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Vol. 92 No. 135 (10 pages) 1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Wednesday, April 21,1993
Koresh vowed not to surrender
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO — Cult leader David
Koresh vowed he would not be
taken alive, according to court
documents unsealed Tuesday, the
day after the doomsday prophet
and an estimated 85 of his follow
ers perished in a blaze authorities
said the Branch Davidians delib
erately set.
"Neither the ATF or the Na
tional Guard will ever get me,"
the documents quoted Koresh as
saying on Feb. 28 as agents of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms attempted to arrest him
and search the compound for ille
gal weapons."
"They got me once, and they
will never get me again. They are
coming: The time has come," the
affidavit quoted Koresh as say
ing. The document, filed April 18,
was signed by ATF special agent
Earl Dunagan, who was involved
in the investigation and spoke
with agents involved in the
doomed raid.
The affidavit claims that Kore
sh was dressed in black and
armed with a rifle.
Other men were arming them
selves and one man was seen
with a string of hand grenades
around his neck.
The affidavit also detailed a
lengthy inventory of firearms it
said the cult had bought for at
least $199,715 between October
1991 and the Feb. 28 raid.
The FBI continued Tuesday to
try and focus blame for the
deaths on Koresh, instead of the
agency's stepped-up tactics.
FBI special agent Jeff Jamar
said investigators had inconclu
sive evidence some of the cult
members may have been killed as
they tried to escape the inferno.
One body with a gunshot
wound was found in the remains
of the buildings, but it was uncer
tain when that person was shot,
Jamar said. "There might have
been people killed who were try
ing to get out of the compound,"
he said.
Several published reports de
scribed listening devices inside
the compound and The Dallas
Morning News says in its
See Koresh/Page 6
Mount Carmel center of intensive federal investigation
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO — From the charred
ruins of their Mount Carmel com
pound east of Waco to Capitol
Hill in Washington, the dooms
day Branch Davidian cult has
sparked investigations of many
types, officials said Tuesday.
The Texas Rangers, who took
control of the burned-out crime
scene, said it could be two weeks
before they are finished examin
ing the rubble and gathering evi
dence.
"That may be the largest, most
complicated crime scene the DPS
has ever faced," said Col. James
R. Wilson, director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety.
Wilson and FBI special agent
Bob Ricks said that the Rangers,
the state's most elite crime-fight
ing unit, have been deputized as
federal officers as well so they
will have dual jurisdiction in han
dling the cases.
Wilson said more than 80
Highway Patrol troopers and 25
to 35 Rangers have been in the
Waco area since Feb. 28, when the
Branch Davidians opened fire on
federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac
co and Firearms agents, killing
four and wounding 16. Cult
leader David Koresh also said six
of his followers were killed.
Officials said that the criminal
investigations range from murder
charges to federal firearms viola
tions.
In Washington, President Clin
ton said the Justice and Treasury
departments would review ac
tions of the FBI and ATF. He said
he wanted to know "what hap
pened and why."
John David Crow
submits resignation
as athletic director
By WILLIAM HARRISON
The Battalion
Texas A&M Athletic Director John David Crow resigned Tuesday,
dting possible conflicts of interest in private business because of his
dealings with the Gulf Greyhound Park in Lamarque.
His resignation is effective May 1.
Crow said he will retain a new position within the A&M athletic de
partment as director of development in charge of fund-raising for the
University, athletics in particular.
In a press release, Texas A&M University President Dr. William
Mobley said he expected Crow to provide a key role in the University's
"Capturing the Spirit" endowment plan.
"John David Crow is a highly respected individual in both athletic
and business circles," Mobley said. "He has advanced our overall ath
letic program and will continue to play an important role at our univer
sity."
Crow said he is pursuing a limited partnership in the park and is re
signing the athletic director position because of possible negative per
ceptions with his future involvement with the park.
■ "It is simply because of the perception of a possible conflict of inter
est as far as being involved in the ownership of a gambling business,"
Crow said. "I'm not going to have anything to do with the management
of the park, but I just don't want anyone to perceive it as any type of
(conflict).
"I wouldn't do anything to hurt this university," he said.
Crow said he has been discussing the matter with Mobley since the
dog racing park opened in November. A&M associate athletic director
Wally Groff will be named interim athletic director until a national
search for a permanent director is completed, he said.
"Dr. Mobley will name a search committee and I have been informed
that I will be a member of that committee, not the chairman," he said.
Crow said his association with Paul Bryant, Jr., the general partner in
the dog racing park, started when he played football for Bryant's father,
then-A&M head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.
"(Bryant Jr.) was just a young kid at that time, and I got reacquainted
with him when I was in Tuscaloosa coaching at the University of Alaba
ma with Coach Bryant," Crow said."We kept in touch since that time,
and my association with him is how all this came about."
See Crow/Page 6
Germany, U.S. swap
command of soldiers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The United States and Germany are transfer
ring NATO wartime command of thousands of each other's soldiers in
an unprecedented move that will put GIs under German officers and
Germans under U.S. orders.
The exchange reflects NATO's need to combine forces into multina
tional corps given national troop cutbacks. It is also a departure from
Washington's traditional reluctance to allow foreign generals to super
vise its troops.
"The United States has not in the past designated any of its forces
for operations directly under the command of others," said U.S. Army
Gen. John Galvin, former chief of European forces for the 16-nation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
"If the balloon goes up, the plan would be for that division to chop
(pass) to the German corps," said Galvin, now at West Point Military
Academy in New York.
At Thursday's ceremony in Giebelstadt airfield, about 50 miles
southeast of Frankfurt, Germany, the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Divi
sion, based at Bad Kreuznach, will be attached to the German army's
2nd Corps. Germany's 5th Panzer Division will go to the U.S. 5th
Corps, based in Frankfurt.
