Thursday, February 12, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
PD chief: Using common sense
important part of avoiding rape
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By Staci Finch
Reporter
Common sense is as impor
tant in preventing rape as
avoiding dangerous areas of
campus, Elmer Schneider, chief
of the University Police said at
the “ l ake Back the Night” rally
held at the MSC Wednesday.
Schneider liegan by asking
the female audience to fill out
cards listing the areas of cam
pus they thought were danger
ous at night.
Some of the places listed in
cluded Parking Annex 17, the
areas around Blocker Building
mdZachry Engineering Center
and the greenhouses across
from the Commmons.
“However,” Schneider said,
“I don’t want you to think that
if 1 take you out and show you
these areas, they are the only
ones you have to worry alxmt.
You have to be aware of the
dangers that are present all of
the time.”
Schneider said that sexual as
saults at Texas A&M usually do
not go beyond the simple as
sault stage of touching or grab-
bing.
“Most of the assaults that
have occured this semester con
sist of a lone female being
grabbed, she screams and the
attacker runs away,” Schneider
said.
“However,” he continued,
“one assault of any kind is one
too many, and the University
Police Department is very con
cerned with making sure we do
all we can to protect the people
on this campus.
“We receive notices when
lights are out, if the lighting in a
certain area needs to be im-
proved, or if shrubs need to Ive
trimmed, and we try to address
these problems if we can.”
Schneider said that at night,
the campus is constantly pa
trolled by the police.
“There is always an officer
around, whether in a patrol car.
on foot or in plainclothes,” he
said.
Schneider re-emphasized us
ing common sense as the best
way to avoid being assaulted.
“If you know you are going
to have to park a long way from
where you need to be, call the
station before you leave and a
patrol car will meet you to take
you where you need to go.”
Schneider also suggested
calling the Guard Room for es
corts across campus, taking the
“blue-light van” and traveling
in groups when possible to
avoid giving a possible attacker
the opportunity for assault.
“You’ve got to be aware of
situations you may be in, and
just not provide someone with
the opportunity for attack,” he
said. “Common sense goes a
long way in preventing some se
rious incident from occurring.”
Ordinance forces
adult businesses
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EL PASO (AP) — At least half of
all businesses dealing in sexually ex
plicit material in this border city will
liave to move or shut down under a
new anti-pornography ordinance,
an official said Wednesday.
Topless bars, adult bookstores
and sexually-oriented movie the
aters have 30 days to register their
location and one year to comply with
the ordinance, said Pat Garcia of the
city’s planning department.
“1 think it’ll be half or more” of
the 33 establishments within city lim
its that will be affected by the ordi
nance, Garcia said.
No one spoke in favor of the busi
nesses at the Tuesday night City
Council meeting where the ordi
nance was passed.
Police statistics show crime rates
are higher in areas where such busi
nesses are located.
And in areas within a quarter-mile
of the establishments, violent crimes
and sexual offenses are 72 percent
higher and property crime is 75 per
cent higher than in similar areas that
lack adult entertainment businesses,
statistics show.
“That’s probably because these
businesses are usually located in
lower-middle-class neighborhoods,
so consequently they’re going to
have a higher crime rate,” said an
adult book store manager who asked
that his name not be used. “I don’t
think it’s fair to blame it wholly on
adult bookstores.”
The ordinance restricts such busi
nesses to areas zoned for heavy com
mercial use and forbids them from
being within 1,()()() feet of each
other, residentially zoned areas,
homes, schools, churches, parks and
day-care centers.
Businesses that fall under such
regulation are those where at least
75 percent of items available are ex
plicitly sexual in nature. The ordi
nance also names businesses that
may not be adult-oriented but where
20 percent of the business is the sale,
rental or display of adult material.
Gonvenience stores that sell adult
magazines could be included under
the ordinance, Garcia said.
She said the shops affected by the
ordinance will have to either get rid
of the sexual material, shut down or
relocate within the next 12 months.
By Sarah Cranberry
Reporter
iffailure of American colleges and universities
(wecognize and reward good teaching and serv-
ice has contributed most to a decline in superb
teaching, a Texas A&M professor says.
I So, with hopes of improving the education of
Sollege students around the country. Dr. Glenn
Ross Johnson of the Texas A&M Center for Tea
ching Excellence has devised a “wish list” calling
lor equal emphasis to be placed on teaching, re-
seai chand service in U.S. research universities.
To do this, johnson suggests that universities
establish three primary faculty ranks, distin
guished professors in teaching, research, and
service, and that incentives be offered to out
standing professors who achieve such status.
; When selecting a “distinguished” professor,
Johnson said the university would have to estab
lish a basic set of criteria and allow the individual
departments to determine the process for nomi
nating professors.
According to Johnson’s “wish list” a distin
guished professor in teaching would be given an
extra teaching load and would not be required to
do research, obtain grants or provide services.
“These are the professors that should be tea
ching the larger classes so that more students are
given the benefit of this outstanding instruction,”
Johnson said.
There are four variables involved in effective
teaching that must work together, he said.
The professor’s characteristics — such as ex
perience and personality.
The student’s characteristics — such as
background knowledge and personality.
Class setting — the size and shape of the
room.
Material content — what is to be covered in
the course.
The larger the class, the harder it is to keep the
variables working together, Johnson said.
On the other hand, a distinguished professor
of research would only be required to conduct re
search and would be given teaching credit f or the
graduate students working with him.
“Right now we have talented professors whose
first love is research, but who are tied to teaching
and paperwork because those are the roads to
tenure and higher pay,” Johnson explained.
“This often leads to unsatisfied teachers and stu
dents.”
Apart from the other two categories is the
“wish list” for distinguished professor in service.
These professors would not be required to do re
search or carry normal teaching loads, but would
be highly skilled in interacting with students with
personal problems.
The professors would handle registration for
the department, complete paperwork, serve on
university committees which do not deal with tea
ching or research, and handle public relations.
Atlanta formally signed
as site for 1988 convention
ATLANTA (AP) — In a short, ju
bilant ceremony. Democratic Party
Chairman Paul Kirk signed a con
tract Wednesday that formally
makes Atlanta the host for the par
ty’s 1988 convention.
“It is a proud moment and we in
tend to savor it here today for a f ew
minutes,” said Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce President Bob Holder.
Atlanta beat out Houston, the
other front-runner, in a decision an
nounced Tuesday in Washington,
DC.
The contract requires, among
other things, that 1,()()() seats be
added to The Omni arena, which
will house the main floor of the con
vention.
City, county and state govern
ments plus the private sector are ex
pected to spend about $15 million
preparing for the convention.
About 35,000 visitors are ex-
S jected to visit and will spend about
UK) million.
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