 ~ Issue 148
6 pages
News in Brief
— Campus
Task forces suggests
ft&M arts academy
A 20-member task force to
3Utline the initiatives to ad-
/ance the arts at Texas A&M
ecommended Friday that
\&M establish its own "acad-
?my for the performing and
/isual arts."
The proposed academy
would attempt to develop
finding and organization for
jerforming and visual arts pro-
jrams both on and off campus.
The task force, chaired by
nglish Professor Paul Parrish,
ilso recommended a $250,000
illocation to aid in the devel
opment of arts programs.
Survey ranks A&M's
architectural college
A national "customer satis-
action" survey of more than
iOO architectural firms ranked
MxM's College of Architecture
ixth among public universities
h producing graduates who
b<cel on the job.
The survey, published in The
\lmanac of Architecture & De-
iign 2001, inquired of the firms
From which schools have you
fad the best experience hiring
smployees?"
5 Ags to compete in
odeo scholarships
Five members of the Texas
f&M University Rodeo Team
will compete for more than
200,000 dollars in scholarship
noney at the College Nation-
\\ Rodeo Finals in Casper,
/Vyo., June 6-11.
The team will include:
jeorge Strait Jr, Kelsey Cox,
ake McCallister, Margaret Up-
.on and J. D. Thompson.
State
:l Paso has first
gay pride parade
EL PASO (AP) — More than
200 people participated Sat-
jrday in El Paso's first gay
iride parade, which organiz-
rs said helped raise aware-
less of gay rights.
"It was more than I expect-
:d/'Genevieve Aguilar, parade
planning coordinator, told The
■IPaso Times. "This is wonder-
ulfor us because we lack visi-
jility. We're on our way."
More than. 13 vehicles,
loats and organizations took
)art in the Southwestern
’ride Day Parade, which trav-
iled peacefully through
Jowntown streets.
Spectator Norma Rey said
he wished the parade could
lave been longer.
"A lot more people could
lave been involved, but I
juess they were afraid," she
:aid. "I don't think El Paso is
eadyfor this kind of thing, but
ve need to be more diverse,
ike other cities throughout the
lation."
[Opinion
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By Justin Smith
The Battalion
T he latest issue of Hispan
ic Outlook has ranked Texas
A&M’s Dwight Look College
of Engineering as the top
school in the country for
Hispanics in the fields of en
gineering and engineering
technology.
The rankings were based on
data from the 1998-’99 Nation
al Center for Education Statis
tics. Hispanic Outlook annually
ranks the nation’s schools based
on the number of degrees
awarded to Hispanics.
The college granted 147
bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics,
Magazine ranking based on
degrees awarded to Hispanics
112 of which were awarded to
men and 3 5 to women.
“I am delighted,” said Dr.
Roland Harden, vice chancellor
and dean of the College of Engi
neering. “I am particularly proud
of the Hispanic graduates.”
Harden was not surprised
that the college was recognized
this year.
“ [The college] is traditional
ly in the top five in the nation
every year,” he said.
Harden feels A&M has a great
environment for Hispanics to
learn. He said A&M has a good
grasp of highly technical spheres
of academies but also has a rural
element. He said that combina
tion makes some students, in
cluding many Hispanics, feel
comfortable here.
One example of a Hispanic
student excelHng with a degree in
engineering from A&M would
be System Regent Dionfel Aviles.
Aviles received his bachelor’s
degree, master’s degree and his
doctorate in civil engineering
from A&M while in the U.S.
Army. He retired from the
Army in 1993 with the rank of
major general.
He also is the owner and
president of his own company.
Aviles Engineering Corpora
tion, based in Houston, tests
and inspects geotechnical and
environmental engineering
construction materials.
“Aviles is a good role model
for all the Hispanic students
here at A&M,” Harden said.
Along with its engineering
graduates, A&M was recog
nized for English and literature
students with a 10th place rank
ing for those fields.
See Engineering on Page 2.
CSPD investigates woman’s death
College Station Police Department (CSPD) Crime Scene
Investigator Ze*ta Fail and Officer Paul Brown examine
the truck of 21-year-old Mandy Wollersheim of College
Station whose death is being investigated as a homicide.
CSPD Public Information Officer Dan Jones said CSPD
was called to investigate the death at 6:20*p.m. Sunday
by a friend of Wollersheim's who found her body in her
BERNIE GARZA/The Battalion
residence at Willowick Apartments. Jones denied to com
ment further on the case, citing that the scene was still
under investigation. Wollersheim's body will be moved
to the Bexar County Investigation Team in San Antonio
for autopsy. Wollersheim is survived by her parents, Mark
and Mildred Wollersheim of Bryan. The Wollersheims
did not wish to comment at the time of the investigation.
