NCAA: No bowl, 2-year probation
By Richard Williams
City Editor
I There will be no Cotton Bowl for
Bexas A&M this year. As a result of
Hie NCAA’s three year investigation
Hito the A&M football program
H'exas A&M has been found guilty
Hf several rules violations.
I At press time details aiyd numbers
Hnd specifics of violations was un-
Hvailable. A&M had been charged
Hath 31 rules violations and seven
iHirocedural violations. A&M officials
Hestified before the NCAA Commit-
Hee on Infractions Aug. 13 in Syra-
^Buse, N.Y.
A complete story will be in Mon
day’s Battalion.
The penalities include:
• No bowl game in the 1988-89
school year;
• Two years of probation;
• Loss of five scholarships for the
1989-90 school year;
• Limit of 75 on the number of
paid visits to the A&M campus that
can be made by recruits;
• Forbidding of two assistants to
recruit this year. Their names were
not immediately available.;
• Placing on administrative pro
bation of Athletic Director Jackie
Sherrill.
The NCAA released the informa
tion to news wire services this morn
ing, but The Battalion had been un
able to obtain a copy by press time
from University officials or from the
Office of Public Information.
A press conference was held this
morning to respond to the charges
by the NCAA. By press time it was
not known if A&M would appeal the
decision. The NCAA made the an
nouncement at 8:30 a.m. today.
A&M officials were scheduled to
hold a press conference at 10 a.m. to
respond to the NCAA’s findings.
A&M officials testified before the
NCAA Committee on Infractions
Aug. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y.A press
conference was held this morning at
the KAMU-TV station to respond to
the charges by the NCAA. Sherrill
and A&M president William Mobley
are scheduled to attend the confer
ence.
The penalties are scheduled to go
into effect after A&M notifies the
NCAA that it has accepted the ver
dict or after an appeal is decided.
Assistant Sports Information Di
rector Colin Killian said the Univer
sity was informed Thursday af
ternoon the letter was arriving.
“We’re glad it’s finally here,” Kill
ian said. “Our departmeht and our
fans have been waiting about two
years for this to be finally over with.
“It’s more relief than anything
else. We’re ready to get on with the
job of playing football.”
Killian said he doesn’t expect the
announcement to affect the team’s
play this year.
“This has been something hang
ing over their heads for the past
three years. It may even be a positive
thing.”
Before the 8:30 a.m. announce
ment by the NCAA, Killian said the
University still has no indication
what the ruling will be.
“We haven’t even seen the thing,”
he said. “No one has. I couldn’t start
to predict.”
Killian said the site of the press
conference is being withheld from
the public.
“We don’t want a mob scene,” he
said.
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Texas ASM m m V •
The Battalion
College Station, Texas
Thursday, September 9, 1988
lements: Texas needs constructive moves
By Jeff Pollard
Staff Writer
I Economic leadership for the ’90s
the theme for the 38th Annual
■exas Industrial Development Con-
■erence which began Thursday
■norningand runs through Friday at
■te College Station Hilton. Gov. Wil-
Bam P. Clements, the TIDC’s key-
^ftote speaker, told participants that,
i the future, the slate government
fill need to be more constructive
|han restrictive.
“It is important to consider what
fe will do for the future,” Clements
aid. “A new economic age is dawn-
tg in the United States and we have
egun to realize that our state’s
conomy will never be the same.”
Clements outlined the state’s eco-
^Homic track record before and after
took office in January 1987.
I ^Hlements accused former adminis-
Hrations of strangling the spirit of
Hconomic development in Texas and
Haid that, as Texans were grappling
Hath a recession in 1986, the state
a jsfxovernment was fanning the fires.
I “When 1 took over,” Clements
i‘ »aid, “we began to cut out the red
^^pe and trim the state government.
Vith the support from the men and
U.S. fires
first missile
of INF treaty
KARNACK (AP) — With a
deafening roar and towering
clouds of white smoke, two rocket
motors from Pershing nuclear
missiles were burned Thursday,
becoming the first of 867 U.S.
missiles to be destroyed under the
U.S.-Soviet intermediate-range
arms treaty.
Vice President George Bush,
watching through binoculars as
the motors exploded called the
event a unique moment in the ca
reer of man.
A 12-member Soviet inspection
team watched the on-site burn
ings from a concrete bunker, 900
feet from rocket stands at Long
horn Army Ammunition Plant.
Afterward, the Russians said they
were satisfied with the elimina
tions. The eliminations were con
ducted under the terms of the In
termediate-range Nuclear Forces
treaty between the two superpow
ers.
The team was among hun
dreds of observers, including am
bassadors from NATO nations,
who watched.
Last week, American observers
went to the U.S.S.R. to witness
the destruction of intermediate-
r&nge missiles there.
women of Texas, we have put our
policies to work and have seen the
economy make some headway. For
the first time since 1985, our econ
omy is growing.”
