The Battalion
Vol. 92 No. 129 (12 pages) 1893 - A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Tuesday, April 13,1993
Candidates competing for Bentsen's seat discuss Senate race
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
Fifteen U.S. Senate candidates speak at a forum hosted by the Texas
A&M chapter of United We Stand, America, and MSC Political Forum.
By MICHAEL PLUMER
Tlic Battalion
Fifteen of the candidates vying
for Lloyd Bentsen's vacated U.S.
Senate seat discussed issues rang
ing from health care reform to the
North American Free Trade
Agreement at a Monday night fo
rum in Rudder Theater.
The main topic of conservation
centered around the five candi
dates who didn't attend the fo
rum, the "Big Five," which in
cludes State Treasurer Kay Bailey
Hutchison, U.S. Rep. Jack Fields,
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, Richard Fish
er and incumbent Bob Krueger.
"I would call them the elitist
candidates," Independent candi
date Lou Zaeske said. "They have
special PAC (Political Action
Committee) money that we don't
have. It seems those guys don't
feel obligated to the people that
they will be serving.
"They probably won't return
calls from constituents if they are
elected to serve in Washington,"
he said.
Republican candidate Chuck
Stibley raised the question that
maybe the absent candidates have
something to hide.
"I find it difficult to understand
why my opponent(s) is not here,"
Stibley said, referring to the five
absent candidates. "Why would
he not be here to answer ques
tions? The answer is because he
might give the wrong answer."
Libertarian Rick Draheim had
his own view on why the five did
not attend the forum. "There is
only so much public humiliation
they can stand," he said.
When the discussion turned to
wards campaign issues, the candi
dates found that they stood on the
same ground in their opposition
to national health insurance.
"I don't favor it," Republican
candidate Clymer Wright said.
"What we need to do is improve
private care. We have the finest
health care system in the world.
"To stay away from national
health care,, we need to create
pools for small business and cut
costs in the private sector," he
said.
Socialized medicine has
worked in Canada and Mexico,
Republican candidate Herber
Spiro said, but it will not work in
the United States.
"All it does is reinforce the po
sition of the lower classes who
have to use it," Spiro said. "If the
federal government becomes in
volved, then it could become a
mess. I favor Texas over the Feds
any day.
Zaeske took a different ap
proach. He said that instead of so
cializing medicine, the law profes
sion should be socialized.
"In the Dallas phone book
See Senate/Page 10
LA readies city
for King verdict
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds
of National Guard troops report
ed to staging areas Monday and
civil rights leaders pleaded for re
straint as a federal jury deliberat
ed the case of four policemen ac
cused of beating Rodney King.
Shielded from the public's jit
ters and the police buildup, the 12
jurors resumed their talks after
meeting Easter Sunday afternoon.
Scores of TV trucks, satellite
dishes at the ready, surrounded
the downtown courthouse.
Across town, guardsmen
banged their rifle butts on the bed
of a troop truck in a display of
spirit at California National
Guard headquarters in Ingle
wood.
About 600 guardsmen reported
to area armories by Monday
morning and the Police Depart
ment put 200 extra officers on the
streets at all times in case a verdict
in the case triggered violence.
Operations will be routine until
the jury reaches a verdict, both
agencies said.
"Unless there is a call for more,
they are going to be here going
through some drills, training,
probably double-checking their
equipment," said guard Capt.
Lisa Corrivaia.
'Nay' to the KKK
Faculty Senate unanimously votes
against support of Klu Klux Klan rally
By JENNIFER SMITH
The Battalion
The Texas A&M University
Faculty Senate on Monday con
demned a scheduled appearance
of the Ku Klux Klan in College
Station, calling the organization's
values "myopic and divisive."
The April 24 rally, which was
announced March 30, was imme
diately condemned by University
President William Mobley.
Steven Oberhelman, associate
professor of modern languages,
said it is important for the faculty
to condemn publicly the KKK ral-
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"We need to show our stu
dents where we stand on the sub
ject of this rally," Oberhelman
said.
The Faculty Senate passed the
resolution by a unanimous vote.
The resolution states, "As
scholars and educators, we wel
come and promote the kind of in
tellectual and cultural diversity
that the Klan consistently has ab
horred. We therefore both reject
and resent indications by the
KKK that our University commu
nity would provide them a fertile
area for recruitment."
Yinoo Tang, a professor of
chemistry, said the University's
announced disapproval of the
KKK rally was not an adequate
response.
"If the University is so much
against it, why can't the adminis
tration do as much as they can to
advertise their (the KKK's)
views," Tang said. "Why don't
we show the public what the
KKK really is, and what they real
ly do?
"They want to show their pro
paganda, so we should show
what they really are," he said.
