10,1993 m, and Code of isn't lie, ho do." leals of ederate sues of th care > in this sis that lity by chosen t laws, ibiting '-called secular linst its ishes of iws and hristian rwever, sing an ire two made a ssue of like to If ureenwood 'target' of gang violence, witnesses say By JASON COX loms in its. For nocratic isibility s obtain s that legally reduce lis were /n to be tern), it ie that I rriage. lie that, ionship Is. imental riage is Ionship certain s quite he Bible ■ of our incipal enders human ans, far as tax ensitive ;>lace on private th Matt i legally Drove of thout a rare my The Battalion Testimony continued Tuesday in the trial of Sherron Dante ireenwood, a 16-year-old Bryan outh accused of killing a class- nate at Bryan High School's iamar campus last March. Greenwood is being tried for he stabbing death of rival gang member Billy C. Williams. If con- icted, he could face from five ears probation to 99 years or life n prison. Witnesses testified before a irowded courtroom that Green- «ood was the target of another jang's violence and that he suf- iered daily abuse at their hands. A friend of Greenwood's fami- Ifsaid members of the "Squab lob" would follow Dante irough the school hallways, hunting and threatening him. He said although most of the jang's aggressions were aimed itGreenwood, even he didn't eel safe being alone in some parts of town. He said Greenwood and several )ftheir friends were placed on emergency removal," being taken Jut of classes for reasons of person- ilsafety, earlier in the year. Doris Taylor, a mother of two of Dante's, friends, said Williams vas abusive and disrespectful to school administrators at a meet- agheld in an attempt to settle the »o groups' differences. She said she felt overall vio- ence on the campus was increas- around the time of the stab- g and worried for her chil- Ws safety. Michelle Esparza, counsel for the defense, called upon Dr. Peg- Love-Clark, a psychologist d examined Dante for a period of time following the murder, to determine his emotional state at the time of the stabbing. Love-Clark said Greenwood was an "anxious, depressed, sad dened young man" who feared for his life and "wondered if he could go on." She compared Greenwood's emotions to those of people who suffer Battered Women's Syn drome, a condition characterized ty feelings of fearfulness, danger ’ "hyper-vigilance." She said See Trial/Page 6 One more ... NICOLE ROHRMAN/The Battalion To keep in shape, David Stout, does oblique crunches at DeWare Field House. Stout, a computer science major from McAllen, says, "DeWare is a great place to work out because there's not a long wait for ths equipment." ize that nt than in just a t just a ds. It is titution litations I could rtion to ’inghain ss of '93 /s of the opinio™ student iress th® vill p r ' nt Letters s nofl'e. jtion 0,1 irrtns l° r Youth crime increases in Brazos Valley By LISA ELLIOTT The Battalion According to Brazos Valley juvenile officials, there is a dramatic rise in the number of crimes committed hy youths, and a Texas A&M sociologist suggests the decline in the family may be one reason why. Dr. Howard B. Kaplan, distinguished professor of sociology at A&M, said there are a large number of factors that contribute to this rise in juvenile crime. "The rise in crime feeds upon itself," he said. Ihe more crime there is, the more acceptable it be- tomes." He said one of the major influences in juvenile Cr ime is the family. Children aren't being super- 'ised by the family, he said. "There's decreased motivation by children to con- :o rm to conventional behavior," he said. "They're *°oking for their own identity." Kaplan said the way society can help decrease the Problem is by reversing the process of crime. "Give them a place in society which can gain re spect," he said. The majority of the change has to occur in the Wie, he said. "Parents must provide opportunities to achieve. Snow approval and exercise greater supervision," he soid. "Parents need to be less accepting of violence," Kaplan said. Parents should express their disapproval about violence on television and in the mass media to let their children know it is wrong, he said. Kaplan said alcohol and drugs do a lot to con tribute to crime among young people. He said the pharmacological effects of drugs and alcohol will naturally bring out violent tendencies. In addition, the world of drug trafficking is violent and exposure to this in itself is enough to bring out violent tenden cies, he said. Kaplan said violence should not be tolerated by the police and court regardless of age. He said they should let them know violence is not acceptable es pecially by young people. Susan Dow, spokesperson for the Brazos County Juvenile Detention Center, said, the dramatic in crease in the number of crimes committed by juve niles in the Brazos Valley this year is causing con cern among citizens. According to records from the Brazos County Ju venile Services Department, the number of cases of violent crime committed by juveniles in Brazos County rose 220 percent from 1988 to 1992. Dow said the number of juvenile homicides com mitted this year, has already surpassed the number See Crime/Page 6 MSC exhibit stirs controversy Nude photographs removed during AggieHostel program By J ANET HOLDER The Battalion An MSC photography exhibit including nude photographs was temporarily taken down amid complaints from AggieHostel leaders that the pho tos were offensive to visiting former students, but an official from the MSC Visual Arts Committee said Tuesday it was a mere coincidence the display was taken down during the week of the former stu dents' visit. AggieHostel is a program sponsored by the Asso ciation of Former Students that gives former students over the age of 65 and their spouses an opportunity to spend a week on campus reliving their college days. Wynn Rosser, chairman of AggieHostel, said he didn't request the entire exhibit be taken down, but he only requested that no nude photographs be dis played. "The display wasn't shut down for our benefit," he said. A 200-picture Contemporary Czechoslovakian Photography display, which includes nude pho tographs, was scheduled to be shown in the