□ Campus Elections ‘93
The Battalion
Vol. 92 No. 120 (10 pages) 1893 - A Century of Service to Texas A&M - 1993 Tuesday, March 30,1993
News Briefs
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Police say Railey
'out of character'
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A
Dallas police officer described ex-
minister Walker Railey Monday
as preoccupied and unconcerned
about his wife the night she was
brutalized and left near death.
"It was just totally uncaring,
like he had more important things
going on at the time than the care
and well-being of his wife," the
officer, R.A. Spain, said.
He portrayed Railey's de
meanor as "out of character."
Outside the courtroom, defense
lawyer Doug Mulder told re
porters that there is no norm for
how somebody would act under
the circumstances that existed that
night.
He said anything Railey did
would later have been termed
suspicious.
"I think ... whatever he did in
retrospect could be looked on as
unusual or curious," Mulder con
tended.
Spain's testimony came during
the second week of Railey's trial
on charges that he attempted to
choke his wife to death six years
ago at the couple's suburban Dal
las home.
—
Koresh continues
negotiation talks
WACO (AP) — Apocalyptic
prophet David Koresh is talking
once again to negotiators, but he
isn't saying if he and his followers
will leav£ their heavily armed
compound, the FBI said Monday.
After ignoring authorities for
8 days, Koresh spent about two
I hours talking to officials Sunday,
I said FBI agent Richard Swensen.
"He was back into being a little
I bit more positive in terms of end-
1 ing this," Swensen said. "He was
I talking more in terms of mechan-
1 ics of coming out of the com
pound. I would emphasize that
that's what he's been saying.
There's been no activity or action
on his behalf that would back that
up.
"But at least the conversation
was positive."
Earlier, FBI agent Bob Ricks
said authorities were concerned
that Koresh was becoming delu
sional and may order a mass sui
cide.
Negotiators continue to press
for a face-to-face meeting with Ko
resh but he has so far refused,
Swensen said Monday morning.
But late in the afternoon, a man
drove up to the compound on a
motorcycle, knocked on the door
and was briefly greeted by a cult
member. Television cameras
showed the man sitting outside,
apparently talking to someone in
side.
r 1
Kurds find secret
mass grave in Iraq
NEW YORK (AP) - A secret
mass grave containing hundreds
of bodies was found last week on
the site of a former Iraqi army
headquarters at Irbil in northern
Iraq, two humanitarian organiza
tions reported Monday.
Local Kurds looking for scrap
among ruins of a military complex
found the grave, the first found in
an area not under Iraqi control, ac
cording to Middle East Watch, a
division of Human Rights Watch,
and Physicians for Human Rights.
The groups said the find under
scored the importance of human
rights researchers having access to
all Iraq.
A memorandum signed by Iraq
and the United Nations, allowing
such exploration by non-govern
mental organizations, expires this
Wednesday and may well not be
renewed by Iraq, they noted.
Andrew Whitley, executive di
rector of Middle East Watch, told
The Associated Press that the area
formerly was headquarters of the
Iraqi 5th Army Corps in what now
is the "no fly zone" of northern
Iraq, home of most of Iraqi Kurds.
Education leaders call for income tax funding for schools
Association of Texas Professional Educators
voice opposition to school finance amendment
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — One of the state's largest
teacher groups Monday announced its
opposition to the proposed school finance
constitutional amendment. Instead, its
leaders said the time has come for an in
come tax to fund education.
The 58,000-member Association of
Texas Professional Educators said
Amendment 1 on the May 1 ballot was
politically expedient for legislators but
not what is best for school children.
"It is not the best we can do for now,
and our children deserve much better,"
said ATPE President Cathy Fletcher, a
computer teacher from the Frehship ISD
near Lubbock.
Fletcher said more than 90 percent of
the ATPE's 900-member House of Dele
gates voted over the weekend to oppose
all three school-related amendments on
the ballot.
"ATPE delegates also voted to support
a progressive state income tax, but only if
it is dedicated completely to public edu
cation with the understanding that prop
erty taxes and sales taxes must be re
duced," she said.
"They are willing to bite the bullet, for
whatever it takes, to dedicate funds for
public education," added Doug Rogers,
the group's executive director.
Amendment 1 would create a system
for shifting some local property tax mon
ey from property rich school districts to
poorer ones. It was designed to meet a
June 1 deadline set by the Texas Supreme
Court after its latest ruling that Texas dis
criminated against property poor dis
tricts.
