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The place is huge, and it’s harder
and harder to find those bastions of
friendly traditionalists which were a
strong selling point of the University.”
— Larry Cox
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Draft Surprises
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ROCKET LAUNCH
Raghib Ismail says he
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with NFL teams
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The Battalion
Vol. 90 No. 137 USPS 045360 8 Pages College Station, Texas "Serving Texas A&M since 1893" Tuesday, April 23, 1991
A&M questions Schwarzkopf's chancellorship credentials
By Mike Luman
The Battalion
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf lacks
the academic credentials required for
the Texas A&M University System
chancellorship, A&M Faculty Senators
continue to assert.
Dr. Bill Stout, Faculty Senate
speaker, said last week that "as great
as Schwarzkopf was as the commander
of Operation Desert Storm, he would
be an unknown quantity" as A&M's
chancellor.
Dr. Peter Hugill, deputy speaker of
the Faculty Senate, said Monday that
A&M chancellors tra
ditionally are schol
ars as well as leaders.
"We're not op-
osed to Schwarz-
opf, but we don't
believe he meets the
most important crite
ria," Hugill said.
"That's why we reac
ted negatively."
The Faculty Senate Executive Com-
mittee submitted a list of
"chancellorship criteria" to the Texas
A&M University System Board of Re-
ents before rumors about Schwarz-
opf began, he said.
Conflicting and unconfirmed reports
claim A&M regents have offered the
chancellorship to Schwarzkopf.
Faculty Senate criteria call for a chan
cellor with a "distinguished record of
/ teaching and scholarship commensu 1
rate with a tenured professor," an
earned doctoral degree and experience
in a university's planning.
Hugill said the Senate also called for
a chancellor who would be a candidate
for the National Academy ot Sciences
or the National Academy of Engi
neering.
Former Chancellor Perry Adkisson
fit this criteria, but Schwarzkopf does
not, he said.
Ross Margraves, chairman of the
Board of Regents, continues to call re
ports about Schwarzkopf and the chan
cellorship "speculation."
"We hold Schwarzkopf in the high
est esteem and would certainly con
sider him as a candidate for this posi
tion, as would almost any institution
seeking a top-flight indiviclual for a key
leadership position," Margraves said
in a University statement.
He said no offer has been made to
Schwarzkopf regarding the chan
cellorship.
"I have not talked to Gen. Schwarz
kopf, and I can safely say that I would
be involved in any such discussions,"
Margraves said.
Stout complained last week in the
Houston Chronicle that the Faculty
Senate expects to be left out of the
chancellor hiring process by the Board
See Chancellorship/Page 8
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Police are cracking down on bicyclists who disobey traffic laws
By Julie Hedderman
The Battalion
Many Texas A&M bicyclists do not obey
traffic laws but should realize they could face
hefty fines, said College Station Police Chief
Michael Strope.
College Station police recently conducted a
traffic study in the Northgate and University
Drive area. It found that bicyclists do not
consistently obey traffic code requirements.
During the week of April 8 through 12, police
officers reported bicyclists did not stop at stop
signs and red lights, and did not use turn
signals.
When stopped by police, bicyclists often said
they were unaware that bicycles must obey city
traffic laws because campus rules were
different.
Bob Wiatt, University Police Department
director, said ignorance of the law is a weak
excuse.
He said bicyclists are governed by the same
laws as motor vehicles, even on campus.
Students given citations face fines up to $200
plus court costs, he said.
Strope said there have been 32 accidents
involving bicycles in College Station during
1989 and 1990. Seven occured in the Northgate
and University Drive area.
He said most of the accidents resulted from
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Baker bids
for support
of proposal
Secretary of state asks Soviets to cosponsor
Mideast peace conference, reopen ties wih Israel
scope of the proposal.
On the way from Jiddah,
Saudi Arabia, to Damascus, the
secretary of state took a brief de
tour to Kuwait to reaffirm U.S.
support of the emirate.
