Tuesday, February 7, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3
"Host could be liable
for serving alcohol
R.l.
by Paul Dirmeyer
By JILL GOLDEN
Reporter
A warning that tougher ap-
irbaches to alcohol-related of
fenses might lead to difficulties
or student organizations that
erve alcoholic beverages has
ieen sent to a Texas A&M offi-
ialfrom his counterpart at the
Jniversity of Illinois at Urbana-
■mpaign.
John J. Koldus, vice presi-
lent for student services, dis-
iributed a letter to his staff from
Stanley R. Levy, vice chancellor
:or student affairs at Illinois.
Levy wrote that courts in some
states have held social hosts lia
ble for the alcohol-related of
fenses of their guests and
|arned that student organiza-
[ions could be targets for such
awsuils.
Koldus says the letter, written
to student affairs directors na
tionwide, was informative as a
means of alerting campus offi
cials to the possible dangers of
social host liability but added
that he and his staff had been
aware of the problem for a long
time. Koldus chose not to relay
Levy’s warning to student orga
nizations because he said it did
not apply. Texas A&M does not
allow alcoholic beverages on
campus.
“Fraternities and sororities
are not related to us,” Koldus
said. “As for student organiza
tions, we work very closely with
them. We’re making sure they
are conscious of the problem.”
Texas courts have not ex
tended liability to social hosts.
However, two recent cases in
volving restaurant and bar own
ers have been decided in favor
of plaintiffs, said Kirk Brown,
president of the Brazos County
Mothers Against Drunk Driv
ers.
One case involved a Houston
bar that served alcohol to a
drunk patron who later caused
an automobile accident. The
bar was held partially liable and
had to pay $140,000 in dam
ages.
Two months ago, a San Anto
nio restaurant settled a $1 mil
lion suit out of court. It was
found negligent for serving al
cohol to minors who later were
killed in an automobile acci
dent.
Brown said settlement costs
are continuing to rise and liabil
ity cases against restaurant and
bar owners are becoming more
common. He said he was happy
with the stand Texas civil courts
had taken against restaurants
and bar owners.
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By TAMMY KIRK
Staff Writer
iy HBrhe Rev. Laurence F. X.
rigK Biett, ordained priest of the
‘ door Baltimore diocese, spoke on
tj lem! evangelism to an audience that
filled nearly all of of Rudder
Theater Monday night.
. BBrett relaxed his listeners by
s “ 0, describing the Bible as coming
V whydlwn from the heavens, having
Stuff. 1 gold trim with a red ribbon and
the words of Jesus being
, marked in red. Fie added that
:the Book also had a price tag
and received expected laughter,
related the Bible to a
er as having different
dnw types of literature within it —
unlike sports and the comics. He
told the audience to imagine
1 Tjpoits were wiped out by the
budget deficit and a sports page
were found about 2000 years
from now, headlines such as
‘Cougars Crush Southern
Methodists,’ ‘Mad Cougars
: Maul Uppity Mustangs' and
The Cardinals Trailed . . .’
would make no sense.
1 f! 1 And what about deformed
case>1 people such as halfbacks and
npac 1 fcrterbacks? Brett said. Again,
laughter.
B“My point — you can’t look at
the scriptures in 1984 and look
soti at a specific situation by a spe
cific author, known or un
known, and make it universal
law,’said Brett.
|He made a comparison of the
oks by Mark, Luke and Mat-
letid
nsoi
thew on the story of the woman
afflicted by hemorrhaging who
touched Jesus’ clothes and was
cured. The account went from
22 lines in the Bible to 17 lines to
Five lines, respectively. Brett
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in deputy killing
said ‘ ... if you have 1000 people
looking at the text . . . you
would not have one meaning,
there would be 1000 meanings.’
Brett said no wonder people
didn’t want to have anything to
do with religion if it has been
said, ‘You must be perfect as
your heavenly Father was per
fect.’ Again, laughter filled the
theater as Brett said if every
thing sent from heaven was a
gift, he would let God send per
fection — he’d wait for it.
Brett said for the people who
showed enough interest to
come, he was deeply grateful
and deeply moved.
In the open forum following
Brett’s speech, one woman com
mented before her question that
Brett reminded her of George
Burns in the movie ‘Oh God’
because he simplified every
thing.
Another woman asked about
how to accept what fountain
speakers preached on campus.
Brett said, ‘The Bible should be
used as a tool, not a weapon.
You should really show how
much you love them and ignore
them.’
Dave Bergen, chairman of
the University concessions com
mittee at Texas A&M, said
there are still complaints about
the fountain speakers at the
University, even though there
are fewer complaints compared
to two years ago when there
were speakers two days of every
week.
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Magistrate Monday dismissed
federal bank robbery charges
against a suspect in the killing
of a sheriffs deputy and turned
the man over to state officials to
face capital murder charges.
Pedro Solis Sosa, 32, is
charged with aggravated rob
bery, aggravated kidnapping
and capital murder in the Nov.
4 shooting death of Wilson
County Sheriffs deputy Ollie F.
“Sammy” Childress.
Childress was kidnapped and
shot to death in the trunk of his
E atrol car by two men who al-
igedly robbed the State Bank
ofLa Vernia of about $51,000.
Sosa, 32, and his wife Sylvia
Sosa, 27, were arrested in San
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