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Tuesday, March 29, 1988TThe Battalion/Page 3 r H State and Local Suspect in UH shooting turns self in HOUSTON (AP) — A man ac cused of wounding two university policemen and a maintenance man in a Feb. 25 shooting at the downtown campus of the Univer sity of Houston turned himself in :o authorities on Monday. Steven Kirk Baughman, 28, had been at large since the inci dent. “At approximately 2:45 p.m., kughman turned himself in to :he Harris County Sheriff s crimi nal warrant division with his at- :orney, Bob Moore, at his side,” Capt.J.K. Mendenhall said. Baughman was wanted on two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, one count of at tempt to commit murder, one fel- any count of retaliation, and one count of assault with bodily in jury. Moore declined to comment on Baughman’s whereabouts since the incident or on what prompted him to surrender. got, idt d University spokesman Andy iGomez said Baughman was ar- ested about 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 25 t a dormitory after a scuffle. MSC Council chooses committees’ chairmen By Deborah L. West Staff Writer MSC Council, the governing body of the student programs office, chose committee chairmen for next year Monday night. Elizabeth Hudson, public rela tions vice president of the MSC council, said nominated students were interviewed by current chair men, advisers, the MSC president, faculty and the MSC director last week. The results from three interviews about leadership qualities, goals and student staff philosophy determine who will be the new chairmen, she said. “If you can make it through MSC nominating interviews, you won’t have any problems with interviewing for the rest of your life,” she said. “The competition is stiff.” Paul Wiesenpape, the new Opera and Performing Arts Society chair man, said the MSC nominating proc ess helps one learn to interview well. “After the interview is over, the committee tells you what your inter viewing strengths and weaknesses are,” he said. “The comments help you make a better presentation the next time.” After the interviews, a nominating committee deliberates and gives rec ommendations to a voting council, he said. Council approval after the nomi nation and interviews is not a rubber stamp, Hudson said. Sometimes it is difficult to get a majority of voting members to approve a candidate. The new chairmen officially get their positions in an awards cere mony during Parents’ Weekend in April. About 1,450 people are involved in student programs, Hudson said, and about 1,500 programs were pre sented in the 1986-87 school year. The MSC Council president, cho sen in February, is P'rank Muller. Barry Hoggard, executive vice presi dent for programs, Sara Wall, exec utive vice president for administra tion and Doug O’Brian, executive vice president for administration also were chosen last month. Next year’s Kris Crenwel vice presidents are: je, public relations; Mark Mosley, finance; Cathy Valen zuela, student development; Chrisd Rothpletz, development; and Chrisd Ann Ondak, educational programs. The new directors are: Sheri Humphrev. freshman leadership dynamics; Michelle Malone, council assistants; Jason Wilcox, budgets; Hallie Giles, financial procedures; Robin Hunt, development public re lations; Michelle Van Duyn, devel opment fundraising; Elizabeth Tisch, internal public relations; Claudia Hoste, external public rela tions; David G. Harlan, committee development; Carla Brooks, finan cial planning and analysis, and Ed win A. Valicek, development fi nance. The committee chairmen for next year are: Patricia C. Ainsworth, Ag gie Cinema; M. Elaine Horn, All Night Fair; Charles Henderson, Black Awarness Committee; Daniel Kloke, Cepheid Variable; James R. Damm, College Bowl; Debbie Mas sey, Fall Leadership; James Cecil, Great Issues; Elissa P'llis, Hospitality; Chris Pourteau, Literary Arts; An drew H. Pendleton, MBA/Law Com mittee; Micheal Becnel, NOVA; Paul Wiesepape, OPAS; Ana de Car denas, Political Forum; Grant W. Neeley, Recreation; Richard Rabel, SCONA; Keith M. Spera, Town Hall; Jennifer A. Green, Visual Arts, and Karen Dunphy, Wiley Lecture Series. Health department develops licensing for AIDS hospices DALLAS (AP) — Texas Depart ment of Health rules being devel oped for the licensing of AIDS hos pices are expected to decrease the disease’s financial burden while ex panding available treatment in the state, officials said. The cost of patient care in hos pices during final stages of the fatal disease is about a quarter of the cost of similar treatment in hospitals, and proponents say hospices will also free beds for other patients. “There’s no way these facilities won’t be necessary,” said Dr. Ron Anderson, president of Dallas’ Park land Memorial Hospital. “These (hospices) are going to be a funda mental part of the health-care sys tem needed to care for patients with AIDS. “The choice is to use a high-cost institution or creating a lower cost and probably more acceptable, more humane environment,” he added. At Parkland, which treats one- third of Dallas’ AIDS cases, care for a patient in the disease’s final stages costs $550 a day, compared to about $140 per day in the proposed hos pices, Anderson said. Setting tracks may open in fall, commissioner predicts ■ AUSTIN (AP) — Texans could be betting )pn horses at small race tracks as soon as this autumn, the new chairman of the Texas Rac ing Commission predicted Monday. es FB Hilary Doran’s optimistic schedule is based ; n:;t On condensing a projected three- to six- is in) jRionth rule-drafting period into 30 to 45 ■ays. • “I personally am hoping we can, by early Kill, have gone through the rules and regula- Bons and be ready to get in the business of is suing licenses,” Doran said. I Assistant Attorney General Bill Conover Hold the commission Monday the rule-draft- 9.