Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1992)
HI r 13,1992 rk its source in the an ori- rlooked trouble 'uld be itary Page 6 'm people very em- Ito. :y under- n has led itary per- ^lan users 5 RESS o Harris ng to im am under crack co- s against jree to get ng before ive proba- :wo years, issed and hopefully Duble. e and Ted offenders the outset any point return to whatever into hou se several nts a year )stly. But ' diverting lal justice decreasing >ues s in ;hts id >RESS ho uses a ire Austin at people are being ways, re- 5 or park- dlege vio- with Dis hy Chuck ttorney in yzed in a >, said he ek in state bounty in inesses to y law re- nore than their ser- ■ with dis- fewer em- iccessible ivil rights he doors > disabled iid Ginny s lawyer pened lit' o persons hat's the ockbustet an Eckerd urant and □ckbustet rants said /suits and ae Austin reported relations erd Corp- the coin; lete stud) 13 states ; comp 1 ) they ha ve ,1 steps 1 3 to mah 6 'and P re ' ihedule- World & Nation Friday, November 13,1992 The Battalion Page 5 Clinton highlights plans for term THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — President-elect Clin ton on Thursday detailed a crowded blueprint for action including quick reversal of Bush ad ministration abortion policy and creation of more than a half-million jobs in his first year. Clinton, in his first formal news conference since the election, also promised his transition and administration would have the strictest ethical guidelines in history. Calling on congressional Republicans as well as Democrats to work with him on his busy agenda, he said, "The clear mandate of this election from the American people was the end of politics as usual and the end of gridlock in Washington and the end of finger pointing and blame." Vice President-elect A1 Gore stood nearby as Clinton fielded questions at the Old Arkansas Statehouse. The Arkansas governor called the news conference to announce 48 additions to his transition team, a mix of political and policy advis ers charged with helping Clinton build the first De mocratic administration in a dozen years. "They reflect my com mitment to assembling the most qualified and diverse group of people available, including men and women with broad experi ence, some of whom served in the campaign and others who are just joining us now as we move toward governing," Clinton said of his picks. The president-elect then answered questions on an array of topics, from his general econom ic and foreign policy priorities to his specific plans to provide jobs and deal with nuclear proliferation, as well as his feelings on the heavy security and intense media attention that came with his election. "I'm having a wonderful time," Clinton said. "It is an enormous responsibility, but I asked for it, and it's an indulgence to feel over whelmed by it. . . . I'm just going to give you my best effort every day." He spoke quietly and seriously throughout most of the 40-minute, nationally televised question-and-answer session. But he took a few occasions to joke and one to angrily denounce the Bush administration search or his State Department passport files during the campaign. If he hears of people doing anything like that, he said, "I will fire them the next day." Clinton shed little new light on his agenda, but did offer a portrait of his priorities in the economic and foreign policy arenas and a glimpse at some of the steps he is likely to take in his first days as president. Clinton Rare dinosaur bones unearthed from rock ledge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEATHERFORD- Five .generations of a Texas family always knew that a rock ledge that eventually collapsed con tained remains of some large animal. On Wednesday, Hobson family members climbed on the rocks, probably for the last time, before workers began breaking them apart to recover rare dinosaur bones, encased in six rock slabs. Using a crane, workers lifted the dinosaur's bones from their resting place near Weatherford, about 10 miles west of Fort Worth. The 113 million-year- old bones are all that remains of "Acrocanthosaurus." The di nosaur once stood between 14 and 18 feet tall and weighed as much as six tons, .scientists said. Scientists said it may be the most complete Acrocan thosaurus skeleton ever un earthed. Airline head blasts proposal between USAir, British carrier THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — American Airlines chief executive Robert Crandall blasted a proposed deal between British Airways and USAir Thursday and warned of disaster if the U.S. government fails to "grow a little spine" in ne gotiating with foreign carriers. But Crandall said the proposed purchase announced this week of Houston-based Continental Air lines by Air Canada "is a good, fair, free trade-based, cross-bor der investment deal." By contrast, the pending $750 million British Airways transac tion "is about the creation of a global network structured to pre vent effective competition by any U.S. carrier" and "will tilt the playing field forever in favor of foreign carriers," Crandall said in a speech to Houston's Fo rum Club. The agreement effectively would give British Air ways its own airline in the United States, Crandall said, while U.S. carriers are denied similar opportu nities abroad. "We're not opposed to investment at all, or compe tition, but we want the right to compete ourselves if the other guy's going to have the right to compete," he said. Crandall accused many foreign countries of limit ing competition and ignoring their agreements with the United States, and urged U.S. government offi cials to work for a worldwide, multilateral open skies agreement. If the federal government does not shift its negoti ating focus away from short-term consumer interests and develop a greater concern for domestic airlines in determining policy, Crandall said, "there simply won't be a U.S. international aviation industry 20 years hence." "Continuing that focus will inevitably produce a nation whose aviation industry employs many fewer people than today's, whose consumers are poorer and which is served primarily by foreign-owned car riers," he said. Also Thursday, Crandall said talks earlier this year between Fort Worth-based American and Canadian Airlines International broke off because Canadian was unable to arrange a financing requirement set by American. American had considered offering some $200 mil lion to buy 25 percent of Canadian and merge some operations. But Crandall said Canadian Airlines employees now are trying to forge a deal in which they would modify