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But it’s also pretty easy to see how
all these telephone services can
make it really easy for people in
business not to leave their work at
the office."
-Ellen Hobbs on advances in
communications technology.
Page 9
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The Battalion
fol. 91 No. 61
College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893”
12 Pages Monday, November 25, 1991
■Commander says 'a few bad apples' taint Corps' reputation
By Chris Vaughn
The Battalion
Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets com-
nander stood by his statements Sunday
hat "a few bad apples" are tainting the
orps' image after a committee report
aid last week that discrimination and ha-
assment of women is much more perva-
ive than Corps leaders let on. .
"I strongly disagree with that," said
enior John Sherman. "I stand by my
tatement until the end. It is a few indi
viduals who openly hold malice toward
women or anybody else. It is not a majori
ty of the Corps."
An independent investigative com
mittee appointed Oct. 4 by A&M Presi
dent William Mobley released an interim
report Thursday, which among other
things, said acts of discrimination and ha
rassment of women in the Corps were
more prevalent than statements by Corps
leaders indicated.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling said on
Sunday that the report was what he ex
pected, and he had "no argument" with
the major recommendations. But Darling
said he would quibble with some word
ing in the report, including the part about
"more than a 'few bad apples" discrimi
nating and harassing women.
"That's so vague," he said. "What is a
few? It's difficult to say what that means.
That kind of thing is a little troublesome
to me. I'm not sure they (vague com
ments) help our understanding of what
the committee's findings were."
Sherman said he agrees with several
points made in the report, including one
recommendation to institute a program to
educate cadets about what is harassment
and discrimination.
"A lot of people are leery about what
they are, especially after (Anita) Hill and
(Clarence) Thomas," he said. "We all
know about the obvious forms, such as
calling a woman a derogatory name. But
there are topics to be discussed about the
nuances of harassment and discrimina
tion."
Sherman said he would like to invite
an attorney to speak with the Corps about
gender-based discrimination and harass
ment.
But Sherman said he disagrees with
the committee's statements that the Corps
needs closer supervision, and that there is
a lack of knowledge or background
among the undergraduate leaders to han
dle such sensitive issues.
"I don't think our supervision is
faulty," Sherman continued. "The whole
purpose and meaning of the Corps is to
build leadership. It is a laboratory to build
our leadership skills."
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Cotton Pickin' Good Time
The 12th Man walk-ons (above) celebrate
Texas A&M's 65-6 victory over Southern
Methodist by "Sawing Varsity's Horns Off" after
the game Saturday on Kyle Field. The win
assures the Aggies of its first SWC title and
Cotton Bowl berth since 1987. Tony Harrison
(right) is congratulated by Jason Matthews after
he caught a 46-yard touchdown pass in the
second quarter. There was plenty of celebration
as the Aggies rolled up 567 yards of offense.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Cabinet on Sunday
blasted the United States for ignoring Israeli wishes and
setting Washington as the site of the next round of peace
talks. But Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said he did not
expect the peace process to be derailed by the dispute.
Israel has not said whether it will accept the U.S. invi
tation to attend talks starting Dec. 4 in Washington, al
though the Bush administration said it wanted responses
by Monday. The Jewish state has lobbied hard to hold
the next round of talks in the Middle East.
Israel television said Israel was unlikely to reply by
Monday, and that it would condition acceptance on a
promise that future talks would convene in the Middle
East.
The issue of the site is a highly charged one, because
Israel believes that sending representatives to Arab capi
tals and receiving Arab envoys would constitute de facto
recognition of the Jewish state.
Police Minister Roni Milo was quoted by Israeli radio
as urging that Israel hold off beyond Monday on giving
its response to show Washington it "cannot pull this
rope with us any tighter."
See Jordan /Page 4
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WASHINGTON (AP) - When
iHouse Republican Whip Newt
■ Gingrich outlined a year-end tax
■ package that blends capital gains
■ reductions with expanded IRAs
land other attractive-sounding
I breaks, congressional Democrats
[responded predictably.
"It has no shred of sincerity
[about it," House Speaker Thomas
[S. Foley sniffed at a weekend
[breakfast meeting with reporters.
["It's a flat-out public plot ...
[ cooked up by a group of Republi-
[ cans not to do a thing for the econ-
[ omy nor help any American."
With that, the congressional
[ tax debate of the 1992 election year
[was officially inaugurated in the
[ waning days of the 1991 session.
President Bush prefers to wait
[until January to outline his own
[economic program. But many
[House Republicans, nervous
[about their own re-election
[ prospects, saw political advantage
[in pressing for passage of their
1 plan in the session expected to end
[Tuesday or Wednesday.
