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1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993
Wednesday, October 6,1993
--jCongress opposes U.S. involvement in Somalia
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President
[Clinton is renewing support for
U.S. military involvement in So
malia and warning of "appropri-
|ate" retaliation if any U.S. troops
are harmed by their captors.
Despite growing sentiment in
Congress for a rapid withdrawal
[from the beleaguered African na
tion, Clinton said Monday he was
staying the course first set by
[President Bush last year.
"I do not want to do anything
[which would imperil the funda
mental success of one of the most
successful humanitarian missions
we've seen in a long time," Clin
ton told reporters in San Francisco.
As reports from Mogadishu in
dicated at least a dozen U.S. sol
diers were killed Sunday in a fierce
battle with Somali rebels. Defense
Secretary Les Aspin ordered 220
more U.S. troops into the country,
along with two aerial gunships
and several tanks and fighting ve
hicles. The current U.N. force is
28,000, including 4,700 Americans.
Asked why more U.S. troops
were being sent, Clinton said:
"I'm not satisfied that the folks
that are there now have the pro
tection that they need."
The fresh troops will come
from the 24th Infantry Division
(Mechanized), based in Fort Stew
art, Ga. The Ml-Al tanks to be
sent to Mogadishu will be special
ly outfitted with plows to deto
nate mines.
United Nations officials said
late Monday that 12 Americans and
one Malaysian were killed Sunday,
78 U.S. troops wounded and six
crew members of a downed Black-
hawk helicopter were missing. Six
Malaysians and two Pakistanis also
were wounded.
Television news reports showed
dead Americans dragged through
the streets of the capital of Mo
gadishu as Somalis cheered.
Another gruesome video
showed a frightened soldier, his
face bruised, being questioned by
his captors.
The pictures drew a warning
from Clinton, who said that if any
U.S. soldiers were mistreated, "the
United States — not the United Na
tions — will view this very gravely
and take appropriate action."
Pentagon officials declined to
specify the number it believes are
being held.
One captured soldier shown on
television identified himself as
Army Chief Warrant Officer Mike
Durant, a Blackhawk helicopter
pilot. The Pentagon said his unit
was based at Fort Campbell, Ky.
The fiercest day of fighting
since U.S. troops arrived in Soma
lia in December ignited more criti
cism on Capitol Hill, where sever
al Democratic lawmakers joined
Republicans in sharply criticizing
administration policy in Somalia.
"The end game of U.S. partici
pation in Somalia should be mea
sured in days and weeks, not
months and years," Sen. Robert
Byrd, D-W.Va., chairman of the
Appropriations Committee, de
clared on the Senate floor.
Texas lawmakers divided
over U.S. troops in Somalia
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With the image of a dead U.S. soldier being
dragged by a Somali mob through Mogadishu streets vivid in
Americans' minds, Texas Republicans are joining calls for U.S.
withdrawal from the war-torn nation.
Democrats, while generally more supportive of President Clin
ton's decision to send fresh troops to Somalia, on Tuesday urged
the White House to reassess whether a U.S. role still exists.
Congressional consensus for immediate troop withdrawal has
yet to materialize. But frustration with the administration's policy
continued to mount Tuesday following reports of 12 soldiers'
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NEW YORK - Michael Jor
dan, the world's most famous ath
lete and basketball's greatest play
er, will announce his retirement
Wednesday, according to NBC
and published reports.
"Dateline NBC," the Denver
Post and the Chicago Sun-Times
reported the news almost simulta
neously Tuesday night.
Jordan, NBA scoring champion
the last seven years, leader of the
three-time champion Chicago
Bulls and two-time Olympic gold-
medal winner, is expected to cite
his father's slaying this summer
as the reason for his retirement at
age 30.
"It's time
for me to move
on to some
thing else," the
Sun-Times
quoted Jordan
as saying. "I
know a lot of
people are go
ing to be
shocked by
this decision
and probably
Jordan
won't understand. But I've talked
it over with my family and
friends, and most of all I'm at
peace with myself over the deci
sion."
His father's death apparently
robbed Jordan of his desire to
play, the Post said.
Texas Avenue being
expanded to six lanes
J.B. Tanner, a freshman biomedical science major from Plano,
works on painting Dog Company's spirit sign Tuesday afternoon in
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the Quad for this weekend's football game against the University of
Houston Cougars.