MSC Vi sual Arts Gallery from June 7 to August 6. The show, however, has been closed one week to add identification labels and another week to make a brochure for the photographs, said Amy Day, staff adviser for the MSC Visual Arts Committee. The committee originally intended to display the art from June 20 to June 26, but an MSC representa tive asked that the gallery close in order to complete the brochures, said Manipay Lieou, chairman for the MSC Visual Arts Committee and junior environmen tal design major. Day said it was simply a coincidence that the week the brochures were made happened to be the week the AggieHostel was on campus. However, Mukul Goel, a civil engineering gradu ate student and a member of the committee, said in a July 20 column appearing in The Battalion, "perhaps the underlying reason behind the closing (of the gallery) was the nudity depicted in some of the pho tographs that potentially could offend representa tives of the Association of Former Students (AES). It was felt to be quite risky to have, on campus, an ex hibition displaying pictures of nude people when AggieHostelers were visiting the campus." Lieou said a complaint was filed by an AES repre sentative about the nude photographs after the MSC Program Review Committee and the MSC Council approved the photographs. He said some people were offended that the com plaint was registered because "no one had seen the photographs." "I tried once to see the photographs, but it (the gallery) was locked up at the time," Rosser said. "It was a busy time, and I didn't have time to go back." He said he had to make a "quick decision" and decided to request that the display not use the nude photographs. "There was no threats; it was simply a request," he said. "I am not against nudity." Rosser said some people participating in Ag gieHostel might not want to see the display at A&M, and he didn't want to deal with "one upset person." The committee said they are currently organizing more photographs from the Contemporary Czechoslo vakian Photography display because all 200 can't be shown at one time. The display will re-open Friday. Board of Regents to meet Thursday, Friday By STEPHANIE PATTILLO The Battalion The Texas A&M University' System Board of Re gents are meeting in regular session on Thursday and Friday. The Facilities^ Planning and Building Committee will meet Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon in the Facilities Planning and Construction Building to discuss the initiation of construction projects and approve a revision to the Campus Master Plan. Also, the committee will take action on bids for the access road and bridge to the new wastewater treatment plant. The Board will also hear a report on the feasibility of in-house asbestos assessment. Other items, including the authorization to cre ate the Center for Public Studies (CPUS), will be sought when the Board reconvenes Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Board of Regents Annex. The CPUS is to be developed in conjunction with exist ing programs at A&M to expand public policy re search and graduate training programs within the Department of Political Science. The Board will also be discussing the approval of a license agreement to grant Forum, Inc. of Bryan an exclusive license to make use of or to sell prod ucts under propriety rights of Texas A&M. The Texas Engineering Experiment Station is re questing recognition of the Center for Alternative Fuels Research and its member institute the Propane Gas Research Institute as well. The regents will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Fri day to take action on items presented Thursday. ■ Out-of-wedlock births on the rise A&M professors attribute increase to changing attitudes By GENEEN PIPHER The Battalion Out-of-wedlock births among white, college-educated women are on the rise according to a re cent U.S. Census Bureau report, and A&M professors and local ex perts say changing attitudes may contribute to this phenomenon. The report, "Fertility of Ameri can Women: June 1992," said 11.3 percent of unmarried women with one or more years of college gave birth in 1992, double the figure of 5.5 percent in 1982. Dr. Nikki VanHightower, pro fessor of political science, said the diminishing stigmas against unwed mothers could be attrib uted to the increase in out-of- wedlock births. "Values have changed enor mously," she said. "When I was growing up in the 1950s, an un wed mother was almost consid ered a leper; it just was not ac ceptable. Society has definitely become more accepting of these women." Sandra Cerinovich, director of Good Samaritan Pregnancy Ser vice Inc., said women do not feel the pressure they once did to get married. "Those people who get married because of pregnancy are, I be lieve, 70 percent more likely to end up divorced," she said. "Many women say, 'why should I get married if I'm just going to end up divorced?'." Sherry Paul, director of Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Services, said the report's findings are not surprising, and the entertainment industry is partly to blame for the declining morals and increasing sexual activity. "The figures are significant but not really that startling," Paul said. "Given what you see in the movies, on television, especially soap operas and what you hear in music, it's not at all shocking. Everything educates young peo ple to premarital sex. Babies out of wedlock are very normal in these mediums." "I think what we're doing to our young people is a shame be cause we're giving them the sense that this is great, and this is the way to live, but they never show the consequences. They never See Wedlock/Page 6 Inside Sports •A&M triathlon team organizes college league •Smith: Dog shows not the most inspiring of sports Page 3 Opinion •Editorial: Clinton's policy on gays in militaiy will have to do •Column: Confirmation process should focus on appointee qualifications Page 5 Weather ►Wednesday: partly cloudy highs in the mid 90s •Forecast for Thursday: partly cloudy, highs in the 90s, lows in Hie 70s •Your Battalion extended forecast: Same old stuff, partly cloudy, highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s