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Tom Peterson, vice president of Y2M, a company that fo cuses on the college and recent graduate market, and College Publisher, a technology provider for campus newspapers, helped sponsor the online press conference. Peterson said youth voting is important. “Young people have such a powerful impact on what is hap pening now and in the future, and if they are active now they will be in the future,” Peterson said. Greene said the street teams, or groups from Rock the >te that make presentations at high schools and college campuses, are the heart and soul of this organization. “The peer-to-peer work that they are doing across the country is what is driving increasing engagement in this election from this generation,” Greene said. Greene said 70 percent of students who are registered turn out lovote. She emphasized voter rights, such as the right to vote if they are in line before the polls close, the right to request a provi sional ballot if their name is not on the voter registration and the right to request a new ballot if they make a mistake. “We need to push the youth in the direction they need to go.and we hope everyone will vote in the 2004 elections,” Language Continued from page 1 Golsan said students will study history, politics and art, among other classes, giving them a broader cultural studies program rather than simply traditional literature. Victor Arizpe, head of the Department of Hispanic Studies, said this split allows his de partment to better assess the students’ experi ence and ensure that they are getting a chal lenging curriculum. “It allows us to focus, to develop specific programs for them,” Arizpe said. “It gives us the opportunity to develop, to enhance the un dergraduate experience in terms of the current course offerings (and) potential development of new offerings.” Although Department of Modern and Classical Languages faculty have been dis cussing a split for several years, the recom mendation for the split came three years ago from an external review team comprised of experts from the University of Texas, Geor gia Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt University, Golsan said. “It just kind of reached a point given the evolution of the department and the evolution of Texas and the world, that this was a much more natural division,” Golsan said. Arizpe said the split was the natural next step in the creation of the department because the Spanish section was looking to implement a doctorate program. “There is a need for an interdisciplinary approach to issues that relate to the Hispanic population,” Arizpe said. Brannon Kroll, a graduate assistant teaching Spanish, said the split will allow Texas A&M to be recognized for being more culturally adept. Wednesday, September 29, 2004 “The split will allow for more choices in upper level undergraduate courses, and hope fully it will provide more funding so that you can hire more teachers to teach the lower level classes,” Kroll said. Ralph Schoolcraft, associate professor of French, said the split allows for a more equitable division of resources, but also places the Euro Studies Department in a vulnerable position. “We’re now an extremely small unit,” he said. “And that means we’re also a small dot on the radar in the college’s overall scheme of things.” Schoolcraft said the advantage is that Euro Studies can focus all its energies on finding solutions to the problems it faces due to its small size. “All in all, the split allows each depart ment to focus more on its own areas,” Kroll said. Duncan Continued from page 1 financed through a Corps fund-raising project. The project allowed donors to sponsor newly constructed columns and outfits logos. More than 40 columns and Tfloutfits were sponsored, said retired Lt. Col. Buck 1 lender- son, coordinator of external support of the Corps. Plaques bearing the do nors’ names will be dis played under the outfit signs and on columns. Cadets are generally pleased about these new changes. “There are more food selections, and the place looks better,” Friedli said. The Dining Hall will also host many events, including Corps formals and presen tations. Most recently, it hosted Military Weekend and the 30th anniversary of Women in the Corps of Ca dets ceremony. A re-opening event will be held during lunch at Duncan Thursday, and stu dents are invited to take a peek at the new facility. “A lot of students don’t feel like eating there,” Za- wieja said, “Some didn’t know they could.” With the improved facili ties, Food Semces workers say they hope Duncan will become a more attractive place for dining. “Come check it out for yourself,” Zawieja said. Merge Continued from page 1 department is the principal ini tiator of the UBM program. He said the program was created for undergraduates because there has been an increasing need for research in biology undergradu ate programs. “(The opposing opinion) speaks volumes for the need for this program, because nothing I do in my laboratory or in my classes can be understood com pletely without a mathematical basis,” Cassone said. “We need to train students to think (about) biological questions from math ematical perspective. And a hope our students will go on and go to the graduate schools and become professional scientists, taking advantage of what they learn in this program.” Newton said the National Science Foundation is hoping to permanently change the cur rent biological curricula in the U.S. universities, adding more mathematical emphasis in bi ology, as biology increasingly involves mathematics. “The potential here is very real. We are excited about the program from both biological and mathematical stand points. We expect more students will come in down the main stream,” said Dr. Albert Boggess, head of the Department of Mathematics. Enrollment Continued from page 1 seek additional ways to make our student body more reflective of the population of the state.” Perry said minority enrollment is higher this year because 2,300 socioeconomic-targeted scholarships have been created and that more than 50 percent of those scholarships have been given to stu dents in those underrepresented areas. He said more than $12 mil lion has been reallocated to underwrite many of these scholarships, outreach efforts, recruitment and retention efforts for first-generation and disadvantaged groups. “Some of it came from existing funds that already were being re allocated,” Perry said. “Some percent of it also came from tuition increases. It’s a combination of funds from different sources.” Kimberly Dyess, a junior civil engineering major, said it is a good idea if some of her tuition goes toward scholarships for disadvan taged socioeconomic groups. “I think if a scholarship is earned by someone, regardless of race, then it sounds like a good thing,” Dyess said. Wavering voters opposed to Iraq, leery of Kerry WASHINGTON — In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presi dency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle — wavering vot ers who are more likely than others to ques tion President Bush’s honesty and think the NEWS IN BRIEF war in Iraq was a mistake. An Associated Press poll of 1,329 "persuad able” voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House. While they have problems with Bush, they also have doubts about Demo cratic Sen. John Kerry's leadership skills and be lieve Bush is best suited to protect the nation. One in every five voters is persuadable — including about 5 percent who tell pollsters they don't know who will get their vote and about 15 percent who say they are leaning toward one candidate but could switch to an other. In past elections, as much as one-third fit that description, but most of the nation was quick to pick sides this year in the aftermath of the disputed 2000 election. A Tradition of Serving Others Since 1961, Texas A&M University has provided its best and brightest Alumni to the Peace Corps — 458 graduates. Today, 30 Aggies serve throughout the lobe in the areas of Health, Business, ducation, Environment, Agriculture and Community Development. Are you ready to become part of this Aggie tradition? 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