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The following incidents were reported to the Uni
versity Police Department between Nov. 15 and 20.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION:
• A student was found passed out in his vehicle in
Parking Area 19.
ASSAULT:
• A bicyclist was struck in the head with an object
thrown from a passing vehicle. The vehicle sped
away down East Main Drive.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• A student reported his vehicle was wrapped
with toilet tissue while parked on the top floor of the
Southside Parking Garage.
• The rear taillights of a 1985 Honda Prelude
were damaged by an individual kicking them while
the car was in Parking Area 30.
• A window in the southeast stairwell of Davis-
Gary was broken by a projectile.
• While parked in Parking Area 30, the antenna
of a 1987 Olds Calais was bent.
• A 15-foot elm tree was chopped down near the
Golf Maintenance Shop.
CRIMINAL TRESPASS:
• A man found working on a computer in the
Veterinary Medical Administration Building was
given a criminal trespass warning.
BURGLARY OF VEHICLE:
• An ax handle was used to gain entry through a
window of a vehicle in Parking Area 61. A parking
permit and insurance card were stolen. The suspects
were arrested and transported to the Brazos County
Jail.
• The rear window of a 1988 Mazda pickup truck
was broken by an unknown intruder. A Craftsman
200-piece ratchet set and 18-piece screwdriver set
were removed from the vehicle.
HARASSMENT:
• Five people reported receiving harassing phone
calls.
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED:
• One person was charged with driving while in-
toxicated
VIOLATION OF UNIVERSITY REGULA
TIONS:
• A person soliciting magazine subscriptions was
cited for violation of University regulations.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• Four bikes were reported stolen.
• A student reported his gold chain and nugget
were stolen from the Moore Hall basketball courts.
• An unattended purse was stolen from a study
table in Sterling C. Evans Library.
• A wallet was removed from an unattended
purse in the library. The wallet contained a driver’s
license, credit cards, student I.D., checkbook and
$15.
• A purse and its contents were stolen from the
hallway outside a room in Blocker. The purse con
tained a checkbook, credit cards and $11.
• A wallet was stolen from a unsecured purse in
the petroleum building.
Act Now
The Texas A&M Crime Pre
vention Unit wants to stress thai
the end of each semester usually
brings an increase in crime.
The fall semester is especially
dangerous because of the ap '
preaching holiday season.
The importance of securim
property cannot be stressed
enough. Of equal importance is to;
report suspicious activity.
By immediately reporting sus
picious activity, you can help the
Texas A&M University Police De
partment stop crime before it
happens.
It sounds easy enough to re
port a crime, but only half of all
crimes are ever reported. It's;
hard for police to do anything if
they don’t know what happened
Even an anonymous tip is better
than no report at all.
If you see something suspi
cious, call the police as soon as
possible to ensure they aci
quickly. The longer you wait, the
harder it is for them to catch a
criminal.
Put a stop to campus crime
For more information, contaci j'
UPD’s Crime Prevention Unit at I
845-2345 or the crime line at 815 :
6500. I
Teen admits
guilt in injury
of bystanders
AUSTIN (AP) — A 16-year-old
high school student has pleaded
guilty to wounding two bystanders in
September during a quarrel among
rival gang members in downtown
Austin, officials said.
Bonifacio Alba, who turned him
self in to police about 10 days after
the Sept. 19 shooting, pleaded guilty
to charges of aggravated assault in
the wounding of Tony Flores, 61,
and a 16-year-old girl.
Alba’s acknowledgement of guilt
Monday was part of a plea bargain,
Darwin McKee, his lawyer, said. Sen
tencing is scheduled for Dec. 10.
“This (the shootings) was a highly
unusual thing for this young man to
do,” McKee said. “It was an aberra
tion in his lifestyle.”
McKee said he and prosecutors
would ask District Judge Jeanne
Meurer to sentence Alba to three or
four years in the state penitentiary.
Boy receives national support
for defying school dress code
BASTROP (AP) — An 8-year-old
boy’s battle with school authorities
over his ponytail has brought him
support from across the nation.
