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The Battalion
/ol. 91 No. 113
College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893’
8 Pages
Thursday, March 12, 1992
Heating of Pacific currents
causes inclement weather
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By Twila A. Waddy
The Battalion
Texas has received more than
its share of rain in the past few
months because of an periodic
phenomenon that occurs 4,000
miles away.
"El Nino" is the term used by
oceanographers and meteorolo
gists to refer to the warming of
waters in the Pacific Ocean
around the equator. This heat
ing eventually leads to heavy
rains in Texas, said Thomas
Crowley, a climatologist with the
Applied Research Corporation in
College Station.
El Nino - which means "the
child" in Spanish - occurs off the
coast of Peru. It was given the
name El Nino because it happens
in December, the season of the
Christ child.
Crowley said it is hard to
predict when El Nino is going to
occur. The warming only occurs
every three to seven years, main
ly in the winter. Crowley said
See Expert/Page 8
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The El Nino effect on weather
patterns in North America
By Alysia Woods
The Battalion
Bryan-College Station residents may be surprised
to discover a decrease in their utility bills due to an
effort of both cities.
The cities of Bryan, Denton, Greenville and Gar
land recently signed an agreeement to provide
cheaper electricity to the cities of College Station,
Bowie, Farmersville and Bridgeport.
As a result of the new arrangement providers -
such as the City of Bryan - receive cheaper rates be
cause they agree to sell power to recipients - such as
the City of College Station.
College Station Utilities Office Manager Bruce Al
bright said the move was formally made in January.
"On January the first. College Station switched
electrical suppliers and, as a result, our rates have re
ally gone down," Albright said.
The electricity is generated in Bryan, Denton,
Greenville and Garland through the Texas Municipal
Power Agency (TMPA).
In previous years. College Station had purchased
electricity from Gulf State Utilities.
Albright said the savings actually showed up on
residents' bills March 1. He said the decrease is ap
proximately 6.48 percent for the average resident liv
ing in either an apartment or a house, a savings of be
tween $4 and $5 a month.
Bryan Utilities' Customer Service Manager Vicki
Reim said Bryan's utility rates decreased by 5 per
cent.
"As far as selling power to those cities, including
College Station, it has been good for them and good
for us," Reim said.
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weapons cuts
Russia, U.S. favor drastic reductions
of nuclear arms, disagree on timing
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collection of buffalo and deer hides to a Texas History class, tanned their skins, and made clothing from them.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -
The United States and Russia on
Wednesday said they want to re
duce sharply their stockpiles of
the world's most dangerous nucle
ar weapons, but differed on the
pace of those cuts.
A 4 1/2-hour meeting between
Secretary of State James A. Baker
III and Russian Foreign Minister
Andrei Kozyrev apparently ad
vanced prospects for a successful
summit in Washington in
mid-June. Left unresolved was
Moscow's demand for a com
pressed schedule that could cut or
even ban ocean-spanning multi
ple-warhead missiles by the end
of the century.
They left open the question of
whether a new arms reduction
pact will be ready for signing
when President Bush meets Rus
sian President Boris N. Yeltsin in
June.
Baker said there would have to
be further meetings with Kozyrev
on both the timing and the mix of
a new accord.
He said, "there was a genuine
desire to move beyond the re
quirements of the START treaty,"
the Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty signed by Bush and former
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
last July.
Kozyrev said at a joint news
conference at the Russian Em
bassy: "We worked as friends and
allies standing on one side of the
barricade of all the problems that
beset us on the other."
For years at the flashpoint of
conflict, the United States and
what used to be the Soviet Union
have amassed enough nuclear
weapons to destroy each other
several times over.
' However, as the Cold War
ebbed, they began to reduce their
stockpiles. The START treaty cut
long-range bombers, submarines
and missiles on.the two sides —
about 40 percent for Moscow and
the three other nuclear nations on
former Soviet territory — and
about 30 percent for the United
States.
