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“How has (Israel) historically been
able to scoff at the world community?
By and large, my friends, the short
answer is: by efforts of the United
States and its government.”
— Andy Yung
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high hopes
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Police Beat
University Police Department
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The Battalion
90 No. 120 USPS 045360 8 Pages College Station, Texas
'Serving Texas A&M since 1893'
Friday, March 29,1991
Pro’s, cons of stealth bomber debated
By Mike Luman
The Battalion
The Stealth bomber is an ex
pensive but necessary addition
to U.S. defenses, the vice presi
dent for LTV aircraft product
group's B-2 program said Thurs
day at Texas A&M.
Henry Spence, a former B-2
chief engineer, said stealth-type
aircraft proved their usefulness
in the Persian Gulf war by de
stroying a higher percentage of
targets than conventional
planes.
He said F-117A aircraft, an ear
lier stealth design that made up
two percent of U.S. planes in the
Middle East, hit 31 percent of the
targets in Iraq.
"Not a bullet hole in them,"
Spence said. "That's the value of
stealth. That's why they are
worth the money."
He estimated the cost of invisi-
ble-to-radar Stealth bombers at
$400 million each. Opponents of
the bomber, however, tack on
additional costs that raise esti
mates as high as $800 million a
plane, he said.
The B-2 program cost is $60
billion, he said.
Dr. Jonathan Nagler, an A&M
assistant professor of political
science, called the Stealth
bomber an effective but non-nec
essary weapon.
"It's not a technical question,
it's an economic one," Nagler
said. "It doesn't make sense to
spend $60 billion when you can
spend $6 billion and get the
same thing."
He said stealth cruise missiles
would cost a fraction of B-2
bombers and be just as effective.
He also said non-stealth allied
See Bomber/Page 8
Good Friday 'walk':
State honors holiday
In accordance with a resolution passed by the Legislature
and signed by Governor Richards, most Texas A&M University
and Texas A&M University System operations will close at noon
today in observance of Good Friday.
Texas A&M classes will be adjourned and most University,
System and agency offices and departments — with the excep
tion of units providing safety and other essential services —will
close, beginning at noon.
Employees who remain at work to provide critical services
between noon and 5 p.m., the official holiday period, will be al-
lowed time off at a later date.
Victory by narrow margin
Ruth wins
presidency
By Greg Mt. Joy
The Battalion
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Stephen Ruth, a junior business administration major, is congratulated
by friends and supporters after being named Student Body president for
the year 91 -92. Ruth won the position by 50.09 percent. Ruth said he will
begin installing his new cabinet at Tuesday’s executive council meeting.
Campus bicycling changes await approval
By Troy D. Hall
The Battalion
Registering bicycles soon could be easier
if a proposed pamphlet is reviewed and ap
proved by Texas A&M's Student Govern
ment Executive Board and the Department
of Parking, Transit and Traffic Services.
"The pamphlet informs students about
how to register their bicycles and makes it
easier," said Stephen White, Student Gov
ernment special assistant for PTTS.
The proposal, however, does not stop
with the pamphlet.
Under the present registration system,
students must go to department offices to
fill out the registration form, but the propo
sal recommends conducting the registration
process through the mail.
White said the proposal has not been re
viewed by either Student Government or
the parking department, but the bike lane
committee believes the pamphlet will pro
vide convenience, as well as educate cam
pus bicyclers.
The proposed pamphlet is divided into
four sections, including a map of bike lane
routes and bike racks, he said.
Each section of the pamphlet informs a bi
cyclist about Texas state bicycle laws. Uni
versity rules and regulations, security tips
and the new registration system.
"The student bike lane committee was
formed to show PTTS our concerns with the
campus bike lane system," he says. "We
make recommendations that will comple
ment the formal bike lane system."
White said the committee has included
other recommendations concerning the bike
lanes.
The committee proposes properly labeled
signs for bike lanes, new bicycle racks and
maintainance of the lanes. The committee
believes these recommendations will make
riding bicycles at A&M more efficient and
safe.
"It will be weeks before the proposal will
be all hammered out," he said.
But White said he hopes the pamphlet
and recommendations will be ready for the
fall semester.
If approved, the pamphlets will be sent
with parking permits to freshmen and will
be made available at several locations on
campus.
Stephen Ruth won the race for
Student Body President Thurs
day night, narrowly avoiding a
runoff in the three-man race by
capturing 50.09 percent of the
votes.
Ruth, a junior business admin
istration major, clinched the vic
tory by one of the narrowest
margins in recent history.
Currently executive assistant
to the Student Body President
and Corps senator in the Student
Senate, Ruth said he will begin
installing his new cabinet at next
Tuesday's executive council
meeting.
"We're going to work with the
current administration to set up
the new one," he said. "I'll lay
down my personal goals, and
take their advice on now to set
up best for next year."
Ruth said he hopes his elec
tion will inspire Corps of Cadets
members to get involved in other
organizations and to find out
what the rest of the University
has to offer.
"I hope I can encourage all Ag
gies, not just the Corps, to get
involved in the kinds of things at
A&M that will matter to the
world tomorrow," he said.
"My platform isn't something
I studied," he said. "It came
from my heart. It is about the
things that mean the most to me,
and the voters got it."
Voters cast 2,128 votes for
Ruth, while the other candidates
for Student Body President,
Charles Phipps and Scott H.
Hantman, received roughly 40
percent and 10 percent of the
vote, respectively.
In other voting, the hotly de
bated proposal for on-campus
cable passed with 68.53 percent
of the student votes.
The ballot for senior yell leader
was a close one, with Kelly To
ney edging out Shawn Roberts
for the third position by less than
2 percent of the vote. Kerry Cox
led the voting receiving 28.29
{ percent and Trenton Kelley fol-
owed with almost 26 percent.
Tim Isgitt was elected junior
yell leader, capturing 26.28 per
cent of the vote. Ronnie McDon
ald clinched a similar victory, be
coming probably the first black
yell leader in Texas A&M his
tory. As of early Friday morning.
The Battalion could not confirm
if there has been another black
yell leader.
Results from other student
voting include:
□ Jana Terry and Kathy Hop
kins will compete in a run-off
next Tuesday for President of the
Residence Hall Association.
Winners of other RHA races
were: Lori Lyn Peterson — vice
president of operations, Angie
Saylor — vice president of devel
opment, Bobby Barrett — secre
tary and Tracy Dellinger — trea
surer.
□ Warren Talbot will be the
next president of Off Campus
Aggies. Other OCA officers will
be: vice president Deborah
O'Briant, secretary Joey Zapata
and treasurer Susan Woodley.
□ Incumbent Class of '92 Pres
ident Jennifer A. Collins, who
ran unopposed, will retain her
position; vice president — run
off between Heather Casteel and
Hunter Floyd; treasurer — Jenn
Darr; secretary —run-off be
tween Heather Scogin and Kristi
Lorson; social secretary —Terri
Welch.
□ There will be a run-off be
tween Jennifer Cheatham and
Bill Benker for Class of '93 presi
dent; vice president — Chris
Sanders; secretary —Anne Pf-
See Student/Page 7
Multicultural services awards commitment to diversity
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By Katherine Coffey
The Battalion
Texas A&M's Department of
Multicultural Services had its
first "Awards for Commitment
in Diversity" Thursday as part of
"Celebrate Diversity Week" to
honor individuals who have
helped multiculturalism at the
University.
"We wanted to take the oppor
tunity to award people who have
encouraged diversity and have
been doing so much for our cam
pus the last three years," said
Bonne Bejarano-Sandars, stu
dent development specialist for
the Department of Multicultural
Services.
Bejarano-Sandars, who orga
nized the diversity week and
awards reception, said when the
department first started it was
doing what it could for the Uni
versity. Once others became in
volved with the diversity pro-
f ram, they grew large enough to
e able to have the ceremony,
she said.
When choosing the recipients,
multicultural services based the
awards on nominations made
from individuals and various de
partments. Five people and one
organization were chosen from
the nominee list.
"We wanted to take this op
portunity to thank people who
nave made the department a
success because otherwise we
couldn't of done it alone," Beja
rano-Sandars said.
"The Department of Student
Affairs pretty much swept the
categories and most of the recipi
ents were from that depart
ment," she said. "This is indica
tive of the commitment that
student affairs has to diversity."
The six recipients include
Pamela Osby, a senior econom
ics major, for the Student award;
Jora Odom, academic adviser for
the athletic department for the
Professional Staff award; Sandra
Mitchell, secretary for the Office
of Student Development and
Multicultural Programs, for the
Support Staff award; Dr. Marilyn
Kem-Foxworth, associate pro
fessor in the Department of Jour
nalism, for the Faculty award;
Ron Sasse, director of the De
partment of Student Affairs for
the Administrator award; and
the Aggie Orientation Peer Pro
gram for the Student Organiza
tion award.
Kem-Foxworth said she was
surprised and glad about receiv
ing the award. She said it shed
more light on diversity.
"This goes hand in hand with
President Mobley because he has
set the precedent for talking
about diversity on Texas A&M's
campus, and the awards compli
ment and perpetuate what he
has started," Foxworth said.
"There's a lot of emphasis that
has been placed on diversity,
and every facet of American so
ciety is going to have to make ad-
justments because of the
changes made in the make-up of
the American population," she
said.
Mitchell said she was shocked
and didn't expect to get the
award.
"I'm so excited, and it's a good
feeling to know you're apprecia
ted," Mitchell said. "It's good to
see that diversity is here and that
people are working hard to make
others aware."
Bejarano-Sandars said the de
partment gave six awards this
year, but next year they might
expand to include a graduate-
school level award category.
"We know we've reached peo
ple about diversity who we
haven't before by the people
who have been attending the
programs this week," Bejarano-
Sandars said.
Besides the awards assembly,
multicultural services has spon
sored other events in conjunc
tion with the "Celebrate Diver
sity Week."
Other events include two pro
grams today:
□ Voices of Praise will per
form at 12:30 p.m. in the MSC
Flagroom and a Chinese flute
playing performance will be at
noon.
□ The final event of the week
is the Committee for the Aware
ness of Mexican American Cul
ture (CAMAC) Theater Produc
tion, at 7 p.m. Saturday in
Rudder Theater.