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Police continue
probe into assault
of female cadet
By Bob Grube
Staff Writer
would determine what degree of as
sault they would be charged with.
Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traffic at Texas A&M, said Mon
day that the University Police De
partment is continuing its investiga
tion into a reported assault of a
female cadet at the bonfire site Nov.
18.
Wiatt said he and the officers who
are working on the case will meet
with some dormitory resident advis
ers today to concentrate on potential
suspects in the case.
“Unfortunately, it looks as if at
least some of the males involved are
residents of Davis-Gary dormitory,”
Wiatt said. “We’re not going into the
investigation with tunnel vision, but
the cadet was sure she saw the DG
letters on at least two of the helmets
the men were wearing.
“If her injuries are not too bad,
the charge would probably be filed
as a class C misdemeanor, which is
punishable by up to a $200 fine,”
Wiatt said. “The county attorney will
decide how to prosecute the case.”
Bill Kibler, associate director of
student affairs and adviser to bon
fire, and Dr. John Koldus, vice presi
dent for student services, were un
available for comment Monday.
“The DG helmets are very distinc
tive in the way they look. At this
time, we have some leads on the
case, but as of yet, have no positive
identifications.
“We are digging, but it’s going to
take a lot of legwork.”
Eric Wittenmyer, a senior redpot,
said he was at Duncan Field the
night the incident occurred but was
on the other side of the bonfire.
“I heard about what happened,
but I didn’t see it,” Wittenmyer said.
“We (the redpots) are in charge of
the entire bonfire, but our primary
concern is the safety of all the people
working on the bonfire.
Wiatt said the men involved could
be charged with assault, but the se
vereness of the cadet’s injuries
“With so many people out there,
it’s hard to see everything that’s
going on. There’s a good chance that
no redpots saw what happened. We
don’t discourage women from work
ing on bonfire. Every unit in the
Corps is scheduled to work on the
bonfire, and Company W-1 is sched
uled along with the rest of Corps
outfits.”
1 Afummi
What s up
Tuesday
CLEAR LAKE AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: willhaveap,,
bonfire party at 4:30 p.m. at No. 704 TreehouseApi
ments.
AGGIE BONFIRE: a shuttle bus will run between OIk
Field and the Rudder Lower bus stop from 6:30 p.m
9:30 p.m.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES SPEAKERS SEMINAR:
tions for the 1987 Speakers Seminar are availablethrou
today in the Student Activities Office, 208 Pavilion.
Wednesday
EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at the FlyingTi
mato.
Thursday
A&M INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP: will have
Thanksgiving dinner at 4 p.m. in the Fellowship Hali
()ur Savior’s Lutheran Church.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: an voiic* witli informationconct"]
ing a copy machine removed from 224 MSC on then?
ning of Nov. 18 is requested to call the UniversityPo
Department at 845-2345.
FRESHMAN CLASS COUNCIL: entries for theClassof
T-shirt design contest may be submitted to 216 \li
through Monday.
FRESHMAN CLASS COUNCIL: applicat ions for commit!
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chairmen are available through Monday in 216 MSC.
FISH CAMP: applications for Fish Camp ’87 co-chairmem
available in 2 1 3 Pavilion.
A&M LITERARY ARTS CLUB: is now accepting subm
sions for Litmus.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS: students interes!
in taking actuarial examinations in February shoulda
tact Dr. H. E. Lacey, head of the Department of Mathemi
ics, in 102 Milner Hall.
A&.M professors disprove stereotypes
Survey identifies handgun owners
By Rebecca Phillips
Reporter
differentiation in society,” said Fer
rell. “Owning guns is something that
males have been socialized to have
General stereotypes of handgun
owners in the United States are in
correct, according to a marketing
survey conducted by two Texas
A&M professors.
“There are stereotypes that
poorly educated, low-income blacks
own handguns,” said Dr. O.C. Fer
rell, associate professor of market
ing.
But educated, wealthy, white
males between 35 and 49 make up
the largest percentage of handgun
owners, he said.
The survey, which Ferrell orga
nized with marketing professor Dr.
William Pride, was conducted over a
two-week period in September by
professional field interviewers. The
interviewers polled about 2,100
homes throughout the country.
Few
Nineteen percent of the whites
surveyed owned handguns, while
13.3 percent of the non-whites sur
veyed were owners.
Also, 19.3 percent of those em
ployed when surveyed admitted to
handgun ownership while 16.1 per
cent of those unemployed reported
owning handguns.
“Our overall findings should ques
tion myths about handgun owner
ship,” Ferrell said.
The study also found that 25 per
cent of the males interviewed owned
a handgun, while 14 percent of the
females owned one.
“I think males are probably more
likely to own a gun because of role
more interest in.
“A gun is a social gesture
people really expect to use it.”
He added that income played a
role in ownership.
“The higher the income, the more
you’ve got to protect and you’re
more security-minded,” he said.
Pride said, “I suspect that to some
extent, males get handguns primar
ily for sports.”
Pride said he believes a correla
tion exists between income and age
factors.
The poll found that 29.9 percent
of those interviewed in the 35- to 49-
year-old group owned handguns,
while only 14 percent of those under
25 had handguns.
The professors agreed that men
between 35 and 49 also probably feel
more obligation toward family pro
tection.
However, Ferrell noted that al
though the survey found that fami
lies with children were equally likely
to own handguns, those with chil
dren between the ages of 7 and 12
had a lower ownership percentage.
handgun, while 10 percent of the
homes in the Northeast reported
ownership.
“It’s just a part of the southern
subculture to own guns,” said Pride.
“I don’t think they have a greater
need to protect themselves.”
Ferrell said that even though
crime may be more widespread in
other parts of the country, southern
ers traditionally have been more
sparsely populated and sefe
cient.
However, Ferrell said tkl
leuient handgun ownership:H
the South may contributt
area’s higher percentage.
About 15 percent of thtn-i
dents living alone owned a
while 20 percent of the rt g i
households with more thane: r
son owned handguns.
Ferrell also said that the percent
age of people over the age of 50 whq
own guns is lower.
“After 50, many people feel more
secure in life,” he said. “Some people
over 50 also feel too old to handle a
gun.
The professors also found that 24
percent of the surveryed households
in the South reported owning a
In Advance
Squadron 7 to ‘RUN TO t.u.’ after bonf e
John Nohrenburg, chaplain
for Squadron 7, says the squad
ron’s annual “RUN TO t.u.” will
begin 30 minutes after bonfire is
lighted.
Nohrenburg says the cadets in
volved in the run exper t to arrive
in Austin by noon Wednesday.
The tradition of the run began
in 1976, he said, when Squadron
7 was known as Seagram’s 7.
The squadron began the run
because it wanted to do some
thing that would bring recogni
tion to the outfit, Nohrenburg
says.
Seagram’s 7 was disbanded two
years ago and was reformed last
year under a new name — Chal
lenger 7.
Nohrenburg says the new
squadron is trying to uphold the
tradition of the “RUN TO t.u.”
original squad:
that th
started.
He adds that the orit
Squadron 7 didn’t want toapp
to he an “egotistical outfit,"s
decided to hold a funfe
prior to the run that wouldlf
fit a different local charitp
year.
This year’s run will beneE'i
Joseph Hospital.
The original goal for this
was to raise $500 forSt.)
Nohrenburg says, but byS*
day afternoon the si
ready had reached its g
still was collecting.
Nohrenburg says that
squadron of about 60 ca
to 50 will participate in them:
Challenger 7 is madeupolj
Force cadets, Nohrenburga
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