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B Mostly cloudy with rain and a high upper 50s. Page 9 In the future, should a female cadet feel she has been mistreated, what price will she pay for speaking up?" -Toni Garrard on becoming callous toward sexual harrassment. Police Beat Page 2 Crime Watch Page 2 Special on EMS Page 4 Page 7 Lady Aggies welcome The University of Texas. The Battalion College Station, Texas “Seroinq Texas A&M since 1893” 10 Pages Wednesday, October 30, 1991 uwaiti assistance reduces estimated time to put out oil fires International fire-fighting effort instigates innovative methods to extinguish blazes The Hungarians have a big jet engine — a Mig - ii e ' By Jayme Blaschke The Battalion H The final oil field fire in Kuwait could be extinguished within a week, despite earlier estimates that fire fighters could spend up to five years bringing the blazes un der control. H Norm Stevens, president of In- fcBrno Snuffers of Bryan, said the impressive organization shown by Me Kuwait government is mostly . Hsponsible for bringing the fires vvB'der control. Without Kuwait's coordination of the fire fighting ■ams, the operation would have taken much longer. ■ "This was a classic learning IjBrve, because once the govern ment figured out what was need ed, everything was taken care of," Stevens said. "I went over there four weeks ago, and there were 175 wells burning. When I came back to Texas a few days ago, there were 10 left. "The Kuwati Oil Company was supervising the whole affair, and they were very well organized," he said. "They pulled off quite a feat." James Tuppen, of Boots and Coots, agreed the fires would soon be out, with Nov. 4 as his compa ny's target date. He also said there were several other factors that allowed the fires to be put out rapidly. "The total number of blown wells was way out of proportion," Tuppen said. "With all of the smoke and confusion, it was diffi cult to get an accurate count." Many of the wells set on fire were not severely damaged by the retreating Iraqi forces, and were barely burning, he said. Because of this, many wells were much easier to put out. "One third of the wells were pretty easy to deal with, and Kuwait contracted many smaller companies to fight those," Tuppen said. "The biggest problem with the easy wells is looking for them in the smoke and harsh condi tions." The Red Adair company, one of the most famous oil field fire fighters, was especially concerned with the organization within Kuwait. "Mr. Adair's biggest concern was the difficulty there would be in getting equipment and water to the fires," a spokesperson said. Because of that concern, Adair went to Washington D.C., and See Kuwait /Page 6 By Jayme Blaschke The Battalion One of the unique aspects of the Kuwait oil field fires is the international effort it has taken to put them out, said Norm Stevens, president of Inferno Snuffers, Inc. of Bryan. Stevens, who went to Kuwait to demonstrate a new chemical gel to be used in fire-fighting, saw first hand many of the innovative processes other coun tries were coming up with to fight the fires. "There are 22 fire fighting teams over there, from a dozen different countries," he said. "There's Chi nese, British, Russian and Rumanian teams in the desert right now. The most unusual new method for fighting fires belongs to the Hungarians, one of the first groups to arrive in Kuwait, Stevens said. 'They just back up to the fire and blow it out with the engine thrust. "They still have to use water to cool everything off, but it's pretty wild," he said. Two of the companies Stevens worked with were Horwell from France and Safety Bosh Ltd. from Canada. Most of the work they did while in Kuwait was focused in the Sabriyah and Raudhatiem regions in northern Kuwait. "Although the well fires are coming under control, there's still a lot of ground fires and built-up coke to deal with," he said. "Some of the coke deposits, which form around burning wells, are 30 feet high, and some of the ground fires go on for miles. "The rebuilding of Kuwait is going to go on for a long time," Stevens said. HUY NGUYEN/The Battalion 1 Dillard's 00D!" Pump It Up Senior Mary Walters (left) and freshman Stan Ware sample the newest Reebok footwear at the Campus Fest held in front of G. Rollie White Monday and Tuesday. Texas A&M Bookstore sponsored the event which included IBM, Reebok and others. Threa tB, bombing mar talks Radical groups remain determined to oppose Arab recognition of Israel MADRID, Spain (AP) — Arabs and Israelis alike voiced hopes Tuesday for forging a lasting ac cord, but new bloodshed stained the eve of historic Middle East talks. A bombing by the fundamen talist group Hezbollah killed three Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, and Israel responded hours later by bombing what it said was a Hezbollah base in Nabatiyeh, eight miles north of the Israeli border. In Beirut, a rocket hit the wall of the U.S. Embassy compound. There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. Radical Shiite Muslim and Palestinian groups have promised to attack the United States and others