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MSC Council focusing effort
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LINDSEY
WILSON
At the beginning of
every year, MSC Fall
Leadership Confer
ence offers one of
the most incompa
rable experiences on
campus: A chance for
student leaders to have
a conversation with
Texas A&M President
Robert M. Gates, his
executive staff and the
deans of each college. One piece of advice
that Gates shared with this group was the
importance of focus for an organization.
As a result, the MSC Council has decided
to focus on four areas: Integration with
academic programs, student development
diversity and collaboration with other
student organizations.
The first priority, integration with
academic programs, combines classroom
learning with co-curricular development.
There is a perception that knowledge
gained inside the classroom and knowledge
gained outside the classroom is mutually
exclusive. But in fact, the most valuable
learning experiences come from combining
the knowledge and theories learned in the
classroom with the skills developed in ex
tracurricular organizations. MSC commit
tees have historically involved professors
in our programs and worked closely with
colleges to ensure that their students are
aware of these opportunities. In the future,
MSC committees will continue to seek
professors’ advice as well as work with
colleges to create and execute programs.
The MSC strives to enhance the intellec
tual climate by providing experiences that
involve academic skills and allow students
to gain experience in a professional field.
Our resource areas and committees help
students identify and develop skills in areas
that relate to their professional interests.
Constantly striving to integrate what
students learn in their academic careers
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with the knowledge of the faculty and staff
can only enhance the educational experi
ence for all members of the Texas A&M
community. As a department of the Divi
sion of Student Affairs, the MSC is charged
with providing students the opportunity for
student development. Ethics, responsibility,
dedication, commitment, possessing a char
acter of integrity and
developing leadership
skills are all part of stu
dent development in the
MSC. Students have
many opportunities to
develop themselves:
chairing an MSC
committee or resource
area, organizing and
executing programs,
raising funds, facilitat
ing the programming
accountability process
and many more. As the
year goes on, we will
be working on a way to
track student develop
ment as well as finding
organizations. Every year there in an|
of new officers to any organization ancl
often organizations try to reinvent therj
verbial wheel. Collaborating with otlx i
dent organizations allows us to learnfri
each other’s successes and failures and f
combine resources. In the past, we
had many opportunities to work witho^
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enhance the intellectual
climate by providing ex
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serve others.
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paramount is the ability to work well with
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in organizations should be one avenue for
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an environment where students can develop
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crucial that we are providing a place where
people can have those valuable experi
ences. Diversity is a priority to the MSC
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free to share ideas and engage in conversa
tions expressing their own opinions without
the fear of being alienated.
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priorities is collaborating with other student
A&M. We strive to create programsttej
will help enlighten, entertain anddevek
students into successful and aware Ags
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vital to continue providing this valuable
service. Every student is invited to prov
input and can do so through evaluation
forms at any MSC Program or through
e-mail. Visit the new MSC Website(\n
msc.tamu.edu) for upcoming programs
and opportunities to learn about whatis
going on in the Memorial Student Cente:|
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is not a failure
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In response to Joshua Dwyer’
Sept 23 column:
In response to Cindy Me Reyn
olds Sept. 21 column:
Mr. Dwyer’s column is patroniz
ing to every person who has had
sex before marriage. To compare
the failure of having sex out of wed
lock to dropping out of school is
positively ludicrous.
Not everyone feels that having
premarital sex is a mistake, and,
as one of those people, I can tell
you that I certainly do not appreci
ate being condemned because of
someone else’s arbitrary standards
of morality.
I am also appalled at the impli
cations that sex before marriage is
purely physical and that those who
participate in it are simply seeking
physical gratification. Many who
participate in premarital sex do so
in loving relationships where there
is much more involved than the
selfish gratification Dwyer writes
about. Mr. Dwyer needs to respect
that the decision to have sex before
marriage is something every person
should be able to decide for him or
herself without being criticized.
As a student of bat biology,
my response to Ms. McReynolds’
opinion is somewhat incredu
lous. Mexican free-tailed bats
have been part of the Texas A&M
scene since the Pavilion was a
horse barn, and to my knowl
edge, no Aggie has been infected
with rabies. Yes, bats — as well
as some people — can be a nui
sance. Nevertheless, I see no
reason to have a mass eradica
tion of either, and I refuse to rely
on the Montgomery County Ani
mal Control Department for any
statistics regarding the danger of
these tailed chiropterans.
Out of the million of free-tailed
bats, the frequency of rabies is
less than the frequency of people
over seven-feet tall.
It is wise for the administra
tion to encourage avoidance of
bats on the ground. This is not
the bat’s natural habitat and to
any sensible person, thisstio
signal a cautionary note,
sad that the University's
cautions and a mention of:
sitivity toward an animal :j
does considerably more d
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diatribe. Ms. McReynolds'
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understanding of bats, envifl
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