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THE BATTALIA 2 Friday, November 7, 2003 FI9H I Thia/ic it's Time To the WWTn? CLoTHES OuT °JT M'6ER/v//\TiO/V' YE5' EVeRV x Rediscover 5TuPF I FoUboT X OUJNE D / ^ xr’s Like UThrib A UH°Le UARbKoSE! ^ (jl-loA, IVHEaTdiDi i 8uv this Trti/v k ?> ^So/mEoa/e Sf/oui-b" HAVE SToPPEb AaJD UiARNED A1£ at The Register > THAT T U)AS ASooT To i Buy the Or bate st Sweater Ever AVADE' WHATEVER. X'AA 6ETTIMG You CA5H FoR THRiSTaiAS THIS YEAR^ )—^rrl A ►iic.f www.r'deluna.com noise * pouunon w josh onnujin Craj : r J' ilce ^1. ^lou^e Hey Chose, do you For the ninth wanna throw the time, no. I Frisbee around don't want to. Why? I love Frisbee. Who am I supposed to play with now? Here, why don't you go to this Frisbee competTion? BY: MMfcfc U0YP Plan Continued from page 1 what students today want, she said. Miller said there was no site for a future Bonfire on the plan because at the time the committee made its decision, it understood there was no guarantee it would return to campus. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Charles Johnson also answered senator’s questions during the meeting. The College of Liberal Arts is working to improve its class ratios and to raise the overall ranking of A&M in the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking, Johnson said. The college produces the most graduates of all colleges each year, he said. He also addressed the issue of the possible closing of the Department of Journalism. “We cannot afford to invest in the department of journalism... but we can provide other oppor tunities,” he said. The committee currently looking at alternative pathways for students interested in journal ism is looking at bringing profes sional journalists to campus to talk to students and to provide more internship opportunities for student journalists. Johnson said there has also been some discus sion about an interdisciplinary major in journalism. Sen. Dustin Teems sponsored a diversity resolution supporting the SGA Diversity Team that the Senate passed. “We need to move beyond tol erance into acceptance and inte gration,” Teems said. Co-Sponsor Corey Nichols said he thought some people might have received the wrong idea about the tone of the Senate’s earlier debate about SGA Diversity’s $8,500 budget. “It was for fiscal and not per sonal reasons,” he said. “We want to show we do support (diversi ty).” The democratic governance bill, which ensures that the stu dent body president and his exec utive council enact all active leg islation passed by the Senate, and the second constituency day bill, which temporarily suspends con stitutional guidelines for conduct ing the next constituency day on Nov. 12, both passed unanimous ly on their second readings. Sen. Jason Hughes introduced an Academic Honor Council Representation Bill that would ensure permanent spots on the council for members of the Corps of Cadets, four interfraternity councils, the Student Senate, the Judicial Court and the Residence Hall Association. Student tragedy provokes responst By Bart Shirley THE BATTALION The recent deaths of Levi Garrett Windle and Chiang Cheng-Hsien have drawn attention to the actions of Texas A&M when a student dies or is severely injured. The Department of Student Life often sets up accommodations in Bryan-College Station for family members and coordinates Silver Taps to commemorate those who have died. In terms of the two international graduate stu dents, Prithviraj Chavan and Prashant Jadhav, who have been in intensive care since the Oct. 25 car accident in which Cheng-Hsien died. Student Life would be the primary agent to the family, assuming the family members were able to get to College Station. Windle died Oct. 19 from injuries resulting from an accidental fall. The Department of Student Life set up accommodations for Windle’s family while they were here, said Carol Binzer, associate director of Student Life. Windle’s grandmother, Floris Krueger Continued from page 1 “I get great joy from seeing how far I can take (students),” Krueger said. “Once you can show a student how to succeed, it takes off with them. Success breeds success.” Edward A. Hiler, vice chancellor and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has wit nessed Krueger’s passion for teaching and the effort he puts into his work. “Dr. Krueger is recognized as an outstanding teacher and adviser. His compassion and dedication are remarkable; it is obvious that he gets great joy from working with students,” Hiler said. Krueger’s journey to A&M was a spectacular one. After graduating high school at the age of 15, he enrolled at A&M and worked to put himself through college. Running out of money just a few hours short of graduating, Krueger took a principal posi tion at an elementary