TTie 16,000 to 20,000 troops in each division will not move from their
bases. Each multinational corps will total 50,000 to 75,000 soldiers.
Each nation will also assign six bilingual officers to the other's corps
headquarters of several hundred personnel. The specialists will take
part in training, intelligence, communications and logistics.
"The German division is an equal partner in the planning process of
the 5th Corps, which has never been done before," said Lt. Col. Dick
Bridges, the corps spokesman.
Muster ceremony today—
The following is a list of today's Muster events:
* A barbecue will be held in the Academic Plaza at 11 a.m.
Tickets can be purchased with Aggie Bucks for $5, however only
meal plans and cash will be accepted on site.
♦ A piece of the Berlin Wall will be presented to former Presi
dent George Bush at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take place behind
the Bush Library Center across the street from the MSC. The public
is invited.
• The Muster ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. in G. Rollie White
Coliseum. Doors will open at 5 p.m.
A drop in the bucket
KEVIN IVY/The Battalion
Senior agriculture development major, Brian Saucer, attempts to
pitch a crushed can into a bucket during one of the games at the
Earth Day Celebration that took place at Rudder Fountain.
Sophomore biology major Michelle Harvey assists Saucer. The
game, sponsored by MSC Hospitality, promoted recycling.
Citizens may decide
fate of university fund
By STEPHANIE PATTILLO
The Battalion
Texas citizens may decide whether the Permanent University Fund
(PUF) will be shared with other universities in Texas if the state legisla
ture allows a constitutional amendment to appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.
The PUF is a protected fund outlined in the state constitution which
established and financed Texas A&M University and the University of
Texas with a land endowment of more than 1.75 million acres.
As of May 31, 1989, the book value of the PUF was $3.2 billion.
The Available University Fund (AUF), the interest earned by the
PUF, is currently apportioned between the two universities - one-third
for Texas A&M and two-thirds for the University of Texas.
The proposed amendment, sponsored by Rep. Robert Duncan, R-
Lubbock, will split the AUF distribution one-third for Texas A&M,
one-third for UT and one-third for other schools in the state.
Other state schools that may receive part of the PUF are now funded
by the Higher Education Assistance Fund (HEAP), which the state con
stitution also established.
Duncan said positive steps need to be taken to ensure there is a de
pendable source of money to accommodate the increased growth in
state universities.
"Our approach is to leave the PUF as it is be
cause it is important for the state to have flag
ship institutions and be competitive for the
top students in the state."
-Dr. E. Dean Gage
A&M Senior Vice President
"When UT and A&M cap their enrollment, there will be an increase
in the population of HEAP schools, and there will be additional needs
for capital improvement," he said.
Duncan said this plan is "fiscally sound" because it does not rely on
general revenue from taxes to provide for growth.
But Rep. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, an opponent of the PUF amend
ment, called the proposal a "watering down of excellence." The poten
tial exists for significant harm to Texas A&M and the University of
Texas, he said.
"It is a building up of schools at the expense of primarily UT but
also A&M," he said.
Dr. E. Dean Gage, A&M senior vice president and provost, said
splitting up the PUF could have an enormous fiscal impact on the Uni
versity.
"Our approach is to leave the PUF as it is because it is important for
the state to have flagship institutions and be competitive for the top
students in the state," he said.
Both Gage and Ogden are working with Duncan to increase the
HEAF's $100 million appropriation to help meet the needs of universi
ties outside of the PUF.
"Other members of the HEAP will fair better under the expansion of
the HEAP than for us to dilute the PUF by inclusion," Gage said.
Duncan said he "sensed a momentum to seriously look at funding
the HEAP" during a "spirited" committee hearing on the proposed
amendment.
"I am encouraged by the dialogue that came out during the commit
tee hearing," he said. "We are working toward a solution to to provide
quality education to all universities."
Duncan's PUF amendment is currently pending in committee.
Everyone responsible for environment, senator's wife says
By JASON COX
The Battalion
Kathleen Krueger, wife of de
mocratic U.S. Senate candidate
Bob Krueger, said everyone is re
sponsible for the environment and
asked students to get involved in
the issue during a short speech
Tuesday at Rudder Fountain.
The Aggie Democrats spon
sored Krueger's appearance as
part of Texas A&M's Earth Day
celebration.
Growing up in the Texas hill
country, Krueger said she learned
to appreciate clean air, land and
water during her childhood.
"A&M students are lucky
enough to be surrounded for four
years by some of the most beauti
ful countryside in Texas," she
said.
Krueger, who graduated from
A&M in 1980, said she draws spir
itual strength from the environ
ment and hopes the same oppor
tunities for appreciation will be
available to her two young daugh
ters.
"I want them to have a chance
to breathe clean air, appreciate
plentiful water and draw suste
nance from wildflowers," she
said. "I want to take them to the
national parks, where nature is re
spected and people work to pre
serve the environment."
Citing problems such as global
warming and water pollution,
Krueger said people haven't done
so well at managing the planet.
"Earth Day should be every
day," she said, and applauded the
attention the issue receives
through similar events, which she
said should be conducted year-
round.
Protecting the environment has
recently become a political issue,
she said, with issues being settled
on Capitol Hill and in Austin.
Krueger said even though
politicians make many of the deci
sions, people shouldn't feel the
problem is out of their hands. She
urged students to get involved
and let leaders know where they
stand.
Kathleen Krueger talks with students after a speech Tuesday.
Insl
Sports
•Norwood: Replacing Crow
should be quick, easy
•Baseball: Top-ranked Aggies
beat UTA 4-2, avenge loss
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Opinion
•Editorial: Aggie Muster is a
tradition we all can live with
•Column: Separation of church
and state is a good idea
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