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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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,
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