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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. J Clinton 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. T 12 VI101 e Exam VI101 e Exam S 218 Exam II Review 12 7:00 19 7:00 19 9:00 8 11:00 L8 9:00 19 5:00 L8 5:00 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- NEraEwviomm «&29oo 2S.OOOJ3KI toman 13% US. Department of Labor 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 See Racism/Page 8