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Clinton appoints Ginsburg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Ending a long and tortuous
search. President Clinton chose Ruth Bader Gins
burg for the Supreme Court on Monday, settling on
a champion of women's rights who is expected to
be a consensus builder on an often-divided court.
Clinton praised the 60-year-old appeals court ju
rist as "one of our nation's best judges, progressive
in outlook, wise in judgment, balanced and fair in
her opinions."
It was a surprise decision.
Clinton had appeared poised to name federal ap
peals court Judge Stephen Breyer of Boston. But
Breyer's chances faded after the weekend disclo
sure that he had broken the law by failing to pay
Social Security taxes for an elderly woman who
cleaned his house.
Even earlier, Clinton had been leaning toward
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt but environmental
ists implored Clinton to keep him where he was.
With support from Democrats and Republicans
alike, Ginsburg appeared likely to be confirmed
easily by the Senate — no doubt a factor in her se
lection by a president plagued by a string of embar
rassing missteps.
A federal appeals judge in Washington since 1980,
Ginsburg said her nomination to the Supreme Court
would help end the days when women "appear in
high places only as one-at-a-time performers."
If confirmed, she would join Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor, who was the first woman ever named to
the high court. Ginsburg would be the first Jewish
justice since Abe Fortas resigned in 1969.
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole said Gins
burg was "a good choice" who "undoubtedly has
the experience and the intellect to hit the ground
running if confirmed."
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., chosen to
guide the nomination through the Senate, predicted
she would be confirmed "100 to zero. I can't imag
ine any problem."
Harriett Woods, president of the National
Women's Political Caucus, said Ginsburg is fully
versed in women's issues. "She's rooted in a way
that I think will be good for the court," she said.
Ginsburg was chosen to succeed Justice Byron
White, who announced three months ago that he
was retiring when the court session ends. It meant
the first opportunity in 25 years for a Democratic
president to make a Supreme Court nomination.
The current, conservative-to-moderate court of
ten splits 5-4 on contentious issues, including some
abortion rulings.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Kay Bailey
Hutchison was sworn in Monday
as the first woman U.S. senator
from Texas, as buoyant Republi
can leaders proclaimed her victo
ry proof that the GOP is poised to
make gains nationwide.
"This is the most exciting day
of my life, bar none," the 49-year-
old said at a luncheon in her hon
or, attended by more than 530
supporters flown in from Dallas
on three chartered jets.
The fact that a trio of likely
1996 GOP presidential contenders
- Senate Minority Leader Bob
Dole, Sen. Phil Gramm and for
mer housing secretary Jack Kemp
- were at Hutchison's table was
a sign that the party is taking her
victory quite seriously.
"Kay has already begun to
make things happen, and with
Gramm and Dole and Kemp all
sitting at the same table, we're go
ing to make things happen in the
most important election of this
decade — recapturing the United
States Senate in 1994," Kemp said.
Both Gramm, who chairs the
committee that funds GOP Senate
hopefuls, and Dole predicted that
Republicans could regain the ma
jority in the Senate next year.
Hutchison's victory, which
shaved the Democrats' Senate
lead to 56-44, is the first step in
that direction, they said.
"It sets the whole tone of the
1994 elections," said Gramm, R-
Texas. "I know it's a long way off
in politics a year, I know winning
seven net seats in the Senate for
Republicans would be a remark
able achievement. But I believe we
have an opportunity to win a Re
publican majority in the Senate in
1994."
Said Dole: "We can also take
over the House in 1994. If we do
that, we'll cut Bill Clinton's term
in half. Think about that if you
want a positive result."
The Senate gallery was filled to
overflowing with a boisterous
Texas crowd that whooped and
hollered as Hutchison stepped
onto the Senate floor for her
swearing-in.
The Texans whistled and
cheered after Vice President Al
Gore administered the newest
senator's oath of office and she
turned to the crowd and gave a
thumbs-up.
Several Texas congressmen
witnessed the ceremony, as did
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen,
who represented Texas in the Sen
ate for 22 years.
