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Audubon Society on birth control
Man receives death penalty
World & Nation Page 5
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The Battalion
Vol. 91 No.15 USPS 045360 College Station, Texas "Serving Texas A&M since 1893” 10 Pages Friday, September 20, 1991
Regents choose Penberthy field as site for recreation center
By Greg Mt.Joy
The Battalion
Texas A&M's Board of Regents select
ed the Penberthy intramural fields for the
site of the proposed Recreational Sports
Building and Natatorium on Thursday.
The sits, located between Kyle Field
and the Special Events Center, was
deemed the best of three proposed, and
approved for construction.
Penberthy field was chosen largely be
cause of parking availability and ease of
student access, and because it would fit
into the sports-dominated setting of the
area, a Facilities Planning and Construc
tion staff report said.
The report said the noise and lights
from the facility would be in an area
where they would blend in, a condition
that led to the rejection of sites at Duncan
Field and West campus, near the George
Bush Presidential Library site.
University President William Mobley,
however, expressed concern over reloca
tion of the intramural and softball fields
currently at the site.
"Two questions have to be considered
before approval," Mobley said. "The new
location for the fields, and the cost of relo
cation."
The proposal included $1.2 million for
relocation of the existing fields, plus a 20
percent increase for other costs.
Mobley said the cost of relocation in
cluded turf preparation and lighting for
new fields.
Board members said renovation of the
fields has been needed for at least 10
years, and cited several problems with the
current fields, including poor drainage
and much-needed maintenance.
In other Board of Regents business
within Facilities Planning and Construc
tion, architects were sent back to the
drawing board with preliminary plans for
a Library Facilities construction project.
A $9 million proposal, the study-ori
ented 'library without books' drew criti
cism from Regent Douglas DeCluitt for a
large sunscreen feature.
"The sunscreen looks like it has just
been stuck onto the building," DeCluitt
said. "It appears it is not integrated with
the rest of the library."
Overwhelming disapproval of the de
sign led to its rejection by the board.
The board was also given 12th day en
rollment figures by Dr. Edward Hiler,
deputy chancellor of Academic Program
Planning and Research.
Hiler reported flat enrollment figures
for the system, citing a 0.89 percent over
all increase. He said A&M experienced
slight increases of both female and under
graduate enrollment.
A&M enrollment dropped to 40,965,
down 206 students from Fall of 1990.
Mobley said he was pleased with the fig
ures.
"These numbers are right on target
with our enrollment reduction plans," he
said. "We are still 600,000 square feet
short of having the space needed for our
enrollment, but with the building projects
initiated, that figure should be cut to
69,000 by 1995."
See Regent/Page 10
A&M plans
to relocate
bonfire to
polo fields
By John Lose
The Battalion
Plans are underway to move
bonfire from its present location at
Duncan Field to the polo fields
east of campus, a move that could
take place as early as Fall 1992.
"The reason the discussion has
come up so much this year is be
cause the Texas Air Marshal and
the Texas Air Control Board came
and evaluated bonfire last fall,"
said Bill Kibler, associate director
of Student Affairs and staff advi
sor for bonfire. "Neither gave a
negative report, but they did say
that under different weather con
ditions such as high winds or ex
ceptionally dry weather that it
could potentially be a concern.
"It was kind of a veiled recom
mendation that the University
consider a site not in such close
proximity to private property," Ki
bler said.
Another factor entering into
the plans to move bonfire was the
future site of the Student Recre
ation Center, a multi-million dol
lar facility which would house
swimming pools, weight rooms,
racquetball courts and other in
door recreational facilities, Kibler
said.
"We are now at the stage of
working with the architects and
Duncan Field was one of the three
front-runners for the site of the
Recreation Center," Kibler said.
"So that's just a little more motiva
tion to take a more serious look at
the polo field as a site for bonfire."
The Texas A&M Board of Re
gents, however, chose Penberthy
Field as the future location for the
Student Recreation Center during
Thursday afternoon's Board meet
ing.
Headstack redpot Jim McTas-
ney said alternate sites for bonfire-
have been considered for the past
See Bonfire/Page 10
JAY JANNER/The Battalion
Blowin 1 in the wind
Kristen Petersen, a freshman theater arts major Thursday as she walks through campus. The cold
from Austin, gets blasted by a gust of cold wind front brought temperatures in the 60s.
Cadet
reports
assault
A&M officials investigate alleged
abuse of female Corps member
The Battalion, however, the only
topic he would discuss with re
porters about the Cavalry was
how they make the cannon go off
at A&M football games.
"I'll tell you that there are
three seniors and two juniors on
the field who pull the cannon
strings to make it go off," Shultz
said. "But I won’t talk about the
incident."
