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College Station, Texas
Thursday, December 6, 1990
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aker appeals to Congress to OK use of force
ASHINGTON (AP) — Secre-
of State James A. Baker III ap-
Jed Wednesday for broad sup-
t of the administration’s Persian
if policy so he can credibly tell
|(lam Hussein when they meet:
tout of Kuwait now or risk all.”
le said he would not negotiate
Saddam on the visit, which the
itate Department said had been for-
iaallv accepted by Baghdad. And he
idded a new warning: “If force must
(used, it will be used suddenly,
sively and decisively.”
he State Department said Jo-
h Wilson, the charge d’affaires at
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, had
jn informed of Iraq’s acceptance
he Baker trip, which President
S Kh proposed last week,
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nussein in unmistakable
actions and words: 'Get out
of Kuwait now or risk all'
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— James Baker III,
secretary of state
country is literally raped and pil
laged, should the world go out and
try to find a way to save face for he
who has raped and pillaged that
country?”
He said he was not optimistic Sad
dam Hussein would leave Kuwait
without a fight.
Baker, laying out a hard U.S. line
before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said international sanc
tions against Iraq have not worked.
He added that he was “very pessi
mistic” they would if given more
time, as some congressional Demo
crats have strongly recommended
and said the threat of attack now
holds the best chance for peace.
He said a formal congressional
statement of support for using force
if necessary “would, I think, signifi
cantly reduce the risk of war.” But a
congressional debate that led to an
equivocal message would be coun
terproductive, he added.
“Congress and the American peo
ple must tell Saddam Hussein in un
mistakable actions and words: ‘Get
out of Kuwait now or risk all,”’
Baker said.
“Put bluntly, this is the last best
chance for a peaceful solution,”
Baker said of his upcoming trip to
Iraq, on which dates and arrange
ments were being worked out.
“If (Saddam) is not stopped now,
if his aggressive designs are not frus
trated we will all pay a much higher
price later on,” Baker said.
“Nobody can ever tell you that
sanctions alone can force Saddam
Hussein out of Kuwait, I am person
ally very pessimistic that they will,”
he said.
Citing intelligence assessments,
Baker said four months of a well-en
forced embargo have so far pro
duced no glimmer of change in Sad
dam’s position. “Instead, he seems to
be doubling his bets,” Baker told the
committee.
CIA Director William Webster de
livered a similar message to the
House Armed Services Committee.
“Our judgment has been, and
continues to be, that there is no as
surance or guarantee that economic
hardships will compel Saddam to
change his policies or lead to inter
nal unrest that would threaten his
regime,” Webster said.
Committee Chairman Claiborne
Pell, D-R.I., said sanctions have not
been given adequate time to work.
His mail is running “eight or nine to
one to slow down” the rush toward
military action, Pell said.
And Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.,
said “This is a time for the qualities
of the long-distance runner: perse
verance, stamina, determination.
Lashing out may be less courageous
than to stick the course, particularly
when you’re talking about a signifi
cant loss of life.”
But Baker said waiting “not only
gives Saddam time to break the sanc
tions, but it imposes costs on us. ...
As we wait, Saddam will continue
torturing Kuwait, killing it as a na
tion. ... He will continue to fortify
Kuwait, to build chemical and bi
ological weapons, and to acquire a
nuclear weapons capability.”
“I know that some here and
throughout the country are uneasy
about the prospects for war,” Baker
said. “No one wants war, none of us.
'... But we have to face some hard
facts.”
KEVIN IVY/The Battalion
Joe Graham (left) and Ignacio Hernandez (right) take a 3 a.m. pizza. Jeremy Hollenshead (center) continues studying for his up-
study break Wednesday morning to play their guitars and eat coming finals, which begin Friday.
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Final examinations for the 1990 fall semes-
er begin Friday and last through Wednesday:
FRIDAY
• For classes on MW 4:30 — Exam from
1:30 to 9:30 a.m.
• For classes on MWF 8 a.m. — Exam from
iOto 12 p.m.
• For classes on TR 12:30 p.m. — Exam
rom 12:30 to 2:30 p m.
• For classes on FR 11 a.m. —- Exam from
Sto5 p.m.
MONDAY
• For classes on MWF 9 a.m. — Exam from
8 to 10 a.m.
