The Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 51 Monday, November 12, 1979 USPS 045 360
12 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
eniors sponsor projects
pay for Class of ’80 gift
I By TODD HEDGEPETH
Battalion Reporter
Class of 1980’s gift to the Texas A&M
iversity, a bronze, life-size statue of the
King Gill, the original Twelfth Man,
[be presented March 1 as part of Milit-
VWekend, project chairman Paul Gulig
i.
K statue will be placed on the plot
find the Aggie Club Building near the
e Field gates.
Kte Nicholaus, Gill’s niece, will be
Kit for the ceremony.
University Grounds and Maintenance
■strutting two criss-crossing sidewalks
Khere they meet the statue will be
Kl,” Gulig said.
Key are doing a little landscaping in
the area and will also take care of putting
the base and the sculpture in place.”
George E. “Pat” Foley, an independent
sculptor from Houston, is making the
statue.
“We looked at a lot of different names,
resumes and work,” Gulig said, “and we
decided on Mr. Foley. He said a Texas
A&M student who had Foley as an art
teacher in high school recommended the
sculptor.
Gulig said the cost of the statue, includ
ing all construction and maintenance, is
about $14,(XX). He said the class has
already paid $6,000 on it — $5,000 from its
treasury and $1,000 from its annual dona
tion by the Association of Former Stu
dents.
That leaves a balance of $8,000. The class
currently has $6,000 in its treasury and has
two plans set up to take care of the final
$2,000.
One plan involves the sale of miniature
bronze statues of King Gill, also created by
Foley. They will be sold for $200 apiece.
The replicas of the actual statue stand 1 foot
tall and will be limited, since they will be
made when ordered.
“Two are already on the way here from
Foley and will be put on display in the
Association of Former Students lounge,”
Gulig said. The class is already taking
orders for the mini-statues and the delivery
will be after the main dedication, he said.
Gulig said Nicholaus will be given a
mini-statue at the dedication.
Another way Gulig said the class hopes
to raise the money is through donations by
seniors of their room deposits.
“Everyone has to pay a room deposit
when they come to A&M in case they just
pack up and leave one day while owing
money on their room or if they cause dam
age to their room,” Gulig said. “It’s refund
able upon graduation and we re hoping
seniors will sign a release form and donate
it to their class.”
Gulig said the Class of 1979 did the same
thing and was very successful. Forms for
the donations will be available at all Class of
’80s functions the remainder of the year.
He said the class will probably have to take
a temporary loan since they won t get the
deposit money until after school is out.
egislators don’t have to know law;
ome Texas lawmakers failed bar exam
United Press International
jlfSTlN — It may take less of an under-
ing of law to write it than to interpret
il the scores of five lawmakers on the
st Bar exam are any indication,
fee representatives and one former
le member failed the exam; one for-
lawmaker, Tom Schiefifer of Fort
rtli. passed.
■icials of the State Board of Law Ex-
iiirrs said failure rate on the exam was 15
epl; of the 1,599 applicants who took
wo-day test 1,350 passed,
ree of the lawmakers who failed —
pf Leroy J. Wieting, D-Portland, and
in H. Whitmire, D-Houston, and for-
a rmep. Joe Hubenak of Rosenberg —
J a special provision in state law allow-
IJertain legislators to take the Bar exam
pmt finishing law school.
IV fourth unsuccessful lawmaker, Rep.
blWare, R-Fort Worth, graduated from
e University of Houston law school in
y but said he was unable to spend suffi-
snf time studying for the examination.
The special law passed in 1965 exempts
legislators from normal schooling prere
quisites for taking the test. The privilege
was granted to legislators with eight years
or more service if they also had a bachelor’s
degree or with four years of service if they
attended law school for two years. No edu
cational degree was required for any legis
lator with 12 years or more service.
The special privilege was partially re
pealed in 1973 by making the statute apply
only to lawmakers who were elected before
January, 1975.
Wieting, a personnel representative for
Reynolds Metal Co., has been a House
member for 16 years.
Schieffer had served only six years be
fore his loss to Ware last year, but went
back to law school to qualify for the special
permit to take the bar exam.
Whitmire, currently a part time sales
representative for a Houston oil drilling
company, has served six years and
attended the University of Houston law
school for two years.
Hubenak was a legislator for 10 years
before his unsuccessful race for state agri
culture commissioner last year. He is now
employed as an administrator at the Texas
Animal Health Commission.
Gov. Bill Clements’ veto from the state
appropriations bill of a $35,800 item in
tended to pay Hubenak as the commis
sion’s deputy executive director stirred the
former Rosenberg accountant’s interest in
a law license.
“When Gov. (Dolph) Briscoe asked me
to come on board here at the Animal
Health Commission I turned him down
twice. But when I accepted I sold my
accounting practice back home and I
signed a five-year noncompetitive agree-,^
ment. Gov. Clements Tiihct of put me in a '
spot.”
