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College Station, Texas
Monday, September 18,1989
Williams reiterates plans
for major drug crackdown
as campaigning continues
By Melissa Naumann
Of The Battalion Staff
College students at state schools
caught with drugs could be expelled
if Clayton Williams, Class of ‘54, is
elected governor of Texas.
Williams, addressing the Brazos
Valley Republican Club Friday, reit
erated his gubernatorial campaign
pledge to get tough on drug offend
ers. He said high school students
who get caught using marijuana will
have their driver’s licenses revoked,
and first-time offenders will be sent
to a type of boot camp for 90 days.
“I want to teach those young crim
inals the joy of busting rocks,” Wil
liams said. After the boot camp, he
said, offenders will be sent to a six-
month work camp.
Another problem, Williams said,
is that convicted drug dealers in
Texas typically serve only one out of
every twelve days of their sentences.
“I’m old-fashioned,” he said. “I
think a 10-year sentence means a 10-
year sentence.”
Williams said the “cost-effective
part” of his plan involves prevention
through drug education.
“Like you put in a quart of oil to
keep the engine from burning up, I
want to start educating children in
kindergarten,” he said.
Williams, who teaches a course on
entrepreneurship at A&M, ap
proached the education issue by say
ing he didn’t have all the answers but
that legislators should let parents
make more decisions.
“Here, the best government is the
least government,” he said. “The
parents care more about those kids
than those people in Austin.”
He promised to veto all new taxes,
including those involving education.
“I will veto any further mandates
for the school board to do anything
unless Austin gives you the money,”
Williams said. .
Williams called on Republicans to
stand behind him in the race for
governor.
“We’ve got to replace those liber
als in the Senate with good Republi
can men and women,” he said.
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Freshmen need to file for office
if they want to run for Senate
By Michael Kelley
Of The Battalion Staff
The agony of defeat
Texas Christian University free safety Ste
phen Conley looks on with disgust as the Ag
gies claimed their seventeenth straight victory
over the Horned Frogs with a 44-7 win Satur
day at Amon G. Carter Stadium. The Aggies
are now 1 -0 in conference play.
Freshmen interested in running for one of seven at-
large Student Senate seats or for a Class of ’93 office
must file by 5 p.m. Friday in 214 Pavilion. There is a $5
filing fee.
The campus-wide elections, to be held Oct. 5, are be
ing run by the Student Government Election Commis
sion.
Once freshmen have filed for office, they must then
get signatures on a petition and turn in the petition by
Friday’s deadline. The amount of signatures required
depends on the office being sought.
“I highly recommend that those freshmen interested
in running in the 1989 freshmen elections file as early
in the week as possible,’’.Perry Liston, an election com
missioner said. “This is to allow them plenty of time to
get their petition signatures and then to return their pe
titions to Room 214 of the Pavilion by 5 p.m. on Fri
day.”
Freshmen are limited to running for one place in
Student Government and for one seat on Class Council.
They may, however, run for positions in both organiza
tions.
Seven senate seats will be voted on to elect represen
tatives of the freshman class to the Student Senate. As
student senators, the freshmen will work to represent
student interests during general and committee meet
ings.
The single-member offices of the Class Coucil in
clude president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, so
cial secretary and historian. These officers will lead the
Class of ’93 during the 1989-90 school year.
“All of these offices are a major time committment,
so we hope that the freshmen take this into consider
ation as they decide if they are going to run or not,” Lis
ton said. “It’s important that we get some really good
student leaders from the freshman class, so we encour
age all those freshmen who are interested to apply.”
Campaigning officially begins at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 and
closes at midnight on Oct, 4. ,
Voting will take place Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in
the MSC, Blocker, Kleberg and in the Academic Plaza
adjacent to the Academic Building.
In the case of a runoff in the Class Council elections,
Oct. 10 has been designated as runoff election day.
Liston said he expects a good filing turnout.