Athletic director search underway
By JAMES BERNSEN
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Texas A&M officials are conducting a nationwide
search for a new athletic director to replace John
David Crow, who retired May 1.
A 12-person committee, which was formed in
May by President William H. Mobley to replace
Crow, is headed by Dr. Thomas Adair, III, professor
of physics, and will include Crow himself, represen
tatives of most of the major sports at A&M and a
member of the faculty senate.
Adair said that the committee is working without
a specific deadline in order to find the right person
for the job.
"Right now, we're just finding out who to talk to
and who not to talk to," Adair said. "We're going to
work as efficiently as possible to find the best candi
dates."
Adair said the University is using advertising as
well as contacts through various athletic depart
ments across the nation to reach interested appli
cants.
Once the committee comes up with a short list of
candidates, the list will be given to Mobley, who will
make the final decision, he said.
Adair said the committee has a list of candidates
Job market on
By JENNIFER SMITH
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Texas A&M students on the
verge of graduating and reluctant
to enter the bleak job market may
have more to look forward to than
they expected.
Dr. Gary Trennepohl, associate
dean of the College of Business
who have been nominated and have applied for the
position, but the list is far from complete, and the
process is continuing.
Committee member Dr. E. Dean Gage, senior vice
president and provost, said the search is still in an
early stage, but a new athletic director should be
found within the next four to six weeks.
"We are working without a set deadline," Gage
said, "'and we're trying to get the very best person
for the University."
Gage said that the committee is looking for some
one who has a commitment to integrity in athletics
and athlete's academics.
Crow also said he hopes the new athletic director
will be committed to helping student athletes gradu
ate.
"We would like to see them all graduate, but
that's not possible," Crow said. "But I think we
should strive to make them better people whether
they graduate or not."
Crow said he is also searching for someone who
will help the athletic department continue to grow in
the direction it is currently headed.
"The young athletes are important," Crow said.
"That they leave here better off as a person and with
See Athletic/Page 6
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Administration, said the job mar
ket isn't as bad as it looks, and he
has guarded optimism now in
stead of pessimism.
"A lot of firms are in a process
of downsizing and letting people
go," he said. "But just because
they're laying people off doesn't
mean they're not hiring."
"They always want fresh
blood," Trennepohl said.
He said students should not get
discouraged because jobs are out
there, it is the recruiting process
that has changed.
"Five years ago the large firms
might be going to 20 or 25
schools," Trennepohl said. "To
day they may be going to six or
eight schools."
See Market/Page 6
Faculty Senate changes
graduate council name
By LAURA HALEY
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The Graduate Student Council
was changed to the Graduate Stu
dent Government during the
Texas A&M Faculty Senate meet
ing Monday, amid skepticism
from student body president Bri
an Walker.
Although Dr. James Morgan,
speaker of the faculty senate, said
the name change will not affect
how the Graduate Student Coun
cil operates. Walker said he is con
cerned the change will affect is
sues that "fall in between the
lines" of graduate and undergrad
uate issues.
Walker, who said he was not
told that the issue would be
brought up in the Faculty Senate
meeting, said "With a name
change comes an ideology
change."
But Karan Watson, faculty sen
ator, and former faculty adviser of
the graduate student council, said
the name change simply repre
sents what the organization is al
ready doing.
Eric Laine, president of the
graduate student council, said
"The issue is of bringing rules and
regulations up to date."
Walker has a proposal for the
Graduate Student Council that
would elect members to serve on
the student senate. The amount
of seats would be proportional to
the number of graduate students
at A&M. Walker is waiting to
gain more representation in the
student senate before he formally
presents this plan to the Graduate
Student Council.
"The goals of both organiza
tions can definitely be accom
plished through this proposal,"
Walker said.
Bonita McMullen, former grad
uate student council president,
said the Graduate Student Coun
cil originally began because grad
uate students were not getting
enough representation in student
government.
"The Graduate Student Coun
cil was literally kicked out of stu
dent government," she said.
