Ifoi. 75 No. 58
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Battalion
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Friday, November 20, 1981
College Station, Texas
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Stafl photo by Greg Watermann
Charley Culpepper, a contractor for General next to the library Tuesday evening working
Telephone Company, was in this manhole on the Texas A&M underground phone system.
GSSO suit decision
expected in 30 days
By DENISE RICHTER
Battalion Staff
<l> 1981 by The Battalion
HOUSTON — Testimony ended
Thursday in the Gay Student Services
Organization vs. Texas A&M University
trial. Lawyers for both sides say they
expect a decision in the case within 30
days.
Attorneys Patrick Wiseman and Lon-
ny F. Zwiener said they will present
briefs — written statements prepared
by each side to explain its case — to
U.S. District Judge Ross N. Sterling in
about 10 days.
The GSSO is seeking an injunction to
force the University to recognize it as an
official student organization.
The trial ended with the GSSO’s
cross-examination of Dr. Paul Camer
on, an associate professor at the Univer
sity of Nebraska in the Department of
Human Development and the Family.
Cameron testified Wednesday on the
mental state of homosexuals, saying
they are “disproportionately dissatisfied
with their sexual orientation” and need
counseling.
However under cross examination
Thursday, he said the mental health of
homosexual students is irrelevant and
the only problem in recognizing the
GSSO is whether “they would recruit
others with the same (homosexual)
appetite.”
Cameron cited the 1979 Kinsey Insti
tute report which stated that there is a
higher violent crime and unemploy
ment rate among homosexuals than
heterosexuals.
GSSO attorney Wiseman asked
whether other groups with rates of
crime and unemployment higher than
the general population also should be
denied permission to organize as a Uni
versity-recognized group.
Vice President for Student Services
Dr. John J. Koldus, who was expected
to be called as the final witness for the
defense, was not asked to testify.
In November 1976, Koldus stated
the University’s position on the GSSO
in a letter explaining the reasons for the
refusal.
In the letter, Koldus said according
to Texas A&M regulations the Universi
ty can only recognize organizations
whose goals are consistent with the phi
losophy and goals of Texas A&M. The
GSSO conflicts with these goals, he
said.
Zwiener, assistant attorney general
representing Texas A&M, said Koldus
was not called because the letter was
entered as evidence. “The letter in the
record will determine the reasons for
the denial (of recognition),” Zwiener
said.
“We can rely on any reasons, not just
those stated in the letter, if this is found
to be an equal protection case, ” he said.
If Texas A&M is permitted to use the
equal protection defense, it will only
have to show that there was a rational
reason for denying the GSSO recogni
tion.
The defense based its case on the
premise that University recognition of
the GSSO would lead to increased
homosexuality and would contribute to
a spread of venereal disease, Zwiener
said.
The plaintiffs only had to show that
the gay group members First Amend
ment rights of free speech and assembly
were violated by the refusal of recogni
tion, Wiseman said.
No campus rapes reported
in 23 months, police say
legents committee to discuss
enovation funding Sunday
Texas A&M University System re-
|ts Sunday will discuss appropria-
lis for the first phase of the Systems
Jkling renovation and for the detailed
fen of the Transportation Center ex-
Jision.
gAlsoon the agenda is a discussion of a
Jposed special events center at the
liviTsity.
[The Facilities Planning and Con-
Juction committee of the System
M of Regents will meet at 3 p.m. in
K Memorial Student Center regents
quarters.
During Sunday s meeting, the com
mittee will recommend that a project
architect-engineer be selected for the
renovation of the Systems Building.
Total cost of the first phase of the re
novation is estimated at $630,000.
The committee also will discuss a
$50,000 appropriation for the detailed
design of the Transportation Center ex
pansion.
The entire Board will meet Monday
to hear the reports of the Planning and
Building Committee, the Committee
for Academic Campuses, the Commit
tee for Service Units and the Executive
Committee.
The committees recommendations
are subject to approval by the full board.
During closed session Monday, the
regents also will discuss guidelines for
the System’s 1982-83 operating
budgets.
