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IfEDNESD AY AUGUST 22, 2001
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Celebrating 125 Years
NEWS IN BRIEF
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■ More than 350 volunteers,
people illuding Texas A&M President
Dr. Ray Bowen, will be on hand
„, ‘ to help students move into
)u .’ Musc 4ns®i r residence halls during
’ I . vou can( i | Bshman Welcome Day.
•tors, gettingt B "Moving in can be hectic
:en excel lent «d confusing, especially for
py. Immeni|oming freshmen, and this
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L ,L,,®ke new students and their
■rents feel welcome, said
'i tCr j • i i ■ )n Sasse, director of
’ 1 ;Ul1 ' Re ;idence Life.
)pened,”Miisc* The volunteers will wear dis-
■ctive T-shirts so they can be
ilso started [iwsily recognized and will be
;. Barit said helping students move belong-
bish hiswasheaP int0 their rooms and assist-
scan’s old o!i' in “ with an y problems. Bowen
Tid his team will be stationed
Ithe Southside residence hall
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I Parking in the area will be
istricted, and some streets
Will become one way for the
duration of move-in. Some tem-
lorary parking will be allowed
bile students unload; howev
er. PITS officers will then direct
vehicles to other parking areas.
I Sunday and Wednesday
are the busiest move-in days,
Sasse said.
| He added that PITS has
|eserved extra space in the
University Center, Central and
Northside Parking Garages for
faculty who park in lots near
residence halls.
“Each year, we work to
/rate the whole operation go
more smoothly, but there will
be some difficulties. We real
ly appreciate the patience
,; 8nd courtesy of the entire
ommunity during this hectic
Sasse said.
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SERVING THE TEXAS A&
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Volume 108 • Issue 1
College Station, Texas
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Walk this way
Fish Camp closes with Session F this week, departs today
By Sommer Bunce
THE BATTALION
Nicholas Anthis’ first glimpse of
life at Texas A&M was through aqua-
colored Fish Camp glasses.
A freshman biochemistry and
genetics major, Anthis pulled up to
the Olsen Field parking lot for
Session A of Fish Camp 2001. He
found himself amid costumes,
yelling and whistle-blowing camp
counselors. As part of the first ses
sion’s aqua camp, Anthis was taught
to be bleed maroon — with an aqua-
blue tinge, his camp color.
After driving the two hours to Fish
Camp’s traditional site at Lakeview,
near Palestine, for the rest of the four-
day camp, the freshmen “just kind of
yelled a lot,” Anthis saidi •
“I would have to tell anyone who’s
going to Fish Camp that you’re going
to have a blast,” Anthis said. “The
most important point for me was
meeting people. But you get to know
A&M, and you get a chance to adjust
to college life before you get there.”
Fish Camp was first created in
1954 to introduce new A&M stu
dents to campus traditions and to aid
in the transition from high school to
college. Almost 4,300 students — or
about two-thirds of the freshman
class — % registered to attend this
year, said Seth Sullivan, assistant
Fish Camp director and a senior
industrial distribution major.
The camp program is split into six
different sessions differentiated by
color, each lasting four days. The first
See Freshmen on page 2A.
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No place like home
Holly Rhea, a senior journalism major, stands in the showcase of a
local bookstore and paints a “welcome home” message. This week,
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
thousands of Aggies will return to College Station in preparation for
the beginning of classes next week.
Freshman cadets learn ropes of Corps life
By Courtney Stelzel
THE BATTALION
“Whip out, fish!” shouted
the sophomores.
And it began. For the next
five minutes, the hallway in
Dorm 8 was filled with the
shouts and sweat of the new
freshman cadets, as they
“whipped out,” or met, their
sophomore trainers for the
first time.
“Their faces were intimidat
ing, and they [sophomores]
were getting all pumped up and
spitting in your face and “staring
you in the eye,” said Tucker
Smith, a freshman cadet in
Company D-2 and construction
science major.
