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Texas A&M Battalion SWC Media Day Weekend gathering turns into Razorback roast. See Page 5 rol. 89 No. 185 USPS 045360 6 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, August 7,1990 ecurity Council orders Iraqi embargo Equipment UNITED NATIONS(AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday ! ordered a worldwide embargo on : trade with Iraq to punish the Arab oil and military power for its inva sion of Kuwait. A defiant Iraqi lead- vowed to resist the economic and military pressure being marshaled by the United States. The Iraqi people “cannot be frightened,” Iraq’s army commander said. The Security Council vote, 13-0, came on a U.S.-sponsored resolution and represented the first such total trade and arms boycott by the I United Nations in 23 years. Two members of the 15-nation council, I Cuba and Yemen, abstained. If successfully enforced, the sanc tions could cripple the heavily oil-de pendent Iraqi economy. In Washing ton, President Bush declared, “These sanctions will be enforced — whatever it takes.” The vote in New York came on the fifth day of a crisis precipitated by the Iraqi army’s blitzkrieg take over of neighboring Kuwait. In occupied Kuwait, meanwhile, Iraqi troops rounded up some Americans and Britons on Monday, but they appeared to be in no dan ger, British officials said. Tension remained high along the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Saudi Arabian forces were reported mov ing northward into areas close by the Bush praises united efforts to stop Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Monday “the world is united” to stop Iraq’s aggres sion, while Pentagon sources said U,S. warships had moved close enough to launch air strikes throughout the Persian Gulf or even against Iraqi targets. In a victory for Bush, the U.N. Security Council voted 13-0 for sweeping trade and military sanc tions, including a ban on oil purchases, as punish ment for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. The penalties could include a blockade, which would halt Iraq’s commerce and travel. “These sanctions will be enforced — whatever it takes,” Bush vowed. Great Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Britain had ordered two additional frigates to join its single warship in the gulf, making Britain the second NATO ally to send extra forces, France ear lier dispatched a frigate to join two French warships. The United States also pressed a campaign to • Texans react/Page 3 > World leaders react/Page 4 choke off Iraq’s oil exports by closing pipelines in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Bush refused to say what Turkey and Saudi Ara bia would do but said, “I think you’ll see a lot of countries now coming together to deny this man (Saddam) any market at all.” The White House said it was discussing “military possibilities” with Persian Gulf states to prevent Iraq’s Saddam Hussein from taking his conquering army into oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney went to the Saudi city of Jiddah to discuss security arrangements and Secretary of State James A. Baker III was ordered to go to Turkey at midweek. There was rising concern for the safety of Ameri cans. Iraqi units in Kuwait. Diplomats in the Persian Gulf — in reports other wise unconfirmed — said U.S. rapid deployment units had been dis patched to the Middle East. In other developments: • In Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, De fense Secretary Dick Cheney and other U.S. military leaders con ferred with Saudi leaders about how to defend the oil kingdom against any attack by Iraq’s powerful war machine. • In the Arabian Sea, a 13-ship U.S. Navy battle group, led by the aircraft carrier USS Independence, took up station outside the mouth of the Persian Gulf, within striking dis tance of Gulf flashpoints, Pentagon sources said. • Major stock markets worldwide plummeted again, worried that an oil crisis could touch off a recession. Oil prices rose more than 10 percent Monday. Many motorists in the United States and elsewhere were paying sharply higher prices for gas oline. Iraqi tanks and infantry poured into Kuwait on Thursday after Presi dent Saddam Hussein complained that the Kuwaiti violation of OPEC production quotas had driven down world crude prices, lowering Iraqi oil revenues. Saddam also accused Ku wait of stealing oil from a border oil field both countries claim. Together, Iraqi and Kuwaiti output equals 9 percent of world daily oil produc tion. The United States led the world wide condemnation of the invasion as a threat to international order, and mobilized world governments to cut off oil and other business with Iraq. Bush says Iraq’s “naked aggres sion ... will not stand,” and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Monday that “the defense of Saudi Arabia is of paramount con cern.” But Iraq defied the diplomatic, economic and military pressure. In the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, President Saddam summoned the U.S. charge d’affaires, Joseph Wil son, and “warned against any act that might endanger the region’s peace and security,” the official Iraqi news agency reported. ^ Neighbors light way for crime prevention By ISSELLE MCALLISTER Of The Battalion Staff Aggieland residents can turn on their porch lights at 9 p.m. tonight to let criminals know police depart ments and neighborhoods are united against crime. Illuminating porch lights are part of activities during the seventh an nual National Night Out, a cele bration of crime prevention. College Station, Bryan and Texas A&M University police departments