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Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and Colleges
Texas A&M University
2003-2004
The following students
will be recognized on
Friday, April 16, 2004 at 3 p.m. in Rudder Exhibit
Hall. Parents and friends
are welcome to attend
and congratulate them on their accomplishments.
Graduate
Students
Radheshyam Adige
Mirrasoul Mousavi
Ashley Barnes
Lise Sieber
Jeanette Madkins
Cynthia Zuniga
Prakash Krishnan
Undergraduate Students
Cynthia Abbott
Rebekah Jones
LaToya Allen
Aaron Kinsey
Anna Arenas
Heather Kohler
Michael Banks
Christopher Krueger
Melissa Baumann
Leslie Lee
Phillip Bethancourt
Amy Macaulay
Cally Blankenship
Jose Mahomar
Bereket Bisrat
Michelle Managan
Victoria Borchers
Jonathan Platt
Courtney Brannon
Pablo Rodriguez, Jr.
Travis Brown
Lyndsey Sage
Luis Camarillo
Jason Sherrieb
Robin Cappel
Megan Stephenson
Meredith Conrey
James Strickland
Cassandra Covacevich
Kristen Tajvari
Tasha Desai
Travis Thompson
Laurence du Campe
Sarah Uselton
de Rosamel
Shannon Vogt
Marlene Easterly
Kevin Walkington
David Gaultney
Jeremy Whitloeck
John Herrington
Thomas Williams
Jason Hughes
Justin Woods
Nicole Janecka
Chad Zinnecker
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last redistricting, will be competing
against Republican candidate Arlene
Wohlgemuth in the Nov. 3, 2004,
congressional race. Although he is
running under the Democratic party.
Edwards said he is running a biparti
san campaign.
As part of his campaign aimed at
A&M, Edwards said he would try to
lower tuition rates at A&M as well as
universities nationwide and work for
more students to get federal grants
and loans.
“We have to keep doors of A&M
open to everyone,” Edwards said.
While at A&M, Edwards was a
member of the Corps of Cadets and
received the Earl Rudder/Brown
Foundation Award.
In 2003, Edwards received the
“Legislator of the Year Award”
from the Association of the U.S.
Army and is running on a slogan of
“Strong National Defense.”
Edwards said that as a congressman
he has worked to keep the army
strong and would continue to sup
port the military.
“My two boys live in a safer
world today because of soldiers and
families ” Edwards said. “I know that
I will spend my entire life making a
down payment on that debt.”
Retired Lt. Gen. Pete Taylor, a
Vietnam veteran and Fort Hood com
mander, said Edwards has brought in
$820 million in contributions to Fort
Hood since he has been in Congress.
Retired Gen. Tom Schwartz, for
mer commander in chief of U.S.
forces in Korea, said that although
he has never been politically active,
he chose to support Edwards
because he has character and
integrity. Schwartz said Edwards
also championed pay increases for
soldiers, health care for active sol
diers and veterans and worked to
prevent reduction of armed forces
in America.
“This is a man I admire and
respect” Schwartz said. “He is a
man of energy and gets things done.”
Cameron Salome, a freshman
general studies major and member of
the Corps, said he supports Edwards
because of contributions he has
made to the military.
“He backs the military, and the
contributions he’s done are outstand
ing,” Salome said. “Being a former
Corps of Cadet member and Aggie,
he can relate to the community like
no other representative.”
Regarding the attempted closing
of the Waco Veterans Hospital,
Edwards said he worked hard with
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to keep it
open and has received confirmation
that it will remain open.
“We owe that quality care to our
veterans,” Edwards said. “It would
send a terrible message to the troops
in Iraq by shutting down the Waco
Veteran’s Hospital in the same dis
trict as Fort Hood.”
Parking
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talk to faculty and staff, to
calm their fears, basically,
and find out w hat they really
want.” Weis said, “If what
they really want is to main
tain these reserved numbered
spaces in the core of campus,
we can do that. But the cost
is going to be considerably
higher than it is now, like 50
percent or more,”
Student surface lot per
mits, which are currently
$141 and valid for nine
months, will be replaced
with $210 one-year permits.
‘The fall and spring semes
ter anti summer semester price
would have been $226. We
reduced that,’’ Weis said.
Garage spots that are not
numbered or reserved w ill cost
$336 and be valid for one year.
Students logging on to
http://transportonline.tamu.
edu/ with their Net or Neo
identification information
and password, starting
Monday, can also appeal or
pay a parking citation and
view their status on any park
ing lot waiting lists.
“It’s putting all of your
parking concerns on a one-
stop shop,” Mathews said.
Parking
Reed Arena will ben
Parking Area 100,ailj
be open to any peraiiia
er. Renfrew said.
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the Zachry lot ikmiI
want to go to the (
Recreation) Centsoi]l
have a class on 1
Campus, all theloisi
Reed Arena are goin^
PA 100,’’ Renta' i
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at any time.” h
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