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I By Melissa McKeon
THE BATTALION
I Many students all over the
wi irld hope to come to the United
States to pursue a higher educa
tion. But in October 2001. addi
tional restrictions on student visas
were placed by the Bush adminis
tration in over 20 countries in
response to the Sept. 11 attacks .
I Triwahyu Widodo, vice pres-
idint for the International
Student Association and a senior
industrial engineering major,
said it took him about a month
to receive his visa from
Indonesia so he could come to
Texas A&M and study.
“I did not experience any
difference because I renewed
my visa for this year before
September I 1Widodo said.
His brother, he said, should
also be here attending classes,
but he is still waiting for his visa
to be approved.
“Indonesia is one of the
biggest Muslim countries in the
world; I think that has a lot to do
with the delay,” Widodo said.
Suzanne Drolesky, executive
director of International
Programs for students at A&M
said the application process is
taking about 6 to 8 weeks longer
this year than last year.
According to a group of for
eign student advisers named
NAFSA: Association of
International Educators, tuition
and living expenses gleaned
from the 550,000 foreign under
graduate and graduate students
studying in American schools
added $1 I billion to the econo
my last year.
Until recently, international
students could have their visas
re-issued to them while still in
America, but they must now get
them in the country where their
passport is issued.
“My friend left after the
semester to get his visa renewed
in Indonesia and now he can’t
come back,” Widodo said. “He
got rejected. And if you’re
rejected three times, the chances
of getting a student visa are
zero.”
International students at
A&M are a little disappointed
with the new regulations, but
they understand that new securi
ty measures must be implement
ed, Widodo said.
The situation may be more
difficult because of a plan by the
Bush administration to check
foreign students even more if
their area of study could possi
bly be used in an attack against
the United States.
Most of the screening is con
centrated towards specific areas
See Visas on page 8
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Newman holds A-Company's flag at formation for din- and evening before the cadets eat in Duncan dining hall.
Bryan enforces new
roommate limits
By Brad Bennett
THE BATTALION
The - Bryan Police Department said
that it will enforce a recently passed ordi
nance limiting the number of unrelated
roommates in a single residence to four.
The Police have not issued a single
citation for violating the ordinance
passed this spring. But Sharon Hauke,
code enforcement coordinator, said the
edict will be implemented if complaints
are made.
“If a complaint is made to the police,
we will go to the residence and see who
is living there then check with the land
lord and find out who is on the lease,”
Hauke said.
The fines for a citation can be up to
$1,000 per person and expulsion of
additional roommates. A clause in the
Texas Property Code exempts fraternity
houses, boarding houses, and educa
tional institutes from the city ordinance.
According to the Bryan-College
Station Apartment Association and the
Bryan Board of Realtors, the effect on
the real estate market and housing
prices has been minimal.
“(The housing ordinance] will only
affect...a few owners of larger homes,
mostly town homes,” said Rose Selma,
Apartment Association spokeswoman.
“Only a few leasing agencies have
properties that big.”
Bryan first proposed the ordinance
See Limits on page 2
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Doctoral student dies of cancer
By Lecia Baker
THE BATTALION
Si Russell Bruce Ward, a doctoral stu
dent at Texas A&M, died from cancer
Sept. 3.
Ward has been seeking his Ph.D. in
history since 1994. He was in the
process of finishing his dissertation
when his cancer appeared in January.
He taught American History and
British History and wanted to continue
teaching after earning his Ph.D.
Amy Dase, Ward’s wife of three
years, described him as “the best” and
felt her time with him was not long
enough. Dase said he was an excellent
husband.
“He was a very gentle, very forgiv
ing man. He tried to walk a straight
path,” she said.
He had two daughters who he loved
very much, Dase said, Emily, a student
at Texas Tech University and Sarah, a
cheerleader at A&M Consolidated
High School.
Dase said Ward loved golf and race
walking. He completed a half marathon
earlier this year.
Dase also said her husband was a
supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous.
He had been sober for 15 years.
Clifton Griffon, the director of the
Department of Graduate Studies, said
Ward loved academics and history.
Griffon described Ward as an excep
tional professor.
“Russ was a very non-egotistical.
friendly man. He had a great sense of
humor and was very enjoyable to be
around,” he said.
Griffon remembered a humorous
story concerning Ward and bow ties,
which he always wore. One day in
Ward’s class, he said. Ward could tell
that his students were becoming bored.
He decided to end his lecture and teach
the class what he thought was one of
life’s greatest lessons: tying a bow tie.
Griffon said Ward received great
evaluations from his students on his
bow tie lecture. Griffon said that expe
rience exemplified what a funny, easy
going man Ward was and portrayed his
great outlook on life.