are organizing block parties for area residents. These parties give neighbors a chance to go outside and get to know NATIONAL nee cm oil ho» one another better so they can look out for each other. The goal of National Night Out is to combat apathy, said Senior Offi cer W.L. Sayers of the College Sta tion Police Department. He said he wants people to report suspicious ac tivity as it is occurring, not after a crime has occurred. During National Night Out, resi dents are asked to turn on their house’s outside lights at approxi mately 9 p.m. because a U.S. Air Force weather satellite will photo graph North America. The picture will be taken from 500 miles above the Earth to mea sure the increase in outdoor light ing. The satellite also will take a se ries of shots on the nights before and after the event to compare. Texas A&M will illuminate lights on Kyle and Olsen fields, the Na tional Guard will shine search lights, apartment complexes will light ten nis courts and every bulb in every lamp post in the city parks will be turned on for the picture. Sayers said the lights prove to criminals that Brazos County is aware of crime and is fighting back. Additionally, every city in the United States will compete to see which city had the greatest partici pation. Also sponsoring contests are local law enforcement agencies. Various block parties will compete to see which had the highest percentage turnout. Winners will be recognized by the mayor, Sayers said, and a sign will be posted in the winning block. The two categories are neighbor hood watch groups of 14 or fewer homes and watch groups of 15 or more homes. Lighting is the cheapest form of crime prevention, he said, because criminals hide under the cover of darkness to conceal their illicit activ ities. Thus, National Night Out’s theme is “Lights On Means Lights Out for Crime.” Sayers said 20 million households participated in night out activities last year. This year, apartments are in cluded in the block party contest be cause the majority of local crimes happen to students living in com plexes. The University Apartment Coun cil of Texas Aggies, along with the University Police Department, The Battalion, Pizza Hut and Pepsi are hosting a “complex party” for all A&M students, faculty and staff. The party will be at the University Owned Apartments office at the in tersection of South College and Uni versity Drive. At 6:45 p.m., firetrucks from the Texas Engineering Extension Serv ice and the College Station Fire De partment will drive around the Uni versity apartments, said Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, UPD crime prevention supervisor. The McDonald’s Hamburglar will judge a children’s coloring contest at 7 p.m., and free refreshments will be served at 7:45 p.m. Other activities planned include a performance by the Aggie Wran glers, international dancers, a KAMU remote and an appearance by A&M President William H. Mob ley. Sayers said when neighbors band together, they’re tough to beat. According to a study of the Fresno, Calif. Crime Prevention Unit, neighborhoods not involved in a crime watch program are burglar ized three times more often than those that are. Photo by Sondra N. Robbins Don Nelson, chief examiner of the Texas State onstrates where they are located. Nelson con- Board of Plumbing Examiners, explains the cross ducted his lecture on the east side of Rudder connections within plumbing systems and dem- Tower Monday. available to students A &M surplus goods await new home By JAMES M. LOVE Of The Battalion Staff Many Texas A&M faculty mem bers and students needing supplies or equipment do not realize that what they need often can be found for free in A&M’s Purchasing and Stores Department. Everything from chairs and desks to computers and scientific equip ment, which has been discarded or replaced, is in surplus waiting for a new home. Olen Williamson, assistant super visor of the department, said when a building is torn down or equipment is replaced, the old equipment is col lected and offered to students or fac ulty members. Williamson said anyone is wel come to use the equipment as long as it is in affiliation with the University. “All we need is an acknowledg ment from the user’s department that the equipment is needed,” he said. “The equipment is checked out by the user, and we just keep track of where it is until it’s returned.” Williamson said many graduate students take advantage of the sur plus material. “A lot of graduate students who are short on budget can often find usable scientific equipment here and use it at no cost,” he said. Williamson said everything used by the University ends up in the sur plus. If surplus equipment cannot be utilized, it will be scrapped or sold in a public auction. The surplus inventory includes unopened computer programs, file cabinets, televisions, an air condi tioning unit, vacuum cleaners, steril izers, scientific samplers and a mis sile guidance system. “We’ve got all kinds of stuff out here waiting to be used,” he said. “We try to find the best use for what we get in here,” he said. “Some of it is brand new, and it’s a real shame when we are unable to find a user. We’ve got $2 to $3 million in equipment, and we won’t get $50,000 for it in an auction.” Williamson said auctions are held about every three or four months. “We push, however, for the re-uti- lization of the equipment,” he said. “It’s a real loss to the University to buy this merchandise at full cost and then not use it.” For more information concerning surplus equipment or the Purchas ing and Stores Department, call Wil liamson at 845-3427. Keynote speaker raises awareness about