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Transportation Services initiates changes
hrking forum to address transit services changes
Permit registration available
By Natalie Younts
THE BATTALION
Transportation Services has initiated a
process of change in transit, or bus. oper
ations that will begin with gathering stu
dent input and will culminate with
changes being implemented in spring
2005. IS will hold an open forum to
being hearing student feedback Monday,
saidTS director Rodney Weis.
T think we need to look at route effi
ciency issues," Weis said, "like, ‘should
wbedoing this big loop or should we be
ninning a direct route out somewhere and
mm around and come right back in?’”
A transportation consultant company,
S&R Beard from Houston, was hired to
evaluate the bus routes, the amount of
service the buses are providing and the
student transportation fee, Weis said. The
consultants and TS officials will begin
gathering student input at the open forum
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday in
Koldus 110.
Weis said students will be asked, “In
the ideal situation, what would transit be
doing? What are we doing that you like ?”
and "What are we not doing that you’d
like for us to do?”
Students can say they would like to
see a route added somewhere or
express any concerns, said Chris Diem,
Student Government Association exec
utive vice president and junior political
science major.
"(For example), if they don’t like the
way that the Bush route is going, they
think that it’s too slow or there’s too
many stops, or whatever, they can say
that,” Diem said.
Weis said this is the first in a series of
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Transportation Services is holding an open
forum Monday to hear student feedback on
Transit Services operations.
WHEN: Monday, May 3
TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,
WHERE: Koldus 110
Will Lloyd • THE BATTALION
Source : TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
By Natalie Younts
THE BATTALION
Student parking permit registration for the 2004 fall semester is now avail
able on the Transportation Services Web site at transportonline.tamu.edu.
Students can enter the Web site using their NetID and password to
request their top six preferred parking locations.
Registration will be open until July 16. Requests are granted based on
the parking priority policy, not the order that requests are received, said
Rodney Weis, TS director.
Summer permit sales will be available from the TS Web site, trans
port.tamu.edu, beginning May 10, said June Broughton, TS communica
tions manager. Students will not be able to choose their parking lots for the
summer, Broughton said.
Students will be able to order summer resident or commuter permits,
which will be shipped within 48 hours. The summer parking system will
be the same as the current parking system, she said.
Web permit registration opened Thursday. As of Friday, more than
6,000 students logged on to transportonline.tamu.edu, and 45 percent of
those who logged on requested permits, Broughton said.
Students can also find frequently asked questions about the new park
ing plan and the 2004-05 parking map on the Web site.
Former press secretaries
praised by Barbara Bush
By James Twine
THE BATTALION
Noelia Rodriguez, and registered
Democrat, never thought she would become
iiepress secretary for first lady Laura Bush.
1 was the last person to have expected to get
icall for this job from the Bush’s,” Rodriguez
aid. “I (was) just excited to meet the Bush’s.”
The press secretaries of five former first
fc and one serving under the current first
bi;.agree that the position of first lady is one
/hdership.
.“First ladies work so hard, and they have
M a tremendous impact on America,” said
lit Carpenter, former press secretary for first
My Bird Johnson.
Carpenter, Rodriguez, Mary Hoyt, Sheila
late, Anna Perez and Lisa Caputo, hosted by
former first lady Barbara Bush, were featured
at the George Bush Presidential Library
Complex by The William Waldo Cameron
Forum on Public Affairs Friday evening.
The forum was a part of the "Year of the
Woman." presented by the Bush Library.
Barbara Bush began the evening by intro
ducing the six women and explaining the
importance of their job. Bush said the press
secretary position under the first lady is a
demanding and sometimes stressful job.
"(Press secretaries) are the smartest and
quickest thinking women I have ever met,”
Bush said.
Hoyt, press secretary under former first
lady Rosalynn Carter, said that not only did
she see leadership in the president, she also
saw it in the wives of the presidents, and in the
first ladies’ press secretaries.
"I found out what it took to be a great
leader by' looking at the wives of the presi
dents,” Hoyt said. “I see leadership by these
women up here who have refused to listen to
criticism and opted to be themselves and stay
themselves in order to do what it takes.”
Tate, press secretary under former first lady
Nancy Reagan, said she learned leadership
from Reagan’s example especially during the
time Reagan had to take care of her husband,
who is suffering from a chronic illness.
“Leadership is something learned by
example. I’ve seen Nancy rise to any occa
sion, and her finest hour would have to be
when she is taking care of her husband and
dealing with his illness,” Tate said. “This is a
true display of courage.”
