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Friday, April 3, 1992
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Class registration for students
with jobs will be more complicat
ed this year because of a new sys
tem designed to prevent student
workers from abusing the early
registration system.
Student workers who want to
register for summer classes will
now do so by telephone. They
also are required to fill out a more
detailed form to provide evidence
that they are actually employed by
Texas A&M.
The new policy is designed to
address concerns about classes be
ing filled before registration be
gins by students pre-registering
for classes they are not going to
take to reserve them for friends.
The Student Senate passed a
student worker pre-registration
bill in an effort to keep students
from abusing the pre-registration
system.
The bill calls for a stricter poli
cy to verify whether students who
are pre-registering are actually
student workers.
Dr. Sallie Sheppard, associate
provost for undergraduate stud
ies, said the Academic Operations
Committee (AOC) was asked by
faculty members and students to
check into pre-registration. The
AOC, a committee primarily com
posed of the associate deans of all
colleges, endorsed the student
worker bill.
"The student group had
passed this bill having to do with
student workers," she said. "We
endorsed directly what was
passed there."
Sheppard said the AOC passed
a resolution restricting undergrad
uate students from registering for
more than 16 hours.
"There were reports of people
registering for lots of hours they
weren't going to use themselves,"
she said.
This restriction only applies to
See Registration/Page 5
Yeltsin fires architect
of economic reforms
President Boris N. Yeltsin
fired a key member of his staff days
before lawmakers are to decide the
limits of Yeltsin’s powers.
MOSCOW (AP) — President
Boris N. Yeltsin of Russia on
Thursday fired Yegor Gaidar,
the chief architect of his free-
market reforms, just days before
hostile lawmakers convene to
consider whether to strip Yeltsin
of some powers.
Public criticism of Gaidar had
been building for weeks and his
ouster as finance minister was
the first sign of a response from
the Yeltsin government. But it
appeared unlikely to signal a
major shift in Russia's painful
drive toward a market economy.
Yeltsin could be trying to
defuse criticism before Mon
day's opening session of parlia
ment, which could rescind his
powers to issue economic de
crees. In this way, Gaidar would
be the fall guy for the unpopular
reforms.
But Yeltsin indicated that he
was not planning a wholesale re
treat. He told reporters at the
Kremlin that there would be no
major Cabinet shake-up.
Gaidar played an important
role in obtaining the $24 billion
in aid from the world's wealthi-
See Yeltsin/Page 5
Two remain
in contest
for president
Beller, Brooks to compete in run-off;
elections draw 6,003 student voters
By K. Lee Davis
The Battalion
KARL A. STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Steve Beller, left, garnered 49.17 percent of the vote, and David Brooks took 17.20 percent. More than 50 percent is needed to win.
Voters’ Voice
Students voted Wednes
day and Thursday in favor
of all three referendums,
and there will be 12 run-off
elections — including stu
dent body president.
For a complete list of
student body election re
sults, please see Page 3.
Yell leaders for 1992-93
Ronnie McDonald
is a senior political
science major
Tim Isgitt is a
junior political
science major
Adin Pfeuffer is a
junior industrial
distribution major
Mark Rollins is a
sophomore civil
engineering major
Steve Scanlon is a
sophomore political
science major
Voter turnout for Student
Government elections was very
high Thursday as 6,003 Texas
A&M students made their
choice for the candidates they
hope will best represent their
interests.
Twelve of the races/includ
ing the contest for Student Body
President, will continue in run
off elections.
In the presidential election,
Steve Beller beat his nearest
competitor, David Brooks, by
nearly three to one. Beller drew
49.17 percent at the polls, with
2,470 votes to Brooks' 864.
Candidates John Ansbach
and Lisa Cash narrowly missed
qualifying for the run-off. Ans
bach finished six votes behind
Brooks with 17.08 percent and
Cash finished 33 votes short
with 16.54 percent.
Surrounded by a throng of
supporters, Beller jubilantly ac
cepted the news that he had
made the run-off.
"I'm very excited," Beller
said. "It's really hard to think
right now with the excitement
of the moment.
"I am ready to put the stu
dent back into student govern
ment," he said. "I am ready to
put the the Aggie back into
government, what being an Ag
gie means."
David Brooks and his crowd
of boosters took the news of the
run-off in a calm , business-like
manner.
