The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 29, 1999, Page 2, Image 2
_Carolina News_
Texas A&M
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A&M senior Jennifer Burrows said
she felt as if she’d lost 12 siblings after
the accident. An interesting statement,
considering Burrows had never even met
any of the dead.
“That doesn’t matter,” Burrows said.
“Everyone here is like a family. We
all believe in the same thing, and that’s
carrying on those A&M traditions.”
Traditions. More than most schools,
A&M is defined by traditions. Before
they ever sit through their first class as
freshmen, students go through a four
day orientation period that deals solely
with traditions.
“From inside looking out, you can’t
explain it,” junior Laura Wilkinson said.
“And from the outside looking in,
you can’t understand it.” '
The bonfire, though, is easily the
Aggies’ biggest rallying point.
Started in 1909, the bonfire began
as a pile of trash and scrap wood that stu
dents burned before football games against
the University of Texas. Over the
years the structure grew to be six tiers
and 55 feet high. Still, it has always car
ried the same meaning, a “burning”
desire lo beat archrival Texas.
Volunteer students, many of them
members of A&M’s Corps of Cadets,
begin preparations for the bonfire in Sep
tember by cutting down between 6,000
and 7,000 trees. Once the actual build
ing starts, students work in one of two
shifts: 6 p.m. to midnight or midnight to
6 a.m.
“Even if you don’t work on it, you
go watch it and appreciate it,” junior
Danny Crane said. “I think that’s part of
the reason this is so much harder to take.
They were building that for the
school, for the tradition. They were do
ing it for us.”
This tragedy has caused some to
question whether the Aggies should con
tinue with the 90-year-old event, an
opinion opposed by most, including the
victims’ parents.
There also have been concerns raised
as lo whether workers were following
proper safely procedures during the build
ing process. Those who came to the po
lo fields Thursday were hardly in the
mood to discuss such subjects.
“The national media are the one
pointing fingers,” senior Ryai. Moshell
said. “Ever since this happened, no one
at A&M has pointed a finger at anyone
else. All we’ve cared about is being there
for one another. That’s all that’s impor
tant right now.”
The Aggies were certainly in a sup
portive mode Thursday. Before the
evening candlelight vigil, mourners came
by the thousands earlier in the day to
view the makeshift memorials that had
been constructed around the security
fence.
une woman Drought a dozen ros
es, one for each of the dead, and
placed one below each of the 12
wooden crosses. Poems, Bible verses
and letters were attached to the fence
along with pictures and flowers.
The ground was strewn with teddy
bears, footballs, hard hats, snuff cans and
other reminders of the victims. A wood
en wall was cluttered with signatures
from well-wishers.
The support has extended beyond
College Station. Instate rivals Baylor and
Texas Tech have sent banners and
cards and other various mementos.
It's the efforts from the Universi
ty of Texas, though, that have left Ag
gies awestruck.
The Longhorns were host to a uni
ty gathering Monday. Several days ear
lier, a campus blood drive drew about
400 students. That, coach Mack Brown
said, is about 350 more people than a
normal blood drive attracts.“Rivalries
aren’t built on hate,” said Brown, whose
team is 9-2. “They’re built on respect.”
Y2K
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After viewing the report, they de
clared that institutions of higher educa
tion are among the least prepared for
2000.
“1 see a big problem here, even
though we've finally seen progress in
this area,” John Koskinen, chairman
of the President's Council on Year 200
Conversion, told the Chronicle of High
er Education.
To help schools determine just how
'Y2K compliant they are, the Depart
ment of Education has come up with
checklists and questions for school ad
ministrators.
Dorms
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off. I would'prefer to be able to put the
air on sometimes,” Haynie said.
Another Towers resident, Hyacinth
Davis, complained about the constant
heat in the halls of Laborde, but hasn’t
had any problems in her room.
“They are working pretty well. We
haven’t had any problems. I wish it
was a little cooler outside so we could
use the heat, but it is satisfactory,” Davis
said.
Luna said he thought the Towers,
which have the airflow control system,
offer the least amount of control for stu
dents to regulate room temperature. He
said newer residence halls like South
Quad have state-of-the-art systems.
South Quad resident Tonya Holmes
likes having a thermostat in her room.
“Last semester I stayed in Sims, and
1 couldn’t control the air in the room. I
like it here a lot better. On a scale of one
to 10 it’s a 10,” Holmes said.
Other residents with thermostats feel
the same way, but some have minor prob
lems.
Columbia Hall resident Nathan Todd
said his thermostat, once started, takes
ten minutes to reach the desired tem
perature.
Thomwell resident Lynn Berry has
an inaccurate thermostat, but she said
she has figured out how to get the tem
perature she wants. She said she puts it
on 50 degrees to stay cool and 60 de
grees to stay warm.
Pinckney/Legare resident Samantha
Harter would like to have a thermostat
in her room.
“Even when we turn off the heat it
still comes in. I have a fan blowing on
me at all times because it’s too hot,” Har
ter said. “I wjsh they would turn on the
air. We are stuck suffering.”
Harter said she called her area of
fice, but they said nothing could be done.
Luna disagrees.
“If it’s really excessive then we will
check it out. Students may need to put
in a maintenance request,” Luna said.
McClintock resident Leslie Stevens
had her system fixed at the beginning of
the year.
“Wfe are satisfied with it because they
fixed it. At the beginning of the year it
didn’t work at all, but now it’s fine,”
Stevens said.
If students who want to help fix
the problem themselves can open their
windows, use fans to keep cooler or turn
off the heat.
Both Matt Brice and William Couch
live in Capstone and said they’ve resorted
to turning off their heat. Capstone resi
dents can control the airflow but not the
temperature.
“It’s really not that big of a problem,
but it can be an inconvenience. They re
ally just change it from day to day. Some
times it’s really cold and sometimes it’s
really hot. We usually just keep it off,”
Couch said.
Luna said a change from current sys
tems to thermostats would cost between
$500,000 and $1 million.
Professorship
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try.
Edgar, who teaches South Carolina
and Southern history at USC, is already
an accomplished lecturer.
Prior to being awarded the profes
sorship, Edgar’s lecture credits includ
ed being the keynote speaker at the Vet
erans Hospital Veterans Day celebration
and a Palmetto Day speaker at
Charleston’s Fort Moultrie in recogni
tion of America’s 1776 defeat of the
British in the American Revolution.
And in addition to the 30 lectures
Edgar will give at schools across the state
next year, as a George Washington pro
fessor, he will also speak on the im
portance and historical impact of reli
gious freedom to Charleston’s Supreme
Court Historical Society in February.
Edgar’s popularity as a historical
speaker and his receiving of the profes
sorship could be viewed as merely fur
ther affirmations of his status as a
well-respected authority on history.
“South Carolina: A History” has sold
more than 20,000 copies and is enter
ing its fourth pressing, while remaining
the number one selling book in South
Carolina on Amazon.com, the internet
book superstore.
“It’s nice to beat out Harry Potter
and John Grisham,” Edgar said.
As a result, New York’s Avon Books
will publish Edgar’s 2000 offering on
the American Revolution.
But Edgar doesn’t discount the pro
fessorship.
Though he said the success and at
tention he has received as a successful
author has been gratifying, the George
Wasliington award is in a class all its own.
“The professorship was something
so unexpected and very special,” Edgar
said.
In addition to the prestigious title
and lecture appearances, Edgar will al
so receive a generous stipend and have
his lecture expenses paid over the
next three years.
No specific dollar amount has been
confirmed.
Edgar has been a university pro
fessor since 1972, and is also the direc
tor of USC’s Institute for Southern Stud
ies.
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