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_|T.>«MM Q i 11 ; The DaTta on Serving the University communily 76 No. 137 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 19, 1983 javid Fist* , assists Frida; twice, peeled Hd's I eath toll up to 31 n terrorist attack United Press International JEJRUT, Lebanon — Workers [ging through rubble for victims of mb blast that devastated the U.S. ibassy found the mutilated corpses two people today, pushing to 3 1 the ath toll in the terrorist attack. Two formerly unknown groups oclaimed responsibility today for lattack, one day after extremists it U.S. officials linked to Iran’s atollah Ruhollah Khomeini had imed responsibility. Lebanese civil defense workers ifehing through the night for vic- isofMonday’s explosion found the itilated bodies of a man and a | man under tons of debris, bringing llthetotal number known killed in : blast. At least 105 others, injured in the jlosion at the U.S. Embassy in west J irut, were taken Monday to the fl Irican University Hospital. ‘There are more bodies,” said a banese civil defense worker at the ibassy, as cranes carefully lifted bsofconcrete and twisted metal in ich of possible survivors — but ire likely bodies crushed under the t bris. fcores of people, some in near hys- ia, waited outside the devastated j for news of missing friends Relatives. “I told him not to go to work,” screamed a middle-aged woman whose husband was listed among the many missing in the blast-riddled waterfront embassy. “He was ill but would not listen, he had to to go. Where is he now?” A little-known extremist group, the Islamic Struggle Organization, first claimed responsibility for the explo sion that blew off the front of the eight-story embassy, destroyed the consular section and sent concrete floors crashing down on employees. Two previously unknown groups — the “The Arab Socialist Unionists” and “The Organization for Vengeance for the Martyrs of Sabra and Chatila” — also claimed responsi bility today. Sabra and Chatila are the two Palestinian refugee camps in west Beirut where Lebanese Christians last Sept. 16-18 slaughtered hundreds of civilians. Beirut’s Christian Phalangist Radio said the attack on the American Embassy was a suicide mission by a man who drove into the compound in a pickup truck carrying more than 300 pounds of explosives. Identification of the dead was in complete. Officials at the American Universi ty Hospital in west Beirut released the names of only 12 of the dead, iden tifying three as American diplomats. In Washington, Assistant Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said Monday at least six Americans died in the blast: “two foreign service offic ers, two members of the Office of Military Cooperation on temporary duty there, and two AID (Agency for International Development) em ployees.” The army identified the two slain soldiers as Sgt. 1st Class Richard Twine, 36, of Salop, England, and Staff Sgt. Ben H. Maxwell, 26, of Appomatox, Va. The army said a third soldier. Staff Sgt. Mark E. Sala zar, 30, of San Gabriel, Calif, was mis sing and believed dead. The three soldiers, in Beirut on a training mission, had served at Fort Hood Army base near Killeen, Texas. President Reagan condemned the bombing as “vicious and cowardly” but insisted the United States would not be deterred in its efforts to bring about a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement. Sexual harassment system i iere works, official says r’s note: This is the second in a o-part series on sexual harassment students at Texas A&M. iv, Ajl nd M articif*' tree t> triall' (1 svir trek. (|il1 f24:30j ; m Re s l |\|E :3U .33.3 :53.P : :13.5 : 15.5 :40.6 1:24.9 1:50.' 1:09.9 :26,4 1:06.5 1:48.3 1:29.0 1:19.0 .' 1:51.4 1:55.1 i:l8.3 i:53.9 1:26.8 1:30.0' 1:45.9 1:51.' J:44.5 4:24.5 yi-' 5:32.9 4:39.0 6:24.0 4.22.0 !4:59.' by Kelley Smith Battalion Staff Die system for handling sexual rassment problems at Texas A&M inly two years old, but it already has sven to be an effective one, the liversity affirmative action officer (S. Thesystem was established to com- with federal guidelines prohibit- sexual harassment on the grounds it is a form of discrimination. That’s why we have an obligation auniversity to ensure that students d employees both are free from in- lidation and hostile environ- nts,” said Margaret Smith, Texas M affirmative action officer. When the guidelines prohibiting tualharassment were issued, Texas cM designated a person for each rtof the System as an affirmative ion officer and set up a procedure handle harassment cases. Many other schools did not set up a item to follow until they were faced th a complaint, Smith said. Texas A&M put together a policy the System level that defines sex- Iharassment, says we