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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 30, 1991
Diamonds: a girl’s best friend
MIKE C. MULVEY/The Battalion
Members of the Diamond Darlings spend their afternoon in the The Aggies will open their season Feb. 8 as they travel to UT-Pan
stands of Olsen Field to watch the Aggie baseball team workout. American. Look for the Battalion’s Baseball Preview Feb. 11.
Bush assures
victory in war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Bush confidently assured
Americans Tuesday night that the
war against Iraq will be won and the
recession at home will end in short
order. “We stand at a defining
hour,” the president said in his State
of the Union address.
“For two centuries, we’ve done the
hard work of freedom,” Bush said.
“And tonight, we lead the world in
facing down a threat to decency and
humanity.”
He won a long standing ovation
when he praised U.S. forces in the
Persian Gulf as “truly America’s fin
est” and again when he predicted
“we will prevail” over Saddam Hus
sein.
It was the first wartime State of
the Union address since the dark
days of Vietnam, and the most po
tent moments came with reference
to America’s troops abroad. As a
bow to the boisterous threats of ter
rorism by Iraq, extraordinary secu
rity precautions enshrouded the Ca
pitol
Shortly before the president
spoke, a joint U.S.-Soviet statement
hinted a cease fire would be possible
if Iraq made “an unequivocal com
mitment” to withdraw all its troops
from Kuwait and took “concrete
steps” in that direction. The White
House said later the statement rep
resented no change in policy, and
only a “massive withdrawal” could
end the hostilities.
The two superpowers also called
for a “meaningful peace process” to
deal with the Arab-Israeli dispute
once the war was over.
With those diplomatic devel
opments reverberating in the back
ground, the president delivered his
nationally broadcast address to Con
gress.
“As Americans, we know there are
times when we must step forward
and accppt our responsibility to lead
“For two centuries,
we’ve done the hard
work of freedom. And
tonight, we lead the
world in facing down a
threat to decency and
humanity.”
— President Bush
the world away from the dark chaos
of dicthtors, toward the brighter
promise of a better day.”
The president delivered a terse
assessment of the war to date: “I’m
pleased to report that we are on
course. Iraq’s capacity to sustain war
is being destroyed.
“Time will not be Saddam’s salva
tion.”
In Congress, Democrats and Re
publicans rallied behind the presi
dent. “Now that war has begun, we’ll
work to see that it’s swift and deci
sive, with the least possible loss of
life,” said Senate Majority Leader
George Mitchell, D-Maine.
Iraq claims POW killed by allied bombs; ground clashes intensify
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — One
of Iraq’s “human shields” — captured allied
pilots — was killed in a Baghdad air raid,
the Iraqis said Tuesday. Other Desert
Storm fliers struck anew across Iraq and re
ported stopping an Iraqi armored convoy
dead in its desert tracks.
But U.S. and Soviet officials held out
hopes of peace. A joint statement from Sec
retary of State James A. Baker III and So
viet Foreign Minister Alexander A.
Bessmertnkyh indicated a cease-fire could
be called if Iraq took “concrete steps” to
withdraw from Kuwait.
The statement said it “will be especially
important” to try to resolve the Arab-Israeli
conflict after the gulf war is over. Saddam
Hussein has sought to link the Palestinian
issue with his invasion of Kuwait.
Meanwhile, on land and sea, the tempo
of the Persian Gulf war quickened.
Both sides reported clashes and claimed
small victories along the remote northern
frontier. On the Kuwaiti coast, allied heli
copters attacked and chased a flotilla of
Iraqi machine-gun boats.
Refugees fleeing to Jordan told of non
stop bombardment, “fire everywhere” and
civilian casualties in Iraq. “It is really hell,”
one woman said.
The U.S. command still seemed puzzled
by the estimated 90 getaway flights of Iraqi
warplanes to Iran. But an American gen
eral warned the Iraqis that if they tried to
return to their home bases, “we’ll get
them.”
Congressional sources in Washington
said Tuesday an Iraqi transport plane had
returned to Iraq. The sources, who spoke
after receiving a military briefing on the
war, had no other details about the cargo or
who was on board.
The Iraqis, who claim to hold more than
20 downed pilots, said Jan. 21 they were
dispersing the prisoners to potential target
sites in an effort to ward off allied air at
tacks.
On Monday, Iraqi broadcasts said an un
specified number of POWs had been
wounded in air raids. On Tuesday, the offi
cial Iraqi News Agency said one was dead.
“One of the raids hit one of the depart
ments of the Ministry of Industry, killing
one of the captured foreign pilots, who had
been evacuated to that department,” the
agency report said.
Iran’s news agency quoted Baghdad Ra
dio as saying the victim was an American.
But no Iraqi broadcasts monitored by The
Associated Press mentioned the nationali
ties or identities of any of the reported vic
tims, and the reports were otherwise un
confirmed.
□ U.S. troops patrol Saudi terrain
near Iraq/Page 4
□ Poll shows support for
war /Page 4
Student Programs to pick
new MSC council officers
Airport stiffens safety
in response to gulf war
By JAYME BLASCHKE
Of The Battalion Staff
MSC Student Programs begins its
five-week search for new council of
ficers Monday with the selection of a
new MSC president.
Chris Britton, MSC executive vice
president for marketing and person
nel, says the selection process is rig
orous.
“The new MSC president and
council officers are about to be se
lected, and it’s a process that will
take about five weekends to comple
te,” he says.
Selection for all officer positions is
based on three criteria.
“The first is a performance ap
praisal, which is an appraisal done
by students, staff, or anyone the can-
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
The chief executive officer of Pier
1 Imports said at the 12th annual
Career Fair Banquet Tuesday that
students seeking a successful career
Marvin Girourd
didate has worked with,” Britton
says. “The second is an interview,
and the third is the application the
candidate turns in.”
Deryle Richmond, an MSC stu
dent program adviser, stresses that
all three criteria are weighted
equally.
“I think the important thing is
that no one criterion will eliminate a
candidate,” she says. “A person that
doesn’t come across well in an inter
view still has a chance.”
Luke Altendorf, MSC associate di
rector, says the selection committee
will choose officers in a hierarchical
manner.
“We start from the top office, and
work our way down,” Altendorf
says. “If students go for a higher po-
See MSC/Page 8
in business must have “savvy.”
Marvin Girourd said, however,
this type of savvy means much more
than just common sense.
Girourd, Class of’61, was the key
note speaker for the banquet spon
sored by the Texas A&M Student
Business Council.
Several hundred students at
tended the event at the College Sta
tion Hilton where Girourd ex
plained his “savvy theory.”
“Savvy stands for study, access, vi
sualize, validate and yield,” he said.
“You must study the past, access
your barriers, visualize your dreams,
validate your goals and yield to
faith.”
He said students can achieve their
goals if they perform these. Most im
portantly, they must visualize their
future.
“You must visualize yourself
doing daily tasks that will help you
climb the ladder of success,” he said.
“But it won’t happen overnight.”
He told the students that after his
See Pier 1/Page 7
Clements
gives papers
to archives
By ISSELLE MCALLISTER
Of The Battalion Staff
The longest-sitting governor in
the state’s history is giving Texas
A&M his official papers from his
two terms in the Capitol.
Former Gov. Bill Clements’ do
nation includes all materials accu
mulated by the governor’s office
during his two separate terms
from 1979 to 1983 and from
1987 to this year.
The gift is the first of its kind
A&M has received. Dr. Charles
Schultz, University archivist, says
he only can speculate about the
contents of the 500 boxes filled
with papers.
In addition to the documents,
Clements pledged to establish a
$1 million endowment for the
study of leadership at A&M. The
gift will be designated the “Wil
liam P. Clements Jr. Endowment
for Public Leadership.”
A&M President William Mob
ley says he is delighted with the
gifts.
“The fact that a two-term gov
ernor, in a time of significant
change for Texas, provided his
papers here will be a valuable re
source for many, many years to
come,” Mobley says.
Schultz says he believes docu
ments already received by the
University include legislative files
of all bills introduced, passed and
vetoed during Clements’ tenure.
They also include the gover
nor’s press files, copies of
speeches, state development files,
documents from the General
Counsel’s Office and all records
from his re-election campaign,
Schultz says.
All records received so far have
been from Clements’ second
term, but documents from his
See Clements/Page 8
Easterwood
implements
new guidelines
By TROY D. HALL
Of The Battalion Staff
Passengers need to allow extra
time when flying out of Easterwood
Airport because of increased secu
rity mandated by the Federal Avi
ation Administration.
The war in the Persian Gulf has
prompted the FA A to put airports
on a state of alert and ordered them
to follow prescribed security
guidelines.
Harry Raisor, director of aviation
for Easterwood Airport, says secu
rity should not be taken lightly.
“I think the threat is very real
across this entire country,” Raisor
says.
Security has been tightened over
all the McKenzie Terminal area, he
says.
Among security precautions are
24-hour police security and highly
restricted curbside parking in front
of the terminal.
No unattended vehicles are al
lowed to park within 100 feet of the
airport terminal, says Tom Williams,
director of A&M Parking, Transit
and Traffic Services.
Because of the inconvenience, the
grace period for visitors has been in
creased from 10 to 15 minutes for
passenger unloading.
Unattended baggage will be con
fiscated by authorities and might not
be given back, Raisor says.
He discourages against carrying
electronic items, such as radios, tape
recorders, computers or anything
that must be disassembled for in
spection, in baggage.
The University Police Depart
ment is providing uniformed offi
cers at the airport until the crisis
ends.
Bob Wiatt, director of A&M secu
rity and UPD, says officers will check
all areas of the terminal where secu
rity could be breached, but he adds
there have been no problems so far.
Raisor says because of the large
number of international students at
A&M, they should be aware of flight
conditions when flying from country
to country.
For advisories regarding interna
tional air travel, Raisor encourages
people to call the U.S. State Depart
ment Citizen Emergency Hotline at
(202) 647-5225.
The situation at Easterwood Air
port, as well as airports across the
nation, should be taken seriously,
Raisor says.
“Don’t joke about hijacking and
bombs, because there are no jokes
now,” he says.
Although some people believe the
likelihood of a terrorist attack in the
area is remote, Raisor says to take a
look at the situation.
Raisor, Williams and Wiatt all
stress that delays will occur and that
passengers should allow more time
because of the increased security.
Executive stresses savvy
JAY JANNER/The Battalion
A&M Parking Services officer Jim Mullins patrols the Easterwood
Airport McKenzie Terminal for unattended vehicles and baggage
Tuesday as part of the airport’s enhanced security measures.