Zachariah Toungate’s story has
been told recently in dozens of news
papers, on television networks and
talk shows, in Time and People mag
azines and on dozens of radio pro
grams.
Listeners in the 38 states that pick
up radio station KOA in Denver re
sponded so fervently that the talk
snow host who interviewed the boy
last week is organizing a Free Zach
Campaign.
' The host is urging listeners to
voice their outrage by sending locks
of hair to Bastrop school officials.
“I would hope the school board
doesn’t just react to public outcry
and change the rule, but that they
understand why it should be
changed,” said KOA’s George
Weber, the host of “The Flip Side,”
an open-line talk show.
“I hope they see that the crime
doesn’t fit the punishment,” Weber
added. Weber told the Austin Amer-
ican-Statesman that he plans to at
tend the Dec. 18 school board meet
ing to urge trustees to change the
dress code on behalf of the residents
of Colorado.
But school officials say all the at
tention won’t make them change the
rule.
Zachariah, a third-grader, was
sent home from school in late Sep
tember for having a 7-inch ponytail.
His parents asked the administration
to change the rule, then appealed to
the school board.
Ray Long, board vice president,
said the rule will not be changed in
the middle of the school year be
cause it would set a bad precedent.
Last year, about 10 times as many
parents made an even bigger siinl
about the district’s use of corporal
punishment, and that rule was not
changed, Long said.
“This is not a major issue,” Lonj
said “It’s hair he can grow back.lii
no big deal.”
Bastrop school Superintendem
Paul Fleming said he nas received
about 30 letters, mostly fromout4
staters who support the Toungater
stand.
On Oct. 5, Zachariah was ordered
to do his reading, writing and aritli
metic at Mina Elementary School it
a 12-by-15-foot windowless room-
an arrangement called “an altema
live education setting” by schooloffi
cials.
He eats by himself, plays by him
self and, for $35 a day, the schoo!
calls in substitute teachers. He tiar
no physical education, mus
choir classes.
Friends try
to offer help
to hostages
HOUSTON (AP) — About 40rel
atives, friends and employers
Americans held in Iraq met will
State Department officials Mondu
as they wrestled with decidini
whether to go to Baghdad to hel[
free the hostages.
“All of them were concerned
about the current decision to visT
Iraq,” said Bill Schaub, OGE Dril
ling’s coordinator for Kuwait, alto
the meeting ended.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussei;
on Tuesday released three Amen
can hostages whose wives came i|
visit them.
“It’s a very difficult decision b
anyone to make,” said Schaiil
whose company has six employee
being held in Iraq and Kuwait.
“Women want to do anything the
can to help their husbands, but«
risky and the husbands don’t alwa'
want them to come,” he said
“They’re also worried that they ma
play into the hands of the Iraqis!)
going.”
Most of the families of hostage
refused to talk to reporters as the
left the meeting.
Linda Ray, who said she ha)
friends being held hostage, said tin
family members “voiced ourconcen
about our loved ones.”
Magaly Garcia said she would nf
be going to Iraq. “Every wife wall
her husband back, but for me, oK
family member there is enough.’
But Donnita Cole, of Odessa,^
the Houston Chronicle she plans
visit Iraq next week and was heat
ened by the release of the Americat
Tuesday.
“Fantastic!” she said. “I mean,!
the best news since the invention<
peanut butter as far as I’m cot
cerned.”
Daryl Watley of Tomball, son
hostage Donald Watley, said the it 1
cussions, which began Monday,
sometimes heated as some fan))
members disagreed with the Bn
administration’s actions in the P
die East crisis.
He said relatives attending i!
session often “disagreed withthel
theadedness of the Bush adminisin
tion’s policies” and the rapid es®
tion towards war.
In the fifth of seven sessions wit
families nationwide, State Depa r
ment officials avoided discussir
Bush’s policies and discourage
family members from visiting In-
Watley said.
“They just said that after f
leave Amman, Jordan, theycan’K 1
sure your safety,” said Lynda P*
ker, who still plans to visit her hif
band, hostage Bobbie Parker.