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Asked UHAT VoO WERE Doing AfTER <SRA&uaTIo/J it ftmim Did I Not' Teu v® 0 Govs * 1/V( Going T« CHINA. -vi noise t poumion W JOSh DflRUJin NEWS IN BRIEF Corps to participate in March to the Brazos Saturday The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets will participate in lie annual March to the Brazos Saturday as part of a fund rasier for the March of Dimes. The Corps will begin its march at the quadrangle and will march seven miles tottie A&M Beef Center, off ol Highway 60 beginning at8 a.m., said Sam McAna| Corps Wing commander. At the Beef Center, (tie Corps will have lunch, listen to a speaker from the March of Dimes and do somephysi' cal training. The march also symbolizes the transition of leaderships the juniors take on their nei positions from the seniors and lead the march back. McAnally said. The Corps will return to campus at about 3 p.m. Archery Continued from page 1 Raffaelli said Stanford University recently hired Arizona’s archery coach, and that The University of California has a fully-funded archery team and coach. Raffaelli said she felt that this would be one of the emerging rivalries in the nation, and would lead to significant growth. She also cited several grassroots movements in Kentucky and the Dallas-Fort Worth area where elementary and middle schools were adding archery to their curriculum. “If we continue to fund our varsity programs, these children will have something to shoot for and will want to attend A&M so that they can compete on the varsity level,” Raffaelli said. Raffaelli also pointed out that of the small budget the archery team uses from the Athletic Department, $25().(KX), the team only uses about 68 percent. “One of our biggest problems with this cut is the fact that Mr. Byrne has given us approxi mately two weeks of notice. We leave for nationals the Wednesday of finals.” she said. Raffaelli said that if fund ing for the archery program is cut as Byrne intends, the archery team would not be able to compete in the national com petition this summer even if they qualified, as they would not have the funds. Byrne cited the archery head coach's resignation as one of the reasons for the review. “Our head coach, Kathy Eissinger, has done a terrific job with the program and she is an Aggie, Class of 1986," Byrne said. “She has sacrificed her per sonal life for this program, serv ing as our head coach while her husband is employed in Utah. It is her desire to join him at this time, and I support that decision. With Sc n ,° r nattona, chant Mao Zorn said the majori the team is from out of stau that cutting the program * hurt archery’s recruiting eff "It we lose our funding the university we won t be to attract top shtxtters from a the nation, and most of our will no longer be able to afTti go to lexas A&M," Zorn said. II returned to club status, the women’s varsity team will be forced to receive funds from recreation sports, which has already budgeted money for the men’s team. “1 don’t know what more the Athletic Department could want from a team: The archery team has multiple national and world championships, a collective 3.0 GPA and a clean record of each and every one of it’s members,” Raffaelli said. “We have brought nothing but honor and prestige to this University." Gates Continued from page 1 like to see a balance between University tuition increases and state tuition increases. Speaker of the Senate Logan Renfrew said he wanted to know if there were going to be any more tuition increases in the future, and that Gates must have a ballpark figure as to what any future increases may be. “Overall, the Texas legislature has been very kind to higher education when compared to the legisla tures of other states,” Gates said. “However, every thing depends on the upcoming legislative session.” Gates said A&M has never been in the recruit ing business, and A&M has only recruited a small amount of students. “The only types of students we have actively recruited in the past have been national merit scholars and student athletes,” Gates said. “A&M is a minority in regards to merit-based admissions and is essentially pioneering the process.” Gates said these types of admissions increased diversity and were ultimately in the best interest of Texas A&M. "I think his merit-based admissions plan is phenomenal, and it distinguishes A&M from other universities across the nation," said Philip Shackleford, speaker pro tern of the Student Senate. “While other universities cave into the pressure of race-based admissions, A&M is lead ing the way toward success.” Gates also spoke about the numerous chal lenges A&M faced. Gates said although the number of black and Hispanic applicants has increased by 19 percent and 8 percent respectively and the number admitted has increased 32 percent and 10 per cent, the University still faces challenges in con vincing more from these groups to enroll in the University. “We want minorities to know that they are wel come at Texas A&M and that we want them to attend our University,” Gates said. Gates said that during the admission application review process, the field with the applicants’ race is not available to the reviewers and that each applicant is treated individually and evaluated as a whole. Gates also talked to senators about Dean L. Bresciani, the recently appointed vice president for student affairs. Bike Continued from page 1 bicycles to work. “I think this event is goodfot cycling, and I think it’s impor tant for the city as well as local businesses to recognize the need to make our environmem more bicycle friendly,” Wagner said Baker said that in past yean the event has always been ven successful. "Our point is simple: Ride your hike and get involved in cycling,” Baker said. AIDS Continued from page 1 w orks with. Evans said the stu dents who help raise the money are young philanthro pists working for a good cause. “We are amazingly grate ful and inspired by all the work that gets done on college campuses today,” Evans said. The concert will kickoff at 10 p.m., and to attend,stu dents must first RSVP K sending an e-mail to iharf- man@tamu.edu. “Come out. raise money, and have a great time," Hartman said. Bonfire Continued from page 1 “The city is expanding, and land has been going fast around here,” Lopez said, Lopez said attendance at Student Bonfire’s off-campus bonfire has grown by 5,000peo ple per year since 2002, when attendance was 10,000. Attendance in 2(X)4 is projected to be 20,000. A representative from the on-campus organization Bonfire Coalition said it is not planning any similar concerts but that it does not condemn the fund-raiser. “Our official position is lhai we don’t support or condemn off-campus bonfire, and that is the same for the concert," said Bonfire Coalition Co-Chair and senior finance major Alex King, Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the concert is expected to last until 2 a.m, Mon-Thur 4pm til Midnight Fri-Sun 11am til Midnight D I N E-IN OR CARRY-OUT A'ob Lunch On Fridays! Open at 11am Phone Ahead! (979) 846-9464 700 University Dr. next to Blockbuster video The Battalion Elizabeth N. 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