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Vol. 90 No. 181 USPS 045360 6 Pages
College Station, Texas
"Serving Texas A&M since 1893"
Tuesday, August 6, 1991
Texas House OKs lottery amendment; public favors idea
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas House
endorsed a constitutional amendment
to create a state lottery Monday after
backers said it was the only money
raising idea the public likes.
"A lotteiy is the one thing they do
favor," said Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Hous-
ton. "If you ask them how they feel
about a sales tax, we'll get run out of
the room. If you ask them how they
feel about income-related taxes, they'll
hang most of us."
The 101-46 vote, which won cheers
from spectators crowding the House
chamber, was one more vote than the
two-thirds majority required for pas
sage.
Senate approval still is needed, but
that chamber has OK'd lottery mea
sures in the past. The House had re
jected the lottery eight times since
1983.
If the Senate agrees, the question
would be placed before voters on Nov.
5. Voter approval is necessary to re
move the Texas Constitution's ban on a
lottery.
Since taking office in January, Gov.
Ann Richards has pushed for a lottery
to help the Legislature balance its bud
get while facing a projected $4.8 billion
deficit. Moments after the House vote,
she entered the chamber to congratu
late and thank supporters.
"I feel real relief," Richards said. "I
feel certain that ... the people of Texas
are enthusiastically in favor of an op
portunity to have a lottery here."
Texas is the largest state without a
lottery.
According to the comptroller's of
fice, a Texas lottery would raise about
$450 million for state government next
year, and about $1 billion annually af
ter that.
Opponents decried the gambling
games as a tax on the poor and an un
dependable source of funds, adding
that the state has no business promot
ing gambling.
"Enticing the public to participate in
a sleazy enterprise ... is bad business,"
said Rep. Glenn Repp, R-Duncanville.
"1 don't want to have the state of
Texas turned into a huckster and feed
on the philosophy that there's a sucker
bom every minute," said Rep. A1
Price, D-Beaumont.
Price said having the government
operate gambling games would tell the
public, "We think you're chumps and
we're going to take advantage or you."
Rep. Billy Clemons, D-Pollok, said a
lottery would cost millions to promote
and operate. He charged that the real
push wasn't from the public but from
private companies that nope to win the
contract to run a Texas lottery.
"Do the taxpayers send those lobby
ists up here? No," Clemons said. "It's
the lottery companies from out of
state."
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Professors
to serve as
'ambassadors'
By Tammy Bryson
The Battalion
Two Texas A&M professors
will serve as U.S. "ambassadors"
as they travel to Europe this year
on Fulbright Scholar Grants to
lecture and conduct research
abroad.
Dr. Maria Garcia, an assistant
professor of history, will spend
the 1991-92 academic year at
Polytechnic of Central London in
the United Kingdom. Dr. Stje-
pan Mestrovic, an associate pro
fessor of sociology, will travel to
the University of Zagreb in Croa
tia, a republic of Yugoslavia.
Garcia will lecture on 20th cen
tury U.S. history and Latino
studies. She will also serve as a
consultant to expand Polytech
nic's present curriculum.
"I will try to help expand
(Polytechnic's) studies to be
more representative of the U.S.
population — not just white ma
les," she said.
Garcia will collaborate on
films, write reports on curric
ulum and help expand Polytech
nic's library collection in addi
tion to lecturing.
Mestrovic will return to his
birthplace of Zagreb, Yugosla
via, to lecture on American so
ciety, emphasizing the demo
cratic process. He said his trip
was postponed from September
to January because of the civil
unrest in Croatia.
"I get to teach sociology in the
town where I was born at a time
when the people there are fight
ing for democracy," he said.
"I will research how r (C
tia's)
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what model they are using
capitalism and democracy," he
said.
Mestrovic said he hopes he
can bring a new view of Eastern
Europe to the United States.
"There is a lot of misunder
standing about what's going on
over there," he said. "I want to
bring back to America a clear un
derstanding of what is happen
ing in Croatia and other coun
tries."
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onday afternoon near the Quadrangle.
Baker opens
peace talks
to Libyans
Secretary of State welcomes observer
to conference planned by U.S., USSR
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Sec
retary of State James A. Baker III,
pushing for broad Arab support
of a Mideast peace conference,
said Monday
that Libya
would be wel
come to send
an observer.
Baker, at a
news confer
ence before
returning to
Washington
from his sixth James Baker
Mideast peace mission, said he
did not think Israel would object
to a Libyan observer at the Octo
ber talks being planned by the
United States and Soviet Union.
"That would be something
that would be consistent with Is
rael's policy" of willingness to
talk to Arab neighbors. Baker
said.
Algeria was Baker's final stop
on a Mideast trip focused on ef
forts to organize a peace confer
ence that would bring Israelis
and Arabs face-to-face to resolve
their 43-year dispute.
Libya, long a militant foe of Is
rael's existence, has also long
been accused by the United
States of fomenting terrorism.
