The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 22, 1993, Image 2

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 22, 1993, Image 2

Newspaper Page Text1 ■ ']\y’■ ' ' 1 v ■; ;;': .:. . v; ■ ; . •:■ .y.-' tate & Local Monday, March 22,1993 The Battalion Page! Releases Continued from Page 1 were anxious for her to get some treatment, and she was anxious to get some treatment,” Swensen said. Dr. Michael Attas, a cardiolo gist, said Hollingsworth was in stable condition getting treated for a heart condition she has had 30 years and for high blood pressure. Attas would not say whether her condition was connected to the 22-day-old standoff. He said she arrived at the hospital with her heart medicine. Hollingsworth told authorities she is from Great Britain, Richards and Ottman said they are from Canada, and Riddle said she is a U.S. citizen. Nationalities were not available for Martin, Santoyo and Lawten. About midday a school bus was seen moving into the com pound area, and a short time later a bus left the area with one pas senger it it. Federal authorities could not immediately say whether that was yet another cult member leaving the compound. Buses have come in and out of the cult's compound during the standoff. FBI officials have said for sev eral days there are about 30 peo ple who are close to leaving the compound. Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and his followers have been holed up inside the Mount Carmel compound since a Feb. 28 shootout between cult members and agents with the federal Bu reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Four agents were killed and 16 were wounded. At least two and possible 10 cult members were killed. Eddie D. McTwohats performs his song “I am for Peace” along highway 340 near Waco. He wrote the song to try to convince cult leader David Swensen said the FBI is con vinced the armed standoff will end peacefully, and he noted there has been no violence since the gun battles of the first day. "There hasn't been one shot fired. There hasn't been one per son injured. There hasn't been one person killed,” Swensen said. "There's no indication that some one wants to change that. There's no indication that they want to push it to the brink." On Friday night. Brad Branch, 34, and Kevin Whitecliff, 31, left the compound as negotiators car ried on a lengthy conversation with Koresh. Branch and Whitecliff were be ing held in the McLennan County Jail as material witnesses. They were the first to leave the com pound in a week, since Kathy Schroeder and Oliver Gyarfas came out March 12. All the adults released so far are considered material witnesses, said ATF deputy associate direc- Corps member dies in car accident J.J. Sanchez, a senior biolo gy major from Laredo, was killed in a car accident during spring break. Sanchez was a member of the Corps of Cadets. A memorial service will be held at 8:30 tonight in St. Mary's Catholic Church, 103 Nagle in College Station. Regents Continued from Page 1 cation," he said. O'Connor said he has stayed in touch with the University system and its students. "I'm confident I have a basic thumb on the pulse of A&M and hope I can bring a positive contri bution to what's really going on with the System and its students," he said. Lindsey, 70, an insurance exec utive, graduated from A&M in 1944. He feels the major role of the University is to educate all students. 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DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY ^ \ 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 4 Blks. East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection BILLY MORRAN/The Battalion Koresh to end the standoff with ATF officials. McTwohats is going for the world record for continuous singing of a song. tor Dan Conroy. Thirty-four people, including 21 children, have left the cult's compound since the standoff be gan. Seventy-nine adults and 17 children remain inside, according to figures Koresh has provided to authorities. Koresh has said he is waiting for God to tell him when to emerge. In recent days he has in dicated certain astrological events may be the signal he needs, the FBI said. Campus News Briefs Applications open for Guthrie award Texas A&M University facul ty and staff nominations for the 1993 Ed Guthrie Advisor Award will be accepted until April 15. The award honors the late Dr. Ed Guthrie and recognizes an academic advisor or counselor who excels at monitoring