The Battalion
Vol. 90 No. 104 (ASPS 045360 10 Pages
College Station, Texas
Thursday, February 28,1991
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“It is up to Iraq whether the suspension
on the part of the coalition becomes a per
manent cease fire,” Bush said, adding later:
“If Iraq violates these terms, coalition forces
will be free to resume military operations.”
The cessation of offensive action came
after a tank battle in southern Iraq ended
any serious threat from Iraq’s Republican
Guard.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, deriding
Saddam’s “mother of all batdes” slogan,
said Iraqi forces were conducting “the
mother of all retreats.” He said allied forces
were on the verge of “complete and total
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military commanders who would meet
within 48 hours with their allied coun
terparts to arrange military aspects of a
cease fire. Further, he said Secretary of
State James A. Baker would ask the U.N.
Security Council to meet “to formulate the
necessary arrangements for this war to be
ended.”
Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that
Busk wanted to begin bringing U.S. troops
home in a matter of days.
Bush met at the White House with Brit
ish Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd, who
said economic sanctions should remain in
place against Iraq after the fighting ends in
order to achieve such postwar goals as pay
ment of war-damage reparations.
Baker also consulted with Hurd and
called in Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassa
dor. Baker said the United States would in
sist on restraining Iraq’s rearmament as
long as Saddam remains in power.
U.S. Ambassador Edward Gnehm, stand
ing by in Saudi Arabia, was ordered to Ku
wait City to take charge of the U.S. Em
bassy.
Iraq said it was willing to accept three
U.N. resolutions, demanding its immediate
and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait
and voiding its annexation of Kuwait. One
of the measures also embraces the possibil
ity of war-reparation payments by Baghdad
and prosecution for human rights viola
tions.
“This is still a conditional offer and falls
far short of what’s necessary,” Fitzwater
said.
He said Baghdad still rejects three other
resolutions dealing with continuation of
economic restrictions, which the allies may
use after the war to extract concessions.
Bush got a standing ovation as he pre
pared to deliver a speech about his do
mestic agenda for Congress. “We thank
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Destruction of Kuwaiti oil fields
not cause oil prices to rise after
ic Persian Gulf war ends, say two
exas A&M energy experts.
Though oil prices will not rise, Dr.
omas Saving believes they will not
Irop until Kuwait’s oil refineries are
ebuilt and back in operation.
I “The oil fields are burning, and it
is going to take longer for the Ku
waiti oil fields to come back on line,”
says Saving, a distinguished profes
sor and head of the economics de-
lartment. “This may make the ad
justment to lower oil prices take a
little longer.”
Dr. Steven Poston, a professor of
troleum engineering, agrees bar
ing oil fields will not have any ef
fect on oil prices.
“There is excess production of oil
in the world, and principally, most
of this excess production already
comes from the Middle East,” he
says.
Saving says the futures market of
oil is based on two things.
First, the supply and demand of
oil and the amount being stockpiled
on ships and in tank farms, ana sec
ondly, concerns about what people
expect oil production to be in the fu
ture.
Saving says these concerns are the
reason oil prices went up immedi
ately after tne Iraqi invasion in Au-
gust.
“Lots of uncertainty in the region
concerning Iraqi movements caused
oil prices to go up,” he says.
“Once the air war got started and
it became apparent that the Iraqis
were not going to be able to do any
thing to the Saudi oil fields, we saw
oil prices start to plummet,” he says.
Corps officials predict defense cutbacks
will reduce ROTC scholarship students
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irps officials say.
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1. Don Johnson says the impact
oss the nation by the Department
f Defense’s cuts might be lessened
t A&M, due in part to the size of the
niversity’s ROTC programs.
“Many of the more non-produc-
ve programs at other schools will be
t back or eliminated,” Johnson
says. “Those eliminated win be the
>nes that don’t commission the large
numbers that we do.”
