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On July 27, according to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, the Texas Board of Engineers approved an agreement with A&M requiring professional engineering oversight and supervision for any future Bonfires that was signed by Bowen. “There is still a lot that 1 don’t know about Bonfire,” Gates said. “I was here at the time and I watched President Bowen’s decision making process and I can't see where anywhere along the way he has put a foot wrong on these issues.” However, Gates showed con cern about future Bonfires under the new regulations that would be in place if the tradition were to resume after 2002. “There are two aspects that I want to look at more closely,” Gates said. “The first is that the liability issues seem to be very serious to me. The other is total ly different. Just in listening to the students it seems a big part of the Bonfire tradition was the engagement of the students in every aspect of it. “It sounds like under the new rules, the students couldn’t par ticipate in the cut, they couldn’t participate in putting the stack together, and it sounds like the only thing that would be left for the students would be figuring out who puts the match to the thing.” Gates encouraged the idea that students create a new tradi tion to imitate the complete stu dent participation that made Bonfire unique stemming from Bowen, when he announced in February that Bonfire would not take place in 2002. LADIES'NIGHT All Ladies get in FREE all night!! $ 1 Bar Drinks 8-11 pm $ 1 Pints & $ 2 Tap Teas all night NOW SERVING LUNCH Starting at 11:00 a.m. Monday - Friday We accept Aggie Bucks! 696-5570 for details Party Safe and Designate a Driver. NEWS IN BRIEF Citizens group seeks removal of Prairie View A&M dean after alleged lewdness PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS (AP) A half dozen demonstrators were on the Prairie View A&M campus on Tuesday, calling for the resigna tion of a dean accused of public lewdness. Gerald Rambally, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, lacks the "moral expertise" to continue in his position after he plead ed no contest to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. Paul Nugent, lawyer for Rambally, said the dean entered his plea July 17 to the lowest-level misdemeanor — equivalent to a traffic violation — to avoid the expense and disruption of a trial. Rambally paid a $200 fine after entering his plea. The case began in March after a neighbor complained that Rambally performed a lewd act in front of an open window of his apartment so she could see him. Gates Continued from page 1 most about A&M is the number of old Aggies that came here with little more than the shirt on their back and became extremely successful in one way or anoth er,” Gates said. “I think of this as the University that offers an opportunity for young men and women in Texas that don’t have much, but have a great deal of potential. We need to remain accessible to people.” Gates is looking to a man many people on A&M's campus Students Continued from page 1 tradition has been on hold since the 1999 Aggie Bonfire col lapse, sparking much debate by students and the administration. “It is very key that everyone who has an opinion about Bonfire is heard.” said Burke Wilson, the spokesman for the Corps of Cadets and a senior speech communications major. “I don’t think Bonfire needs to bum unless it is safe. 1 think Gates will need to look at every thing and weigh all of the options before making his deci sion. The hard part for him will Reaction Continued from page 1 Gramm as an excellent candidate. The Presidential Set Committee never named Gramm as a candidate. However, both organizations applauded Gates at the meetin: his leadership qualities and said he was the best of the threenas: candidates. “We feel that he will expect and demand excellence in all t of the University, including athletics,” Marks said. “Bob Gates will be magnificent,” said outgoing Univera President Dr. Ray M. Bowen. “A lot has been written aboil? Board of Regents not having a unanimous vote in his selectie well, mine was not unanimous either.” McClendon said Gates' primary goal will focus on impiw academics. “The University’s primary purpose is teaching and research, McClendon said. “We must support teaching and research excel lence.” Gates is internationally known through his experiences in tin government and the Central Intelligence Agency. McCtatos#, “He not only knows how to manage and lead, but he has ftfi" ity to work with people (to build unity),” he said. Nil the battaiI are very familiar with fo, ration as he takes on Hit ] lenges of one of the largest universities. “The person 1 lookJ than anyone in this job J model is General Rudder;] said. “He was a non-acj who came in and basicalh lutionized this Universir] made it co-ed, made the[ no longer mandatory, i of this while still keepi^] the traditions in place| showed it could be done.. ; challenge is to see iff The good news is that 1 lot of help.” be balancing it with whatj dents want.” Gates, who has degree ] the College of William j Mary, Indiana Universir, Georgetown, served as the e im dean of the George: School of Governmem Public Service from 1999/ However, students sad being a former student wj hinder his presidency. “Because he is relative!)! to the school, he will be a: An arra sible for si popular icr trip tc Sevent) [journey to [session, b [duly 3. Tl Imajors rar have new discussions wiiii al studies i Hammond. jr perspectives, “He has the best interestr University at heart. I don':' politics in loving A&M requires gix ing from here.” inhibitions nity to stu Certificate Continued from page 1 The SRPH was founded in 1998 and is the only school of its kind in the country, Dorsey said. The school remains the only school of public health in the country that puts rural health issues in the forefront, Sumaya said. The SRPH has continually expanded since its inception. Earlier this year the school received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the addition of two doctoral programs to further its current masters programs. From the beginning, SRPH offered a masters of public health, a master of science in pub lic health, and a master of health adminis tration. Courses will be offered that will count toward a doctorate in health services research beginning in Fall 2002, but courses that will count toward a doctorate in public health (with two different focus areas) will not start until Fall 2003, Dorsey said. The SRPH also offers courses at eight different locations in the central, east, coastal bend and southern regions of Texas. Dorsey said the courses offered in College Station are televised i TTVN to all of these locations. The types of certificate or gradua degrees offered is specific to each lo; tion, she said. The SRPH campuses Temple, Tyler, Corpus Christi, Kingsvi Laredo and McAllen currently offer masters of public health. 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