Friday, October 27,1989
The Battalion
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UIL puts Westlake on probation
for making racist slurs at game
AUSTIN (AP) — The Eanes In
dependent School District says it
won’t appeal University Interscho
lastic League sanctions against West-
lake High School over allegations of
racist slurs during a recent football
game.
A UIL committee on Wednesday
voted unanimously to reprimand
Westlake, place it on probation and
ordered it to submit a plan on how it
will deal with racial insensitivity.
Eanes Superintendent Don Rog
ers said Westlake won’t appeal. “We
think it was a harsh penalty but we
are going to live with it,” he said.
The UIL oversees extracurricular
activities.
The UIL rebuke followed allega
tions of racist comments and writ-
A mini-conference on educa
tion will be Monday from 1 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M
College of Medicine, Lecture Hall
1.
“Transformational Manage
ment in Education: A Discussion
about Technology, Education,
and Instructional Environments”
will feature P. Kenneth Komoski,
president and executive director
of the Educational Products In
formation Exchange Institute.
Komoski’s presentation will fo
cus on the need for a whole cur
riculum approach to teaching,
learning and assessment.
To increase awareness of the
minority programs at A&M, the
Office of Student Affairs is spon
soring a “Harvest of Opportunity
Information Fair,” today from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Commons
lobby.
“The fair is geared toward all
students,” Robert Spencer, chair
man of the fair, said. “We want
minorities to become aware of
multicultural programs offered
at A&M and non-minorities to be
come aware of the diversity of
A&M students.”
Spencer, a human resources
graduate student, said in addition
to 15 informational tables which
will be set up near the informa
tion desk in the Commons, the
Children from College Hill’s
Elementary School will receive a
special treat this weekend as
members of Alpha Phi Omega, a
service fraternity, dress in Hal
loween costumes and work at the
school’s annual Halloween carni
val.
ings at Westlake Stadium and in res-
trooms during the school’s
homecoming game Oct. 13 against
Austin LBJ High School.
At an Eanes Independent School
District board meeting Wednesday
night, board president Thomas
Rhyne apologized and promised
that everything would be done to en
sure that similar incidents do not
happen.
“Perhaps our pride in the achieve
ments of our EISD students has
caused us to overlook the fact that
some of our students are failing a
more important test of their human
ity,” Rhyne said.
“By implication, we are all parties
to that failure. And we are sorry,” he
said.
The mini-conference will be
hosted by Dr. H. H. Richardson,
A&M deputy chancellor and
dean of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station and moder
ated by Dr. Dean Corrigan, A&M
professor of educational adminis
tration and former dean of the
A&M College of Education.
Sponsors of the mini-confer
ence are TEES, TEES Technol
ogy Business Development Divi
sion, the Learning Technology
Center and the A&M College of
Education’s Educational Admin
istration and Interdisciplinary
Education departments.
fair will offer popcorn, balloons
and the opportunity for partici
pants to take pictures with Re
veille V for $1.
The fair is open to all A&M
students and will feature rep
resentatives from minority orga
nizations such as the Committee
for the Awareness of Mexican-
American Culture, the Black
Awareness Committee, Mexican
American Engineering Society
and International Student Serv
ices.
In addition, the fair will have
representatives from Financial
Aid, the Residence Hall Associa
tion, the Center for Drug Preven
tion and Education and Tutorial
Services.
Members of Omega Phi Alpha,
a service sorority, will work at the
carnival’s concession stands,
game-booths and cake walk. The
carnival is Saturday from 5:30 to
8:30 at College Hill’s Elementary
School.
The UIL committee’s action does
not limit participation in sports or
any other UIL activities, including
scholastic and music competitions.
However, if there are other infrac
tions during the probationary pe
riod, more severe disciplinary action
could be taken.
UIL officials said the probation,
which will be in effect through the
1990-91 school year, is believed to be
the first time that a Texas school had
been disciplined specifically for ra
cial problems.
Westlake is about 95 percent
white. LBJ, in the nearby Austin
ISD, is predominantly black.
The plan that Westlake was or
dered to submit should be designed
to prevent future violations of the
UIL code of ethics “to ensure the
safety of students, to promote good
will and respect for human dignity,”
according to a statement by the com
mittee.
Superintendent Rogers told the
seven-member Eanes board of trust
ees that the school would hold regu
lar meetings between Westlake and
LBJ students, parents and adminis
trators to ease tensions.
Administrators will develop cur
ricula for grades kindergarten
through 12th grade aimed at im
proving racial sensitivity in the
school district. The curricula will fo
cus on race relations and sensitivity
to others and how people view what
other people say, Rogers said.