Johnson says while the number of
scholarship ROTC students at A&M
might decline, some losses could be
offset by picking up students that
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the number of scholarship students
in the Corps of Cadets will decline,”
Model U.N. assembly ends
in midst of terrorism debate
jet Harrow
The Battalion
The first Texas A&M Model
United Nations ended Wednesday
night in the midst of a debate about
the war crimes and environmental
terrorism acts committed by Iraq.
The general assembly was ad
journed after two days of debating
the issue of terrorism.
Model U.N., which took place in
Rudder Forum, was part of Interna
tional Week and replaced last year’s
international forum.
Il was jointly sponsored by Inter
national Student Association, MSC
Jordan Institute for International
Awareness and Student Govern
ment.
U.S. students and international
students represented 27 countries.
Of the seven resolutions intro
duced to the general assembly, one
was withdrawn, four were tabled for
later consideration, and only two
were put to a vote — one passed and
one failed.
Peru sponsored two of the resolu
tions. The first resolution by Peru
was withdrawn after two hours of
debate Tuesday night. The second
resolution Peru presented was
passed — 17 in favor, four opposed.
Mike Mierzwa, a freshman civil
engineering major who represented
Peru, wrote the passing resolution.
Mierzwa had previous experience in
Model U.N. from high school. He
also is a Latin American delegate
liaison for the Houston area Model
U.N.
Mierzwa said the international
students brought “a flavor of reality"
to the Model U.N.
“The international students
added a whole new flavor to it,”
Mierzwa said. “One problem with
Model U.N. is that role-playing
seems to be left out. Students tend to
take an American standpoint, or
they do not have enough informa
tion to find out what they really are
supposed to do.
“International students have re
sources available to them,” he con
tinued. “They speak another lan
guage, and they can read magazines
and hooks that we do not have access
to.”
Sami Al-Murshed, a sophomore
mechanical engineering major, rep
resented his home country of Saudi
Arabia. Al-Murshed said ke under
stood the position of his country
well.
“Saudi Arabia is friendly with
most nations,” Al-Murshed said.
“We have few enemies. Since we are
friendly with most countries, all I
had to do is remind them of the posi
tions their governments had toward
my country. Most of the govern
ments support Saudi Arabia, so it
was easy to get their support in pass
ing or failing a resolution.”
Although most resolutions cen
tered on terrorism, France pre
sented a resolution on preserving
Anurctica.
The Model U.N. general assembly
acted much like the actual U.N.
would, said Richard Stadelman, as
sociate professor of philosophy who
served as both parliamentarian and
adviser to the Model U.N.
Stadelman said some of the stu
dents believed they were wasting
See Model U.N./Paga 10
President exalts school’s efforts
High prices and a mild winter re
duced oil consumption, while oil
E roduction remained tke same as
efore the crisis. Saving says.
“We are looking at a situation
where we see Kuwaiti oil coming
back on line within a year,” he says.
“If the oil production currendy on
line continues even after Kuwaiti oil
returns on line, we are going to have
significandy lower oil prices than we
had last summer.”
He says this will be good for the
U.S. economy.
But Poston says re-establishing
Kuwaid oil refineries will take at
least one year and probably closer to
two years.
“It is not that difficult to drill wells
and complete them, but to build the
E roducing facilities to handle all this
quid and gas is not an easy job,” he
says. “It is going to be quite a large
undertaking.”
By Katherine Coffey
The Battalion
Historically black colleges and uni-
versides provide higher education to
blacks and others who might be
overlooked or screened by majority
universities, said Prairie View A&M
University’s president Wednesday.
Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr., who
graduated from Prairie View A&M
in 1960, spoke during a “Celebration
of Black History” program in the
MSC about the importance of higher
educadon.
“While we maintain the desig
nation of being historically black, we
have truly become more multi-eth
nic and multicultural,” Becton said.
Becton, a retired U.S. Army Lt.
