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by Congressmen
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Symphony Review
•Warsau Philharmonic
to perform Friday
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Kevin Smith eyes new targets/Pg. 7
Columnist Anthony Andro looks at
Wednesday's tragedy/Pg. 7
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Vol. 91 No. 19 C1SPS 04360
College Station, Texas
"Serving Texas A&M since 1893"
12 Pages
Thursday, September 26, 1991
A&M football
By Scott Wudel
The Battalion
Texas A&M football player James Glenn died
Wednesday from apparent heart failure after collaps
ing at Kyle Field.
Glenn, a freshman walk-on placekicker from
League City, collapsed before the start of Wednes
day's practice. He was then rushed to Humana Hos
pital where he was pronounced dead at 4:20 p.m.
He received immediate attention from the A&M
training staff before being transported to Humana,
said A&M team physician Jesse Parr. Most of the
A&M team had not arrived on the field at the time of
the incident.
player dies
Cardiopulmonary resuscita
tion was performed on Glenn
for 30 minutes at the hospital
before he was pronounced
dead. An autopsy will be per
formed to determine the exact
cause of death.
Sources at Humana indicate
the possible cause of death was
a pulmonary embolism - the
clotting of a blood vessel in the
lungs that causes an obstruction James uienn
of one or more pulmonary arteries. The obstruction
leads to a shortness of breath or chest pains, and
See Glenn/Page 12
Student Senate to determine
guidelines for allocation of fee
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Student Sen
ate will set guidelines for how
money from a new International
Education Fee will be spent, but
there is a possibility students will
be able to vote on the fee before it
goes into effect.
The $1 fee was approved by
the Board of Regents, but there
was no specification for student
approval.
David Brooks, speaker of the
Senate, said the fee might be on a
future student referendum before
it appears on student fee state
ments.
The issue of the student vote
was considered at a meeting be
tween Student Senate members
and Robert Smith, vice president
for finance and administration.
The International Programs
Coordinating Committee pro
posed the following guidelines
for allocation of the fee money:
-90 percent of the funds col
lected be used for study abroad
programs for A&M students, and
10 percent be used for scholar
ships for international students
to study at A&M or other institu
tions.
See Senate/Page 12
Commandant disbands Cavalry
By Liz Tisch
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Parsons'
Mounted Cavalry has been tem
porarily discontinued as a result
of a female cadet's report that
she was attacked after applying
for membership in the organiza
tion.
In a University press release,
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling, com
mandant of the Corps, stated
that "effective immediately and
until further notice. Parsons'
Mounted Cavalry operation is
discontinued except for essential
functions."
These functions include care
and feeding of the Cavalry's
horses. Darling said even those
who participate in those activi
ties will be closely supervised by
the unit's adviser.
Darling said the cavalry's
fate depends upon certain condi
tions that must be met by the
cadets:
• A statement in writing and
approval in advance concerning
the unit's mission, organization,
training program and standards.
• The Approval of active
membership by appropriate au
thorities.
• Assurance by cadet leader
ship that the principles of the
University and the Corps will be
honored.
"While the unit has made no
table progress over the last two
years in several areas," Darling
said, "recently uncovered acts of
intimidation and discrimination
have rendered the unit defunct.
"It is not my intent to destroy
the troop but rather to rebuild it
as a unit that can pass muster in
all areas."
Corps officials still are inves
tigating the Sept. 17 incident
where reportedly three male
cadets physically assaulted a
woman cadet in Parking Area 89.
The parking lot is located behind
Battalion File Photo
The Parson's Mounted Cavalry was
temporarily discontinued over
allegations of improprieties within the
group. Here, the Cavalry performs at
the opening of this year's Houston
Livestock & Rodeo Show.
the University police station.
After the assault, the female
cadet was treated for anxiety at
the Beutel Health Center, accord
ing to a press release.
However, Bob Wiatt, director
of University Police Department,
said officers reported seeing a
sling on the victim's right arm
when they were called to the
health center Sept. 17.
Tim Piper, Parsons' Mounted
Cavalry commanding officer,
said an internal investigation
conducted by the Corps as well
as the University Police is still
pending. Therefore, he said any
comment about the assault and
the decision to discontinue the
Cavalry will be detrimental to
the investigation.
The assault victim, who
wishes to remain anonymous,
said she is receiving support
from the Corps of Cadets.
"Things are being taken care
of," she said. "Everyone is very
supportive, especially the Trigon
(Office of the Commandant)."
In a memorandum that was
sent to all cadets in the Corps,
Gen. Darling stated his disap
pointment concerning the whole
incident.
"Words like shocking, con
cern, amazement and disap
pointment don't adequately ex
press my feelings," the statement
said. "Such an act is totally in
consistent with the principles of
the Corps and this University.
We will spare no effort to bring
the attackers, and any others
who may have helped instigate
the incident, to justice."
He said an "intensive investi
gation" is under way.
