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Vol. 87 No. 62 (ASPS 045360 16 Pages
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, November 25, 1987
Reagan, Gorbachev will sign arms treaty
GENEVA (AP) — The United
States and the Soviet Union
agreed Tuesday to the first super
power treaty to eliminate an entire
category of nuclear weapons, and
they will sign the pact at a summit
meeting in Washington on Dec. 9.
The deal was sealed with a
handshake by Secretary of State
George P. Shultz and Soviet For
eign Minister Eduard A. Shevard
nadze at the U.S. mission.
The treaty to scrap shorter- and
medium-range missiles is the cen
terpiece for the talks President
Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail
S. Gorbachev are scheduled to dis
cuss in Washington on Dec. 8-10.
Shultz said the Soviets had not
yet provided all the missile infor
mation requested by the United
States but will turn the data over
by the end of the week.
He said that arrangements for
verifying U.S. and Soviet compli
ance with the treaty was far be
yond anything that’s been at
tempted before.
Shultz challenged critics of the
emerging accord to stand up and
say the U.S. should have more nu
clear weapons instead of less.
Shultz said he was confident the
administration would be able to
win Senate approval.
In Denver, Reagan used the
A&M seniors ‘die’
on Elephant Walk
same words as Shultz in predicting
approval by the Senate and said he
and Gorbachev will discuss ex
tending limitations to long-range
missiles when they meet.
“It appears that all of the (INF)
issues have been resolved,” Rea
gan said. “The treaty will be fi
nalized when General Secretary
Gorbachev and I meet in Washing
ton.”
At a separate news conference,
a
Shevardnadze called it a marvel
ous treaty of tremendous impor
tance for the world.
He voiced hope a political thaw
is starting that may lead to a
change in the political climate on
the planet.
The Soviet minister said, “All
possible types of inspection” were
included in the agreement. He re-
ferred repeatedly to the U.S. side
as “our partner.”
Shevardnadze called the treaty a
triumph of peace and, referring to
the protracted negotiations, said,
“The U.S.-Soviet peace marathon
is now over.”
The job of drafting the final
text is expected to take about one
week. Gorbachev is due to arrive
in Washington on Dec. 7.
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By Karen Lawson
Reporter
From the front of the Academic
Building through various parts of
campus to the bonfire site, the se
niors made themselves heard.
Around noon yesterday seniors
gathered around the statue of Law
rence Sullivan Ross to participate in
the traditional Elephant Walk.
Jackie Sherrill rode in with the
redpots and gave a pep talk before
the zips began their long journey
through places on campus they had
never been. Sherrill told the seniors
that Texas A&M seniors need to
preserve the tradition of Elephant
Walk, which is unique to the campus,
forever.
The senior yell leaders kicked off
the walk with a short yell practice,
then led the seniors around campus
through fountains, to the Albritton
Tower, to Kyle Field for another yell
practice, across the Quadrangle and
finally to Duncan Field for a final
yell practice and pictures with live el
ephants.
On the Quad, where juniors of
the past would kill seniors, juniors
were few and far between. Some
were hanging stuffed elephants out
dorm windows while others shot the
zips with “hand” guns. However,
some brave juniors threw water bal
loons from the third floor of Dorm
9.
This year there was concern about
juniors’ participation in Elephant
Walk. Senior class president Andrea
Beshara and junior class president
Denise Arledge strongly discour-
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phasized the fact that Elephant Walk i
is a day for seniors to reflect on their “ ~
days spent at Texas A&M.
Despite the efforts, a few juniors
were present to “kill” the elephants.
As the seniors rounded the Harring
ton Classroom Center, they were
bombed with water balloons by
someone on top of Francis Hall, oth
ers tackled seniors, and in turn se
niors tackled the juniors, while other
seniors got their fill of shaving
cream and Silly String.
“Today there were several juniors
involved but I think they had in
mind to be careful,” Beshara said,
“and I hope that within the next cou
ple of years the classes will get El
ephant Walk back to the way it was.”
However, there was less junior-se
nior interaction this year than in past
years. Bob Wiatt, director of Univer
sity police, said there were no official
reports of any violence. “We re
ceived information of several skir
mishes and some shoving and push
ing, but nothing official,” he said.