"There is no doubt in my
mind that I would have done
better if the campaign had
stayed with the issues." Brooks
said. "After tonight, the first
thing I will do is try to shift the
focus of the campaign to my
qualifications and goals.
"I think it is wide open, and
am almost certain that Lisa
Cash will support me in the
run-off; and I hope I will win."
he said.
Runoff elections will take
place Tuesday, April 7, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Any student may vote in the
run-off, even if they did not
vote in the first election.
Reagon Clamon contributed to
this story.
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Libyans protest embargo
Youths rebel, firebomb Venezuelan Embassy
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Young Libyans
with firebombs sacked the Venezuelan Em
bassy and tried to storm the Russian mission
Thursday during a day of protests against
countries that supported a U.N. air and arms
embargo on Libya.
The U.N. Security Council, in emergency
session, demanded Libya pay for damage to
the embassies and laid blame for the attacks on
Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
"This is so transparently and obviously di
rected to bring pressure on members of the Se
curity Council," said U.S. Ambassador Thomas
R. Pickering.
Women and schoolgirls carried flowers, to
the embassies of India and Morocco, two of the
five U.N. Security Council members that ab
stained in Tuesday's 10-0 vote to impose sanc
tions after Libya refused to turn over suspects
in the bombings of two airliners.
Venezuela's Foreign Ministry issued an un
usually harsh protest to Libya, angrily de
nouncing the assault on its embassy and de
manding an official explanation within 48
hours.
The U.N. Security Council held an emergen
cy session in New York to draft a statement de
manding an immediate halt to the attacks in
Tripoli.
The United Nations later issued a statement
saying Libya had apologized for the embassy
"This is so transparently and
obviously directed to bring
pressure on members of the
Security Council."
— U.S. Ambassador Thomas R.
Pickering.
attacks and claimed Gadhafi opposed the vio
lence.
The sanctions were imposed after Libya re
fused to surrender six alleged intelligence
agents sought in the bombings of Pan Am
Flight 103 in 1988 and a French airliner in 1989,
which killed a total of 441 people.
The sanctions will take effect on April 15 if
Libya does not hand over the suspects.
Mediterranean Sea
Protestors
hurl fire
bombs at
embassies of
countries
that voted to
enforce an
embargo on
Libya.
Lawyer details lawsuit
responsible for GLSS
RACHEL HYMEL/The Battalion
Many
Arabs react
ed with
anger to the
vote. But
Thursday,
President
H o s n i
Mubarak of neighboring Egypt said his nation
would honor the embargo.
It was only the second time the Security
Council voted to punish a country for ignoring
its demands on peace and security. The council
took similar action against Iraq after the
Kuwait invasion.
The official Libyan news agency JANA said
dozens of demonstrators were hospitalized af
ter clashes with riot police. Western diplomats
said they had no reports of injured protesters
or embassy personnel.
Diplomats said the protests appeared well
planned. They said that police reinforcements
turned up early at several of the targeted em
bassies and that many demonstrators arrived
in buses.
By Julie Polston
The Battalion
An Austin attorney discussed
Wednesday the history and con
text of the lawsuit which estab
lished the Gay and Lesbian Stu
dent Service organization at Texas
A&M .
Patrick Wiseman, who graduat
ed from A&M in 1970, gave a brief
synopsis of the history of GLSS for
Gay and Lesbian Awareness
Week.
On April 4, 1976, three A&M
students met with Dr. John
Koldus, vice president of student
affairs, for permission to advertise
the meeting times of a new service
group for gays and lesbians.
The students' request was de
nied because only officially recog
nized groups were allowed this
advertising privilege.
The group filed an application
for recognition the next day, but
was denied on the grounds that
they were not "consistent with the
philosophy and goals of TAMU."
In 1977, the group hired Wise
man to file a lawsuit against the
University. Eventually, the case
was appealed all the way to the
U.S. Supreme Court. However,
the court refused to hear the case
on April 1,1985.
As a result, the Fifth Circuit
Court decision ruling in favor of
the establishment of the organiza
tion was allowed to stand.
Wiseman said the United States
government can be a necessary but
evil entity that uses its power to
impose personal standards.
"People are the reservoir of
power, and we give a piece of that
to the United States," he said.
"This country has become more
and more controlling, and less and
See Attorney/Page 6