Battalion
Serving the Texas A&M University community
Vol. 74 No. 150
16 Pages
Wednesday, May 6, 1981
College Station, Texas
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Phone 845-2611
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Another striker
edges upon death
United Press International
BELFAST, Northern Ireland —
Another IRA convict slipped closer to
death today on a fast for political status,
but Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher vowed no concessions “no
matter how much hunger striking there
may be.”
Mr. Sands was a common criminal, ”
Mrs. Thatcher told Parliament referring
to Bobby Sands, 27, whose death Tues
day on the 66th day of a hunger strike
touched off a night and day of rioting
and battles at barricades between police
and Catholics.
At least 22 other people were in
jured, four seriously, in the street fight
ing in the Catholic section of the capital
of the country, which is ruled directly
by London to keep peace between ex
tremists of the majority Protestants and
minority Catholics.
As pillars of smoke trailed above Bel
fast from torched cars today, two boys
and two girls dressed in the uniform of
the Irish Republican Army stood in an
honor guard vigil at Sands’ coffin draped
in the orange, white and green flag of
the IRA.
But at Maze Prison from where
Sands emaciated body was borne home
in the rain, convicted murderer Francis
Hughes entered his 53rd day of a hun
ger strike and was reported having
problems with his vision. During the
weekend, Hughes was reported “three
days behind Bobby.”
Two other hunger strikers perse
vered for a 48th day — Raymond
McCreesh, 24, serving 14 years for arms
possession and attempted murder, and
Patrick O’Hara who has an eight-year
sentence for possession of explosives.
Sands, who was serving 14 years for
possession of firearms and was elected
to Britain’s Parliament during his fast,
maintained he was a “prisoner of war”
and demanded IRA prisoners be
allowed to wear civilian clothes and be
excused from prison work.
“We have paid the price,” Catholic
militant and former British Parliament
member Bernadette Devlin McCalis-
key said.
She said the three remaining strikers
were determined to continue their fast
despite their “increased sufferings at
Bobby’s death.”
Weekend spells
excitement ahead
The Skiing’s fine on ‘Lake Rudder’
Photo by Steve Kennedy
Edie Snow, a chemical engineering student from
Angleton, tries some short but interesting stunts
in Rudder fountain Tuesday. Snow was there
with the A&M Water Skiing Club demonstrating
some of the equipment the team uses as she is
“man-powered” across the fountain.
By PHYLLIS HENDERSON
Battalion StafT
Excitement and ceremony will be the
watchwords Friday and Saturday as
more than 5,000 Texas A&M University
students participate in commencement
exercises, commissioning and Final Re
view.
Three separate graduation cere
monies will be held Friday and Satur
day in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Graduates of the College of Agricul
ture, College of Science, College of
Veterinary Medicine and Graduate Col
lege, will be awarded their degrees 2
p.m. Friday. Commencement speaker
will be Arthur Levitt, Jr., president of
the American Stock Exchange.
At 7:30 p.m. Friday, degrees will be
presented to graduates of the College of
Engineering, the College of Geosci
ences and the College of Liberal Arts.
William Teague, vice president of Kerr-
McGee Corp., will speak at this cere
mony.
Dr. Virginia Trotter, vice president
of academic affairs at the University of
Georgia, will speak at Saturday’s 9 a.m.
ceremony, during which graduates of
the College of Architecture, College of
Business, College of Education and
Texas A&M University at Galveston
will receive their degrees.
The commissioning ceremony will
take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. This
ceremony will induct all senior cadets,
on contract, into the armed forces. At
this time, they will officially receive
their rank of 2nd lieutenant into one of
the branches of the armed forces.
Also Saturday, the Corps of Cadets
will participate in Final Review at 3:30
p.m. on the main drill field. This cere
mony symbolizes the turnover of com
mand by senior members of the Corps
to the juniors. Two reviews are held,
the first with seniors participating and
the second with juniors taking over the
senior positions.
