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Vol. 88 No. 125 USPS 045360 10 pages
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, April 4,1989
Professors chosen for Facuity Senate
Thirty-three representatives selected
By Kelly S. Brown
STAFF WRITER
Thirty-three Faculty Senate seats
were filled during yesterday’s elec
tion, while two seats remain undeter
mined because some of the ballots
from the College of Medicine have-
not yet been received.
The results of the election are
unofficial until certified by the Fac
ulty Senate in a May meeting.
Excluding the College of Medi
cine, 694 faculty members voted.
The number was lower than last
Castro discusses
Cuban debt
with Gorbachev
HAVANA (AP) — Presidents
Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Fidel Cas
tro went behind closed doors Mon
day for marathon talks expected to
air their ideological differences and
highlight the problems of Third
World nations.
A Soviet spokesman, asked
whether Gorbachev would offer to
forgive Cuba’s massive debt to the
Soviet Union, said that subject was
not discussed specifically, although
the leaders did talk about the “enor
mous debt plundering the econ
omies” of Latin American countries.
The spokesman, Gennady I. Ge
rasimov, said Gorbachev’s initial dis
cussions with Castro and the Cuban
Communist Party’s Central Commit
tee were held in a “friendly atmo
sphere.”
He also said Gorbachev reported
on the Soviet Union’s recent multi-
candidate parliamentary elections,
which were seen aS a popular victory
for the party’s reformers. Castro,
who has never allowed competitive
elections in his 30-year rule, has
openly criticized Gorbachev’s re
forms for borrowing too much from
the capitalist world.
After the ceremonial laying of a
wreath at the monument to Jos6
Marti, the father of Cuban indepen
dence, Castro escorted his guest to
the Palace of the Revolution to begin
their discussions, which were sched
uled to continue on and off through
the day and evening.
Gorbachev’s wife, Raisa, visited a
day care center, a Cuban-Soviet
friendship center and planned to
tour the home of the late American
author Ernest Hemingway, who
lived for many years on an estate
outside Havana that is now r a mu
seum. Both Mrs. Gorbachev and her
husband have mentioned reading
Hemingway, a writer whose works
have been translated into Russian
and are popular in the Soviet Union.
Gerasimov said Gorbachev and
Castro, in their opening talks, ex
changed views on the March 26 So
viet elections and discussed prob
lems in Latin America, particularly
those of indebtedness and the drug
trade.
The spokesman observed that
Latin American countries are in
creasingly becoming drug suppliers
to North America while at the same
time increasingly becoming drug
consumers.
The debt is only one aspect of the
economic ties between the Soviet
Union and Cuba. Soviet economic
aid to Cuba is estimated by Western
sources at between $4 billion and $7
billion annually, substantially more
per capita than U.S. assistance to any
Latin American country.
year’s turnout of 817 voters. Vote to
tals for the College of Medicine at
the Scott & White Clinic in Temple
are expected to arrive today, a Fac
ulty Senate spokesman said.
Fifty-five faculty members had
been nominated for 35 Senate seats,
and there were 27 write-in candi
dates, none of whom won a nomi
nation.
In an effort to avoid a run-off
election, a new method of determin
ing who wins in case of a tie was in
troduced to Faculty Senate elections.
A rating system was created
where, for example, if there were
three candidates, the voter was
asked to rate the three on a scale
from one to three. This way if a tie
occured, the election commissioners
would look at the rating system and
whichever candidate rated the high
est won.
The 1989-90 Senators nominated
are the following faculty members:
College of Agriculture:
Place 4 - Jane M. Magill
Place 6 - Marvin K. Harris
Place 7 - Edward A. Funk-
houser
Place 11 - John Stoll
College of Architecture:
• Place 3 - Michael D. Murphy
• Place 4 - Donald B. Austin
College of Business
Administration:
• Place 4 - R. Malcolm Richards
• Place 6 - Samuel M. Gillespie
College of Education:
• Place 4 - Jim Woosley
• Place 5 - Victor L. Wilson
• Place 7-Jan Baldwin
College of Engineering:
• Place 2 - Bonn Edward
Hancher
• Place 6 - Calvin E. Woods
• Place 11 - James R. Morgan
• Place 13 - C. Eugene Buth
• Place 15 - Carroll J. Messer
College of Geosciences:
• Place 1 - Peter Hugill
• Place 3 - Stefan Gartner
College of Liberal Arts:
• Placel -James Rosenheim
• Place 5 - Stephen H. Daniel
• Place 8 - Gary Halter
• Place 9 -Janis Stout
• Place 13 - Woodrow Jones
• Place 14 - Howard B. Kaplan
• Place 15 - Robert L. Ivie
Practice makes perfect
Aggie baseball pitcher Jeff Johnson returns a ball from the out
field at batting practice Monday afternoon. The Aggies remain
the number one team in the nation with a 33-1 record. The
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
team, 6-0 in conference, is tied with the University of Arkansas
for the top SWC spot. The Aggies will host Sam Houston State
University tonight, and play three games at Rice this weekend.
