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Vol. 90 No. 56 USPS 045560 1 2 Pages
College Station, Texas
Monday, November 19, 1990
The spirit shines on
HUY THANH NGUYEN/The Battalion
Freshman Norman Culp, a physics major, and the E. King Gill statue, the Twelfth Man, Sunday
other members of Squadron 3 clean and shine next to Kyle Field.
Three men arrested in campus theft case
By ISSELLE MCALLISTER
Of The Battalion Staff
Three Laredo men were charged
Friday in connection with the theft
of three motorcycles and a moped
from the Texas A&M campus.
The men arrested were identified
as Luis Moreno, 20, Marco Antonio
Cadena, 20, and Christian Ivan Ala-
nis, 19.
They were being held Sunday in
lieu of $25,000 bond at the Brazos
County Jail.
A surveillance police officer on
Card shows
‘Texas A&M loves you
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
Starship Hallmark workers invite
Bryan and College Station residents
to sign a jumbo-size card to send to
men and women on duty as part of
Operation Desert Shield in the Mid
dle East.
Linda Walicek, manager of
Starship Hallmark in Culpepper
Plaza, says the card will be on display
in her store throughout next week.
The oversized card is decorated
with red, white and blue to make a
patriotic statement of support for
troops in the Middle East.
“We have had a wonderful re
sponse,” she says. “Everybody wants
to sign it.”
Hallmark management decided to
send cards because soldiers said re
ceiving mail from home was “one of
the greatest morale boosters.”
Many signatures on the card were
from children wishing the soldiers
luck or sending them season’s greet
ings.
“Take care and God bless you all;
Texas A&M loves you!” and “May
God continue to give y’all strength to
endure” were among messages writ
ten in red and green ink.
People entering the store were at-
top of a university building spotted
some men tinkering with the igni
tion of a 1990 Kawasaki motorcycle
in Parking Area 51 across from
Zachry Engineering Center, said
Bob Wiatt, University Police Depart
ment director of security.
When the alarm in the Kawasaki
sounded, the men fled the scene in a
1986 Lincoln Mercury.
Police stopped the men in front of
Luby’s Cafeteria on Texas Avenue
where they found a lease agreement
for a U-Haul rental truck, Wiatt
said.
traded to the jumbo card, while
food and drinks were served.
Walicek says because most cus
tomers are signing the card, she will
have to put out a new card soon.
She invites everyone to visit
The College Station, Bryan and
University police departments
found the rental truck in Bryan con
taining stolen motorcycles, Wiatt
said.
A 1988 Honda, a 1989 Honda, a
1989 Yamaha and a 1988 Honda
moped were found in the rental
truck, Wiatt said. All had been re
ported stolen from A&M students,
he said.
Because at least three people were
involved in the crimes, Wiatt said the
College Station Police Department is
processing an organized crime viola
tion.
Starship Hallmark stores to support
troops in the Middle East.
A community card also should
have special significance to those
whose names are not called when
mail comes, she says.
support for gulf troops
Three year old Robert Eller stands next to his mother Trish Eller
as she signs a Christmas card in support of troops in the gulf
Spence St.
blocked off
Parts of Spence Street will be closed beginning today to allow for
work in front of the Joe C. Richardson Petroleum Engineering Build
ing.
Sections of the street between the entrance to Parking Area 29
and the Ross Street intersection will be closed indefinitely so the work
can be completed.
Internal investigation
clears A&M scientists
By CHRIS VAUGHN
Of The Battalion Staff
An internal investigation vindi
cated Texas A&M scientists of possi
ble fraud in “cold fusion” experi
ments last year, but said they did lose
scientific objectivity in the race to
confirm findings.
The report, released Sunday by
A&M, was written by three A&M
professors asked by Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. E. Dean Gage to investigate
“cold fusion” research conducted
here last year.
Achieving cold fusion would be a
dramatic scientific breakthrough
and would allow energy to be cre
ated almost effortlessly.
