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Cotton
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Cotton has become the most honored facul
ty member in the history of A&M based on the
number of prestigious national and internation
al awards he has received.
Cotton said it is up to others to determine if
that statement is true.
Cotton has won the National Medal of
Summer
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for graduation.
Freshman enrollment increased to 533 com
pared to 445 last year, sophomore enrollment
decreased from 1,460 to 1,437, junior enrollment
increased from 3,990 to 4,201 and the senior
enrollment increased from 5,848 to 6,051.
“Upperclassmen are more directed in their
studies because they know what classes are neces
sary to complete their degrees, whereas many
underclassmen are undecided in their pursuits,”
said Katie Rogers, a senior community health
major.
Science, the Priestly Award of the American
Chemical Society and the Gold Medal of the
American Institute of Chemists to name a few.
In 2000, Cotton won the Wolf Prize, an
international prize given in various fields that
is viewed as approaching the stature of the
Nobel Prize. The Wolf Prize jury called Cotton
“the preeminent inorganic chemist in the
world.”
Cotton earned his doctorate from Harvard
and has taught at Massachusetts Institute of
Roy Mitchell, a senior adviser in the College of
Liberal Arts, said he does not particularly empha
size that students should take summer school. He
encourages students to make their own decisions
regarding degree work and summer school, but
also advises them in the process.
“A lot of students are taking summer school
simply to get done faster,” Mitchell said.
Many seniors agree the reason for their summer
enrollment as upperclassmen is due to their inten
tions of finishing their required curriculum work.
“I’m just trying to graduate,” said fifth-year
senior Spanish major Adam Wells.
It is Wells’ first time to take summer school,
and he aims to complete a few courses in order to
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greatly assist Dr. Gates as he
comes up to speed and learns
about the University and under
stands the inner workings of the
faculty and staff.”
Douglas said Gates will be
able to appoint an interim
administrator within the next six
weeks and a national search
committee will work to find a
new provost on the recommen
dations of Gates.
Douglas will not assist
Gates in appointing a new
provost nor will he make any
recommendations. He said he
has not spoken with Gates and
does not know of any candi
dates for the position.
Douglas began his academic
career as a professor in mathe
matics and plans to return to
teaching and studying mathe
matics after his service as coun
selor to Gates.
Before beginning his service
as provost in 1996, he served
five years as the vice provost for
undergraduate studies at State
University of New York at Stony
Brook and five years as dean of
the Division of Physical Science
and Mathematics.
Douglas has received many
awards and served on many
committees associated with sci
ence and education policy at the
National Science Foundation,
the National Research Council,
the American Mathematical
Society and the Mathematical
Association of America.
Douglas has high hopes that
Gates will recommend a devel
opment leave after this year so
he can spend time learning and
coming up to speed with new
issues in mathematics, he said.
His development leave must be
approved by the Board of
Regents.
He will then return to A&M
to teach in Jan. 2004.
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Hybrid bees brought to A&M
By Don White
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The hybrid bees responsible for the death ot a
south Texas woman have been brought to Texas
A&M to be tested and researched. Officials said
the bees should not pose any threat to A&M or the
surrounding areas.
In May, a 36-year-old El Campo woman
received more than 250 stings from hybiid bees.
The bees responsible were crosses between the
aggressive Africanized “killer honey bees and the
gentler European honey bees. The bees originated
from two colonies near the woman s house and had
resided there for over a year.
Paul Jackson, chief inspector for the Texas
Apiary Inspection Service, said this is not the tirst
death from hybrid killer bees and that many of
them could have been prevented.
“It’s unfortunate this happened,” he said. “The
colonies were established and could have been
removed.”
Knowing what to look for and where to look is
the best way to avoid being stung, he said.
“In the spring, bees swarm into large, basket
sized swarms,” he said. “In June, that swarming
stops for most bees, but African bees begin a sec
ond swarming season called absconding."
During this period, the large swarm splits into
smaller, softball-sized swarms.
“If you see a small swarm like this between
summer and the following spring.
Africanized honey bees ” he said.
