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FRIDAY
PARENTS’ WEEKEND: 1. MSC Variety
Show from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium. 2. RHA Casino Night “Mobster
Madness” from 7 p.m. to Midnight in the
MSC. 3. OP Army Yell Practice at midnight
at Kyle Field.
COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARENESS OF
MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE: Spring
Faith Cookout; volleyball, football and
Tejano music. 5 p.m. at Hensel Park Area 2.
Call Nancy Costa at 845-1515 for more
information.
TAMU BOOKSTORE IN THE MSC: Frank
Cox, author of I Bleed Maroon will autograph
his book from noon to 3 p.m. at the TAMU
Bookstore. Janis Stout will autograph her
book, Home Truth from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. also
at the TAMU Bookstore. Call 845-8681 for
more information.
RHA CASINO: Las Vegas Style gaming with
prizes to be given away throughout the
evening. 7 p.m. to Midnight on the 2nd floor
of the MSC.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST:
General meeting: Rob Rice will speak on
who we are in Christ. 7 p.m. in 108
Harrington. Call Travis at 847-4060 for more
information.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Bible study.
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 203 College Main.
Call 846-7722 for more information.
STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE:
Supper Club meeting. 8 p.m. at Mario and
Son’s Pizzeria on Northgate. Call Robert at
822-7387 for more information.
AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION:
General assembly and election of officers for
the 1992-93 school year. 7:30 p.m. in 404
Rudder. Call Martin at 845-9355 or 696-
2997 for more information.
What’s Up
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General
discussion. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call the
CDPE at 845-0280 for more information.
CLASS OF ‘94 COUNCIL: Applications for
'92-’93 committee chairman positions will be
accepted until April 24 at 5 p.m. at the Class
of ‘94 cubicle at the SPO. Call Brian at 846-
6767 for more information.
SATURDAY
PARENTS’ WEEKEND: 1. 4th Annual
Bevo Burn BBC from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Grove. 2. Family Night at the Texas Hall
of Fame starting at 8 p.m.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA: 5K run/ 1.5-mile
walk benefitting CASA and Phoebe’s Home.
9 a.m. at 1503 Athens (KA© House). Call
Celeta Hutchison at 696-6912 for more
information.
TAMU EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:
Picnic, skills contests and ambulance rodeo.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at parking area 50 by the
polo fields. Call Stephen at 845-1525 for
more information.
TEXAS A&M BICYCLE CLUB: The 35-mile
Tabor Road tour. 9 a.m. at the fountain
between Rudder and the MSC. Call Travis at
847-4060 for more information.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION: Parents’ Weekend -
special programs in the College of Business
with a free continental breakfast provided. 8
a.m. to 11 a.m. in 102 Blocker.
AUDUBON FIELD TRIP: Anahuac Refuge,
High Island, Bolivar Flats. Call Bert Frenz at
764-3999 or 693-3214 for more information.
SUNDAY
PARENTS’ WEEKEND: 1. All University
Awards Ceremony at 9 a.m. in Rudder
Auditorium. 2. Corps of Cadets Review and
Awards Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. at Kyle Field.
TEXAS A&M BICYCLE CLUB: The 26-mile
Sandy Point tour. 1 p.m. at the fountain
between Rudder and the MSC. Call Travis at
847-4060 for more information.
TAMU MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: End of
year picnic for all Microbiology Society
members and all graduating microbiology
majors. 3 p.m. at Williamson Park in Bryan.
Call Steve at 847-1223 for more information.
PUERTO RICAN STUDENT
ASSOCIATION: Picnic- bring your own
food. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hensel Park Area
1. Call Dominick at 696-1482 or Jackeline at
846-7830 for more information.
LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP:
Supper. 6 p.m. at the Lutheran Student
Center. Call Martin at 847-1835 for more
information.
MONDAY
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General
discussion. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call
the CDPE at 845-0280 for more information.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Bible study.
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 203 College Main.
Call 846-7722 for more information.
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Execution method sparks controversy
HUNTSVILLE (AP) - Con
victed killer Billy Wayne White
was cooperative and courteous as
Texas prison officials struggled for
about 40 minutes early Thursday
to find a vein for an intravenous
ideringthep^F needle so he could be executed,
ial distribuWl White, 34, dubbed “Sleeping
st and strong® 1 Billy” because he snoozed and
niversifesucf snored during the closing argu-
r new indis® wents of his trial, then quietly was
Forty-minute struggle to find vein
raises issues of humanity, cruelty
u dents make up
in the Depart;
chnology,
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xecuted.
The difficulty in CciVfying out
the procedure was neither unex-
ected nor unprecedented, and of-
icials rejected suggestions the
Jrocedure was inhumane.
The debate over capital punish
ment intensified this week when
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ion of theef )ut its first execution in 25 years.
Robert Alton Harris, 39, con-
icted of killing two teen-agers,
yas executed in the gas chamber
hwhat death penalty opponents
termed cruel and unusual punish
ment.
Harris' execution was delayed
once after he already had been
strapped into the chair. When the
execution eventually was carried
out, it took 16 minutes from the
time the gas was released until he
was declared dead.
In contrast, once the lethal
drugs began flowing Thursday,
White's death came quickly. It be
came apparent that White had
stopped breathing less than 30
seconds after Warden Jack Pursley
gave the go-ahead.
His only reaction to the drugs
was three shallow gasps.
Nevertheless a spokeswoman
for the Texas Resource Center,
which defends capital cases, said
the delay revealed the cruelty of
capital punishment.
“For us to stand there for an
hour to try and kill somebody
points out how barbaric this pro
cess is," said Mandy Welch, direc
tor of the agency's Houston office.
Welch also cited other instances
where drugs have been improper
ly administered as evidence that
even lethal injection is cruel.
Andy Collins, director of the
Texas prison system, defended the
procedure.
White “was an habitual drug
user. He was a longtime heroin
user," Collins said. “The proce
dure just takes a fairly lengthy
time when you have somebody
who has used narcotics for an ex
tended period of time.”
During at least one other execu
tion in Texas several years ago,
prison officials had difficulty find
ing a suitable vein, again because
the inmate was a longtime drug
user. Collins said prison officials
were warned of White's drug his
tory and expected difficulty.
Asked if that meant White en
dured extra pain, Collins replied:
“Not that I noticed."
“The inmate was very compli
ant, very courteous, very coopera
tive. In fact, he attempted to assist
us.”
There are no witnesses to the
preparations for execution. Re
porters and other witnesses are al
lowed in the death chamber only
when the drugs are ready to be
administered.
The execution was the fifth this
year in Texas and the 47th the
state has carried out since the U.S.
Supreme Court allowed the death
penalty to resume in 1976.
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