By Mark Smith
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The Texas Department of Trans
portation (TxDOT) announced pre
liminary plans for the expansion of
Texas Avenue to six lanes at a pub
lic meeting Tuesday.
The project also will include vi
sual improvements by the city of
College Station. Conceptual de
signs for the beautification im
provements were displayed at the
Tuesday meeting.
Jim Calloway, city planner for
College Station, said the meeting
would be used to receive public
ideas and give the city a starting
point from which to design the
improvements.
"The final designs are subject to
change," Calloway said. "A lot of
factors will come into play, espe
cially the perennial factor cost.
Now we have to work to deter
mine how far can we afford to go."
See Expansion/Page 3
Holocaust history course broadens minds, professor says
By Carrie Miura
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Texas A&M University is offering an in-depth his
tory course about the Holocaust this semester for the
first time.
Dr. Arnold Krammer, history professor and
teacher of the class, said "This is a very needed and
demanding course."
A nationwide poll was conducted in the New
Vork Times which stated that 22 percent of the peo
ple surveyed said they believed the Holocaust never
happened and 10 percent said they were uncertain
the Holocaust happened, because there is not enough
evidence.
"If 32 percent of the people polled do not believe
this happened, 45 years later, then this course is long
overdue," Krammer said.
Rabbi Peter Tarlow, from the Hillel Jewish Stu
dent Association, said the class will be beneficial to
all A&M students.
"This class is more important for Christian stu
dents than Jewish students," Tarlow said.
"Having a class like this will show students ethnic
diversity and the University should be complement
ed for that."
Krammer said he does not feel that another Holo
caust would ever take place again, but he is still un
certain.
Krammer said, "There is always the possibility for
this to happen again, because of high expectations or
the economic development of a country is poor."
"I don't foresee it happening again though. That's
why we are teaching this course to avoid this from
ever happening again," he said.
The Holocaust began during World War II when
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi faction took power in Ger
many in 1933.
In November 1938, Hitler and the Nazi regime
burned down all of the Jewish synagogues in every
German community, which today is called
'Kristallnacht'.
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Howdy Camp counselor applications due today
By Lisa Elliott
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Howdy Camp, a new tradition at Texas A&M, is three and a half
months away, and some students already are preparing for the job of
counselor.
Howdy Camp is a three-day camp that takes place in January to get
students who transfer in the middle of the school year familiar with
A&M.
Stephanie Kearney, associate director of personnel, said counselors
will be chosen for Howdy Camp in the next few days. The deadline for
applications is at 3 p.m. today.
"It's a very simple application for them to fill out," she said.
After that, they will go through an interview process and selections
will be made, she said.
Bill Smart, co-chairman of Howdy Camp, said the camp is very simi
lar to Transfer Camp except it occurs in the middle of the school year
instead of the summer.
"Our camp is all about getting the transfer student more familiar
with their surroundings and the customs of A&M, it gives them some
thing to look forward to by allowing them to hook up with other stu
dents," he said.
Smart said the students have an opportunity to learn yells and tradi
tions and play games during their camp.
"We just basically let them be a 6-year-old for about two days and
just go crazy," he said.
Kearney said the first Howdy Camp was in 1990 and was started as
a spinoff of T-Camp. An adviser brought up the idea to include all
transfer students, not just those that came over in the fall.
Kearney said this will be the second year that Howdy Camp will of
ficially stand on its own apart from T-Camp. It used to be the same
thing and run by the same people, she said.
Since then, she said, the camp has increased to three separate camps
enrollment has increased from 50 to 200 students.
The camp also has changed locations, she said. Up until last year, it
was always in Snook. This year it will be in Palestine just like Fish Camp.
Kearney said the Howdy Camp office will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. the rest of this week to answer questions and interview applicants.
For more information, call the Howdy Camp office at 862-2521.
Inside
Campus
•Professor cites scientific
proof of God's existence
Page 2
Sports
• A&M defensive backs
prepare for Houston
Page 5
Opinion
•Scroggs: School associated
with A&M discriminates
Page 7
Weather
•Wednesday through
Thursday: partly cloudy,
highs in 90s
• Friday through Saturday:
chance of showers, highs
in 90s
• Sunday: scattered
showers, cooler, highs
in 80s
Tomorrow in
Aggielife
Features:
Interviews with alternative band Radiohead,
folk band Jackopierce and the cast of Theatre
Inkululeko’s “Saturday Night at the Palace”
Reviews:
Clive Barker’s new comic
book series, “Malice,” and
“For Love or Money”