Before leaving Jiddah, Baker
had a 35-minute telephone con-
versahon with Soviet Foreign
Minister Alexander A. Bessmert
nykh. Baker wants Moscow to
cosponsor the peace talks, pro
vided the Soviets resume full
diplomatic relations with Israel
after a 24-year lapse.
Bessmertnykh is expected to
make a trip to Israel soon. Bak
er's detailed briefing of the So
viet official and the fact that he
was keeping his schedule open
raised a possibility that Baker
might fly to Moscow to firm up a
jointly sponsored conference,
provided he can resolve the
Arab-Israeli differences over the
agenda and the extent of third-
party participation.
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Secre
tary of State James A. Baker III
headed for Damascus on Mon
day in hopes
of enlisting
Syria's partici
pation in a
Mideast peace
conference.
Earlier, he bid
for Soviet co
sponsorship
of the initia-
t i v e and
gained the B .
sideline en BaKer
dorsement of Saudi Arabia.
Baker's scheduled sessions
with President Hafez Assad and
Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa
loomed as his most difficult chal
lenge on the Arab side, as he at
tempts to fashion a format and
agenda for the prospective peace
talks. He was expected to return
to Israel on Tuesday in hopes of
resolving its concerns about the
Assistant registrar dispels
phone registration myths
By Tonji A. Wheatfall
Special to The Battalion
During registration at Texas
A&M, myths often circulate
about the process involved in
getting the perfect courses at the
perfect times.
Willis Ritchey, A&M's assis
tant registrar, discussed many of
the myths and history of phone
registration to better increase
students' knowledge of the proc
ess.
MYTH — On-campus, service
or athletic phones get your call
through to the system faster.
FACT — No phone accesses
the system faster than any other
phone.
"At one time, certain lines
were already within the sys
tem," Ritchey said. "So, those
calls got the first available lines
and consequently, it was faster.
But that is no longer the case."
MYTH — Calling contin
uously beginning at 5:30 a.m.
will ensure your call will be
among the first accepted when
the lines open at 6 a.m.
FACT — Calls are accepted on
a first-come, first-served basis.
See Registrar/Page 7
Researchers issue poll results
Numbers affirm conservative slant of A&M students' opinions
By Julie Myers
The Battalion
Texas A&M students are as
conservative as the University's
reputation, according to the re
sults of a poll released last week.
The poll, conducted by Re
search Associates, surveyed So
ciology 205 students during a
five-day period ending March 1,
1990. The poll is not associated
with the Department of Socio
logy or A&M.
According to the report:
□ 66.1 percent consider them
selves Republicans and 16.9 per
cent consider themselves Demo
crats.
□ 49.7 percent support prayer
in schools.
□ 81.5 percent believe Texas
courts are too lenient.
□ 60.8 percent believe crime is
on the increase.
□ 89.9 percent believe homo
sexual relationships are not vi
able.
O 75.2 percent support an am-
mendment making English the
official language of the United
States.
□ 47.6 percent consider them
selves conservative, 33.7 percent
moderates and 18.6 liberal.
□ 75.6 said drug laws should
be stricter, but 16.3 percent said
drugs should be legalized.
[J 36.4 percent have smoked
marijuana.
□ 78.1 percent believe in the
death penalty for murder, and
See Researchers/Page 7
Guest lecturer says literary views
undergo revolution, re-evaluation
By Jay me Blaschke
The Battalion
The study of American literature is at an evo
lutionary stage from which a new school of crit
ical thought will emerge, said Yale University
professor Richard Broadhead Monday night.
Broadhead, speaking before members of the
Interdisciplinary Group for Historical Literary
Study, and the English department, said such
change offers scholars unique opportunities to
observe the development of critical thought
first-hand.
"We stand between the formation of Ameri
can literature perspectives," Broadhead said.
"We are at the point that one version of this
field's truth has been found to be not the truth
but the emulation of an older diciplinary con-
ciousness."
Present literary theory searches out and in
cludes literature that has been neglected over
the years because it did not conform to the
standards of "quality literature" of its time, he
See Guest/Page 8