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The Battalion
Vol. 92 No. 52 (8 pages) “Serving Texas A&M Since 1893” Tuesday, November 10, 1992
WADE M. CALLISON/Special to the Battalion
Rachell Turner, a freshman journalism major
joins Charles Kelm, a sophomore aerospace ma
jor at silent vigil held Monday at the Flag Pole in
front of the Academic Building. Rachell is a mem
ber of the service sorority Angel Flight, who
co-sponsored the vigil with the Arnold Air Society.
PITS charges tickets to roommates
By MACK HARRISON
Reporter for THE BATTALION
Igor Carron, a graduate student in nuclear engi
neering at Texas A&M, received a letter last spring
telling him to pay $30 for a parking violation — or be
blocked from graduation.
Carron, however, does not own a vehicle.
"I was about to graduate and I went to the regis
trar," Carron said. "She told me I was barred (from
graduating)."
One of Carron's roommates had incurred the fine
the previous November. Carron said Parking, Traffic
and Transit Services assessed the fine to the first per
son affiliated with A&M listed at the address to
which the car was registered. Carron, who was living
with four other roommates at the time, was at the top
of the list.
Another student, Alexis Pastorek, was paying her
tuition installment when she noticed a $90 charge for
parking tickets on her fee statement — and the tick
ets belonged to a former roommate.
After she contacted PITS, an employee who only
identified himself as "Mark" told Pastorek that the
department routinely billed tickets to roommates of
the violators. She said the employee told her the
practice is "perfectly legal."
"There's nothing they can tell me that's going to
satisfy me," Pastorek said. "If it's legal, it's through a
legal loophole."
Pastorek, a junior sociology major, said she wants
people to know that PITS has a policy of charging
students for their roommates' parking tickets.
"I think it's underhanded," Pastorek said. "I was
outraged. I don't understand why I'm legally respon
sible for what my roommate does."
Shawn Davis, Pastorek's ex-roommate, said both
he and Pastorek tried to get the fine transferred to
Davis' bill, but PTTS refused. Davis said he does not
See Tickets/Page 8
Clinton begins transition
from Little Rock to D.C.
President-elect releases plans for pre-Christmas summit
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — President-elect Clinton on
Monday detailed plans for a pre-Christmas economic
summit and began work in earnest on a White
House transition that aides said
was unlikely to yield many quick
decisions.
Clinton opened the week by ex
ercising his reach as both a sitting
governor and president-elect,
speaking by phone with three
world leaders, meeting with his
state Cabinet and lieutenant gov
ernor, then conferring with key
members of his transition team.
Aides set out to organize a sum
mit of American business and eco
nomic leaders, and to form transi
tion "cluster groups" that will develop recommenda
tions in various areas of government policy.
As he left his statehouse office for the Governor's
Mansion, Clinton described the summit as a out
growth of his campaign promise to put economic re
covery at the top of his agenda.
"I want to bring in some of the brightest people in
the country, a broad range of backgrounds, talk to
them about the gravity of the situation, deal with
what our options are, get as many good ideas as I
can," Clinton said.
Earlier in the day, Clinton met with his state Cabi
net and his apparent successor, Lt. Gov. Jim Guy
Tucker.
Tucker said he and Clinton had agreed on a state
transition schedule but were not ready to provide de
tails due to "a few uncertainties we need to work out
on the mechanics of it."
Clinton asked his Cabinet to identify any major
decisions he needed to make before resigning, and
senior aides said they believed any transfer of state
power was several weeks away.
From the statehouse, it was back to the Governor's
Mansion, where Clinton met with Vice President
elect A1 Gore and senior aides, including transition
director Warren Christopher.
Spokesman George Stephanopoulos said Clinton
planned a conference call Tuesday with his full tran
sition board and that the group would likely meet in
Little Rock next week.
This week's goal, he said, was "working on his
timetable for the whole transition period. Who exact
ly will be in place at what particular time we don't
know yet."
That suggested no major decisions were imminent,
a view echoed by a senior Clinton aide close to the
transition process. "We're just getting started, re
member," this adviser said, recalling that several
past presidents-elect held off major announcements
until December.
As Clinton searches for a White House chief of
staff, this adviser suggested the Democrat would de
fine the role as "strong, coordinating but not all-
powerful." Christopher has been mentioned as a
possible choice for chief of staff, but the adviser said
Clinton had not voiced a preference.
Stephanopoulos said Clinton spoke by telephone
Monday with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Is
raeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and South
African President F.W. de Klerk.
Clinton returned congratulatory calls from all
three, said he looked forward to meeting each of
them at the earliest possible date and stressed his de
sire for continuity if not improved relations,
Stephanopoulos said.
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A&M student stabbed in CS
A Texas A&M student was stabbed Monday night
in College Station across the street from an apart
ment complex.
Michael Marketos, a sophomore business admin
istration major, remained in stable condition at Hu
mana Hospital in Bryan, a hospital spokeswoman
said.
According to police reports, Marketos was getting
out of his car across the street from Briarwood Apart
ments at 1201 Harvey Rd. when a man grabbed his
shoulder, spun him around and asked him for mon
ey. Marketos told them he had no money and a sec
ond man hit him in the stomach.
The second man again demanded money and
when Marketos said he didn't have any, the second
man stabbed him with an unknown weapon, inflict
ing a three-inch wound. The suspects, two black
males, then fled north on Rhett Butler Street.