Last year the police had several re
ports of violence and injuries.
Elephant Walk dates back to 1924,
but juniors have only been involved
for the past 10 years. “A lot has
changed in Elephant Walk within
the past 10 years because of the
growth of the classes,” Beshara said,
“even the way people walk in El
ephant Walk has changed.”
Employees at the A.P. Beutel
Health Center said information re
garding the number of people in
jured during Elephant Walk will not
be available until today.
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Seniors at Texas A&M meet for yell practice before marching through campus during Elephant Walk Tuesday afternoon.
People worldwide will see burning of 78th Aggie bonfire
By Elisa Hutchins
Staff Writer
Thousands of people will converge on
Duncan Field tonight for the 78th Aggie
bonfire, but two things make this bonfire
different than previous ones — more peo
ple worldwide will see the blaze burn and
good weather conditions have kept prepa
rations ahead of schedule.
The 55-foot-high, 5,500-log stack will
burn at “dark-30,” approximately 30 min
utes after the sun sets.
Bill Kibler, associate director of student
affairs and bonfire adviser for the past five
years, said this year is unique because the
weather has been relatively good. For the
past three years it has rained extensively
during the cutting and building phases.
“Normally at this time, workers would be
working on the stack itself,” Kibler said.
“But since the weather has been cooper
ative workers finished Friday and have
been able to clean up the grounds early.”
He said the Aggie rendition of the Uni
versity of Texas outhouse will be set on top
of the stack today at noon.
Kibler estimates that more than 40,000
people will crowd Duncan Field to watch
the blaze burn. This year’s bonfire probably
will be the biggest ever because the Texas
A&M vs. UT football game will be played in
College Station this year, he said. The win
ner will capture the SWC football
championship and play in the Cotton Bowl.
Kibler said recent problems at the bon
fire site concerning the admittance of
women on the grounds are part of a larger
issue — the role of women in bonfire.
“Women are welcome in all aspects of the
bonfire if they are willing to work,” he said.
“But this problem didn’t just occur last year
and we have a long way to go.”
Despite the issue, he said injuries and
other problems have been minimal.
Bonfire coverage will start as early as 5
p.m. when KBTX-TV, Channel 3 in Bryan-
College Station, begins broadcasting from
the top of the Clayton Williams Jr. Alumni
Center, near the bonfire site.
University owned KAMU-TV Channel
15 will begin coverage at 8 p.m.
The A&M Office of Public Information
reported that Home Sports Entertainment,
a cable network, also will start worldwide
coverage to its more than 600,000 custom
ers at 8 tonight and will have a repeat show
ing Thursday at 6 p.m.
The hour-long program will include in
terviews with A&M Head Football Coach
Jackie Sherrill and members of the football
team.
Satellite dish owners worldwide also will
be able to pick up the bonfire program to
night and Thursday.
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controversy, money to A&M campus
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By Mary-Lynne Rice
Staff Writer
Throughout the 1980s, a trend
has emerged in the proliferation of
research and technology devel
opment centers across the nation. In
joining the Houston Area Research
Center, a consortium of four major
Texas universities, A&M has fol
lowed that trend, bringing millions
of dollars in research funds to the
campus.
But, despite the bolstering of Uni-
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Graphic by Susan C. Akin
Because of the festive holiday
celebrations of the editorial board
and staff, there will be no Battal
ion Thursday or Friday. The en
tire staff would like to take this
opportunity to give thanks to its
readers for their interest and
wishes everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving.
versity research funds in the past
five years with commercial and gov
ernment contracts, opposition has
mounted recently against HARC’s
policy of subcontracting classified
research projects into smaller, un
classified programs for study on uni
versity campuses.
HARC facilitates collaboration
and cooperation among member
universities — A&M, the University
of Texas, Rice University and the
University of Houston — in large-
scale research that individual cam
puses wouldn’t otherwise be able to
accomplish effectively, Sheryl Ham
ilton, HARC Information Services
Coordinator, said.