The internal report, written by
chemist Dr. Joseph Natowitz, physi
cist Dr. Edward Fry and nuclear en
gineer Dr. John Poston, concluded
that experiments were not tampered
with or “spiked” with tritium, a form
of hydrogen that is evidence of fu
sion.
“We have found no evidence
which would lead to a conclusion
that some of the cells were spiked
with tritium,” the report stated.
The report said it is more proba
ble tritium was present because of
accidental contamination or other
factors.
It also recommended the Univer
sity drop its investigation into the
spiking allegations.
The report did say A&M re
searchers probably rushed experi
ments to be the first to confirm the
findings of B. Stanley Pons of the
University of Utah and colleague
Martin Fleischmann, who claimed in
March 1989 they had achieved nu
clear fusion in room-temperature
water.
“The earliest attempts to repro
duce those experiments were done
hastily, using available material and
improvised setups where necessary,”
the report said. “This, coupled with
the perceived pressures of racing
against other groups, certainly led to
some less-than-perfect experimental
design.”
Despite their haste, researchers
still used normal and acceptable
standards of gathering data, but “too
much credence” was placed in the
experiments’ results, the report
stated.
The report also stated there was
“some breakdown of scientific objec
tivity” because of the scientists’ at
tempts to be first and reactions to
public and private criticism.
The Pons-Fleischmann announce
ment caused a scramble by scientists
worldwide to attempt to confirm the
results, including Dr. John Bockris,
Dr. A. John Appleby, Dr. Kevin
Wolf and Dr. Charles Martin at
A&M.
A&M researchers reported within
weeks of the first announcement
they also had achieved cold fusion,
but few other laboratories in the
world could duplicate the results re
ported by Pons, Fleischmann and
A&M scientists.
Accusations of spiking the experi
ments were made this summer in the
national journal Science because of
the high level of tritium and the ap
parent lack of security in the labo
ratories.
The A&M report recommended
that making dramatic announce
ments to the public before review
and confirmation should be discour
aged.
In spite of 18 months of research,
cold fusion still is worth trying to
achieve, the report said.
“Continued research in this area
would appear to remain a valid activ
ity for those scientists whose inter
ests and expertise can contribute to
clarifying this issue,” it said.
Gage said in a press release Sun
day he agrees with the report’s con
clusion.
“While not all the answers to the
‘cold fusion’ phenomenon are
known, it is clear that only continued
and well-designed research will pro
vide such answers,” Gage said. “Such
research will ultimately result in re
producible evidence or else clearly
refute claims and theories that have
been called into question.”
Gage also said he is proud that
A&M researchers have “the freedom
to undertake unfettered exploration
of this controversial phenomenon
and to question each other.”
University multiculturalism
Speaker urges racial awareness
in all aspects of university life
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
While attending universities, minority students of
ten have more problems with racism than they do
with school work, the dean of students at Bowdoin
College said Friday.
Dr. Kenneth Lewallen, Class of ’69, traveled to
A&M from Maine to speak at a conference about
how students, staff and faculty can be challenged to
put more multicultural awareness in all aspects of a
university environment.
Lewallen, a keynote speaker, discussed what mi
nority students go through at primarily white uni
versities and why changes need to be made to incor
porate multiculturalism into the university systems.
“I am singly unconvinced that it is possible for re
sponsible institutions to seriously admit greater
number of students of color into their communities
without altering their academics, basic structure,
curriculum, teaching techniques and other impor
tant policies,” he said.
The conference, titled “Creating a Multicultural
Environment in Residence Life,” was sponsored by
Texas A&M’s Division of Student Service’s Depart
ment of Student Affairs.
It was held for resident hall student leaders and
staff from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Loui
siana.
“Multiculturalism appears as universal knowl
edge, and universities have given wonderful lip serv
ice to the thought of educating and developing to
make a diverse campus,” he said.
“But they fall short in understanding the implica
tions and have not taken multiculturalism as se
riously as they should.”
He said university structures must change and
they should integrate minority perspectives into
course material and for faculty to serve as mentors to
these students.
He also said there should be a balanced view of
science, history and other subjects and when this
pluralistic approach is finally adopted, students of
color will be more challenged and stimulated in their
school work.
“For many schools the development of multicultu
ral education is life or death, because by the year
2010, one-third of Americans will be Afro-Ameri
can, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Ameri
can,” he said.
Lewallen said the issue of multiculturalism should
be looked at as self-preservation and institutions
must prepare themselves for students of different
backgrounds.
Lewallen said the issue of multicultural education,
diversity and pluralism has never became a promi
nent part of the education agenda, and should be
taken more seriously.
“We cannot forget the impact it has on our stu
dents of multiculturalism,” he said.
Along with Dr. Lewallen’s speech, the conference
included various seminars throughout the day focus
ing on multicultural issues such as lifestyle and cultu
ral development, staff selection and training, reten
tion, roommate counseling and leadership
development in efforts to combat racial discrimina
tion and also to promote appreciation for cultural di
versity throughout universities.
“It is our challenge as professionals to sensitize
our institutions to the advantages and issues facing a
full commitment to multiculturalism,” Lewallen said.
Expert exalts multicultural vitality
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
If the multicultural aspect is
absent from a university program
or activity, it has no meaning and
doesn’t count, a multicqltural-ed-
ucation expert said.
Kevin Carreathers, director of
Texas A&M’s Department of
Multicultural Services, spoke dur
ing a seminar titled “Program
ming for Diversity: Including the
Cultural Perspective,” and gave
suggestions on how university
faculty and staff can include mul
ticulturalism in programs and ac
tivities.
“When programming, we have
to understand changes as to who
the students are and the changing
demographics,” Carreathers said.
In explaining his theory, Car
reathers used the example of the
old proverb — “If you are absent,
then you are always wrong.” — to
relate the premise to how impor
tant it is for student leaders, staff
and faculty to implement multi
culturalism into every aspect of a
university.
Carreathers spoke Friday at an
all-day conference sponsored by
Texas A&M’s Department of Stu
dent Affairs Division of Student
Services titled, “Creating a Multi
cultural Environment in Resi
dence Life.”
The conference had represen
tatives of student leaders and
staff, from Texas, Arkansas, Ok
lahoma and Louisiana, who at
tended seminars on the issue of
confronting racial discrimination
and also for promoting more ap
preciation for cultural diversity
within universities.
“There is a need for multicul
turalism because the student pop
ulation is changing and we want
people to value and respect oth
ers’ culture,” Carreathers said.
“The more we learn about others
the better we feel about ourselves
and the better we feel educated.”
“In the first and second grades
students are primarily black and
Hispanic and we are preparing to
deal with that change 10 to 11
years from now,” Carreathers
said.
People responsible for activ
ities and programs, whether it is a
chairman of a programming
board or a resident adviser, often
see things differently and plan a
program from their perspective,
he said. People need to keep in
mind that what is important to
them might not always be right
for a program.
Carreathers said a multicultu
ral organization is one which gen
uinely is committed to diverse
representation of its membership
and is sensitive to maintaining an
open, supportive and responsive
environment.
“We need to meet the needs of
students who have been raised
different than their white col
leagues,” he said.
Carreathers said in order to get
minorities more involved, pro
grammers need to do more than
just advertise — they need to go
directly to them and talk to them.
He said the needed leadership
characteristics in a multicultural
society include: learning to value
differences, generating sensitivity
to cultural and gender issues,
providing an understanding of
the human dynamics that cause
problems among people who are
different, and individuals taking
responsibility for development on
this issue.
“Any program you have can be
done from a multicultural per
spective, but you have to educate
your people and show them
how,” Carreathers said.