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Vol.91 No. 120 Partly cloudy with highs in 70s to 80s Lisa Cash would serve students best as student body president -Battalion Editorial Board Page 11 Aggie Players Production gives a musical revue of Broadway's biggest hits Page 7 Spring Has Sprung C—) Aggies begin first steps toward a return engagement in Dallas Page 3 The Battalion on the mg College Station, Texas ■mm “Serving Texas A&M since 1893” wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 2 Sections, 16 Pages Tuesday, March 31,1992 ■mmm nm it tee (d \ican Aim C), the Df i and Cl* he Depart] 'ed the lecti tide, Board fines candidate for mail I last weel (esse Jackst )t announci he has sj lion of his if supports have hisi That typ 'ably push ntei i teleconu An exa: radio and ie classroo: proved th quasi-eu ed theQ ■r Scholar The Indr ogram in 'ring rece itate offi been placr interestdi 'ill be use for indiis: 3 » EK.i. ESDAY, tampering By Michael Sullivan The Battalion The Texas A&M Student Government election commis sion on Monday found a Stu dent Senate member who is a candidate for student body president guilty of tampering with the mail of a fellow senator who is also a presidential candi date. The commission fined Speak er of the Senate David Brooks $25 for going through John Ans- bach's mail. The report stated that Brooks acknowledged the charges against him were true. "Mr. Brooks admitted in a sperate interview on Friday, March 27, that he had gone through Mr. Ansbach's mail box," the report stated. "Mr. Brooks took private campaign information from Mr. Ans bach's mail; however-,, (Brooks) later returned the information to the office mail box '(of Ans- bach)." The commission, however, was unable to determine if Brooks used the information to his advantage in his presiden tial campaign. Due to this fact, the commission did not disqual ify him from the presidential race. Brooks responded to the findings, saying he did not feel he had broken any rules. "I don't believe I've violated election commission regulations in any way. Furthermore, be cause I believe that, I have ap pealed all of my fines to the ju dicial board today." The board investigated a complaint that John Ansbach filed the week before spring break stating Brooks had tam pered with Ansbach's senatorial mail box. Ansbach was pleased at the investigation's outcome, but he expressed distaste that the event occurred. BS See Ansbach/Page 10 BILLY MORAN/ The Battalion Steven Belter tells a joke in his opening statement Flagroom. The other candidates are (left to right) John during the 1992 Presidential Forum in the MSC Ansbach, David Brooks, and Lisa Cash. IN ADVANCE Student body elections begin Wednesday Student body elections will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following polling places: Blocker Building Kleberg Center Sterling C. Evans Library MSC foyer (between the Sweet Shop and Rudder Tower). Runoff elections will be held Tuesday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the same locations. Student Senate serves as forum for interaction with administration By K-. Lee Davis The Battalion The Texas A&M Student Senate makes many decisions and suggestions through out the year that directly affect the lives of students. "Student senators are supposed to in teract through their constituents to pro vide a forum for taking ideas to the ad ministration," said Zack Barcevac, public information officer for the Senate. The Senate is basically a suggestive body for the University administration but its suggestions are often influential, said Patricia Warhol, speaker pro tern of the Senate. "The Senate will pass a resolution that is then forwarded to the administration. President Mobley, or a committee, which can then decide to adopt it whole, adopt it with changes, or not adopt it at all," she said. Warhol said the dispensation of funds for student service programs is the most important action the Senate deals with. "Suggestions on student service fund ing are definitely the most important job for the Student Senate," Barcevac said. The Senate suggests how much is allo cated to an individual program from the total budget, Warhol said, and the sug gestions are often adopted. Warhol said the University adminis tration, on some occasions, has come to the Student Senate to ask that a resolu tion be passed. One example is the raising of the inter national student fee last year. The Uni versity cannot raise student service fees unless action is taken by a student elected organization to suggest that they be raised, Warhol said. "For these reasons, it's very important for the senators to know what is on the mind of the student body," Warhol said. Campaign rivalries intensify Debate ends in mudslinging between student candidates By Jayme Blaschke The Battalion An otherwise calm 1992 Student Body Presidential Forum nearly turned nasty during the closing state ments as one candidate accused another of mudsling ing. Presidential candidate and speaker of the Senate David Brooks fired his barrage near the end of the fo rum, clearly aiming his remarks at candidate John Ansbach. Ansbach had filed a complaint before spring break accusing Brooks of tampering with his mail in the stu dent government office. "There's been a lot of mudslinging and accusations in this campaign, and I think the reason for this is ob vious," Brooks said. "When accusations are made and the issues are obscured, those who have no knowl edge of the issues benefit." Ansbach, who made his closing statement follow ing Brooks' remarks, was visibly