Hubenak said he has stayed on at the
Animal Health Commission at a $5,000 sal
ary cut but believes he might qualify for a
post as legal adviser with a law license.
“I believe I know quite a bit of law,”
Hubenak said and indicated he plans to try
his hand at the bar exam again in February.
Whitmire already has taken the test
twice but also says he plans to try again in
February.
Whitmire said passing the test to be
come a lawyer has little relation to serving
as a legislator.
“I’m sure there’s a lot of folks that think
there’s a close correlation but there’s really
not,” Whitmire said. “When you pass that
legislation it is not a multiple choice ques
tion.”
Wieting said he believed his legislative
experience helped him on the test and be
lieves he knew enough law to pass, but
“just probably didn’t get it to them in the
iright lingo language.”
Ware also said he plans to retake the test
and will spend more time studying next
time.
Ware said he was only three points short
of the 75 grade needed to pass.
Hubenak said be scored 66; Weiting said
his grade was 69.
tabbing by beneficiary doesn’t shake priest’s faith
United Press Internationul
DENVER—The Rev. Donald Paul Cof-
i, recovering from stab wounds inflicted
beneficiary of his kindness, said the
lekand earlier ones like it had not dim-
his faith.
If it did, what kind of Christian would I
I” Coffin said Saturday from his bed in
Denver General Hospital. The stab
wounds sliced open his intestine and he
cannot eat until the wound heals.
Coffin, the auxiliary bishop of the St.
Francis Apostolic Catholic Cathedral, was
wearing his black clerical robes last week
while walking his dog. A man came out of
the bushes and demanded his money and
rings.
“I heard the voice from behind me and
was just turning to see who it was. I turned,
but it was too late. The knife was already
in,” said Coffin, who stumbled back to the
church.
Eli Chavez, 46, was arrested based on
Coffin’s description. The wounds required
five hours of surgery to close. Coffin said he
was stabbed while working for a church in
Boston and was beaten several times while
in Indiana.
“They’ve done this to me before and it
doesn’t change a thing. This is my work,”
he said, but admitted confusion about what
motivated the attack.
Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill
Veterans Day
Today is the official recognition of Veterans Day. On this national holiday
American flags, such as this one seen through the trees in front of the
Academic Building at Texas A&M University, are flown in honor of all
Americans who have fought in wars for their country.
Iranian students on campus
keep low profile during crisis
By CAROL HANCOCK
Battalion Reporter
While 60 Americans remain hostage
in the American embassy in Tehran,
Iranian students at Texas A&M Uni
versity are keeping a relatively low
profile.
The Iranian students on campus
have been instructed to be inconspi
cuous and apparently are, said Dr.
Syed Naqi, adviser to the Iranian Stu
dents Association.
Naqi said there are about 75 Iranian
students on campus.
Although he has not been in touch
with any of the students since last
week, Naqi said he knows of no plan
ned protests by the students and has
heard no reports of students being
harrassed.
“I’m hoping and trusting the local
community will not harass an unfor
tunate group of students who have no
thing to do with the situation in Iran, ”
he said.
Naqi did not know if President Car
ter’s order for all Iranian students to
report to federal immigration services
would affect any students at Texas
A&M.
“I have not really looked into the
students’ legal status,” he said,“I look
at them from an adviser’s point of
view. ”
Naqi said he has been keeping in
touch with Charles Hornstein, an
adviser on international student affairs
at Texas A&M. Hornstein has been
kept posted on any ISA activities.
Hornstein said he did not foresee
any problems with the students hav
ing to report to the immigration
offices.
He said they are not being asked to
do anything unusual. The students
often have to report their present loca
tion and status, he said.
Hornstein said he has not talked to
any Iranian students since last week
and has not discussed the current
situation with any of them.
Local anti-Iranian protest flops
when organizers fail to show up
By RHONDA WATTERS
Battalion Staff
An anti-Iranian demonstration sche
duled for Saturday at the Brazos County
Courthouse fell through when whoever
organized it failed to show up.
The demonstration, which had been
publicized on local radio station KTAM,
drew a somewhat small crowd — three
Texas A&M University students and two
reporters.
A disc jockey at KTAM said an unidenti
fied woman called the station Saturday
morning and asked him to tell listeners the
demonstration would be held at the court
house at 4 p.m. The station made the
announcement throughout the day and
even warned motorists to avoid the area
because large crowds were expected.
Though several cars drove through the
courthouse parking lot, only the three stu
dents and the reporters waited to see if an
organizer was going to show up. They
waited till 5 p.m., then left.
A woman at the Bryan police station said
she drove past the courthouse about 3:45
p.m. and saw two women carrying anti-
Iranian signs marching in the courthouse
parking lot. She said there were no other
people around other than passing motor
ists.
