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and Costa Rica, Italian authorities told a news
conference. Tens of millions of dollars in cocaine,
cash, jewels, securities and property were seized.
Achille Serra, a top police official, said the ring
sent cocaine from Colombia through the United
States and Spain, for distribution in Italy and other
European countries.
George Terwilliger, a deputy U.S. attorney
general, called the case "truly a crippling blow to the
Colombian cartel."
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nabbed, U.S. officials held a news conference in
Arlington, Va., and put the number of arrests at 153.
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ROME — Two alleged drug kingpins who
walked out of an ice cream parlor in the heart of
Robert Bonner, head of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration, said seven people
arrested account for "most of the key financial
operations" for the Cali cocaine cartel in Colombia.
Authorities said the operation also struck a deep
blow to organized crime groups in Sicily, Naples
and Calabria, which have a stranglehold on southern
Italy.
"Never has there been a strike of such importance
against the Mafia, Camorra and 'ndrangheta," said
National Police Chief Vincenzo Parisi, referring to
the mobs in those areas.
Parisi said the operation began Friday with the
arrest in Rome of Colombians Jose Duran, whom he
described as a Colombian cartel boss, and Pedro
Villaquiran, a reputed leading cocaine distributor in
Europe and Duran's aide.
Authorities were led to them when police trailed
a Dutch woman to an ice cream parlor in Rome's
famous Piazza Navona, the news agency AGI said.
Officers watched as she sat at a table. Duran,
reportedly known as "the Pope," and Villaquiran
joined her. As they left the bar and walked a few
steps past the fountain in the square, police quietly
arrested the three.
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By JULI PHILLIPS
Reporter of THE BATTALION
With the possibility that up to
$500 million of Texas' $5 billion
budget shortfall will be made up
by cutting funding for higher edu
cation, the Texas A&M University
Board of Regents began dis
cussing contingencies for just such
an occurrence at their monthly
meeting last Friday.
The Texas A&M University
System's portion of the $500 mil
lion cut in higher education
would be approximately $70 mil
lion.
Dr. Eddie Davis, TAMUS
Deputy Chancellor of Finance and
Administration, said the System
should worry about more than
just the possible budget cuts.
He said the bigger picture
shows enrollment and expendi
tures are increasing while the
funding is decreasing.
"In terms of constant dollars,
our general revenue funding has
decreased slightly since 1985,"
Davis told the Regents. "System-
wide our enrollments have in
creased some 20 percent and
we've absorbed several major re
ductions and legislatively man
dated changes have reduced our
funds."
As a result, A&M has been
forced to make numerous cost
cutting adjustments over the last
few years including the reduction
of equipment purchases, the
merging of divisions and the clos
ing of three agriculture research
stations. All of the savings pro-
f rams have saved the System over
100 million since 1985, and are
projected to save TAMUS $25 mil
lion annually.
To illustrate the impact of the
$70.3 million cut, Davis said the
loss would be equivalent to the
savings generated by cutting 2,400
staff positions or 1,930 faculty po
sitions system-wide.
"Cuts of this magnitude would
severely damage the Texas A&M
University System and its ability
to contribute to the economic re
covery of Texas," Davis said.
The mission of the System
would be damaged because teach
ing, research and technological
transfer activities would have to
be sacrificed.
"The potential reductions also
would hinder our intra-system
collaboration efforts, reduce the
rate of change in South Texas and
sacrifice the quality 'of our system
as a whole," Davis said.
"We sincerely hope these bleak
predictions don't come to pass,"
he said. "But our approach is to
plan for the worst, but work dili
gently for the best."
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Ross Perot said
Monday there was "a lot of com
monality" be
tween his eco
nomic views
and Bill Clin
ton's as the De
mocrat and
President Bush
made unprece
dented over
tures to win the
support of the
Texas billionaire
and his follow- Perot
ers.
Perot said he would decide
Thursday whether to enter the
presidential race for the final
month, insisting the answer rested
with the supporters who placed
his name on the ballot in all 50
states.
State leaders of the Perot
movement assembled in Dallas on
Monday to hear presentations
from both the Clinton and Bush
campaigns. On their return home,
they planned to poll Perot sup
porters on whether the Texan
should run, throw his support to
Bush or Clinton, or stay out of the
race and remain neutral.
"They are going to decide what
we are going to do," Perot said.
Perot had nothing but praise
for the Clinton delegation after it
spent 2 1/2 hours in a closed
meeting with Perot and his sup
porters. Participants said the ses
sion was dominated by discussion
of Clinton's economic growth and
deficit-reduction programs.
"There is a lot of commonali
ty," Perot said. "Where there are
differences of opinion they are
honest differences of opinion,
with both sides looking for an
swers and neither side frozen in
its positions."
But he said it was premature to
say whether he could support
Clinton, saying he had yet to hear
from the Bush camp or assess the
reaction of his supporters. The
Bush delegation was making its
case after a lunch break.
Perot runs a distant third in na
tional polls now and would have
little chance of winning should he
enter for the final month. But with
a personal fortune to bankroll
television advertising, he could
significantly affect the race. Opin
ions are divided on whether a
Perot candidacy ultimately would
hurt Clinton or Bush most.
The scene in Dallas was as con
fusing as it was remarkable, the
extraordinary spectacle of both
candidates sending high-level del
egations to court the Perot.
Perot's legions were divided
over whether he should run, re
gardless of what they heard Mon
day.
"I have not heard anything
that would convince me that we
would be better off supporting ei
ther Gov. Clinton or President
Bush," said Texas Perot coordina
tor Jim Serur, among the Perot
leaders who is paid by the com
puter magnate.
