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By Emily Peters
THE BATTALION
In the past three years, the
(niversity of Texas-Tyler’s stu-
lent newspaper. The Patriot, has
tvolved into an award-winning.
Investigative bimonthly newspa-
ier under faculty adviser
including k\ Inessa Curry. But the paper
row faces a First Amendment
aattle over the administration’s*
lecision to replace Curry and
:reate a new student media poli-
f the seventh ■ ^lacking student involvement.
Since Curry became adviser
three years ago, student
reporters have frustrated admin
istration by aggressively seeking
and acquiring public information
including faculty salaries and
campus crime reports — infor
mation readily available to A&M
students online.
h Patriot editorial by student
Jenna McClure last semester
suggested that a regent’s gener
ous donation to the campus bell
tower could have been better
spent elsewhere. After that,
McClure said, the administration
became increasingly annoyed
with The Patriot, stopped send
ing the paper to alumni and
started making public informa
tion difficult to acquire.
“1 taught them to keep after
it until they could get the infor-
mat i°n they need to write a
WT good, balanced story,” Curry
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ALISSA HOLL1MON • THE BATTALION
Holocaust survivor Chaja Verveer.
Rubber duckies
JOHN LIYAS • THE BATTALION
Sophomore speech communication major held its 9th annual Duckrace which awarded
Eric Lee rounds up rubber ducks gone astray season tickets and gift certificates,
in Rudder Fountain Thursday. MSC OPAS
Student
crashes into
A&M bus
By Christina Hoffman
THE BATTALION
A Texas A&M student was
released from College Station
Medical Center with minor
injuries Thursday after having
a seizure while driving his
Ford Bronco, taking him
through parts of the A&M golf
course and across George
Bush Drive three times.
Keith Krueger, a senior
chemical engineering major,
was traveling eastbound on
George Bush Drive
Wednesday around 12:15
p.m. when the seizure began.
He lost control of his car and
eventually hit a Texas A&M
off-campus bus, with 12 stu
dents and a driver aboard,
traveling on the Aggieland
route. The bus was waiting at
the stoplight at the intersec
tion of George Bush Drive
and Anderson Street, head
ing to campus. Another bus,
also on the Aggieland route,
was waiting at the same
intersection to head south
bound onto Anderson.
Krueger first swerved right
on George Bush toward the
A&M golf course, then
swerved aroutid heading
southbound toward Anderson,
nearly hitting the Aggieland
bus that was about to turn. The
Bronco went up on a curb and
across the Anderson intersec
tion, where it a hit a light post,
propelling the vehicle back
toward the golf course.
Krueger then drove onto the
golf course, circled back
around again, headed south
bound on George Bush Drive
and finally hit the bus sitting at
the Anderson traffic light.
“He basically went in a
huge circle, driving across
George Bush twice,” said Lt.
Ron Sigler, the public informa
tion officer with the College
Station Police Department
Krueger was treated for
minor injuries at the College
Station Medical Center and
released, Sigler said. None
of the students on the bus
were injured.
Brad Porter, a junior
wildlife and fisheries major,
was sitting in the third row on
the bus’ that was struck. When
See Wreck on page 6A
ADRIAN CALCANEO • THE BATTALION
Verveer shares Holocaust experiences
By Melissa McKeon
THE BATTALION
At the age of two, Chaja Verveer was taken from
her family and sent to Westerbork Transit camp, the
first of three concentration camps where she would
spend the next two years of her life. Verveer, a child
Holocaust survivor, spoke Thursday about her experi
ences before, during and after the Holocaust.
Her visit is part of the Hillel Foundation’s
Holocaust Remembrance Week.
Verveer was first sent to Westerbork transit camp,
then by rail to Bergen-Belsen and finally to Terezin
concentration camp, where she remained until libera
tion. Verveer said she has few memories of the experi
ence, and relies on help from an older brother and
other children she was captured with to tell her fami
ly’s story.
“Anti-semitism is alive and well. It is hidden under
a veneer and comes out whenever it has the opportuni
ty. Anti-semitism is on the rise again. There were
places and times when people thought it could not
happen there,” she said, “and it did.”
Verveer’s family was traditionally from Holland
and considered themselves Dutch Jews. They moved
briefly to Palestine, but returned to Holland in 1938.
See Holocaust on page 5A
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All 65 graduates for the
^ la ss of 2002 at the Texas
A&M University System
health Science Center College
°f Medicine have been
patched by the National
Residency Matching Program
(NRMP) to teaching hospitals
nationwide for their residency,
Ce nter officials said.
In one of the highest percent
ages the center has seen, 56.9
percent, or 37 graduates, will be
placed in primary care facilities
with 13 graduates specializing
in pediatrics.
The numbers for 2002 have
increased from the previous
year’s. Only 44 percent (28
graduates) last semester were
placed in a primary care facility
with five placed in pediatrics.
The NRMP is the primary
system that matches applicants
See Students on page 2A
Whoopstock celebrates 10th year
By Jessica Watkins
THE BATTALION
A crowd of 3,000 is expected to converge
on Simpson Drill Field Saturday for the
10th annual Whoopstock Unity Festival,
being held in conjunction with this year’s
Parents’ Weekend.
Whoopstock began in 1993 when the Ku
Klux Klan planned a rally in College
Station, believing Texas A&M and its sur
rounding communities would be receptive
to its message. To combat the rally, the
Department of Multicultural Service
planned a festival with alternative events to
promote unity on campus.
LaToya Benson, a junior marketing major
and on-campus publicity director for
Whoopstock, said the festival celebrates the
different cultures at Texas A&M.
“Whoopstock is a chance to see what all the
cultures have to offer,” she said. “This year an
African drummer, Kickstand and the Brazos
Valley Jelly Bellies are performing.”
More than 21 student organizations will
offer activities including henna tattoos, sumo
wrestling, a bungee run and concessions.
Benson said now is an important time for
Texas A&M to hold a unity festival.
“I think considering the racial problems the
University has been facing and the bad publicity
See Whoopstock on page 2A
luzzini encourages academic, out-of-class balance
By Elizabeth Kline
THE BATTALION
J°n luzzini, a native New Yorker,
'Toved to Texas in 1996 to attend Texas
&M graduate school and since then
a s impacted both psychology students
and faculty at Texas A&M.
a H i, ZZ * n * § rew U P i n Brooklyn, N.Y.
nd has a bachelor’s degree in psychol-
§y from State University of New York-
bany. He completed his master's
e § r ee in 1998 and plans to finish his
doctorate in the next
year. luzzini said he
hopes to become a
social psychology
professor.
“I don’t know
specifically where I
want to teach,” he
said. “I do want to be
IUZZINI
somewhere that
places value on both research and
teaching.”
luzzini said he chose social psychol
ogy as his specialty because it gives him
the opportunity to impact lives.
“When I was an undergrad, I knew I
wanted to go into a field where I could
help people, and in this field, we do
research to tackle social problems,” he
said. “Our ability to do that is the most
important part.”
luzzini teaches several psychology
courses, including psychology of
stereotypes, prejudice and discrimina
tion, a class he designed for junior and
senior psychology majors. He said he
encourages students to find a balance
between academic success and out- of-
class experiences.
“College is more than succeeding in
terms of grades,” he said. “Students
confront long-standing ideals and val
ues and educate themselves on all sides
of issues. A college education is about
getting all the information before set
tling on a set of beliefs.”
At 29, luzzini is only a few years
older than most of his students. Fie said
being young helps him interact on the
See luzzini on page 6A
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