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Spring Semester 1991
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Tuesday, October 2 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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LBAR 331: Studies in European Civilization and
Culture I: The Italian Experience in Ancient,
Medieval, and Renaissance Literature
Dr. Elise Garrison • 201 B Academic • 845-2185
LBAR 334: Studies in Italian Civilization and Culture
II: Social, Economic and Political Aspects of Italian
Culture
Dr. James Copp • 416 Academic • 845-4043
ARTS 350: Arts and Civilization
Prof. Paolo Barucchieri • Santa Chiara, Italy
CLAS 351: Classical Mythology
Dr. Elise Garrison
SOCI 205: Principles of Sociology
Dr. James Copp
Study Abroad Office • 161 W. Bizzell Hall • 845-0544
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U.S., Soviets approve
use of force as solution
NEW YORK (AP) — The United
States and the Soviet Union have be
gun drafting resolutions to autho
rize the use of military force against
Iraq if a worldwide economic
squeeze does not force a retreat from
Kuwait, U.S. officials said Sunday.
Both superpowers would move
against Iraq under U.N. auspices,
but the Soviets prefer to work under
a joint military command while the
United States prefers more “logisti
cal” leeway, the officials told the As
sociated Press.
Secretary of State James A. Baker
III, who has repeatedly cautioned
Iraq that the military option might
be taken, consulted last week with
more than a dozen foreign ministers
attending the U.N. General Assem
bly session.
They included the British,
French, West German, Japanese,
Canadian and Italian ministers, who
met with Baker over dinner
Wednesday night.
Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait,
which is resisting a freeze on trade
ordered Aug. 6 by the U.N. Security
Council, was the main topic.
The officials, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity, said other dele
gations also have begun drafting
proposed resolutions, all with the
view of being ready to act against
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to
restore Kuwait’s national legitimacy.
Supreme Court refuses
to send Brandley to prison
HOUSTON (AP) — While the
family and friends of Clarence Lee
Brandley cheered a Supreme Court
ruling that ended a decade-long bat
tle to keep him from the death
chamber, a Montgomery County
prosecutor said a killer has gone
free.
The Supreme Court on Monday,
without comment, refused to re-
"f think the killer of
Cheryl Fergeson has
gone free.”
— Peter Speers,
Montgomery County
District Attorney
instate Brandley’s murder convic
tion in the Aug. 23, 1980, rape-slay
ing of Cheryl Dee Fergeson.
Fergeson, 16, of Bellville, was stran
gled when she attended a volleyball
tournament at Conroe High School
where Brandley worked as a janitor.
“Now I believe I can go on with
my life,” said Brandley, 39, who in
January was freed after more than
nine years on Texas’ death row. “It’s
been a long time coming. You never
can tell when someone else is making
a decision. You just have to wait and
hope for the best.”
Brandley’s lawyers contended he
was the victim of racism. Brandley is
black, and Fergeson was white.
“This is a true testimonial that, at
least in the end, we have those ave
nues where we can correct injustices
— but it was sure hard,” Brandley’s
attorney Mike DeGeurin said.
“What happened is there was such
blind focus to convict and gather evi
dence against Clarence Brandley,”
DeGeurin said. “The people in
charge of the prosecution just lost
sight of the just things to do and
what was obvious. It took a long
time, and I think primarily the racial
prejudice in the area at the time was
a tremendous fuel for the fire and
the hatred against Clarence Brand-
ley when he was trying to seek a fair
trial.”
Brandley’s first trial ended in a
hung jury. An all-white jury con
victed him of capital murder in his
second trial. A judge in 1987 recom
mended a third trial, citing discrimi
nation against Brandley.
The Texas Court of Criminal Ap
peals threw out Brandley’s convic
tion last December, saying he was
the victim of “blatant unfairness.”
Montgomery County District At
torney Peter Speers appealed the
ruling to the Supreme Court, but
said he would stand by the high
court’s decision and would not seek a
new trial if it upheld the appellate
court’s findings.
On Monday, Speers filed a motion
to dismiss the case. It was signed
Monday afternoon by State District
Judge Lee Allworth.
“In terms of pursuing the case,
there’s nothing I can do,” a dejected
Speers said.
“I don’t think there is another sus-
ect in the case,” he said. “I think the
iller of Cheryl Fergeson has gone
free.”
During the appeals, DeGeurin in
sisted white janitors who should be
considered suspects in the slaying
were ruled out merely because of
race.
U.S. opinion divided
on military retaliation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ameri
cans are about evenly divided on the
question of how strong the U.S. mili
tary response should be if Iraq at
tacks American forces in the Persian
Gulf, according to a poll released
Monday.
Of the 1,000 people surveyed, 49
percent said the United States
should respond with the limited
force necessary for defense, while 47
percent said it should launch an all-
out war. Four percent said the
United States shouldn’t respond
with force.
But a majority — 69 percent —
said the United States should give
the international economic sanctions
against Iraq time to work before con
sidering war.
Twenty percent of the respon
dents said the United States should
not start war under any circum
stances.
The survey was commissioned by
Americans Talk Security, a biparti
san organization of pollsters who
gauge attitudes to matters of na
tional security.
Forty percent of those polled said
U.S. forces should remain in the gulf
region a year or more; 22 percent
said they should remain “as long as it
takes;” and 6 percent said U.S.
troops should start leaving immedi
ately.
If U.S. forces start to leave, 66
percent of the respondents said the
United States should negotiate an
agreement with Saudi Arabia and
other Gulf states to have a perma
nent deployment of American
troops in the region.
In the event of a protracted stale
mate with Iraq, 73 percent said the
United States should launch a mas
sive, all-out war and 19 percent said
the United States should use nuclear
weapons in such a case. Ten percent
said the United States should use
chemical weapons; 56 percent said it
should not.
But 56 percent said a stalemate
was unlikely or impossible, while 40
percent said it was likely.
When asked what the United
States could have done to avert the
crisis, 21 percent of the respondents
said there should have been in
creased research and development
of energy sources other than oil and
18 percent said the United States
shouldn’t have helped Iraq in its
eight-year war with Iran.
The respondents were asked to
rate the top U.S. priorities in the
gulf confrontation.
Producing a lasting peace in the
Middle East was first followed by re
moving Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein from power and the free
flow of oil from the Mideast.
At the bottom of the list of those
polled was returning Kuwait’s royal
family to power.
Mauro
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oxide in the air,” Appleby said. “The
electric vehicle is solving urban pol
lution problems, saving energy, and
putting less greenhouse gas pollut
ants in the air.”
Mauro said Texas was one of the
first states to pass clean-fuel legis
lation. Mauro helped push the
Texas Clean Air Act of 1989 which
mandates that state agencies, school
districts and transit authorities with
15 or more vehicles have to convert
to clean fuel, or fuel that is at least as
clean as a natural gas vehicle. Mauro
said he is pushing similar legislation
at the federal level.
“Fleets drive on the average
23,000 miles a year,” Mauro said.
“The average passenger car drives
9,000 miles a year. Fleets by defi
nition drive in those areas that are
heavily polluted. Passenger cars
spend at least part of their time in
suburban areas.”
Mauro said the technolgy for
clean fuels in vehicles is available to
day.
“We are going to have to be crea
tive about cleaning up the air in our
country and saving energy,” he said.
“We have to clean up the air the
same way we made it dirty.
“We did not go down all in one
day. We went down a little bit at a
time, and we have to build a little bit
at a time.”
Other environmental issues
Mauro said Texas should work on
are oil spills and plastic recycling.
Mauro, who has served two, four-
year terms as Land Commissioner, is
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