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Dole proposes 6-month trial period for Tower
WASHING TON (AP) — Senate Repub- ignation to President Bush dated Oct. 1, Democrats and Republican Sen. Larry leader and by others at the same time it that alcohol altered the former senator’s
lican Leader Bob Dole, struggling to stave 1989. If lower’s performance were satis- Pressler of South Dakota either solidly op- gives President Bush his choice for secre- judgment. “There seems to be a personality
off rpiprtinn rtf Tohn 1/oc furtorv there “nrohjihlv” wmilrl he no neerl 1^-w^mi^t ” J i .1 . • n . nr> _ _ _ i,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Repub
lican Leader Boh Dole, struggling to stave
off rejection of John Tower’s nomination as
defense secretary, proposed Wednesday
night an extraordinai y 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 debate, and after conced
ing it would “take a miracle to win confir
mation."
Under Dole’s proposal. Tower 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, hut 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 he 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
aained monev for Tontras
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COMMENT AND OPINION
tontmg a
ee no evil 9
wntality
i Robert Willett
'he Brown Daily Herald
, own U., Rl
llJ Recently I saw an incident
Wiich left me shocked and con-
feed. Confused not only about
J tat had happened, but about
flOl ; people I pass on the streets.
'h friend and I were leaving
lartland around midnight,
dvingtowards (Highway) 195, a
• stopped ahead of us in the
ddle of the road. A woman ran
, ^ m the car toward us. She wore
ianY ;. letto heals and a short skirt.
hind her a man of about 250
f unds began dashing toward
raun iti r, and my car.
•s one I need a ride. You’ve got to help
t... please,” she begged,
lotmos 'opened my door but the man
uple^ ibbed her by the hair. My seat
fho® It gripped me as I looked
sumei a jght i n to her wide eyes. He
lied her back into his car and
na - v ^ id away,
dy to; fj e drove
to nearby movie
' n iater where the manager told
f j, he had seen the man punch her
P ega:ii; d had called the police. As we
)ke, blue flashing lights were
[ ess f: proaching.
not si told the police everything:
-nen® ... they were both black. No
.udenii she wasn’t bleeding but it was
eir $ rk and I couldn’t see clearly. . .
peopi' si got the license. It was a van-
plate - T LOVE.” I heard the
liceman search it over the
r0U U lio. It turned out to be reg-
ered to Thomas Love of Provi-
^ ice.
,° wl)t | felt guilty. Guilty because
>eoplf ’■ v were kl ac k; guilty because it
V d run through my mind that
i was a prostitute and he was a
^ up, and also guilty because I
dn’t gotten out of my car to help
ingtl :. I reasoned that it all hap-
d, * ned too fast and that he might
□port' re had a gun.
co®
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See WILLETT, Page 8
Exam anxiety awakens .the beast in us all
By Rich Zimmerman
■ The Daily Collegian
Pennsylvania State U.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Mike
and I were in the library studying for an
exam. We were looking at some old ex
ams from the class when this girl ran up
to us. She had that wild-eyed look of
someone lost in despair.
“Is that the exam?” she asked.
We told her it was and that she could
look at it when we were done.
“Thank God,” she said. “I haven’t
been to class for weeks ... I don’t even
have the book!”
Mike and I both fell in love with her
right then and there. She’d anchor the
curve. We called her the Anchorwoman.
It was a callous way to look at it, and
we were sorry. But exams bring out the
worst in people. In me anyway.
One reason for this is my calendar. It
has these really big squares on it that I
go through so quickly only to land on the
big square that has “exam” on it. The
other reason is that professors — no
matter what their field, religion or race
— all have their exams on the same day.
Usually, I don’t mind it. I take a lot of
English exams which are kind of fun.
You get to mix stuff you’ve learned with
stuff you’ve made up. You say things
like “it seems.” You can’t say, “It seems
that force equals mass times accelera
tion.”
Anyway, I have three exams this
week on the same day and none of them
are English.
Whenever I’m under this kind of
pressure I either choke or go right to
work. I took out some paper and franti
cally tried to figure out how many pages
a minute I would have to read to finish
the 2,000 pages for the three exams.
Finally, I went to a review session.
There was a professor there who
looked a little confused because he had
never seen any of our faces before.
“This exam will be made up of ques
tions,” he said. “The questions will be
based on the material and oddly
phrased to confuse and fool you.”
“There will be no . . . possible way to
cheat on this exam,” the professor said.
“I have arranged for each and every one
of you to sit next to a very dumb person.”
Then the professor said something I
had suspected all along.
“The best way to do well on this
exam,” he said, “is just to study for it.”
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State senator
bids to take
Gramm’s seat
AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic
state Sen. Hugh Parmer launched
his bid for the U.S. Senate on
Wednesday, charging that incum
bent Republican Phil Gramm talks
one way in Texas while he votes a
different way in Washington.
Parmer, a two-term senator and
former Fort Worth mayor, said
Gramm is out of touch with Texas
families and their values.
“He talks like an East Texas
farmer in Lufkin but votes like a
Wall Street banker in Washington,”
Parmer said of Gramm.
“In Texas, he says he wants to be
tough on crime. In Washington, he
voted against the appropriations for
drug enforcement and even the FBI
... In Texas, he says he wouldn’t
hurt senior citizens. 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.
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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
George 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.