Walker said graduate students
have had the opportunity to serve
on the student government; how
ever, the interest and involvement
were not there and the seats avail
able to graduate students could
not be filled.
Laine said most graduate stu
dents choose to refrain from vot
ing for the student government
positions.
Despite the change, Laine and
Walker said they look forward to
working together in the future.
"No hard feelings exist at all,"
Walker said. "It is merely a dif
ference of opinion."
Don't fake the funk...
Randy Willis, a girl's basketball coach from
Willis, Texas watches the jump shot of a
participant of the Lady Aggies' Basketball Camp
Monday night in G. Rollie White. This is Willis'
first year to participate with the camp. See
related story on Page 3.
Search for library director narrows to four
By SUSAN OWEN
The Battalion
The search for a new director
for Texas A&M's Sterling C.
Evans Library has narrowed to
four candidates, all directors of
other major university libraries.
Dr. Hiram Davis, director of
university libraries at Michigan
State University, and Don
Bosseau, university librarian at
San Diego State University, inter
viewed last week.
Dr. Ed Johnson, dean of li
braries at Oklahoma State Univer
sity, and Dr. Fred Heath, director
of libraries at Texas Christian Uni
versity, will visit A&M this week
for two days of interviews and
meetings with faculty, staff and
students.
The library director is responsi
ble for the management, opera
tions and planning for Evans, the
largest library in the A&M Sys
tem.
Each candidate is interviewed
by a search advisory committee
and meets with library faculty
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Brayton Fireman Training Field welcomes female recruits
By GENEEN PIPHER
The Battalion
Although the name of the Brayton Fire
man Training Field could be considered a
misnomer to its female trainees, Charles
Page, division head of the Fire Protection
Training School says there is no discrimina
tion in Hie acceptance or training of women
as firefighters.
"Although the name firemen's training
school implies that we only train men, we
are determined that there will be no dis
crimination against women," he said. "We
have, the first paid female fire chief in
Texas on our staff. We are very open to
'vomen."
The Fire Protection Training School is
part of the Texas Engineering Extension
Service (TEEX) of the Texas A&M Univer
sity System, and it is located on west cam
pus.
In a typical recruit fire training program,
there are about 28 students, and usually
only one or two are women.
Diedhre Smith, a trainee from Belton,
Texas, is currently the only women in the
11-week program, which covers all the re
quired subjects for basic firefighter certifi
cation in the state of Texas.
She said that she has always been inter
ested in firefighting, and plans to make it a
career despite the fact there are very few
women in the field.
"When I became a member of the volun
teer fire department, I just fell in love with
it, and I knew that this is what I wanted to
do," she said. "There are some men, and
even women who feel that females should
just stick to emergency medical service, but
that doesn't bother me. I'm just out to
change their minds."
Bradly Hill, a trainee from Victoria,
Texas, said he has no problem with women
firefighters, as long as they have the qualifi
cations necessary to do the job.
"I think that most men are against
women in firefighting because they think
that a women's place is in emergency med
ical technician work," he said. "It's male
chauvinism. There is a great deal of history
in firefighting, and historically only males
were firefighters."
"It makes me very sad that they (men)
are so closed-minded," Hill said. "For me,
as long as the they can complete the train
ing, and are capable and competent, I have
absolutely no problems with female fire
fighters."
Hill said firefighting is a challenging
profession for anyone, but especially for the
women who have many barriers to over
come that men do not.
"They have to overcome teasing, soci
ety's prejudice, not to mention the physical
barriers," he said. "You can see it with
Diedhre. Some of the men try to find faults
in her techniques and her ideas, but she re
ally sticks with it."
In addition to scrutiny from male
See Fire/Page 6
Sports
•Lady Aggie Basketball Camp
gets underway
•Burnett: In search of the 'Holy
Cap'
Page 3
Opinion
•Column: Vasquez dukes it out
with roommates' dogs
•Editorial: Senate makes positive
service initiative revisions
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