Freshman Corps of Cadets
members are learning the in’s
and out’s of Corps life during
Freshman Orientation Week
(FOW), which began Sunday.
New cadets learn how to
shine their shoes, eat in Duncan
Dining Hall, make their beds in
a military fashion and address
their upperclassmen in an often
intense atmosphere.
“At first I was pretty scared
and pretty nervous,” Smith
said. “I was wondering what
was going on here. It took more
than a full day to get adjusted.”
The orientation week began
in 1977 to help incoming Corps
freshmen adjust to cadet life
before school starts.
“FOW is a chance to bring
the freshmen in early and get
them adjusted to life in the
Corps,” said Trevor Voelkel,
Corps public relations officer
and a senior finance major.
Adjusting to Corps life is
not the only focus of the week,
he said.
As part of the week-long
activities, the new “fish” are
taken to buy their books, adjust
their schedules and meet with
academic advisors.
“We have the scholas
tic officers bring their
freshmen into one of the
rooms. We sit down with
them on their level and
have a question and
answer session in a
relaxed environment,”
said Corps Scholastic
Officer Jay Stanley, a
senior biomedical sci
ences major. “We
address whatever ques
tions they may have
because we want them to
be prepared for school.”
Call to Quarters (CQ),
a required study time
held Sunday to Thursday
nights during the aca
demic semester, will
begin on Sunday. But the
Corps is beginning to
pull away from regimented
study time, Stanley said.
“We are strongly encourag
ing the freshmen to go to the
libraries to study, to attend sup
plemental instruction and tutor
ing options available to them,”
Stanley said. “We want them to
learn how to study.”
The Corps keeps track of
cadets’ academic progress by
requiring grades to be posted
on their doors, Stanley said.
FOW is also a time for
Corps freshmen to learn about
Texas A&M traditions, as well
as the Corps’ traditions.
“It is kind of like another
Fish Camp,” Voelkel said. “The
friendships they build this week
and throughout the year are very
strong. Automatically [fresh
men cadets] have to lean on
someone for support during the
adjustment period of leaving
their parents and the way of life
they might have been used to.”
FOW is set to end this
Saturday, following Freshman
Review on the Quad from 1:30
See FOW on page 2A.
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Fish Brod, of Squadron.2, takes a sip of "sky” during FOW exercises Tuesday
afternoon. New fish participate in numerous exercises throughout the week.
CHAD MALLAM • THE BATTALION
Flood
victim
honored
Funds raised for
Houston Red Cross
By BRANDIE LiFFICK
THE BATTALION
Organizers of the Chad
Garren Memorial Flood Relief
Fund raised more than $4,800
to honor the Texas A&M sen
ior who died in Houston during
the aftermath flood of Tropical
Storm Allison.
Garren, who was a summer
intern at Houston-based Enron,
was killed when he was swept
underwater during the flood
ing. Garren would have gradu
ated in December.
Allison hit South Texas
June 8, causing 22 deaths in
Texas and Louisiana.
A dinner and silent auction
held Aug. 16 raised the money
for the memorial fund, which
will be donated to the Greater
Houston Area American Red
Cross to aid in flood relief.
Stuart Hutson, Class of
2001, and Mark Passwaters, a
senior political science major,
said they organized the event
to give back to the communi-
fhe people of Hous
ton tuere the first to
turn out and help us
after the Bonfire col
lapse, and it tuouldnt
have been right to not
return the favor when
we could.
— Mark Passwaters
event organizer
ty that offered its support dur
ing the 1999 Texas Aggie
Bonfire collapse.
“The people of Houston
were the first to turn out and
help us after the Bonfire col
lapse, and it wouldn’t have
been right to not return the
favor when we could,”
Passwaters said.
/.
Donna Rybinski, director of
marketing and communications
for the Houston Red Cross,
said Red Cross served approxi
mately 2 million meals and
snacks to displaced residents
the first month after the flood.
“The Red Cross spent over
$25 million in serving meals,
transporting people and help
ing families replace the essen
tial items that are needed in a
See Fund on page 2A.