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The Battalion Vol. 1 No. 189 6 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, August 9, 1988 Aggie’s death caused by injury, intoxication By Anthony Wilson Sports Editor Mutiple injuries and alcohol in toxication were determined to be the causes of death of Texas A&M track star Craig Calk Friday by Dallas County medical examiners. The examiner’s office is not re leasing Calk’s blood-alcohol level at this time, but Assistant Chief Field Agent Don Kirby of the examiner’s office said that a level above .10, which is considered legally drunk, is necessary for the acute alcohol in toxication ruling. Calk died early Friday morning after falling through a closed win dow from the eighth floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Farmer’s Branch. The 23-year-old senior journalism major was attending a bachelor party along with five other A&M stu dents for fellow Aggie Michael Wolf, a senior from Cuero, Calk’s home town. According to a Farmer’s Branch Police Department statement, the group was “drinking heavily and wrestling in a party at mosphere.” At about 2 a.m. Calk fell seven floors and landed on the roof of a one-story building attached to the hotel. Efforts to revive him were un successful and he was pronounced dead at 3:39 a.m. at R.H. Dedman Memorial Hospital in Farmer’s Branch. The examiner’s office has ruled the death an accident. Farmer’s Branch police said there is no evi dence of any wrongdoing, but are waiting to receive a copy of the ex aminer’s report before deciding whether to investigate. The police are not releasing the names of anyone in the hotel room at the time of the accident. Calk was to have been the best man at Wolfs wedding last weekend and would have graduated with a bachelor’s degree Saturday. Calk was a four-year track letter- man at A&M and four-time All- Southwest Conference hurdler. He was an All-American hurdler in 1986 when he finished sixth at the NCAA Championships. Calk owns school records in the 400-meter hurdles, the sprint med ley relay and the two-mile relay. He was elected a team captain his final A&M provides interim housing By Fiona Soltes Reporter If summer residents don’t have a place to go between the summer and fall semesters, they can arrange for interim housing, Jerry Jacobs, a resi dent adviser for Haas Hall, said. “Mosher Hall will be open at 3 p.m. Aug. 13 until noon Aug. 22 for those wishing to stay on campus,” Ja cobs said. “By the time Mosher is closed, students will be able to move into their fall dorms.” Students can stay in Mosher for $65 during the break. Jacobs said students must make room reservations by Wednesday at the South Area Office. Students must have lived in a dorm during the summer and have reserved a room for the fall. “Also,” she said, “if a student knows which room he will live in during the fall semester, he can make arrangements to move furni ture or other items into that room if it’s all right with the present occu pants. We will check out room keys from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 10 for that purpose.” All residents must be out of their summer rooms by 3 p.m. Aug. 13, but John White, housing services su pervisor, said he’s not expecting any difficulties. “Keys must be turned in and the room must be clean,” White said. “The students know if they are late or fail to clean the room that fees will be charged.” These fees include $25 for failure to check out, $25 for failure to clean, $30 to recode the door lock if the key is not returned and $15 for fail ure to return the outside door key. White said 1,700 students lived in dorms this summer. “We only needed a certain num ber of halls to accommodate the summer students anyway,” he said. “We have enough space that we don’t have to turn anyone down for a dorm room in the summer.” Cisneros, Rains to talk at graduation University News Service Texas Secretary of State Jack ? Rains and San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros are the speakers for Texas A&M summer com- jmencernents Friday and Satur day, announced Texas A&M Uni versity President Dr. William H. | Mobley. About 1,300 students will be ; graduating during ceremonies at |G. Rollie White Coliseum on the ; A&M campus. Rains, Class of ’60, will speak at | 7:30 p.m. Friday when all grad- j uate-level degrees as well as un dergraduate degrees in architec ture, engineering, science and biomedical science will be j awarded. Cisneros, Class of ’68, will speak at 9 a.m. Saturday. Under graduates in agriculture, business ( administration, education, geosci ences and liberal arts as well as undergraduates from Texas \ A&M University at Galveston will i receive diplomas then. Officials