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Though the VIP program is related to A&M’s
diversity initiatives as part of Vision 2020, it is not
limited to minority students, Ashley said.
“We’re trying to combat any negative percep
tions of A&M that people may have,” Ashley
said. “To do that, we need to bring students to
the campus.”
Ashley said the VIP program was created with
the hope that prospective students who have
already been admitted to the University will fall
in love with A&M after having had the trip in a
small group of fewer than 20 students.
“It can make the difference as far as students
who are being courted by other institutions or
don’t know much about A&M,” McClendon said.
A&M President Robert M. Gates said he thinks
that the VIP program has great promise.
"Our experience shows that if we can get stu
dents to campus and let them see it and experi
ence the friendly atmosphere here, the likelihood
they will enroll here is significantly increased,”
Gates said. “The entire admissions office has
worked very hard, and we are seeing noteworthy
increases in the number of applications and
admittances of underrepresented students.”
Gates said if A&M is successful in getting a
substantial number of these underrepresented stu
dents to enroll this fall, the University will stop the
seven-year decline in the number of these students
at A&M and show real growth.
“There are many other institutions that can
offer the same academic excellence as A&M.”
McClendon said. “But there’s something special
about A&M. We’re unique because we have a
family atmosphere and relationships, and even
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National PAC gave money to House candidate
By Suzanne Gamboa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay’s national fund-raising
committee contributed to 15 Texas legisla
tive candidates whose campaign finances
are under a state criminal investigation
because of possible improper contributions
during the 2002 election.
While Delay’s national fund-raising
committee is not the focus of the investiga
tion, he helped found the probe’s target,
Texans for a Republican Majority, and
records obtained by The Associated Press
show the breadth of his influence in provid
ing financial support to Republican candi
dates in Texas.
Americans for a Republican Majority
Political Action Committee made contribu
tions totaling $24,000 to the candidates in
2002. The checks sent to them bear DeLay’s
name and title as the PAC’s chairman and
were dated Oct. 22, 2002, according to
records obtained by The Associated Press
and filed with the Federal Election
Commission.
DeLay and his aide Jim Ellis helped start
a separate PAC, Texans for a Republican
Majority, in 2001 with $75,000 from
Americans for a Republican Majority. The
state PAC is under investigation for alleged
ly using corporate money to influence the
2002 races, which would be illegal under
Texas law.
Some of the donors to each PAC overlap
and Ellis is a paid adviser to Texans for a
Republican Majority as well as executive
director of DeLay’s national political com
mittee. DeLay served on the Texas group’s
advisory board, which decided whom the
Texas group should endorse.
Federal fund-raising committees like
DeLay’s often contribute to state races,
which is allowable under the law.
Democrats and watchdog groups say the
contributions underscore the coordination
between DeLay and the PACs to elect a
Republican majority in the Texas
Legislature in 2002 — the first time since
Reconstruction that the GOP controlled the
Texas House.
Those legislators went on to shape how
congressional voting districts were redrawn
in Texas last year, giving Republicans a bet
ter chance in the 2004 elections at winning
the majority in the state’s 16-16 congres
sional delegation. If the strategy pays off in
November, Texas will have the largest GOP
congressional delegation in the country.
“When you see those patterns of contnti
tions, it really raises questions of whethen
not there’s been some sort of coordinate
said Larry Noble, executive director of i
Center for Responsive Politics, a cantpai!
finance watchdog group in Washington.
But an attorney for the Republic!
said the critics are making toomuchofi
contributions.
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giving money to the same races that.TK
PAC was. It was easy to identify what at
were winnable, what races they were suppfl
ing." said Terry Scarborough, an Austinai
ney representing Bill Ceverha, treasurer!
the Texas political fund raising committee
“I think the conspiracy theorists aretiyi
to make more out of this than there is.lesJ
Craig McDonald, executive director
Texans for Public Justice, a political wall
dog group, said while the relationshipofi
two PACs is well known, the contribii
“show the degree to which Tom Delay*
intimately involved in moving corpoil
money into the Texas elections.”
Records of Americans for a Repubi
Majority were subpoenaed by TravisCs
District Attorney Ronnie Earle as part of
investigation. The grand jury is hearings
timony in the case to determine whether!
charges are warranted. So far, nooneli
been accused of any wrongdoing.
Checks distributed to the Housecaa
dates were accompanied by a letter wrii
on stationery from Texans fof
Republican Majority.
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Center for Responsive Politics
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