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)Q icticl ckle Vol.82 No. 130 GSPS 045360 10 pages he Battalion College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 7, 1987 K r «up wil &M living expenses to increase this fall By Frank Smith Senior Staff Writer ss ^rivals in : l ! ba n PSI l,lt,s I )r eadaii r ■'P 01 '“5 show P lem ^r, i 1 1 le airpm,; I ludm gatyojfL rl T . y n , , • • • c in Secieian B ie * exas r mversity Sys- 'Hn Board o! Regents on Monday artmem h approved measures that will increase ibans and wB 1 P us bv ’ng costs for students. in .mi* rHe hikes go into ef f ect this fall, nniatatt " ..... 0 “■convening on campus lor its bi monthly meeting, the Board took ac tion on a number of other items, in- luding the establishment of three ,, r i , ■snesearcli c enters and the award- ' Eller re-elected Board of Regents chairman ahan author departure ithout pvn rsuade theft inf of several construction contracts. a to address 'tit a mono he regents voted to increase stu- deni service fees, meal plan rates Hd rent rates for dormitories and . Mdent family apartments, yr, "^■Student service fees will increase Am $61 to $65, as was requested by , Hdent Government. University of- e n s there jj^als said the exit a fees will be used I’" lllca 'P n » tonxpand services of the A.P. Beutel Ht It Center. 11 P bins " 'll me rcase 5 percent. - )a.sedhLiEK n g f (K){ i an d supply costs trig- buba nasp;B ( . ( i t | le ie(]uest, officials said. The * tttcalprisoimB, ease vvjll be the first for meal the world |[M nss i nce Fall 1984. rrestdetu Fil^fc) orm iUM \ rates will rise 5 percent are lewertl and student family apartment rent wil increase by 3 percent. In a writ- By Frank Smith Senior Staff Writer In a vote lacking the controversy surrounding his 1985 election, Houston businessman David G. Eller on Monday unanimously was re elected chairman of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. The Board also unanimously re elected Houston attorney Joe H. Reynolds as its vice chairman. No other regents were nominated for ei ther post. Monday’s election differed sharply from the Board’s 1985 vote. In that election, when Eller was chosen by a 7-0 vote to replace H.R. “Bum” Bright as head of the nine- member Board, Bright abruptly re signed and walked out of the meet ing. Eller and Bright abstained from voting in that election. No such conflicts arose at Mon day’s meeting. In accepting a second two-year term as chairman, Eller told regents that both the Board and the state must face the challenge presented by the state’s fiscal crisis. “I certainly am a firm believer in removing the fat where the fat needs to be removed — from our govern ment and from our universities,” he said. “(But) while I profess and sup port sound fiscal management, I cer tainly don’t feel like we need to be in the business of turning off the funds that provide the quality products that we need at Texas A&M.” He said much thought must pre cede and accompany the budget process. “To keep the talent cycle of the state fueled so that the state can ex pand its opportunities and attract vi able businesses with a strong econ omy, we must make sure the budgeting that we do is not cutting off our nose in spite of our face,” he said. “The true challenge ... is to see to it that we don’t diminish our produc tivity and the quality of our product in the process.” Eller’s term as chairman, as well as his term on the Board, expires in 1989. ten proposal submitted to the Board, A&M President Frank Vandiver said the dorm rent hike is needed to off set revenue losses that will result as some Corps-style dorms undergo renovations. The increase also will help finance debt incurred by the May 1986 sale of housing system bonds. The increase in apartment rent also is needed to cover debt obliga tions, Vandiver said. In addition, the Board approved the creation of three research cen ters on campus. The Center for Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management will be funded mainly through private endowment and private support, but has been granted limited start-up funding of $20,000 for each of the next two fis cal years by the Office of University Research. The Schubot Center for Avian Health will draw from the proceeds of an endowment made possible by a $1 million gift from Richard M. Schubot. Schubot’s gift was matched by Available University Fund money. The center will be a unit of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and is “to provide teaching, research and diagnostic services in the area of avian health,” Vandiver said. The Geochemical and Environ mental Research Center will derive support from the more than $3 mil lion used to fund ongoing research and support programs of the De partment of Oceanography’s Geo chemical and Environmental Re search Group. In other business, the regents awarded contracts for several build ing jobs, including the construction of the campus parking garage. Fulshear Corp. of Houston won the parking garage construction project with an $8.1 million bid. Ed Peel, vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction, said Fulshear’s bid was more than $3 mil lion below what had been set aside to finance the project. The Board also awarded a $4.75 million contract to Hill Constructors Inc. of Houston for renovations of Corps dorms 6, 8, 10 and 12. In