The full board will meet again Tues
day at 8:30 a.m. to vote on the recom
mendations.
urrent funding ends at midnight
By NANCY FLOECK
Battalion Staff
Despite rumors of numerous rapes on
campus recently, none have been re
ported to University Police since Janu
ary 1980. However, one attempted rape
and several cases of indecent exposure
have been reported.
College Station police report that
three rapes have occurred in the city
this semester. The victim in each was a
Texas A&M University student, Lt.
Bernard Kapella of the department
said.
University Police Chief John R.
McDonald said rumors of rape occur
every year, but they may have inten-
sifed lately because of several “flasher”
incidents.
“We re having a rash of the flasher-
type episode,” he said. “I think the
flasher started this (the rumors).” The
exposures have occurred mainly in mar
ried student housing areas, he said, but
Senate
seeks funding compromise
one was in the north dormitory area.
Flashers create panic, McDonald
said, although most are harmless.
“But who’s to say when one isn’t?” he
added. “We re trying to tell the girls
there is a possibility of rape. We re just
going to have more incidents if we
don’t.”
Rumors also may result from incor
rect information, he said. For example,
one woman said a police officer told her
he was a University policeman working
on five rape cases, McDonald said.
Actually, he was a College Station offic
er who was working on the three rapes
reported to city police, he said.
And the damage these rumors do
can’t be corrected, he said.
Although rumors indicate the num
ber of rapes at Texas A&M is high, there
have been no more rapes reported here
than at other Texas universities.
During the 1980 calendar year, the
number of rapes reported at some other
universities were:
University of Texas at Austin — one
Texas Tech University — four
University of Houston, main campus
— two
Southwest Texas State University —
three
North Texas State University — one
However, these numbers may not
accurately represent the actual number
of rapes.
“Probably one out of seven are re
ported,” Kapella said, citing an FBI
estimate.
Even if a victim is one of those six who
doesn t plan to report a rape or press
charges, police need to be aware of all
such incidents in order to alert others,
McDonald said-
Assistant Director of Student Affairs
Jan Winniford said her office also keeps
track of rapes which occur on campus.
“We want people to be aware that
things like this go on whenever you
have this many people in a closely-knit
living area,” she said. “I think too often
there’s ... the attitude that we’re Aggies
and we don’t have problems like this. ”
She also said whenever problems like
this occur, rumors tend to be perpetu
ated.
Tom Parsons, University director of
traffic and security, said standard pre
cautions are the best for rape preven
tion.
Travel in groups, stay in lighted
areas, have keys ready when
appraoching locked cars and don’t go
jogging alone, he said.
“The buddy system is about the best
thing there is,” he added.
| United Press International
WASHINGTON — Senate Republi-
jnieaders worked through the night to
[hion a budget-cutting compromise
at would prevent the government
bm shutting down at midnight tonight
lien current funds expire.
After hours of closed-door meetings
[signed to placate angry party mem-
prsand win crucial Democratic votes,
mate GOP leader Howard Baker
rered an amendment to cut $3.2 bil-
bnfrom the vital money bill that would
pep the government operating
I rough March. 30.
President Reagan had threatened to
to the original $417.4 billion stopgap
'ending measure unless it contains
Iditional reductions.
Baker told reporters early this morn-
igthat he thought he had enough votes
Ppass the measure, but stopped short
p claiming victory.
If Congress failed to act by midnight
might, or if the president vetoed the
lill, the government would he required
^shutdown all unnecessary operations
^mediately.
Baker’s original proposal woidd fund
be government through Sept. 30,
I982, but several Democrats objected
lorelinquishing Congress’ spending au
thority to the president for an entire
fiscal year. Baker finally agreed to shor
ten the life of the bill to March 31 in
exchange for needed votes.
The compromise calls for a 4 percent
across-the-board cut in most domestic
programs, excluding defense, military
construction, foreign aid, food stamps
and certain government benefits like
Social Security payments and Veteran’s
pensions.
While the bill sets general guidelines
for spending reductions, it also allows
the president to cut up to 5 percent in
individual programs, giving him more
flexibility in deciding where the spend
ing reductions should be applied.
Some conservative Republicans ob
jected that the cuts were not deep
enough, while more moderate senators
said it was unfair to exclude defense
from the spending reduction.
