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lomeland Security comes to A&M
By Shawn C. Millender
THE BATTALION
n i inmH > ecretarv T°m Ridge of the U.S. Department of
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effort. Ridge announced a $ 15 million grant to Min
nesota to start the National Center for Food Protec
tion and Defense. USC is home to the Center for
Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.
A representative from the office of the vice pres
ident for research at A&M said the Center’s loca
tion within the University has not been decided.
Neville Clark, director of A&M’s Institute for
Countermeasures Against Agricultural Bioter
rorism, will be the coordinator of the program.
He was unavailable for comment Monday.
Zoonotic diseases are infections that can be
spread to humans through animals. The program
will concentrate its efforts on the three that are
most clearly a threat to national security: avian
influenza, commonly known as bird flu, foot-
and-mouth disease and Rift Valley fever.
According to the Texas Department of Ag
riculture Web site, foot-and-mouth disease is a
“severe, highly communicable viral disease of
cattle and swine. It also affects sheep, goats, deer
and other cloven-hoofed ruminants.”
The United States has not had a case of foot-
and-mouth disease reported since 1929.
Southeast Asia has seen severe outbreaks of
Influenza that resulted in human deaths. The
source of human infections is not known, ac
cording to the TDA.
See Security on page 2
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A&M will receive SI8 million to start the
National Center for Foreign Animal and
Zoonotic Disease Defense at Texas A&M.
9 A&M will be partnered with the University
of Southern California and the University
of Minnesota
<9 Zoonotic diseases are spread to humans
by animals
9 The Center will concentrate its efforts on
avian flu, foot-and-mouth disease and Rift
Valley fever
9 The Center's location is to be determined
Andrew Burleson • THE BATTALION
Source: U.S. DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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BRIAN WILLS • THE BATTALION
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By Suzy Green
THE BATTALION
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REINARZ
Increasing the enrollment of un
derrepresented students remains a
main goal, Reinarz said.
“I’ll be trying to maintain the mo
mentum that we’ve had and continue
outreach and recruitment efforts,”
Reinarz said.
Reinarz has dealt with a variety of
issues with undergraduate students,
said Mark Weichold, dean of un
dergraduate programs and associate
provost for academic services.
“She has an excellent set of ex
periences,” Weichold said. “Her
background and people skills set
her apart.”
Reinarz will oversee recruiting, ad
missions and record keeping efforts.
“We’re doing more work with
community colleges, as well as ex
panding and creating new centers
around the state for recruiting,”
Weichold said.
Reinarz held faculty and admin
istrative positions at the Universi
ty of Michigan and the University
of Texas before coming to A&M
in 2003.
“I’ve had a career in undergradu
ate education that spans a variety
of roles and I really appreciate the
unique and wonderful opportunity at
Texas A&M,” Reinarz said.
Reinarz is the recipient of several
awards for undergraduate education,
including the Carski Foundation
Distinguished Teaching Award. The
Carski Award recognizes outstand
ing teaching of microbiology to un
dergraduate students.
John Giardino, dean of graduate
studies, is chairing a search advisory
committee to find a permanent assis
tant provost for enrollment.
By Chelsea Sledge
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M faculty debated several is
sues at the Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Don Hellreigel, a Faculty Senator for the
College of Business, made it
clear that he was disturbed by
the current policy on faculty
vacation, which “reassigns”
faculty who need to take
leave, rather than calling their
vacation an emergency leave.
“I have a problem with
it when you get audited,”
Hellreigel, said. “What task
would you tell them you
were doing in New York?
Why not just call it emer
gency leave?”
This problem of reassign
ment exists, for example,
when a faculty member’s
daughter gets married the
week after spring break,
when faculty are not supposed to take busi
ness leave. Department heads can “reassign”
faculty members temporarily to the location
they need for a brief period of time without
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figure it out.
— Vince Casone
College of Science senator
leave, said Karan Watson, dean of faculties.
“If somebody is going to New York on a
personal basis I don’t think you should be
saying it’s for another purpose,” Hellreigel
said. “Don’t call it being assigned to New
York. Just be general and say you are be
ing granted leave.”