Author: Students should confront
worldwide controversies headon
By Sherri Roberts
STAFF WRITER
The conservative environment that many say
characterizes Texas A&M is not an excuse to
avoid dealing with controversial issues, Paul
Loeb, author of “Nuclear Culture and Hope in
Hard Times,” said Monday in a lecture spon
sored by MSG Great Issues.
“You learn a way of being in the world — of
taking positions that may or may not cause dis
ruption,” Loeb told an audience of about 200.
“One of our responsibilites in school is to explore
these difficult questions. We may not agree on
the answers to problems, but we need to focus on
the inquiries to these problems.”
Because many individuals feel they cannot
make an impact on seemingly overwhelming is
sues regarding topics such as nuclear weapons,
hunger, and the homeless, they are discouraged
from trying to change the status quo, Loeb said.
However, change often occurs slowly and under
the leadership of a few individuals who seek to
raise the awareness of their peers and adminis
trators regarding certain issues, he said.
“I think that’s a myth that only people in posi
tions of power can make a difference,” he said.
Former President Nixon said in his memoirs
that it was a group of “hippies” protesting out
side the window of his home that caused him to
decide against using nuclear weapons in Vietnam
during his presidency, Loeb said.
Loeb praised the action of A&M students who
raised the apartheid shanty on campus to protest
the University’s investments in South Africa. The
shanty, which was repeatedly destroyed, caused
people to react and brought an important issue
into visibility, he said.
Students should be assertive in alerting Uni
versity administrators to the curriculum changes
they want, Loeb said, noting that students at a
California university were successful in their ef
forts to expand the school’s curriculum to in
clude ethnic studies.
Loeb said people too often accept the decisions
Students decide 8 offices
in run-off elections today
Eight offices in Student Gov
ernment will be decided in to
day’s run-of! election. Polls will
open at 9 a.m. at Blocker Build
ing, the Academic Building, Kle
berg and the MSC. All polling
places except the MSC will stay
open until 6 p.m. Students may
cast their votes at the MSC until 8
p.m.
Ballots may be cast for the fol
lowing offices:
• Off-Campus Aggies Presi
dent:
6tiawn Knight
Curtis Rick
• Class of *90 Treasurer:
Karen Hodge
Chris Leist
• Class of’91 President;
Phillip Robertson
Billy Flanagan
• Class of 92 Vice-President;
Patty Warhol
Bill Van Eman
• Class of *92 Treasurer:
Steve Beller
Rod Garrett
• Off-Campus Senator Ward
I:
Kelly Schorre
Allison Baker
• RHA Senators for Aston,
Dunn and Cain Hall:
Don Sch uck
Darrell E. Alley
• Education Senators:
John Hubert
G.G. Grant
Results will be announced to
night at 11:30 p.m. at the Law
rence Sullivan Ross statue.
All campaign fliers and signs
must be taken down by 6 p.m.
Thursday.
Namibian violence continues;
U.S. blames black nationalists
OSHAKATI, Namibia (AP) —
Black nationalist guerrillas and
South African-led security forces
battled fiercely in Namibia on Mon
day in a third day of fighting that
threatens to undermine a United
Nations peace plan.
U.N. officials Monday afternoon
gave permission for 1,500 South Af
rican and Namibian troops to leave
their bases to help policemen fight
ing the 1,200 guerrillas. South Afri
can Col. Japie Dreyer and other offi
cers said.
In New York, U.N. Secretary-
General Perez de Cuellar said the
eruption did not mean the peace
plan is failing. The United States
blamed the guerrillas for the fight
ing.
At least 147 people have been
killed in three days.
South African military officials
say the fighting is the worst in 23
years of bush war against the guer
rilla South-West Africa People’s Or
ganization.
Battles were reported Monday in
at least half a dozen locations spread
over hundreds of miles near the An
golan border, military and police
spokesmen said.