At the beginning of Final Review,
eight Texas A&M former students from
Randolph Air Force Base will perform a
flyover.
hite avoids talk of governorship, praises A&M
By LIZ NEWLIN
I ' Battalion Staff
■ou’d think somebody was running for governor,
framed between challenges to students to enter govem-
service, Attorney General Mark White presented what
1 be a campaign speech at Texas A&M University Tues-
Inight.
pe talked about his department’s role in litigation concern-
prison reform and the federal challenge to Texas public
tges.
IVhite addressed a banquet to initiate 350 new members
1 Phi Kappa Phi, Texas A&M’s academic honor society.
I society also named three students “outstanding juniors”
Ihe entire University, an award that carries a $500 scholar-
fore the bancjuet. White wouldn’t comment on the
ors he aspires to be governor.
e would only say, smiling, “I have aspirations to be a good
fney general.” /
his speech he told the young scholars that they should
den their perspective and become experts in other fields
iolve problems. Bright people are needed to join an
erican renaissance” to increase government effective-
, he said.
e also praised Texas A&M for its leadership in developing
an to remedy any remainders of racial segregation in
ier education.
exas A&M’s plan calls for minority recruiting and coun-
g as well as improvements to facilities at Prairie View
1, the predominantly black school in the System.
ey did it first,” White said after the speech. “They came
nth the program faster than anyone else, and they got it
pted (by their regents) before anyone else.”
lesaid the program, which emphasizes minority recruit-
and retention, has become a model for the nation.
It’s a sound plan, and it’s one that’s accomplishable, he
!. “That’s the important thing.”
exas A&M regents outlined the policy last December,
then it has been adopted statewide and was submitted
e Office of Civil Rights in Washington.
Dr. Frank W.R. Hubert, chancellor of the System, intro
duced White, praising him for originally suggesting that
Texas voluntarily submit a plan before it faced government
censure. Last August White called Hubert and system lead
ers from the University of Houston, University of Texas and
Texas Tech to Austin to suggest they develop the plans.
Texas A&M turned in its suggestion first.
“They (the other systems) were developing their own
plans. White said, “but they didn t get them done as quickly
as the University here did.”
While White is still monitoring the state’s plan, a commit
tee established by Gov. Bill Clements will actually submit the
complete plan.
“The governor has taken responsibility to move on the
compliance issue,” White said. The governor’s committee
includes Dr. Jarvis Miller, former president of Texas A&M.
This was the first time the society named three students as
“the outstanding junior” for the University. Last year two
students received the top award.
Since 1975 the dean from each of the University’s 11
colleges, including Moody College and the medical school,
has selected one student as the outstanding junior in that
college. A committee interviews the 11 and selects the out
standing junior for the whole university.
Each of Tuesday’s three winners will receive a $500 scho
larship. The three are Jonathan Ben Fadely from Moody
College, Theresa Adair Lawrence from the College of Educa
tion, and Joe Neely Gregg Jr. from the College of Science.
The other outstanding students and their college are Susan
J. Woodroof, business administration; Claire P. Engelhart,
argiculture; David Lee Davis, architecture; John W. Brad
bury, engineering; Jay N. Vogt, geosciences; Robin O’Day,
liberal arts; Alan William Martin, medicine, and Robert Ed
ward Rose, veterinary medicine.
The 350 new members include 310 undergraduates, 37
graduate students and three faculty. Juniors must have a 3.75
grade point ratio and be in the upper 5 percent of their college
class and seniors must have a 3.5 GPR and be in the upper 10
percent of their college class.
Man held
for murder
refuses exam
By PHYLLIS HENDERSON
Battalion Staff
In a hearing Tuesday, the Texas A&M
student charged with the murder of
another Texas A&M student was
ordered by Judge Brad Smith to under
go a psychiatric examination to deter
mine if he is mentally competent to
stand trial.
Joel Quintans, 19, a pre-medicine
major, is charged with the April 22 stab
bing death of Frederick Axel Youngberg
IV.
The request for the psychiatric ex
amination was made by District Attor
ney Travis Bryan III.
Texas Attorney General Mark White (right) greets Dr. J.M. Prescott
(left), Texas A&M vice president for academic affairs, at a banquet
Tuesday night. Dr. Bill Clayton (center), president of Moody College in
Galveston, looks on.
