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effort, campus visits are
arranged for prospective stu
dents, and phone calls are made
to those admitted to answer any
questions about academic pro
grams and student life. Also, for
mer student clubs arrange socials
for local high school students
who have been accepted to
A&M, and the University pro
vides students with information
about scholarship and financial
aid opportunities.
“We need to at least get to the
point where the matriculation rate
is equal for all students,”
Ashley said.
University officials have
already calculated the ethnic mix
of the student body that would
result if blacks and Hispanics
enrolled at the same rate as
whites - the current freshmen
classy which is approximately 2.8
percent black and 9.7 percent
Hispanic, would be 3.6 percent
black and 12 percent Hispanic.
However, findings from a
study conducted by A&M’s Race
and Ethnic Studies Institute sug
gest these recruitment efforts will
have little success. Jay Arekere.
an associate research scientist at
the institute, said a survey of
minority students who were
admitted to A&M but chose not
to enroll shows that most opted
for another school for financial or
academic reasons.
“None of the students actually
stated race as being a problem,”
Arekere said.
Although many minorities
perceived A&M to be conserva
tive and not receptive to minori
ties, they also believe similar
problems exist at other schools,
Arekere said, and lack of diversi
ty was not a factor in their selec
tion of a college.
But Arekere also said improv
ing the University’s perception in
minority communities might help
to increase the number of minori
ty applicants.
Estrada said it is imperative
that A&M be pennitted to consid
er race in awarding scholarships.
but said the issue of race in
admissions was a complicated
one that the University would not
address until the Supreme Court
has ruled on the matter. He also
said a plan proposed this past
year to extend automatic admis
sion to the top 20 percent of grad
uates from selected low-income,
predominately minority high
schools has been permanently
shelved.
Estrada acknowledged that the
top 10 percent plan is successful
in increasing minority enrollment
partially because most minorities
attend predominately-minority
schools and do not compete
with whites.
Estrada disputed criticisms that
the percent plan lowers standards,
pointing out that top 10 percent
students have a higher retention
rate than non-top 10 students.
A recent report from the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights con
cluded that percentage plans such
as the one in Texas were not
effective, and that affirmative
action was necessary to ensure
diverse student bodies.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SQL computer bug
hits A&M Friday
The Microsoft SQL bug tha;
affected computer system!
nationwide this weekend hi
A&M on Friday, Jan. 24 a!
around 11:30 p.m., accordinj
to Willis Marti, the associaif
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Systems (CIS) office.
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awful lot of traffic on tha
Internet at that time" thatwa;
soon joined by increased acth
ity from A&M's computers. Hit
system quickly became ovei
loaded with errors, he said.
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networkers working on thi
problem, trying to isolats
infected computers," Mar
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realized we were fighting a los
ing battle, and we decided!:
cut off everything but oir
machine room web system
and notified administratorsd
our decision."
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posted on the University!
home page Saturday mornir;
to notify users of the problem
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reconnect each on- and ofr
campus building independem
ly, as the computers withth:
SQL program in those system:
were identified.
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a database program that nfl
works use to compile inform:
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and installed an updated ve;
sion of the program thatwoii:
have prevented the problem
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the vulnerability that the viiti
targeted was discovered inJo<
2002.
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pus network was shut dow
from 1 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. w
Saturday.
CORRECTIONS
On page five of the Jan.
27 issue, in the article enti
tled, "Cates to speak at
University Writing Centei
open house," the open
house takes place today
from 1 to 5 p.m.
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24 issue, in the article titled
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and there will be pain in some areas,”
Gates said. “We will make very tough
decisions internally.”
The proposed increase is intended to
stop the decline in the number of A&M
faculty, and to give A&M students the edu
cation they deserve. Gates said.
“Increasing the tuition is essentially the
last resort,” He said.
When questioned about the impact of
the UAT increase on low-income families.
Gates said 10 percent of the $2.2 million
generated by the increase in student tuition
will go to financial aid packages, he said.
“We don’t want to cut services to sin
dents; we want to protect faculty andprt
tect students,” He said.
Student Body President Zac Covenif 1
expressed support for Gates’s plan.
“We have a rough time ahead of us. %
need to find a place to make up for fundiit
and decreasing the student/faculty ratio.
Coventry said.
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