Mattox, Richards
begin heated duel
over black support
AUSTIN (AP) — Two Demo
cratic gubernatorial candidates —
Ann Richards and Jim Mattox —
dueled Thursday over which of
them is winning support in Texas’
black communities.
Mattox said he has a commanding
majority of black support, a claim
Richards’ press secretary called “lu
dicrous.”
The sparring erupted after Mat
tox this week issued a list of 462
black leaders statewide who he said
endorsed him.
Richards’ campaign manager,
Glenn Smith, quickly issued a
statement saying at least 11 of those
people, when contacted by Richards’
supporters, said their names were
used incorrectly.
“When our campaign releases any
names of any supporters, you can
bet they’re actually supporters,”
Smith said. “We’re going to treat the
voters with respect, not mislead
them with inaccurate campaign liter
ature and meaningless press re
leases.”
Responding, Mattox said each
person listed by him had been con
tacted within the past year and given
permission. One of the 11 names
Smith cited “is setting up a fund
raiser for me in Harris County right
now,” he said.
But more importantly, Mattox
said, the lengthy list of black sup
porters had stunned his opponent.
“What’s happened is this: they’ve
been devastated by the release of
these names in the black commu
nity,” Mattox said.
“We have the overall black com
munity support in the state of
Texas,” he said. And they have been
working aggressively trying to
gather their own support and have
been largely unsuccessful in doing
so.”
“Ludicrous,” replied Monte Wil
liams, Richards’ press secretary.
“We have enormous black sup
port,” Williams said. “And we are
very encouraged by the way things
are going right now.”
Smith said the list — with errors
— was part of a larger problem.
“There’s a clear pattern devel
oping in this race,” he said. “One of
the candidates has repeatedly writ
ten campaign press releases that are
inaccurate and misleading. Any can
didate who has to rely on those kinds
of tactics does a great disservice to
voters.”
Saying he will release some 25,000
names of supporters before the
March 13 primary, Mattox voiced
hope Richards’ staff continues con
tacting those people.
“I hope they spend their time call
ing each of the 25,000 people that
we will be releasing over the next
several months, because they will
perhaps understand the strength
that we have in Texas at the grass
roots level,” he said.
In other political developments:
• Groups trying to recruit Texas
Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan to run
for agriculture commissioner as a
Republican against Democratic in
cumbent Jim Hightower released a
poll in which 34 percent of respon
dents had a favorable opinion of
Hightower, compared witn 48 per
cent for Ryan.
However, in a Hightower-Ryan
race, 40 percent of the 800 Texans
polled said they would choose the in
cumbent, 29 percent Ryan and 31
percent didn’t know.
What’s Up
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Friday
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANITIES: will have a special edi
tion Brown Bag concert at noon in the Adams Band Hall. Call Rebecca
Binder at 845-3355 for more information.
KAPPA ALPHA: will have a haunted house for MDA from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at
2408 Texas Avenue.
MANAGEMENT 481-DISTINGUISHED VISITING EXECUTIVE SERIES: Mr.
Comer J. Cottrell, Chairman & CEO of the Pro-Line Corporation will
speak at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker.
0PAS: will have Missouri Repertory Theatre’s “Absent Friends” at 8 p.m. in
Rudder Auditorium. Call 845-1234 for more information.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a loans for study abroad informational
meeting from 10 to 11 a.m. in 146 MSC.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a study abroad opportunities meeting for
engineering students only at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in 251 Bizzell West.
ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS: will have a happy hour open to all graduate stu
dents from 5 until 8 p.m. in Carney’s Pub.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a Friday Night Alive meeting at 7
p.m. in 108 Harrington.
A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services at 8 p.m. in Hillel Jewish Student Cen
ter.
AFRICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Dr. Borlaup will lead a discussion on the
world food situation for the next decade at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: will have a night rally at 7 p.m. in the Zachry
parking lot.
BETA ALPHA PSI: will meet at 5 p.m. in 158 Blocker.
AGGIES WITH KIDS: will have a brown bag lunch at noon in the Health Center
Conference Room.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
Saturday
TEXAS A&M WRESTLING CLUB: will have a dual meet with U.T. at 4 p.m. in
Deware Gym.
Sunday
INDIA ASSOCIATION: will have a Kiwali celebration at 6 p.m. in 201 MSC.
ST. MARY’S STUDENT CENTER: Father Kitten will lead a Bible study at 9:30
a.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
A&M HILLEL: will have a snack & study at 7:30 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student
Center.
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0SA to hold fair to increase minority awareness
Service organizations work at Halloween carnival
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