The independent, non-profit or
ganization, established in 1982,
brings technology and the private
sector of business together, HARC
President W. Arthur Porter wrote in
HARC Corollary, the research cen
ter’s quarterly newsletter.
“HARC serves as a catalyst linking
science and technology to the mar
ketplace to stimulate the creation of
commercially viable products and
businesses of benefit to our econ
omy,” Porter wrote.
A sharing of resources and talents
among the member universities is
what George Mitchell, chairman of
HARC’s Board of Directors and
chairman and president of Mitchell
Energy and Development Corp.,
planned for the consortium he orga
nized and funded.
Following the example of a similar
research consortium operating from
Duke University in North Carolina
that “revolutionized” the area, he
said, he tried to bring that kind of
strength to the Houston area.
“I thought it would be feasible,
that it was something the universities
could do together to build their tal
ents,” Mitchell said.
The research center also could
benefit from Houston’s technologi
cal strength in energy and geotech
nology, medical science and space
technology.
And although he sees HARC as a
potential economic revitalizer of the
Houston area, he says economic gain
was not the motive behind his $30
million outlay of funds, land and
guarantees to create the research
center.
“If I look at it as a business invest
ment, it would be just about the
poorest I ever made,” he said. “But
if I look at it as an investment in the
future, it’s one of the best.
“You have to look at what it brings
to the region.”
Apart from the benefits of future
research developments,Dr. Du-
wayne Anderson, A&M associate
provost for research management,
emphasized HARC’s collaborative
role.
“Because higher education has a
great, important role to play in the
economy of any state, the four major
universities have wanted to portray
themselves as cooperative and col
laborative in areas where it’s appro
priate to be collaborative,” he said.
During the last two legislative ses
sions, Anderson said, budgets for
higher education were cut, leaving
universities financially “very tight.”
“The universities are very anxious
to counteract the impression that
legislators have to the effect that uni
versities are mostly competitive with
each other and are trying to build)
their home campuses regardless of
the consequence to sister institu
tions,” he said.
Foremost among HARC’s self-
professed goals are to:
• Network collective strengths
and interests into economically-
driven research programs formed in
response to state and regional priori
ties.
• Strengthen existing strategic in
dustries.
• Support the creation of new in
dustries.
• Enhance the quality and vol
ume of federally supported research
and development programs in
Texas.
• Provide a secure environment
for proprietary research.
Although much of the federally
supported research and devel
opment conducted at HARC is clas
sified, large-scale classified projects
aren’t approved for study on most
university campuses.
To enable its researchers to con
tribute to classified projects, HARC
divides the research into sections of
See Research, page 12
Panel chooses editor
of Spring '88 Battalion
By Lee Schexnaider
Staff Writer
Battalion Opinion Page Editor
Sue Krenek was nominated by
the Student Publications Board
Tuesday as the newspaper’s edi
tor for the Spring 1988 semester.
If the nomination is approved
by Texas A&M Provost Donald
McDonald, Krenek will take over
as editor on Dec. 7.
Krenek, 20, a senior journa
lism major from Deer Park, has
served in various positions at the
newspaper since December 1985.
She has been a Battalion copy edi
tor, assistant news editor, news
editor and part-time staff writer.
She is a copy editor and former
design assistant for the Aggie-
land.
Krenek said she plans no major
changes in structure of the staff
but does have ideas about
changes in the newspaper’s look.
“I am interested in working
with the design and the organiza
tion of the paper so that it will be
easier to read and find articles,”
she said.
Krenek said she wants to see
improved local coverage and use
of the beat system for students in
the first two journalism reporting
and editing classes. She also said
she would like to encourage non
journalism majors to apply for
positions at the newspaper.
Sue Krenek
“I’m interested in getting lots
of people to apply, and not just
people who are in journalism,”
she said. Krenek added she
would like to see applications
from anyone who can write and is
willing to commit time and effort.
Applications for editorial
board positions, assistant editors
and staff are available at the Bat
talion newsroom in 216 Reed Mc
Donald. Applications for editor
and assistant editor positions are
due today at 5 p.m.; other appli
cations are due Dec. 2 at 5 p.m.