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i ! 21,1993 r Sday ' January 21 ' 1993 The Battalion Page 5 Play the POLICE BEAT Criminal Mischief Cain Hall - Someone damaged a third [ floor door by kicking it several times. McKenzie Terminal Parking Area En- | trance - A Stanley ticket spinner was dam- Commons Game Room - The money compartments on four video games were pried open. Parking Area 51 - The victim's 1976 Chevrolet pickup truck was entered and the steering column and ignition switch dam aged. Three other vehicles were discovered with similar damage. Rudder Tower Fountain - Someone poured soap in the fountain. Southside Parking Garage - Victim re ported the convertible top on he '93 Pontiac Sunbird was cut, paint chipped, and side molding pulled off. Parking Area 20 - Someone damaged the victim's 1986 Mazda pickup truck by de flating the tires, smashing the AM/FM cas sette radio, destroying the driver's door lock, windshield wiper control knob, turn signal indicator, parking brake handle and wind- ! shield wiper arm. Langford Architecture Center - The sus pended ceiling in room 403 was damaged by someone who entered room 402 and crawled across the top of it. University Drive - Someone struck the patrol vehicle being driven by a security offi cer as he passed under the overpass at Well born and University Drive. Three individuals were apprehended. Dormitory 3 - A water balloon struck and broke a second floor window. Hensel Terrace Apartments - The vic tim's vehicle was struck by two eggs that were thrown from a passing vehicle. Driving While Intoxicated Wellborn Road - Officer stopped a mo torist for failing to stop for two red lights. The operator was found to be intoxicated and was transported to the Brazos County Jail. Church Street - Officer observed the op erator of a vehicle strike a parked vehicle on University Drive. Owned Apartments would have to pay $300 for pest control. College Avenue Apartments - The vic tim had received several threatening phone calls. Rudder Hall - The victim received a threatening telephone call from an unknown male. Aston Hall - The victim was the recipi ent of an obscene phone call. Credit Card Abuse Puryear Hall - An acquaintance has been using the victim's telephone calling card without authorization. Felony Theft Harassment Hensel Terrace Apartments -The victim received several annoying telephone calls from an individual claiming to be a pest con trol contractor for the University. The caller claimed all residents of the University- Parking Area 20 - The victim's 1977 CMC Sierra pickup truck was stolen from the parking lot. The vehicle was later located be hind North gate. Parking Area 11 .- A 1990 Yamaha YSR 50 (TLP# 617-M3X) was stolen from the mo torcycle parking area. Medical Science Building - An original framed photograph of Abraham Lincoln was stolen. Dn Friday. Addict poses as athlete to support habit ; Trouble, es Ely will with the ter Ely fin- nd his gui- n Mellen- s include querade," ," "Musta /e at Liber- itically ac- ghway." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN — A former Austin businessman ays crack cocaine turned him into a vagabond iccused of swindling cash from local residents tiy posing as a University of Texas baseball layer. John David Shockley said that within a year of his first crack cocaine cigarette he ended up living on the street where he fed his voracious appetite for the drug. Shockley, 25, faces charges of misdemeanor iheft, felony credit card abuse and misde meanor criminal trespassing following his ar- lestDec. 16. Austin police say the theft charge stems from allegations that Shockley conned people by telling them he was a Longhorn baseball player who needed money because his car had been towed. A felony burglary of a vehicle charge was added and now Shockley is being held at the Travis County Correctional Complex in lieu of $6,500 bail on the four charges. In a jail interview published Wednesday, Shockley told the Austin American-Statesman he doesn't want to be released. "There's nothing for me to do on the out side," he said. "I need to be here. I want to go to a substance abuse program. I'm not a crimi nal when I don't do drugs." Shockley said when graduated from UT in 1989, he and a friend started their own com pany exporting clothes to Japan. His self-confi dence dropped when the two-year contract was not renewed, and he accepted a marketing associate position in another state but longed for home and searched for something to cure his blues. He said he started using crack as an "es cape." "I thought I could handle it," Shockley said. "I've always worked hard and played hard, but I've never been driven like a slave until I tried crack." $5 cov- ce tickets :over. Texans travel to D.C. for inaugural bash THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Thousands of Texans flocked Wednesday to Capitol Hill, for the s\yeaxing-in of President Clinton, braving huge crowds and brisk temperatures as they struggled for a glimpse of the nation's 42nd president. The Texans spoke of their feeling that a new mood has overtaken the American psyche. "I haven't felt this good since John Kennedy was elected presi dent. There's so much hope in my heart," said Houstonian Nancy Molleda, an exuberant supporter who has known Clinton for 20 vears. "It's absolutely, divinely wonderful," said Ms. Molleda, as she fortified herself with coffee and doughnuts before the swearing-in ceremony and parade. Fort Worth resident Becky Healy and four friends who worked in Clinton's North Texas campaign said the festivities were well worth the 28-hour drive they made. "I think that (Clinton) had a great speech, gave a lot of hope for everyone," she said. Fellow traveler Cindy McGill also was overjoyed. "You just get ij chill bumps, you're part of history." Houston economist Carol Bennett said the high point of her trip was "the spirit that something can be done to turn things around in America. There's been so mucn cynicism." "There's so much work to be done, but at least we're moving in the right direction;" she said. Ms. Bennett and her friends didn't have tickets to the swearing- in, but weren't disappointed. ‘ "We just wanted to be here," she said. There's something about being in a crowd with hundreds of thousands of people feeling the same way we do." Senators question school finance plan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN — Senate Education Committee members questioned Wednesday whether their chair man's school funding proposal would pass muster with other law makers and a Texas Supreme Court that's demanded reform. Sen. Bill Ratliff, who last week took over as Education head, said such questions are natural since the Supreme Court has three times thrown out school funding laws. "All we can do is take our best shot," Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant, said. "If they don't like this one. I'd like to see what they have to offer." Ratliff said the committee may vote Friday. Questions at a Wednesday hear ing included whether the plan would allow unconstitutional fund ing disparities among school dis tricts, and if the elimination of some special funding allotments would doom the measure in the House. Ratliff's measure would continue the current "Robin Hood" system of school funding, in which some local school property tax money is redis tributed within single or multi county education districts, or CEDs. 1600 Texas Ave. S. 693-2627 College Station Lottery at 1219 Texas Ave. 822-1042 Bryan COORS LIGHT^^EYSTONE & Suitcases 24 pack 12 oz. Cans PASSION 2 LITER ALL FLAVORS 12° $^99 KEYSTONE LIGHT 24 pack 12 oz. 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