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I have I'm go ny best game The Battalion Vol. 93 No. 61 (8 pages) 1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Monday, November 22,1993 ul season as lowboys are ion, former ack Danm 1 "family" in ? style that his team, e Cowboys i w'ho has fit- zation, open- ether he wl football so- ints to win, owner who luckstergrii his pride out risions from ien the spot- r" is gone, sc is carpet-bap ture's Team s today - b ous, but thii will be gone ckets, short ns with tk is Aikr.. a rest of thi are the mar ined the til ITS (on the road x downward irrvhody Ccrpt flgfc ing in Annapok _ 'overrated, nortak oouxritoust wl ovfr rvbody Idte Lo[ Hold Vi.iJcr going f« ydiicalO-nn^. main main main main t 26th t 26th t 24th Bryan Bryan Main Main Main Main w eekend rap-up Senate votes 63-36, passes Brady bill WASHINGTON - After a day of tense, private negotiations, the Senate passed legislation Saturday night to impose a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases. The 63-36 came on a measure — the so-called Brady bill — that vir tually had been pronounced dead for the year Friday before a delicate compromise finally was ham mered out by senators huddling on the floor. The House has approved simi lar legislation, and differences will have to be ironed out — either in the next few days or next year. "There is no doubt now that it will become law," Majority Leader George Mitchell told a news con ference. The compromise language that broke a Republican filibuster would end the waiting period after four years unless the attorney gen eral adds a fifth year. Packwood says he might resign WASHINGTON - Sen. Bob Packwood, said by administration officials to be facing a criminal probe, told a colleague this week he might resign because 'Tm at the end of my rope" from fighting sexual misconduct accusations. Administration sources con firmed on Friday that Packwood faced a Justice Department crimi nal investigation. The Senate Ethics Committee is separately in vestigating accusations that the veteran Oregon Republican made unwanted sexual advances to more than two dozen women. The administration sources said the criminal investigation fo cuses on whether Packwood's de fense of Mitsubishi Electric Co. in the Senate against unfair trade practice charges in 1989 was linked to a job offer to his wife from a company lobbyist. Women slain in gang related crime FORT WORTH - Two men police described as known gang members were in the Tarrant County Jail on Friday, accused with killing two female college students in a murder-for-hire scheme. Bond was set at $500,000 each for Melvin James "Boot" White, 19, and Darron DeShone Curl, 22, on charges of capital murder. The two men are suspected in the slayings of Channing Freelove, 19, and Melanie Golchert, 18. The bodies of the women, who were shot to death, were found early Saturday in a vacant field in south east Fort Worth near Interstate 20. Police said they think two women hired White and Curl to kill Miss Freelove and said Miss Golchert apparently was killed be cause she was with Miss Freelove. UT police seize student's weapons AUSTIN — University of Texas police seized an AK-47 semiauto matic assault rifle and 240 rounds of ammunition from a freshman's dormitory room. Also recovered from David Matthew Larsen's room were two daggers, a switchblade, an 18-inch sword, two canisters of gunpow der, a cannon fuse, and a copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook," which details how to make explosives, UT police Capt. Silas Griggs said. "It's typical of what you find for someone who's making a pipe bomb," Griggs said of the gun powder and fuse. Larsen, 18, of Dallas was charged Friday with unlawfully carrying a weapon on a prohibited premise, police said. He was re leased from Travis County Central Booking Facility Saturday morning on a personahrecognizance bond. -The Associated Press American refuses mediation Airline to provide $100 flight credit to displaced travelers The Associated Press FORT WORTH — American Airlines on Sunday said it would not support a call from flight attendants for a presiden tial mediation board and offered a $100 credit to displaced Thanksgiving travel ers on top of refunds. Speaking on the fourth day of the planned 11-day strike by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Ameri can chairman Robert L. Crandall said as few as a third of the airline's flights would be available for passengers this week. Crandall acknowledged that American fell short in efforts to notify passengers whether their flights would be canceled, but said it has been impossible to know which flight attendants would show up for work and thus which flights would be affected. The airline plans to concentrate on serving flights at its main hubs at Dallas- Fort Worth International Airport, Miami and San Juan. The airline will also focus on flying passengers from New York's See Strike/Page 3 Run-away in Fort Worth Kevin Ivy/THE Battalion Texas A&M freshman running back Iceland McElroy (34) run in the fourth quarter against Texas Christian. The Aggies throws it into high gear on his way to a 35-yard touchdown bombed the Frogs, 59-3. See related stories on page 5. Seniors 'die' during Elephant Walk Injuries, pollution in past means tradition could be terminated By Jacqueline Mason The Battalion Being bombarded with mud, syrup and mustard has become an integral part of Elephant Walk in the past few years, but stu dent leaders say if the mud-slinging continues, the Elephant Walk tradi- tion may not. Chad King, president of the Class of '94, said ad ministrators could elimi nate Elephant Walk because of problems with juniors and seniors throwing things. "There has been significant injuries associated with Elephant Walk," he said. Two years ago, students made the mistake of throwing eggs at cars, some of which belonged to members of the Board of Regents, he said. To assure that the tradition is pre served, student leaders have met with administrators to determine the specifics of this year's event. Class of '94 Vice President Michael Crain said his