In support of this statement,
Clements said 342,000 more Texans
are employed today than were em
ployed two years ago. Of those who
are employed, Clements said their
increase in personal income will av
erage 6 percent by the end of the
year.
“We are plowing new ground in
our economic recovery,” Clements
said, “and reaching the mountain
top will require a new map.”
This “new map” is being designed
by the Governor’s Strategic Eco
nomic Policy Commission. The com
mission, chaired by Clements, is
charged with the task of designing
the economic policies that will guide
Texas into the 21 st century.
A preliminary draft of this plan,
which was handed out after the Gov
ernor’s speech, highlights four ob
jectives that need to be carried out to
help Texas out of its economic prob
lems.
• Develop a competitive and bal
anced set of fiscal, legal and regula
tory policies.
This requires the development of
a tax system that provides equality
among tax payers and the devel
opment of a legal environment that
encourages development. Clements
said this means there will be no per
sonal or corporate income tax while
he is in office and government red
tape will continue to be reduced.
• Provide a skilled, flexible, in
ternationally competitive work
force.
Clements said Texans will need to
improve and expand with regard to
three areas of education. He said
that the state must continue to follow
the long-term plans of the State
Board of Education, create a
statewide system of technical and vo
cational training and improve the
quality of higher education.
“By making greater investments
in education,” Clements said, “we
can prepare students for advances in
science and technology and, at the
same time, we can keep our brightest
minds right here in Texas ”
• Encourage innovation and en-
trepreneurism
This part of the plan calls for
more agressive pursuance of re
search and development companies
to locate their projects in Texas. It
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also suggests that the state give
greater support to the development
of small businesses.
“We have consolidated nine state
agencies into the Texas Department
of Commerce,” Clements said. “By
having only one agency, we are mak
ing government more efficient and
allows us to give more assistance to
United Way leaders start
campaign to raise funds
By Susan Stubing
Staff Writer
Brazos County Linked Way lead
ers hope to “make a difference” for
people in need as the 1988 campaign
begins this month.
“We can make a difference —
through the United Way,” is the
theme of the campaign.
Texas A&M faculty, staff and stu
dents, along with community volun
teers, board members, and agency
representatives intend to help make
a difference by raising $540,000 to
support 24 human service agencies
in 1989, Donald Powell, A&M direc
tor of business services, said.
The community goal is 7.4 per
cent higher than last year’s achieved
goal of $5 10,000.
A&M faculty and staff exceeded
the 1987 campus participation goal,
but Powell, the 1988 campaign
chairman, said that student involve
ment is weak.
“We have had a tough time get
ting students involved in the United
Way in past years, because fall is
such a busy time,” Powell said.
With football games, new organi
zations and meetings, students gen
erally don’t have time to commit to
such a large campaign, he says.
Student involvement could make
a great difference in the success of
the campaign, however, said Linda
Gibson, Texas A&M assistant direc
tor ol admissions and records and
United Way leader for the A&M
University and System divisions.
“I am very hopeful that students
will be more involved in the cam
paign this year,” Gibson said. “This
is their community, too.”
A coordinator from Student Gov
ernment will be appointed soon to
promote student involvement, she
said.
Although student participation in
the United Way is weak, Powell said,
that community participation has al
ways been tremendous, because Ag
gies care about one another.
The United Way will support
three new agencies next year: the
Child Placement Center, an adop
tion service specializing in the adop
tion of handicapped children, the
growing businesses.”
• Market Texas aggressively
This final part of the plan will give
Texas a new label. In order to create
new jobs, the marketing effort will
be used to pursuade companies to
relocate or expand in Texas. State
agencies will also advertise the qual
ities that make Texas a place for va
cation or retirement.
“This plan will be the basis and
foundation of certain actions taken
when the Legislature convenes in
February,” Clements said. “1990 is
almost here and the challenges are
coming into focus. With the help of
economic leadership from across the
state we will continue to build, con
tinue to grow and continue to pros
per.”
Hospice, an organization which pro
vides nursing and family support for
the terminally ill, and Sheltering
Arms, a division of Twin City Mis
sion, which offers shelter for abused
children.
For an agency to become a mem
ber of the United Way and be eligi
ble for financial support, it must
present a budget to a United Way
committee with its reason for re
questing aid. The United Way does
not deny anyone support if there is
enough money to support them,
Powell said.
Support funds are raised through
pledges collected during the fall
campaign.
Almost all money collected di
rectly benefits the agencies, because
the United Way’s operating ex
penses are minimal, Powell said.
“We only have one full-time em
ployee,” Powell said, “so almost ev
ery cent goes straight to the agen
cies.”
Campaign expenses also are kept
to a minimum by only having one
annual campaign.