“We’ve already had a lot of freshmen inquire about
elections so far this year, and about how to get invol
ved,” he said.
tudent Senate seeks
ignatures on petition
to get Bush library
UPD works to increase campus safety
through creation of security foot patrol
By Pam Mooman
By Michael Kelley
Df The Battalion Staff
he Texas A&M Student Senate
seeking student signatures on a
ition asking President George
jlish to choose Aggieland as the
Jme of his presidential library.
■Ty Clevenger, Speaker of the Stu
dent Senate, said the idea for the pe
tition drive came shortly after Bush
wa--inaugurated in January.
I“lt was the administration’s idea
■ consider trying to bring the li-
■ary to A&M,” Clevenger said,
fyhen the Student Senate found
for what the administration was try
ing to do, we decided to throw our
Support behind them, since the li-
]ary would be a big asset for Texas
‘We started distributing petitions
■the end of the spring semester, af-
tei we found out that President
ipsh would be coming here to speak
alcommencement. In the week-and-
alialf that we did so, we were able to
ge a couple thousand signatures;
considering the short amount of
tinie we had, it was very impressive.”
jClevenger said he hopes to have
20.000 signatures before November,
■ that the petition can be presented
Bs spring.
jWnile working as an intern for
Congressman Joe Barton this sum-
Br, Clevenger spoke with members
of the White House staff to schedule
Btudent presentation of the peti-
Bn to the president.
1 met with Joe Watkins of the
^hite House staff while in Washing
ton, and we’re going to be staying in
touch to coordinate how we will pre-
$ei t the petition to the president,”
Hkvenger said. “The staffers I've
spoken to seem to think everything
(ks very positive right now and
thu we’re doing everything about as
||llascan be expected.”
•Clevenger appointed Adriana
Benchaca as the presidential library
coordinator for the Student Senate.
Menchaca is presently creating a
steering committee that will consist
of members from various areas and
organizations of campus.
“We are enlisting the help of stu
dent volunteers to attend the meet
ings of student organizations so we
can familiarize the members of these
organizations about what we are
doing,” Menchaca said. “Hopefully,
we will be able to get their signatures
on the petition by doing so.
“On Sept. 24, 25 and 26, we are
going to have tables set up from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. in key areas where stu
dents congregate, such as in the
MSC, Blocker and Sbisa, for a signa
ture drive.”
Clevenger said President Mobley
is “strongly in favor” of the senate’s
efforts to encourage student support
for the petition.
“President Mobley is very inter
ested in the progress of the petition
drive,” Clevenger said. “He’s kept in
contact with us all along so as to stay
informed about our progress. He’s
been very supportive and very en
couraging.”
Clevenger said he wants commu
nity involvement in the petition
process, but he wants to focus on stu
dents first.
“Basically we’re targeting stu
dents,” Clevenger said. “But we have
considered eventually getting signa
tures from the faculty, staff, and
even from Bryan-College Station
residents, since Texas A&M and
Bryan-College Station are one whole
community.”
Clevenger said the chancellor’s of
fice has handled most of the plan
ning for the administration. Shirley
Joiner, an assistant to the chancellor,
is heading a steering committee con
sisting of former students, members
of the Board of Regents and Cle
venger. “The intent of the commit
tee is to coordinate an approach that
will hopefully convince Bush to
place his presidential library here at
Texas A&M,” Clevenger said.
Of The Battalion Staff
In an effort by the University Po
lice Department to increase campus
safety, a new on-campus security
foot patrol will hit the streets in late
September or the first week of Octo
ber.
“We are starting a security patrol
that will supplement our regular po
lice force,” Bob Wiatt, director of Se
curity and University Police, said.
“They’re going to add eyes and ears
for our officers.”
Members of the security patrol
will walk through designated areas
of the A&M campus, such as the
MSC, the Sterling C. Evans Library,
the parking garage, parking lots and
residence halls during “the dark
hours,” Wiatt said. The University
Police want to increase campus visi
bility and security, he said.
“The only way you can do that
throughout campus is on foot,” he
said.
