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In order for this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for that semester; Have completed JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and Society), or equivalent; Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The !xpe Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, -OR- Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, -OR- Have completed at least 1 2 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing.) and II), and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Cagle, Student Media business coordinator, in room 014A Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: noon Monday, November 12, 2001. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Media Board Meeting beginning at 1 0 a.m. Friday, November 16, in room 221 F Reed McDonald. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Diversity. Texas AdrAI University — Celebrating 125 Years 1^1 THE BATTALION Brady Creel, Editor in Chief The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semes ters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University. Periodicals Postage Paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, Texas A&M University, 1111 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-1111. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student Media, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 014 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845-2647; E-mail: newsroom@thebatt.com; Web site: http://www.thebatt.com Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For cam pus, local, and national display advertising, call 845-2696. For classified advertising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald, and office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fax: 845-2678. Subscriptions: A part of the Student Services Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies 25$. Mail subscriptions are $60 per school year, $30 for the fall or spring semester, $17.50 for the summer or $10 a month. To charge by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express, call 845-2611. Page 2 Campus I THf E BATTALION Friday, November! [day, Nor Senate Continued from Page 1 too strident. Student Body President Schuyler Houser, who was present at the meeting, said she would have endorsed the resolution, but added that the language should have been changed. “It should have been more positive and encouraging,” said Houser, a senior industiral engineering major. Houser said the recent criticism of administra tors is unfair. “When you consider the resources and the man hours that have been devoted to this, there’s no question that a lot of people have been work ing very hard to make sure Bonfire returns and that it’s safe,” Houser said. “Some students aren’t keeping in mind that people are working very hard to make this happen and that we’re doing our best.” Also discussed at the meeting was the Q-drop Compromise Bill. The bill, which will be voted on later this semester would ask administrators to extend the Q-drop period 10 days so that students would have until the 60th day to Q-drop. Sen. Lara Pringle, a junior finance major, said the bill would be helpful to students because it would allow for 20 percent more class time to go by before students would have to decide whether or not they wanted to Q-drop. She said that it would also allow students to have a better idea what their expected grade in the class would be since 70 percent of the course work is completed by the 60th day of class compared to 50 percent that is completed by the 50th day. She added that this gives time tor another test to be taken or another paper turned in. Pringle added that new technology has made it possible for the Q-drop date to be moved back. “The reason why we haven’t always had Q- drop until the 60th day of class is because the advisors said that they couldn’t handle the number of Q-drops that would happen on that 60th day of class because that also goes into registration for the next semester of classes,” Pringle said. “The reason that now they are better ablJ to handle that is because of new technological advances and things are now done on the computer and not actu al paper.’’ Pringle said that for the new Q-drop period to be enacted, the bill must first be passed by the student senate then by lhe Faculty Senate and finally by the Academic Operations Committee composed of faculty and staff. She said that the new Q-drop deadline would not be ready for implementation until the Fall 'HXP semest *r WlATT Continued froml tremendous growth brought many challenal campus law enforc Lemay said. “Under M leadership, 1 have beeopj say that I am a campus:( and I am very grateful i have him for a comma™ Wiatt said that since b director, he has seentrem change and the challeut been to respond tothatc “It is bigger," “Obviously, the physicals tions to the campus remarkable. In numb diversity, the student has changed. There is tl building and changing[ Wiatt said students id cautious and more attunetoj than they were some20y “One of the great 1 that we are blessed to I very little violent crime? pus,” Wiatt said. DRILL Continued from Page 1 Two junior advisors will be chosen Nov. 6. The Fish Drill team, created in 1946 by a group of freshman cadets, competes in precision drill competitions across the country. The team is famous among cadets for its long prac tices, intense and strict disci pline, and long runs that test the endurance of the fittest freshmen. In the opening credits of the movie A Few Good Men. the Fish Drill team portrays the Marine Corps Drill Team. They also performed in the movie Courage Under Fire. The Fish Drill Team works to msnll the tremendous disci- s Lill. and endurance it taxes to win the national cham- — which the team has ^ 1 *- a most every year since it “W Unded ’ Groves said - a n ^ Std ^ need the rifles to ™ u ifh and we also need cadet advisors as well as staff advisors. e w°uid like the freshman to begin trying out in December.” Because the hazing was so serious, there many more regulations on the team. Groves said “There will be i supervision of the ti said. “There will also bit ion on any activities drill team outside thedesi drill periods.” Know, ICollege * [release o 1 Hayvs^ [formance [Feeding : Accot [Sandlin, 1 [to make < “Our [said. “We your li\ i i Crow< I of dollars [es, turn in “We t 1,000 pe< [beach bad i different At th i: lucky pcc i somethin Hayw years ; and were The b and back (drumme immense two CDs. After they kepi Texas A&M Football on Pay-Per-View © (§> © (§>© At the Fox 8c Hound Come watch the Aggies Beat the Hell Outta Texas Tech Saturday at 1:00 pm Doors open at I I am Call 846-021 I for details "One of the most spectacular journeys in recent American music." The New York Times "Brilliantly original" Seattle Times Mark OXonnor, Violin with Boston's Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra A little bit country, a little bit classy. He's played wifh almosf every country star you can think of including Travis Tritt's "Devil Went Down to Georgia. 11 He regularly jams in jazz sessions all over the country. He composes classical music and is praised by even the most discriminating critics. In fact, about the only thing Mark O'Connor hasn't done is perform in Rudder Auditorium. But that's about to change. SATURDAY November 3 • 7:30 PM On Saturday, November 3, Mark O'Connor joins the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra for the classical music event of the fall. The one-night-only event will . , begin with the orchestra performing Vivaldi's "The Four i Seasons." The evening's second half will feature Mark O'Connor, joined by the orchestra, performing his latest composition "The American Seasons." TICKETS: Call 845-1234 Online at opas.tamu.edu 2001-2002 Season Media Partners KAMI r ****&»•** i<52o aZiLL KBTX-TV^J 9S/3yK0RA MVpsui