Taking time off is a prob
lem for faculty members.
Even leaving for small tasks
such as meeting with an ac
countant can be difficult,
said Martha Loudder, former
Faculty Senate speaker.
Out of the 2,400 faculty
at Texas A&M, Watson said
she sees about a dozen “reas
signments” to different loca
tions every year.
“All we’re saying is you
have obligations as a faculty to
do appropriate leave practices
and inform the University of
where you are,” Watson said.
Vince Casone, a senator
for the College of Science, also spoke at
Monday’s meeting. He informed the Senate
See Senate on page 2
The Prairie Print Makers
on display at Stark Galleries
By Joanna M. Jemison
THE BATTALION
After the stock market crash and during
the oncoming tides of the Great Depres
sion, 10 print makers began to collaborate
on affordable and available art that Ameri
cans everywhere could enjoy.
Currently on display at the Sara &
John H. Lindsey Gallery within the J.
Wayne Stark University Center Galler
ies is a collection of gift prints made by
“The Prairie Print Makers,” a Kansas-
based printing society.
The collection has a range of many dif
ferent printing techniques such as etch
ing, lithography, drypoint, wood engrav
ing and aquatint.
The 34-piece collection includes works
depicting scenes of everyday life. With
dramatic contrast of black and white and
splashes of color, the overarching detail
composed within the works allows the
viewer to take a glimpse into the artists’
works on display.
Catherine Hastedt, Director of Art
Collections and Exhibitions at the Stark
Galleries, said “The Prairie Print Mak
ers” typified what they call the Regional-
ist art period which glorified the Ameri
can countryside.
The exhibit displays various scenes from
See Prairie on page 2
Prairie Prints
The J. Wayne Stark University Center
Galleries are showing a collection of gift
prints made by the "Prairie Print Makers"
The complete collection of prints
runs from 1931 to 1965
The Kansas-based Print Makers
traveled across the United States to
promote sale of its work
The collection contains art made
using various techniques including
etching, lithography, drypoint, wood
engraving and aquatint
The collection is representative of
the Regionalist period of American
Art
Andrew Burleson • THE BATTALION
Source: CATHERINE HASTEDT, GALLERY CURATOR
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents killed three
ll.S. soldiers and an Iraqi civilian in separate
Ittacks, and a militant group threatening to kill
Is Filipino hostage extended until Tuesday its
I eadline for Manila to agree to withdraw peace-
[keepers early.
1 The Philippine government previously rejected
Hat ultimatum.
Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawer said his
ovemment will soon offer an amnesty to those
who have fought against the U.S.-led coalition, a
British newspaper reported Monday.
“We are offering an amnesty definitely, for
people who have not committed too many atro
cious acts,’’ al-Yawer was quoted as telling The
Financial Times. “Everybody except murderers,
rapists and kidnappers.’’
He said the amnesty would be offered within
“a couple of days.’’
The proposal was first mentioned earlier this
month by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister
lyad Allawi, signaling the new government’s de
sire to distance itself from the 14-month U.S.-led
occupation of Iraq.
Iraq’s national security adviser, Mouwaffaq al-
Rubaie, said Sunday the country would honor the
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and other inter
national agreements banning the use of chemical
and biological weapons.
“Iraq officially declares it will be a country free
of any weapons of mass destruction,” al-Rubaie
said. “Iraq will never again resort to threatening
its neighbors, as Saddam did.”
Saddam Hussein’s alleged possession of
such weapons was one of President Bush’s
declared reasons for invading Iraq. The hunt
for weapons of mass destruction has proved
largely unsuccessful.
On Sunday afternoon, a roadside bomb ex
ploded as U.S. patrol passed in Samarra, a hot
bed of violence 60 miles north of Baghdad, kill
ing two soldiers and wounding three others, the
military said.
Earlier, a U.S. convoy was attacked in Beiji, 90
miles south of the northern city of Mosul. After a
roadside bomb exploded, an enemy vehicle raced
toward the convoy and fired at the soldiers, who
See Hostage on page 2