• For classes on MWF noon — Exam from
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• For classes on TR 8 a.m. — Exam from 1
to 3 p.m.
• For classes on MW 3 p.m. -—Exam from
3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
• For classes on MWF 10 a.m. — Exam
from 8 to 10 a.m.
• For classes on MWF 2 p.m. — Exam
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• For classes on TR 3:30 p.m. — Exam
from 1 to 3 p.m.
• For classes on MWF" 1 p.m. — Exam
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
• For classes on TR 9:30 a.m. — Exam
from 8 to 10 a.m.
• For classes on MWF 1 1 a.m. — Exam
from 10:30 a.rn. to 12:30 p.m.
• For classes on TR 2 p.m. — Exam from 1
to 3 p.m.
• For classes on TR 5 p.m. or later — Exam
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Regents, advisers
emphasize quality
in teaching, growth
By JULIE MYERS
Of The Battalion Staff
The report on Undergraduate
Education at Texas A&M was pre
sented for approval Wednesday to
the Texas A&M University System
Board of Regents.
“As the quality of our students
continues to increase, it is imperative
Texas A&M re-emphasize our com
mittment to quality teaching and
leadership development of all stu
dents, beginning with the under
graduates,” the report says. “Teach
ing is now a re-emphasized priority
in a major comprehensive, research
institution.”
Parents, students, teachers, ad
ministrators, researchers and men
tors served on the 14-member advi
sory panel, which was formed in
January.
The Board is expected to adopt
the resolution on undergraduate ed
ucation today.
The regents also are expected to
approve:
• A measure giving A&M’s presi
dent authority to commit $375,000 a
year from the . Texas A&M
Bookstore contract guarantee to es
tablish a bookstore endowment.
Earnings from the endowment are
to be dedicated to a fund to be used
to improve the quality of life and
programs at A&M.
• A measure giving the chan
cellor of the A&M System authority
to establish the Chancellor’s Admin
istrative Fellows Program to develop
minority leadership for executive,
administrative and managerial roles.
• A measure giving the A&M Sys
tem chancellor authority to seek ap-
F )roval from the 72nd Texas Legis-
ature to increase the student
recreational sports fee from $35 to
$50 a regular semester, and from
$17.50 to $25 a summer term; to in
crease the student center complex
fee from $20 to $30 a regular semes
ter, and from $10 to $15 a summer
term; and to integrate A&M at Gal
veston and A&M at College Station,
making A&M at Galveston a branch
campus of A&M.
• A name change for the Texas
Agriculture Extension Service. Pen
ding legislative approval, the service
will be called the Texas A&M Coop
erative Extension.
• The establishment of the Insti
tute of Food Science and Engi
neering at A&M.
• A Corpus Christi State Univer
sity policy for awarding honorary
degrees.
• The adoption of a $20 fee for
Prairie View A&M students who re
quest their Financial Aid Form
(FAF) be processed electronically.
• The creation of the Thermal
Science Research Center at Prairie
View A&M.
• The establishment of regional
divisions of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station at West Texas
State University and Texas Woman’s
University.
Regents also received reports on
present and future international
programs, the College of Veterinary
Medicine’s Center for Greyhound
Medicine (established in response to
dog racing in Texas), A&M System
building needs through the year
2000 and a review of tuition at all
System academic institutions.
The Board also confirmed the ap
pointment of Robert Ferguson as
president of Corpus Christi State
University.
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Darlene Lewis (left) and Sue Futrell (center) of the Ladies’ Auxil
iary deposit toys to a Twin City Mission leader Wednesday.
approved by Board
Members
of Mission
solicit toys
ByTWILA A WADDY
Of The Battalion Staff
■
KTwin City Mission is trying to do
■ part to help needy children this
■ristmas, but needs help to reach
its (fpal of 1,000 donated toys, says
the president of the Twin City Mis
sion Ladies Auxiliary.
Bjudy Lowe says the Ladies Auxil-
j|y will give toys to children under
10 during the Mission’s annual
Bristmas party Dec. 15.
■.owe says the auxiliary is asking
for new toys that cost about $5. She
lays the auxiliary also will accept
Bney donations to buy new toys.
l The auxiliary has received 500
iys but hopes to reach its goal of
1,000 before the party, she says.