their students' progress toward acade mic and career goals while inter preting University regulations, policies and procedures. Each nomination requires three one-page letters of recom mendation, one of which must be from a student. Any Texas A&M student, staff or faculty member may nomi nate someone for the award. For more information, call Mary Anne Carter at 845-4941. Magazine honors graduate programs An annual survey by "U.S. News and World Report" has placed two of Texas A&M Uni versity's graduate engineering programs in the top five nation ally. The magazine named the pe troleum engineering program as the best in the nation while the industrial/manufacturing pro gram was ranked fifth national- ly * „ "I Overall, A&M's College of Engineering ranked 14th nation ally among the 193 graduate schools ranked in the magazine's March 22 issue. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received top honors for the fourth year in a row as the top graduate engineering program. Stanford University, Universi ty of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- paign. University of California at Berkeley and Purdue University rounded out the top five. The University of Texas was the only other Texas school named in the survey. It ranked eighth overall. The criteria used by the maga zine include faculty resources, research activity, student selec tivity and two measures of insti tutional reputation. Officer Continued from Page 1 supervisor. Leggio said the man may have mistaken Vaughan for the super visor when he walked in because he was in plain clothes. Vaughan normally works pa trol in uniform, but Saturday he was in plain clothes while filling in at the desk for another officer, who was in the hospital with pneumonia. The suspect was taken back to homicide division offices for ques tioning but investigators said they have not been able to determine why the man fired at the officer. "He (the suspect) has never re ally made it clear to us why he did it. He did say that he didn't know the officer," said homicide detec tive Larry Hoffmaster. state treasury is one of the major issues facing the Board, Lindsey said. ^ "Educating the students in the System will be a problem with less money," he said. Lindsey said the University will have to do some innovative financing and find other ways to get the job done with less money. Lindsey has served the Univer sity in many capacities but said he is anxious to serve in the "top job, the one that really counts." "I have a knowledge of the University and I know the players involved," he said. •''Knowing the other xeg&otafekvell ygiH be an asset to me. I think they will feel I am someone who can be trusted." o RESEARCH Panic Do you experieryce 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. 776-1417 The Battalion STEVE O'BRIEN, Editor in Chief JASON LOUGHMAN, Managing Editor STACY FEDUCIA, Opinion Editor KYLE BURNETT, News Editor DAVE THOMAS, News Editor TODD STONE, City Editor DON NORWOOD, Sports Editor SUSAN OWEN, Lifestyles Editor DARRIN HILL, Photo Editor Staff Members Reporters — Mark Evans, Melody Dunne, Reagan Clamon, Cheryl Heller, Matari Jones, Juli Phillips, Jennifer Smith, Brandi Jordan, Gina Howard, Stephanie Pattillo, Robin Roach, Julie Chelkowski, Jeff Gosmano, Jason Cox, Kevin Lindstrom, Mary Kujawa and Shelia Vela News desk — Belinda Blancarte, Carey Eagan, Lance Holmes, Elizabeth Lowe, Jennifer Mentlik and Heather Winch Photographers - Kevin Ivy, Robert J. Reed, Billy Moran, Joseph Greenslade, Richard Dixon, Craig Fox, John W. Bartram and Mark Ybarra lifestyles — Anas Ben-Musa, Dena Dizdar, Melissa Holubec and Jenny Magee Sports writers — William Harrison, Michael Plumer and David Winder Columnists — Julie Ralston, Toni Garrard Clay, Matthew Dickerson, Chris Whitley, Robert Vasquez, Rich Henderson, Dave Brooks, John Scroggs and Janet Holder Cartoonists - Thomas Deeny, George Nasr, Clay Welch, Boomer Cardinale and Jeff Crone Graphic Artist - Jennifer Petteway Clerks- Julie Chelkowski, Darra Dees, Wren Eversberg, Carrie Miura and Shelley Rowton POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. Editorial offices are in 013 Publications, a unit ot the Department at Journalism. Newsroom phone number is 845-331 3. Fax: 845-2647 tv in tl Reed McDonald Building. Advertising: For campus, local and national display advertising call 845-2696. For classified advertising, coll 845-0569. 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