University workers Evan Brewer and Troy Stephens repair an underground 20-inch fuel water line outside the Biochemistry/Biophysics building Thursday afternoon. It took the workers two days to find and dig out the leaky pipe, which is located 8 feet under the West Campus sidewalk. Repairs for the walkway are scheduled for tomorrow.

Parking permit prices will rise next year, said Transportation Services Director Rod Weis Thursday morning, but the majority of those increases will fall on garage permit holders, faculty and staff. Student surface lots will remain the same price.

A group of student and faculty panelists said Thursday night that black students are not taught to be proud of their rich heritage, as the group debated the reasons for the lack of black history education.

The original intent of the founding fathers should be studied to return religion to its rightful place in national politics, said professional speaker and former Texas State Representative Rick Green Thursday night.

Research conducted by Student Life Studies found that while most students are happy they chose to attend Texas A&M, some minority students feel they are not accepted, and cite racism as a schoolwide problem, said Peggy Holzweiss Thursday afternoon in a presentation sponsored by the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute.