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BERLIN (AP) — The two Germanys
nded 45 years of division with a blaze of
ireworks and the pealing of church bells
Vednesday, declaring the creation of a new
merman nation in the heart of Europe.
Near the ruins of Hitler’s citadel in the
ity that symbolized the Cold War ^division
if Europe, the German flag was hoisted to
Town the dramatic rush to unify a Ger-
any divided by World War II and the
communist Berlin Wall.
Rockets burst in the sky over Berlin, illu-
ninating the war-scarred Reichstag build-
ng and the Brandenburg Gate. The
shower of fireworks also lighted the up
turned faces of thousands of Germans,
united in peace but troubled by the political
and economic problems facing a united
Germany.
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, President
Richard von Weizsaecker and former
leader Willy Brandt stood in the glare of
floodlights at the Reichstag and joined in
singing the national anthem as a vast party
occurred across the land of 78 million resi
dents. Millions of Germans and a watching
world joined the ceremony by television.
Wednesday was declared a national holi
day, but late Tuesday police in Goettingen,
66 miles south of Hanover, reported 1,000
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leftist protesters opposed to unification
rampaged through the city. Authorities
said the radicals broke store windows and
chanted “Never Again Germany!” and “Na
zis out!”
In Berlin, police detained seven people
who were caught with paint and gas pistols.
Another man was arrested in the Kreuz-
berg district after a policeman was stabbed
in the arm during a scuffle between police
and about 500 youthful demonstrators.
In the northern port of Rostock, authori
ties evacuated 23 Soviet Jews from a refu
gee center because of fears the center could
become a target of rightist radicals. No inci
dents were reported.
At least four people were injured and
more than 10 arrested in scuffles between
police and demonstrators in Schwerin,
where some celebrated unificatiort with the
Nazi “Sieg-Heil” salute, witnesses said. Po
lice also reported clashes with youths in
Leipzig and Hamburg.
The ceremony marked return of a
united Germany built on the ruins of Adolf
Hitler’s defeat in World War II and the end
of Cold War antagonism that split Europe
into competing blocs led by the United
States and the Soviet Union.
It came less than 11 months after the
Berlin Wall was opened Nov. 9, 1989, by a
tide of democracy that swept away Commu
nist regimes across Eastern Europe.
Fourteen schoolchildren from the for
mer East and West Germanys carried the
huge, 72-square-yard German flag and
hoisted it up the 132-foot-tall mast in front
of the Reichstag.
Then, Kurt Masur directed Beethoven’s
Ninth Sympony as East Germany ceased to
exist to the deep chords of the “Ode to Joy.”
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Student Senate votes
to extend elections
^ -By BRIDGET HARROW
umioJOfThe Battalion Staff
The Student Senate passed a bill
[Tuesday night to extend the voting
[period for student elections to two
[days.
The extended voting period,
[which will take effect during spring
[elections, hopefully will increase
[voter turnout. Election Commis-
Isioner Sarah Davis said.
The Senate also passed a bill to
[use classrooms unoccupied during
[the day as study space for students.
[A notice of the locations and times
[these study rooms can be used will
[be posted in each of the buildings.
In other business. Student Body
|President Ty Clevenger said he may
[have to testify in a lawsuit the Young
[Conservatives of Texas has filed
[against the Texas Student Coalition.
Clevenger said the Texas Student
[Coalition claims to be a bi-partisan
student lobbying organization, but
in actuality it only represented the
views of students at the University of
Texas at Austin. Texas A&M Stu
dent Government had already with
drawn from the coalition, but A&M
was still being used as a supporter in
position papers put out by the coali
tion, Clevenger said.
Under old business, the Senate
passed the bill to provide an electro
nic student information board on
the first floor of the Pavilion. The
board, which would be similar to the
one in the Commons, would be
maintained by Student Government.
The Senate also passed a bill to
encourage the Japanese students of
Koriyama to develop and institute a
Student Government of their own.
The bill will be given to students of
Koriyama, who are currently visiting
the A&M campus.
