Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1986)
KLS charges Wasson acted Aquino government called Former Longhorn coaches beyond scope of authority dictatorship by Marcos admit to breaking NCAA rules — Page 3 — Page 6 — Page 8 The Battalion Vol. 83 Mo. 124 (JSPS 075360 10 pages College Station, Texas Monday, March 31, 1986 BISD Place 1 hopefuls similar only in goals Sandblaster Photo by Bill Hughes A&M’s Chris Walker lands in the sand pit during Relays Saturday. Walker won the longjump with a the long jump competition at the College Station leap of 26 feet, l 3 /i inches. See story, page 7. Mother says she wanted large family By Sue A. Krenek and David Steel Reporters If the candidates for Place 1 on the Bryan school board have any thing in common, it is the diversity of their viewpoints and their person alities. Candidates Hillary Jessup, Travis E. Nelson and E.N. Rutherford have the same basic goal — improving Bryan schools — but because of past experience each emphasizes a differ ent area for improvement Jessup is a soft-spoken 40-year- old who brings experience as a par ent and educator to the race for Place 1. She received her undergraduate degree in physical education from the University of Southern Califor nia in 1969 and has been a teacher and couselor in the public schools and at the college level. She says, “I think my counseling experiences will add a new dimen sion to the school board — one that’s not being met right now. I feel it’s my turn to serve the community.” She says parents and educators • Also See Candidates, page 4 • Also See Hopefuls, page 4 are underrepresented on the Bryan school board, while members of the financial community hold a dispro portionately high number of seats. “I think the school board needs to represent the population of the city,” she says. “I don’t think it can only be white, I don’t think it should only be men. I don’t think it should only be business people — or only educators.” She joined the staff at Texas A&M in 1977 as an academic counselor to the general studies program, a posi tion she still holds. Jessup’s views on the problems facing the district are primarily fac ulty-oriented. She says changes should be made in the policies on See Candidates, page 5 Test-tube quintuplets born in London LONDON (AP) — A London woman has jiven birth to five babies, reported to be the world’s first test tube quintuplets. University Col ic Hospital on Sunday said the five infants were in intensive care. fhe weekly newspaper Sunday People, which )roke the news of the birth, said the babies all were boys. Hospital spokeswoman Annie Pearce said the <liiintuplets were delivered there Wednesday by Caesarean section and that all were stable and as well as could be expected. She said they ranged in weight between 1 pound, IS'/a ounces and 2 pounds, 2 ounces and that their mother was in salisfactoTvcondition . Pearce said the hospital would give no further information, at family request, and said it had “absolutely no comment” on the Sunday People account. The Sunday People identified the parents as 33-year-old teacher Linda Jacobssen and her husband, Bruce, 31, an engineer. It said the ba bies were three months premature and that their names were Alan, Brett, Connor, Douglas and Edward. The mass-circulation tabloid called the babies the world’s first test tube quintuplets, but the hospital said it could not confirm this. The paper quoted Jacobssen as saying she al ways wanted to have a large family. Trra~way, "it’s-better to .have an instant family than stretching it out over 15 years or so,” she was quoted as saying. “I just can’t believe it . . . they’re beautiful.” Test tube is the term commonly used for the in vitro technique in which a human egg is fertilized in a glass dish and implanted in the womb. English gynecologist Dr. Patrick Steptoe and his partner Dr. Robert Edwards pioneered the in vitro method. The first authenticated test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Oldham General Hospital in northern England on July 25, 1978. The world’s first test tube triplets were born in Australia in 1981, and the first test tube quadru plets were born to an Australian woman in Jan uary 1984. ___ ... _ -... Candidate's assertions don't match records By Jo Ann Able and Kim Roy Reporters Discrepancies were found by Battalion reporters in statements made by Marty Peterson, one of three candidates for Place 2 on the Bryan School Board. Peterson said March 12, in an interview with The Battalion, that he earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in psychol ogy from the University of Utah. However, Marie Larsen, super visor for student records at Utah’s registrar’s office, said March 13 that no one by the name of Marty Albert Peterson is on record as receiving any degree from the University of Utah. Another discrepancy was dis covered concerning Peterson’s age. Peterson told The Battalion he is 31, but his voter registration card, filed at the county court house, says he is 32. When asked about the discrep ancies, Peterson said he was con fused and disorganized at the time of the interview and may have given false information. Peterson requested a second interview but canceled shortly be fore the scheduled time. He said he was not available for the second interview because he had to work. Peterson was contacted Wednesday and asked to com ment on the discrepancies. “I was ahead of myself when I was talking,” he said. Peterson said the reporters must have misunderstood what he said about his education. He said he told other reporters he had a high school education. “I don’t want to misrepresent myself or anyone else,” he said. “I had a lot on my mind that day.” He said he is sorry about the situation. “But it’s no reason for them (the reporters) to get bent out of shape,” he said. “It was a misquo te.” But the interview was tape-re corded, and the recording showed he was not misquoted. Peterson was contacted again Wednesday evening. He said he wanted to attend University of Utah and major in See Inconsistencies, page 4 Choose peace, pope tells Easter audience VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John Paul II called upon the 200,()()() people jammed in St. Peter’s