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'Now is simply the time'
Bowen resigns as president
Robin Lewis
The Battalion
Texas A&M University President
Dr. Ray M. Bowen announced his res
ignation Wednesday, stating that his
decision was made for the benefit of
the University and not because of Bon
fire or other outside influences.
“ft’s been basically a decision driven
by the belief that now is simply the
time — no other issue and no other
agenda,” Bowen said. “There’s always
going to he speculation [about Bon
fire], but no, it didn’t have anything to
do with it.”
A&M System Board of Regents
Chairman Erie Nye said he has knhwn
for a couple of years that Bowen was
interested in retiring near the end of
his seventh term.
“I am infuriated to hear accusations
that Bonfire is somehow responsible
for him leaving office,” Nye said. “To
suggest that it had any bearing on his
retirement is unfair and inaccurate.”
Milestones of the
lay M. Bowen
PRESIDENCY
Funding for endowed undergraduate
scholarships increased by $37 million
Appointment of Texas ABM's first
female vice president (Ellyn Perrone)
and first African-American vice
president (Charles Stppial)
Creation and implementation of Vision
2020. Texas ABM’s wide-ranging goal
of achieving recognition as a
consensus Top 10 public university by
the year 2020
Establishment of Vision 2020 Matching
Chairs program allocating $20 million
in additional AUF funds made available
by Prop. 17 to establish 20 addibonai
endowed faculty chairs
Recognition of engineering program by
Hispanic Outk>ok as nation's best for
Hispanic students
Organization of the George Bush School
of Government and Public Service and
transition from a division of the College
of Liberal Arts to an independent
academic unit
Establishment of the George Bush
Presidential Library and Museum
Texas A&M sports teams won seven Big
12 regular-season and six tournament
titles
RUBEN DELUNA/Twe Battalion
Bowen believes that change is good
for every organization, including
A&M.
“The search for my replacement and
the adjustment to a new president will
create a wave of renewal on campus,”
he said.
He said this change will push every
employee, every academic department
and administrative unit to evaluate
their relevance and commitment to
A&M’s goals.
“I simply think it is time to initiate
this renewal,” Bowen said.
Bowen said his final year as presi
dent at A&M will be just as full and ac
tive as his past years, with final deci
sions on Bonfire still pending and the
planning of the University’s 12 5th year
celebration.
Bowen, who will have served eight
years by the end of next June, is the
fourth longest-serving president in
A&M’s 125-year history.
During Bowen’s tenure as presi
dent, A&M went through many ad
vancements. Among those included
were the recognition of the engineer
ing program by Hispanic Outlook as
the nation’s best for Hispanic students
and the establishment of the George
Bush School of Government and Pub
lic Service.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said
Bowen will leave a lasting imprint on
Texas A&M because of all he has done
for the University.
“With calm, steady leadership,
See Bowen orj Page 2.
ANDY HANCOCK/The Battalion
Above: Dr. Ray M. Bowen announced his resignation at a press conference
Wednesday morning. Bottom left: Bowen, Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. J.
Malon Southerland, and 2000 student body president Forrest Lane at Muster.
Bottom right: Bowen answers questions after the 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
Gramm dismisses talk he will seek
position as A&M's 22nd president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republi
can Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas says he
is not ready to turn
.tail and run to Texas
A&M University’s
top job just because
the Democrats are in
charge.
Texas A&M Presi
dent Dr. Ray M.
Bowen’s announce
ment Wednesday
that he planned to step down next
summer has ignited conjecture about
whether Gramm, a former A&M pro
fessor, would take his place.
Gramm said such talk is fantasy.
“This is an unhappy time for those
who dream of raising taxes and spend-
CRAMM
ing money in Washington, so I am not
surprised that some dream of a land
scape from which I am missing,”
Gramm said in a statement. “But if any
Democrats are hoping that the idea of
Tom Daschle as (Senate) majority
leader is causing me second thoughts,
let me just say that I liked playing of
fense, but I loVe playing defense.”
Gramm, who announced in January
that he would seek re-election in 2002,
expects to have held 30 fund-raisers by
the end of the month. He already has
raised $1 million to add to a $3 million
campaign chest, said Gramm spokesman
Larry Neal.
“So as far as re-election is con
cerned, count me in,” Gramm added.
“I enjoy beating Democrats, even if I
have to do it one at a time.”
Talk that Gramm might step down
was stoked by Sen. James Jeffords’ recent
defection from the Republican Party,
which gave Democrats the Senate ma
jority. Jeffords officially became an inde
pendent Tuesday.
His switch shoved Republicans from
committee chairmanships, including
Gramm from his post as head of the
powerful Senate Banking Committee.
. Gramm has strong ties to A&M: he
was an economics professor at the school
and met his wife, Wendy, there. Wendy
Gramm, who recently was appointed a
Texas A&M[ regent, dismissed sugges
tions that he wanted to be A&M’s next
president.
“He’s got a pretty busy job right now,”
she told the Austin American-Statesman.
Harris County Republican Party
Chairman Gary Polland told the Hous
ton Chronicle that he believes Gramm
would accept the post if it were offered.
“Senator Gramm has wanted three
positions in his life,” Polland said. “He
wanted to be a United States senator,
and he is. He wanted to be president of
the United States, and he tried but
failed. And he wants to be president of
Texas A&M.”
Polland did not immediately return a
telephone call from The Associated
Press. Edward Check, Harris County
GOP executive director, said Polland
was only stating his opinion.
Neal said he did not recall such a
statement by Gramm.
Students face criminal mischief charges
Stuart Hutson
The Battalion
No court date has been set
yet for three Crocker Flail resi
dents believed to be responsible
for pouring a 55-gallon trash
can full of urine, vomit, excre
ment and road kill into a hall
way of Moore Hall last spring.
Ryan Matkin, Daniel Reed
and Gary Sanchez have each
been charged with two counts of
criminal mischief for the April
25 vandalism, said Director of
the University Police Depart
ment (UPD) Bob Wiatt. They
face a class A misdemeanor,
punishable by no more than one
Crocker residents believed to have poured drum
full of urine, excrement into Moore Hall hallway
year in jail and/or a fine up to
$4,000, and a class B misde
meanor, which is punishable by
up to six months in jail and a fine
of no more than $2,000.
Wiatt said police believe the
three individuals collected the
bodily fluids during a party the
weekend prior to the incident
and then added nine road kill
carcasses the next day. The spill
seeped into the rooms of two
students, damaging personal
property.
Tom Murray, a student de
velopment specialist for the De
partment of Residence Life,
said the road kill was cleared
away by A&M’s pest control
service and the area was cleaned
and disinfected for blood-born
pathogens by custodial services.
The area was then inspected by
die A&M environmental heal th
and safety department and pr o
nounced clean.
“I don’t know if hazardous
was really the word for this,”
Murray said. “Health wise, the
biggest danger was probably the
road kill. The biggest problem
was actually the smell, which we
couldn’t get rid of for days.”
Murray said the total cost of
clean-up for the prank was
$154.59.
Byron Lightsy, a Northside
area coordinator, said the three
were identified by a Moore Hall
resident who said he heard a
commotion and saw them run
ning out of the hall.
“Of course, the police didn’t
have anyway to match the
names with the faces until they
passed by Crocker and hap
pened to see the three students
outside,” he said.
Wiatt said UPD then ob
tained an arrest warrant and ap
prehended the three on May 10.
“It breaks my heart to see
people of such a young age ruin
a good part of their lives because
they wanted to get drunk and do
something stupid,” he said.
Vice President for Student
Afiairs Dr. J. Malon Southerland
See Charges on Page 2.