Marketos was able to walk to his girlfriend's
apartment, where residents called an ambulance.
IN ADVANCE
University offers shuttle to Houston game
By MARK EVANS
Staff Writer of THE BATTALION
Aggies can leave the driving
to Texas A&M University Thurs
day evening as the University of
fers students a ride to the Uni
versity of Houston football
game.
For $5, students can take a
University bus to the game. Ten
busses will offer shuttle service
for 500 students to Houston. The
busses will leave from Olsen
Field between 3:30 p.m. and 4
p.m. Thursday afternoon. They
will return to A&M later that
night. Residence hall students
can be dropped off at their halls
after returning to campus.
Bus seats are being sold on a
first come, first-served basis at
the offices of Parking, Transit and
Traffic on the first floor of the
Student Services Building.
Robert Smith, vice president
for finance and administration,
developed the plan in response
to coaches who wanted to see a
good Aggie turn-out in Houston.
"Since it is a Thursday night
game, we thought it would be
convenient (for students) if we
offered the service," he said.
"This service will provide an
opportunity for those Aggies that
may not necessarily have trans
portation to the game to get
down there easily," said Jan Win-
niford, assistant vice president
for student services.
Taking the bus will also pro
vide a degree of safety to stu
dents on a night when thousands
of Aggies will be on the road,
Winniford said.
"When you think about hav
ing thousands of Aggies driving
back and forth to Houston late at
night, the potential is there for
traffic accidents and injuries,"
she said.
Seats for the trip will remain
on sale until 1 p.m., Thursday. If
needed, the University will add
extra busses to accommodate
students.
The busses will load at Olsen
Field at 3:30 p.m. Students must
bring their receipt with them
Thursday afternoon to board the
busses.
Students must carry their I.D.
card with them so the social se
curity number printed on the re
ceipt can be verified.
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Aggies speak out on campus racism
Bridging the cultural gaps
This is a the first four-part series that ex
amines the possibilities of a required multi
cultural curriculum and opinions of people
on the university campus. The series will fo
cus on faculty and students opinions regard
ing multiculturalism at Texas A&M as well
as multiculturalism on other university cam
puses.
By TANYA WILLIAMS
Reporter of THE BATTALION
All across the country racial incidents
at campuses have been taking place. The
University of Michigan, University of
California - Los Angeles, and other col
lege campuses have reported many inci
dents in past years.
Few students realize that Texas A&M
University ranks among these universi
ties in terms of friction between the races.
Over the last month, in light of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity incident
and other racial incidents on college cam
puses, new discussions have arisen on
the Texas A&M campus about the imple
mentation of a multiculturalism require
ment.
Students, university, officials, faculty
and staff have begun to talk about vari
ous changes such as the need of a multi
cultural requirement. Some students
have voiced their opinions of dislike or
agreement to The Battalion.
"Maybe we were wrong, but when we
came to A&M, we assumed that we
would be able to decide what type of
classes and education we would receive,"
Chris Rios and James Elan wrote in a let
ter to Mail Call. "It is our belief that
mandatory multicultural classes will only
create a backlash on campus."
Some students see no use for the class
such as Robert Jackson, who also wrote
into Mail Call.
"I am in college to learn a lot about
computers, so I can get a job involving
them," Jackson wrote. "Taking Sudanese
History or Black Writing will do me no
good. We already have an inflated core
curriculum that subjects us to useless
courses that we will never use."
Other students have written in and
supported the class.
Joseph Gourrier, president of the Texas
A&M University chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Col
ored People wrote about the need for a
multiculturalism class on the A&M cam
pus.
"Education and information are the
only cures for ignorance, prejudice and
stereotypes," Gourrier said. "Without re
quired anti-racism classes, Texas A&M is
failing in its mission to educate the stu
dent body and prepare them for the fu
ture."
Before taking a look into more of the
viewpoints of students and faculty on
campus, which this series will do in later
articles, an introduction to multicultural
ism, multi-ethnicity and a look at demo
graphics in the future is necessary to pre
sent facts that are very relevant to the is
sue of a multicultural curriculum.
The definitions of multi-ethnic and
multiculturalism, as given by Sheri
Schimdt, development specialist in the
Department of Multicultural Service, are
very similar. Schimdt defined multicul
tural and multi-ethnic as the the recogni
tion and appreciation of the distinct cul
tural and ethnic groups, respectively,
within society.
Looking at various divisions of demo
graphics in society, it is evident that the
nation is becoming more diverse and
therefore a greater need to know how to
relate to other cultures and ethnicities is
growing.
For example, statistics taken from
"The Population of Texas: Historical Pat
terns and Future Trends Affecting Higher
Education," show that 46 percent of to-
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day's six-year old's, the Class of 2004, are
non-Anglo. In 1986, 63.94 percent of the
Texas population was Anglo, in 2000 it is
projected to be 59 percent and in 2025 the
Anglo percentage will be 50.71 percent.
In contrast, the Hispanic culture in 1986
in Texas was 22.5 percent, and in 2025 it
is slated to be 35.91 percent. The Texas
college enrollment projections mirror
these projections.
The changing labor force provides an
example of multicultural surge in soci
ety. According to statistics released by
the U.S. Department of Labor, the 1985
labor force had a majority of white males,
47 percent, with white women making
up 36 percent. Non-white men and
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