class wants to let adminis trators know that they are trying to do something to bring back the solemnness of the occasion. "We've tried to clean it up," he said. "We hope to carry that on and bring Ele phant Walk back to what it used to be." The purpose of Elephant Walk is for seniors to travel around campus visiting the traditional campus sites like the Aca demic Building. "Elephant Walk was initiated as a solemn tradi tion," said Tra ditions Coun cil Chairman Melissa Megli- ola said. Crain said it has just been in the past 10 years or so that the juniors have tried to aggravate the William Harrison/THE Battalion seniors. But, Meglio- la said, injury is not the only reason to stop students from throwing mud and food. When students throw trash on cam pus during Elephant Walk, the campus looks bad to visitors who come to Texas A&M for Bonfire and the A&M-Univer- sity of Texas game, she said. "The Traditions Council has worked with the Class of '94 and Class of '95 to See E-Walk/Page 2 Juniors promote class unity through planned activities By Heather Winch The Battalion The Class of '95 is working to keep Tuesday's Elephant Walk clean and safe for all participants by asking ju niors to stay out of the way. Junior class officers are asking their class to stay away from the se niors during their romp through cam pus and to let them "die in peace" the way Elephant Walk did when it be gan in 1924. See Editorial Page 7 Junior Class President Jeb Jones said the main reasons for the changes in this year's Elephant Walk stem from the nearly 50-100 injuries and the thousands of dollars of damage to the campus that occur during the event each year. The junior class council is planning activities for its class that will hope fully deter any run-ins between the two groups. "Our goal for the Class of '95 is to go out to Bonfire while the seniors are on the field," Jones said. "When the seniors leave Kyle See Juniors/Page 2 Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis increase; scientists test new vaccines By Jan Higginbotham The Battalion Recent concerns have arisen in the medical community over the growing number of drug- resistant strains of tuberculosis being discovered throughout the world. The World Health Organization announced last week that the disease could kill four million people a year within a decade unless a solution is found. Dr. David McMurray, immunologist and pro fessor in Texas A&M's College of Medicine, said the United States has the kind of healthcare sys tem that can keep the lid on the spread of tuber culosis. "We ought to be able to get a handle on this thing within a few years," he said. McMurray said three keys are important in the control of TB: earlier detection, better thera py and selected use of a vaccine. He is currently testing new vaccines to help control the spread of TB. BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine, is used widely throughout the world, but has never been used in the United States. McMurray said the BCG vaccine has proven effective in the industrialized world. "It is time that the U.S. consider the use of BCG or some vaccine," he said. "The vaccine would be a very good way of buying some time against drug-resistant strains." The major problem with tuberculosis is com pliance, McMurray said. Many patients do not See TB/Page 4 Inside n ffirirl; The Battalion's '93-94 A&M Bas ketball Preview looks at the Aggie men and women's teams as they prepare for their regular season openers this weekend. — See Special Section B Americans recall past president on JFK assassination 30th anniversary By Lisa Elliott The Battalion History abruptly changed 30 years ago today when President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in front of hundreds of spectators in the most famous assassi nation of all time. Americans are still fascinated by the events surrounding that day in Dallas and the mystery it created. Kenneth Mladenka, A&M political sci ence professor, said the fascination with See Related Story ...... Page 8 Kennedy isn't because he was such a popular president but because of the enormity of the crime. "It's the most exciting crime of the 20th century," he said. "It's a murder mystery, and people love murder mys teries." Terry Anderson, associate professor of history, said the interest surrounding the assassination of Kennedy is overblown. "The only people that are interested in that are journalists and people who want to make money selling books," he said. However, Mladenka said that kind of reaction is ridiculous. "The Kennedy assassination is extra ordinarily fascinating and intellectually challenging because it demonstrates how difficult it is to know the truth about any thing of significance," he said. Mladenka said he believes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, however people who believe in conspiracy theories have good ar guments. "Just because there's no credible evi dence doesn't mean a conspiracy wasn't in volved," he said. A recent Gallup poll shows that nine out of 10 Americans believe there was a conspira cy, however, recent theories have been developed that say Oswald acted alone. Mladenka said much of the attention of the assassination has nothing to do with the popularity of Kennedy. If Kennedy hadn't been assassinated, he said, he would have been remembered as an ineffective president that had good in tentions but was unsuccessful. "He's a lot more popular with younger people than with people who were older at the time," Mladenka said. "He was a greater man in death than he was in life." He said many of Kennedy's policies were passed after he died as a memorial to him rather than because of their im portance. Much of the popularity of John Kennedy also has do with the image of the Kennedy family, Mladenka said. "I was fascinated with John Kennedy because he made politics worthwhile," he said. "He was so glamorous." See JFK/Page 8 Kennedy Sports •A&M crushes the Frogs, 59-3 Page 5 Opinion •Williams: A&M embraces Total Quality Management •Editorial: Keep Elephant Walk clean Page 7 • Saturday's winning Texas Lotto numbers: 8, 12, 23, 29, 39, 44