A spokesman for Baker said the prop
osal, together with savings made earlier
by the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee, would satisfy the president — giv
ing him about half of the budget reduc
tions he requested in September.
Although the Senate compromise is
only slightly different from a measure
the House rejected earlier this week,
House GOP leader Bob Michel of Mi-
Midnight yell practice
at Billy Bob’s tonight
Midnight yell practice for the Texas
A&M-Texas Christian University will
beheld tonight at Billy Bob’s, a popu
lar Fort Worth country and western
dance hall.
Billy Bob’s is located at 2520 N.
Main at the old stockyards on the
northside of Fort Worth.
The yell practice probably will be
held in the parking lot, but there is a
chance that it will be held inside,
! Senior Yell Leader John Nisbet said.
To get to Billy Bob’s from Interstate
20, travelers should go north on Inter
state 35W, west on N.E. 28th Street
through five traffic lights, turn left on
North Main and Billy Bob’s will be one
block ahead on the left.
Midnight yell practice for away
games is traditionally held on the Fri
day before the game.
In other pre-game activities, the
Corps of Cadets will parade through
downtown Fort Worth Saturday
morning as part of the traditional
Corps trip.
nois said a few House members had had
a “change of heart” since that vote and
he was confident a majority of the
House now would support the plan in a
House-Senate conference later today.
Sources said budget director David
Stockman approved the latest budget
cutting plan and said he would recom
mend that the president sign it.
While the Republican leaders were
closeted in back-room meetings, the
rest of the senators debated about 30
relatively minor amendments. In the
process, the Senate agreed to restore
several billion dollars to a handful of
health, special education and job train
ing programs.
Meanwhile, the administration be
gan “contingency planning” for shutting
down government operations in the
event Congress failed to meet its mid
night deadline or if Reagan decides not
to sign the bill.
Under federal regulations, Reagan
must put contingency plans in place to
make sure vital government services in
health, safety and defense continue to
operate.
Ex-CIA agent charged
with aiding Idi Amin
United Press International
NEW YORK — Fugitive former CIA
agent Frank Terpil, already accused of
shipping explosives to Libya for training
terrorists, is now under indictment for
selling weapons, spy equipment and
torture devices to deposed Ugandan
dictator Idi Amin.
A grand jury in U.S. District Court in
Manhattan filed a six-count indictment
Thursday alleging violations of the arms
export control law against Terpil, his
wife Marilyn and bis business partner,
George Korkala.
The Terpils and Korkala also were
indicted for accepting $5,000 to obtain a
phony U.S. passport and travel docu
ments for Amir Montaz, the chief of
protocol for the late shah of Iran.
Authorities said all three are fugitives
— Terpil s whereabouts are unknown,
while Korkala is allegedly in Beirut,
Lebanon, and Mrs. Terpil in England.
Terpil and Korkala skipped $100,000
bail on the eve of a gunrunning trial in
New York over a year ago.
Terpil surfaced briefly for an inter
view in Beirut, aired Nov. 8 on CBS’ “60
Minutes,” in which he admitted setting
up his own “agency for hire” and dealing
with Amin.
Thursday’s indictment alleged that
Terpil and Korkala unlawfully delivered
weapons and other material to the
Ugandan Mission to the United Nations
in 1979, knowing that the items would
be “clandestinely exported to Uganda.”
The deliveries included such items as
semi-automatic shotguns, handguns,
silencers, hollow-point ammunition,
voice-deciphering systems and 10 tor
ture devices stamped “exercise twis
ters,” the indictment said.
Terpil and Korkala were also accused
of supplying the Ugandan Mission with
leadlined, X-Ray-proof packing sheets
for the air shipment of the weapons to
Uganda under diplomatic seal.
The charges carry penalties of up to 5
years in prison and fines of up to $10,000
each.
In 1980, Terpil and Korkola were
convicted — in absentia — of gunrun
ning to revolutionaries.
Both men jumped bail, however, on
the eve of their trial in New York. They
were convicted and sentenced to 53
years in prison. Authorities subse
quently tracked them to Uganda,
Libya, West Germany and finally
Lebanon.
Staff photo by Daniel Sanders
Could they mean you?
This banner was hung outside Puryear Hall apparently by Mark
and Robert. Beware, they may be looking for you!