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The Battalion
Serving the University community
Vol. 80 No. 70 GSPS 045360 14 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, December 7, 1984
A&M students
report Austin
police abuse
Model Building
Photo by DEAN SAITO
u
Jennifer Thomas, senior environmental design major from
Dallas, works on a model for one of her design classes Thurs-
American citizen
reportedly killed
in Kuwaiti hijack
United Press International
f BEIRUT, Lebanon — Five Arab gunmen threatened to kill every U.S.
litizen aboard a hijacked Kuwaiti airliner at Tehran airport Thursday and
then shot to death two more hostages, including the second American re
ported killed. It was the worst case ever of cold-blooded hijack executions.
I The killings brought to at least three the number of hostages slain in the
three-day showdown at Mehrabad Airport.
j At least 56 hostages were roped to their seats aboard the Kuwaiti Air
ways A-300 Airbus as the hijackers pressed their demand that Kuwait free
' 21 people imprisoned for the bombings of U.S. and French facilities last De-
I cember.
I In Washington, the State Department said one of the two passengers
, killed Thursday apparently was an American, the second U.S. citizen slain
since the plane was cornandeered Tuesday. His body was riddled with six
I bullets.
“... It appears that two Agency for International Development employ-
|iees have been mur dered at Tehran airport,” the department said, basing its
Statement on information from the Swiss government, which acts as the
■gent for U.S. interests in Iran.
j The State Department earlier said six Americans were on board the
■lane, but two — an American woman and her daughter — had been re-
Keased.
I When the plane was hijacked Tuesday, the passengers included three
[ AID employees en route to their post in Karachi, Pakistan.
“Pending the receipt of additional information, we cannot absolutely
[ confirm that the murders took place, nor can we absolutely confirm the
I identities of these individuals and officially release their names,” the depart-
! ment said.
j The official Islamic Republic News agency said an Iranian Foreign Min-
ijstry official “condemned the shooting of an American diplomat by the hi
jackers of the Kuwaiti airliner and expressed the hope the hijacking will end
r acefully.”
A spokesman at the International Civil Aviation Organization in Mon-
[ deal called the hijacking the worst case ever of cold-blooded execution of
I hostages by hijackers.
■ “We have no records of such cold-blooded killings of passengers,”
I KiAO spokesman Eugene Sochor said. “The only case we know of a cold-
iblooded killing was that of Lufthansa pilot Jurgen Schumann who was
| killed by hijackers in October, 1977.”
I After the shootings, the gunmen freed 30 hostages, including a crew-
Jitember released for medical attention with the warning that if he did not
return the pilot would be killed, IRNA said. On Tuesday and Wednesday
■0 passengers — mostly women and children — were freed.
The gunmen threatened to kill every American aboard unless Kuwait
: toet their demands, IRNA said.
I The news agency said the hijackers brought two passengers to the stair
case of the aircraft in the afternoon, “and started counting down, threaten-
mg to kill them.
■ “One of the passengers requested a loudspeaker and after it was given to
him, in a pleading voice, he in troduced himself as the U .S. consul in Karachi
and pleaded with Kuwaiti officials to meet the demands of the hijackers,”
IRNA said.
day afternoon in building C of the Langford Architecture
Complex.
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
Several Texas A&M students have
accused Austin police officers of acts
of violence Saturday night after the
A&M football team’s victory over the
University of Texas. Incidents re-
f jotted by students range from being
lit with a billy club to being sprayed
with Mace.
Steve Sledge, a senior electrical
engineering major from Dallas, said
he was struck several times with a
billy club by an Austin police officer.
Sledge said he was struck while at
tempting to cross a street to avoid
the scene of an ongoing fight.
“The police were telling the crowd
to move,” Sledge said. “One of the
police came up to me and gave me
the command to move, and simulta
neously gave me a whack on the
shoulder.”
Sledge said the police officer then
Struck him on the knee and across
the back with a billy club, then
locked him in a police van. Another
police officer took Sledge out of the
van and transported him to in a
squad car to Brackinridge Hospital s
emergency room, where he was
given two stitches in the head,
Sledge said.
When he was leaving the emer
gency room, he was informed that
the police were bringing charges
against him, Sledge said. The
charges against him are failure to
obey a lawful command and assault
ing a police officer, Sledge said.
“I didn’t make any gestures,”
Sledge said. “I’m a Christian person.
I wouldn’t make a move toward any
police officer.”
Other students reported incidents
of a less violent nature involving
Austin police officers.
Dudley Myer, a sophomore build
ing construction major from San
Antonio, said he and Rich Meisels, a
freshman animal science major from
Dallas, were sprayed with Mace
while in the vicinity of a fight.
Myer said he and Meisels were
walking down 6th Street when a
fight broke out. Police officers at
tempting to reach the fight hit the
people in the crowds with their billy
dubs, then sprayed Mace on the
crowd, Myer said.
“There was a short girl standing
next to me — she was real cute, a big
threat to society — and she got
Maced, too,” Myer said. “It was
really shocking. I think the cops just
panicked.”
Lt. Roger Napier, a spokesman
from the internal affairs division of
the Austin Police Department, said it
was very probable that people in the
area of fights were sprayed with
Mace Saturday night. However, Na
pier said he knew of only one person
See AUSTIN, page 8
Dorm check-out made simple
By CATHIE ANDERSON
Staff Writer
Procrastination and parking prob
lems traditionally make the resi
dence hall check-out process more
difficult, says Glenn Ferris, housing
operations supervisor.
