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>g ion aid he wont eration "asser Arafi ids that haii estinian guti in souther d these ine pordize U,S sentatives hit Texas A&M The Battalion WEATHER FORECAST for FRIDAY: Continued partly cloudy with no ticeably higher temperatures, es pecially at night. HIGH.-73 LOW:52 Vol. 88 No. 112 USPS 045360 12 pages College Station, Texas Thursday, March 9,1989 Dole proposes 6-month trial period for Tower \ rafat shoi i any terra ed by the Pal says in law, whid nnesty fori id in a num I that it nil ifficult fori ;al status ment audit [0, cited INS background ants ford 23,000 vab ificates had 's Miami re WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Repub lican Leader Bob Dole, struggling to stave off rejection of John Tower’s nomination as defense secretary, proposed Wednesday night an extraoidinai ) six-month trial con firmation period so senators .could judge whether Tower lived up to his no-drinking pledge. Senate Democratic Leader George Mitchell expressed “immediate serious con cerns” over the proposal, but promised to consider it overnight. Dole made his dramatic bid to salvage the nommation at the end of the fifth day of a draining Senate dehate, and after conced ing it would “take a miracle to win confir mation." Under Dole’s proposal, l ower would be confirmed, but would submit a letter of res ignation to President Bush dated Oct. 1, 1989. If Tower’s performance were satis factory, there “probably” would be no need to reconfirm him, Dole said. Otherwise, “he probably wouldn’t be the nominee.” Dole said he offered his proposal after discussing it with Tower. It came as the Senate neared a climax in its bitter struggle over the nomination. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas became the third Democrat to endorse Tower’s confirma tion, but his speech was bracketed by decla rations of opposition from Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, Bennett Johnston of Loui siana, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Charles Robb of Virginia — Democrats who had been lobbied hard by the Bush ad ministration as potential pro-Tower votes. An Associated Press survey found 51 Democrats and Republican Sen. Larry Pressler of South Dakota either solidly op posed or leaning against confirmation with 41 Republicans and three Democrats either supporting or leaning in favor of the nomi nation. Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the Sen ate. Dole made his extraordinary proposal to deal with Senate concerns over Tower’s his tory of drinking. “I think we ought to give him a second chance that many of us have had,” said Dole, who was seriously wounded during World War II but has risen to a position of power and promi nence in the Senate. “It gives this Senate a second opportu nity,” Dole said. “It addresses the concerns raised by the chairman and the majority leader and by others at the same time it gives President Bush his choice for secre tary of defense.” Earlier, Dole suggested Tower be per mitted to come to the Senate and answer the allegations against him, but did not im mediately press the issue when Mitchell ob jected . There was little doubt that Dole’s maneu- verings were his final bid to save the nomi nation. Earlier, he conceded it would “take a miracle” to do so, and Johnston’s speech seemed to deflate Republican hopes. “In the nuclear age we can’t afford to take a chance on the man who holds the fu ture in his hands,” Johnston said on the Senate floor. The Louisiana Democrat said he was troubled by Tower’s drinking habits and that alcohol altered the former senator’s judgment. “There seems to be a personality change that occurs in Senator Tower,” Johnston said. Earlier, Bentsen became the third Demo crat to support the embattled nomination, saying, “I hope that when I get the next chance to talk with John Tower about the tough job of keeping this country strong, it will be while he’s in his new office at the Pentagon.” Tower said, “I’m both honored to have his prestigious support, and grateful for his humane understanding of what my family has endured.” Despite Bentsen’s decision, Mitchell re peated his claim the Senate will reject the nomination, and he led a chorus of Demo crats who called for a quick vote. Witness says North pleas crainerl mnnev for Contras U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 5 U. NEWS humor separates men and .. Do you think you are tunny? Are you good kes? Then you're more likely to be a male, J Midge Wilson ol DePaul U., III., who has just rcli on the topic ol humor and its relationship (Wilson, who recently lectured on the topic at State U., said, “Women seem to prefer anec- r while men favor more of a slap-stick or ike variety." Wilson stated that women are to be the butt of jokes, and both men and to tind jokes funnier when women are the thi jokes. "Men are said to have a good sense of |ey can tell jokes, whereas women are said to sense ot humor if they laugh at jokes." WiIson s joke telling sessions are more competitive," . “Women mostly tell jokes when with friends are in public." ■ Brian J. Macala, \bar, Youngstown State U., OH usness,. 