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OPINION
Page 5B
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Texas A&M University — Celebrating 125 Years
THE BATTALION
SE rving the TEXAS A&M COMMUNITY SINCE 1893
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Rowan removed
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’ T-nE BATTALION
The M enlorial Student Center
(MSC) C t)Unt ‘* removed MSC
Pivsident J° s ^ R° wan from office
^ yin a closed meeting.
Rowan sait ' he Wl,, appeal
the deeisi‘ ,n to Vice President
ior Slud en ‘ Affairs Dr. J.
Malon soUiherland.
Rowan, a senior agricultural
development major, was inves
tigated by Dr. Bill Kibler, asso
ciate vice president for student
affairs, for allegations of mis
conduct on a University-spon
sored trip to Italy this summer.
Members of the MSC coun
cil, which consists of both MSC
staff and student leaders,
refused to say why they voted
to remove Rowan. Ben Moffitt,
MSC executive vice president
for marketing and a junior
See page 5B for a related
editorial.
political science major, said
only that the findings in
Kibler’s report warranted
Rowan’s removal.
Removal requires a two-
thirds majority, but the council
refused to release any records
of the vote.
“I respectfully disagree with
the council’s decision, but 1
understand they were operating
with limited information,”
Rowan said. “I wish they would
address this issue publicly, or at
See Rowan on page 5A.
Votes cast
in a closed
meeting
Interpretation of
state laws raised
By BraNDIE LlFFICK
THE BATTALION
Citing a questionable exemp
tion from state open-meetings
laws, Texas A&M students and
officials met in a closed session
Monday night and removed
Memorial Student Center (MSC)
Council President Josh Rowan, a
senior agricultural development
major, from his position.
MSC officials prohibited the
public — including Rowan —
from attending the meeting.
Record of the meeting was not
made available, and council
members were prohibited from
making any comment.
According to the A&M
System general counsel, the
information discussed in the
meeting falls under the protec
tion of the federal Family
Education Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA), which gives par
ents the right to view their
child’s school records and pro
hibits these educational records
from being released to the media
or any other outside organiza
tion.
In response. The Battalion
cited the Open Meetings, or
Sunshine Act, of 1976 which
See MSC on page 5A.
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I respectfully disagree
with the counciVs deci-
sion y but I understand
they were working with
limited information. I
wish they would address
this issue publicly y or at
least they shotdd tell me
why I was removed.
— Josh Rowan
president of the 52nd
MSC Council
Josh Rowan, MSC Council president and a senior agricul
tural development major, presides over the MSC Council,
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
possibly for the last time. In a closed session Monday, the
council voted to remove Rowan from his position.
PTTS dismisses weekend tickets
92 citations given prior to game
will be removed for compliance
ANDY HANCOCK* THE BATTALION
Traffic begins to build up at the intersection of Wellborn Road and Old Main
as students travel to class.
By Amanda Smith
THE BATTALION
The Department of Parking, Traffic and Transportation Services
(PTTS) is dismissing 92 citations issued to students whose cars
were parked in 12th Man Foundation reserved lots and towed prior
to the football game this past weekend, PTTS officials said.
Angela Newman, PTTS public information officer, said the
PTTS administration made the decision to dismiss the tickets
because students have made efforts to comply with the parking
changes this semester.
“It has never happened in the history of PTTS for the administra
tion to dismiss tickets,” Newman said. “We want to thank the stu
dents who are doing what they are supposed to, but we do realize stu
dents are human.”
The cars were relocated to Parking Area (PA) 71 on Agronomy
Road on West Campus. Citations were given to those students whose
cars were still parked in 12th Man lots including PAs 39, 46, 49, 48,
62, 69 and 91.
See PTTS on page 2A.
Taps to
honor
10 Ags
tonight
By NoNI SRIDHARA
THE BATTALION
The Albritton Tower bells
will toll “Amazing Grace" at
10:15 p.m. as the first Silver
Taps of the semester is observed.
By 10:20, the campus will be
dark as the lights throughout cam
pus are extinguished. The Ross
Volunteer tiring squad will march
across campus and enter the
Academic Plaza to tire a 21-gun
salute.
Tonight's ceremony honors
10 students who have died
since the last Silver Taps was
held in April.
The ceremony is a memorial
service that brings the communi
ty of Texas A&M together, said
Jan Zacek, a sub-chair of the
Traditions Council and a senior
education major.
“Even though A&M is a large
university, these students are not
just another number," Zacek said.
“We have lost 10 important
members of the Aggie family and
we want to show their families
that they fc are all important to us.”
Today, all Hags on campus
will be flown at half-staff. A list
of the names of the honored stu
dents will be posted at the base
of the flagpole in front of the
Academic Building.
A drop box also will be
placed near the flagpole for
A&M students to leave notes of
condolence for the families of
those honored tonight, said
Traditions Council Chairman
Jon McFate, a senior biomedical
sciences major.
Families of the students
being honored at Silver Taps
will attend a reception at the
Forsyth Galleries in the
Memorial Student Center
(MSC) before joining the crowd
in front of the Lawrence
Sullivan Ross statue in the
Academic Plaza.
Patsy Lewis is the mother of
Melissa Lewis, a senior agri
cultural development major
who was killed in a May 18
See Taps on page 2A.
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Vet professors create diagnosis program
By Justin Smith
THE BATTALION
For three years. Dr. Craig Carter, head of
epidemiology and informatics at Texas
A&M, felt the effects of a long-lasting cold
— severe headaches, weight loss and fatigue.
After visiting several doctors who character
ized his symptoms as a common cold, one
had him fill out a survey that included ques
tions about his workplace.
Carter was diagnosed as having Brucellosis,
a disease that usually occurs in cattle.
“I got [Brucellosis] while working in a
lab. 1 had it for almost three years and lost 50
pounds and felt lethargic,” Carter said.
Carter said that when diagnosing a patient,
doctors and veterinarians have few resources
that are reliable, easy to use and comprehen
sive. He teamed up with Dr. Norman Ronald,
research associate for the veterinary medical
diagnostic laboratory and Texas Medical
Informatics Inc. (TMI) to create The
Associate for Public Health, a computer pro
gram to help doctors diagnose diseases.
There are several versions of I he
Associate, which include infectious diseases
of humans, cats and dogs.
The canine and feline versions of the pro
gram contain nearly 1,000 infectious dis
eases. They will be available to more than
8,000 veterinarians across the country
through the Veterinary Information Network.
The Associate first began specializing in
zoological diseases — animal diseases that
can occasionally infect people. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention gave the
~ See Carter on page 2A.
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