All students must check out of
dormitories at Texas A&M by 6 p.rn.
Friday, Dec. 14. The dormitories will
re-open Monday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m.
Ferris said that students tend to
procrastinate, making checkout
more complicated for the residence
hall staff.
“The students know that they
should be out of the halls at 6 p.m.,
but most of the time they wait until
5:59 just to start packing,” he said.
Parking creates a second problem,
Ferris said. Residence halls in the
center of campus are not easily ac
cessible, so the students must find a
place to park their cars before they
can move out of the halls.
Despite the problem, no vehicles
will be allowed in the no parking
zones or on the grassy areas sur
rounding the residence halls.
Ferris said students who want to
move into their new assignments be
fore the semester ends should ar
range a time convenient with the
people currently living there.
Before they leave, all students
who are returning to the residence
halls must:
• disconnect electrical appliances.
• defrost refrigerators and remove
all food.
• lock all doors and windows.
• turn in key(s).
• remove all Christmas decorations.
“We tell the students to remove all
their Christmas decorations, espe
cially the trees, because they are a
fire hazard,” Ferris said.
Students who are changing or
permanently leaving the halls must
make an appointment with their res
ident adviser or commanding officer
to check their rooms before they
leave.
Ferris also said that students who
own bicycles should bring them in
side their rooms before they leave.
“Unfortunately this is the time of
the year that people go shopping for
bicycles,” he said, “but they don’t
want to pay anything.”
Ferris said that he once stood at
the window of a dormitory and saw a
young boy clipping the chain of a bi
cycle. Before Ferris could stop the
boy, he rode away on the bicycle.
Not only should students bring
their bikes inside but they should
also cancel their long distance serv
ice with General Telephone Electric,
Ferris said.
“If you have something really
valuable (in your room), take it
home with you,” Ferris advised.
Interim housing can be arranged
at the housing office in the YMCA
Building through Wednesday. Stu
dents will be lodged in Schuhmacher
Hall.
Several dormitories will receive
maintenance over the break, Ferris
said. The work will range from re
carpeting halls to installing smoke
and heat detectors in rooms.
Students susceptible to stress
-e
Editor’s note: This is the third ar
ticle in a three part series on stress.
By RENEE HARRELL
Reporter
Even though some people may
wish for the “carefree” days of col
lege life again, the pressures placed
on students can be just as bad as, if
not worse than, the pressures that
come from a job. Some students
have to cope with the pressures of a
job, too, if they are working while at
tending college.
If a college student is experienc
ing a lot of stress and is unable to
learn to cope with it while in school,
chances are that coping with stress
after graduation won’t he any easier.
Dr. James Hyden, a local psycholo
gist, said he thinks all students are
susceptible to stress.
“The student who is extremely
perfectionistic, always expects to do
well at all times, expects to make
straight A’s and attend all classes is
going to be more susceptible to
stress,” Hyden said. “Obviously, a
person is not going to be able to live
up to all of these expectations.
“Instead of looking at the situa
tion, they have a tendency to try
harder and harder. T he people who
are most susceptible are those who
think they aren’t. Everybody has lim
its. It’s an old cliche, but there are
only 24 hours in a day.”
People need to learn to budget
their time, Hyden Said.
“Establish priorities and make a
list of the things you need to do,” he
said.
Hyden said once you get in the
habit of doing this you can do it
mentally and it helps you develop an
attitude.
“In my own work and practice,
I’ve found that the ones that need it
are the first to say ‘I don’t have time
to do that,’” Hyden said. “If you take
time, you are really more efficient.
It’s a difficult situation and it re
quires a lot of discipline to force
yourself to do what ultimately is best
for you.”
A few of the most obvious symp
toms of stress are headaches, irrita
bility, crankiness, change in appetite
and stomach problems. But, too
much stress on a student could lead
to something more serious than the
usual symptoms of stress.
“T oo much pressure or stress that
is ignored and not dealt with in some
cases can lead to such a sense of
hopelessness that can lead to suici
de,” Hyden said. “Unfortunately,
their problem-solving rationale has
become too narrow in these cases.”
Another serious problem that
stress can lead to is drugs. Hyden
gives his opinion on students using
drugs to cope with stress.
“If students have to use chemicals
that aren’t medically prescribed to
wake them up or to put them to
sleep, then they are taking on too
much or their priorities are wrong,”
Hyden said.
“It’s popular to use recreational
drugs,” he said, “but when some
people use this to help them meet
some life demands, it’s a sign that
something is wrong. They are devel
oping a problem solving approach
that could be developing a bigger
problem than the one they’re trying
to solve. Some would disagree, but in
my opinion there’s no reason people
can’t get through college without
having to alter their body’s func
tioning with chemicals, unless
they’re medically ill. The pressures
that one faces in college aren’t going
to go away once they get out. You
shouldn’t depend on chemicals.”
A College Station Psychologist,
Barbara Clark, agrees that students
who turn to drugs to help alleviate
stress need help.
“Some students turn to drugs and
alcohol to help relieve the stress of
being in school,” Clark said. “F-
riends should encourage them to get
help at a counseling center or a local
psychologist.”
She said the freshman year has
the most different kinds of stress.
Any change can lead to stress. Some
of Clark’s examples of stress-causing
situations for freshman include
moving to a new location, new re
sponsibilities of living on their own,
having to study in a new way without
anyone to set the structure for them,
new financial pressures and being
separated from the family. Clark
said that for the first time psycholog
ical problems surface.
“These problems don’t surface
until they get away at college and
See STRESS, page 8