Square and on human kind Easter Sunday to accept the most demanding challenge of all, “the great challenge of peace. To choose peace means to choose life.” The pope chose the theme of -li(e.and death.Tor his traditional Easter message “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city of Rome and the world), saying Easter testifies that “God does not resign himself to man’s death.” John Paul referred to abortion, terrorism, and guerrilla warfare during his speech at the conclu- | sion of a Mass in the square on the steps outside St. Peter’s Ba silica. “Man unfortunately resigns himself to death and not only ac cepts it but also inflicts it,” said the pope, standing before the al tar and reading his speech in Ital ian as a light wind blew his gold robe. “Men continually inflict death upon others, people who are of ten unknown, innocent people, people not yet born,” the pope said. John Paul said humanity was “faced with a challenge, one more pressing and demanding than all others, the great challenge of peace. To choose peace means to choose life.” Faculty Senate to hold elections By Sondra Pickard Stall' Writer Nominations are in and absentee voting is complete for Faculty Senate regular elections to be held Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Absentee voting was Monday through Friday and nominations for the 33 available positions were closed before spring break. At least one candidate has filed for every available seat, five of which are newly create?!. Of the 33 seats, 13 are contested elections. All places in Tourof the IT electoral units are un- con tested.” - ’ Runoff elections, if needed, will be Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The following are candidates for Senate seats (Polling.places are listed belov' each college): College ol Agriculture 107 Scoates Hall 217 Soil and Crop Sciences Center- Entomology Center Place 4 • David Zuberer, soil and crop sciences Place 6 • James B. Woolley, entomology Place 7 • Edward A. Funkhouser, biochemistry College of Architecture & Envi ronmental Design Langford Architecture Center, Gal lery — Place 3 " • John B. Evans, environmental design Place 4 • Walter V. Wendler, architecture College of Business Administra tion Blocker Building, 2nd Floor Lobby Place 6 • Samuel M. Gillespie, marketing College of Education Harrington Education Center, 1st Floor Lounge 158 Read Place 4 • Jon J. Denton, educational curriculum & instruction •Victor L. Willson, educational psychol ogy • James R. Woosley, health and physical education Place 5 • Max M. Stratton, health and physical education • Jerome T. Rapes, industrial, vocarid- nal and technical education College of Engineering Zachry Engineering Center, 1st Floor Lobby Place 2 • Thomas J. Kozik, mechanical engi neering • John T. Tielking, civil engineering Place 4 (Note: This is to complete a two year term.) • Tibor Rozgonyi, petroleum engi neering • Neilon J. Rowan, civil engineering Place 6 • C. F. Kettleborough, mechanical engi neering Place 13 • James T. Rollins, petroleum engi neering • William H. Sprinsky, civil engineering College of Geosciences 204 O & M " 352 Halbouty. Geosciences (Depart ment of Geophysics) Place 1 • Peter Hugill, geography Place 3 • Anthony F. Gangi, geophysics • John H. Wormuth, oceanography See Voting, page 10 Report says Soviets won’t reduce military buildup WASHINGTON (AP) — Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s ambi tious strategy for modernizing his nation’s troubled economy isn’t likely to slow plans for building new military weapons, according to an as sessment by two major U.S. intelli gence agencies that was released Soviet military leaders generally support Gorbachev’s economic plans, although that backing could "mne within two to three years, according to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency. The CIA-DIA report was made March 19 in a classified meeting with the congressional Joint Economic Committee. A declassified version was made public Sunday by Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., a mem ber of the panel. The study noted that since Gorba chev came to power in March 1985, he has announced plans to overhaul and modernize the Soviet economy. “Gorbachev’s plans call for boost ing economic growth through mas sive replacement of outdated plant and equipment and an emphasis on high-technology industries,” the study said. Achieving his goal would require record growth in the machinery allo cated for modernizing Soviet plant and equipment, it said, noting that the machinery is produced by the same sector of the economy that builds military hardware. In the near term, the Soviet de fense establishment is well posi tioned to accommodate the possible shifts in machinery demand implied by the industrial modernization pro gram because defense industries have been upgraded in the past de cade, the study said. But it noted that “competition for resources could be intense for some basic materials and some interme diate goods, such as high-quality steel and microprocessors and for skilled labor — resources tradition ally supplied on a priority basis to military production.” Praise by Soviet officials for Gor bachev’s economic moves seems jus tified, the analysis said. “After a mis erable first quarter last year, non farm output rebounded strongly.” By contrast, U.S. industrial pro duction grew just 2.2 percent in 1985. That was a substantial de crease from an 11.5 percent increase the previous year, according to fig ures compiled by the Federal Re serve Board. The decrease was at tributed to stiff foreign competition for U.S. products, which forced widespread lay-offs and plant clos ings in American industry. The study also noted that the rate of Soviet military spending has gen erally shown little increase since 1975. Critics of the Reagan administra tion’s defense buildup have cited that finding in past years as reasons for cutting back the president’s re cord Pentagon buildup. But Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has responded by not ing that while the rate of increase may have slowed, the Soviet military starts from a much larger base, meaning that even small increases in spending produce large numbers of new weapons.