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*1,15: TheBattalion ol. 89 No. 183 USPS 045360 8 Pages "i College Station, Texas Summer movie comeback Marlon Brando and Harrison Ford dominate screen in new films, The Freshman’ and ‘Presumed Innocent.’ See Reviews Page 4 Thursday, August 2,1990 f David Dennis, a third year veterinary student, Wednesday. This was his fourth time to golf, and sets his aim at the College Station Golf Center he was practicing on the driving range. Iraqi, Kuwaiti soldiers clash on disputed border KUWAIT (AP) — Kuwaiti officials said Thursday that Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait before sunrise and seized scattered regions in the northeastern sector of the small, oil-rich country. Kuwaitis engaged the Iraqi invaders with heavy artil lery and were trying to repulse them, government offi cials contacted by telephone from Bahrain said. There was no immediate official word from Iraq on the invasion. In Washington, the Kuwait embassy confirmed late Wednesday that Iraqi and Kuwaiti troops clashed at the border. The White House condemned the incursion, issuing a statement after President Bush was informed that said, “The United States strongly condemns the Iraqi military invasion of Kuwait and calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces. “We have conveyed this message to the Iraqi ambas sador in Washington and to the Iraqi government through our embassy in Baghdad. “We deplore this blatant use of military aggression in violation of the U.N. charter. “Together with Kuwait we are calling for an emer gency session of the U.N. Security Council,” the statement said. Iraqi officials on Wednesday had abruptly walked out on talks in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, complaining that the Kuwaiti representatives were not negotiating seriously. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had intervened be ginning July 25 to set up the talks in a bid to cool ten sions between the two OPEC members. The Royal Guard of the Palace of ,the Emir, Jaber al- Ahmed al-Sabah, said an unidentified ship tried to get close to the Royal Palace early Thursday and that the Royal Guard opened fire on it, according to witnesses. It was unclear what happened to the vessel. Kuwaiti residents said the sounds of heavy artillery boomed at the Kuwait border with Iraq and busloads of troops were sighted shortly before dawn Thursday rushing north. Diplomatic sources say about 100,000 Iraqi troops had been massed Wednesday at the border amid a terri torial dispute — Iraq has never accepted the demarca tion line of its 200-mile shared southern border with Kuwait — and claims Kuwait has stolen billions of dol lars worth of oil from its border field. On July 17, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates of flooding the oil market and driving prices down, saying the move cost Iraq $14 billion in lost oil revenue that it needs to resurrect its economy, depleted by the 1980-88 Persian Gulf war. A irport includes multi-purpose 'Billy Mac’s ’ A&M plans to open gift shop, eaterie in McKenzie Terminal By MIKE LUMAN Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M is rushing to com plete a combination bar, eaterie, and gift shop called “Billy Mac’s” sched uled to open by Aug. 16 at the McK enzie Terminal of Easterwood Air port. Donald Powell, director of A&M’s Business Services, said the establish ment is part of the original planned construction of the $4.5 million, 32,000-square foot terminal that opened in February. “It will have an eaterie and gift shop like you find at most airports,” Powell said. “Part of it, set off to the side, is a place to get alcoholic bever ages.” He said the University applied to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com mission for a permit. The facility also features salads, steaks, burgers, desserts, souvenirs and a runway view. The terminal and collection of services was named for Texas A&M University System Board of Regents Chairman William A. McKenzie, sometimes known to his colleagues as “Billy Mac.” Powell said the A&M Food Serv ices Department still was working to complete the facility, but it should open on the announced date of Aug. Since the terminal opened, work on the facility has progressed as part of the original concept for the air port, he said. He said the bar, a lounge similar to those found in most airports, was only a small part of the establish ment. Easterwood Airport is served by American Eagle, ASA and Conti nental Express Airlines and receives many corporate and private aircraft. An A&M official said overall com mercial boardings at Easterwood had increased 20 percent since the McKenzie Terminal opened. Gun shot at dub Payers protest sponsored soft-ball team I to I' tali ir, tli( e said Tie on weap- of CO’ iniies. thai tiered words nf :t yea'd ■s are By JULIE MYERS Of The Battalion Staff Things were livelier than usual at the Baja Yacht Club Tuesday night. Witnesses who called the College Station Police Department at 11:37 p.m. said someone fired a pistol to wards a group of people in the park ing lot of the Baja Yacht Club. CSPD Patrol Sergeant John Campbell said he and two other CSPD officers responded to the call. Witnesses at the scene said shots were fired, and one person said a gun had been pointed in his face by a white male with a blue-colored pis tol. “There were shots fired,” Camp See Shooting/Page 8 By KATHY COX