will not toler- it... and we will make you sorry if udo it,” Smith said. As the affirmative action officer for emain campus, Smith listens to stu nts’complaints and has them sign a Classified 8 Jical 3 pinions 2 ports 13 State 4 National 7 :e Beat 4 iVhat’sup 12 sih M ,i< i,i,IF deposition stating the charge. Smith will not act on any complaint unless the person making the charge is will ing to put it in writing, a practice that she said discourages frivolous cohr-—- plaints. Smith then meets with Ted Hajovs- ky, associate general counsel, to de termine the severity of the case — the number and nature of the complaints — and to decide on the appropriate disciplinary action for the case. Disci pline can range from suspension for a semester or probation to counseling or termination of employment. But only a small percentage of the cases end in termination, Smith said. “Some people believe once a pro fessor is tenured, he is untouchable,” Smith said. “But that’s not true, they can be terminated just like anyone else. It has happened.” Smith and Hajovsky then talk with the professor’s department head who informs the professor of the charge and the action to be taken. The name of the student making the complaint is not revealed to the professor unless the professor appeals the decision and requests a hearing or the case is severe enough to involve termination. A faculty appeal goes to the Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Re sponsibility. Most cases do not result in a hear ing because the accused professor may fear people would hear of the complaint and it would damage his reputation — even if he is proven in nocent, Smith said. Most people re member that someone was charged, not that he was proven innocent, she said. One major problem in investigat ing complaints is the lack of witnesses, Smith said. An accusation usually is the student’s word against the word of the professor. However, she said, when as many as seven people com plain about the same professor, it makes a strong case. In her two years at Texas A&M, Smith said she never has had a frivo lous complaint and said that in every case the professor has been found at fault. “It’s a very difficult charge to prove or disprove,” Smith said. “However, to me, it’s more likely that it happened than it didn’t happen.” Smith said sexual harassment sometimes is not taken seriously in companies that have men in positions that handle complaints about sexual harassment. “It is not a joke with the (Universi ty) administration,” she said. Depart ment heads usually handle charges professionally and know they must do something to correct the situation, she said. But when approached with a com plaint, most professors deny the charge. And when faced with termi nation, some professors will resign without defending themselves, she said. First you throw it ... staff photo by Eric Evan Lee While other students are juggling projects, classes and impending finals with the lure of sunny, spring weather, Sharon Schulze, a sophomore elementary education major from Giddings, practices Monday afternoon juggling something visible — bean bags. Farm decline predicted United Press International WASHINGTON —Texas Agricul ture Commissioner Jim Hightower says the farm population will con tinue to decline for the rest of the decade if the Reagan administration d6es not develop a policy which will increase farmer’s earnings. “We’ve got to have a farm policy for a change that focuses on the far mer,” Hightower told a meeting of the Newspaper Farm Editors of America Monday. Farmers have complied with Agri culture Department urgings to be come more sophisticated in farm management and marketing techni ques, he said. But even with those efforts, farmers have been left “pro ductive, innovative and broke,” he added. If the problem continues, the farm population will continue to decline for the rest of the decade, he said. In the past, he said, farm policy has been concerned more with foreign policy and other market conditions than with the needs of commercial farmers. He blamed presidential adminis trations throughout the last 30 years for the nation’s “bad farm policy.” But he singled out President Reagan for failing to correct current problems. “Ronald Reagan has v no farm poli cy,” Hightower said. Hightower suggested that the gov ernment might increase target prices — the prices designated by the gov ernment as desirable sales levels — to equal the costs of crop production. He also questioned predictions of success for the payment-in-kind program, noting that it is not yet clear that the program will succeed in a long-term reduction of crop sur pluses. The program, which promises gov ernment surplus crops to farmers who leave big portions of their land idle, is really “a