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President Bush said Operation Desert
Storm was not about oil but unhindered
agression. He should prove this by taking
preventive steps against the same type of
agression which could occur in the Pacific.
-David Nash on the end of the
U.S. lease on a Naval Station in the Phillipines.
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chesws with continued budget cuts on a daily ba-
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;verybc: budget cuts than others, but faculty
nnilpBeem to be coping, said Dr. Patricia
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we were all prepared for it (budget cuts)
and we are trying to cope."
Dr. Mel Friedman, dean of College of
Geosciences, said the biggest problem is
the lack of teaching resources.
"We have really gotten behind on re
pairing and replacing equipment and the
problems are beginning to pile up," he
said.
Without an adequate budget, the
problem will continue to get worse, Fried
man said.
"Our operating budget is down about
five to ten percent compared to our peers
around the country," he said. "We are
having to rely more on dedication of the
faculty to do their job rather than re
sources."
Most departments are cutting back on
photo copies, telephone calls and travel
expenses.
But Dr. Charles Harris, associate de
partment head of philosophy and human
ities, said the budget situation in the near
future will grow to affect students and
faculty.
The department is scheduled for a
four percent cut in this year's budget and
then again next year, he said.
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"Next year's budget will be worse be
cause it will include the loss of money
from this year," Harris said.
The philosophy and humanities de
partment is considering eliminating all
summer school classes for next year.
Other University departments also
have felt the brunt of the budget shortfall.
"The budget woes have cut down
some of the luxuries of teaching, but not
the quality," said Barbara Gastel, associ
ate professor and assistant journalism de
partment head. "We were hoping to es
tablish a master's program in science and
technology, but things are not moving as
fast as many of us would like."
Dr. Charles Self, journalism depart
ment head, said the Texas Higher Educa
tion Coordinating Board announced a
freeze on accrediting any new master's
programs, putting a hold on the proposed
masters program.
"The department took a bad hit at a .
bad time," he said. "It removed all flexi
bility."
Self said the department has slashed
its operating budget, laid off part-time
help and graduate assistants. He said he
See Faculty/Page 2
A&M gives
’back pay’
to 19 profs
EEOC investigation reveals
female faculty underpaid
By Chris Vaughn
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HUY NGUYEN/The Battalion
Branching Out
Tawny Britton, a political science major from Plano, prepares for her next class under the shade of an oak tree located on the left side of the Academic Building.
Texas A&M has been quietly
settling with 19 female faculty
members for years of salary
wrongs as part of an agreement
between the University and the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportu
nity Commission.
The 19 women have received
thousands of dollars each in "back
pay" and had their salaries "ad
justed" during recent months fol
lowing an EEOC investigation
that began last fall. The University
has already spent more than
$100,000 in awarding back pay.
The EEOC became interested
in A&M's salaries last fall when a
complaint was filed with the agen
cy about salary discrepancies be
tween male and female profes
sors.The EEOC, led by principal
investigator John Wynkoop, then
came to A&M and searched
through the files of every depart
ment with a female and male pro
fessor of the same rank.
Following a two-week investi
gation that involved 900 files and
160 female faculty members, the
EEOC and University found 19
cases of salary-based discrimina
tion.
See Discrimination/Page 2
Aquino engenders public support for
renewal of lease for U.S. Navy base
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Cora-
?.on Aquino vowed Monday to call a public referen
dum and use "people power" to overturn a Senate
vote against renewing the lease for a big U.S. Navy
oase.
Her action could delay a U.S. withdrawal from
he Subic Bay base for months or even years. The
:>ase is a major supply and repair station for U.S. 7th
Fleet ships in the western Pacific and the Indian
Dcean.
The current lease on the base expired Monday.
The U.S. government had said the Navy would
begin leaving quickly if the Senate rejected the
treaty to extend the lease for 10 years. But U.S. offi
cials said Monday the departure would be delayed
to await the referendum.
The White House praised Aquino.
"We do appreciate her efforts," spokesman Mar
lin Fitzwater said. "She's trying to engender public
support for the treaty."
Aquino's former allies in the "people power rev
olution" that put her in office pleaded with her to
accept the Senate's 12-11 vote to close the base and
end the U.S. military presence in the Philippines af
ter 93 years.
Noriega called 'crooked cop
MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Norie
ga, the most powerful man in
Panama, was "just another
crooked cop" who sold his nation
to Colombian cocaine kingpins, a
prosecutor said Monday to open
the ousted dictator's drug trial.
Pointing to Noriega and call
ing him a "small man in a gener
al's uniform," lead prosecutor
Michael Sullivan said the govern
ment would prove Noriega
abused his authority to help a
flood of cocaine pour into the
United States.
Noriega came to the Medellin
cartel's attention in the late 1970s
when he arrested smugglers and
intercepted drug shipments, Sulli
van said.