They said the fighting was started
by guerrillas who crossed the border
Saturday from Angola. Such a bor
der crossing would be a violation of
peace agreements involving South
Africa, Angola and Cuba.
Under the agreements, all guerril
las are to remain in Angola at least
100 miles north of Namibia’s border
until mid-May.
Guerrilla officials and the An
golan government said the fighters
have been in Namibia some time and
that they fired in self-defense after
security forces attacked them.
South African and Namibian offi
cials said at least 129 guerrillas and
18 policemen have died since fight
ing erupted Saturday .when the
United Nations began supervising
the transition to independence of
the South African-administered ter
ritory.
Guerrillas said at least 48 civilians
were killed.
Police and military said the guer
rillas are equipped with submachine
guns, rocket-propelled grenades
and anti-aircraft missiles.
However, a captured guerrilla
said his group carried only pistols.
» Place 16 - Roy Flemming
Sterling C. Evans Library:
► Place 2 - Donald H. Dyal
College of Medicine:
Ballots not in
College of Science:
i Place 2 - Alan S. Rodgers
1 Place 3-John Hogg
1 Place 5 - Charles E. Gates
1 Place 9 - John C. Hiebert
College of Veterinary Medicine:
Place 1 - Franklin J. Stein
Place 2 - Manuel A. Thomas.
Michigan
wins NCAA
tournament
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Michigan won its first-ever na
tional basketball championship
Monday night when Rumeal Robin
son sank two free throws with three
seconds left in overtime to beat Se-
ton Hall 80-79.
Seton Hall, making its first Final
Four appearance in only its second
NCAA tournament, had a chance to
steal the victory, but a final despera
tion 3-point attempt banged off the
glass and rim.
The victory was only the sixth win
for interim head coach Steve Fisher,
who took over the Michigan team
just two days before the tournament
began.
Glen Rice scored 31 points for
Michigan, giving him an NCAA
tournament record of 184, breaking
the 24-year-old mark of 177 set by
Bill Bradley of Princeton.
Robinson finished with 21 points
and 11 assists.
The championship game was the
fifth to go into overtime and the first
since Loyola, Ill., beat Cincinnati BO
SS in 1963. It was also the third of
the last eight championship games to
be decided by one point.
Michigan earned its first national
championship in three title-game
appearances.
See related story/Page 9
of congressmen who are motivated by economic
interests and are shielded from the results of
their decisions. Not a single U.S. congressman in
power during the Vietnam war lost a son in that
war, he said.
“The questions we need to ask are, ‘Are they
indeed wiser than we are?’ and ‘Should we trust
them with that responsibility?’ ” he said.
Loeb said companies such as Lockheed and
Boeing, which both manufacture aircraft materi
als, pump thousands of dollars into their lobby
ing efforts before Congress. They’re always
pushing for increased defense spending because
their industry depends on it, he said.
Congress spent $400 billion on defense-re
lated activities in 1988, in contrast to the $21.8
billion spent for education projects, he said.
The Soviet Union is decreasing the militariza
tion of its society, while the United States has yet
to take similar steps, he said.
Concerning defense spending, Americans
need to consider what is necessary, and what is
needless excess, Loeb said.
Silver Taps
ceremony
to honor 3
The solemn sound of buglers
playing “Taps” and the sharp
ring of gunfire will be heard on
campus tonight as three Texas
A&M students who died during
the past month are hon
ored in a Silver Taps
ceremony
at 10:30 in
front of the
Academic Build
ing.
The deceased
students being hon
ored are:
• Dale Robert Has
tings, 18, a freshman
aerospace engineering
major from Morristown,
New Jersey who died
March 25.
• Karen Eileen
Miller, 34, a senior
health education major
1 from College Station
who died April 1.
• Jeffery Robert We-
tuski, 20, a sophomore animal sci
ence major from Plantersville
who died March 19.
Dating back almost a century,
the stately tradition of Silver Taps
is practiced on the first Tuesday
of each month from September
through April, when necessary.
The names of the deceased stu
dents are posted at the base of the
flag pole in front of the Academic
Building, and the flag is flown at
half-staff the day of the cere
mony.
Lights will be extinguished and
the campus hushed as Aggies pay
final tribute to fellow Aggies.
The Ross Volunteer Firing
Squad begins the ceremony,
marching in slow cadence toward
the statue of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross. Shortly after, three volleys
are fired in a 21-gun salute and
six buglers play a special arrange
ment of “Taps” three times — to
the north, south and west.