upset by the claims, but chose not to address them in his statement. "I feel we've run a clean and ethical campaign," Ansbach said after the forum. "I came forward with what was a clear violation of the Aggie Code of Hon or. "I didn't run out and tell lots of people like he made it sound — I filed a complaint with the election commissioner, which was the proper course of ac tion," he said. "Coming from someone who says he's never broken the Aggie Code of Honor, I say he bet ter reexamine just what that code is." Responding to a question on ethics earlier in the forum. Brooks said he had "never broken the Aggie Code of Honor." The forum otherwise remained calm, with the can didates each answering questions from a five-mem ber panel. Presidential candidate Lisa Cash proposed a unique way to increase the involvement of interna tional students at Texas A&M. "We have here at A&M a Fish Camp of incoming freshmen and a T-Camp for transfer students, and I propose establishing an I-Camp for international stu dents," Cash said. "This would enable the interna tional students coming in a chance to learn about Texas A&M, Texas and the United States, while giv ing the student counselors the chance to learn about other cultures. See Candidates/Page 10 ►les ubles NOW rally protests rape, violence Women's march RSDAY, m !NS! receives insults By Reagon Clamon The Battalion Members of the campus chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) faced insults from students as they marched across campus in protest of violence against women Monday night. The march followed the organization's first "Take Back the Night" rally. After the rally, the women attending were asked to participate in a protest march across cam pus. The men in the group were asked not to join the march, but to attend a workshop that was held simultaneously in the MSC flagroom. Wendy Stock, faculty adviser for NOW, explained the exclusion of men as a symbol ic gesture of hope for the day when women can walk alone. "The whole idea is for women to have the freedom to walk alone," Stock said. "Men already have enough freedom as it is." The march started from the statue of Sul Ross and wound around campus, passing by the MSC, the Psychology Building, and the Sterling C. Evans Library. As the caravan passed Hart Hall, the protesters' cries of, "No more hate, no more violence, no more rape, no more silence!" and, "Women unite!" were interrupted by residents shouting, "Shut up, bitch!" and, "I love you!" Steven Zwinggi, a senior construction major and resident of Hart Hall, said he felt the marchers were full of hot air. "They're all mentally screwed," Zwinggi said. "They just want something to bitch about." Zwinggi said the marchers' anger at soci ety for covering up violence against women was unfounded. "I don't know that there is any rape on campus; if there is, we're never told," Zwinggi said. "They always say the reason no one hears about it is because women nev er report it." Several speakers, poetry readings, and a four-piece band kept the attention of about forty students that congregated in front of the Sul Ross statue behind the Academic Building for the program. Trudy Milburne, who has been with NOW for a year and a half, called for more awareness of violence against women in her opening introduction. "Basically, we want to bring awareness," Milburne said. "We want to make sure peo ple know this is a problem that needs to be dealt with." See NOW/Page 10 DARRIN HILL/ The Battalion Christy Claxton, left, a graduate student from Giddings, and Stacy Lieder, a junior from Cypress, members of the song group Dream Horse, sing in front of the Academic Building Monday during the National Organization of Women's Take Back the Night' rally. Buchanan focuses attack on Congress WASHINGTON (AP) - Re publican challenger Patrick Buchanan shifted the focus of his attacks away from President Bush on Monday and aimed his venom at Congress, calling it "a swamp that must be drained." Proclaiming himself "tanned, rested and ready" after a short vacation in Florida, the conser vative commentator said he is still in the GOP race. "We do intend to direct a lot of our fire at that other political establishment, the Congress of the United States, which is des perately in need of being dumped over," Buchanan said. After 17 straight losses to Bush, Buchanan gave up the personal attacks on the presi dent that had been a trademark of his earlier campaigning. Buchanan told a rally and news conference on Capitol Hill that his campaign was entering a gentler-toward-the-president phase as he headed for a week of campaigning in Minnesota, Wisconsin and California. "We could never be as color ful as Mr. Buchanan but we do share his disappointment with Congress as an institution," said Torie Clarke, spokeswoman for the Bush campaign. She said that Buchanan's de cision to focus on Congress in stead of Bush "is largely irrele vant. We are going to continue doing what we've been doing all year long: campaigning hard in all the states and wining all the primaries." Paul Erickson, a senior Buchanan adviser, said money continues to come into the cam paign despite the challenger's drubbing at the polls. "The campaign has raised and spent just under $7 million and we will raise another $4 million," he said. Erickson said/ Buchanan will be "picking our targets more ef fectively than we have been" in the coming primaries. Buchanan would not com ment on Democratic front-run ner Bill Clinton's disclosure that he had used marijuana as a stu dent at Oxford. ~ES IS/ VOTER'S GUIDE/ SECTION B