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E BATTALION
Thursday, Novemk
A&M research team travels to Antard
By Eric Ambroso
THE BATTALION
Depending on the season, any
where from 200 to 1,000 people
inhabit McMurdo Station, the
largest and oldest military base in
Antarctica. Since 1955, scientists
and military personnel at
McMurdo have trampled over the
snow near the barren South Pole,
leaving bootprints in places pre
viously untouched by humanity.
The activity near McMurdo
has led to side effects: environ
mental damage as a result of
human intervention. Texas
A&M’s Geochemical and
Environmental Research Group
(GERG) will send six scien
tists to McMurdo next week for
a month’s stay, concluding the
team’s three-year research into
the effects of human activity in
Antarctica.
“Our hope is to minimize the
impact of research teams in
Antarctica," said Chuck
Kennicutt, director of the GERG.
“McMurdo Station is the largest
U.S. base in Antarctica, serving
as the main staging area for
research in Antarctica. The loca
tion has been occupied by people
for 50 years, and the effects of
our interaction with the environ
ment have begun to show.”
A&M has a history of
research in Antarctica since the
1960s, said Kennitcutt, who has
been to Antarctica five times to
participate in similar environ
mental studies, leaving his own
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The research team will work
to analyze environmental dam
age in Antarctica to prevent fur
ther ecological damage because
of the disposal and wastes of
people in Antarctica.
McMurdo was built as a
research base for the U.S. Navy.
Attracting up to 1,200 researchers
in the summer, damage to the
environment McMurdo is show
ing, researchers said. Sponsored
by a National Science Grant,
researchers from A&M have
worked to alter the impact of this
damage.
Guy Denoux, laboratory
manager for the GERG, said the
group is trying to develop a
process for monitoring the area
and training research teams.
“Our purpose is toils
the damage that has
to the environment a
ways to prevent more
Denoux said. "We'll a
of divers to collect
water in order to
samples for contame
Diana Alsup, a
dent from Texas
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By Amanda Smith
THE BATTALION
A recent complaint by a
Texas A&M bus driver and a
handful of other drivers disgrun
tled with the 12-hour minimum
work-load rule have prompted
the student-led driver advocacy
team (DAT) to further consider
Bus Operations' employment
practices.
Gary Jackson, Bus
Operations manager, said the
group has not been previously
very active but has become more
involved this semester.
“This year, a couple of driv
ers wanted to make a difference,
so they have become very active
trying to drum up more interest
among the other drivers,”
Jackson said. “The only serious
issue raised by the DAT so far is
the same one already raised, that
of the 12-hour-policy.”
Last month, A&M bus driv
er Matt Rooney, a junior man
agement information systems
major, claimed mismanage
ment had led to him being
unfairly reprimanded for the
hours he has worked. Rooney
also complained of favoritism
for some students working in
the department.
PTTS officials countered,
saying the procedures for
required hours had been made
clear to student workers and
other employees in Bus
Operations, which hires more
than 300 student employees per
semester as bus drivers, dis
patchers and trainers.
Bus Operations manage
ment recently implemented a
new rule requiring drivers to
work a minimum of 12
Jackson said DATani
unteer committee, ate
Bus Operations man:;
are examining the ei
of the 12-hour-minimui'
"The major issue no*
the way we enforce the I
minimum as well as the;
in which the schedule is
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Student Media Board
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Editor
The Battalion
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Spring 2002
(The spring editor will serve from Jan. 7 through May 10, 2002|
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• Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled" i
least six credit hours (4 if a graduate student) during the term of office
credits are required to graduate);
• Have at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate stafe'- :
at least a 2.00 grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate student) in the semesle*
immediately prior to the appointment, the semester of appointment andsen^
during the term of office. In order for this provision to be met, at least six
a graduate student) must have been taken for that semester;
• Have completed JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and Society), ora*'-
• Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position o
Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper,
-OR-
Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper,
— OR —
Have completed at least 12 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303F
Writing 1 and II), and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or
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