credit Rains as being instrumental in obtaining autho- irization for the downtown office j building to be named afterlate sMaj. Gen. J. Earl Rudder that will house secretary of state offices. Rudder was a World War II i hero and the A&M president credited with strengthening the University institution through the tumultuous ’60s. Cisneros, a former appointee ! to the Texas A&M University Sys tem Board of Regents, was elected mayor of San Antonio in 1981. Then age 33, the college pro fessor was the first Hispanic to head a major U.S. city govern ment. Faculty Senate meeting provides look at methods used in presidential search By Ashley A. Bailey Staff Writer Former Faculty Senate Speaker Richard Shumway responded to some faculty members concerns about the presidential search Mon day and praised the Texas A&M Board of Regents for ensuring that the senate had meaningful partici pation in the search process. Shumway said following President Vandiver’s resignation announce ment, the Board in January ap pointed two committees to help in the presidential search. A selection committee, comprised of five Regents and the Chancellor, worked along with the Search Advi sory Committee, consisting of Chan cellor Perry Adkisson, President Vandiver, the president of Texas A&M at Galveston, a dean, a depart ment head, two faculty members, the student body president and the President of the Association of For mer Students, he said. Shumway said although there were several members of the Advi sory Committee whose primary Uni versity responsibilities are adminis trative, he found very strong faculty values exhibited by each of them. “The Chancellor participated fully in the deliberations of the com mittee and in seeking relevant infor mation on candidates,” Shumway said. “But, he never attempted to im pose his preferences nor to sway the committee’s recommendations.” The Advisory Committee re ceived nominations and applications from about 80 people, he said. A number of those nominated chose not to become candidates, Shumway said. The committee examined materi als on all candidates and solicited in formation on several nominated candidates who might have been added as serious candidates by effec tive recruiting, he said. “Initial ratings were made using available written information and personal contacts on the entire pool of candidates and potential candida tes,” he said. “Further investigation focused on the highest rated mem bers of this pool that ultimately in cluded about 15 people. Approxi mately half were officially noncandidates.” After numerous phone calls and personal contacts, the Advisory Committee completed its work in May and provided its final ratings and written and oral appraisals of the candidates to the Selection Com mittee, Shumway said. “There were several truly out standing individuals in the candidate and potential candidate pool,” he said. “The highest ranked of all, among both internal and external candidates, was Executive Deputy Chancellor William Mobley.” Shumway noted that the whole experience was pleasant. “Members worked hard, exhib- Iran, Iraq to begin cease-fire of war Aug. 20 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-Gen eral Javier Perez de Cuellar announced Monday that Iran and Iraq will begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war Aug. 20 and open peace negoti- tions five days later in Geneva. He said in a statement to the 15-member Secu rity Council, which passed a cease-fire resolution unanimously more than a year ago: “I now call upon the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq to observe a cease-fire and discontinue all military activity on land, at sea and in the air, as of 0300 GMT, Aug. 20. “I note that military activity has decreased in the past few days. I wish on this occason to appeal to all concerned in the strongest possible terms to exercise the utmost restraint and to refrain forth with from any hostile action ... in the period of entry into effect of the cease-fire.” The starting time of 3 a.m. Aug. 20 Greenwich Mean Time is 11 p.m. EDT Aug. 19. Several hours before the Security Council meeting, Perez de Cuellar told reporters, “I am persuaded that both countries and both govern ments are really interested in a peaceful solution of the problem and the solution of the problem is a matter now of a few hours.” Securing a truce in the war, which has killed or wounded more than 1 million people, would be the second U.N. negotiating success this year. The Soviet Union is withdrawing its estimated 115,000 soldiers from Afghanistan under a three years and recently competed in the U.S. Olympic trials. He also was president of the Theta Chi fraternity in 1987. “We are all deeply