The new security officers will be
non-commissioned as opposed to the
University Police force, which is
made up of commissioned officers,
Wiatt said. This means that the secu
rity officers cannot carry guns, drive
a patrol car, make arrests or detain
suspects. They will carry a two-way
radio, Wiatt said.
“They will simply get on their ra
dio and talk to the dispatcher,” he
said. “But if they see a crime in pro
gress, they’re just like any other citi
zen.”
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tirely
an entirely new idea. In May, the
University Police began the Park-
Walk-Talk Program with their com
missioned officers.
An officer parks his car, walks
through designated areas, and talks
and asks questions, Wiatt said.
“We wanted the campus popula
tion to feel the police officers are ac
cessible to them,” Wiatt said. “Yom
can’t feel an officer is accessible if
he’s always riding around in a 4,000-
lb. car.”
The security officers are still in
training and are rotating patrol duty
in the parking garage, Wiatt said.
A&M President William Mobley and
Vice President for Finance and Ad
ministration Robert Smith in August
gave Wiatt funds to hire 12 security
officers.
Seven officers are currently in the
program, and Wiatt is looking for
five more to fill the quota. Wiatt read
more than 125 applications for the
12 positions. But Wiatt said he
knows what he is looking for in his
security officers.
“They don’t have to be a ‘Rambo’
type,” Wiatt said. “We’re looking for
people who can talk or communica
te.”
If this security program is success
ful, funds to hire additional security
officers will be granted, Wiatt said.
“There’ll be a great need for these
security officers,” Wiatt said. “It’s
another effort to enhance campus
security.”
When the program goes into op
eration in two to three weeks, Wiatt
will have two types of officers on
foot — his commissioned officers
and the security patrol.
“That kind of random, roving pa
trol discourages bad guys who are
walking around,” Wiatt said. “Any
time you have someone representing
law and order, it’s a comforting fee
ling.”
Hurricane Hugo pummels resort islands;
rushes toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane
Hugo lashed the resort islands of the north
eastern Caribbean with 140 mph winds Sun
day, tearing off roofs, knocking out commu
nications and reportedly leaving 3,000 people
homeless.
The region’s most powerful storm in a de
cade then swept toward the U.S. Virgin Is
lands and Puerto Rico. Both governments mo
bilized the National Guard, and residents
rushed for last-minute supplies and taped and
boarded windows.
At 3 p.m. EDT, Hugo’s center was located
near latitude 17 north and longitude 63.6
west, about 185 miles east-southeast of San
Juan, said the National Weather Service in
Florida.
The storm caused widespread damage
early Sunday as it passed near the island of
Guadaloupe, where 80 people were reported
injured. Damage also was reported on the is
lands of Martinique, Antigua and Dominica.
The storm was moving at 12 mph and was
expected to hit the Virgin Islands Sunday
night and Puerto Rico Monday morning, the
National Weather Service said.
In San Juan, the Port Authority announced
that it was closing the Munoz Marin Interna
tional Airport to all flights at 6 p.m. It said all
international carriers had removed their
planes from Puerto Rico except for one
American Airlines A300 left behind for emer
gencies.
The Virgin Islands’ population is 106,000
and Puerto Rico has 3.3 million people.
Civil defense officials said up to 15,000 peo
ple could be evacuated from flood-prone
areas of western Puerto Rico, and hundreds
had already been moved into a sports stadium
in Mayaguez, the island’s third-biggest city.
National Guardsmen and volunteers drove
through San Juan, the capital, on Sunday issu
ing emergency instructions over loudspeak-
First reports indicated that the French is
land of Guadeloupe, the most southerly of the
Leeward Islands, was the hardest hit of the
string of islands forming a 600-mile arc from
the Leewards to the Greater Antilles.
Jocelyne Vandvurdenghe, a French gov
ernment official in Martinique, said 80 people
were reported injured in Guadeloupe. There
were no immediate reports of deaths, she said.
Hugo slammed into Guadeloupe, which has
a population of 337,000, shortly after mid
night, downing power lines and blacking out
the island’s 30,/00 telephones, state radio and
television and and telex service.