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ums in College Station on the eve of election day. Don’t forget to day’s Battalion has more information.
Extremist rabbi
killed by gunman
NEW YORK (AP) — Rabbi Meir
Kahane, who campaigned to drive
Arabs from Israel and urged Ameri
can Jews to arm themselves against
anti-Semitism, was shot to death
Monday night after a speech at a
Manhattan hotel.
Police identified the assailant as El
Sayyid Al-Nosair, 35, of New Jersey.
He was wounded by a postal police
officer as they exchanged gunfire
outside the Halloran House, police
spokesman Officer Scott Bloch said.
The postal officer and a bystander
in the hotel also were wounded, po
lice said.
Kahane, 58, a Brooklyn-born Is
raeli extremist who once served in
the Israeli parliament, was pro
nounced dead at Bellevue Hospital,
said hospital spokesman Peter
Schectman. Kahane had been shot in
the neck, he said.
Mayor David Dinkins said the
shooting was “an international tra
gedy that shocks all of us.”
Kahane was head of the anti-Arab
Kach party in Israel. The party ad
vocates the ouster of all Arabs from
Israeli-held territory and a ban on
Jewish-Arab marriages. The
movement’s symbol is a clenched fist
inside a Star of David.
Kahane founded the militant Jew
ish Defense League in the United
States in 1968 to mount armed re
sponses to anti-Semitic acts.
Witnesses said Kahane had given
a speech to about 60 people at a
meeting of the Zionist Emergency
Kahane was head of
the anti-Arab Kach
party in Israel. The
party advocates the
ouster of all Arabs
from Israeli-held
territory and a ban on
Jewish-Arab
marriages.
Evacuation Rescue Organization.
About 8:05 p.m. (CST), a gunman
came into the second-floor confer
ence room and shot Kahane, Bloch
said.
The gunman then fled outside
and tried to hijack a taxi, Bloch said.
An on-duty postal officer in the area
interceded. They exchanged gun
shots and both were wounded, Bloch
said.
The gunman, who was shot in the
chin, was believed to be in critical but
stable condition at Bellevue. The
bystander, shot in the leg, was in sta
ble condition as was the officer who
shot in the arm.
Kahane moved to Israel in 1971
and became a citizen a year later.
Kahane served as a member of Is
rael’s Parliament for four years but
was barred from running for re-
election in 1988 after legislators
assed a law banning parties that
ave a racist platform.
Court ruling says Army
must re-enlist gay soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su
preme Court carved out a one-man
exception to the military services’
ban on homosexuals Monday, letting
stand a ruling that forces the Army
to re-enlist a gay soldier.
The justices, without comment,
rejected the Bush administration’s
challenge to the ordered reinstate
ment of Perry Watkins of Tacoma,
Wash., a 16-year veteran with an ex
cellent service record.
Monday’s action is not expected to
affect in any sweeping way the mili
tary’s ban on homosexuals. The ap
peals court ruling in Watkins’ case
did not address the validity of that
ban, but instead noted that the Army
repeatedly had re-enlisted Watkins
while knowing he is gay.
The case nevertheless had been
closely watched by gay rights advo
cates.
“These days, we’ITtake a victory
any way we can get one,” Paul DiDo-
nato of the National Gay Rights Ad
vocates in San Francisco said after
acknowledging that Watkins’ victory
was a narrow one.
But DiDonato said Watkins’ case
“sends a broader signal out to the
military and the country at large that
gays and lesbians cannot be treated
unfairly forever by the military or
any other employer.”
Watkins, now 42, said, “My next
step is obviously to get reinstated.”
He said he wants to serve until he
can retire with an Army pension in
about five years.
When asked if he anticipated
problems after his reinstatement,
Watkins said, “That goes without
saying. The problems that are going
to be there are the problems the sys
tem itself will create.
“I’m asking for the same rights
any other citizen receives.”
There was no immediate reaction
from the Army or the Department
of Defense.
Local gas company official gives advice
on safety to heating appliance owners
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
Cold weather conjures up images of heavy
sweaters, winter coats, hot chocolate and gas
heaters.