Smith did advise Quintans, however,
that under the Fifth Amendment, he
would not have to answer any of the
psychiatrist’s questions and could de
cline being interviewed altogether.
Quintans accepted this option, refusing
to undergo the examination.
Quintans is awaiting a hearing to be
held Tuesday on a writ of habeas corpus.
If granted, such a petition would re
quire officials to justify detaining the
suspect.
Quintans is being held on capital
murder charges in Brazos County Jail
without bond. He is from Irving.
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i&M Medical School receives five-year accreditation
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By COLETTE HUTCHINGS
Battalion StafT
To top off this year in which the first
[ss of Texas A&M medical students
graduate, the University’s College
I Medicine has been granted a five-
accreditation.
The accreditation from the Liason
^mmittee on Medical Education, the
tional organization authorized to
ipprove medical schools, adds one
•re year to the four years a national
pti survey team originally recom-
lended for the medical school in Feb-
iary.
■ Dr. Robert E. Stone, dean of the
^ lege of Medicine, said it is unique
f unusual for new schools, such as
xas A&M, to receive so soon a five-
accreditation — the maximum
[m granted new schools.
[Even established medical schools are
often granted only a five-year accredita
tion.
To become accredited a medical
school is first visited by a site survey
team which evaluates faculty, financing,
physical facilities and student accom
plishments at the school.
Such recognition is highly sought by
schools because once accredited, they
may receive federal funding and are
more likely to establish a favorable
reputation.
Texas A&M will graduate its first
physicians June 6. The 32 new doctors
will join the ranks of other new physi
cians by taking residencies in hospitals
to gain professional experience.
Currently in their fourth year at the
University, the students are also unique
because they are younger than most
graduating medical students. Most of
these students were accepted after their
sophomore year of undergraduate study
at Texas A&M.
Texas A&M’s medical school is the
only one in Texas that has an early
acceptance policy. In the early 1970s
the medical school originally planned to
begin accepting students after their
sophomore year. But, Dr. Elvin E.
Smith, assistant dean of the medical
school, said the policy was changed be
cause of its impracticality.
“At that point, most students aren’t
sure whether they are ready for medi
cine or not,” he said. And he said in
screening applicants, “We not only look
for the exceptional student, but one
who is emotionally mature as well.”
Smith said one advantage of the early
acceptance program was that it gave the
students a two-year head start in their
physician practice time. But one dis
advantage is the narrow undergraduate
education base in the humanities
courses or “people courses” as Smith
called them.
No quotas are set for accepting sopho
more students, but currently four to five
sophomore students are accepted to
each of the 32-member classes.
Students of the charter class began
their first two years of basic science
trainingontheTexas A&M campus. Dr.
William Ward, associate dean for stu
dent affairs in the College of Medicine,
said, “These students were strong
academically as a class and were in
volved in the evolution of the curri
culum.”
Smith said because the school seeks
accreditation, it must follow a tradition
al curriculum and as a result any ex
perimentation is frequently stifled. A
school must bq able to prove ahead of
time that it compares with others, he
said.
Presently, the only scale by which the
College of Medicine can compare itself
to the curriculum of other schools is the
National Board Shelf Examinations.
These quantitative exams are used by
the departments in the college as a part
of the students’ final examinations. Ab
out 134 schools in the country take the
National Boards.
The average mean score of Texas
A&M’s third- and fourth-year classes is
500. This score is higher than the total
national mean of 465.
“This shows that the students are re
ceiving and absorbing a large amount of
education which exceeds the national
average,” Ward said.
Comparisons of the students’ clinical
Wnnwlf'dtrp about actual natient contact.
however, cannot be shown through test
scores.
The third- and fourth-year clinical
programs are held at Temple’s Scott and
White Clinic and Hospital and the Olin
E. Teague Veterans’ Center. These
programs consist of traditional clerk
ships, as well as a mixed rotation of
ambulatory care experiences.
The faculty and administration at
Texas A&M say they are pleased with
the recent residency results of the stu
dents.
Out of the 32-member class, 21 (65
percent) received their first choice of
residencies. Eight of these residencies
were out of Texas, including two at
Duke Medical School in Durham,
N.C., and the Mayo Clinic in Roches
ter, Minn.