Senator Adam Vanek said the bill
is a token from Student Senate to the
Japanese students saying “Gig ’em.”
)TE|Education reform
Candidates agree on funding
increase for public schools
I By MIKE LUMAN
, "OfThe Battalion Staff
Obtaining funds for education re-
[form and translating the money into
[visible school system improvement
[were issues discussed in turn by state
[representative hopefuls Tuesday.
Democrat Jim James and Republi-
|can Steve Ogden, speaking to the
[A&M chapter of the Texas Student
[Education Association, both em
phasized higher teacher pay and
Jfreedom of educators to design their
|own curricula.
James criticized Gov. Clements
[veto of a compromise bill, which
[would have provided $2.5 million to
jBryan-College Station over the next
[two years.
“Quality education costs money,”
IJames said. “We have not made a
fcommitment to education.”
Ogden said the state needs clearly
[defined education goals and a close
[bond between government funding
[and school spending.
“You can’t just throw money and
[not see results,” Ogden said. “If we
Steve Ogden
are going to ask the taxpayer to dig a
little deeper, we need to have re
sults.”
James agreed money alone does
not guarantee a quality education,
and trial reform programs must be
observed and evaluated before being
put into large-scale use.
Ogden said schools are inefficient,
and more of a school’s operating
budget should go for teacher sala
ries.
“Centralize the goal and decentra
lize control,” Ogden said. “Then
free the teacher to accomplish the
goal.”
James said the state Legislature is
important in solving the education
crisis.
“We have got to take some real
fundamental looks at the education
system,” James said.
Representatives for Clayton Wil
liams and Ann Richards also spoke.
Don Sweeney, an A&M professor
of architecture, said Richards
planned to establish a “Texas school
assembly.”
The groups would consist of
school board members, parents, tea
chers and trade associations and
would attempt to “put their heads
together” on the education needs of
a community.
Richards is intefested in cutting
red tape, providing adequate fund
ing, letting local districts handle de
cisions and freeing schools from
drugs.
Mark Saum, an A&M student rep
resenting Aggies for Clayton Wil
liams, said Williams favored a
“voucher program” that would offer
students a choice of which school
they attend.
Competing for public or private
schools would give students a choice
and raise the quality of students,
Saum said.
Painting a fine line
Jerry Evans, a painter with the A&M Physical Plant, applies a new
coat of grey paint on the outside of the scoreboard of Kyle Field.
The paint is part of the new look
eludes a new electronic screen.
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack
for the scoreboard, which in-
Wayne Showers
Regent’s work, experience rooted in agriculture
Editor’s note: The Battalion will
focus on members of the Texas
A&M University System Board of
Regents during the upcoming week
to better acquaint students and fac
ulty members with the System’s lead-
By BILL HETHCOCK
Of The Battalion Staff
Regent Wayne Showers is presi
dent of Griffin and Brand of McAl
len Inc., one of the world’s largest
fresh and frozen vegetable and fruit
producers.
Showers, Class of ’53, graduated
with a degree in horticulture.
He served two years in Alaska in
the Medical Service Corps, then re
turned to A&M and received bache
lor of science and master of science
degrees in entomology.
Gov. Bill Clements appointed
Showers to the Board in 1987. He is
vice president of the Board, chair
man of the Committee for Service
Units and a member of the Commit
tee for Academic Campuses.
Showers is a past vice president of
the Texas A&M Association of For
mer Students, and vice chairman for
agriculture of the Target 2000 Pro
ject.
He now is a member of the Devel
opment Council of the College - of
Business Administration, the Board
of Directors of the Aggie Club, the
Advisory Council of the Texas A&M
Development Foundation and the
Hidalgo-Starr County A&M Club.
Active in the agriculture field,
Showers is a former director of the
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Association and has been a president
of the Texas Citrus and Vegetable
Growers and Shippers Association.
He also has been chairman of the
Produce Recovery Fund Board, a
member of the Texas Department of
Agriculture Food and Fiber Council,
and a member of several industry
committees.
Showers is on the board of direc
tors of the Valley National Bank of
McAllen and of the Texas Ranger
Association Foundation.
