ust 22,19s
IACK TO SCHOOL ISSUE
LIFESTYLES
David Lynch’s
“Wild at Heart” 9A
Rap test with Public Enemy 6A
Spike Lee’s
“Mo’ Better Blues” 8A
COMMUNITY
Services available for
international students 1C
Examining myths
about date rape 3C
A student guide to
dining on campus 7C
SPORTS
R.C. Slocum hopes to
lead Ags to Cotton 13A
Pavlas, Richardson strong
QBs for fall IB
Summer practice on film 6B
Texas ASM
Battalion
INDEX
Sports
Community
Lifestyles
Traditions
/ol.89 No. 191 USPS 045360 5 Sections, 56 Pages
College Station, Texas
Monday, August 27,1990
.N. secretary-general, Iraqi minister discuss crisis
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-
General Javier Perez de Cuellar will meet
Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz to discuss
the Persian Gulf crisis, a U.N. spokeswo
man said Sunday.
The secretary-general will meet with Aziz
Thursday in the Jordanian capital, Am
man, “in order to engage in a full exchange
of views on the crisis,” said the spokeswo
man, Nadia Younes.
She said she could not say whether any
other leaders would attend the meeting.
“We’re not ruling anything out,” she said.
Perez de Cuellar, who returned to New
York Sunday from South America, was in
contact with Iraqi and other officials, she
said.
The crisis was set off by Iraq’s Aug. 2 in
vasion of Kuwait, which has been con
demned by the United Nations in a series of
resolutions.
On Saturday, Perez de Cuellar said in
Bogota, Colombia, that he had asked the
Iraqi minister to meet to discuss the situa
tion.
Younes would not comment on Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein’s statement Sat
urday that he would welcome a visit by the
U.N. chief.
Saddam’s statement came in Baghdad,
where he was was asked by reporters travel
ing with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim
whether he would agree to meet with the
U.N. secretary-general in Iraq.
“Of course,” Saddam replied, “The U.N.
secretary-general is always welcome.” He
was quoted by the official Iraqi News
Agency.
The news agency said Saddam was refer
ring to Perez de Cuellar —not Waldheim,
the former secretary-general — but pro
vided no further details.
Saddam’s news conference came at the
end of a one-day visit by Waldheim, who
flew out of Baghdad with 100 Austrian na
tionals who had been stranded there.
Perez de Cuellar made his offer hours af
ter the U.N. Security Council authorized
the use of military force to enforce the
trade embargo against Iraq to punish Sad
dam for his Aug. 2 invasion of neighboring
Kuwait.
“I believe that after the resolutions
adopted by the Security Council, the time
has come for the secretary-general to begin
diplomatic efforts to alleviate the present
crisis in the gulf in all aspects, through the
process of dialogue,” the secretary-general
said.
In Kennebunkport, Maine, White House
spokesman Roman Popadiuk said Saturday
that Washington welcomes a “discussion by
all U.N. members in the context of the com
plete and immediate and unconditional
withdrawal” of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
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News continues at A&M during summer
Much has happened at Texas
A&M during the summer months.
Because many students, faculty
and staff members were away from
campus, the following is a compila
tion of major news events at A&M
since the end of classes in the spring.
MAY
• Nine delegates from Kazan,
Soviet Union, visited the local area
from May 5 to 12. The Russian dele
gation and local officials signed a
document establishing Bryan-Col-
lege Station and Kazan as sister cit
ies. Kazan State University and
A&M also were designated as sister
universities.
• Dr. M.T. “Tom” Harrington,
Class of ’22 and a founder of the
Texas A&M University System, died
May 14. Harrington served as presi
dent of the System and the Univer
sity and was second chancellor of the
System.
* Texas A&M Faculty Senate
members recommended during a
May meeting that bonfire’s volume
should be reduced by 50 percent
and grade requirements should be
imposed on those who build the
spirit symbol.
• The Faculty Senate also voted
during the May meeting to replace
the present grade scale with a 13-
level scale. The new scale would in
clude A-F, A and A-. An A+ would
be equal to 4.33 grade points, an A
would be equal to 4.0 and an A-
would be equal to 3.67 grade points,
and so on down the scale.
• A&M University System Re
gents adopted a drug policy aimed at
curtailing drug use among employ
ees and students. The policy also
See News/Page 18
Cadets learn basics during orientation
D-1 Commanding officer Ben Hewlett leads his freshmen in their view at Simpson Drill Field. For a closer look at the Corps’ Fresh-
first Corps hump-it before taking an oath and marching in a re- man Orientation Week see tomorrow’s Battalion.
By ISSELLE MCALLISTER
Of The Battalion Staff
Parading their new military skills on Gen.
Ormond R. Simpson Drill Field, Corps of Ca
dets freshmen marked the end of Freshman
Orientation Week and the beginning of the
school year during Friday’s Freshman Review.
FOW Commander Conrado Alvarado
praised the cadets in a short motivational ad
dress for meeting the goals of the week. Maj.
Gen. Thomas Darling also administered the
Corps of Cadets’ oath, which the freshmen re
peated ip unison.