Bryan-College Station has been hit by a cold
front, and cooler weather could be here to
stay. Those with gas heaters need to take pre
cautions before turning on the appliances, a
gas company official says.
Jerry Collins, Lone Star Gas Co. district
manager, says vented and unvented heaters
frequently are used by community members.
A space heater, which has no vent or flue
gases, is an example of an unvented heater.
Carbon monoxide, the combustion product,
can be dumped into a room if the unvented
heater is not properly adjusted, Collins says.
“If properly adjusted and there is an ad
equate supply of fresh air coming into the
house, then you won’t have a problem,” he
says. “But never leave space heaters burning
“If you need to keep the
heater on at night, make
sure a window is cracked to
ensure proper ventilation.”
— Jerry Collins,
Lone Star Gas Co.
at night when you go to sleep because it is dan
gerous.
“If you need to keep the heater on at night,
make sure a window is cracked to ensure
proper ventilation.”
The following are two ways people can get
into trouble by using gas heaters:
• Allowing space heaters to become dirty
or in a state of disrepair. This leads to poor air
quality and could make users ill.
• Using connectors. Collins says he has
seen some people use rubber hoses with space
heaters, which definitely can be hazardous.
“People should be strongly discouraged
from using rubber hoses because if they crack
or split they will develop leaks in the house,”
he says. “People need to remember three pre
cautions, which include always using proper
connectors, making sure burners are clean
and properly adjusted and also remembering
to insure an adequate supply of fresh air.”
Vented heaters include wall furnaces, cen
tral heating systems and built-in wall and floor
vents. He says the same precautions apply to
these types of heaters.
Two main things to remember when using
a vented heater are to keep the filter clean and
to never run the furnace without all its filter
panels in place.
“Never leave the filter panel off when the
heater is on because flue gases will get into the
house,” he says.
Flue gases are carbon monoxide, a gas that
takes away oxygen and can lead to suffoca
tion. Flue gases can make people sick if too
much is inhaled.
“Flue gases can even become deadly if in
haled in high concentrations,” Collins says.
Silver Taps
ceremony
to honor one
The solemn sound of buglers
playing “Taps” and the sharp
ring of gunfire will be heard on
campus tonight as one Texas
A&M student who died during
the past month is honored
in a Silver Taps cere
mony at
10:30 in
front of the
Academic Build-
g-
The deceased
student being honored
• Gregory Wells Hay
ward, 23, a senior wild
life and fisheries sci
ences major from
Temple, who died Oct.
5.
Dating back almost a
century, the stately tra
dition of Silver Taps is
practiced the first Tues
day of each month from
September through
April, when necessary.
Names of deceased stu
dents are posted at the
base of the flag pole in
front of the Academic Building,
and the flag is flown at half-staff
the day of the ceremony.
Lights will be extinguished and
the campus hushed as Aggies pay
final tribute to fellow Aggies.
The Ross Volunteer Firing
Squad begins the ceremony,
marching in slow cadence toward
the statue of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross.
Shortly after, three volleys are
fired in a 21-gun salute and six
buglers play a special arrange
ment of “Taps” three times — to
the north, south and west.
Japanese Business Study
United States prompted to improve attitude toward employees, quality, patience
By JAMES M. LOVE
Of The Battalion Staff
Neither the United States nor Ja
pan run businesses perfectly, and
they both have many things to learn
from each other in business prac
tices, a Japanese-American business
man said Monday.
Masami Atarashi, president of
Kokusai Business Brain K.K., a busi
ness specializing in consulting and
training for Japanese and non-Japa
nese firms, was a featured speaker
for the Japan Business Study.
The Japan Business Study is pre
senting a four-part lecture series at
Texas A&M.
Atarashi outlined some major dif
ferences between American and Jap
anese businesses and the advantages
and disadvantages of both.
He stressed that the greatest prob
lems facing the corporate United
States are a lack of patience, atti
tudes toward employees and lower
attention to quality.
“The idea of changing a company
president every five or six years is
absurd,” he said. “This could result
in sacrificing greater long-term
gains for short-term reasons. It takes
at least three or four years to fully
assess an employee’s performance.”