"The cartel chiefs sat down
and said they were either going to
eliminate him, or they were going
to buy him," the prosecutor said.
"They decided to buy him."
The defense elected to hold its
opening statement until the prose
cution rests, which could take
months.
Sullivan never referred to de
fense arguments that Noriega's ac
tivities were tolerated or even au
thorized by U.S. intelligence agen
cies, in part to help the Contra
rebels in Nicaragua in the mid-
1980s.
Among the first prosecution
witnesses was convicted U.S. drug
trafficker Max Mermelstein, who
was among others expected to
outline operations of the Medellin
cartel.
Mermelstein is in the federal
witness protection program and
says there's a $3 million price on
his head. He took the stand under
tight security.
pace shuttle dodges
laJi Soviet rocket debris
; 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP) — The Discovery early Mon-
lay dodged a chunk of a Soviet
l)cket, the first such near miss of
lie shuttle program, before the
■ew assembled a giant "Erector
let" as practice for the proposed
■>ace station.
I The five astronauts should not
_ lave to worry about any more
, . lich encounters during the mis-
able Ion, NASA said.
, I The shuttle and the debris —
al>out the size of a van — passed
Office [lithin about 10 miles of each oth-
TV ■ m * nu t es a f ter midnight.
* I It was the first time in the 10-
"ldan Bear-old shuttle program that as-
■onauts had to move their ship to
Ivoid orbiting debris.
I "I think we scored a space
|rst," Mission Control's Jan Davis
lid the crew before they went to
sleep for the day. "Good work on
fiverybody's part."
I The astronauts have been
ts
rs
working at night and sleeping
during the day since they reached
orbit Thursday, arranging their
schedule around the midnight re
lease of an atmospheric observa
tion satellite.
Before going to sleep, the as
tronauts assembled a Tinkertoy
like structure for an experiment
gauging the effectiveness of com
ponents for the space station. The
structure was shaken electronical
ly to see how it withstands vibra
tion in microgravity.
"While it might look like an
Erector Set ... it's not a trivial ex
periment," astronaut James Buchli
said in a preflight interview. "I ex
pect there are two or three folks
whose Ph.D.s are riding on it."
After awaking Monday
evening, Buchli and astronaut
Mark Brown planned to return to
test 17,500 mph.
The astronauts tried to spot the
object, but it passed too quickly.
Attorney accuses McKenzie of leaking information
DA,Wiatt support A&M regent
By Greg Mt.Joy
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A defense attorney's theory alleging
Texas A&M Regent William McKenzie
tipped off local officials to a gambling inves
tigation of Lloyd Alexander "L.A." Ford to
aid one of his clients in a busi
ness deal is not likely to be
supported by evidence, a
Bryan District Attorney said.
District Attorney Bill
Turner said local media had
played up defextse attorney
Travis Bryan Ill's testimony
at a pretrial hearing on Sept.
6.
"In criminal cases, defen- mh**«*s*
dants and their attorneys often "" c * en2 e
have theories that the evidence in the case
does not pertain to," Turner said. "It is not
unfair to put forth such theories, but it has
been my experience that the theories pursued
by the defendants are not always borne out
by evidence."
The pretrial hearing was not completed
on Sept. 6, Turner said. The hearing will re
sume sometime in December. At the first
hearing, Bryan said McKenzie told A&M Di
rector of Security and University Police Bob
Wiatt about alleged gambling activity involv
ing Ford, Brazos County Sheriff Ronnie
Miller and four other men.
Bryan testified that McKenzie tipped-off
Wiatt to help a client, Bryan resident Greg
Court. McKenzie was representing Court in
negotiations to sell Court's half interest in
Brazos Bingo to "L.A." Ford's wife, Sandra K.
Ford, who owned tire other half. Wiatt, how
ever, said the business dealings had no bear
ing on McKenzie's decision to inform him of
the gambling activity.
"McKenzie's involvement has been made
into some kind of a conspiracy," Wiatt said.
"The way he provided information to us is
something that goes on every day. People
are always giving information to law enforce
ment officials. That's how things are done."
Wiatt said McKenzie might have been
concerned about Sheriff Miller's involve
ment, since both rnen are Republicans.
"The defense attorney's testimony makes
the whole thing seem like the evil intentions
of a powerful regent," he said. "This is total
ly a defense strategy. It's what you would
expect from the defense, but it is certainly not
the case."
Wiatt said McKenzie's call was not the
only one he received information concerning
the'gambling operation.
"Within 10 days of McKenzie's call, a sec
ond source called, and told me about a book
making operation on campus involving Uni
versity employees," he said.
Wiatt said he believed the bookmaking
might be connected to McKenzie’s call, and
began an investigation which he later turned
over to Department of Public Safety officers
in Houston.
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