saddened,” A&M assistant track coach Ted Nel son said in a statement. “Craig was not only a great athlete, he was a great person. “I’ve never been around anyone with as much heart and determin ation. He got more out of his abili ties, and was as hard a worker, as anyone I’ve ever coached. Everyone on the team loved and respected him. For those who didn’t know him, it’s hard to imagine anyone being so well liked, but Craig was a tremen dous individual.” Grif Thomas, one of Calk’s frater nity brothers and roomate for two years said, “He was one of the most caring and strong persons I knew. He was always the strong one. He was very responsible and one of my best friends. I can’t say enough good things about him.” ited high integrity and worked coop eratively in search of the best candi dates to lead this institution to excellence,” he said. “And even with highly diverse interests, experiences and goals, the committee was re markably united in its choice of the highest ranked candidates.” Shumway said that from all the signals he received, the Selection Committee gave serious consider ation to the Advisory Committee’s highest ranked candidates. “They solicited independent in formation and conducted numerous interviews,” he said. “They met with the Advisory Committee and re ported on their activities. I appre ciate their informing us of their ef forts. I am also appreciative of the en couragement by members of the Ad ministration and the willingness of the Regents to appoint such a broad- based Advisory Committee.” Shultz OK after bomb explosion LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A re mote-controlled bomb exploded on a road Monday amid the mo torcade of Secretary of State George P. Shultz, shattering the window of his wife’s car but caus ing no injuries. The Bolivian government blamed cocaine traffickers for the suspected assassination attempt on the outskirts of La Paz, as well as for a second bombing Monday at the U.S. commissary in the city. No injuries were reported in the later bombing, although the door of the commissary was damaged. Police said the bomb, which they believe was several sticks of dynamite, was detonated by someone on a grassy hill over looking the road seconds after Shultz’s car had passed. At the time of the blast, dozens of people were on the hill watch ing the 11-car motorcade travel from the airport to the city. Three cars were damaged, in cluding one in which Shultz’s wife, Helena, was traveling. The explosion, witnessed by this reporter from a vantage point several cars behind the offi cial motorcade, blew a hole in the road and scattered chunks of pavement, rocks and dirt over a wide area. Afterward, dozens of police of ficers hurriedly sealed off the road and climbed a nearby hill to search for the bombers. They found a wire they said had been used to detonate the bomb. Shultz’s spokesman, Charles Redman, quoted the secretary as saying the attack would not dis suade the United States in its ef forts to stem Bolivia’s thriving co caine trade. “If people are hoping for some sort of interruption in our drug interdiction efforts, that is not in the cards,” Redman said at a briefing. He said he was para phrasing Shultz. In a statement released at the White House, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said, “Terrorist tactics, such as used against Secretary Shultz and his motorcade in Bolivia today, are always repugnant.” U.N.-mediated agreement signed April 14. U.N. negotiations had been deadlocked over Iraq’s demand for direct talks with Iran before a cease-fire, which Iran rejected. Perez de Cuellar proposed a compromise formula that includes direct talks immediately after a cease-fire. Dates are to be announced later for imple menting other elements of the Persian Gulf peace plan: troop withdrawal, prisoner ex change, direct peace talks and an investigation into which side started the war. People in Tehran seemed convinced Monday the fighting would end. Even President Ali Kha menei, who a few days ago expressed serious doubt about prospects for a truce, said the war “is apparently coming to a close.” Library sets longer hours Sterling C. Evans Library will be open from 7:30 to 2 a.m. Wednesday, Aug 10 and Thurs day, Aug. 11, for students study ing for finals this summer. During the extended hours, 11 p.m. - 2 a.m., there will be one student from the Reference Divi sion and one student from the Circulation Division on duty. On Friday, Aug. 12, Evens li brary will be open 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Beginning on Saturday, Aug. 13, through the beginning of the Fall semester, Evens library will be open as follows: Saturday-Sunday: 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