According to the statement re
leased by Koldus, the female stu
dent was taken to the A.P. Beutel
Health Center.
"The student reported the inci
dent to her male student com
manding officer," he said. "He
took the female student to the
health center and contacted ad
ministrative officials about the al
leged incident. The female stu
dent was treated for anxiety and
then released from the center.
"We will not tolerate harass
ment or discrimination in any
form," Koldus said. "Once all the
facts in the case are gathered, a de
termination will then be made re
lating both to disciplinary sanc
tions and/or the filing of criminal
charges."
The Parsons' Mounted Caval
ry, named in honor of former
Corps Commandant Col. Thomas
Parsons, is a group of equestrians
chosen to participate in Corps
march-ins prior to football games,
parades and rodeos.
The organization consists of
approximately 50 cadets, less than
five of whom are women.
By Liz Tisch
The Battalion
A female member of the Texas
A&M Corps of Cadets reported to
University police that she was as
saulted Tuesday due to her appli
cation to the Parsons' Mounted
Cavalry.
University officials responded
to the alleged incident in a state
ment released by the Office of
Public Information.
"The administrative staff of
A&M is investigating an alleged
incident in which a female mem
ber of the Corps of Cadets was ac
costed and threatened, presum
ably because of her application to
be a member of the Parsons'
Mounted Cavalry," said Dr. John
Koldus, vice president for student
services.
Bob Wiatt, director of Uni
versity Police Department, con
firmed the report but said no one
has been charged.
"We received an allegation
that a female student was assault
ed physically - not sexually - on
campus Tuesday night," Wiatt
said. "We are in the process of in
vestigating, therefore, I cannot
comment."
Tim Piper, Parsons' Mounted
Cavalry commanding officer, de
clined to comment about the inci
dent as did Corps Commander
John Sherman.
Robert Shultz, a Parsons'
Mounted Cavalry member, told
Fee aids international study
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
A $1 student fee will go into effect next spring to
raise money for an international education aid fund
assisting students in international exchange or study
programs.
The fee was approved by the Texas Legislature.
The Texas A&M Board of Regents approved the fee
increase during their August meeting.
The law reads that the governing board of an in
stitution of higher learning may charge and collect a
$1 fee from registered students each regular and
summer session.
It continues to read that the money will be de
posited in the institution's financial aid fund and
used only for students.
Guidelines for using the fund will be developed
by the institution's student government and admin
istration.
Linda Parrish, chairwoman of an subcommittee
to discuss the fee, said the subcommittee is in the
first stage of proposing specific guidelines for how
the fund will be used.
"It will have no use but for A&M students to get
international experience," she said.
After the guidelines have been set, they' will go to
an international programs committee, provost's of
fice, president's office and eventually the Board of
Regents for final approval.
"This is a great opportunity for students," Parrish
said. "Internationalizing is one of the missions of the
University, and we're really happy A&M is allowed
to do this."
Students at the University of Texas at Austin al
ready have a $1 international fee which UT students
pushed through the state legislature, Parrish said.
Although the Board of Regents approved the in
crease, Parrish said, the fee is not a "done deal."
"The guidelines have to go through many groups
before becoming a policy," she said. "We openly
want students to understand this opportunity.
"Nobody is trying to put anything over on any
body'," she said. "We want input."
Hussein urges Palestinians
to attend peace conference
Student dies
of unknown
causes at park;
services today
A Texas A&M student died
Wednesday at Central Park in
College Station.
Kenneth J. Roberson, a se
nior business analysis major,
age 30, is survived by his wife
and two children.
An autopsy will be conduct
ed to determine the cause of
death. A brief memorial service
will be held today at Callaway-
Jones Funeral Home, 3001 S.
College Ave., Bryan. Roberson's
body will be cremated following
the service.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Sec
retary of State James A. Baker III
and King Hussein on Thursday
jointly urged the
Palestinians to
attend a Mideast
peace confer
ence, saying
they have the
most to lose by
not seizing an
opportunity that
the Jordanian
leader said
"may not come
again, ever."
Baker said
the United States
is prepared to go ahead with the
conference regardless of Palestini
an participation.
Hussein, whose populace is
about half Palestinian, declined to
say whether Jordan would do so
— calling the question premature
— but declared "the time has
come for people to act."
"We would be prepared to
sponsor a conference that could
proceed toward peace across the
board," said Baker when asked at
a joint news conference with the
king whether the United States
would go ahead if the Palestinians
refused to attend.
Jordan was the third Arab
country visited by Baker on a trip
designed to firm up arrangements
for the peace conference the Unit
ed States hopes to convene in Oc
See Peace/Page 10