|0jKg period could take up to six months, fol- THowed by about four months for public review and comment. But Doran said there is no rea son why the rules and regulations cannot be drafted in 30 to 45 days. “We can put some rules and regulations out there and get this started, and then mold them as we go along,” Doran said. “That’s what the process is for,” he said of the public comment and hearings that will be allowed before final approval. Texas can save time by starting with a re view of rules from other states, according to Doran. The first tracks accepting bets in Texas will be Class 2 (small tracks) and Class 3 (county fair tracks) that already are in existence and _ .can quickly make the transition to accept pari mutuel bets after they obtain a license. Larger tracks in metropolitan areas will take approximately 18 months to construct after a license is granted, Doran said. Ricky Knox, director of the Texas Horse Racing Association, said Doran’s prediction of autumn racing could come true if the com mission sticks to a fast-track schedule. Doran, appointed to the commission last Friday by Gov. Bill Clements, was unani mously elected chairman Monday by his col leagues. James Clements, who had been act ing chairman of the eight-member panel, nominated Doran by reading from a statement. There were no other nominees. Doran served as counselor to the governor before resigning that post to join the commission, a non-paying job. He said he had not been guaranteed the chairmanship before Clements appointed him to the commission. “We had a conversation about me becom ing chairman if the commission as a whole” supported him, he said. “The commission, ev idently because of my being here in Austin full-time and being fairly familiar with gov ernmental processes, honored me with their votes.” The state health department is de veloping a licensing procedure for AIDS hospices at the urging of health experts and charity officials who are interested in operating such facilities. Maurice Shaw, chief of the de partment’s licensing and certifica tion bureau, said the rules probably will be submitted at the department’s April board meeting. The rules would govern facilities of up to 16 people who have a termi nal illness, Shaw said. And while the guidelines are being designed to ac commodate victims of acquired im mune deficiency syndrome, Shaw- said similar residences could be set up for cancer victims. The department also hopes to en courage organizations to set up hos pices, he said. “We want to develop some rea sonable standards that would give a safe environment but not be so ex pensive,” Shaw said. “Standards will be more lenient. We are hoping to prepare for the future.” A prime consideration is the cost of treating AIDS patients. Parkland, for instance, has to absorb most its AIDS patients’ health-care costs be cause collection rates among the dis ease’s sufferers is lower than aver age, Anderson said. The rate is 20 percent among AIDS patients in the hospital and 10 percent among AIDS patients in the AIDS clinic, compared to a 29 per cent collection rate among the hospi tal’s general population, he said. Correction In Friday’s issue of The Battal ion, the name of a candidate for junior yell leader was misspelled as Gary Moore. Moore’s first name is Cary. intsl aHfeiili m iil 1 hisf ;ainl! ms |# own! soft redfli thei top ii off jit! W . \ ■ 1 .. ■ kmfcFm' r*' • — • ■ ’ ’’S, i ■' v-r,. .r. ' «• •• . -IT* • fiA J h • i c Due to circumstances beyond our control, the MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society performances of America’s #1 musical. CATS, have been rescheduled. The new dates are April 12 & 13. All tickets previously purchased will be honored according to the following schedule: OLD TICKETS FOR: ARE NOW GOOD FOR: Thursday, April 14 Tuesday, April 12 (8:00 p.m.) (8:00 p.m.) Friday, April 15 Wednesday, April 13 (2:00 p.m.) (2:00 p.m.) Friday, April 15 Wednesday, April 13 (8:00 p.m.) (8:00 p.m.) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ For more information concerning your tickets or to purchase additional tickets, call the MSC Box Office at. 845-1234. Si ■ SSSIn#'": ■ MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society :&'Vmuridl Student (enter • lev,is VVd t rmeisrtv • ftuv.l I • (ullene St.itmh l\ LECTURE BY: MR. RONALD PERRIN MARKETING EXECUTIVE, AUSTIN MODERATED BY: PROP LARRY YARAK HISTORY DEPARTMENT, TEXAS A&M THURSDAY MARCH 31,1988 TIME: 7:00PM. PLACE: ROOM 701 RUDDER TOWER TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SPONSORED BY: SAUDI STUDENTS'ASSOCIATION MSC Town Hall PRESENTS THE JUDY'S Thursday March 31 8:00pm in DeWare Fieldhouse Tickets available at the MSC Box Office 845-1234 $4.50