"The victim of the attack was
an innocent cadet, doing her best
to be all that she could be," the
release said. "She wanted to get
involved - just as we urge all
cadets to do. She now lives with
memories that no cadet should
have to keep."
Corps Commander John
Sherman was unavailable for
comment.
The Parsons' Mounted Caval
ry, named in honor of former
Corps Commandmant Col.
Thomas Parsons', is a group of
riders who participate in A&M
football games, parades and
rodeos.
The group originated in 1978.
The organization consists of
approximately 50 cadets. Three
of whom are women.
Lab fires cause
three evacuations
Jayme Blaschke
The Battalion
The Zachry building was
evacuated for the third time in
the past two weeks Wednesday
evening, when a student's ex
periment overheated in a base
ment laboratory.
Fred Rapczyk of the College
Station Fire Department, said
the biggest concern he had
about the fire was why the
building's fire alarms didn't go
off.
"The building was evacuat
ed, but I don't know how, be
cause the alarms didn't go off,"
Rapczyk said. "There's nothing
sounding right now, but with all
this smoke in here, they should
be going off everywhere."
George Rosier of the College
Station Fire Department said the
department responded at 6:25
p.m., and had the situation in
control almost immediately.
"They were running an ex
periment using oil they would
heat, and the oil overheated and
began giving off smoke/' Rosier
said. "Fortunately, he (the stu
dent) was here, and managed to
turn off the heater. We came in
and cooled it off with extin
guishers, and everything's un
der control."
The recent fires have become
an annoyance to the fire depart
ment said Rosier, especially
since they seem to be the result
of carelessness.
"This is the third time we've
been over here for this - two
weeks ago we were here twice
in one day," he said. "From
what we understand the same
student was involved with this
fire as with the last ones. Both
times his experiment caught
fire."
"Fortunately there wasn't
much damage done at all,"
Rosier said. "The fire just
burned some insulation and
made a lot of smoke - that's all."
UPD, College Station police join forces
in response to violence on Northgate
By Melody Dunne
The Battalion
Violence along University Drive has caused
the University and College Station Police de
partments to visit some of A&M's favorite
hang outs.
Since the beginning of the school year,
restaurants, bars and businesses on the north
side have noticed a surge in police visits on the
weekend evenings.
Bob Wiatt, the Director of Security and the
University Police, said that three weeks ago the
two police departments started a project where
teams made of one UPD and one CSPD officer
patrol the area on Thursday through Friday.
The reason for the pair is to have jurisdiction
on and off-campus.
Disorderly conduct, drunks and ID checks
keep the teams busy, Wiatt said.
"Students don't seem to know that they can
receive a ticket and also be sent to Student Af
fairs for disciplinary action," Wiatt said.
"Eight hours in an alcohol abuse class is a defi
nite incentive to be law-abiding citizen."
The Dixie Chicken, a popular hang out in
College Station, is one of the primary targets
for police stops on any Wednesday, Thursday
or weekend night.
Ruthie Roughcut, an employee at The
Chicken, said she is glad that the UPD and the
CSPD have teamed up and started checking
out the night scene.
"It makes me feel safer," Roughcut said,
"and they only take people who are being bel
ligerent."
Violence early in the school year is one rea
son police have started making University
Drive rounds.
Freddy Alvarez, an employee at The Chick
en, was assaulted there on the night of Sept. 11.
"It was a group of four guys who came in
and beat me up for no reason," Alvarez said,
"and now the police only know one of their
"Students don't seem to know
that they can receive a ticket and
also be sent to Student Affairs for
disciplinary action."
Bob Wiatt, the Director of Security
and the University Police
names."
"I got hit bad three times," Alvarez said.
He said he wishes the police were in the
area at all times to keep people more aware of
what is going on.
Cow Hop owners Jim and Judi McGuire
have personally experienced the recent attacks
of violence.
"My husband was assaulted right after the
LSU game," McGuire said, "Nobody knows
who the guy is. All they know is he was wear
ing an Aggie T-shirt."
McGuire had more than 75 stitches in his
face and a bruised esophagus from the attack.
"He was only asking a guy to stop using
the women's restroom and the guy started hit
ting him," McGuire said of her husband's as
sault.
"I'd love to see a lot more police officers in
here all the time," Judi McGuire said. "There's
been more (police officers) since the beginning
of school, but not enough."
Many students have noticed the increased
police rounds.
Gregg Byrd, a junior economics major from
Houston, said, "I've seen (the police) every
where on the north side."
Two Pesos General Manager Bob Deam,
said he pays two security guards to come in
during the four busiest nights of the week.
"The customers get a little crazy down here
on the weekends," Deam said.
"Some guys just come looking for it," he
said.
Deam said the guards make sure customers
don't carry out or bring in wine, beer or mar-
garitas.
"We're taking care of ourselves," he said.
The College Station Police Department was
unavailable for comment.
Look for The Battalion Gameday this Saturday for special features and game preview.