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“Interacting with people
from backgrounds is important
in becoming a better-rounded
person,” he said.” It's imperative
that the students at A&M
become more receptive to this
unique opportunity.”
Ashley said a study done
several years ago showed A&M
graduates were not worldly or
exposed to much diversity. He
said the surveyors asked how
the graduates were going to
function in a diverse world.
“Look at the changing
demographics in the state of
Texas, it’s going to look a lot
different in the next 10 or 15
years,” he said.
Ashley said that a lot of peo
ple think the University of Texas
is A&M’s recruiting competi
tion, but east coast schools, such
as Princeton, Harvard and Yale,
are heavily recruiting Hispanics
in Texas as well.
The recruitment effort con
sists of three stages: encourag
ing students to complete their
applications, admitting the stu
dents and getting them to con
firm their decision to attend.
“The key is that A&M is a
land-grant university,” Gates
said. “It was established by the
state to serve all the citizens of
the state of Texas. Hispanics are
now about a third of the state
and they’ll be an even larger
percentage in the future. So,
given our mission, it’s important
that Hispanic students who meet
our standards and who want to
come here feel welcome here.”
A&M operates a half dozen
outreach centers with the
University of Texas aimed at
going to areas where students
have traditionally been econom
ically and educationally disad
vantaged, he said.
Gates said the purpose of the
centers is to try to make contact
with kids as early as the eighth
grade and get them involved in
programs that help them under
stand the importance of getting
a college education.
“About 80 percent of kids
that get involved in those pro
grams go to college. They may
not go to A&M or Texas, but
they understand the importance
of a college education,” he said.
There are currently prospec
tive student centers in San
Antonio, Dallas and Weslaco.
Gates said the centers are prima
rily run by A&M, but they also
carry literature for all of the
other campuses.
“The idea that they are part
of the Aggie family, I think
that’s very important,” Ashley
said. “When I went down to
Brownsville for an Aggie social
for students who had been
admitted to A&M, I had a dad
who came up to me and said,
‘You know, it’s really tough for
me to send my daughter way up
to College Station.’ He said, ‘Dr.
Ashley, I expect you to take care
of my daughter.’ ”
Hinojosa said that many out
siders see the University as
racist and exclusive <ftid feel
overwhelmed by the predomi
nantly white population.
“I believe that the adminis
tration at A&M is trying very
hard to attract more Hispanics to
the University,” he said. “It's
going to take more than the
administration, however.”
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remain closed. Bremer made his announcement
at the reopening of the Iraqi Judicial College,
which was looted during the war. It was reno
vated with U.S. money.
Despite the military’s extensive sweeps against
loyalists to stop attacks against Americans, an
Army soldier riding in a Humvee with the 1st
Armored Division’s 1st Brigade'was shot and
killed by a sniper in Baghdad late Monday. The
soldier’s name was not made public.
The U.S. military said raids that began Sunday
on Iraqi homes and businesses in Baghdad and
northern Iraq were meant to “isolate and defeat
remaining pockets of resistance.”
The operation is stirring deep resentment,
with innocent Iraqis rounded up, handcuffed and
interrogated, townspeople say.
Late Monday, U.S. forces raided an outdoor
cafe in Baghdad’s Azamiyah neighborhood where
two dozen men were playing backgammon and
drinking tea. All were lined up against a fence,
blindfolded, forced to kneel and carted away on
trucks. They were released later, after none turned
out to be suspects.
U.S. soldiers said they had no choice other
than to cast a wide net in hopes of catching
attackers who intelligence reports said spent
time at the cafe.
The insurgents took their fight to a new level
Tuesday, firing shots into the mayor’s office and
courthouse in Fallujah and a police station in
Khaldiyah — offices that have been cooperating
with the U.S.-led occupation. No injuries
were reported.
The shootings were the first known attacks
directed against Iraqi officials for cooperating
with U.S. forces and represented a new front in
the insurgents’ attempt to undermine U.S.
forces in Iraq.
Some officials believe remnants of Saddam
Hussein’s security apparatus have begun to estab
lish guerrilla cells, though it remained unclear if
the attacks Tuesday were centrally organized.
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out the hard plaster ceilings,<£
then replacing and touchin;
the ceilings and installing
sprinkler systems.
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systems in the guest rooms
the MSC Hotel and theofficeo!
the Board of Regents were
included in a $30 million
mate for repairs needed for tlie
MSC to reach current fire code
standards, Sippial said.
None of the repairs were pro
vided for by state funding, said
Thelma Isenhart, assistant secre
tary to the Board of Regents,
Bush said the money for
reparation of the guest rooms
came out of the Universil;
Center budget’s repair and ret
vation account.
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additional money was provide:
from a six-year, $24 mioi
deferred maintenance progm
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had no effect on the project',
because both projects wert
voted on and approved beta
the cuts came into effect, Bust
said.
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40 rooms of the MSC Hotel was
completed in six weeks
the spring semester, and the
work on the regent wing began
shortly after commencement
Bush said.
“The project is well on
schedule,” Bush said,
be completely finished by
end of August.”
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a final decision.”
He said Abbas also suggest
ed a broad Palestinian leader
ship including the militant
movements.
Israel TV reported Tuesday
that Israel would accept a cease
fire of three to six weeks. Israel
officials were not available
comment. Israeli officials have
been warning that a brief cease
fire would only allow the mili
tant groups to rearm and plan
further attacks.
Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas
leader, said the group was only
considering an end to attacks on
Israeli civilians inside Israel,
and would keep targeting sol
diers and Jewish settlers in the
West Bank and Gaza.
The militants also demand
that Israel stop other military
strikes, release prisoners and
withdraw to positions held
before the outbreak of fighting
in September 2000.
Israel has said it would con
tinue its offensive against
Hamas and has reacted with sus
picion to Abbas’ idea of a long
term cease-fire.
Israeli officials are demand
ing Abbas crack down on the
groups. Abbas has said he will
not use force against the mili
tants for fear of triggering civil
war.
Secretary of State Colin
Powell was to travel to Israel
on Friday. Speaking en route to
Cambodia, he lent support to
Israel’s demand for a
crackdown.
Ultimately, Hamas and other
terrorist organizations “will not
only have to stop these terrorist
attacks. We have to eliminate
their capability to do so,” he said.
“We have to come down hard on
organizations such as Hamas.”
Abbas’ meeting with leaders
of all the Palestinian militant
factions Tuesday was part of an
international push for an agree
ment to end the violence.
6/16/03 8:03 a.m. Major acti
dent, 804 Earl
Complaint of pain.
6/16/03 11:47 a.m.
of a vehicle, 1402 Holleman
Taken: backpack, calculator.
6/16/03 2:36 p.m
arrest, 1504 Texas. Probafe
violation for possession of
juana.
6/16/03 2:39 p.m. Burglary o!
a vehicle, 600 University Oaks
Taken: CD player.
6/16/03 4:24 p.m. Theft, 1508
Harvey. One arrest.
6/16/03 5:13 p.m. Possession
of prohibited weapon,
Wellborn/Luther. One arrest.
6/16/03 7:04 p.m.Theft,!!
Harvey. Two arrests.
6/16/03 9:15 p.m
arrest, 1815 Patton.
6/16/03 9:40 p.m
arrest, 815 Harvey.
6/16/03 10:56 p.lD.
Possession of marijuana,
Welsh/Nevada. One arrest.
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