The Battalion
Friday, February 21, 1992
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fclements receives SMU appointment
—DALLAS (AP) — Southern
February21,| Methodist University President
" : Kenneth Pye has come under fire
from students
and alumni be-
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^ov. Bill
Clements to a
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raising commit
tee.
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mounced last
week the ap
pointment of
Clements to the
President's Leadership Council,
which will identify new financial
Bsources for academic uses.
A few months after retiring as
Debate arises over his past
role in 'pay-for-play' scandal
Clements
chairman of SMU's board of gov
ernors in 1987, Clements — who
was governor at the time — dis
closed that he and other bbard
members had approved continued
payments to football players two
years after the school had been
placed on probation for similar vi
olations.
As a result of its "play for pay"
scandal, SMU in 1988 became the
first school ever to receive the
NCAA's so-called death penalty.
The NCAA canceled SMU's 1987
football season, and the school
voluntarily canceled the 1988 sea
son. The Mustangs were among
the nation's worst football teams
in 1989 and 1990 as they struggled
to rebuild.
"We as alumni gave him an op
portunity to run the university,"
said Don Williams, a board mem
ber of the SMU Mustang Club,
which raises money for athletic
scholarships. "He destroyed the
image academically and athletical-
ty-
"I feel like putting him on any
board, council or committee is a
complete hypocritical outrage.
The whole appointment is based
on one word — money," Williams
said Wednesday.
Pye on Thursday defended his
decision in a news release that in
sisted the council will have no pol
icy-making or governing powers.
"I find it unfortunate that a few
individuals choose to rehash the
football scandal at periodic inter
vals," Pye said in a statement. "I
would think that my record
speaks for itself both in terms of
insistence upon institutional in
tegrity and observance of the
highest ethical standards in athlet
ics.
"The welfare of SMU requires
that we look to the future, not to
the past."
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Dan Morales has proposed new regulations to
stop private psychiatric hospitals and others
from raiding the $25 million Crime Victims
bmpensation Fund.
In a letter sent to some state lawmakers,
Morales proposes limiting the amount hospi-
als can receive for in-patient psychiatric care
and cracking down on facilities that submit
faudulent claims, the San Antonio Express-
tews reported Thursday.
The attorney general's office, which as
sumed administration of the fund last Sept. 1,
needs no legislative action to impose the new
rules. State law provides agencies with a pro-
:ess, including public hearings, to change reg-
dations.
State Rep. John R. Cook, D-Breckenridge,
said he received a copy of Morales' proppsed
regulation changes Wednesday.
Cook, chairman of a special House commit
tee studying ways to protect the fund, said he
plans to respond to Morales''call.
"1 am going to look closely at the proposals
and then I may call hearings on them," Cook
said.
The proposal comes during the state's court
battle against 12 Texas psychiatric hospitals
owned by National Medical Enterprises Inc. of
Santa Monica, Calif.
Morales filed a lawsuit against National
Medical on Sept. 12, accusing it of illegally
paying kickbacks for patient referrals and
seeking to collect inflated payments from the
state fund for treating crime victims.
National Medical has denied doing any
thing illegal.
Although only National Medical's facilities
were cited in the lawsuit, the attorney gener
al's office has expanded its investigation to in
clude hospitals owned by three other medical
corporations based in other states.
Among the regulatory changes proposed by
Morales is a limit on in-patient psychiatric care
to no more than 30 days at a maximum of $400
per day, the newspaper reported.
Morales also wants to limit counseling to 40
sessions not to exceed $3,000 and to redefine
fraudulent practices to include submitting
charges for health care that are unfurnished or
unnecessary.
Most of the new rules would provide for
unusual circumstances.
The fund pays out more than $25 million a
year to more than 5,000 crime victims, and
state law sets a $25,000 maximum benefit per
claim.
Morales has frozen $10 million in claims
against the fund, including $3.1 million billed
by National Medical hospitals in Texas and
Louisiana.
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He said when there is enough
growth in the Corps, more units
will be added and the disbanded
units will probably be the first to
come back.
Members of the disbanded out
fits will for the most part be
moved as a group. Darling said.
"It's not a desirable thing," he
'said. "It's not something that they
really want to do, but we've all
agreed in the best interest of the
Corps we need to have units that
are sixty cadets or more."
At this time. Darling said, it ap
pears that all units already inte
grated with women will remain
the same.
"We're trying to hold on to the
progress that we've already made
and not lose any ground there,"
he said.
The addition of female Air
Force Maj. Rebecca Ray to the staff
has been a big asset, he said.
"She has achieved good things
and spotted trouble ahead of
time," Darling said.
Darling also said no more inci
dents of sexual harassment in the
Corps have been reported this
semester.
"I'm not saying that everything
is perfect," he said. "Once in a
while someone will disappoint
you, but it is only typical kinds of
things."
Previous action taken by the
Corps seems to be working out
very well, he said. ROTC staff
members' offices have been
placed in the dormitories so that
any time in the day they are not
teaching, they are available for the
students. The officers are there for
assistance and to maintain a pres
ence, Darling said.
"We're pleased with what we
have been able to accomplish.
We're always looking at new
things and trying to find ways to
improve the Corps."
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for the Corps," Michaels said.
Michaels came to A&M as a
civilian, but after one year he de
cided to give the Corps a try.
"I came in as a civilian student
with long hair and a safety pin in
my ear," Michaels said. "People
said I couldn't last two weeks in
the Corps. So I did it."
A short haircut was not the
only thing Michaels said he has
gained from the Corps.
"Self-confidence and discipline
are the best things I've gotten out
of the Corps so far," he said.
Michaels said being a non-con-
tract cadet makes his appointment
to the position of commander un
usual.
Candidates for the commander
position were nominated by stu
dent and faculty Corps leaders. A
final decision was reached after all
candidates were interviewed.
In the past, emphasis has been
on cadets who plan to make a ca
reer out of the military, but the
Corps now seems to be moving
toward building leaders in the
civilian sector, he said.
"A leadership development
program has been started which
will give those cadets not continu
ing in the military a better basis
for after college," Michaels said.
"Matt is articulate and he han
dles situations really well. He has
everything we need in a leader,"
said Corps Commandant Gen.
Thomas Darling. "He has the right
answers to some of our problems
and some good ideas for improve
ment."
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club
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Neutral nation, not heart
Donations from Swiss town
send Gulf veteran to college
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A
Swiss woman who comforted a
McAllen man recovering from a
severe injury during the Persian
Gulf War has contributed $15,000
to help him attend college.
Gabriela Thomas first came to
the aid of Army Spc. Alcides Rob
ledo in a German hospital several
days after he stepped on an Iraqi
land mine and lost his left leg.
"I was afraid my mother
would really take it bad, as far as
my getting hurt/' said Robledo,
24. “She explained to me that
mothers all over are the same
way. They always love their chil
dren no matter what. She set me at
ease."
While in the hospital, Robledo
pledged to make something of his
life using his mind.
“He told me, “I still have my
brain. I'll develop my brain."'
Thomas said.
Thomas decided to help him do
that. She began collecting dona
tions for Robledo's education at
her antique shop in a small village
outside Zurich.
News reports about her cam
paign helped boost donations.
Wednesday, during a ceremony
outside Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio, Thomas
gave Robledo a check for $15,000.
“In spite of our neutrality as a
nation, our hearts have never been
neutral or alone," she said.
Robledo, who has retired from
the Army, said he is finally ready
to return to a normal life after 14
operations on his leg and mangled
left arm.
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