addition, the regents estab lished an endowed $200,000 grad uate student fellowship in honor of Dr. Fred J. Benson, former engi neering dean, vice president and deputy vice chancellor. The fellowship was established with money from Benson’s former student, Regent Royce E. Wisen- baker, and matching funds from A&M’s Endowed Faculty Scholars Program. Panel discusses effects of test! ng athletes for drugs r.John L. Laseter, center, answers a question from the audience as Idward Chen, left, and John L. Toner listen during a panel dis- Photo by Dean Saito cussion on drug resting. The discussion, held Monday night in Rud der Theater, was sponsored by MSC Great Issues. By Curtis L. Culberson Staff Writer A gray-haired couple sat among the crowd of about 50 or 60 people attending a panel discussion on the use of drug testing in athletics Mon day night in Rudder Theater. Their brows expressed a height ened seriousness and they seemed to listen more attentively than the rest of the audience. The Norwoods are the parents of a world-ranked women’s pentathlete who they say was the victim of an in accurate drug test and was unfairly disqualified from a competition held overseas. Panelist Edward Chen, an attor ney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, said the possibility of an inaccurate test is one of the many serious problems associated with drug testing. Dr. John L. Laseter of Enviro- Health Systems, Inc. said, “Accuracy of drug tests is paramount — it is ab solutely essential.” A urine test that reads positive has serious social, fi nancial and career implications, he said. If the sample is secured properly, proper screening is conducted on the sample and all correct proce dures and safeguards are followed, he said, “there will be 100 percent accuracy” for the individual being tested. But Chen said that all the tests were performed by humans, and be cause humans make mistakes there always will be cases in which mistakes will be made. John L. Toner, chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- See related stories, page 3 tion’s special commitee on drug test ing, said drug testing is the best de terrent the NCAA has against the use of drugs. In January of 1986 the NCAA ap proved a resolution for the protocol and implementation of drug testing for its members’ athletes. Since then the NCAA has con ducted over 3,400 tests and has sub jected over 15,000 athletes to urine tests, Toner said. Chen said there were two major problems with the NCAA drug-test ing policy. “It involves an invasion of priva cy,” he said, “and it doesn’t measure See Testing, page 10 ‘ION JG! 2S and safe) nping e# •mils, and e*' aril 6 and» arts Office 11 >6. rexasand* the wee^ aur wfiite* a inoes lion b' d am igh M ead limil 326. ■oreslry CH6 JS? II follow .akeSon* iatio nC ° Sign-# 3 -intrant limitd f° A&M plans to disclose probe results By Frank Smith Senior Staff Writer Portions of Texas A&M’s in- house investigation of its football program will he released Thurs day afternoon, a University offi cial announced Monday. Lane Stephenson, director of A&M’s Office of Public Informa tion, said part of the 1,000-page report will be made public and copies can be obtained by news organizations for 5 cents per page. He said the school had been waiting for a clarification of an opinion from the attorney gener al’s office as to what parts of the report needed to be released in accordance with the Texas Open Records Law. That clarification has now been made, Stephenson said. The release of the report comes in the wake of several open records law requests and lawsuits by news organizations seeking the information. A&M President Frank Van diver, a defendant in lawsuits filed by the Dallas Times Herald and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, was quoted in November as say ing the investigation was com plete and the school’s only copy of the report had been delivered to the NCAA. The internal probe was han dled by Arno W. Krebs Jr. and Otway B. Denny Jr., both Texas A&M graduates and members of the Houston law firm of Ful- bright &Jaworski. Aftereffects of rape can make life unbearable Rape victims suffer harmful emotional stress By Carolyn Garcia Staff Writer For women who have been sex ually assaulted, life can become al most unbearable. They are prisoners of their own battered emotions, and often remain so for the rest of their lives. These women often suffer from a wide spectrum of destructive emo tions — the primary one being fear. They are afraid of just about ev erything for quite a while — fear of men, of being alone, of being in Sexual assault Part two of a three-part series crowds, fear of people finding out and especially fear of the attacker re turning. Linda Castoria, director of the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center, says all rapists threaten to come back because it is an effective tool to frighten their already terrified vic tims into protecting them. There are three phases of recov ery for an assault victim, Castoria says. Each of these phases is nec essary for the emotional healing of the victim. The first is the immediate trauma stage. At this time, Castoria says, the victim is confused, afraid, and in shock. The victim’s family often tries to convince her that as soon as she gets back to school or work she’ll be fine. But rather than rushing to be “normal” again, the victim needs time to adjust and accept her fears, she says. Besides, she says, the victim no longer knows what “normal” is. During the second phase, the vie- Program works to assist victims of crime By Jenny Weinacht Reporter Victims of crime are often ig nored and left alone, with no one to talk to and no compensation, but the Brazos County Victim As sistance Program is working for a change. Queen Walker, victim assis tance coordinator, says the pro gram is designed to inform felony crime victims about the progress of a defendant’s case and to assist the victim with economic losses which may have been caused by the crime. Walker says volunteers are be ing sought to work for the pro gram, which has recently been ex panded to include victims of crimes committed by juveniles. To apply for benefits under the Crime Victims Compensation Act, victims must report the crime to police within 72 hours unless an acceptable excuse is given. They also must file a claim within one year of the crime and be willing to cooperate with offi cials during investigation and prosecution of the case. The program began in Sep tember 1985 and is funded through a state grant. Before 1984, Walker says, most of the crimes committed were theft, burglary and forgery, with a few murder and aggravated as sault cases. But there has been a great in crease in the number of felony crimes committed, Walker says. She says she is not sure if people are just more open and not ashamed of committing a crime, or if people were just keeping the crimes hidden before. Walker says this increase in vio lent crimes makes this program even more worthwhile. Various social services in the Bryan-College Station area pro vide the victims with necessities such as clothing and money. Besides helping victims of vio lent crimes, Walker and her asso ciates also help those looking for a job, a place to live, or even those trying to obtain a birth certificate. Duties of the volunteer staff in clude being a court aide, a re searcher, a hot-line respondent and a victim assistant monitor. Walker would like to have two volunteer staff members on duty during the day, either full- or part-time. Those ihterested can contact Walker at the district at torney’s office in the Brazos County Courthouse. dm buries her emotions completely out of sight from family and friends. She is determined that everyone be lieve she has recovered and is back to her “old self’ again. However, even though the victim may keep those emotions stashed away, she eventually must deal with the anger that has been building. Castoria says some women wait years before they reach the third stage — that of dealing with their suppressed anger and the need to lash out at the world and their at tackers for the trauma they’ve expe rienced. But the survivor, which is what therapists call victims who live through a sexual assualt, never is completely healed from the trauma. “Never again will a survivor who had been happy-go-lucky be that way again,” Castoria says. “She will be reminded of the assault every time she sees anyone who even slightly resembles her attacker. Ba sically, she will be a victim for the rest of her life.” For males who have been raped, the trauma may be even worse. “The shame and guilt are com pounded when a man is raped,” she says. “Society doesn’t want to talk about it. It is still a taboo subject. So ciety thinks men are always sup posed to be able to defend them selves. And they live in constant fear that someone will find out — a fear that is almost unbearable for men to handle.” Castoria says victims who call her office are given all the options. Among those options are filing charges against the attacker, and fil ing a “Jane Doe” report. The “Jane Doe” report notifies the police that an assault has occurred and gives them the details — but no name. These reports may lead police to an individual responsible for other assaults. A victim who elects to press charges must deal with the police. The relationship between the vic tim and the police is often misunder stood, says Lt. Irvin Todd of the Col lege Station Police Department. The relationship seems cruel primarily because, in her emotional upheaval, the victim must repeatedly describe what happened to her. However, Todd says, questioning a victim is hard on the police as well. “It’s embarrassing for us,” Todd says. “But the questions have a great deal of importance. The informa tion gathered from the victim can be used to build a personality profile of the attacker and make it easier for us to catch him. “It’s very uncomfortable for us when we have to talk to a lady who has been assaulted. We have to get down to the ‘nitty-gritty’ and ask some pretty intrusive questions. “We all have wives, daughters, or girlfriends. And we hate to see this. Plus we have to deal with the fact that, often because we are men, some won’t trust us to help them.” The police try to persuade the vic tim to go to the hospital to be exam ined, because evidence gained there is crucial. But there are other things to worry about, too. In the past, the victim’s big con cern was that she might become pre gnant. That is still a problem, but other medical problems are asso ciated with a sexual assault as well. Rapists don’t attack once and then never again, Castoria says. Rapists continue to rape, and, because they See Assault, page 10