Besides teaching the fundamentals of
marching and drills, FOW helps the cadets
deal with the “culture shock” they experience
in the transition from civilian to military life,
Alvarado said.
FOW is the hardest week of the year, he ex
plained. The freshmen had activities from 7
a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Corps loses many cadets during the
week, he said, but this year it retained more
than 95 percent of its recruits.
“The hardest thing about Freshman Orien
tation Week is that you don’t run your own
life anymore,” Corps Commander Jonathan
Whittles said.
The cadets must learn how to be led before
they can learn how to lead, Whittles said.
Freshman Jason Viel of Plano described the
training as “intense.”
“It was a lot of work, but it will be worth it,”
Viel added.
Alvarado said the trainers stressed the im
portance of academics during the orientation
week.
“You can’t major in the Corps,” he said.
Trainers also stressed the Aggie code of
honor, he said, and the importance of living
by moral principles.
To get the cadets prepared for the semes
ter, the freshmen met with advisers to sched
ule classes. The cadets also bought books and
parking permits and learned what duties were
expected of them as freshmen in the Corps.
But not all of FOW was work, Alvarado
said. The cadets listened to interesting and
motivating speakers and participated in recre
ational activities, such as mixers, football
games and water fights.
Whittles said although FOW is 13 years old,
this is only the second year for Fish Review.
The response has been great, and the Corps
plans to continue it, he said.
“It gives the fish something to look forward
to,” Alvarado said.
Poll samples opinions
on conference changes
By CHRIS VAUGHN
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M President William H.
Mobley, and University of Texas
President William Cunningham said
Friday the Southwest Conference’s
two biggest schools would stay put,
which exactly half the students
polled in last week’s Battalion Poll
support.
The poll, conducted before the
presidents’ announcement, also re
vealed that more students prefer
A&M join the Pacific-10 Conference
than any other conference if A&M
leaves the troubled SWC. But Fri
day’s announcement by the universi
ties’ presidents ends that speculation
for now.
When students were asked if
A&M should leave the SWC, 50 per
cent said no, 38 percent said yes, and
12 percent had no opinion.
When asked what conference
A&M should join if it decides to bolt
from the SWC, 42 percent said the
PAC-10, 35 percent said the South
east Conference, and 23 percent said
another conference.
But questions about whether
A&M and UT will leave the SWC
were answered Friday when Mobley
and Cunningham issued a joint
statement saying they “are com
mitted to doing everything possible
to strengthen the conference and
make it successful.”
The SWC’s troubles began earlier
this summer when the University of
Arkansas, a charter member of the
SWC, leaped to the Southeastern
Conference. Arkansas officially
leaves the SWC next year.
Talk then arose about A&M and
UT also leaving the conference.
Meetings were held between
A&M and UT officials and PAC-10
representatives, but the PAC-10
schools, which include Stanford,
University of Washington, Univer
sity of Arizona and University of
Southern California, decided against
expansion.
Texas legislative members, in
cluding House Speaker Gib Lewis,
also threatened legal and financial
action against A&M and UT if they
left the SWC.
All-U Night
at Kyle Field
raises spirit
All-University Night at Kyle Field
will be broadcast on Home Sports
Entertainment’s R.C. Slocum show
tonight, said Tim Sweeney, associate
director of Student Activities and
adviser for the yell leaders.
The spirit-raising event, spon
sored by the yell leaders, begins at
6:55 p.m., and head football coach
R.C. Slocum will speak. His com
ments to the audience will be broad
cast on HSE about 7:30 p.m., Swee
ney said.
Also speaking are Student Body-
President Ty Clevenger, University-
President Dr. William H. Mobley,
women’s athletics head coach Lynn
Hickey and Kermit Davis, men’s bas
ketball coach.
The yell leaders will lead a yell
practice, and the Aggie band will
play at the annual event.
The Howdy Dance follows All-
University night. The dance will last
until midnight at the Texas Hall of
Fame.
Should the Aggies leave the
SWC?
■ 38% Yes
H 50% No
□ 12% No opinion
If so, to which
conference?
■ 42% Pac-10
H 35% SEC
□ 23% Other
other collegiate
Though Mobley’s and Cunning
ham’s statement said the two univer
sities will stay with the 76-year-old
league, things must change.
Among the presidents’ sugges
tions for the conference’s survival
were expansion, possibly with the
Big Eight or several East Coast
See Poll/Page 18
Correction
A story in Wednesday’s Battal
ion incorrectly stated the gradua
tion rate for minority students.
Statistics used in the article
were percentages of freshman
students who progress to the
sophomore level.
The story should have said that
86 percent of African-American
students, 87 percent of Hispanic
students and 90 percent of non
minority students stay at Texas
A&M past their freshmen year.
The Battalion regrets the er
ror.
Services held
Funeral services were Saturday in
Dumas for a Texas A&M senior who
died Aug. 22 in Florida.
Robert Charles Phillips, a 22 year
old from Dumas, was a marketing
major at A&M.
Doctors ruled Phillips suffered
from a brain tumor.