He also said companies should
view employees as long-term assets
instead of short-term tools. It is not
good when employees worry about
layoffs, regardless of their perfor
mance. He said that in Japan all ef
forts are made to first reduce costs
and lower benefits of top executives
to make up for corporate shortcom
ings.
“It makes no sense to me that
some American companies are lay
ing off people while some of their
top executives are still making mil
lions,” he said.
Atarashi said American compa
nies need to realize their lower-level
workers also are a great source of
“We all have
something to gain from
each other.”
— Masami Atarashi,
president of Kokusai
Business Brain K.K.
ideas and need to be respected and
understood.
On the other hand, respect for in
dividuality was on the top of Atara-
shi’s list of what Japan has to learn
from the United States. He said Ja
pan has leaned toward group recog
nition and synthesis, which tends to
stifle creativity and individuality.
While Americans give both
material and spiritual incentives to
their employees, Japan ignores this
basic human need, he said.
Atarashi also said Japan needs to
promote more young people and
women.
“Promoting women and the
young still raises a lot of controver
sy,” he said. “This is hurting Japan
obviously because there’s a lot of po
tential being overlooked.”
He added that Japan has much to
learn from globalization. He said the
Japanese seldom socialize with other
cultures and still are appointing
their own people to positions in for
eign countries. Only 4 percent of the
410 Japanese overseas companies
have regional employees. He said
this is hurting their productivity in
these places because of communica
tion barriers.
Atarashi also said Japanese speak
ers often are poor communicators.
He said Americans have more pre
sentational skills than the Japanese
because they are required to address
audiences more often.
He summarized by saying a com
pany will be more successful if a bet
ter understanding of other countries
and their practices is achieved.
“We all have something to gain
from each other,” he said. “First, we
must understand our own country
before we can understand another.
“It’s also very important to see our
similarities before looking for our
differences. Once the differences
are realized and understood, then
we must accept them, or be willing to
change and modify ourselves before
continuing.”
The Japanese Business Study was
established two years ago at the Uni
versity of Texas. The lecture series is
presented by the Center for Interna
tional Business Studies.
Session two will be from 6:30 to 8
p.m. today in 158 Blocker. Session
three will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov.
13 in 130 Blocker. Session four will
be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 16 in
114 Blocker.
Officials end plans to change McFadden Hall to honors dorm
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
After weeks of debate between the
University Honors Program and the
Residence Hall Association, McFad
den Hall will remain a female dorm
and will not be converted to an all
honors residency, the director of
UHP says.
Dr. Dale Knobel says a great de
mand still exists for an honors hall,
but using McFadden to meet that de
mand would not work.
“(Texas A&M President) Dr. (Wil
liam) Mobley, (Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs) Dr.
(E. Dean) Gage, (Vice President for
Student Affairs) Dr. (John) Koldus
III and myself decided we all are
very pleased with the way Lechner
Honors Hall has worked out in its
first two years,” Knobles says.
“And we are pleased for the de
mand but feel like we need to be
looking forward to the long-term so
lution, which means more than sim
ply looking at McFadden.”
Knobel says he is not sure how to
satisfy those wanting honors hous
ing, but the Department of Student
Affairs will explore the problem
during the next few years.
McFadden President Jana Terry
says the decision, made official last
Thursday, shows class on the admin
istration’s part.
“I think it’s just great,” she says. “I
think it represents really what the
University is all about. It’s fair and I
have a lot more respect for the ad
ministration voting in our favor.”
The dispute between the UHP
and McFadden residents began last
spring when UHP and Student Af
fairs proposed converting the hall
into an honors dorm.
However, heated reactions caused
the Department of Student Affairs
to re-evaluate. In the meantime,
Terry and her residents gained sup
port from RHA. RHA passed Bill
F9005, which states the conversion
of McFadden would be an act of “se
gregation of students and unequal,
preferential treatment of suppos
edly equal students.”
Knobel says, however, UHP’s pro
posal to convert the hall never stated
residents would be forced to move
out to make room for scholarship
students.
“The proposal that was put for
ward was that spaces that became
available only through attrition
would be given to the honor stu
dents,” Knobel said in the Oct. 16 is
sue of The Battalion.
Knobel says he feels good about
the decision allowing McFadden to
remain unchanged.