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Griffith teaches students
By Tanya Nading
THE BATTALION
Margaret Griffith, better known as Maggie the
Aggie, has been serving Texas A&M students for
five years as health education coordinator and HIV
and sexual health specialist at the A.P. Beutel
Health Center.
Griffith is the primary adviser for Aggie
REACH, an on-campus group of volunteer peer
educators trained to give presentations about sexual
health, nutrition and general wellness to residence
halls, student organizations and in the classroom.
“My student peer group gave me the name
Maggie the Aggie and it’s stuck ever since,”
Griffith said. “No matter where I go, whether it be
the supermarket, or around campus, I hear people
calling out, ‘Maggie the Aggie!’ It’s a wonderful
feeling. I’m truly honored that the students have
decided to call me Maggie the Aggie.”
Griffith is the daughter of Texas A&M gradu
ates Carolyn and Edgar McMurry. She was bom
in New Orleans and raised in College Station. She
attended Texas Tech University before transfer
ring to A&M in the spring of 1965.
“I was one of the first girls to live in a dorm
here at A&M,” Griffith said. “Women had just
begun to be accepted at this University so I went
through quite a culture shock. But we (the
women) did have an advantage because there were
so few of us and so many men.”
She soon met Craig Griffith, Class of 1967, and
left school to marry him. Throughout his career in
the military, she worked various jobs and contin
ued to attend school. She eventually received two
majors in business administration and psychology
from Saint Mary’s College in Leavenworth, Kan.
In 1996 she received her masters in health educa
tion from A&M.
Her son, Jason Griffith, who received his bach
elor’s in kinesiology from Texas A&M, went into
a military program for his master’s in physical
therapy at Baylor University. He is now a four-
year medical student in San Antonio, Griffith said.
Griffith worked with the Bryan Aids Serv ices of
the Brazos Valley, Planned Parenthood and the
Bryan Family Health Services before taking the job
at Texas A&M.
“In Lake Charles, La.. 1 started working for the
Aids Prevention Education and Services and with
that comes (jobs in) sex and sexuality.” she said.
While in Louisiana she became the Director of
Southwestern Louisiana AIDS Council, which
was her first time to work with people who have
the HIV virus.
“1 got involved with this organization because I
knew a woman whose son died. Her story was so
compelling, it really touched me, so when she
wanted me to be the director, I did,” Griffith said.
After eight months as an HIV and sex educator
at Texas A&M, Griffith was promoted as the
Health Education Coordinator.
“I have the best job in the world.” Griffith said.
“There is no place I’d rather be. I love working with
the students here. I feel that they are the best group
of people to work with.”
Griffith was named a Howdy Camp namesake
in 2000.
Griffith teaches a human sexuality course, 1 lealth
342, which is an elective for non-health majors.
Griffith said she wants to make sure students
know that they should not be afraid to seek help.
As a mentor and an Aggie Ally. Griffith said
her door is always open.
“Get your education but know that over the
course of your life you may be faced w ith multi
ple changes. Go where your heart leads you,”
Griffith said. “Find out information when you
need it and don’t be scared.”
Griffith said that for students this is the time
where help comes at no cost.
“If you don’t want to come in person, send us
an email,” Griffith said. “We are non-threatening:
we can lead you in the direction you need to be in.
We are the people who can set you back on track
if you are momentarily derailed.”
Duncan claims he followed
advice of lawyers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The auditor fired for
destroying documents in the Enron Corp.
affair is laying the blame squarely on his
accounting firm, Arthur Andersen LLP, telling
congressional investigators he was just follow
ing advice from its lawyers.
The auditor was questioned for several hours
Wednesday as the White House disclosed that
President Bush's chief economic adviser,
Lawrence Lindsey, was asked to study the
impact of an Enron collapse after presidential
aides were alerted to the problem last fall.
The energy-trading concern, once the sev-
enth-largest U.S. company, entered the
biggest bankruptcy in the country's history on
Dec. 2. David Duncan, the former chief auditor
for Andersen's Enron account, said the Big Five
accounting firm's lawyers suddenly began
emphasizing Andersen's policy allowing destruc
tion of some documents.
Duncan told investigators with the House
Energy and Commerce Committee that in
September general discussions began at
Andersen of what Enron-related documents to
discard.
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