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10 Aggies selected to Teach for America
By Emily Guevara
THE BATTALION
Seniors Alicia Bowman and Preston
Gorman were making plans for their lives
after graduation. Both set to graduate in May
2004, Bowman had been accepted to gradu
ate school at University of California-Davis
and Gorman was looking for a job with
thoughts of teaching. Then the opportunity
to join Teach for America came along.
Bowman and Gorman are two of 10
Aggies accepted to the two-year Teach for
America corps. They will begin teaching
this fall after a summer of training.
The Teach for America program recruits
recent college graduates to teach in low-
income communities in a movement to elim
inate America’s educational inequity, accord
ing to the Teach for America Web site.
Bowman said educational inequity refers
to the achievement gap between students of
low-income and high-income communities.
“The core of the mission is to foster
more of an equal opportunity for people, in
the area of education,” Gorman said.
Bowman said she never felt like graduate
school was going to be the challenge she was
looking for or an opportunity to give back as
she had throughout her time at A&M.
Bowman was a member of Minorities in
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related
Sciences (MANRRS) while at A&M. It was
through this organization that she recruited
for A&M in the Rio Grande Valley and first
saw the need in this area.
“I was amazed at this (achievement gap)
and by the fact that those at Teach for
America see it as the civil rights issue of our
time,” Bowman said.
Gorman said this program presented a
good option for him for several reasons. He
would work with a team of teachers, go to a
new city and receive awesome training and
support from the program.
“It eases the transition into teaching rather
than just going on your own,” Gorman said.
Bowman and Gorman attended summer
training institutes in Houston and New
York, respectively.
“The training in New York was the hard
est thing I have ever done,” Gorman said.
The training consisted of teaching sum
mer school, curriculum sessions, observ
ing teachers and lesson planning, Bowman
said. The summer training began at 6:45
each morning and sometimes lasted until 10
p.m with limited breaks.
Bowman^ who will teach seventh grade sci
ence in Donna, Texas, said she wants to inspire
her students to love learning in general.
“I hope I can show them that they can do
anything if they work hard,” Bowman said.
Gorman, who will teach middle school
math in Camden, N.J., said he hopes to
impact the lives of his students and learn
about himself and what he wants to do with
his life.
“Even if people move on (to other fields) the
issue of social justice and equality will forever
be imprinted on their mind,” Gorman said.
“1 am so proud of Alicia and of this
program for trying to help these kids,” said
Bowman’s mother Theresa.
Though Bowman said these will be the
longest days of her life, she encourages oth
ers to consider this program.
“Look at the program and the Web site,”
Bowman said. “It is not the rest of your
life. It is only two years, and you are part
of a movement.”
Apartment
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the State Fire Marshal recommended
that all exterior gas lines and all water
heaters at the Hensel Terrace apartments
be inspected. The inspections were per
formed by TXU.
Six exterior gas leaks and one exterior
water leak were found and addressed and
12 water heater repairs were made.
The University also conducted an inspec
tion of all gas appliances in all University
apartments. Several types of gas-related
issues were identified and addressed,
including repairs to leaking gas valves and
the relighting of pilot lights.
“There are lots of leaks that have been
found and people are worried about that,”
Ribeiro said.
Residents are also scared about the pos
sibility of an accident occurring during the
repairs that are currently being conducted,
Ribeiro said.
The apartment stoves are a specif
ic cause of concern to many residents,
Ribeiro said.
If the pilot light in the stove extinguishes,
the dangerous gas can fill the apartment.
“I woke up two days ago to the smell
of gas in my apartment,” Ribeiro said.
“I opened the doors and windows and
turned on the A/C and a fan to try to get
it out.”
“We are forming a committee to
make sure the maintenance is done
well,” Ribeiro said. “The committee will
include residents of the apartments and
University officials.”
“We are in the process of getting the
history and pulling the facts together,”
Lawson said. “We don’t know the cause
of the fire and we’ll have to look at a
number of things.”
The fire marshal’s report will probably
be in on Wednesday, said Bart Humphreys,
public information officer for the College
Station Fire Department.
“We are waiting for the fire marshal’s
report, but gas is the most likely cause,”
Ribeiro said.
Fish Camp
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new people, learning about the Aggie way
of life and I’m really excited about the
mixers,” said Robin Collett, incoming
freshman and Fish Camp Session F partici
pant. “Most of all, I’m really proud to be
an Aggie, and I can’t wait to meet people
who feel the same way I do.”
Fish Camp is almost entirely stu
dent-run. From the directors of the Fish
Camp program to each camp’s indi
vidual co-chairs and counselors, those
involved spend months preparing for the
six sessions of Fish Camp that serve as
a universal “welcome wagon” into the
Aggie family.
“This is an incredible program because
of the intensity of student involvement,”
Boren said. “Texas A&M students are truly
dedicated to giving back to the community
and making a difference in people’s lives.”
For more information, visit http://fish-
camp.tamu.edu.
NEWS IN BRIEF
California Republicans
oppose bond money for
stem cell research
SAN DIEGO — Capping a three-day state
convention, California Republicans voted Sunday
to oppose a November ballot measure that would
provide $3 billion in state bonds for human
embryonic stem cell research in California.
Although President Bush has cited ethical
issues in arguing against the expansion of
such research, party members framed their
voice vote largely as a budget issue. They said
the state can’t afford $3 billion in interest
payments that would bring the true cost of
Proposition 71 to $6 billion.
“There are people on our committee who
support embryonic stem cell research that
voted to oppose Proposition 71,” said Mike
Spence, chair of the party’s initiative committee.
The committee recommended the “no” vote to
more than 600 voting delegates Sunday.
“There’s billions in bonds, a new state agen
cy that’s unaccountable ... and there’s cloning
involved," said Spence. He said party members
also oppose fund-raising by venture capital
firms and biotechnology interests for a measure
that would reward them with state grants.
The state’s most prominent Republican,
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has taken no
position on the stem cell ballot measure.
He said in June that he supports stem cell
research, but he has also campaigned against
the state going deeper into debt.
The measure would distribute $300 million a
year for 10 years to California-based research.
That far exceeds the $60 million awarded
nationally in 2002 by the Bush administration.
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killed early Saturday morning after his vehicle crossed intoont
traffic and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler in CentralTex
Andrew Smith, a 21-year-old from Bay City who was expti
compete for starting quarterback this fall, was pronounced deal
scene. The pre-dawn accident happened on Texas Highway6,
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director Rick Villarreal told the Denton Record-Chroniclei
Sunday editions. “The players are all kids and they arevulnj
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will be missed.”
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known why Smith’s 2003 Ford pickup crossed into oncoming
The report said Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was
from the truck when it hit the tractor-trailer.
The 18-wheeler’s driver was treated for minor injuries
scene, the report said.
Smith was in his third year at UNT, where he had
quarterback 16 times, said Eric Capper, a spokesman
university’s athletic program. Smith had two years ofeligibil;|
to play for UNT.
“He was a significant player, and was loved by hist
Capper told the Waco Tribune-Herald for its Sunday edition,
was going to continue to be an important part of the team,
will miss him.”
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bought by watching and look
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“If someone’s had too much,
we cut them off, and if they
persist, we kick them out,”
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are legally liable, students
should drink responsibly,
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culture and Queen Victoria.
She is the author of “Becoming Victoria” and “Disciplines
Virtue: Girls’ Culture in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Vallone has also co-edited many books.
In 2000 Vallone was awarded a five-year University Fati
Fellowship as well as an Association of Former Students/Colte
Liberal Arts Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998.
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tion major Lisa Steiner. “I have never really considered some of
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