Friday, June 19, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
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■ With state colleges tripling their
e y° ur Iflition in the last two years, schol-
Hships have become increasingly
to like you Important to students with financial
■mculties. In order to aid a variety
someont students with their financial bur-
M|n, scholarships are awarded in
i ^«ny dif ferent categories.
y our «M ()s t scholarships have no trouble
Biding applicants; however, certain
hancetl'fllholarships receive more feedback
7? :# Ban others.
•ventIII*||. Lynn Brown, scholarship and eni-
Boyment administrator for the
i'ourchaitB exas Student Financial Aid
^Bpartment, said that none of the
„ Bholarships in her department
y osu 1 t'laded applicants.
■ “It is an absolute myth to assume
Bat students are not competing
smoke; Bavily for scholarships awarded
Academic Achievement Schol
arships, given to incoming fresh
men; the Academic Excellence
Awards, given to upperclassmen;
and the Junior College Scholarships,
given to transfer students.
The Department awarded 500
scholarships from 4,500 applicants
mle
540
through financial aid,” Brown said.
70umalij«The scholarships that come to the W) incoming freshmen,
Of The fc|);n(ment generally are funded by scholarships from 1,900 applicants
iBivate individuals. These schol- were given to previously enrolled
arships fall under four categories: students.
thi Opportunity Awards and the While grades are an important as
pect of scholarship consideration,
the applicants also are evaluated on
financial need, campus and commu
nity activities, leadership positions
and work experience.
“I’ve turned down four-pointers
I (grade-point ratio) with no extracur
ricular activities and picked up stu
dents with a 3.25 grade-point ratio
with lots of activities,” Brown said.
Although the path leading to the
Financial aid department schol
arships may appear trodden, there
are scholarship committees on cam
pus that, because of specific require
ments within the scholarship, must
seek applicants for their awards.
The majority of College of Busi
ness Administration scholarships are
given by private individuals and
companies and are awarded through
the respective departments, said Les
Fiechtner, adviser in the College of
Business Administration.
“I often have to request faculty
members and departmental advisers
to seek qualified applicants because
these companies place restrictions
on the scholarships,” Fiechtner said.
“The restrictions might include geo
graphical location, specific field of
study and the sort.”
In the 1986-87 school year, over
$600,000 in scholarships were given
to undergraduates in the business
college, with the majority of them
going to upperclassmen.
“The amount of money we are al
lotted for scholarships each year va
ries depending on how that partic
ular company is faring in the
economy,” Fiechtner said. “We give
our scholarships to upperclassmen
because they are already enrolled
within the business college and prob
ably will be staying there,” he said.
The scholarships offered by A&M
have a minimum grade-point ratio
the students must maintain to keep
their awards, depending upon the
type of scholarship received. These
students are required to take a mini
mum of 12 hours each semester to
remain eligible.
All scholarships are designed to
assist students interested in excelling
academically and pursuing quality
leadership positions, he said.
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SHERMAN (AP) — A special grand jury
pund no evidence of alleged criminal activity in
Sherman Police Department, following 20
Jays of testimony from 85 witnesses, but sug-
lested ways to improve the force.
The statement by the Grayson County grand
Miry ended five months of controversy in this
cit y on l b e Texas-Oklahoma border.
tewar ; w I A group of officers, known as the “Crazy
newvb Bight,” had accused Police Chief J.D. Pickens of
Hscrimination and favoritism, and alleged one
Betective was involved in drug trafficking,
ensandfl B They said two officers were hand-picked for
3 “Sardst! promotion by Pickens and suggested the two
and\4§ <fh eatec l on a civil service examination.
avneinlB nieill ^ ers °f tho grand jury, none of
Bern from Sherman, reported to special pros-
S ecutor Dan Meehan, district and county attorney
\ ictnar f ()r neighboring Fannin County.
mdwasaH The jury convened May 21 to investigate the
allegations made by the Crazy Eight but issued
Jo indictments, concluding instead that there
3 do ntslBas no criminal activity.
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The grand jury did submit suggestions for the
improvement of the department, including spe
cial attention to city jail procedures and the use
of city-owned vehicles and better attention to the
storage and use of evidence.