program to clean up the farm mess” that already exists in the form of huge supplies and weak demand — not a new effort to re build the farm economy, he said. inside forecast Partly cloudy skies today with a high near 80. Easterly winds of around 10 mph. Clear and mild tonight with a low of 57. Mostly clear skies Wednesday with a high near 82. Former senators debate current economic policies by Lezlee Hinson Battalion Reporter President Reagan’s economic policies — Reaganomics — are working and should be continued, Robert Taft, former Republican senator from Ohio, said Monday night. Eugene McCarthy, former Democratic senator from Minneso ta, disagreed, saying that Reagan never really has had an economic theory of his own and said the re duction in inflation is not caused by the success of the president’s poli cies. In support of Reagan, Taft said the goals of Reagan’s policies —to build a strong defense, to revive the economy and to control runaway government spending — are being met. McCarthy claimed that Reagano mics is mislabeled, and said that the current reduction in inflation can be attributed to other factors, includ ing the high rate of unemployment. As an alternative to Reagan’s supply-side economic policies, McCarthy said the problem of un employment cannot be settled with out a redistribution of labor. He said such a redistribution could employ as many as 1 million workers. McCarthy also said excessive Protesters enter nuclear blast area Former U.S. Sen. Eugene former U.S. Sen. Robert Taft, and cons of Reaganomics. staff photos by Eric Evan Lee McCarthy, D-Ohio, left, and R-Ohio, discuss the pros waste in the private sector should be eliminated. He said the American people are the most over transported, over-fueled, over advertised in the world. Using the automobile industry as an example, McCarthy said that American business has no social conscience. Its only concern, he said, is to make money — regardless of the consequences. Also, he said, there is no real tax on corporate waste. Taft said that McCarthy’s propos al to eliminate waste is a form of “whip and carrot” incentive for cor porations, similar to the present Pol ish economic theory — reward cor porations for responsible actions and punish them for wasteful, self- serving ones. McCarthy responded by saying that it is his goal to “keep ’em hon est” and said the government might benefit by a close analysis of the “corporate soul.” About 325 people attended the event, which was sponsored by MSC Political Forum. United Press International LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Military heli copters have been unable to detect any trace of four anti-nuclear protes ters who reportedly entered the Nevada Test Site and set up camp on Yucca Flat, within the classified nuc lear blast area. “We have an international team out there. They put their lives on the line to call attention to an environ ment problem,” said Peter Dykstra, a spokesman for the environmental group Greenpeace. Dykstra said each man was equip ped with radiation detection devices, food for a week, bed rolls and tents. “We believe a halt to testing is the first step towards a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which is a major step toward nuclear disarmament,” Dyk stra said Monday. He identified the men as expedi tion leader Harald Zindler, 38, of Hamburg, West Germany; Ron Taylor, 29, an electrical engineer from Oxford, England; John Hinck, 29, of Seattle, Wash., and Brian Fitz gerald, 24, of Boston, Mass. The four Greenpeace members crossed the northeast boundary of the classified nuclear test site Saturday and hiked to the mountain ridges above Yucca Flat Sunday, said Dyk stra. Dave Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Energy, said four Air Force helicopters began a search of the 1,350 square-mile Nevada Test Site Monday morning for the four men. Miller said he found a package of literature at his office from the Greenpeace organization early Mon day that said “at this moment” an ufi ternational crew of United States, German and United Kingdom mem bers of Greenpeace are on the test site. “We don’t know if they actually penetrated the site. It is 1,350 square miles. Not all of it is fenced but all roads and trails leading into the site are barricaded, posted against tres pass or guarded,” said Miller. “There is no way anyone could approach those areas without being detected and caught,” Miller said. He said all sensitive areas containing clas sified materials were fenced or patrol led by armed guards or electronic sensors. “We do have some concern because there are RADEX (radiation exclu sion) areas and it is possible if they are bumbling around out there they could get radioactive material on their clothes and bodies,” Miller said.