ItLast year, the auxiliary handed
dm 680 gifts to children who at
tended the annual event, Lowe says.
|“Most of the children will not
*>pen their gift that day but will take
iem home and put them under
Bir Christmas tree,” Lowe says.
Bhis is the only gift that they re-
’•eive for Christmas, in some cases.”
■Twin City Mission, established in
1964, also helps the Bryan-College
Station area through its shelters, says
|oAn Sebesta, the assistant executive
iirector at the Mission.
■The three shelters — for men,
amilies and children — help local
ieedy people get back on their feet,
Sebesta says. Phoebe’s Home serves
is the mission’s shelter for battered
women, she says.
Twin City receives its funds from
donations and by operating two
clothing stores, a furniture store and
a gift shop.
The Mission receives donations
from churches, stores and individu
als as well, she says.
“All of these (stores) help bring in
funds to keep the Mission going, be
cause the Mission, in itself, does not
have any type of grants,” Sebesta
says.
For information about toy dona
tions contact Judy Lowe at 693-7092
or the Mission office at 822-7511.
Vet center
By MACK HARRISON
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M’s College of Veteri
nary Medicine has an opportunity to
establish a center for treating and
preventing racing-related injuries in
greyhounds, an A&M veterinarian
said.
The Texas A&M University Sys
tem Board of Regents Committee
for Service Units unanimously ap
proved Wednesday the establish
ment of a Center for Greyhound Re
search.
The center will not become a real
ity, however, until the Board for
mally approves it today.
Dr. Mike Herron, who studies and
treats greyhounds at the Small Ani
mal Clinic, said the center could
make A&M’s veterinary program an
international leader.
“The College of Veterinary Medi
cine is in a unique position to estab
lish a clinic with the expertise to treat
sports-related injuries,” Herron
said.
The veterinary school has a strong
relationship with veterinarians
statewide and takes many referral
cases from greyhound trainers and
breeders, Herron said.
Texas ranks second in the nation
in the number of registered grey
hounds, and the clinic will enable
veterinarians to help the animals to
the best of their ability, he said.
The Center for Greyhound Re
search, if approved, will be funded
by profits from greyhound race
tracks, not from University funds,
Herron said.
Texas has tracks in Harlingen and
Corpus Christi and one set to open
in Galveston County.
Herron said the center will serve
two immediate purposes. It will treat
existing injuries and diseases and
will provide continuing education
for trainers, handlers and veterinar
ians to recognize these problems
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A&M duplicate diplomas available
By GREG MT.JOY
Of The Battalion Staff
Losing or damaging your only diploma might not be
the disaster you think, says Texas A&M’s Associate Reg
istrar Don Gardner.
Gardner says unlike many other universities, A&M
allows its graduates to order extra diplomas or replace
ments.
“We don’t really have a policy,” Gardner says. “If you
want to order 100 extra diplomas, you can do it.”
Gardner says security with diplomas is not as tight as
it is with transcripts, because most prospective employ
ers insist on seeing an official transcript.
“Basically, with a diploma we can give you whatever
you want,” Gardner says. “There are enough illegal di
ploma publishers out there. You are just looking for
trouble if you try to get a job with one, though.”
Gardner says several diploma versions are available
because the University has operated under different
names and administrations.
Tracy McAliley, who handles requests for diplomas,
says diploma order forms date back to August 1913.
However, the older the diploma the longer it takes to
duplicate, says Tony Leavitt, assistant manager of
Herff-Jones publishing company, which has handled
diploma requests for A&M for eight years.
“If the diploma is fairly recent, we can get it turned
around in good shape,” Leavitt says. “But one that is 20-
to 30-years old could take six to eight weeks.”
Gardner says many of the requests are from people
who lose their original during moves.
“Of the 200 or so diplomas ordered a year, most are
for victims of our mobile society,” Gardner says. “When
people move, they often lose them before they even get
them out of the box they were packed in.”
McAliley says the Christmas holidays are another
busy time for diploma requests.
“Friends or relatives will often try to replace a miss
ing diploma as a gift,” she says.
Gardner says diplomas cost $15 before graduation,
no matter how many copies are ordered. Back-dated
orders cost $20.
The degree audit office does not take orders for ex
tra copies over the phone. Instead, the diplomas must
be ordered in a written request to the Registrar’s Office.