A dispatcher at the police station said the
police had heard rumors about the demon
stration, but did not send any patrol cars to
check on it.
According to signs on the Texas A&M
campus, a student-sponsored, anti-Iranian
demonstration is to take place Wednesday
at 2 p.m. by Rudder Tower. It is being
organized by a group calling itself Aggies
Against Iran.
At a weekly news conference in Austin
Friday, Gov. Bill Clements said the situa
tion in Iran has reached crisis proportions
and anti-Iranian demonstrations do not
help.
“One provokes the other,” he said.
He also suggested that Iranians in Texas
would be “best-served by being out of sight
and out of mind. ”
r T
arter orders deportation of illegal Iranian aliens
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Carter
iturday ordered that all Iranian students
f irt to the federal immigration service at
;|Keancl said deportation proceedings will
iestarted against those who are in America
■egally.
■ The order was the toughest the White
■ousehas issued since Iranian students in
■ehran took American diplomats hostage a
peek ago.
( White House press secretary Jody
owell announced that Carter has directed
ttorney General Benjamin Civiletti to
akethe necessary' steps to commence de-
Drtation proceedings against those who
ave violated applicable immigration laws
nd regulations. ”
Powell said that means the Immigration
ad Naturalization Service — which is part
f the Justice Department — “will issue a
otiee requiring all Iranian students to re-
fort their present location and status im
mediately to the nearest INS office and will
take additional steps to locate and identify
such students to determine their status.
He said the order will be issued shortly.
The National Association for Foreign
Student Affairs said there are 45,239 Ira
nian students in the United States this
year.
A White House official said a “substan
tial” number of the Iranian students are in
the United States illegally.
A Justice Department spokesman said
the president’s order probably will lift a
moratorium on the departure of Iranian
students imposed last April because of the
turmoil in Iran. He said at that time some of
the students whose visas had run out had
asked to remain in the United States be
cause they feared to return home and their
requests were granted.
Powell said if a student is found to be in
America illegally, deportation proceedings
“will be undertaken in according with con
stitutional due process requirements.”
It was learned that Carter acted mainly
to discourage further demonstrations by
Iranian students in the United States, since
they have provoked violent counter
actions by Americans. The president feels
pictures of such violence transmitted to
Iran could jeopardize the 60 to 65 Amer
ican hostages being held in the U.S.
embassy in Tehran.
Powell said the deportation order has
been under consideration since last
weekend. The embassy has been occupied
by the Iranians since last Sunday.
It appeared the president decided to
make the move Friday after watching TV
films on Iranian demonstrations and coun
ter demonstrations in several American
cities.
“The president has directed the attorney
general to identify any Iranian students in
the United States who are not in com
pliance with the terms of their entry visas, ”
Powell said.
“I think there is good reason to believe
that there are many students here in viola
tion of the requirements of their visas, ”
Powell said several hundred Iranian stu
dents have been subject to deportation
since Carter ordered last January that their
visas be scrutinized. That order followed
violent demonstrations against the family
of Shah Mohommed Reza Pahlavi in Cali
fornia.
“I think the activities past, and planned
for the future here, are not in the best
interest of our principle goal here (safety of
the hostages),’’ Powell said. “Of course
there is an obligation to enforce the law.
Under U.S. immigration law, a person
may be deported only for violating terms of
his or her visa or for committing a crime
“involving moral turpitude.”
Powell said the White House “carefully
considered” whether the deportation pro
ceedings might lead to retaliation in Iran
but concluded, “This step is a perfectly
legal and legitimate step which might be
helpful. ”
Aside from requiring Iranian students to
report to the immigration service, immig
ration authorities were expected to work
through colleges and universities to find
those who are in the United States illegally.
Sources at the Justice Department said
Friday that Civiletti earlier this week had
asked U.S. attorney’s offices around the
country for an update “on Iranians subject
to grand jury investigations and people
subject to deportation.”
Before Carter issued the order on depor
tation proceedings, he received a report
from the four foreign diplomats who visited
the American hostages and was told there
was no sign of physical abuse.
But Powell said the diplomats who were
allowed into the embassy did not get to talk
with the hostages. He said there still is no
immediate prospect for release of the 60 to
65 Americans. Powell also made clear that
Carter continues to reject use of military
force to free the hostages and has no plans
to return Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to
his homeland for trial and execution as Iran
i? demanding.
“We are certainly pleased about the
growing support for the safety of the Amer
icans by the international community, by
the United Nations, private organizations
and countries around the world,” Powell
said. “We are also pleased by some inde
pendent access to hostages.
He said the diplomats — from France,
Sweden, Algeria and Syria — “did see the
hostages, but they were not able to talk to
them. They did count them and their count
was consistent with our count.
“There were no reports to us of any evi
dence of physical mistreatment or signs of
mistreatment from these four diplomatic
representatives.”