Monday, August 31,1992
The Battalion
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i 0r; u KE members escape
itdifire; fraternity house,
vmipersonal property lost
TEDI
By JULIE CHELKOWSKI
Reporter of THE BATTALION
AT10N -
ersity proffl- The members of Tau Kappa
assistantii Epsilon (TKE) were left empty-
lers injured handed the night of August 20th
i Saturday, when a fire destroyed their frater-
Hargis,35,;Hty house and all property inside.
, 26, were:|. Three members of the social
the sceneo: fraternity safely escaped the
a-Marketl; .house, located at 102 Parker St. in
^e Station, Bryan, and attempts by fraternity
ne Dobrovol-Members and the Bryan Fire De-
as a poultn&rtment to extinguish it were un-
the univer;successful.
rom BeaumJ Mike Donoho, assistant fire
slant. chief of the Bryan Fire Depart-
Hargis,Haient, said the department was
a Texas Aimiccessful in containing the fire to
professor,fraternity house, and a neigh-
al injuries Hboring house, cars and a carriage
night front Mouse that belong to TKE were
izos Valley saved.
10-mohthJ ; Jeff Erler, vice president of TKE
jffered headftid he and two other men were
ted in guaJfp the house when they discov-
ed the fire in a locked bedroom,
[he room was unoccupied at the
[me.
of College® "When we opened the door,
we found the couch and the air
treated and lconditioning unit on fire," Erler
laid. "The house was 90 years
lid. And since it was all wood
Public SafitBnd so old, it burned in about 30-
crash occur to 45 minutes."
a the carT | The fire was considered a
is headed w "two-alarm fire," Donoho said,
, When Hailwhich means a second station re-
r t, he was rc sponded to the scene when it is
•iven by Bra? Determined that the fire could not
pushed Haip |e controlled by one station's
g traffic in : equipment.
I Donoho said the cause has not
ruck driven! Been officially determined, but
1 Johnson tin laid they believe it began because
assengerside! If an inadequate extension cord
Is said. fliat was'connected to the air con-
everyonerijitioning unit. He said the cord
i woreseatiiyas not capable of handling the
not believed‘power of the unit.
1 Although no one was injured,
Bie members of Tau Kappa Ep
silon suffered heavy losses. Erler
laid they lost the chapter's char-
|lT|fer, awards, composite pictures of
C/V/lrmembers from the past nine
Bears, countless official docu
ments, all ritual equipment, and
me personal property of 11 men
who were living in the house.
re Amy Racj
and
id bruises,
he was beat:
?ason by blai
doesn't belie:
h because th:
in the Midd
Dr. Mike Leese, Texas A&M's
greek adviser, said the members
are currently working to put the
past behind them and start focus
ing on the future of their chapter.
"They'll all try to pull togeth
er," Leese said. "They just have a
lot of work to do now. They have
to replace a lot of stuff."
A major factor of the future for
TKE is the outcome of the 1992
Fraternity Fall Rush which Erler
said is one of their main concerns.
"We've already taken all steps
to make sure it (rush) is still going
on," he said. "We only had three
(rush) functions scheduled to take
place in the house, but we have al
ready rescheduled those."
Erler said the house had al
ways been an important tool in
rush, but ironically this is the first
year they decided to use it as part
of their theme and print it on the
back of their rush t-shirts.
"The house was one of the fo
cal pbints of rush,"* Erler said.
"This is one of the first years that
we incorporated the house into
rush. "The emphasis on rush
week has suddenly changed."
The Tau Kappa Epsilons have
occupied the house since 1983, but
it's history goes back to 1912
when the neoclassical style house
was called the Chance Mansion
built by James Chance.
Erler said the chapter is work
ing with their national officers, in
surance company, and alumni to
help brothers who lost property
by redirecting part of their budget
to assist them.
We already have a new TKE
headquarters and already have
bought a new place for the offi
cers to live," Erler said. "Our
budget process also had to change
to assist people. We've done all
we could to ensure that everyone
is taken care of and has a place to
stay."
Even though the TKE house is
nothing more than dust and ash
es, the members are trying to keep
a positive outlook and look to
ward the future.
"Even though it's a big loss,
we're trying to look at this as a
learning experience," Erler said.
bout the
iblication, sail
assed theWeii
atoning phon
id to help hit
Lack of modern transit
Tinders trade between
United States, Mexico
her son wen
lors and then
This summei
liber rifles an
> showed 1
ting Klandot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS - Economic
?aders say primitive roads and
ridges and a lack of vehicles are
eeping trade between the United
tates and Mexico backed up at
[escribed ash he border for days.
Substantial bottlenecks are be-
inning to appear. . . . My under-
tanding is that you have delays
showed Trap| If 72 hours in Laredo to get across
he border/' said Diego C. Asen-
tape of thecqCio, the executive director of Flori-
d to Judaism la's International Affairs Com
mission.
about the trif
e soon. "I dou :
Laredo, on the Mexican-Texas
[border, is a key entry point for
[Mexican and U.S. merchandise.
Asencio was one of 26 represen-
jtatives to the Association of Gulf
tates meeting in New Orleans
laturday to work on a coopera-
ive plan for the region. Trade be-
een the two countries is expect-
to double or even triple once
ie North American Free Trade
greement goes into action.
Asencio says trade could sky-
icket to $120 billion or $180 bil-
on a year, but the border can't
landle rtiaf irw-ropco
There are some natural condi-
ions on the border that make it
essential to develop some ship
ping and air transportation be
tween Mexico and the United
States/' he said.
"Florida has 14 deep sea ports
and the second busiest airport in
the country. . . . This gives us an
exceptional opportunity to inte
grate our lines of communication,
to promote shipping, to promote
joint ventures, to promote invest
ment, and to promote trade,"
Asencio said.
The Port of New Orleans is
looking for an increase in Mexican
trade as well.
Louisiana's Director of Interna
tional Trade Larry Collins said
ports in both' the United States
and Mexico are underused. "We
have virtually ignored each oth
er," he said.
The meeting produced a com
munique that was 'described as a
first step toward making the re
gion an economic unit.
Asencio noted Mexico is a
leader in labor-intensive mass
production. On the other hand,
goods or services requiring higher
technology and higher invest
ments are naturals for the United
States.
Gore defends environment
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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DETROIT - A1 Gore said
Saturday that the White House
has "brought pink slips not
paychecks" to thousands of
U.S. autoworkers and dis
missed GOP claims that the De
mocratic ticket's policies would
hurt the U.S. car industry.
The Tennessee senator, ap
pearing in auto-dependent
Michigan on the heels of visits
by President Bush and Vice
President Dan Quayle, also
fended off Republican attacks
on his environmental record.
His appearance before a
cheering crowd at the state De
mocratic convention was meant
to energize the Democratic base
in a Rust Belt state that will be
key to wresting control of the
White House from the Republi
cans.
Gore, limping after straining
a calf muscle during a morning
jog, said he and Clinton were
"committed to America's au
toworkers and to an industry
that . . . provides the world
with first-class cars."
Gore offered no apologies for
his environmental stands,
which Vice President Dan
Quayle on Friday called "pretty
bizarre" while campaigning in
Michigan. Quayle claimed the
.Democrats could cost hundreds
of thousands of autoworkers
their jobs by pushing for higher
auto fuel efficiency standar
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