The treaty calls for no more
than 6,000 strategic warheads on
each side. Bush in January pro
posed reducing to 4,700. Yeltsin
urged a new ceiling of 2,500
apiece.
"We are looking for ways and
means of bridging the gap be
tween us, including the enhancing
of the means of reducing MIRVed
missiles within the time frame of
the START treaty," Kozyrev said.
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Black A&M students
must unite.
By Sharon Gilmore
TIic Battalion
The black students of A&M
must unite to accomplish goals
and advancement, a group of pan
elists said Wednesday at National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People's program.
Blacks must overcome hard
ships and join together, said Julius
Cox, the A&M chapter president.
"Before we can achieve Martin
Luther King's dream we must
overcome our differences and
unite," Cox said.
However, another panelist said
unity is an old line in social re
form.
Sometimes there is a frustra
tion to see changes, said panelist
Greg Moses, a visiting lecturer in
philosophy and humanities.
One panelist said she thought
there was too much support with
in the black community on cam
pus. Too many organizations exist
for the number of blacks at the
university, said Madeline Petty,
Panhellenic Council president.
"Sometimes you feel that you
don't have privacy," Petty said.
Other panelists said that the
black organizations are not coop
erating enough.
"Our organizations don't work
together like they should, but I
panel says
think we are supportive," Carmen
Moss, Memorial Student Center's
Black Awareness Committee
chairwoman, said. "We aren't uni
fied because we aren't reaching
our goals."
Moses said he thought there
was a need for political agenda
setting within black organizations.
"Their is a tremendous void to
be filled," Moses said. "The ad
ministration, faculty and campus
are ready for change but are not
willing to lead it."
Conflicts in scheduling among
the black organizations could be
part of the problem, panelists said.
"I propose that African-Amer
ican organizations get together
and make a calendar and set
goals," Petty said.
Student Body President
Stephen Ruth said that students
should join other organizations to
increase black representation. He
also said he frequently goes back
to his old high school to speak
with students about college.
"I make it a point to come into
contact with black American peo
ple," he said
Participants also said all-black
schools might mean a better edu
cation and a higher self-esteem for
blacks.
"Maybe we need a school that
will help them take on positive at
titudes," Petty said.
Sentimental Tourney
Slocum remembers 7 66 spring break
with thoughts of deceased teammate
By Bridget Harrow
The Battalion
Fond memories about spring breaks
past merge as the years go by, especially if
one has had as many spring breaks as Texas
A&M's head football coach R.C. Slocum.
Having been a coach since graduating
from college, Slocum said he has always
seen spring break as a time to relax and
have fun.
However, the spring break of 1966
stands out for Slocum, and it didn't have a
happy ending.
"One of my good friends was killed in
an automobile accident," Slocum remem
bers. "The accident was directly related to
drinking."
At that time, Slocum was a junior at Mc-
Neese State University in Lake Charles, La.
He and some fellow football teammates de
cided to spend spring break in Grand Isle,
La., a coastal beach area much like South
Padre Island.
At the last minute Slocum had to change
his plans.
"I elected to go home," Slocum said. "I
had the opportunity to get a new car. Up
until the last minute I had every intention of
Spring break memories
□ Dr. John Koldus, V.P. for student services -
Monday
□ Tony Barone, basketball coach - Tuesday
□ Dr. William Mobley, A&M president -
Wednesday
■ R.C. Slocum, head football coach -
Thursday
going on that trip, and then my dad said
'Why don't you come home, and we could
look around this weekend for a car.' "
Slocum's teammates headed to Grand
Isle anyway. That night they decided to go
to a nightclub. Part of the group had gone
earlier and was supposed to meet the others
later on. As the two cars came down the
road, in opposite directions, they acciden
tally collided head-on.
The exact details about the accident are
unknown because just two cars were found
on the road, Slocum says. It was a desolate
part of the beach highway, and it was early
morning. The cars were not found until the
next day by the two friends who had re
mained at the beach house.
See Coach/Page 8
KARL A. STOLLEIS/The Battalion
R.C. Slocum,
Texas A&M University head football coach