1 and abettir.; Styrofoam ops on Cenler Dira; covered ttair lam, were ter: Cenler began: asl spring gay;: Student mourns a tragic loss A Syracuse University student mourns the loss of a loved one during a vigil held at the universi ty’s Hendrick’s Chapel on Dec. 22, 1988. The vigil was held for the Syracuse U. students who died in the crash of Pan Am Flight 103. Scholarships have been made in the name of each of the 35 victims. -foam cups a moved. Hr* nexpensive a in Helena, ny Cabe, J calls for governmental pressure jers ol ACT UP New York, an activist organiza- to pressuring the government to search for a brought their message to the U. of Pennsyl- lesbians and Gays at Penn (LGAP) meeting lakers Ann Otto and Joel Marks, both repre- I the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, criti- lod and Drug Administration (FDA) for with- ■, experimental drugs to cure AIDS. ACT UP ^(asa nonpartisan group committed to action to IS crisis. Marks said that the FDA has not iretban 100 drugs that have been developed adding that most of these drugs have |irst trial phase ol the three-step process new mdergo before being approved. "The push is for a vaccine than for a cure," he said. "The (triclions totally arbitrarily." Otto echoed Marks ig that the “FDA is a lackey to the phar- jompanies." Marks said that there have been already from AIDS, adding that esti- ^--_jple who have been exposed to the virus top Hk(:H n 0 Marks ’ speech, audience members debated ■SlfB/ernment is not releasing the experimental . k kf many supporting the suppression of the ex- Irugs. "I thought it was excellent," said LGAP ren Rosenblum of the meeting. “The debate I in the sense that to me, it seems clear that the David SaiiW' nact ' on ' s lar 9 e| y based on prejudice.” "H Shahem, The Daily Pennsylva- le brothrW )fPennsylvania ie program,! 5: lidnotfigto David $anfe ! eniwasn l, ^' nes payable with plastic ... g BroMBijSs® Texas, Arlington police don’t take American m is'lopitf they will begin accepting MasterCard and 5," said Britt ®fWayne Gay said recently that the police depart- rs/LidleSi®P® students to charge their parking fines. “We ilily and ur'® card world, "he said. “Anything that has to be ive wbal itta‘5 ^p done wi th a credi t card. ” The Datatrol13202, he programlicomputer system, was installed last semester asbigbroW ^officialsare being trained to process students’ :h weekr'-BThe university will hold student transcripts vi$its i teT | ttl registration if parking fines are not paid. "I igbasebaiiifiBudents) can take advantage of this," he said. wiiiprobapiP you’re trying to register, have a fine and the progrr W in st the clock. It just makes more sense to put e brother,’?’! 1 Picard and not have to go racing across campus "Itgives saicl - ■Carlos de Leon, The ' U. of Texas, Arlington ound-C;' 1 ” - of the Hill rut i n ffs!P acran k ca H er . . . Nuisance calls have GUIdecreased" from a year ago because ot a ig working^ tricing feature available on Washington State leconstanl^ campus telephones, said WSU police. The ntsatT |ov. a person receiving a crank phone call to eU.olW''illr ok on the phone and dial “33.“ This records cine. “I(W'Henumber of the caller. 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In Washington, he voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for shut-in elderly.” Parmer, 49, became the first Dem ocrat in the 1990 Senate face. Many party officials had expected Agricutlure Commissioner Jim Hightower to take on Gramm, but Hightower decided in January to seek re-election to a third term and concentrate on populist political or ganizing efforts. Gramm reportedly has said he can raise $20 million for a re-election bid. Parmer said he wasn’t worried about the size of the Republican’s war chest, although he admitted it would be a tough fight. “Sure, I expect it to be difficult,” he said. “One of the good things about American democracy is that we don’t auction off seats in the U.S. Senate ... If you could just buy a seat for $20 million, then I won’t have it. But I don’t believe that. “What I need is an adequate amount of money to get across a message. And the message is: Phil Gramm does not represent the va lues that Texans believe in, and I do. I’ll have enough money to get that message across. And when I get it across, I believe I’ll win.” Parmer, who never has run a statewide race, downplayed early public opinion polls that show Gramm running strongly. /ice fee budget ■e only one of jat requested •any. Ml 0,000 and p there are dministrative 'pie first ap- iGovernment it gets on the fhe following per said. ^>eaker Pro- •ind member, u re the band ttial funding. , of its money he band re- Ntudent serv- )eaker of the was the most seen on a fi- y to Dr. John it of Student #ved by him, Mliam Mobley ents for their V . • • during the approval of a Ministration to ves pertaining i to syllabi content and distribution. The bill, introduced by senators Beth Ammons and Mark Williams, came amidst concern over the fail ure of some professors to adequately explain course content or tell stu dents of books and supplies that would be needed for their course. Williams said the bill is not trying to restrict the professors at all, but require them to inform students up front how much they’re going to have to spend for the class. Also during the meeting, a resolu tion was passed encouraging the po sition of an Advisory Student Regent to enhance communication between students and the Board of Regents. The bill, which was introduced by Ty Clevenger, a sophomore genetics major, passed unanimously en dorsing the position, while support ing the Legislative Study Group’s ef fort to present this viewpoint to the Texas Legislature. One viewpoint the Senate hopes (ieorge Bush will hear, is - that A&M wants to be the site for the George Bush Presidential Library. Clevenger introduced the resolu tion from the Academic Affairs Committee. The University of Hous ton, Rice University and Yale Uni versity also are in the running to at tract the library. “We want to stir up enough sup port to give A&M an advantage in getting the site,” Clevenger said.