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"Manual labor is the only sure fire
method of birth control and carries
with it none of the stigmatisms that
accompany the pill, condoms,
diaphragms, etc."
columnist Stacy Feducia, on
benefits of manual labor
Page 3
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of music at campus radio station.
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The Battalion
Vol. 91 No. 29 USPS 045360 College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893’
12 Pages
Thursday, October 10, 1991
Iraqis, Kurdish rebels continue skirmish; hundreds die
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Iraqi troops
and Kurdish rebels skirmished in the area
of a key northern city Wednesday, the lat
est in five days of fighting in which hun
dreds of people have been killed or
wounded.
Tens of thousands of Kurds have fled
the northern city of Suleimaniyah and
surrounding towns since Iraqi bombard
ments began Saturday.
The Red Cross has evacuated hun
dreds of the refugees, a spokesman for the
humanitarian organization said Wednes
day.
Iraq's state-run newspaper, Al-
Jumhouriya, claimed the army had re
gained control of the area around
Suleimaniyah early Wednesday. The two
sides reached a cease-fire Tuesday after
noon, but fighting continued well past
then.
The United States and its Gulf War al
lies have expressed concern but refrained
from intervening.
A Kurdish rebel spokesman, Serchil
Qazzaz, on Wednesday decried the lack
of Western military aid during the latest
fighting. Qazzaz, a spokesman in the
Turkish capital of Ankara for the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan, said coalition forces
reneged on a promise to intercede if the
Iraqi army attacked.
Responding to reports that Kurdish
guerrillas were massing on the Turkish
border for an attack, Qazzaz said only
that it was not unlikely.
“We learned that we should depend
only on ourselves," he said.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party said
in a statement issued in London that spo
radic gunfire continued around
Suleimaniyah on Wednesday.
Statements from the Kurdish groups
said an estimated 76 civilians had been
killed and 750 Kurdish civilians injured
since the bombardments began. They said
medical supplies were running low in the
city and that tens of thousands had fled
Suleimaniyah and the surrounding
towns.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party
claimed that up to 4,000 Iraqi troops had
been taken prisoner.
Saddam moved against the rebels as
Kurdish leaders were planning to estab
lish a rival provisional government in
their mountain stronghold, in their latest
attempt to overthrow the Iraqi president.
Saddam's government and the guerrillas
had been negotiating on a degree of au
tonomy for the Kurds in northern Iraq,
but the talks foundered.
The Kurds rebelled in March after the
Gulf War cease-fire, seeking to win a
decades-old battle for autonomy from the
central government.
Tuesday's cease-fire agreement was
signed by an Iraqi Defense Ministry offi
cial and the Iraq Kurdistan Front, a coali
tion of eight rebel factions fighting for au
tonomy from the Baghdad government.
There was no immediate independent
confirmation about the situation, but both
the British government and the Red Cross
expressed strong concern.
In London, the Foreign Office on
Wednesday summoned Zuhair Ibrahim,
head of the Iraqi interest section and the
ranking diplomat, to underline Britain's
concern about renewed attacks on the
Kurds.
In Geneva, the Red Cross spokesman,
speaking on condition of anonymity, said
the organization had evacuated hundreds
of wounded in the past few days.
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A&M Rugby team members practice their scrum downs Wednesday a.m. Oct. 26 at the polo fields. Front row: (left) Daryl Wheeler, Jay Robertson
afternoon on a scrum machine. The team's next home game will be at 10 and Nick Flynn. Second row: Sherwin Wang and Constantin Nickonov.
Students
demand
security
Assault on West campus triggers
appeal to UPD to increase patrols
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalioti
Several graduate students in
the Soil and Crop Sciences Depart
ment are demanding better securi
ty on West campus after one stu
dent was physically assaulted
Sept. 23 outside Cater-Matil Hall.
The victim, who wishes to re
main anonymous, said he was go
ing into the building when he saw
three men trying to enter. A
fourth man was waiting nearby in
a truck.
After noticing the student, the
three men assaulted him and then
ran to the truck, the victim said.
He then went inside the build
ing for help. Dr. Khee Rhee, a re
search scientist in animal science,
reported the incident to the Uni
versity Police Department.
The assaulted student said
there were no security lights
turned on outside the building
when he was attacked.
"The building was too dark,"
he said. "I could only see one
man's face."
UPD director Bob Wiatt said,
however, there is adequate securi
ty in West campus.
"We haven't had any more
problems there than in main cam
pus," he said.
Wiatt said there are patrol offi
cers in all areas of campus 24
hours a day. There are seven
marked patrol cars in West cam
pus that try to patrol the area
twice an hour, he said.
But sometimes other calls deter
the officers from patrolling more
often, Wiatt said.
