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The Texas A&M Class of
Council has announced a
cial "Maroon Out" statue as
senior class gift.
The Maroon Out statue is
1/2-6 feet tall bronze state
A&M students sporting th
existing Maroon Out shirts
standing in the sawed-offpt
tion. Beneath the statue sta:
a plaque explaining the Maid
Out tradition, said Meiea
Malazzo, Class of 2003 giftd
and a senior psychology map
The statue will stand in the
cular drive of the new end it
edition to Kyle Field, shesaij
The statue has not beenb,
yet and the cost is unde:
mined. Money left over from
project will go to the Bor
Memorial Endowment, Mai
said.
The Class of 2004 gift
been voted on but not
announced, she said.
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who say the project is more
about race than history.
“(Memorial supporters) are
trying so hard to find some
body other than a white male,
and that’s a noble effort, but I
don’t want to see history
rewritten,” said Student
Senator John Matthews.
Honoring Gaines with a stat
ue seems out of proportion to
his actual contribution to A&M,
which was no greater than that
of other legislators who voted
for the bill, Matthews said. He
also criticized the hurried pace
of the project, and said the
memorial council should meet
more than once before present
ing its recommendation to the
Student Senate on Wednesday.
The A&M chapter of College
Republicans, which had been the
driving force behind the memori
al in its early years, now opposes
the project. Jeff Graham, chair of
College Republicans and a mem
ber of the memorial committee,
said Gaines’ contribution to
A&M does not rival those of
Lawrence Sullivan Ross and Earl
Rudder, the two men honored
with statues on campus.
“(Rudder’s and Ross’s)
accomplishments are tangible
and well-documented. Gaines’
accomplishment consists of vot
ing for a bill,” Graham said.
Landgraf said Gaines’ race
has nothing to do with the
memorial project.
“We should recognize the
contributions of the 12th legis
lature, and Gaines personifies
that era of Texas history,”
Landgraf said.
He added that Gaines, who
was from nearby Washington
County, has local relevance.
More than 40 student organi
zations have endorsed the
memorial, Landgraf said.
A memorial to a black
Republican would help balance
the recognition given to white
Democrats of the Reconstruction
era such as James Throckmorton
and Richard Coke, who endorsed
the lynching of blacks. Many
white Democrats opposed the
creation of A&M because feder
al law would also require them to
create a school for blacks, which
the legislature accomplished in
creating Prairie View A&M,
Baum said.
“Gaines was the natural
leader of the black
Republicans,” Baum said.
Erecting a statue to Gaines
would allow the University to
recognize the key role blacks
played in the diverse political
coalition that during
Reconstruction established the
foundation for public education
in Texas, Baum said. Unlike the
University of Texas, which
recently placed a statue of
Martin Luther King Jr. on its
campus, A&M does not have to
grasp for outsiders to honor
blacks, Baum said.
Landgraf said the memorial
council would suggest to the
Student Senate what form the
memorial to Gaines should take
and how the funds could be
raised. During the height of the
Gaines memorial advocacy in
the mid-1990s, College
Republicans estimated a statue
would cost more than $200,000.
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cost Texas A&M students if
more this year, KBTX Charnitj
News reported Monday.
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games this fall are now 5!T
for non-students, an incre
of nearly $100. Students iv
be paying $187. KBTX report:
that the new ticket chaif:
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highest-priced tickets in it
Big 12.
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because college sports ist
state funded, A&M officialsto:
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prominent percentage of Cole
Station’s population, very feu:
them vote. Halter said.
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interested in who gets elet
to really important posts, I
Yell Leader, and not to un
portant offices that affect
cost of rent, utilities, eli
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Media
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Student Body President Zac Coventry also
declined to comment.
Student leaders who have a vested interest in
how The Battalion covers their groups may try to
exert influence on editors, Creel said. Even if the
student leaders can set aside their organizational
interests, Creel added, their presence on the Board
creates a chilling effect on editors who must worry
that a critical or controversial article may upset the
student members of the Board.
The student newspaper must be independent
and free from the political machinations of student
government, Creel said.
“Perception is reality, and if the Board is
unwilling to acknowledge that improprieties do in
fact exist, then The Battalion should altogether
discard its facade of independence,” Creel said.
“Editors do not need to be filtered by student lead
ers, especially a specific faction of campus like the
SGA, MSC or Corps, who they have written about
in the past.”
The Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in
Room 221 in the Reed McDonald building. Also
on the agenda is the selection of The Battalion edi
tor in chief for next fall, which the Board will dis
cuss in closed session. Creel’s proposal will be
considered in open session.
it
expect the return of
Bonfire merchandise at tl
Christmas Boutique, includii
miniature “cinnamon sit
bonfires.”
Kirkpatrick said he obsertt
positive reactions to Gale
announcement.
“The reaction to
(announcement) was ot
whelming,” Kirkpatrick sail
“Every Aggie Mom I tall
was just ecstatic about it.”
Kirkpatrick said the Coal®
whose main goal is to rel
Bonfire to campus was “vfl
happy” about Gates’ decision.
“Lifting the moratorium
Bonfire-related materials isnl
her two on our agenda and at
we are halfway there,” he saii
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