Gen. and listed as “one of the 100
most influential blacks” in America
in several publications, said he was
proud to ke a part of the Texas
A&M University System.
He said Prairie View A&M has
been successful at mainstreaming
minorities.
“We provide educational access
for the unrepresented in our state as
well as the nation,” he said.
The university is no longer 100
percent black, but also comprises
whites, Hispanics and students who
do not have access to the American
dream, he said.
Becton said 120 historically black
colleges and universities exist in the
United States, 59 of which are public
and 61 private.
“By the end of the next decade,
this country will have either failed or
succeeded in providing equal oppor
tunity,” he said.
By the year 2000, the U.S. popula
tion will be 33 percent minority, he
said.
Becton, who has held two high
federal positions after 40 years of ac
tive service in the Army, also dis
cussed social problems that affect
higher education.
The challenges blacks face include
the breakdown of traditional fami
lies, the decline in religion’s influ
ence, parents who do not back teach
ers, drug use by both parents and
children and the negative portrayal
of blacks in the media.
A decline in eithical values exists,
but hard work must be exemplified
for children, he said.
“With the anticipated growth in
our minority population, we see the
need for both strong academic cen
ters and enforcement,” he said.
Other participants included the
Voices of Praise, United Baptist
Church Choir and Classic Dance En-
Jullus W. Becton Jr.
semble from Prairie View A&M.
Ursula Houston, ajunior manage
ment major, performed a skit titled
“I Like Black Folks,” and the C.P.
Time Players, which include senior
theater arts majors Thomas Miles
and Clinton Sam, also performed a
skit about the social view of blacks.
he said. “But any numbers we could
give would be purely speculation.”
Johnson says the greatest impact
See Corps/Page 10
Race sponsors, environmentalists find
solution to bicycle route controversy
By Timm Doolen
The Battalion
The controversy surrounding a
mountain bike race Sunday at Lick
Creek Park has all but disappeared
after the formation of a coalition be
tween the race’s sponsors and envi
ronmentalists.
The race originally drew fire from
environmentalists and a Texas A&M
biology professor because the Col
lege Station park is home to an en
dangered species of flower, Spi-
ranthes parksii. The flower
commonly is known as Navasota La
dies’-Tresses.
But the problems seem to be
worked out after a meeting Monday
arranged by Jeff Renfrew of Coun
try Roads Bicycle Tours.
Eleven members of local environ
mental groups and five biking rep
resentatives, including the race
sponsors, agreed to alter the race
course a final time to avoid the wild
orchid’s habitat.
The course had been altered two
previous times in the past several
weeks.
The group also formed the
Friends of Lick Creek (FOLC) to
look at the long-term issue of how
the park is to be maintained and
used.
Independently of FOLC, mem
bers of the College Station Parks Ad
visory Board surveyed the park
Tuesday afternoon and walked the
race course.
Steve Beachy, director of College
Station Parks and Recreations, said
the Board probably will talk about
the race ana its effects on the park, if
any, at the next meeting Tuesday.
A&M biology professor Hugh
Wilson said the newest course, which
avoids the orchids, is acceptable, but
any race in the park should be
viewed as a problem.
“The Parks Board made the con
dition when they approved the race
that it would not endanger the flow
ers,” he said.
Gary Varner, vice chairman of the
Brazos Sierra Club and a member of
FOLC, said the resolution is the best
that could be expected.
He said he hopes the new group
will continue to work toward the
long-term benefit of the park in the
form of an agreement on how it
should be used.
“Our intention is to represent as
broad an interest of users as possi
ble,” he said.
Ken Thurlow, manager of Aggie
land Cycling and Fitness, the main
sponsor of the race, said the air of
cooperation has prevailed despite
some negative preconceptions about
the opposing groups.
“We all got together and found
out that a lot of the things that were
said really weren’t said,” Thurlow
said.
Forty-five contestants have signed
up for the race, and Thurlow said he
expects the race to draw more than
100 riders.