Members of the Senate urged
people not to attend the rally be
cause it adds people to their at
tendance counts which inflates
the group's credibility among the
general public.
The Senate also announced
two alternate programs to be con
ducted during the KKK rally
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Multicultural Services will
hold a meeting at the Drill Field,
and the Diversity and Equality
Coalition, a student organization,
will hold a meeting in front of the
Academic Building.
The Senate also recommended
that the executive committee re
evaluate notification of the Good
Friday holiday.
Traditionally, students have
not been relieved from classes on
Good Friday until the governor
proclaims the day as an official
holiday the week before Easter.
Some members of the Senate be
lieve the announcement does not
give students and professors
enough notice and poses schedul
ing problems.
In other business, the Faculty
Senate passed a resolution that
will attempt to keep the Senate
involved in the selection process
of a University president and se
nior vice president and provost.
It's all up hill from here
JOHN GARBER/ Special to The Battalion
Mike Gross, a senior wildlife and fisheries science major looks to the Fitness fair. The fair travels to over 50 schools nationwide and will
top of the rockface climb event at the Intercollegiate Health and be at Rudder Fountain from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
NATO starts enforcing no-fly zone over Bosnia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov-
ina — NATO warplanes patrolled
above an overcast Bosnia on Mon
day to begin enforcing a U.N. no-
fly zone in the first flexing of the
alliance's military muscle outside
its territory.
Among the planes was a
French Mirage 2000 that went
down in the Adriatic Sea, Penta
gon sources said. The USS Roo
sevelt aircraft carrier launched a
search mission for the pilot, said
the sources, speaking on condition
of anonymity.
The flights were meant to im
press Bosnian Serbs of new re
solve to enforce U.N. resolutions
meant to end Bosnia's civil war.
Operation Deny Flight had
more political than military signif
icance. The year-long war has pri
marily been fought with artillery
tanks and infantry. NATO pilots
were under strict orders to shoot
only as a last resort.
Bosnian Serbs bombarded the
besieged eastern town of Srebreni
ca with renewed ferocity Monday.
U.N. officials said at least 56 peo
ple died in an hour-long barrage.
Allied planes are policing
Bosnia from bases in Italy across
the Adriatic. Two U.S. Air Force F-
15 jet fighters, two French Mirage
2000s and two Dutch F-16s flew
the first mission. AWACs surveil
lance planes manned by multina
tional crews and Navy jets on the
Roosevelt also are participating.
NATO officials declined to dis
cuss specifically how violators
would be dealt with. They said
previously that NATO pilots
would try to order violators back
home or force them to land.
Shooting down violators would be
the last resort.
Sports
•Baseball: Aggies move to
No. 1 in nation
•Kelly Wunsch: Pitching in
Granger's shadow, but
getting plenty of light
Page 7
Opinion
•Editorial: J-Board did right
thing in lifting Corps election
fine
•Column: Coping wi th the
aftermath of rape
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Koldus remembers
By MARY KUJAWA
The Battalion
Three messages sat on the desk
of Dr. John J. Koldus, vice presi
dent for student services. None
was from anyone he knew. The
messages only said, "I talked to
someone who mentioned your
name. I was wondering if you
can help me."
Messages of this type are not
unusual to Koldus, and it will not
be out of the ordinary for Koldus
to return all three calls and offer
his assistance in whatever way
possible.
"The uniqueness of A&M is
people helping each other," he
said. "It's the whole idea of the
Aggie family."
Koldus will retire from his po
sition on Aug. 31 after 20 years of
service at Texas A&M. However,
he will not leave the Aggie family
entirely.
"I'm cutting off the ties admin
istratively," Koldus said. "How
ever, I will remain indirectly con
nected to the University by re
maining in contact with the peo
ple."
One way Koldus has main
tained close contact with students
is through his traditional weekly
luncheons.
Koldus began the luncheons
several years ago. He invites 20
students to lunch every week, al
ternating between a freshmen lun
cheon and an upperclassmen lun-
20 years as VP at Texas A&M
cheon.
"At the freshmen luncheons, I
ask the questions and they do all
the talking," Koldus said.
After the luncheon, he makes a
chart of all the participants and
sends it to the students, so they
can have the names of everyone
they have met.
He said warmth and personali
ty are the ideas behind the lun
cheons. They are just another
way of making the big (the Uni
versity) smaller, he said.
"A small, comfortable group
makes the big place better,"
Koldus said.
He often invites faculty and
staff to the upperclassmen lun-
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Battalion file photo
Dr. John Koldus (far right) listens to some students share thoughts
about Texas A&M at one of his famous student luncheons. Koldus is
retiring after 20 years of service to A&M..