their contracts to generate the required capi tal if the Canadian government would guarantee the financing. Crandall Texas mayor designates day to help Somalians Community to raise money Saturday THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABILENE — Mayor Gary Mc- Caleb has proclaimed Saturday as a day for reaching out to the peo ple starving in Somalia, a nation just smaller than Texas on the east- central coast of Africa. Collection plates will be set up from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at an Abilene shopping mall to col lect money for the Somalia Relief Fund of Abilene. "Being a West Texas city, some times the people here feel neglect ed, left out by the rest of the world. But this city really is a giv ing city when given a challenge to help others," said Richard Chown- ing, the Abilene Christian Univer sity professor who began the So malian relief effort. When Chowning read a news paper article earlier this year that up to 2,000 people were dying o starvation each day in Somalia, "it deeply saddened me," said the professor, who came to ACU four years ago as missionary in resi dence. Before that, he spent 16 years as a missionary in Kenya. The country is in desperate shape because of a prolonged drought and civil war. More than 75 percent of the Somalis are no mads who raise herds of camels, cattle, goats and sheep. At the homecoming football game between Abilene Christian and East Texas State on Oct. 31, collection boxes for the Somalian relief effort were placed at each gate.Direct contributions may be made to the Somalia Relief Fund of Abilene at Bank One. Funds collected will be sent to missionaries in Kenya, to use in a refugee camp of 65,000 Somalis in northern Kenya. The International Red Cross is also helping at the refugee camp. Disposable lenses increase risk of eye ulcers, study says THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — People who wear disposable contact lenses are up to 14 times more likely to develop eye ulcers, which can lead to blindness, than wearers of non-disposable soft lenses, ac- cording to a study released Thursday. But the wearers may be to blame, not the lenses, said Dr. Terrence P, O'Brien, a colleague of the researchers. He said many wearers bring on problems by failing to prop erly care for disposable lenses and not paying attention to rec ommended limits on wearing times. 'The problem is not necessari ly one of the lenses," said O'Brien, a specialist in eye infec tions at Johns Hopkins Universi ty in Baltimore. "People have had a false sense of security, and they think these lenses have eliminated the problems." The study is the first to ex plore risks associated with dis posables, which were intro duced in 1988 in the hope they would be safer than other soft lenses, the researchers said. The researchers reported on 42 cases of eye ulcers associated with contact lens wear that were treated between January 1990 and June 1992 at a corneal spe cialty practice in western Michi- gan. The study didn't explore vari ations in wearing times and whether extended wear of dis posables might account for the elevated risk. Among the patients studied, 19 wore disposables lenses, 14 wore soft lenses designed to be removed daily, five wore extend ed-wear soft lenses and four wore hard lenses, the researchers said. MK. RESEARCH Skin Infection Study VIP Research is seeking individuals 12 years of age or older with uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections. If you have a skin infection, you may qualify for a four week research study using a currently available antibiotic medication. Participants who qualify and complete the study will be paid $200. Genital Herpes Study Individuals with genital herpes infection are being recruited for a 3 week research study of an investigational anti-viral medication. If you would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. $400 will be paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. CALL Volunteers in Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. \ 776-1417 Study Abroad in England As a Reciprocal Exchange Student at King's College One year Exchanges for '93-’94 (Junior Year Abroad) All Science Majors are Eligible for this Program. Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an application for the program: Friday, November 13 3:30 - 4:45 in 251 West Bizzell Hall Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office, 161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-R Requirements: 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. Citizen. RESEARCH Panic Do you experience brief, unexpected periods of intense fear or discomfort? Have you visited your doctor or the hospital emergency room because of chest pains, shortness of breath, numbness or tingling sensations and find out that you have no physical problems? These occurrences may have been panic attacks. VIP Research is conducting a study on Panic Disorder. Individuals with symptoms of panic attacks are being recruited to participate in a three month study of an investigational medication for the treatment of panic disorder. If you would like more information, call VIP Research. $200.00 will be paid to those individuals who || qualify and complete the study. CALL Volunteers in Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. f!\ 776-1417 Jl limsM? m (Lauasammi One year Exchanges for , 93-’94 (Junior Year Abroad) <^ i Any & All Majors are Eligible for this Program. Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an application for the program: Tuesday, November 17 2:30 - 3:30 in 154 West Bizzell Hall Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office, 161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F. Requirements: 3.0 GPA, Proficiency in French (4 or 5 semesters of college French), and be a U.S. Citizen. The Battalion The following Spring 1993 Editorial Board Positions are open: Managing Editor City Editor Sports Editor (2) Lifestyles Editor Opinion Editor Photo Editor News Editor (2) Application forms available at the front desk in room 013 Reed McDonald Building. All majors encouraged to apply. Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday, November 16. Applicants must be Texas A&M students in good standing at the time of employment and remain in good standing while employed. For more information, contact Steve O'Brien, 1993 Spring Battalion Editor, 845-3315. LnALqv jcrJU, Roger Waters GALILEO / JOKING / GHOST JONAS & EZEKIAL / VIRGINIA WOOLF “Amused to Death" Columbia Sale Prices Expire 11/30/92 Hastings We’re Entertainment! Culpepper Plaza • Manor East