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Santa Chiara Day to recognize A&M's Italian campus
By JENNIFER SMITH
The Battalion
Santa Chiara Day, which recog
nizes Texas A&M University V s
campus in Italy, will be Wednes
day in the foyer of the MSC from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event has been organized
to increase student awareness of
the programs offered at the Italy
campus. Dr. E. Dean Gage, senior
vice president and provost of
A&M, will serve as host for the
opening ceremonies of the event.
Gage said he hopes the event
will spur students' interest in
A&M study abroad programs.
"We wanted to let people
know the opportunities available
to them to broaden their hori
zons," Gage said. "This is a really
fantastic educational opportunity
for students."
The study abroad program in
Italy is geared toward liberal arts
students in the spring and sum
mer. Classes offered include art
history, studies in Italian as well
as European culture, the history of
Christianity and an English class
on modern song.
Architecture classes are offered
in the fall at the Santa Chiara Cen
ter.
Gage said students who study
abroad have an edge over other
students when it comes to their
future.
"It will certainly help them in
being competitive," Gage said. "It
will provide them with a broaden
ing experience that most students
don't have.
Since so many companies are
focusing more on the global mar
ket, Gage said a study abroad ex
perience can only help them find a
job in the future.
"We're finding that corporate
recruiters are looking for this ex-
perience/ r he said. "It gives stu
dents a leg up on the competi
tion."
Chris Tombari, a senior English
major who attended the Santa
Chiara Center last spring, said his
study abroad experience will
surely help him in the future.
"Somehow having a study
abroad experience on your re
sume makes it look even better,"
Tombari said.
Daniel Bornstein, assistant pro
fessor of history, taught A&M stu
dents on the Italy study abroad
program last year and will be
teaching there again this spring.
Bornstein said his time in Italy
was the best teaching experience
of his life.
See Italy/Page 8
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — The children of
the Branch Davidian cult routine
ly were introduced to sexually ex
plicit material under the guise of
Bible studies, but none of the 21
children released by David Kore-
sh were sexually abused, a psychi
atrist said Monday.
Dr. Bruce Perry, the head of a
support team treating the children
released by Koresh following a
Feb. 28 firefight with federal
agents, stepped back from classi
fying the children he's seen as
abused.
"President Clinton and Janet
Reno are saying child abuse. CPS
(Child Protective Services) is say
ing well, we didn't see any sup
porting evidence to support alle
gations," Perry said. "It's a very
complex set of issues."
Based on interviews with 19 of
the 21 of the surviving children,
ages 4 to 11, Perry discovered many
were hit with a Wooden paddle for
minor offenses such as spilling a
drink; girls as young as 11 were in
ducted into wifehood with Koresh,
and many were instructed in para
military procedures.
But one person's abuse is an
other's version of strict discipline
and no straight lines have been
determined as to whether how
much the compound life will re
main with them as they get older.
"These are delightful, engaging
children," said Perry. Children, he
says, who have used every ounce
of their own initiative to survive
their surroundings.
So far no evidence exists that
any of the children released before
the April 19 fire destroyed the com
pound were sexually abused. How
ever, Perry says the children have
talked about possible ^buse of chil
dren who died in the fire. The FBI
has said Koresh was believed to
have been the father of the 17 chil
dren who died in the fire.
"I don't think it was any secret
that David Koresh was into con
trol," Perry said. "... And I think
there were some very malignant
and destructive associations that
these children were likely exposed
to."
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The Battalion
Amber Matthews is one Texas
A&M University student who
won't need to sell her books back
at the end of the semester to help
pay the rent.
Matthews, a sophomore psy
chology major from Plano, is $3.4
million richer after being one of 14
winners in Saturday's $50 million
lotto drawing.
"I've never bought a ticket be
fore," she said. "I never win any
thing."
Matthews bought three Lotto
tickets late Saturday afternoon, but
said she almost threw the winning
ticket away at the last minute. But
because the line was so long at the
convenience store where she pur
chased the ticket, Matthews said
she quickly picked the last two
numbers and turned it in.
Matthews was alone in her
apartment when she matched her
lotto numbers and discovered
she had won. "I am dyslexic with
numbers so at first I thought I'd
written them down wrong." she
said.
After double-checking her
numbers, Matthews said she start
ed screaming and hyperventilat
ing. When she called her parents,
they didn't believe her at first, she
said.
Matthews said she had to wait
until Monday to go to Austin to
sign papers and get her first check
because she had a final exam
Monday and spent Sunday night
studying for it.
Until then, she locked her Lotto
ticket in a small safe and wore the
key around her neck.
"I started to cry when I signed
the papers," she said. "It (win
ning) was so stressful that I don't
think I would have wanted to win
the entire $50 million."
However, Matthews said she
was disappointed for a moment
that she had to split the Lotto pot
with 13 other winners.
"At first impulse, I thought it
was uncool, but I would be happy
if they gave me $100," she said.
Matthews received $126,000
yesterday and will get $126,000 a
year over the next 20 years. The
first thing she said she will do
with the money is pay for her sis
ter's college and pay off her par
ent's mortgage and cars. Then,
Matthews wants to take her Span
ish class out to lunch.
"Over the summer I will just sit
on the rest of the money and see
how to invest it," she said.
Matthews said she has tried to
keep a low profile since she has
won the Lotto, and hasn't told
people about her winnings that
don't already know.
