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.