“It’s less expensive to run one
campaign to benefit 24 agencies
than it is to run 24 separate cam
paigns,” Powell said.
A single campaign is successful,
he says, because people know that
their one donation will help support
more than just one organization.
Dig this
Photo by Fredrick D.Joe
Physical Plant workers from the plumbing division repair a ruptured
pipe at the northwest corner of Francis Hall Thursday afternoon.
The job was hindered because the pipe was almost 20 feet under
ground. Water from the broken pipe also caused problems because
the men could not see well enough to work.
! Millions fight to win democracy in Burma
RANGOON, Burma (AP) —
■ About 1 million people, including
■Catholic nuns, intelligence officers
■ and the blind, took to the streets
■ Thursday to demand democracy,
_ land vigilantes beheaded three peo-
| J pie who tried to poison protesters.
r The state radio said security
- ,I forces fired on a crowd of 500 loot-
r; |ers in the suburbs of the capital,
Hwounding 17. The radio also said
I jseven corpses with stab wounds were
if found floating in Rangoon’s Inya
■■Lake.
"rI ^ sea people surged through
1| the city. The demonstrators want to
■ bring down the government of Pres-
■ident Mating Mating and end 26
■ years of one-party authoritarian
■ ru ^ e -
More demonstrations were
■ planned Friday, with some opposi-
lltion groups hoping the general
p strike could be sustained until the
Blgovernment gives into demands for
a multi-party democracy. A newly
formed union of bank employes said
all Rangoon banks would be shut
down Friday.
More than six elnbassies, includ
ing the British, planned to evacuate
dependents as soon as possible. Dip
lomats said Japan, the Soviet Union
and China sent out dependents and
aid experts earlier.
Evacuations of foreign nationals
were delayed because the strike at
Rangoon Airport forced cancella
tion of all flights to Bangkok, Thai
land. The American Embassy
planned to start evacuating its 100
dependants, and sources said a spe
cial flight may be arranged.
Thursday’s march was largely
peaceful, but sources said a mob
killed two men and a woman who
gave poisoned ice water to several
demonstrators, including schoolchil
dren.
The sources said that after the trio
confessed to having been paid $42
each to poison protesters, a mob
dragged them outside a monastery,
beat them to death and beheaded
them, hanging their heads on posts
at a major intersection. It was not
clear whether any protesters were
poisoned.
Residents said more than 700,000
protesters marched in the central
city of Mandalay, 350 miles north of
Rangoon, and in Monywa, an impor
tant trading town 60 miles northwest
of Mandalay. More than 100,000
marched in Moulmein, the Mon
State capital 50 miles southeast of
Rangoon.
A Western analyst in Bangkok
said that despite the great show of
anti-government force, the top lead
ers appeared to be going ahead with
their own timetable of holding a spe
cial congress Monday to pave the
way for a referendum on Burma’s
future. He said the powerful mili
tary also appeared to be basically in
tact despite some defections and
“wavering”
“The opposition has been effec
tive in getting people out on the
streets but ineffective in moving the
government because it just can’t
topple it over,” the diplomat said.
The diplomat cited reliable re
ports that in Rangoon and else
where, the army has been trying to
seize all food, fuel, and other essen
tial items to dig in for the long-term
and let the people starve.
The army commandeered all sup
plies two weeks ago in Mandalay, the
country’s second-largest city and a
major protest center, he said.
Thursday’s protest was the largest
since an estimated 1 million
marched in Rangoon on Aug. 24 in
the biggest demonstrations since the
1962 military coup.
President Maung Maung lifted
martial law in Rangoon and curfews
nationwide on Aug. 24. He an
nounced the Burma Socialist Pro
gram Party would meet Sept. 12 to
consider organizing a referendum
on one-party rule.
Maung Maung took power Aug,
19 as the country’s first civilian
leader in 26 years. But protesters
have rejected the party meeting and
demanded immediate formation of
an interim government to oversee a
transition to democracy.
Security forces did not attempt to
stop the demonstrations, although
army trucks had patrolled a day ear
lier with orders to shoot to halt city
wide looting.
On Wednesday, government ra
dio said security forces shot and
killed five people to stop widespread
looting in the capital over the past
two days.
Order to ban
fetus use
for science
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
White House has prepared an exec
utive order that would bar govern
ment scientists from using the tissue
of intentionally aborted fetuses for
research, it was learned Thursday.
A directive from Gary L. Bauer to
Health and Human Services Secre
tary Otis R. Bowen says the White
House wants to push the order
through as soon as possible and
asked for Bowen’s comments by Fri
day.
The memo and draft order from
Bauer is last Friday, nearly two
weeks in advance of the first sched
uled meeting, next Friday, of a Na
tional Institutes of Health advisory
panel formed to consider the contro
versial topic.