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Monday, June 24, 2002
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Beemuts by Rob Appling
i2&* Wuss Gooiu e
Ug Adrien
Students want national
readership program back
By Courtney McDonald
THE BATTALION
Two years have transpired
since the Newspaper Readership
Program was initiated and sus
pended on the A&M campus.
Now the papers that participat
ed, and students frustrated by
newspaper solicitors and those
who desire cheaper access to
more newspapers, want to rein
state the readership program.
The purpose of this national
ly successful collegiate program
is to enhance the learning envi
ronment on university campuses
by providing students with an
opportunity to be more informed
about current events.
This is accomplished by hav
ing racks with multiple newspa
pers available all over college
campuses for a minimal fee each
semester.
Over 200 schools have par
ticipated in The USA Today
Collegiate Readership Program,
and the results are overflowing
with positive feedback.
“It’s time to go after A&M
again,” said Lorenzo Vigliante,
circulation director for The
Bryan-College Station Eagle.
The readership program
established on campus in the fall
of 2000 and spring of 2001 was
headed up by The Eagle, and the
other participants included USA
Today, The Dallas Morning
News, Houston Chronicle and
The New York Times.
“(Texas A&M) was one of
the first universities to try out
the program,” said USA Today
Houston/New Orleans
Regional Marketing Manager,
Jim Greenleaf. “There has been
a lot learned since it was tested
at A&M.”
Greenleaf believes that some
of the contributing factors to the
demise of the program was the
inaccessibility of the newspaper
racks and the fire hazards that
they posed when they were
more accessible.
The racks were placed in res
idence halls initially, but then
were moved into laundry rooms
to accommodate the fire laws,
he said.
If the program were to be
reincorporated on campus,
newspapers would be placed in
high traffic areas like the
Memorial Student Center and
the Blocker Building, in addi
tion to the residence halls.
Another factor contributing
to the fallout of the program was
the added fee to student tuition.
“Students didn’t want to pay
the extra fee,” Vigliante said.
The fee was minimal in com
parison to The Eagle's semester
subscription fee of nearly $15.
For a couple of dollars, students
had access to four nationally rec
ognized newspapers in addition
to the local newspapers, includ
ing The Eagle and The Battalion
under the readership program.
“It would be worthwhile to
pay a small fee if it meant that
students had access to five differ
ent newspapers,” said Lester
Jones, a junior civil engineering
major.
Having more newspapers
either forces students to be more
concerned or enables them to be
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THE BATTALli
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senting the administrators,f
a brief in May saying that
administrators are immunefi
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against them because they(
qualified for official inimr
as government officials.
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were not aware of the “spec
dangers” surrounding theaar
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students in harm’s way.
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faulty design grew riskiero
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trators for allowing inadetj.
supervision and controls.
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of Christopher Breen, one of
12 killed in the collapse.lt
requested that administrators
he granted immunity on
missal from the lawsuits.
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and the Defense Distinguish:
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aggravated assault
more informed and concerned
about world affairs if material is
conveniently at their fingertips
everyday of the school week,
Jones said.
Vigliante suggests having a
third-party sponsor if the stu
dents do not want to pay the
extra little fee.
“A sponsor of A&M’s choice,
like Coke, could pay for the pro
gram in exchange for having
their logo on the racks,”
Vigliante said.
Having the readership pro
gram would also effect the
appearance of newspaper sub
scription solicitors on campus.
“I don’t like (newspaper
salesmen) because they come to
my door and attack me on cam
pus,” said Katy Bock, a senior
english major. “Solicitors (for
newspaper subscriptions) are so
bad that I don’t even answer the
door for them anymore.”
“Eventually, after the pro
gram grew, the solicitors would
phase out,” Vigliante said.
The Eagle and USA Today
are prepared to give A&M
another opportunity to partici
pate in the readership program.
“We’d love to have another
shot at (A&M) and talk with The
Eagle to work it out. We want
students to have a variety of
news to access,” Greenleaf said.
“(The Eagle) is waiting for
the new president to get settled
in before submitting a propos
al,” Vigliante said.
Success and establishment of
the program will depend on fac
ulty and student support,
Vigliante said.
According to College Stal:
Police, John Anthony Santilla
23-years-old and a senior nuj
keting major, was arrested;
jailed for aggravated ass;
after striking someone wit f
baseball bat in the head arc.
4 p.m. Sunday.
Sgt. Andy Reski from
College Station Police sakh
were approximately 10 p
in a house at 208 Rosen
College Station. Some
were exchanged bet^-
Santillano and the vkto
Reski said Santiltao w
offended by something^ 611
tim said, walked to hisbedroc
at the back of the house;
picked up a baseball bat.
He then walked up behind
victim and started hitting
with the bat. The other people]
the house quickly restrain
Santillano, called the police^
the victim escaped, Reski sai-
When police arrived on
scene the victim was fo-
bleeding from the head an
scious. He suffered three cuts
top of his head each a coupk
inches long which require s
eral stitches, Reski said.
The police placed Santih
under arrest at the scene.
Santillano and the victim ‘
transported to the 0t
Station Medical Center Y
College Station Fire Departm j
Santillano was later ree |
and taken to jail, Reski sai
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CHICAGO (AP) - Ann Lan*
the columnist whose sn p,
plainspoken and timely
helped millions of reac ^ r ,,
with everything from 1
death, died Saturday. She was
The death of Landers,
real name was Esther e l
was announced by
Chicago Tribune, publish
her column.
Cameron Reynolds
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Licensed by the Texas Supreme Court
Not Board Certified
Class of ‘91
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THE BATTALIOli
Douglas Fuentes,
Guy Rogers, Managing/Photo Editor
True Brown, Executive/Sports Editor
Christina Hoffman, News Editor
Melissa Sullivan, News Assistant
Lycia Shrum, Aggielife Editor
Editor in Chief
Richard Bray, Opinion Editor
Jennifer Lozano, Opinion Assis.
Lindsey Fielder, Design Direct 0
Ruben DeLuna, Graphics w
Sayeda Ismail, Radio Producer
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