"I'm very impressed and deter
mined to keep an open mind,"
said Georgia Perot coordinator
Ken Kendrick. Added Tennessee
coordinator Steve Frederick,
"They gave me a lot to think
about."
"I see the Democrats and the
Republicans gravitating to our po
sition," said New Mexico Perot
coordinator John Bishop. "The
question is: Who would make the
best leader? I feel Ross Perot is the
best leader and it would be good
for the country to have an inde
pendent as president."
Perot state leaders said they
would poll their supporters and
fax their recommendations to Dal
las by Thursday. Perot said he
would then make his decision.
As Perot inched closer in recent
days to mounting an llth-hour
candidacy, some associates said
the Texan did not want to run and
was looking for a rationale not to
run.
Both campaigns sent high-level
delegations in hopes of keeping
Perot on the sidelines, where he
has been since announcing in July
that he was abandoning plans to
run as an independent. Of late,
Perot has complained that neither
Bush nor Clinton had a credible
deficit-reduction plan and has
said he would enter the race if his
supporters wanted him to.
For Clinton, a Perot entry
could scramble a race that has
been stagnant for more than a
month — to Clinton's benefit be
cause of his consistent lead in na
tional polls. Perot also could hurt
Clinton in California, Colorado,
Washington and a few other
states where Clinton leads but
Perot had deep support before
opting not to run.
A&M visit not on agenda
Clinton coming to campus just rumors, volunteer says
By TANYA SASSER
Staff Writer of THE BATTALION
Despite recent rumors that Democratic presiden
tial nominee Gov. Bill Clinton is planning to visit
Texas A&M, he is not scheduled to
appear in College Station anytime
this week, said a volunteer at the
Clinton/Gore Texas Campaign
Headquarters in Austin.
Clinton volunteer Ann Dennis
said she is not aware that Clinton
will visit A&M this week and he is
not scheduled to be in Texas in the
next two weeks but he may be
planning a visit at a later date.
"As far as I know, that is not
happening," she said. "All that Clinton
means is that as of now, we
haven't heard that. Sometimes we don't find out un
til a couple of days before the event."
Jim James, Democratic Party chairman for Brazos
County, said there is no truth to the rumors and they
might have been sparked as a result of Vice Presi
dent Dan Quayle's recent visit to campus. He said a
local radio station had broadcast that Clinton would
be here on Sept. 30, but that is absolutely not true.
"We are working to get either (Clinton) or Gore
here," he said. "There is a good possibility that one
of them will be here but there is nothing scheduled
at this time."
Ann Chase, a volunteer at the Brazos County De
mocratic Headquarters, said Clinton has been invit
ed to visit College Station but there is no word about
his decision.
"Several people have asked him to come but it
takes awhile," she said. "We're trying. The more
people that ask him, the better."
Ron Going, chairman of the communications
committee for Aggie Democrats, said according to
Texas Land Commissioner Gary Mauro, either Clin
ton or Gore will visit A&M.
"We're really not sure," Going said. "It's all kind
of up in the air."
Clinton's scheduling department in Washington,
D.C. would not release campaign trail plans more
than 24 hours in advance.
Neither the Bryan or the College Station Police
Departments are aware of the possibility of a con
firmed visit from Clinton.
Seminar to give assault tips
By CHERYL HELLER
Reporter of THE BATTALION
An assault prevention workshop to educate
Texas A&M students on the methods used to
avoid and stop sexual assault will begin Tuesday,
Oct. 6 in the Grove. The four-session workshop
will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
from 7-9 p m. beginning Oct. 6 and continuing
through Oct. 15.
The workshop will combine both verbal and
hands-on instruction in common sense prevention
and resistance techniques. The concept of combin
ing hands-on experience and lectures is new to
Texas A&M, said workshop instructor John Athey.
"We're breaking a lot of new ground," Athey
said. "This is the first workshop A&M has done
that combines experience with the warnings."
Athey, who became involved with assault pre
vention at another college, feels that the workshop
is necessary at Texas A&M because of the number
of assaults on and around the campus.
"The most high-risk time for attacks is generally
from the beginning of school in September until
Thanksgiving," Athey said, "so I think now is the
best time to hold this kind of workshop."
The sponsoring of the workshop by some col
lege organizations is also a first for Texas A&M.
Workshop sponsors are the Golden Key National
Honor Society, which is sponsoring the workshop
as one of its three service projects for the semester,
the Off-Campus Aggies, the Panhellenic Council,
the Interfratemity Council, the Residence Hall As-
sociation and the National Organization of
Women.
"This is the first time there's been a workshop
of this kind at A&M that involves any of the big
organizations, and I'm really glad that they've de
cided to take part, because there is a definite need
for education about rape at A&M," Athey said.
The first workshop session will be a lecture se
ries and will include a speech from Athey, an offi
cer of the Golden Key Honor Society, who will
give the introduction and discuss the safety ser
vices that the University provides. A representa
tive of the University Police will also be present to
talk about the services the police department pro
vides to students. An officer of the guard will in
form students of the services that the Guard Room
provides, and Kappa Sigma, supported by their
national organization, will concentrate on personal
situations, such as date rape and parties.
Later sessions will concentrate on hands-on
safety techniques that will allow students to prac
tice and gain experience in the demonstrated tech
niques.
"Each session deals with a separate specific
subject, so if you miss one, there's absolutely no
reason why you can't attend the next one," Athey
said. "I think that this workshop can provide
something for everyone, male or female, and 1
think we're dealing with services that are neces
sary for all students to learn in order to keep them
selves sate."