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By Kevin Espenlaub
THE BATTALION
In the wake of several new
developments concerning the
legal issues of the 1999 Aggie
Bonfire collapse, incoming
President Dr. Robert Gates sup
ported the decisions of outgoing
President Dr. Ray M. Bowen,
including the decision to hold off
on Bonfire in 2002.
On July 24, 2002, U.S.
District Judge Samuel B. Kent
ruled that University officials
were aware of the dangers associ
ated with Bonfire but government
immunity applied in the cases.
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.
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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.
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to the school, he will be a:
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loving A&M requires gix
ing from here.”
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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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