and junior high school at the age of 19. He later finished his degree and then served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a drill instructor. He returned to school, earning his master’s Dove Continued from page 1 Carrying a notebook with her at all times since college. Dove said she wants to be prepared when something stops her in her tracks that would be good for a piece. When Dove was asked if her poetry would have been different if her race would have been different, she said she considers it an advantage to be African American or any race that is not white. “Any distinguishing feature — race, age, gen der — helps you achieve a different way to look at mainstream society,” Dove said. “You know how to function in mainstream society, but you also get to sit on the sideline and watch it.” One of the collections of poetry Dove read from was “On the Bus with Rosa Parks” (1999), an award-winning book on the New York Public Library’s list of 25 books to remember for 1999. “It is a meditation on what it is to be an indi vidual at a moment in history, a meditation on what each of us would do in that situation,” Dove said. It looks at a symbol, like Rosa Parks, turn ing into a monument. Hampton, voiced her gratitude for I University’s efforts. "A&M students are family,” Hamptonsai “We have never experienced the kind of love* that from A&M and St. Jo’s (Joseph’s).” Student Counseling Services provides aidfj students who are grieving the loss of a frier; said SCS Director Maggie. “Each situation is unique,” she said.'‘Wetji ically do something when a student has died,k what that is depends on what the surviv® want.” Olona said that, in some cases, studentst not have dealt with these sorts of events befe particularly if they are younger students, Sk said that SCS counsels the students through! grieving process and helps them to underst#! what they are feeling. "We try to be there for those around the (vic tim),” Olona said. “Sometimes, it’s just beir; there.” Windle was remembered at this momli' Silver Taps ceremony, held Nov. 4. Chiar; Cheng-Hsien will be honored in the Dec.! Silver Taps. degree in poultry science and a doctorate in anil breeding and genetics at the University of Missouri After being recruited by A&M, he returned in! fall of 1953. Since then. Krueger has taught an air. of poultry science courses, served in many leade ship positions and published volumes of research Krueger served as head of the poultry scienc; department from 1972 to 1982 and was instmne tal in planning the Kleberg Center dunng his tent He maintains an open-door policy at his office and his home. He said any of his students are wel come lo come to his home and enjoy a cup of cof fee with him. Krueger said A&M has changed tremendousl) since he began attending in 1938. When heenrolki A&M had 5,6(X) students who were all malesintk Corps of Cadets. The three biggest changes Krueger has seen it his 50 years of teaching are the enormous expansicn of A&M, integrating A&M and allowing womenic attend the University. Krueger has survived six major medical open- tions during his lifetime and said he hasnotlem slow him down. “I plan to stay as long as I can,” Krueger said, If the University wants me to stay, and I am mental sharp and physically able, I will be here,” Dove said there were a few women whows arrested before Rosa Parks for doing the sa:; thing, and she writes about how authoritieswt ed for the right woman to make a benctaii case of Parks in one of the poems in the collec tion. From writing about the community of senic citizens who go on early walks through malls la the magic of ballroom dancing and slave tiatra lives, Dove has covered an array of topics in hat poems, short stories, plays and novels. Charles Rowell, an A&M professor of Englist and former colleague of Dove’s at the Universil) of Virginia, said Dove’s poetry “has a lyrical voice that extends and revises the American 111- erary cannon because in it she becomes an American who can write about any subject,any group of people.” “Nothing human beings can do is foreignic her,” Rowell said. Dove is currently Commonwealth Profess® of English at the University of Virginia it Charlottesville. She said she was so happy sk could come to A&M to be part of the lectf series. Gig Em \ Ags, & Whoop Bracelets Wide variety of letters and bands. NOW AVAILABLE Maroon & White Gig Em' Lady Lanell's Swarovski Crystal Flip Flops Features 400 maroon and white swarovski crystals and Gig Em' on the back left sandal. Bring this ad in and get $10.00 offth e Gig Em' Flip Flops.* Located in Gentri Gandy's Dance Factory 3817 East 29th Street • Bryan, TX 77802 • (979)268-0100 *One pair per customer. Can not be combined with any other coupons. 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