Nonetheless, Baker said, "The
multilateral negotiations, in our
view, should not be closed to
any country in the region."
U.N. Secretary-General Javier
Perez de Cuellar said Monday
that following Baker's mission
"prospects for launching a nego
tiating process have been signifi
cantly enhanced."
Baker's weekend stops in Is
rael, Jordan, Tunis and Morocco
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failed to dislodge the final stick
ing point for Arab-Israeli nego
tiations: the issue of which Pales
tinians would attend.
Baker discussed the matter
with Algerian President Chadli
Bendjedid, who had met Sunday
with Yasser Arafat, chairman of
the Palestine Liberation Organi
zation. Palestinian sources said
Bendjedid and Arafat discussed
holding a meeting of the Pales
tinian parliament-in-exile to de
bate the issue of representation
at the peace conference.
Algerian Foreign Minister
Lakhdar Brahimi, speaking at a
joint news conference with
Baker, said the PLO "wants to
ort the peace process."
e Bush administration has
avoided dealing directly with the
PLO, but Morocco, Tunisia, Al
geria and Jordan all have been in
touch with Arafat's organiza
tion.
Through them, said spokes
man Bassam Abu Sharif on Sun
day, the PLO has exchanged
views with the U.S. govern
ment.
Baker did not respond directly
when asked whether the PLO
might attend the conference as
well.
"It's the position of the United
States that there should be a dia
logue and negotiations between
Israel and Palestinians so that we
can have a comprehensive ap
proach" to Middle East peace.
Baker said.
Israel views the PLO as a ter
rorist organization and insists on
the right to veto any delegates
who are members of the group.
Croatian president will ask
people to fight if necessary
ZAGREB, Yugoslavia (AP) —-
Croatia's president declared
Monday he would ask citizens to
fight "with their bare hands" if
necessary to defend their repub
lic and said he had derailed an
effort to oust him.
New fighting in the breaka
way republic reportedly claimed
at least five lives.
After the failure Sunday of a
European Community peace
mission, the 12 EC foreign min
isters were to meet today to dis
cuss their next moves. Serbia,
which objected to EC monitors
overseeing a cease-fire in Croa
tia, said the EC mission had been
biased.
The collapse of the EC-spon
sored peace talks reduced the
chances of avoiding all-out war
between rival Serbs and Croats,
Yugoslavia's two main ethnic
groups. Scores of people have
died in clashes between Croatian
security forces and Serb militias
since Croatia declared indepen
dence June 25.
The Serbs in Croatia claim dis
crimination and many are
haunted by the memory of the
mass killing of Serbs by Croatia's
Nazi puppet regime in World
War II. Many ethnic Serbs there
want autonomy or to join neigh
boring Serbia.
Croats accuse Serbia of seek
ing to dominate Yugoslavia and
keep it socialist.
Students from Mexico plan stay at A&M
By Melinda Cox
The Battalion
Students from the Institute for
Technical Studies in Monterrey,
Mexico, will visit the Texas A&M
campus to gain insight into col
lege and resident life.
Michael Osterbuhr, an A&M
Student Affairs area coordinator,
said eight resident advisers and
four professional staff members
will stay at A&M Oct. 22 to 27 to
learn about and observe resident
life.
Interest from Mexico to visit
the A&M campus came after res
ident advisers, directors and
professional members from
A&M toured the Mexican cam
pus and spent evenings in round
table discussions about policies
and training, he said.
"The students from Mexico
will sit in on R.A. classes and
stay with the R.A.s to see what
day-to-day encounters are like,"
Osterbuhr said.
He said the encounters are
similiar to situations at the Mon
terrey school, but the institute is
not as liberal as A&M.
Osterbuhr said the campus is
more technical and science-
oriented, similar to Massachu
setts Institute of Technology
(MIT) or CalTech. The institute
also is more involved with disci
pline, he said.
Gloria Flores, coordinator for
Student Development and Mul
ticultural Programs at A&M, said
this discipline comes from a
more structured university and a
family-oriented society.
The family plays a different
role with students in Mexico,
Flores said. Familial ties are very
important in Mexico and these
ties allow universities more con
trol over the students.
She said universities in Mexico
respond to people paying the
bills. Universities are usually re
sponsible to parents and nave
more control over students in
dormitories.
If a hall takes disciplinary ac
tion against a student, it is re
corded and sent home to the stu
dent's parents.
Transgressions meriting disci
plinary action include visitation
policy violations, she said.
"There is no vistation allowed
between opposite genders,"
Flores said. "This type of visita
tion is only allowed in a court
yard located outside the hall
area."
Flores said this limitation does
not bother students because of
the different culture in Mexico.
The Mexican culture is more
open, and personal interactions
are not as formal or complicated
as interactions are here, she said.
Flores said the program is not
set up as a retention tool, but as
an educational one.
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