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Tech officials working
on security measures
Staff & Wire
THE BATTALION
PHOTOS BY GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Above: Texas Tech fans tear down the south-end goal post after the
Texas Tech-Texas A&M football game Saturday and proceeded to
shove it in the A&M section. Below: Members of a crew remove the
goal post immediately after the Colorado-Texas A&M football game.
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech offi
cials are working on new security
policies for football games in an
effort to prevent a repeat of
Saturday’s melee after the Red
Raiders’ upset of Texas A&M.
Tech President David Schmidly
said a university investigation into
the fight, which injured at least
one person, could end with student
expulsions.
”We’re not going to be tolerant
or lenient,” Schmidly told the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for a
story in Monday’s editions. “To the
extent our policies allow us to take
action, we’re going to do that.”
He promised to take steps
before Tech's next home game on
Nov. 17 against the University of
Oklahoma.
“We are looking into installing
goal posts that collapse, so after
the game, they can be quickly
taken down,” Schmidly said.
Various types of barriers, such
as mesh netting like that used at
baseball fields, are being consid
ered to keep fans from pouring
onto the field after games.
The fight broke out after the
Red Raiders beat the Aggies 12-0.
Tech fans tore down the south-end
goal posts, marched the uprights
down the field and threw them into
an area where a group of Aggie
fans were holding yell practice. As
many as 1,000 students were
involved in the scuffle.
“1 just don’t think some of our
students know how to handle win
ning,” said Tech Athletic Director
Gerald Myers.
Schmidly said the students’
behavior over the weekend does
not project the image desired by
the university.
“I pledge to everybody that
Texas Tech is not going to be
known as a place that a bunch of
ruffians can ruin an athletic event
because they can’t control their
emotions or their tempers,” he
said. “We’re just not going to have
it. I’m not going to sleep until we
get it rooted out and fixed.”
During the fight. Dr. Mike
McKinney suffered a facial cut that
required eight stitches. McKinney
is the father of A&M player Seth
McKinney and is Gov. Rick Perry’s
chief of staff. Although McKinney
initially told Associated Press
reporters that the student that
punched him was a “guy dressed in
red,” he has since told the student
newspaper at Tech, The University
Daily, that he now knows that the
student was from A&M.
Tech video operations director
David Hougland said two of four
cameras inside the stadium
recorded the incident, and the
tapes were turned over to the
Texas Tech Police Department.
Schmidly has written a letter to
students about Saturday’s incident
that will be published in Tuesday
editions of The University Daily.
See Tech on page 2A.
Council
approves
new MSC
president
By Christina Hoffman
THE BATTALION
In a closed session Monday,
the Memorial Student Center
(MSC) Council approved Jennifer
Brashares as the new MSC coun
cil president for the 2001-2002
school year.
The position was left vacant
when former president Josh
Rowan resigned after allegations
of inappropriate
behavior were
brought against
him.
Brashares, a
senior political
science and
sociology
major, served
on the MSC
Council as executive vice presi
dent of programs. In accordance
with the council’s constitution,
she was required to take on the
role of interim president when
Rowan resigned Sept. 21.
“I have been serving as inter
im president and executive vice
president for programs for the
past six weeks,” Brashares said.
“Since there were no eligible
applicants for the position of
president, I thought it was in
[the council’s] best interest for
me to apply.”
After Brashares applied, the
council reviewed the applications
See Brashares on page 5A,
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JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Tim Reynolds plays a solo acoustic performance as part of his Nomadic Wavelength Tour at Rudder Auditorium Monday night.
RHA recommends 24-hour visitation
By C.E. Walters
THE BATTALION
Campus residents are
asking the Texas A&M
administration to consider
allowing single-sex halls 24-
hour visitation.
At its last meeting, the
Residence Hall Association
(RHA) recommended that
Department of Student Life
Director Ron Sasse allow
Walton Hall to be the trial res
idence hall for a 24-hour visi
tation policy. After a consen
sus of Walton residents
showed that they wanted the
visitation policy, Walton Hall
representatives brought the
proposition to the Oct. 10 gen
eral assembly.
Hotard Hall will propose
legislation similar to Walton’s
at the next assembly meeting
Nov. 7.
Once the proposal comes
across Sasse’s desk, he will
meet with Staff Council and
professional staff and pass the
resolution to Vice President for
Student Affairs Dr. J. Malon
Southerland.
MATTHEW DAVID HOWTON
AqricuHuro & Life Sciences
ANTONIO TORRES, II
Business Administration
XAVIER EUSKADI MONGE ORTEGA
Agricultural Economics
10:30 p.m.
ACADEMIC PLAZA
Survey: 7 A&M Ph.D. programs
lower than average, 7 above
A 24-hour visitation poli
cy, if approved, could not go
into affect this year, Sasse
said. More than 8,500 resi
dents across campus signed
lease contracts this fall that
said they would not be liv
ing in 24-hour visitation
halls.
Residence Life would need
t . See Halls on page 5A.
ABOVE AVERAGE
By Daniel Bagwell
THE BATTALION
The 2000 National Doctoral Program
survey recently released results that ranked
seven A&M Ph.D. programs lower than
average for their particular fields. Seven
other programs were given grades higher
than average, and four programs were given
average grades. The survey was conducted
by the National Association of Graduate and
Professional Students (NAGPS) between
March and August 2000.
Approximately 274 A&M students and
graduates participated in the survey.
The University’s geography department
is one of the programs given a lower-than-
average grade. Eleven geography doctoral
students responded to the survey.
When newly appointed head of the geog
raphy department Dr. Doug Sherman
See Programs on page 5A.
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ADRIAN CALCANEO • THE BATTALION