He is a member of the board of di
rectors of the McAllen Country
Club, a Shriner, a member of Cal
vary Baptist Church and the Ameri
can Legion.
He also is a past member of the
Advisory Committee of the Texas
A&M University Research and Ex
tension Center at Weslaco.
He has been president of the
board of the Rio Grande Valley Chil
dren’s Home in Mission and presi
dent of the board of the Boy’s Club
of McAllen.
Wayne Showers
Hutchison: innovation can solve problems
By JOE FERGUSON
Of The Battalion Staff
Hutchison said she is against a state income
tax because it would hurt economic devel
opment when the state most needs it.
Republican candidate for state treasurer
Kay Bailey Hutchison said her opposition to a
state income tax is the major platform differ
ence with Democratic candidate Nikki Van
Hightower.
il pc
l” be
peaking during a Texas A&M College Re-
ilicans meeting Tuesday, Hutchison said
the next five weeks will determine how Texas
inters the 21 st century.
She said Texas can follow innovative lead
ership out of economically troubled times or
continue to throw money at its problems.
Texas to regain its “triple A” bond rating.
A “triple A” rating would classify Texas’
bonds as low risk and reduce the interest on
the state’s debts by millions of dollars.
One of Hutchison’s policies designed to
achieve the rating is to coordinate the general
obligation debt to pay off debts in order of
importance.
She also plans to call for cash flow predic
tions from state agencies, so the state can in
vest for longer terms and earn more interest.
Former U.S. Sen. John Tower, who also
was at the meeting, said Hutchison is qualified
to hold any office in Texas.
He said the office of state treasurer re
quires someone who understands the business
climate of Texas, and Hutchison is that per
son.
Hutchison has a background in business as
a former owner of a manufacturing company
and a partner in a furniture sales showroom.
She has served on the board of directors of
the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is on
the board of visitors of A&M’s College of
Business and Southern Methodist Universi
ty’s College of Business.
Her government experience includes be
coming the first Republican woman to be
elected to the Texas House of Representa
tives in 1972. She also served on the state
treasurer’s asset management committee.
Hutchison was a director of Fidelity Na
tional Bank of Dallas and is now on the board
of directors of Capstead Mortgage Corpora
tion. She has a law practice that specializes in
municipal finance.
Hutchison said the Republican ticket is
looking good, especially with U.S. Sen. Phil
Gramm at the top. She expects about an even
party split throughout the state, which is good
for Republicans in Texas, she said.
State elections will be Tuesday, Nov. 6.
A&M College Republicans meet every
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower or the
MSC.
Freshmen
can vote
Thursday
By BRIDGET HARROW
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M freshmen can vote
to fill 15 positions, including nine
undergraduate-at-large Student
Senate seats and various officer
seats, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
? Thursday.
Freshmen will vote to fill the
officer positions of president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer,
social secretary and historian.
“The main function of the
Class of ’94 is to put on the Fish
Ball in the spring,” Sarah Davis,
election commissioner, says.
The nine candidates elected to
Student Senate will serve as rep
resentatives for the more than
7,715 freshmen enrolled at A&M.
Student Government rep
resentatives say turnout for fresh
man elections usually is low.
Of the 8,439 freshmen en
rolled last year, only 973 voted.
Voting sites for Thursday's
election will be the Academic
Building, Blocker Building, Kle
berg Animal and Food Science
Center and the MSC.
Only freshmen are eligible to
vote in this election, and a valid
A&M I.D. card is required.
Run-off elections, if necessary,
will be Tuesday.
Candidates must be enrolled as
freshmen maintaining at least a
2.25 grade point ratio and not on
scholastic probation.
Fifty candidates are running
for officer positions — 13 for
president, 14 for vice president,
five for secretary, six for trea
surer, seven for social secretary
and five for historian.
Fifty-five freshmen are com
peting for the nine freshman
Senate seats.
Election results will be an
nounced election day at 8:30 p.m.
in front of the Lawrence Sullivan
Ross Statue.