Gingrich of Georgia said Fri-
[day that if the Democrats who
[control Congress let lawmakers
[ disband for the year without en-
[ acting anti-recession legislation, as
[ seems likely, "All their yelling and
[ yapping about the domestic agen-
[ da will be exposed as pure dema-
[ goguery."
There was another motive, as
well.
"It will let Republicans say
very honestly that the Democrats
defeated the only true pro-growth
initiative this Congress debated
before leaving," said Rep. Vin We
ber, R-Minn..
"There's a sense that a sound
economy is a lynch pin to the re-
election next year of the president,
and we as Republicans rise or fall
with the state of the economy,"
said Rep. Willis Gradison, R-Ohio.
"This initiative is as much seeking
political stimulus as it is seeking
economic stimulus."
Democrats reply that the flurry
of GOP activity will do little to
distract voters from Bush's seem
ing confusion about what to do
about the economy.
"The economy can't be ad
dressed until we have the atten
tion of the president, and the pres
ident denies the problem," said
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis.
"Until we get his attention, ev
erything his little leaguers do in
the House is just window-dress
ing."
That didn't stop House Majori
ty Whip Richard Gephardt from
contending that the GOP plan
would require deep cuts in Medi
care under the terms of Congress'
See Democrats /Page 4
HOUSTON (AP) - Two weeks
after Magic Johnson revealed he
has been infected with the AIDS
virus, the issue remains a topic at
church pulpits in Houston.
While some church leaders
praise Johnson's wake-up call to
the nation about the risks associat
ed with unprotected sex, others
fault his safe-sex message as im
moral.
A no-sex message would make
him a real hero, they say.
The Rev. Bob Crawford of St.
Anne's Catholic Church in
Tomball was so upset with John
son's safe-sex advice that he
mailed him a morality letter. The
deacon spoke on the issue during
Sunday Masses, and about 50
parishioners have now mailed
their own letters to the former bas
ketball star, he said.
"Don't just preach safe sex, but
accept the responsibility to preach
morality," Crawford's letter said
in part.
"Please prayerfully consider
that if we all had the courage to
place ourselves in the hands of
God, and obeyed His command
ments, the world might not be
overrun with AIDS victims, abort
ed babies or millions of starving
children,” he wrote.
The Rev. Ed Young, pastor of
Second Baptist Church, stressed in
the pulpit that safe sex doesn't ex
ist.
"Magic, if you really want to
deliver a message to this genera
tion, the message is not safe sex,"
Young told his 12,000-member
congregation.
At the 5,500-member Windsor
Village United Methodist Church,
more than 100 people stood in line
to be tested for the HIV virus last
month after a Sunday service. An
other free screening will be con
ducted Dec. 15 at the church.
More than 700 teen-agers and
adults have attended AIDS educa
tion programs at Windsor Village,
which has an active AIDS ministry
viewed by many as the best in the
black community.
The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell,
Windsor Village pastor, said he
hopes Johnson will seize on absti
nence as the best choice when he
begins to speak out more.
"Abstinence was a moral issue
in the 1960s and 1970s. Abstinence
in the 1990s or year 2000 will be a
life-or-death issue," Caldwell told
The Houston Post in Sunday's edi
tions.
Administrator to take over office at A&M University in Koriyama
Council appoints director to campus in Japan
By John Lose
77tc Battalion
The new director of the Texas A&M Uni
versity campus in Koriyama, Japan says it is
an assignment which he is eagerly anticipat
ing.
"The project has many facets," Dr. Bill
Stout said. "One of its attractions to me is
that it is unbounded in its potential."
Stout, who will take over the office next
spring, will manage the two-year-old cam
pus of about 150 students and 34 faculty,
which is located about 120 miles north of
Tokyo.
"Another part of my job is to sell A&M in
Japan," Stout said. ""We are an unknown in
Japan in many respects. The first question
they always ask is 'What do the A and M
stand for?' "
Stout said once he explains what the let
ters stand for, he then has to explain that
Texas A&M is much more than an agricul
tural and engineering school.
"We have to be careful about bragging,"
Stout said, "but we do have to show that we
rank very high in comparison with other
American universities in terms of research,
merit scholars."
Stout was chosen from a list of nominees
by the Koriyama Policy Council, which also
served as the search committee for the posi
tion. The recommendation of the council
was then approved by Executive Associate
Provost Jerry Gaston and University Presi
dent William Mobley.
Gaston said that Stout's list of credentials
will prove to be a big asset in his new office.
"He has many positive characteristics
such as administration experience, experi
ence as a department head, experience with
students and also international experience,"
See Council/Page 4
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