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Thursday, Aim | an kil 4 \irzjir 1 Jill; y a i i wfit-.i hj c i' ous interior, Hi eople were re; officer It. id up to August 6, 2001 dume 107 ~ Issue 183 6 pages ews in Brief State ng but could h, Jain game warden an high grain jj ( ] to res |- Sunday rs- ., , ■eDERLAND (AP) — More said there )ar 2 0 o law enforcement of- slides in thes( fer gathered Sunday to re- , near the to, eni h er Texas Parks and u, killing two:/j|||jf e game warden Mike icials saidmotauling, killed last week when »were destroy:e was run over while on duty, if other homeBs many as 1 00 game war- ubulu.Villagerens attended the funeral, hrough thenuBducted at First Baptist iurvivors. in Nederland. Pauling, Gnln inorli-B ) had been with the agency fficial in Xiasl 6 1996 ' wil1 be buried Tues ‘ c . V Hat a graveside ceremony at fission Park North Cemetery ice' 1 recover,, r Antonio two riversnis Mouton III, 33, was and floodedtnHg ec | w jth capital murder in :>untryside..\kB ( j ea th Q f Pauling, which oc- 11 age was still» e d shortly after midnight ednesdayaltn Vodnesday in Port Arthur. 1 raining. Huton was being held in the i much flood;: ;ffi rson County correctional somebodie- icjlity on $500,000 bond. ) sea,” he said §r probable cause aff idavit rthquakes-rW the warden was dragged enSJandMitepgside Mouton's car and vere recordt :M n run over by his own state- on Tuesdav.® 60 * truck while try- r whether die J to de *P a woman involved romributed disturbance with Mouton, go police say was her B riend. auling, a 1 2-year veteran le Army, was married and Ki two sons, age 1 2 and 1 5. ■ was the 14th Texas game ■rden to die in the line of ■ty since 1 91 9. 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INSIDE '* * Aggies in y position to silence critics Opinion Construction begins on new parking garage Battalion News Radio: 1:57 p.m. KAMU 90.9 www.thebatt.com Bonfire memorial selection jury members announced Stuart Hutson The Battalion Since that cold morning in 1999 when the Bonfire stack fell, resulting in the death of 12 Aggies, it may seem that every one one has an opinion on what a fitting and proper memorial should be. Last Thursday, Vice President for Stu dent Affairs Dr. J. Malon Southerland an nounced the names of those who will make the final decision. “Everyone has their own idea of what this design should be,” said J. Randel Mat- son, a member of the nine-person Bonfire Memorial Design Jury and the retired ex ecutive director of the University’s Associ ation of Former Students. “It will be a very difficult job. We will have to choose a de sign that has an element for everyone, but it will have to be a very special design to have that. ... I couldn’t design it.” Richard A. WestofBellaire, father of vic tim Scott West, will he on the panel, and Hans E. Butzer, a designers of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The jury will meet in late October to choose four finalists who will be announced on the second anniversary of the Bonfire collapse, Nov. 18. “I’m trying not to go in with any pre conceived notions,” West said. “I’m talking with the other parents and we just want to get the best memorial. ... a memorial that reminds those who see it of the kids who lost their lives, but also makes it clear that the Aggie spirit is still alive and kicking.” Murray Milford, a member of the jury and Class of’55, recently retired as professor of soil and crop sciences and said that he also is going into the selection process without pre conceived notions about the design, just about the effect that the design must have. “It has to speak to the A&M communi ty,” he said. “But something that has to be understood is that A&M is a place that peo ple from around the world visit. They come for the Bush Library or conferences, it stands to reason that this memorial is going to be on the tour list. ‘ ‘The design must be as expressive as it can be so that it can convey the Aggie spirit at the same time as it shows the tragedy of what happened. And it has to show both to those who haven’t ever heard of what an Aggie is.” The four finalists will each be awarded $1 0,000. 