Although Gov. Ann Richards and oth
er state leaders say they believe the court
will close schools June 1 if the amend
ment fails, Fletcher said the Legislature
still will be in session and other action can
be taken.
"The session is not over on May 1. It's
time for our leadership to get in there and
get the job done," she said.
Margaret Justus, spokeswoman for the
pro-amendment Save Our Schools com
mittee, said other teacher groups have
backed the proposal. By favoring an in
come tax, she said, ATPE has chosen a po
litically impossible option.
"What's on the ballot is an opportunity
to put this issue behind us. It's an issue
that's been battled in the Legislature and
the courts for the past 25 years," Justus
said.
See Funding/Page 10
Finishing touches
/OHN BARTRAM/Fhe Battalion
Theater arts major Craig Breashears puts the Performances of the play will be held today
finishing touches on the sets that will be used for through Saturday,
the Aggie Players production of the play "Harvey."
Greenpeace
Activist expresses concern on use
of nuclear power as energy source
By JEFF GOSMANO
The Battalion
Individuals must be creative and committed in developing
sources of energy because nuclear power and oil are not viable
energy sources in the long run, a Greenpeace activist said Mon
day before a meeting of MSC Great Issues.
Christopher Childs, a writer, actor and
Greenpeace activist since 1988, said that one
of the organization's goals is to make people
realize "if we wanted to, we could begin
running the country tomorrow on 25 per
cent of the energy we are currently using."
Society has become addicted to oil be
cause it is used to make everything from
gasoline to the dye that appears in clothing,
he said. However, oil will not work in the
long run because it will eventually run out,
he said.
Childs also voiced his opposition to nuclear power. It is the
nastiest way to produce energy because the waste is not easily
eliminated, he said.
"Some of the waste is hot for 200,000 years," he said. "How
do we label a waste dump so people 200,000 years from now
know what's in the dump?"
Childs
See Greenpeace/Page 2
Baseball tonight
#3 Aggies go for 30th win
DAVID WINDER
The Battalion
After using 11 pitchers in three days, the Aggies (29-3) are
hoping that the tandem of Chris Clemons and Kelly Wunsch
can give two strong performances in tonight's double header at
Olsen Field against Mary-Hardin Baylor starting at 5.
See Baseball/Page 2
Perot hosts forum
for Senate election
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Twenty candidates in the May 1 special election
for U.S. Senate tried to stand out during a forum Monday host
ed by former independent presidential candidate Ross Perot.
"Be sure to vote and vote your conscience," Perot said in
kicking off the United We Stand America meeting before about
1,000 people at the Bass Concert Hall on the University of
Texas-Austin campus.
Most of the candidates tried to separate themselves from the
pack by saying they would help the economy and restore in
tegrity to Congress.
Several of the lesser-known candidates said the more well-
known candidates offered business as usual, especially in the
taking of political action committee money.
See Perot/Page 10
Contract deadline
Date set for on-campus residents to renew
or cancel housing for 1993-94 academic year
]OHN BARTRAM/The Battalion
Valerie Divin, an R.A. in Clements Hall,
discusses the residence hall contracts with
Brian Beech.
By SHELIA VELA
The Battalion
Students presently living on campus must
renew or cancel their housing for the 1993-94
academic year Wednesday and Thursday,
said housing office supervisor, Kathy Durso.
"Anyone who is living on campus,
whether they want to renew housing or not,
must talk to their resident director," said
Kathy Durso, housing office supervisor.
"Those who are not returning to on-campus
housing must cancel their housing to receive
the refund on their deposit."
Each residence hall will have tables set up
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for students to either re
quest a hall change, request a room change
within the same hall or cancel their contracts
for next semester.
Posters or signs should be posted to indi
cate the exact location of where residents
need to go to fill out the appropriate papers,
said Durso. Some of the halls are having
floor meetings to inform their residents what
they need to do, she said.
"Those living off-campus who want to live
on-campus for the upcoming academic year
must go to the housing office located in the
YMCA building, fill out an application and
put down a deposit," she said.
Students will be notified of their new hall
or room changes by late April or early May.
If students have any questions, they should
go to their individual resident director.
Lifestyles
•Unforgiven ropes in 4 Oscars
•Album, movie reviews
Page 3
Voters Guide ‘93
•Sample Ballot
•Student Body President, senior
yell leaders
•Junior yell leaders, RHA
presidents, information,
referendum
Page 5-8
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