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Homosexuals
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tually, I think it would be a tribute to
the University to be liberal enough
to let them be themselves.”
Once homosexuals only had to
cope with suppression of their feel
ings, but now there is a more preva
lent fear — AIDS, or acquired im
mune deficiency syndrome .
selves tested for the virus and do not
practice safe sex.
entails either the use of a
condom or not having sex at all, Kyle
says.
For some homosexuals, the fear
of AIDS is in the past.
Dr. Larry Hickman, an associate
professor in the A&M philosoph
department, believes AIDS has a
certain good quality.
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“For Bryan-College Station and
Texas A&M, AIDS is here,” Kyle
says. “It has changed the gay com
munity as far a sexual promiscuity is
involved. The people who are really
serious about it will not have casual
sex. It use to be that one could go
out and pick up anybody and take
them home and have a one-night
stand. Each could then go their sepa
rate ways and that was that. Now you
don’t do that. If you do, you are a
fool.”
“If I saw two men holding
hands on campus I would
take it in stride. Homosex
uality has been with man
since the beginning of
documented history. ”
— Matt Garnett, an A&M
former student
“l think that AIDS, contraryio
popular belief has, even though ii
lias been a tragedy to the homosex
ual community, been politically good
for the homosexuals,” he says. “For
the First time,people have to admit
that there are homosexual peoplem
this country. They can nolongerig
note them. They have to face the is
sue in some way or another.”
Some homosexuals do not care
and continue to have casual sex, he
says. These people do not get them-
“I was afraid of AIDS until I got
myself tested,” Scott says. “Until the
test result was negative 1 experi
enced a lot of fear. Now it is more of
a caution-type thing, and the worry
is just to keep from getting it.”
With the subject of homosexuaiti
coming into the public sphere,some
homosexuals hope that onedaythn
will be recognized for who they art
and not for their sexual preferences
“I’m no different than anyone
else. I hold a full-timejob.andldoii
well,” Kyle says. “1 get nothingk
compliments on my job from cus
tomers and my supervisors. I gon
class and do my work. Fnijustastu
dent like everybody else, excepi
my bedroom.”
House votes tentative OK
on capital punishment bill
AUSTIN (AP) — The House
voted preliminary approval Tuesday
to a bill that would make it more dif
ficult for Texas juries to order death
sentences for accomplices in capital
murders.
The capital punishment bill was
authored by Rep. Larry Evans, D-
Houston, and sparked oy the 1985
execution of Doyle Skillern. Evi
dence showed that Skillern was in a
car during a drug deal that ended
with the slaying of an undercover
narcotics officer. Skillern was exe
cuted in 1985. Charles Sanne, the
triggerman, is serving a life sen
tence.
“I think this bill would go a long
way toward correcting that type in
equity,” Evans told the House, which
gave the bill tentative approval in a
non-record vote.
He also said there was some doubt
as to whether Charlie Brooks, who in
December 1982 became the first
Texan executed in many years, was
the triggerman in his case.
“It’s the type of thing that really
does not occur too often, where you
have more than one defendair
charged in a capital murder,” Evaji
said. “But in those instances where
does happen, I think this bill goes:
long way toward correcting tin
problem where the lesser culpalt
person receives a greater punid
ment."
Senate to make changes
in 1984 education reforms
The measure faces another Flouse
vote that could send it to the Senate.
Under the bill, jurors in cases in
which more than one person is
charged with capital murder would
have to decide whether a defendant
was “a cause” of the death. Evans
said evidence showed that Skillern
was not a cause of the officer’s death.
AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate on
Tuesday, with experience as a tea
cher, made numerous changes in ed
ucation reform bills enacted in 1984.
One of three bills sponsored by
Sen. Carl Parker, chairman of the
Senate Education Committee, that
cleared the Senate would repeal the
provision that requires first-graders
to take a test to measure their skills.
"There has been considerable
doubt brought in this area about
whether these tests were really ac
complishing anything by testing
first-year children,” Parker said.
The same bill, he said, would “fa
cilitate year-round schools" ifad;*
trict chose to implement such a pro
gram on a voluntary basis. It v-
sent to the House on voice vote.
Also approved on voice votew
bill changing the teacher appraiu
system, including fewer apprai:
for teachers who rate satisfactory!!*
first time or have reached higk
levels on the career ladder.
Yet another Parker bill repeals!
provision that prohibits the Boardo!
Education from requiringschooldis
tricts to hire counselors as partofih
accreditation process. The measmt
was sent to the House on a 30-1 xo#
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