Jackson said you can often find bees inorr ;
the ground, such as in water meters or ur
mobile homes.
Africanized honey bees were accidenta
released in the western hemisphere in 195],
Brazil. They attained the reputation as “killer”^
since they defend their colonies much nij
aggressively than domesticated European ho
bees. African bees do not seek out victims,
do respond fiercely when their nests are disturb!
Once released, the African bees spread™
ward through Central America and Mexico, h
first colony in the United States was reportec
south Texas near Hidalgo in 1990. The beesarr
in Brazos County in 2001.
Although bees can live in the A&M area
not the best honey producer in the region i
therefore has fewer bees, Jackson said.
“More rainfall usually means better honeyp
duction,” he said. “Although we receive goodr<:
fall, this area won't see as many bees as ar.r
like Houston or Beaumont.”
Since the bees first arrived in Texas, state
cials have required quarantines in counties
showed the presence of killer bees. Thisquai
was aimed at limiting the contact bet
Africanized honey bees and European honey
Brazos County has been in the quarantine since
bees’ arrival in 2001.
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In Wednesday's edition of The Battalion, an
error was printed in Don White's article. Senate
condemns acts of plagiarism.
It was printed that University President Dr. Ray
M. Bowen fired Dr. May Zey in March. Bowen did
not fire Zey nor did he recommend her dismissal.
The decision was made by the Facui:
Investigation Committee that Zey be dismissc:
University Provost Dr. Ronald Douglas endorse:
the committees recommendation.
Bowen opted not to follow the recomm
dation.
Technology where, in 1961, he became the
youngest professor to attain the rank of full
professor at age 31.
He was also elected to be a member of the
National Academy of Sciences at age 37.
His work has impacted various fields
including biochemistry, molecular biology, and
chemical engineering.
Cotton said his greatest feeling of accom
plishment from his research is knowing he has
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ate work and they help him with research
which they put in their dissertations. It nonr
ly takes about four years to complete agrai
ate project. Cotton said.
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lighten his course load in the fall. The appeal of
summer school to Wells is that classes are every
day and frequent testing allows for greater reten
tion of classroom information.
Similarly, Rogers said she just wants to get her
last six hours completed so she can begin intern
ship work.
“(Summer school) is more relaxed, has smaller
class sizes and it’s quick,” said Rogers.
The consensus among some undergraduate stu
dents included no consideration of the cost of sum
mer school, increased course offerings, or that they
had been encouraged to take classes in the summer.
Gerald Wertz, a sixth-year senior psychology
major, sees no great financial advantage to sum
mer school.
“It’s not cheaper collectively. The fees are pr
portional to the hours, so 1 pay the sameamoui
regardless of when 1 take classes." Wertz saw
The $1,000 Tuition Rebate prograr
designed to provide tuition rebates as tinat
incentive for students to complete their uni
graduate degree in four years with as few coin
outside of the degree plan as possible.
According to Estrada, the likelihood of thisf
gram contributing to the enrollment increaseisslt
Estrada does not anticipate the Summer 3’
enrollment to increase dramatically; howe'f
usually more enroll than are expected, he
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memorial underway.
“We are about to reconsti
tute the Bonfire Memorial
Committee to be more focused
on the project,” Southerland
said.
Southerland also said the
memorial designers will take
more time to meet with several
people before the building can
start and a definite price can be
set.
“The selected designers will
work with the families and stu
dents,” Southerland said.
“There’s still a lot more to do.
They just presented a concept. It
is much more complicated to
reach an exact price.”
There was no impact from
the short delay, Southerland
said. The definite plans on the
memorial, including a timeline
and price, will be in place by
fall.
The original estimated price
the design team quoted was
between $4 million and $7 mil
lion.
“The cost is under discus
sion,” Southerland said. “A lot
of thought is being given to it
and we should have a definite
price and plan between now and
September.”
The Bonfire Memorial was
designed by Robert
Shemwell, Class of 198-
Overland, Inc., along withK-
members Jeff Russel. 8)
Jones, Michael Rey, Stever
and Elizabeth Day.
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