dropouts By JULIE MYERS Of The Battalion Staff A flat tire and a blowout in Hous ton Monday morning couldn’t stop her from coming back to her alma mater. “I have a special place in my heart for Texas A&M, because they did me the biggest favor of anyone, other than my parents,” Houston City Councilwoman Beverley Clark said. “In 1972, A&M reached out to me and gave me an academic schol arship when I was wandering aimles sly and without goals through high school.” Without the money, Clark says college would have been an impossi bility because she grew up in hous ing projects and couldn’t afford to pay for college herself. Clark was the keynote speaker at Monday’s “Open Doors, Open Minds — Raising Cultural Aware ness” program. “I don’t remember too many neg- Students: A&M, cultural heritage collide By JULIE MYERS Of The Battalion Staff Four Texas A&M students said their experiences at A&M have both enhanced and detracted from their cultural heritage. The students participated in a panel discussion during Monday’s “Open Doors, Open Minds —Rais ing Cultural Awareness” program. Ramsey Bradberry, a senior industrial distribu tion major, said the people he has met at A&M and the support systems he has found nere have en hanced his cultural experience. However, junior pre-med major Georgette Lopez- Aguado said her experiences at A&M detracted from her cultural experience because no one seems to care. “Coming to A&M, I’ve realized there are so many people in my life that do not understand anything about my culture,” Lopez-Aguado said. “Education of where these cultures come from and what they mean to different people is vital to the educational process.” See Awareness /Page 6 ative experiences about A&M, even though when I came there were no more than 50 black students out of 18,000 students,” Clark said. But, she said, the same education system that produced a Houston city coucilwoman is in serious trouble. Last year, Clark said, 101,000 stu dents dropped out of school in Houston and its surrounding coun ties. “That’s very, very sad,” Clark said. “Some neighborhoods in the Brazos Valley and Houston are sheer waste lands. I do not understand how chil dren can learn in these neighbor hoods and find their way to anyone’s college and be adjusted enough to do a good job. My hat goes off to those kids who do make it to college and do not disappear in the seventh and eighth grade.” Clark said the dropouts will be See Clark/Page 6 Rebel leader orders arrest of foreigners in Monrovia MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Rebel leader Prince Johnson said Saturday he is ordering the arrest of all foreigners in Monrovia in hope of provoking interna tional intervention in the nation’s bloody civil war. Johnson, whose troops have occupied much of the city in their battle to oust Presi dent Samuel Doe, told reporters the roundup would begin Monday and single out American, British, Lebanese and In dian civilians at first. Four U.S. warships containing 4,000 Ma rines have been stationed off the Liberian coast for weeks, but Washington repeatedly has ruled out intervening. The forces could presumably evacuate the few hundred re maining Americans. Fighting has shifted considerably throughout the capital in recent days, and it was unclear whether foreigners in sections now under Johnson’s control could move freely to areas controlled by Doe’s troops. A Lebanese trader on Saturday became the first foreigner reported killed in the fighting, which began as an insurgency in December but which has since turned into vicious tribal war including massacres and torture. Mohamed Farhat, who had lived in the Liberian capital for more than 15 years, was reportedly shot and killed in front of his wife and four children when he tried to stop Doe’s troops from looting his furniture store. Johnson himself shot and killed a Libe rian wearing a Red Cross emblem Friday, claiming the man was selling rice that was “I I hope this will create an international incident, so foreign troops can come in to intervene.” — Prince Johnson, Monrovian rebel leader supposed to be free, according to a Western journalist who saw the shooting. “I want the world to know how we deal with profiteers,” Johnson said before firing a burst from his AK-47 assault rifle, killing him instantly while another detained relief worker — still handcuffed to the victim — said rice vouchers were being sold to pre vent a stampede. The victim, whose name was not known, was arrested with Jacques Monthouroy, a Frenchman working for the U.S. Catholic Relief Services. Monthouroy was released after the U.S. Embassy vouched for him. The killing has stopped rice distribution in Monrovia. The fighting in the civil war is centered in Monrovia, where forces loyal to Johnson are trying to topple Doe, whose troops were defending Doe’s fortified mansion. Forces loyal to a rival rebel leader, Charles Taylor, had been stopped by Doe’s troops east of the capital. At least 2,000 foreigners, mostly Leb anese and Indian traders, still live in the embattled capital. Besides the Americans, the Westerners include a few dozen Bri tons. It was not clear whether Johnson’s order included the many diplomats who remain in Monrovia, including U.S. Ambassador Peter de Vos and British Ambassador Mi chael Gore. “I have decided to give a rigid order to arrest all foreign nationals,” Johnson told reporters at his field headquarters in the capital’s Bushrod Island. Those arrested would be held at a secret location, he said. “They will not be harmed,” Johnson promised. “I hope this will create an international incident, so foreign troops can come in to intervene,” he said.