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Quakes kill four
in New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Papua New
Guinea — Four people were
killed by mudslides triggered by
powerful earthquakes in northern
Papua New Guinea, officials said
Friday.
At least 100 people were miss
ing and feared dead.
Whole mountainsides were
sheared off and cascaded into vil
lages below, officials said. Police
continued to search for missing
villagers after the quake and two
powerful aftershocks shook the
northern provinces Wednesday.
The director-general of the Na
tional Disaster and Emergency
Services, Leith Anderson, visited
the area Thursday with Prime
Minister Paias Wingti.
Anderson said several dozen
villages were damaged by the
quake. Landslides destroyed
homes and gardens.
Missile builder
no true 'patriot'
WASHINGTON - The maker
of the Patriot missiles used in the
Persian Gulf War has agreed to pay
$3.7 million to settle allegations
that it overcharged the Army for
them, the Justice Department said
Thursday.
Patriot missiles, built by the
Raytheon Company, were used in
Saudi Arabia and were rushed to
Israel when the Iraqis started firing
Scud missiles at that country, a
non-combatant in the 1991 war.
The Justice Department said
Raytheon, whose Equipment Divi
sion in Marlborough, Mass., made
the missiles, failed to disclose when
the contract price was agreed upon
that less skilled, lower-paid work
ers could produce the weapons.
The 1989 contract in question
was for a total of $116.9 million, but
only two parts of it, worth $22.3
million, were in dispute, said Jus
tice spokesman Joseph Krovisky.
Supremacists
march in Vidor
VIDOR — About 25 members
of a white supremacist group
marched through town Saturday
in what they called a "celebra
tion" of the town's failed efforts to
integrate a public housing project.
Several hundred people gath
ered along the town's streets to
watch the group march to City
Hall. Some cheered and others
heckled the marchers, but there
were no reports of violence.
"It's been real quiet. We'
haven't had any problems," said
Richard Vasser, a Texas Depart
ment of Public Safety spokesman.
The afternoon march and rally,
opposed by city officials, was
sponsored by the Nationalist
Movement, based in Learned,
Miss.
Monkeys found
in coat pocket
SAN ANTONIO - Three baby
Peruvian monkeys who were
drugged and carried into the
United States in a smuggler's coat
pockets have found a home near
San Antonio.
The monkeys, the heaviest of
which weighs less than half a
pound, arrived at San Antonio In
ternational Airport Friday.
The monkeys, named Curly,
Moe and Larry, were seized last
month from a man who tried to
sell them for $3,500 each outside a
pet store near San Francisco.
The man wasn't arrested, but
still could face federal charges of
illegal importation, possession of
non-native wildlife and customs
I violations.
The little primates, all males,
range in size from 6 to 12 inches
when full grown, said Wallace
Swett, director of Primarily Pri
mates, a nonprofit animal sanctu
ary in Leon Springs.
-The Associa ted Press
US. warships in place to enforce worldwide embargo
The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The first U.S. warship was
spotted Sunday off the-coast of Haiti, and the Pentagon
said all six ships sent by President Clinton to enforce an
imminent worldwide oil and arms embargo were in place.
The ships should begin patrolling international waters
off Haiti by Sunday night, 24 hours before the embargo is
scheduled to begin, said Stanley Schrager, spokesman for
the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman, Maj. Steve Lit
tle, said all six ships were in place Sunday morning, al
though they might not be visible from shore.
But residents in one Port-au-Prince neighborhood re
ported seeing a gray warship, with a helicopter on the rear
deck, off the coast. An Associated Press reporter on an aer
ial survey spotted it halfway between the island of Gonave
and the capital. Schrager said he did not know which ship
it was.
Meanwhile, fear was rising in Port-au-Prince as those
opposed to the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide announced they will shut down the city on Mon
day. Previous shutdown calls have succeeded, with help
from the military and allied civilian gangs.
Program stresses
group therapy
for sex offenders
The Associated Press
DALLAS — The most effective way
to rehabilitate convicted sex offenders is
through therapy sessions that bring out
their deviant thought processes, say
some therapists and researchers.
By listening to the offenders describe
their perversions, professionals say they
then can begin to distinguish the rapists
and child molesters who can learn to
control their impulses from those who
cannot.
Such therapy sessions have begun in
some Texas prisons. Still, only 2 percent
of incarcerated sex offenders are receiv
ing the treatment. The Dallas Morning
News reported in its Sunday editions.
"It's such an emotional issue that
people just don't want to deal with it,"
said Dr. Collier Cole, a Galveston psy
chologist and chairman of the Texas In
teragency Council on Sex Offender
Treatment.
The Texas program, which has an an
nual budget of $750,000, stresses group
therapy. It began in 1990 at three state
prisons.
So far, 200 offenders are enrolled in
the program. However, state figures
show there are 10,609 inmates identified
as sex offenders in Texas prisons; 3,740
are convicted child molesters.
