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Africa
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of Forsyth Galleries. “You feel
as if you are part of their
world.”
Talley’s inspiration is
accredited to his dream to visit
Africa.
“Nonetheless, seeing the
motherland, interacting with its
people and absorbing the cul
ture provided an emotional,
artistic and spiritual experi
ence,” Talley said. “Words can
not fully express, nor can pho
tographs, paintings or sculp
tures fully convey the beauty
of the country. Yet, I have
attempted to do so.”
A few of Talley’s pieces hit
a little closer to home with him
than others. He said two of his
favorite pieces include beaded
works titled “Majestic
Maasai’s No. 1” and “Majestic
Maasai’s No. 2.”
“Beyond the fine ebony
carvings by the Makonde
sculptors and Tingatinga paint
ings by the Cooperative, anoth
er international favorite of
tourists and collectors is the
beadwork of the distinguished
Maasai tribe,” he said. “Their
skillful ability to do delicate
beadwork along with their red
fashion statement truly sets
them apart from their African
brothers and sisters.”
Two of his other favorite
works are “God Bless the
Child” and “Sister, Sister,”
Talley said.
Talley compiled an in-depth
brochure giving more detail
and greater insight about his
adventure to Africa.
Some of his most recent
exhibits have been in California,
Alabama, Washington, D.C. and
Houston. He is currently work
ing on a retrospective from
works during the 1980s period.
“1 am planning a sequel to
my show,” he said, “but am
presently working on a doc
trine in biblical studies.”
“A View of Africa” is a si*,
cial addition to the Fors||
Galleries, Hollingersaid.
“Hopefully students wii
gain insight to the cultwi
through my exhibit,” Talk;
said.
Students who have viewei
the exhibit said they lia\i
enjoyed it.
“As an anthropology majo;
I find this very informativeaii
interesting,” said senior Jusi
Luckenbach. “It helps mt
understand and appreciate!!
culture a little better.”
Hollinger said Talley’s woii
is beyond belief.
“Rev. Talley’s creativity aa:
enthusiasm is so great thataflti
a 20 minute conversation,you
feel you share his excitement
from the people, places aii
cultures of Tanzania,
Hollinger said.
The exhibit can be viewei
in the L.T. Jordan Conference
Room in the Memorial Student
Center until May 2004.
a junior agricultural journalism
major. “This is the first trip that
I have taken that had anything
to do with a research project. I
was actually really scared
when I first went on the trip
because I did not have any idea
what I was going to be doing.
“Not only did I learn a lot
about the Texas-Mexico
Initiative, but I also learned a
lot about myself.”
The research trip offered
students a chance to see what
professors did besides teach.
“I felt like I was part of the
University, not just a student
here getting information, but
actually what I was doing was
actually going to impact some-
one else,” Harvey said.
Harvey said one way to get
involved in research projects is
to develop good relationships
with professors outside the
classroom. She said if students
have an interest in getting a
post-graduate degree, they
should take the opportunity to
get international experience
while they are undergraduates.
Gary Wingenbach, associate
professor in the Department of
Agricultural Education, accom
panied the students to Mexico.
“Undergraduate students
face an increasingly competi
tive job market after gradua
tion,” he said. “What sets apart
undergraduates from all the
other applicants for a job is not
so much what they do inside
the classroom, but what they
do outside the classroom.
“This exchange program is
a prime example of how
important it is to become
involved in studies beyond the
classroom.”
Wingenbach said the stu
dents who went on the research
trip have a better understand
ing of how interconnected
Texas and northeast Mexico
are in regards to agricultural
systems, food and culture.
He said students should
check all assumptions at the
border and need to go into an
exchange program with an
open mind, realistic expecta
tions and a willingness to expe
rience new things.
“We think that if we do this
over time there’s going to be a
greater understanding between
two countries that are adjacent
to each other, very different
from each other and that we not
only look at each other from
what we see immediately on
each other’s borders,” Pina said.
“Both countries have a lot more
to give and a lot more to learn
about each other. We have to
look at this as sort of an area that
is. not divided by a river — it’s
actually joined by a river.”
Insurance
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students to discuss the insurance increases.
Mershin wants the GSC to have an emergency meeting. He said
students in his department want A&M to pick up enough of the bill
to reduce personal costs to where they previously were in 2003.
“These increases will mean a reduction of anywhere from 10
percent to 30 percent of a cut in our take-home income,” he said.
“That is before we pay for tuition and fees, which costs about
$2,000 a semester. That is a lot when you consider an average grad
uate student makes about $1,000 a month.”
The increased costs leave a large number of graduate students in
a tough position, Mershin said.
“It’s a very sudden and large pay cut,” he said. “It forces us to
either accept it somehow and acquire debt to cover our costs or not
get health insurance, neither of which is a good option.”
Mershin warned that forcing graduate assistants to take on the
new insurance prices could have negative affects on A&M’s image
and ability to recruit new graduate students.
“The quality of the graduate students is very important to the
quality of the research institution,” he said. “If you burden them
with this pay cut, then you’re hurting your school.”
