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ICANTUVEWITHOUTMY clothes,mycar.mymake-up,my BOYFREINAHLLEHANDMEYALKP soeeeeaa/VUMMHHH///// (X i take that back SCAREPpS Continued from page 1 see a need for smaller, brigl lights. “1 don’t see what ithastodi with safety,” said Mi Bailey, a sophomore businea major. Chad Zorn, a senior engineering major, said he not sure if he saw the newa tions as a negative or pos change. “If they are more expensive, it’s a joke. If it’s less expensive, then 1 guess it’s good for tar payers,” he said. “I don’t see’ how they could be brighter, ii seems like a waste. I can see' them fine, and there’s a siren, Speech NSisS PSllHtiSn by J2sh Darwin Davis Continued from page 1 After two unsuccessful searches, Davis was selected from among 37 applicants to fill the department head vacancy left by Dr. Sam Cottier in August 2001, said Dr. Ed Hiler, Texas A&M vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sci ences. “He was the best candidate,” Hiler said. “He is an exceptional leader and he was the choice of the department faculty.” In accordance with University procedure, when a position is open, the dean assembles a search committee of at least half of the members from a department and appoints the chair. Finalists are inter viewed and recommended by the committee. Once a candi date is selected, the dean must gain approval from the provost before sending the candidate an offer letter. Davis was offered the full salary of a department head despite his only being in College Station part-time and holds, another job within the University System, Hiler said. “I feel appropriately com pensated.. for .my efforts,” Davis said. Senior horticulture major Jennifer Fitch said she is confi dent in the department and its new head. “If he has accepted this challenge then 1 think he is going to do well,” she said. Davis has served as the res ident director of the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Dallas since 1996. He has a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Brigham Young University and earned master’s and doctoral degrees in horticulture/plant physiolo gy at Oregon State University. Throughout his career. Davis has served as president of the American Society of Horticulture Science-Western Region and vice president of the Plant Growth Regulator Society of America. Continued from pagel Busch said the free-speetS areas were necessary to maintain an atmosphere conducive t learning at A&M. “There are too many oppom nities for situations that will disrupt the primary purposeni this institution,” he said. Laycock said other part the 150-page recommend®: on free speech now in effect! UT include eliminating some the permission requirementsamj expanding the number of demonstrators can use sound during work hours. Busch said there is no reaa to change A&M’s policy onfte speech. Colonias Continued from pagel Many of the project’s pro grams are aimed at the living in colonias. “These kids have got to make it out of there. Any little thing could put a family in a position for someone to have to drop out of school,” Blake said Correction In the Feb. 18 vlA "Panel: A&M needs rw j diversity," Damali Moord the secretary and treasureil the Black Graduate Association. Student Senate to consider endorsing deregulation The Student Senate will consider a resolu tion today expressing conditional and tepid endorsement of tuition deregulation. "Nobody wants (tuition hikes), but it may be unavoidable," said Kevin Capps, a stu dent senator and junior history major. "We need to balance maintaining an affordable NEWS IN BRIEF tuition rate with increasing resources for the University." The resolution introduced by Capps would urge state legislators to reject any deregula tion plan that would give the Board of Regents complete authority to set tuition rates without any constraints. Because legis lators are elected and responsive to con stituents, they will be more likely to ensure tuition remains affordable, Capps said. However, he added, the Student Senate will consider supporting a partial deregula tion plan, such as for summer classes graduate school tuition. 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