In addition, there are 4,784 sex of
fenders on parole or supervised release
from prison and about 6,900 adult sex
offenders on probation for sex offenses
in Texas, statistics show.
About 100 parole officers, and 50 su
pervisors have been trained as coun-
Four-year degree —
By Geneen Pipher
The Battalion
Texas A&M University officials say it is becoming more and
more difficult for students to graduate in the four years pre
scribed by most degree plans.
Karen Price, an assistant registrar and degree auditor/said
students who complete their degrees in four years or less are in
the minority.
"What you are going to find is that very few students actual-
exception, not rule
ly finish on time because it has become so difficult to do so in
four years," she said. "Those who do finish in four years are
those who go to school, fall, spring and summer consecutively,
with no breaks."
"Four-year students are definitely in the minority," she said.
Price said most departments have very demanding curricu-
lums, and unless students take the maximum course loads every
semester, it is almost impossible to finish in four years.
See Four-year/Page 6
seiors to oversee z,odu sex ortenaer
parolees, about 60 percent of all sex of
fenders on parole in Texas.
The recent arrests of convicted child
molesters for the murders of Quana
Colquitt of Dallas and Ashley Estell of
Plano have renewed discussion over
how to rehabilitate offenders.
James Brewster, 51, is accused of
killing Quana, his 13-year-old step-
granddaughter, on Oct. 5. Parolee
Michael Blair, 23, faces trial in the Sept.
4 strangulation of 7-year-old Ashley.
Greg Hill Time!
Mike Steele/THE Battalion
Junior running back Greg Hill tries to excite the crowd at the ry over Baylor Saturday. See story on page 7.
beginning of the fourth quarter of Texas A&M's 34-1 7 victo-
Literacy program benefits the whole family
Stephanie Newman/THE Battalion
Mark Freeman, an education major from Hondo, reads to a group of elementary
students at the Bryan Alternative Education Center.
By Stephanie Newman
The Battalion
A group of Texas A&M University
students are helping some Bryan-College
Station children build an environment of
love in order to learn and respect differ
ences in their peers.
Two nights each week, education ma
jors in a multicultural reading course,
which is taught at Texas A&M, spend
three hours working with children
whose parents are studying for the high
school General Equivalency Diploma ex
amination.
The students and children are part of
a federally funded program called the
Family Literacy Tutoring Program, a co
operative effort between Texas A&M
and the Bryan Independent School Dis
trict.
One night each week, education ma
jors tutor one child while the child's par
ents are in class nearby at the BISD Cen
ter for Alternative Education.
The program's philosophy is simple:
By teaching parents and children togeth
er, education becomes more meaningful
to both.
George and Chloe, his eight-year-old
daughter, study separately most of the
evenings. George, who makes stained
glass, plans to continue his education af
ter he passes the GED exam.
"She [Chloe] has always been good in
her schoolwork," George said. "She just
comes for help with her reading."
George and the other parents come to
the children's play area during a coordi
nated break when the children get
snacks and spend time with their parents
reading or coloring.
The evening is divided into segments,
allowing student tutors to plan lessons,
help their child with homework, and
play educational games.
See Reading/Page 5
Hospital stay no excuse for bad
grades. University officials say
By Carrie Miura
The Battalion
After being hospitalized for more than two
weeks during the school year, one Texas A&M
University student is upset that the University
forced him to leave because of poor semester
grades.
Chris Jakubczak, a junior general studies major,
asked the College of Business to erase his grades
after being injured on the Bonfire cut site and hav
ing to miss two weeks of his freshman year.
Les Fiechtner, director of undergraduate pro
grams for the College of Business, said the school
denied his request because of a lack of evidence on
Jakubczak's part.
"The pieces of documentation I saw did not
prove he was out of school hospitalized for two
weeks," Fiechtner said.
"Certain situations require greater evidence or
support for modifying someone's records," he
said. "His information was reviewed, including all
of his letters and documents. After having consid
ered all of that, his record change was denied be
cause the information did not sway in his favor."
Initially diagnosed by Beutel Health Center as
having a sprained muscle, Jakubczak later found
out his muscle was tom.
Jakubczak said he had a difficult time working
with advisers in the College of Business.
See Grades/Page 6
Inside
Sports
Weather
•Aggies blast Baylor, 34-17
• A&M volleyball, soccer
• Monday: partly cloudy,
highs in 80s, lows in 70s
sweep opponents .
Page 7
Opinion
•Tuesday: mostly cloudy,
scattered showers, highs
near 80
• Editorial: Proposal limits
campus vendors
Texas Lotto
•Magee: Quest for flu cure
makes life hard for sufferers
Page 9
• Saturday's winning
Texas Lotto numbers:
4, 6, 17, 30, 38, 45
ctations.