"It's just not my style," she
said.
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through pantyhose into a wine bottle to raise Eta Sigma Delta sponsored the event.
Richards to
visit A&M,
Corps center
The Texas A&M University
Corps of Cadets will have a spe
cial dinner guest this evening in
Duncan Dining Hall.
Gov. Ann Richards will visit
College Station this afternoon to
tour the Sam Houston Sanders
Corps of Cadets Center and dine
with cadets, said a Corps
spokesperson.
Nancy Sobeck, a spokesperson
from Richards' office said the
governor will arrive around 5
p.m. and tour the center for about
nalf-an-hour.
Before departing for Duncan
Dining Hall, the governor will
watch a performance by the
Corps of Cadets Freshman Band
and view the Corps' formation
and march.
Sherylon Carroll, an official
with University Relations, said
the visit is basically a photo op
portunity and a chance for
Richards to see first-hand what
the Corps is all about.
Richards will eat with cadets
before leaving for Austin at 7:45
p.m.
U.S. hands
relief effort
over to U.N.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOGADISHU, Somalia —
Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Johnston
proclaimed the U.S.-led relief ef
fort in Somalia a success Tuesday
as he handed over control to the
United Nations, telling his suc
cessor "It's all yours."
That simple comment signaled
the end of Operation Restore
Hope and the start of Operation
Continue Hope, a reconstruction
period aimed at helping war-rav
aged Somalia struggle back to its
feet.
The U.N. military commander,
Lt. Gen. Cevik Bir of Turkey,
called the new aid project "his
toric and unprecedented" in its
scope.
Thanks in part to Operation
Restore Hope, Somalia is recover
ing steadily from a civil war that
devastated the countryside and
led to lawlessness and famine.
Homosexual, bisexual students discuss activism
This article is part three of a three-
part series on gay life at Texas A&M.
By ANNE WOODS
Special to The Battalion
For most gay, lesbian and bi
sexual people at Texas A&M Uni
versity, activism is not political;
rather, it means living openly.
Some people appear on panels
to discuss homosexuality with a
roomful of students. Others write
letters to newspapers. For many
more people, living openly simply
means being honest.
The goals of gay activism in
clude winning civil rights and
freedom from discrimination, but
they also include something more
basic. The biggest goal of some
activists isn't winning publicity,
but exactly the opposite: winning
a place among the ordinary.
Last week, many of A&M's gay
and lesbian activists pursued their
goals at the March on Washing
ton.
Jayson
Jayson is an officer in Gay and
Lesbian Student Services (GLSS)
and the organization's main coor
dinator for the recent March on
Washington.
The March on Washington was
not a time to demand but a time
to show U.S. citizens what gays
have to offer, he said. He also
said he hoped the huge crowds
would motivate other gay stu
dents to be active.
"For us, as students, and me
personally, I think it's more im
portant because we're younger
and don't have that much of a
sense of history, to be be exposed
See Gay life/Page 8
Sports
•Track: Preview of Southwest
Conference Championship
•Winder's column: Mysteries of
hockey might remain eternal
Page 5
Opinion
•Editorial: Force Feeding - No
need to require diversity class
•Editorial: About Time -
legislative bill GPA-friendly
Holder's column: Activists'
agenda targets children
Page 9
Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican independence
By JEFF GOSMANO
The Battalion
Today is a special day for Na
tive Mexicans and Mexican-Amer-
icans because it marks the an
niversary of
Mexico's vic
tory over an
invading
French army
in 1862.
Cinco de
Mayo cele
brates the
Mexican army's defense of
Puebla, a Mexican city that was
attacked by Napoleon III and the
French army.
Although the Mexican army
defended Puebla, the French army
regrouped and captured Mexico
City and most of central Mexico.
As part of the French Intervention
in Mexico, French forces remained
in the area until 1867.
The Mexican victory at Puebla
"helped shape the fragile Mexican
identity of the 1860's," said Dr.
Henry Schmidt, an associate pro
fessor of Latin American history
at Texas A&M University.
He said Cinco de Mayo is a na
tional event because at the time, it
was a great accomplishment to
defeat a European army.
Although Cinco de Mayo is cel
ebrated in both Mexico and the
United States, the event has
gained more popularity in the
United States, he said.
"It's probably more of a cele
bration among Mexican-Ameri-
cans than it is for Mexicans," he
said. "In the ensuing years, the
holiday has become more public
and popular in the United States
today than it has in Mexico."
Although Cinco de Mayo has
become increasingly popular in
the United States, many Mexican-
Americans still are not aware of
the day's historical significance,
Schmidt said.
"Many don't know what the
day commemorates," he said.
"Many are not celebrating the
event. Most don't know that the
celebration refers to the event."
He said that Mexican-Ameri-
cans have made Cinco de Mayo
an event that celebrates their iden
tity.
Medical school to sponsor
speaker in honor of holiday
The Texas A&M University College of Medicine will sponsor a Cin
co de Mayo celebration from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the lobby of the
Reynolds Medical Building.
Photographer Alan Pogue will present a photographic survey,
"America's Migrant Farmworkers."
Pogue will speak briefly about his
first-hand experiences with this group
and the struggles and hardships they
endure.
Music, food and entertainment will
follow Pogue's presentation. The
event is presented by the College of
Medicine's Hispanic Center of Excel
lence, and students, faculty and com
munity are encouraged to attend.
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