See Assault/Page 12
Bush renews support for Thomas;
siS Biden defends Senate's actions
■x
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on
/ednesday declared he still had “total confidence"
i Clarence Thomas and called his embattled
supreme Court nominee to the
fhite House for a picture-taking
session in a public display of sup-
sort.
Thomas smiled for photogra-
shers and said he was feeling fine
sn the day after the Senate delayed
sis confirmation vote pending pub
lic hearings on the allegations
Jgainst him.
Asked if he would be able to re
fute the accusations, he responded,
['Just testify. Thanks."
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hear
ings on Friday and hear testimony from Thomas and
Anita Hill, the Oklahoma law professor who made
the allegations. It also will hear from at least two oth
er witnesses, according to the panel's chairman. Sen.
Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del.
“The process is simple and straightforward, it is
to focus on the issue of whether the allegations that
Professor Hill has made are true," Biden said. He
said both Thomas and Hill will be allowed to pro
duce witnesses to support their accounts of what
happened a decade ago when she worked for him at
the Education Department and the Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission.
Bush
See Hearings/Page 12
Student Senate considers fee
Outcome of resolution depends on gathering constituent opinion
By John Lose
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Student Sen
ate Wednesday night discussed in
detail a new international fee, but
delayed making a formal opinion
it until more constituent opinion
could be gathered.
The $1 fee, to be introduced in
the spring, will be mandatory for
all students and will be applied
primarily to increase opportuni
ties for A&M students to partici
pate in international study pro
grams.
Dr. Linda Parrish, chairwoman
of the Faculty Senate subcommit
tee concerning international pro
grams, said the money raised
from the fee would be used to
give financial help to students
who wish to participate in interna
tional study programs, but who
need help making the significant
financial commitment needed.
The University of Texas has
been operating a similar program
for nearly a year, Parrish said.
"We looked at UT's program,
and decided to take a somewhat
different approach," Parrish said.
"We tried to be extremely fair
about how to divide the resources
among the different segments of
the student body."
The program under considera
tion for Texas A&M would allo
cate 90 percent of the funding for
A&M students who wish to study
abroad, either at one of A&M's
overseas campuses or in an ap
proved program sponsored by an
other university.
The remaining 10 percent
See Senate/Page 12
it,
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fomen speak out, reveal
ixperiences of harassment
ana
cei
(AP) — Anita Hill is not alone,
/orking women around the coun
try have joined her, crossing be
yond confusion and fear about
^exual harassment to share experi
ences of their own.
"We've had a real outpouring
if calls," said Barbara Otto of 9 to
the National Association of
/orking Women. "It's like they're
Soming out of the closet to tell
■heir dirty secret. They're saying:
■Enough!"'
In the minds of many, sexual
Biarassment remains vaguely de
fined. The bounds of acceptable
workplace behavior often seem
murky and victims unsure when
they've been crossed.
This confusion was under
scored when Hill's allegations
against Supreme Court nominee
Clarence Thomas were made pub
lic on the eve of his confirmation
vote, and because the Judiciary
Committee was accused of giving
them short shrift.
The Equal Employment Op
portunity Commission defines
sexual harassment as any sexual
advance, request for sexual favor,
sexual remark or conduct that af
See Women/Page 12
Givens wins freshman presidency
Greg Mt.Joy
The Battalion
Greg Givens edged out Patrick Clark by
less than two percent of the votes cast Wednes
day in a run-off election to become the presi
dent of the 1995 freshman class.
Givens, a petroleum engineering major, re
ceived 51.84 percent of the votes.
"First I'm going to take some time to feel
my way around Student Government," Givens
said. "Then as soon as I figure things out. I'm
going to go like hell and do everything I can
for the freshman class."
Runoffs for five other Class of '95 positions
were also announced Wednesday night in
front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue.
Eight other officers were elected last week.
Branon Marsh beat Anna Johnston and Tra
cy Kennedy, earning 43 percent of the votes in
the race for vice-president.
Darcey Smith, a member of the Student
Government's election committee who an
nounced Wednesday's results, said Jennifer
Simmons won the social secretary position by
the closest margin of the night. Simmons de
feated Heather Young by one vote.
Smith said the votes for social secretary
would not be recounted, unless one of the can
didates requested the action.
Kelley Brouilette earned 54 percent of the
voting in her victory in the race for class secre
tary.
Kristen Nevius will be the freshman class
treasurer. Nevius defeated Trent Ashby, earn
ing 52.82 percent of the votes cast.
The final seat of the Student Senate will be
filled by Brad Britton, who received 41.3 per
cent of votes.He was asked to begin his job five
minutes later, and immediately left to attend a
senate meeting already in progress at the Har
rington Classroom Building.
Smith said the student turn-out for the run
off elections was large compared to past fresh
man efforts.
"The publicity is not as high for freshman
elections," she said. "But we still had about
350 voters, which is very exciting. We really
expected about half that amount."