Advisers claim balance is
key to success for college
By Robin Lewis
The Battalion
Summertime in Aggieland brings stu
dents’an unusual mix of long classes and sun
shine fun, but Texas A&M advisers warn
that the recipe for success remains the same.
The key to a successful college career be
gins with a student’s ability to balance their
academics, along with the social and per
sonal aspects of their lives, said Lyle Slack,
coordinator of the Learning Skills Oenter at
Texas A&M.
Slack said to never let any one of
these aspects come before the other.
“If you let the academic part go,
then when your social life is going on,
you’re sitting there saying, ‘Oh, I need
to be studying’,” he said. “Or when
you’re studying, you’re thinking, ‘Oh,
everybody’s out having fun.’ ”
Although balance is a very impor
tant part of surviving college, Slack said
there are other methods to help increase a
student’s probability of academic success —
develop good study skills and find
one’s own personal educational needs or
learning styles.
Slack and other counselors can be found
at Henderson Hall, where students can
come to receive counseling for these issues
on an individual basis, or by participating in
help groups.
“What we would generally do,” Slack said,
“ is help you find your own learning style.”
Students are coming to college from dif-
mer Study Tips-
\ * Balance academics and personal time
j • Find whether you are an audio, visual
/ or hands-on learner
* Stay current on ciasswork (do homework the
night it is assigned)
* Visit the SCS Learning Skills Center
* And remember, when all else fails (and
so do you) - go to class
RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
ferent high schools and different back
grounds, which can create difficulty when
diagnosing a student with a certain learning
style, Slack said.
In order to overcome this difficulty, he rec
ommends paying special attention to whether
one is a visual learner — one who learns
through seeing the material, an audio learner
— one who benefits from hearing the materi
al read aloud, or a hands-on learner — one who
can grasp the concept through application.
Slack said high school teaches students
to merely survive. In high school, stu
dents can get away with doing a lot
less, and allows students to grad
uate without forming strong
study habits.
Until college freshmen experi
ence their first round of college
tests, he said, they can not possi
bly understand the importance of
good study skills.
Tie whole deal with study skills is
the better you do it, the less you have to,”
See Tips on Page 2.
RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
Toledo
claims
victory
in Peru
By Mariano Castillo
The Battalion
LIMA, Peru — Peruvians went
to the ballot boxes Sunday for
the fourth time in a year and
elected Stanford-educated econ
omist Alejandro Toledo presi
dent in a close runoff, defeating
former president Alan Garcia.
The first official results from
the National Office for Electoral
Processes showed Toledo with a
51.57 percent to 48.43 percent
lead over Garcia, representing
62 percent of all votes cast.
The electoral process was
hailed as transparent and the
most fair in recent history.
“I want to thank all the Peru
vians who today gave their con
fidence to us,” Toledo said in his
first speech as president-elect,
from his headquarters in the
Sheraton Lima.
Toledo reiterated his promises
to continue his fight against cor
ruption and expressed gratitude
to his first round opponents.
He reached out to the mili
tary, an unstable institution that
is recovering from corruption at
its highest levels.
“I am a soldier for democracy,”
he said. “I know how to distin
guish between hay and wheat.”
Former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright, who led a
joint delegation from the Carter
Center and the National Demo
cratic Institute for International
Affairs, said the elections mark
the “final chapter in a long story.”
In an interview with the Peru
vian daily El Comercio, Albright
said, “Regardless of who wins, he
will have a very difficult task to
face because democracy is not an
event, it is a process, and there
are substantial issues to resolve in
a country with figures of 50 per
cent poverty, which needs to
achieve social justice and im
prove education within a com
plex and multiracial society.”
Thousands of supporters
filled the streets of Lima Sunday
night in celebration.
See Toledo on Page 2.
New veterinary school on East Texas horizon
Board approved Tech school 30 years ago
KILGORE (AP) — East Texas officials
hope to land a veterinary school author
ized three decades ago by state officials.
The Texas College and University Co
ordinating Board in 1971 authorized
Texas Tech to establish a veterinary school.
On May 24, after 30 years of inactivity
on the issue, Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff, state
Rep. Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, and
other East Texas lawmakers wrote Texas
Tech chancellor John T. Montford urging
that the school be created in East Texas,
The Kilgore News-Herald reported Sunday.
It is tougher to get into Texas’ single
veterinary school than to gain entrance
into medical school, the lawmakers said.
“Texas A&M is a wonderful institu
tion, but the program is simply not
large enough to accommodate all qual
ified applicants. East Texas would be the
ideal location for the proposed Texas
Tech veterinary school,” Merritt told
the News-Herald.
Ron Allen, executive director of the
Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Ex
aminers, said there is currently a shortage
See Veterinary on Page 2.