Perez, press secretary under Barbara Bush,
said she learned quickly to stay on Bush’s good
side. She said to keep her life simple, she was to
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|P Beato III • THE BATTALION
Former first lady Barbara Bush meets with other former first were featured at the William Waldo Cameron Forum on
ladies' press secretaries at the Annenburg Presidential Public Affairs as part of the "Year of the Woman,"
Conference Center Friday evening. The press secretaries presented by the George Bush Presidential Library.
Former ambassador celebrates ‘Year of the Woman’
By Jeremy Osborne
THE BATTALION
There is no brighter point of light in Houston
oithe rest of the country than Hushang Ansery,
saidfonner President George H.W. Bush.
“I talk about (him) being one of the ‘thousand
points of light,”’ Bush said.
Ansery cut the ribbon to officially open the
exhibit, “Barbara Bush: An Extraordinary
Journey,” in the gallery that now bears his name
Friday evening. Ansery is a former Iranian ambas
sador to the United States and a trustee of the
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. He
currently resides in Houston.
The “Year of the Woman” was celebrated at the
dedication of the Ansery Gallery of American
History in the Museum of the George Bush
Presidential Library and Museum on Friday as well.
“We are proud to be a small part of this mag
nificent institution that represents an important
chapter in the history of the greatest nation on
earth and a unique contribution of one of its great
est presidents and first ladies,” Ansery said.
Bush said Ansery has given distinguished serv
ice to the United States and Iran.
“He (Ansery) loves his original country, Iran,
which he serves so nobly, and now he is here and
is a true-blue American who has done so much for
everybody,” Bush said. *
The 3,000 square foot Ansery gallery features
changing exhibits that range in topics from the
Bush presidency to the American presidency and
to gerieral American history.
The current exhibit features photographs, let
ters to friends and family members Barbara Bush
collected while traveling and other memorabilia
from her private collection, said Patricia
Burchfield, Bush Library curator.
“We brought together all of. these things, and
seriously mined our own archives and artifact col
lections at the Bush Library to tell the story of her
remarkable life as recounted in her book, ‘Barbara
Bush: A Memoir,”’ Burchfield said.
Corps members ‘March to the Brazos’
despite heavy rain, tornado warning
By Rachel Valencia
THE BATTALION
Photo Courtesy of Brian willis
Company E-2 freshmen arrive at the from their Corps dorms Saturday
Texas A&M Animal Science morning. Some 1,700 cadets partic-
Teaching, Research and Extension ipated in March to the Brazos, a
Complex after a seven-mile hike fund-raising campaign for the
though rain and lightning starting Brazos Valley March of Dimes.
After a two-hour delay due to rain, the Corps of Cadets made
the 14-mile trek to the Texas A&M Animal Science Teaching,
Research and Extension Complex for the Corps’ annual March to
the Brazos Saturday.
Although the march was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., inclement
weather delayed the start of the march until 10 a.m. when the rain
stopped momentarily.
Aided by University, Bryan and College Station Police
Departments and volunteer emergency medics, the Corps made its
way from the quadrangle through campus onto Highway 60 toward
the animal science complex.
However, the weather didn’t let up as a tornado warning stopped
the march for about 15 minutes, but the cadets made their way to the
complex where the rest of the day was Filled with various physical
activities, and a barbecue lunch was catered.
It was also the day where senior cadets passed down their posi
tions to the junior class, which led the march back to campus while
the seniors rode busses back, said. Justin Woods, Corps public rela
tions officer and a senior speech communication major.
Will McAdams, the 2003-04 Coips commander and a senior
business administration major, said this year’s march was a learning
experience for the Corps on how to adapt to adverse conditions.
“We braved the elements against typhoon-like rain,”
McAdams said. “It was a learning experience, but a good experi
ence as a whole.”
Also included in the day’s events were two speeches from
Stephen Greenwade, Class of 1979, and Brian Hervey, Class of
1992 and a member of the Texas A&M Foundation, said Zach
Greenwade, a junior industrial distribution major. Hervey spoke
about the purpose behind the cadets’ efforts in raising money for the
March of Dimes, while Stephen Greenwade, who was a junior when
the March to the Brazos was reinstated and combined with the
March of Dimes in 1978, related the story to the cadets, Zach
Greenwade said.
March of Dimes is a non-profit organization that puts money into
researching and saving premature babies, babies with birth defects
and those with low birth weight.
This year, the Corps of Cadets raised a total of a little more than
$115,000 for the March of Dimes, while Company E-l raised the
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