The Silver Taps honoring Ward will
be held on Oct. 1.
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Bryan: No more than 4 unrelated people in one house
- No citations have been issued this year
College Station: No more than 4 unrelated people in one house
- Some warnings, but no citations
issued this year.
Source: Bryan Police Department, College Station Police Department
TRAVIS SWENSON • THE BATTALION
Second HSC president
installed at Bush Center
By Brian Harrison
THE BATTALION
Dr. Nancy W. Dickey was formally installed as the second president of the Texas
A&M University Health Science Center Thursday in the Bush Presidential
Conference Center.
The ceremony began with a procession of HSC faculty members. State Sen.
Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, served as master of ceremonies, and A&M System Board
of Regents Chairman Erie Nye presented Dickey with a medallion symbolizing the
A&M System HSC.
“Entrusting Dr. Dickey with this position is simply a logical and necessary step
in her illustrious career of leadership, dedication, and public service,” Nye said.
Thomas V. Peterson, speaker of the Health Science Center Faculty Senate, said
the organization was fortunate to have an experienced leader at the helm.
“I am pleased to have someone at the top that we know we can work with,”
Peterson said.
The Health Science Center provides the state with health education, outreach,
and research. Its five components are the Baylor College of Dentistry, the College
of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Institute of
Biosciences and Technology, and the School of Rural Public Health.
In her inaugural address, Dickey said that mission matters. She acknowl
edged that the HSC is different and young, but said she is pleased that all the
See Installation on page 2
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By Rolando Garcia
THE BATTALION
A major pedestrian corridor near the World
|frade Center site in New York City will be a cen
terpiece of the reconstruction project in lower
Manhattan, said Raymond Sandiford, an engineer
overseeing the effort.
Raymond Sandiford, the chief geotechnical
engineer for the Port Authority of New York,
spoke to civil engineering students Thursday at
Texas A&M abouUhe recovery and reconstruction
effort underway in a downtown area reeling from
the economic and structural devastation of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The $1.5 billion pedestrian corridor in lower
Manhattan will link the financial center and subway
ystem to the memorial site and commercial office
pace that will eventually be built where the World
rade Center towers once stood, Sandiford said.
As construction crews work feverishly to repair
the transportation infrastructure damaged by the
attacks, the future of the World Trade Center site
is still updn the air, with proposals varying on how
much space to use for memorial purposes and how
much for business.
“When you have so many parties involved,
things get really complicated,” Sandiford said.
The Port Authority runs the transportation sys
tems in the New York City region, and built and
operated the World Trade Center, Sandiford said.
His office was on the 73rd floor of Tower One of
the trade center complex.
“When the plane hit at 8:45, I thought it was a
bomb. There was paper and debris everywhere,”
Sandiford said.
In comparison to the 1993 terrorist bombing of
the World Trade Center, the^evacuation went rela
tively smoothly, Sandiford said. In the 1993
bombing, the towers’ emergency power system
See Engineer on page 8
Aggie Nights provides free activities
By Lauren Smith
THE BATTALION
From a video dance party with your favorite
music videos to free bowling and billiards,
Aggie Nights has something to offer students
who don't want to spend money on a Friday
night.
From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Friday, the
Memorial Student Center will become any
Aggie’s playground for dancing in the upstairs
ballrooms or listening to a local band by
Rudder Fountain.
“Aggie Nights is a good opportunity for stu
dents to get together on campus and enjoy them
selves,” said Barry Hammond, MSC president
and a senior finance major.
Aggie Nights is sponsored and produced by
the MSC and headed by Chris Duke, senior
political science major.
“We have different events that appeal to dif
ferent kinds of people,” Duke said.
On Fridays when there is no Yell Practice is
the midnight drawing for a $250 door prize.
Randomly throughout the evening, door prizes
like T-shirts, “First Yell” tickets, MSC OPAS
tickets and gift certificates to College Station hot
spots will be raffled off.
Aggie Nights began in March as an alterna
tive for students who don’t want to go to bars.
More and more students have come each week,
with 2,000 spending time at Aggie Nights last
Friday, Hammond said
“I had a great time last week and plan on
heading back there again this Friday,” said
Kevin Cazales, freshman business major.
This Friday. Aggie Nights will host a free
pancake breakfast at midnight. Sept. 21 will
have an Elvis impersonator accompanied by a
showing of Blue Hawaii, and a giant laser tag
game on Sept. 27.
“One of the goals of the Memorial Student
Center is to be the ‘living room’ of the Texas
A&M campus” Hammond said. “Aggie Nights is
a great addition to our programming that helps us
meet our goal. We know this program will grow.”