'The overall winner will be an nounced in early March 2002. lurms cbosen lo Select'99 Boiifiie Memorial Richard West Hans Butzer - Chairman [Grant Jones Schuyler Houser Randy Matson Bellaire resident, whose son Nathan Scott West died in the collapse a designer of the Oklahoma City National Memorial principal of Jones and Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Texas A&M student body president a 1967 A&M graduate and retired executive director of the Association of Former Students Murray Milford- a 1955 A&M graduate and retired professor of soil and crop sciences vice president for the ^Structural Division of Delean Corp. a sculptor and professor of art and art history at the University of Texas at Austin David Johnson- project manager for capital projects for the University of California System RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion 0W. Victor lAnderson Stephen Daly - Camp prep BERNARDO GARZA/Twe Battalion As the summer session comes to a close, students are preparing to welcome a new class to A&M as Fish Camp counselors. Tom Nisley (left) and Bret Hodge, counselors for Camp Sweeny paint banners Sunday. Fish Camp prepares incoming freshmen by teaching them about the traditions of Texas A&M. District leaders mostly men Staff & Wire Tropical storm churning toward Gulf Coast states PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Residents of the Florida Pan handle and southern Alabama braced for drenching rainfall and the possibility of flooding Sunday as Tropical Storm Bar ry headed for land, slowly gain ing strength as it plowed across the Gulf of Mexico. The storm was expected to grow into a hurricane before making landfall sometime dur ing the night, and a hurricane warning was posted for the Gulf Coast, extending from Pascagoula, Miss., eastward to Florida’s Ochlockonee River, near Tallahassee, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm’s peak sustained wind speed increased during the day to about 70 mph. A tropical storm is redesignated a hurricane when its sustained wind speed reaches 74 mph. The center of the storm was headed toward the area of Panama City and Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle, said National Hurricane Center meteorologist Krissy Williams. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush urged residents in the panhandle to heed the warnings. “The possibility of flooding and isolated tornadoes are where we have the most con cern,” Bush said. “Barry remains a strong tropical storm that could cause serious damage.” Meteorologists expected 8 to 10 inches of rain across the Florida Panhandle and said isolated tornadoes were possi ble. Barry already had dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of southern Florida when it crossed the state last week on its way into the Gulf of Mexico. A flood watch was in effect through Monday for southeast Alabama, and southwest and south-central Georgia. Along Florida’s panhandle, some residents enjoyed the rough seas along the coast’s sandy beaches while others prepared for flooding. “I’m not that worried. You live out here and you know it’s going to happen,” said Stephanie Taylor, 36, who walked hand-in-hand with her boyfriend near the shore. Red flags waved along the beach to warn against swimming. At Fort Walton Beach, a sol id gray blanket of clouds cov ered the sky and white surf pounded the beaches. Only a handful of people walked along the beach while a group of surfers took advantage of the strong waves. “Just came to check out the waves. They look pretty good,” said Don Ory, a marina owner. “I wish I was out there ... just riding them on a boogie board or a jet ski would be nice.” Several panhandle counties See Storm on Page 2. 0/ 100 km =s— m . ^Montgomery Ala. Ga. «£ e ensacola 30° Gulf of Mexico Tallahassee Fla. Farppc Tropical Storm Barry Position: 29.1 N, 86.3 W Moving: NNE at 6 mph Sustained winds: 70 mph Wind gusts: 85 mph As of 5 p.m. EOT Window of projected movement Miss. Ala. \ Columbia Atlanta'X.S-C- Montgomery Ga. 5w Orleans pi 200 km ~ 200 mi SOURCES: AccuWeather- ESRI; USGS ensacola lahassee Men who are U.S. public school teachers are 40 times more likely than their female colleagues to advance to the po sition of superintendent accord ing to a newly released report by an A&M researcher. Although women comprise 7 5 percent of of the school sys tem wetrk force, males hold 90 percent of all superintendent The role of a school superintendent is probably the most gender- biased executive position in this country/’ — Dr. Linda Skrla assistant professor jobs, according to a report pub lished in Educational Adminis tration Quarterly by Dr. Linda Skrla, an assistant professor who specializes in educational leader ship and equity issues. “The role of a school superin tendent is probably the most gender-biased executive position in this country,” Skrla said. “And it is terribly inefficient to con tinue to select 90 percent of the school leaders from 25 percent of the work force. “This means school boards who select superintendents on the basis of gender are overlook ing the majority of the most qualified and capable leaders in their districts simply because they are women. In a time of growing administrator short ages, issues of gender bias and discrimination in the public school superintendency need to be examined very closely.” Women superintendents in terviewed by Skrla report career- long difficulties attributed to gender bias. They report that their competence was consis tently questioned in areas such as finance, facilities and athletics. See Schools on Page 2.