involved in the Madrid peace conference opening Wednesday, which they oppose because it could lead to Arab recognition for Israel. The latest such threat came from Hezbollah leader Abbas Mu- sawi, who held a news conference in south Beirut to proclaim Wednesday "a day of Islamic wrath and mourning to protest against American attempts to im pose hegemony on the Muslims." Underscoring fears that the conference could be derailed, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat warned that "extremist" Arab groups could threaten the gathering's chances See Peace/Page 6 lU Sorority Row sponsors Q trick-or-treat bonanza By Alysia Woods ,, The Battalion md ” : Local trick-or-treaters are in for a [spooky surprise Wednesday night if they venture into the grave confines of Sorority Row. Texas A&M's 11 social sorori ties, the Panhellenic Council and mb College Station police depart- ^ ment will block off the streets be- — tween sorority houses in College Station and provide a Halloween , • • ••''carnival for children in the Bryan- College Station area. ■ Ginger Pugh, a senior journal ism major and social chairman for Zeta Tau Alpha, says the event is part of an effort to promote a safe Halloween for children. Br'We've always had trick-or- treaters come to the sorority hous es on Halloween," says Pugh. "We thought this would be a fun 3m cllk way to help kids and their parents , e FREE out." R The event will begin at 6 p.m. ions and end around 9 p.m. Sorority Rfw is actually two streets of fliinik sorority houses located in College /ry ^Station. Olympia Way and Athens 409 ■ iDrive will be blocked off, and • ••*' parking will be available along Munson and University Oaks drives. Each sorority house will hand out candy and small toys. In addi tion, each of the 11 houses will be the site of a particular activity, such as fortune telling, bobbing for apples and ghost-story telling. A CSPD officer will be on location to provide the trick-or-treaters with safety tips for Halloween night. Lt. Bernie Kapella of the CSPD, however, said he doesn't antici pate any problems on Halloween. "Most kids are going to school carnivals, haunted houses and things like that," he says. "And we encourage that every year." To get the word out, Pugh has contacted local media, as well as several local organizations, such as the Boys' Club and the Girls' Club. "Our aim is to reach kids under 13, and our goal is to inform them about safety," she says. This is the first year for the event and Pugh hopes it will con tinue in the years to come. Police warn that children are See Police /Page 5 College requires audit pick up By Susan Maguire The Battalion Seniors in the College of Liberal Arts have un til Thursday to pick up their 90-hour degree au dits from their departments before they will be blocked from registering. The audits can be picked up from the depart ments until Thursday. Otherwise, seniors must pick up their audits at 112 Harrington to have the blocks removed. Dr. Woodrow Jones, associate dean of under graduate studies for the College of Liberal Arts, said there were several seniors last semester who could have avoided graduation problems if they had their audits. " We want them (students) to get into the habit of picking up their audits," Jones said. He said before telephone registration system was installed, students would see advisers much more frequently. "Now we hope that at least one time in their career, they touch base with their adviser," he said. jean Raniseski, assistant coordinator of under graduate advisingfpr Liberal Arts, said there were problems of students not being aware of de gree requirements. "There were a lot of problems and disappoint ments when graduation rolled around," she said. She said that the college will make sure that See Signs/Page 5 Former Louisiana governor rebukes Duke A Night With EMS Campus volunteers handle the task of dealing with medical emergencies at Texas A&M. While most students spent Friday night at Midnight Yell, these stayed busy helping the injured and sick. See Page 4 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For mer Louisiana Gov. Dave Treen delivered a stinging rebuke Tues day to David Duke's candidacy for governor, calling Duke a docu mented draft dodger who cannot be believed when he says he's giv en up his Nazi-style anti- Semitism. Treen told reporters in New Or leans he would vote for his long time political enemy, Edwin Ed wards, in the Nov. 16 runoff elec tion. Duke, meanwhile, was in Baton Rouge defending his recent re marks disparaging Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' marriage to a white woman. Earlier, Edwards picked up en dorsements from two of the candi dates he and Duke defeated in Louisiana's unique "open prima ry" on Oct. 19. And he met pri vately at the governor's mansion with defeated incumbent Buddy Roemer, who placed third in the primary, missing a runoff spot. Treen, a Republican, and Ed wards, a Democrat, have been en emies for years. Edwards defeated Treen in a 1983 governor's race following a campaign that was of ten heated and sometimes marked by bitter, personal remarks.