Mershin said his group is planning to collect signatures on a let
ter asking A&M’s administration to support its graduate students
with financial support.
A&M officials have pledged that they will help graduate assis- •
tants offset the costs. Vice Provost Bill Perry said Monday he was
optimistic A&M would help ease the burden.
“The bottom line is that we are going to put together some funds to
address this,” he said. “We’re going to address it, we’ve decided to
address it, we’re setting aside money to address it„but it’s the exact
mechanics we have to work out over the next couple or three weeks.”
Perry said that while he doesn’t know how much money will be
set aside, A&M officials understand the important role graduate stu
dents play in the University setting.
“The graduate assistants are a really important part of our
University family,” he said. “They do so much to assist in our
research and teaching, so they are part of us, and we need to try and
solve this.”
Mexico
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different university organiza
tions that help improve agricul
tural development and live
stock from both sides of the
border.
The students, who began
preparing one week before the
first summer session, received
three credit hours for the
research trip.
During the first week of
summer classes, the students
hosted six Mexican students,
who had the chance to meet
with a professor conducting the
same research they were in
Mexico.
“I just thought it would be a
good experience,” said J.
Adrian Garcia, a senior agri
cultural development major. “I
wanted to learn about other
states in my country, the views
and the mentality. I was pretty
impressed especially with
Ciudad Victoria with the actual
technology they had.”
Garcia said he would
encourage other students to
take advantage of the opportu
nity to go on a research trip
because the experience will be
beneficial later in life.
“I really didn't know what
to expect,” said Tanya Harvey,
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guerrilla war despite U.S. insistence that
resistance is local, not centrally organized.
The British casualties occurred in the
town of Majar al-Kabir, about 180 miles
southeast of Baghdad and just south of the
city of A mar ah.
Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon told
Parliament in London that the British sol
diers — military police on a mission to
train Iraqi police — were apparently killed
in a police station in the town.
Earlier, a British army spokesman in
Basra said the soldiers were killed by
Iraqi fire.
Elsewhere in the same town, a “large
number” of Iraqi gunmen opened fire on a
British patrol Tuesday with rocket-pro
pelled grenades, heavy machine guns and
rifles, Hoon said. The British returned fire,
and one soldier was wounded in the fight.
A rapid reaction force, including
Scimitar light tanks and a Chinook CH-47
helicopter, came to help the ground troops
but also came under fire, Hoon said.
Seven people on board the helicopter were
wounded, three of them seriously, the
government said.
Hoon said commanders were investi
gating whether the deaths and the ambush
were connected.
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, extended condo
lences to the families of the dead soldiers.
“These losses are a reminder that Iraq
remains a dangerous place,” Myers said at
the Pentagon. “But we must continue to
stand firm.”
It was the deadliest day for coalition
forces since May 19, when six U.S.
Marines died, most in a helicopter crash
and a vehicle accident.
The deadliest single attack on coalition
forces came on March 23, the early days of
the U.S.-led invasion, when Iraqis opened
fire on a U.S. Army maintenance convoy
near the southern town of Nasiriyah,
killing 11 soldiers.
At least 18 U.S. soldiers have been
killed in Iraqi attacks since May 1, when
major combat was declared over. Most of
the attacks have occurred in the belt of
central and western Iraq dominated by
Sunni Muslims, Saddam’s strongest sup
porters.
Saddam loyalists, Sunnis and ex-army
soldiers are suspected in the attacks. The
Shiite-dominated south has been largely
peaceful since the regime’s fall. The
Muslim sect was long repressed by
Saddam and rose up in some areas as coali
tion forces invaded the country in March.
Shiites have since assumed leadership
roles and moved to restore order.
Race
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leaders and others are read!
the rulings closely.
Yale Law School Professot
William Eskridge Jr. said mosi
public and private law schools
have policies similar to the oik
the court upheld Monday, ft
said the ruling probably wont
make it easier for minorities to
get into law school.
“It would leave the odds
about the same,” Eskridge said
A ruling the other way could
have returned elite campuses to
nearly all-white status, numer
ous outside groups told the court
this year.
O’Connor’s majority opinion
in the more significant of the
two cases Monday refers to
studies about race and minorit;
achievement, and to friend-oi-
the-court filings from big busi
ness and a long list of retired
generals and civilian militan
leaders.
The ruling “recognizes win
we’ve always recognized-tie
need for a diverse group ofpeo-
pie both in education andintk
workforce,” said Edd Snyder
spokesman for General Motors
Corp. GM’s brief reminded!
court that global companies
want talented and qualified
employees who can market
products to diverse customers
around the world and at home.
Universities are the trainine
ground for those employees,
GM and other major U.S. corpo
rations said.
Perhaps even more persua
sive was a brief signed by along
list of retired three- and four-star
generals, admirals and other
military leaders.
“At present the military can
not achieve an officer corps that
is both highly qualified and
racially diverse unless the mili
tary academies and the ROIC
use limited race-conscious
recruiting and admission poli
cies,” that filing said.
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