The panel suggested that future police depart
ment examinations be obtained from a neutral
and out-of-county source.
Meehan agreed to handle the case May 1 at the
request of the Grayson County judiciary, which
works closely with the Sherman Police Depart
ment.
“This has been a thorough and painstaking in
vestigation,” he said, but declined to comment on
the testimony because grand jury proceedings
are held in secret.
Meehan said he was impressed with the quality
of the grand jury and said that the quality of the
report by the grand jury speaks for itself.
“Flopefully this report will restore the confi
dence of the city in the police department,” Mee
han said. “I hope the suggestions made will help
to improve the department.”
Witnesses included every member of the Sher
man Police Department, every civilian employee
of the police department, members of other law
enforcement agencies and citizens and officials
of Sherman.
The panel reviewed 76 documents and tape
recordings obtained from the Sherman Police
Department, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Of
fice and the city of Sherman.
A private investigator from Dallas County con
ducted numerous interviews and reported to the
grand jury.
The fracas has reportedly split the depart
ment, damaging morale. One officer was accused
of leveling a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol at a
member of the Crazy Eight.
A hearing on the appeal by eight officers
about their civil service exams was postponed
and moved from a state court to a federal court
on a motion filed by Sherman City Attorney
Greg Humback.
22-year-old case
to be retried; man
pleads innocent
AUSTIN (AP) — Opening wit
nesses in the retrial of James
Cross testified Thursday that two
sorority sisters who were slain in
1965 left Dallas on July 18 of that
year expecting a fun-filled week
end at the University of Texas.
The sunburned bodies of Su
san Rigsby and Shirley Stark were
found 12 days later in a weed-
filled vacant lot in North Austin.
Cross pleaded innocent Thurs
day on a new indictment that ac
cuses him of fatally strangling
Rigsby with his hands and her
clothing.
“We intend to prove the de
fendant is the murderer,” said
Assistant District Attorney Phil
Nelson, who was a prosecutor at
the 1966 trial.
Cross, now 44, spent more
than 21 years in prison before be
ing released on a recent appeal to
the Texas Court of Criminal Ap
peals.
Cross, now gray-haired, sat qui
etly during the trial’s beginning.
Before court opened, he sat in
a back row and talked with his
wife, whom he married several
weeks ago after being released
from prison.
David Botsford, Cross’ chief at
torney, tried to make an opening
statement but was told by State
District Judge Mace Thurman Jr.
to wait until the state presented
its case.
The first witness was Thelma
Schuford of Tyler, who said
Stark, her niece, lived in her Dal
las home for six years.
“She was the daughter I never
had,” she said.
“She was real, real happy that
Sunday morning when I told her
f oodbye as she went to pick up
usan for the trip to Austin,”
Schuford said. “She was looking
forward to a few days of vacation
before starting a teaching job in
the fall.”
igsby,
san, said Stark came by her Dallas
home to eat breakfast and then
they packed Stark’s yellow Cor-
vair for the Austin trip.
Rigsby planned to live with a
third sorority sister, Martha
Blount, for the summer session at
UT.
“She was very excited about be
ing able to go back to school,”
Mrs. Rigsby said, explaining that
her daughter had not been able
to attend UT in the spring semes
ter.
Both women described what a
shock it was to them when they
got telephone calls a day later say
ing the two 21-year-old sorority
sisters had arrived in Austin and
then disappeared.
Thurman refused Wednesday
to transfer the retrial to another
city.
Cross was sent to prison for life
in 1966 after confessing in the
deaths of the two women.
He was tried only in the death
of Rigsby.
The charge involving Stark’s
death was dismissed after he was
in prison.
Cross did not initially appeal
the conviction for the slaying of
Rigsby, but in 1986 an appeal was
filed citing changes in the law
since the 1966 trial.
Cross asked the Court of Crim
inal Appeals to rule he was im
properly convicted because the
same jurors ruled on his mental
competency and guilt.
Tne court ruled that Cross
should be released and receive a
new trial.
During his years in the state
prison at Huntsville, Cross ob
tained three college degrees and
was described by authorities as a
model prisoner.
Thurman has said he expects
the trial to last at least a week.
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