Of The Battalion Staff A company-sponsored intramural team has sparked controversy and complaints from some competitors. During the second summer ses sion, various protests have centered around a B-league softball team sponsored by Gary Sims, owner of Gary N. Sims’s Paint & Body Shop. The undefeated team has out- scored its opponents 60-12 in three games and is the only corporate- sponsored team this summer ses sion. Texas A&M student Greg Miller, a junior journalism major whose team was beaten by the Sims team, said intramurals are for students and sponsors should not get in volved. He also said the Sims team does not belong in B league. “I’m not being a sore sport,” he said. “It wouldn’t bother me if they played on their same level.” Willie Shelton, one of Miller’s tea mmates, believes businesses should not be involved in intramurals. “It (intramurals) is for the stu dents ... but there is no way for the students to compete with teams like this,” Shelton, a senior marketing major, said. Matt Ferguson, a senior history major, said teams like Sims’ use A and B intramural leagues for prac tice, but they should be playing in city leagues. “The level of competition in intra murals is nothing near that of the city leagues,” he said. “I thought in tramurals was just to get a bunch of guys together and have fun ... no one should be beating other teams by 20 runs.” Miller and Ferguson said Sims team members were recruited from city leagues by a coach. “If the guys had gotten the teams together, it would be different,” Fer guson said. “But some of the players didn’t even know each other or talk to each other. It takes away the fun.” Robert Gomez, coach of the Sims team, said he did recruit all but two team members. Gomez said he found players on campus and in the Bryan-College Station area. He said he found one player at Wal-Mart. “I know a ball player when I see one,” he said. He called Sims and asked for sponsorship for the team. Sims agreed, he said, and pur chased shirts worth about $180 for the team. “If we lose, at least we look good — like a team,” Gomez said. Gomez said he signed up his team for B league because they had never played together before, and because he thought they committed too many infield errors. He said he switches players arotind when they start winning a game by too many runs. “It’s not our fault — their out fielders drop a lot of balls,” he said. Gomez, a Bryan resident, never attended A&M but said he has coached intramural and city league softball teams since 1977. He does not participate in the games. The Sims team practices twice a See Team/Page 8 BATTIPS 8ATT!PS Anyone with story suggestions can call BATTIPS, The Battal ion’s phone line designed to im prove communication between the newspaper and its readers. BATTIPS’ number is 845- 3315. Ideas can include news stories, feature ideas and personality pro files of interesting people. Poll shows racial "bless a I fel 5be [ sn. =ni8S spill Dill! 1 _Th( bee : -rift ■rne' a 6'/ -ten 1 Tft mi# By JULIE MYERS Of The Battalion Staff Almost half the students surveyed by The Battalion Poll this week said there is no reason to be concerned about racial tension at Texas A&M. A slim majority of students also said they would not support a change that would require a multi cultural course at A&M. When students were asked if ra cial tension at A&M was a reason for concern, 46 percent said no, 49 per cent said yes and 5 percent said they didn’t know. Asked if they would support a change at A&M that would require a multicultural course, 51 percent said no, 40 percent said yes and 9 percent were undecided. Racial tension at the University of Texas, the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley has prompted educators in those schools to enact policies to curb future incidents. A “hate speech” code by Michigan was struck down by a federal district judge. Another response, a curric ulum change making a UT English composition class focus on racism and sexism, has provoked 50 profes sors to, sign a statement objecting to its “political” content. Kevin Carreathers, coordinator of the Office of Multicultural Services, said the possibility of requiring a multicultural class at A&M has been discussed at various levels of the Uni versity. The Battalion poll is a survey of Texas A&M students intended to measure opinions about campus-re lated issues. The poll, which will be conducted periodically, is taken from a random sample of students attending sum mer school. A sample of 400 stu dents was obtained from telephone interviews. A random sample of 400 yields a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points with 95 percent confidence. This implies that if the total stu dent population were surveyed, the results obtained in the present sam- f de would be within plus or minus ive percentage points. The poll was conducted exclu sively for The Battalion by Research Associates, a firm operated by A&M students Alister Miller and Mitch Peck. Miller and Peck are graduate stu dents in the sociology department. Monique Threadgill, editor of The Battalion and senior journalism major, asks students to call The Bat talion office at 845-2647 if students who participate in the poll encoun ter any problems. issues not major concern at A&M Racial tension is a concern at B 49% Agree TAMU. 46% Disagree □ 5% No opinion A multicultural course is needed at TAMU. ■ 40% Agree H] 51% Disagree □ 9% No opinion cit (