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elephant walk
By MIKE DAVIS
Reporter
Before bonfire each year, the se
niors gather in front of the flagpole
on Military Walk and wander aimles
sly about the campus like old el
ephants about to die. This symbol
izes the fact that the seniors will
graduate the following spring and
will be of no further use to the
Twelfth Man.
The Class of ’85 will have its el
ephant walk Tuesday beginning at
noon at the statue of Lawrence Sulli
van Ross in front of the Academic
Building.
The class also will have live el
ephants in the Grove for rides and
pictures.
Carla Proctor, Class of ’85 vice
president, said elephant walk will be
gin with a short yell practice at Sully.
Because the tradition states that
seniors “wander aimlessly about the
campus,” the route is known only by
the red pots who lead the procession,
she said.
Head yell leader Kelly Joseph said
the redpots lead elephant walk be
cause of all the time and effort they
have put into bonfire.
“It’s really the redpots day of glo
ry,” Joseph said.
Though the redpots lead the
procession, Joseph said elephant
walk is for all seniors.
“It’s the seniors’ day,” he said.
“They can make with it what they
want.”
The elephant walk route varies
from year to year.
“Traditionally we have gone
through the MSC fountain, the fish
pond, the Chemistry Building foun
tains,” Proctor said. “This year we
cannot go through Rudder fountain
because there is a Christmas crafts
show that day.”
Senior redpot Scott Strom said,
“In the past they used to go through
buildings and disrupt classes.
“That’s not on our agenda.”
Strom said the redpots have a ba
sic route planned, but “we’re just
going to play it by ear.
“In the past, I’ve heard tell that
they would argue as they were walk
ing. Then when they all decided that
they all wanted to go one direction,
that’s when they would turn.
“We have to watch it a little more
carefully because of our construc
tion on campus.”
Strom said they plan to hit major
campus landmarks such as Kyle
Field, “at least one fountain” and
Seniors parade through the MSC to promote elephant walk.
“the two graveyards.”
The graveyards are located at the
Corps of Cadets Quadrangle and the
grassy area between northside men’s
dormitories. These areas are tradi
tionally decorated as graveyards by
juniors.
Throughout campus, members of
the junior class, clad with elephant
hunting attire, await the procession.
When the seniors venture through
the grave yards and th^ese “ambu
shes,” the juniors “shoot” them, sym
bolizing the junior class’ desire for
the seniors to “die” so that they may
Photo by MIKE SANCHEZ
begin their reign as seniors.
Elephant walk will end at the bon
fire stack where a short yell practice
will be held and the Class of ’85 gift
will be announced.
Police Beat
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department through Sunday.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A blue Huffy Omni 10-
speed bicycle was stolen from the
Hughes Hall bike racks.
• A blue Montgomery Ward
10-speed bicycle was stolen from
outside Underwood Hall.
• A purse was stolen from the
second floor women’s restroom in
Sterling C. Evans Library.
BURGLARY OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE:
• A stereo, two speakers and
an equalizer were stolen from a
1975 Chevrolet in Parking Annex
56.
• A Dolby cassette stereo was
stolen from a 1979 Volkswagen
Rabbit parked on Lubbock Street.
108 passengers fear for their lives if 21 prisoners aren't freed
Ethiopian hijackers vow to ‘end it all’
United Press International
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —
Three “furious” army officers who
hijacked a Somali jetliner to Ethiopia
vowed Sunday to “end it all” by
blowing up the plane and all 108
people aboard if the Somali govern
ment fails to free 21 political prison
ers.
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Goshe
Wolde said negotiators told the hi
jackers that the Somali government
of President Siad Barre had rejected
their demands, which included free
dom for seven high schools students
who were sentenced to be executed
Sunday. Somalia denied a date had
been set for the executions.
“We pray the hijackers will not
carry this threat out and shed blood
on Ethiopian soil,” Wolde said.
In a statement broadcast over
state-run Radio Mogadishu, the So
malian government said “it com
pletely rejects” the demands of the
hijackers, three Somali army officers
led by a captain.
Witnesses said the hijackers, who
described themselves as sympathetic
to anti-government Somali National
Movement, were armed with subma-
chineguns and grenades.
The officers seized the jetliner
Saturday after it took off from Mo
gadishu, the Somalian capital in East
Africa with 130 aboard, beat up the
pilot and shot a security officer in
the chest before landing at Addis
Ababa’s Bole airport.
The pilot, co-pilot and the
wounded security officer were
among 22 people released by the hi
jackers within hours of their arrival
in Addis Ababa. The security officer
was listed in stable condition.
The foreign minister said two ci
vilians aboard the Somali Airlines
Boeing 707 joined the hijackers Sun
day and were given arms.
“Several other passengers have
asked to be grantee
in a third country if this thing ends
peacefully,” Wolde said.
Wolde said negotiations were
continuing and that Italian diplo
mats had offered to represent the
Somalians in the negotiations, but he
sharply criticized the Somalian gov
ernment for its inflexible position.
Somalia has no formal diplomatic
relations with Ethiopia, which allows
Somali rebels to operate from bases
inside Ethiopia. Egyptian diplomats
were representing the Somalis.
Wolde identified the leader of the
hijackers as Somali army captain
Awil Adan Bourhan. The two other
military men involved in the hijack
were named as Bashe Nuse Mo-
hamed and Ahmed Hadji Mohamed
Adan. Wolde did not give their mili
tary rank.
He said an Ethiopian medical
team was permitted onboard the air
liner and reported the passengers as
“well under the circumstances.”
He said most of the Somali pas
sengers had requested and been
given the drug Khat, a mild stimu
lant derived from the mescale plant.
The drug was banned last year in So
malia.
Food and drinks also had been
brought to the plane.
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Lecture Series
presents
Alistair
Cooke
"Making a President—The Decline and
Fall of the Convention System"
Nov. 27 8:00 p.m. Rudder Theater
MSC Great Issues Committee
"America Revisited-The Year 2004"
Nov. 28 . 4:00 p.m. 601 Rudder
"Media Influence on Election Process"
Nov. 29 4:00 p.m. 204C Library
Tlie Bryam Rotary Olnill])
presents
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