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1995 AGGIELAND
The editor of the 1995 Aggieland yearbook will serve from
August 1994 through August 1995.
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Mexican government
makes promises to
deter Zapatista revolt
The Associated Press
&
IBARRA, Mexico — The government is tempting
the people of this little village with offers of things
they never had: roads and electrical power, good
schools and clinics, democracy and justice.
That package of promises, aimed at ending the
New Year's Day revolt by the Zapatista National
Liberation Front, may be a tough sell in Indian vil
lages like this, where rebels began debating the of
fer Sunday.
"The worthless government offers only tricks,"
said a local Zapatista leader named Hector, who —
like other Zapatistas here — gave only his nom-de-
guerre for fear of government reprisals.
The government made its offer Wednesday. Rebel
negotiators are now explaining it to their supporters
in tiny villages across Chiapas state to decide if they
should sign a peace treaty or hold onto their guns.
An answer could take weeks or months.
Zapatista supporters in Ibarra, about 50 miles
southeast of Ocosingo, and in nearby Santa Elena
said they were skeptical of any government promis
es after decades of Ix-ing ignored or pushed aside.
"If the government delivers this in 90 days, then
we would agree," said Ricardo, a Zapatista in near
by Santa Elena. But he said that if the government
does not come through, violence could start all
over again.
Two weeks of fighting that began Jan. 1 and left
some 145 people dead has garnered more govern
ment respect for the people here than generations
of legal, peaceful requests for help.
There are no roads to these two hamlets of a few
hundred people. A bush plane or hours of driving on
muddy jungle paths are the only ways to reach them.
Few have the opportunity to get the legal mini
mum of nine years of schooling. There is no elec
tricity, no telephone and precious little water.
The government first invited impoverished set
tlers into this Lacandon forest area, then in 1972
gave them 60 days notice to leave after the area
was declared a reserve for one small Indian group.
That planted the seeds of anger from which the Za
patista rebels eventually sprung.
Dozens of Zapatistas gathered in the dirt court
yard of a thatch-roofed safe house to discuss the
proposals with two visiting reporters. Most spoke
only Tzeltal Mayan. Others spoke a little Spanish
and relied on reporters and a woman named Oralia
to read the government commitments.
Struggling through the wordy passages promis
ing greater democracy, Oralia looked up with a be
mused grin and said, "I don't understand anything."
But then she added: "What the government
wants is that we not fight with arms, that I under
stand ... We have achieved nothing here by naming
deputies . . . only with arms."
To many here, the government promises have a
fantastic ring.
For everyone, there are vows of more roads,
houses, electricity, new and improved schools and
clinics and increased support for farmers.
For the barefoot women who spend long days
grinding corn, hauling water, cooking over wood
fires and caring for children, there are promises of
aid for tortilla-flour mills, community kitchens, wa
ter projects, nurseries, buses.
For second and third sons with no prospect of
inheriting land — a category that includes the three
Zapatista soldiers who escorted the reporters
through the jungle — there is a promise to cut up
some large estates.
The government says it will outlaw discrimina
tion against Indians and will create better local gov
ernment in areas now part of Ocosingo.
The Associulctl Pms
A beef steer catches drippings of melting snow as it falls from a rain gutter on a (am
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Tenure
Continued from Page 1
"All tenure is is a guarantee to a hearing
if your job is in question," he said. "It's
nothing but a guarantee of due process.
Professors without tenure can be fired at
will, whereas tenured professors cannot."
He said the University would be great
ly damaged if tenure was ever abolished
and would be put on a censured listbf
the American Association of University
Professors.
"No quality professor would take a job
here as a result and you'd see a mass de
parture of high-quality professors and de
partment heads to schools with tenure,”
Davenport said. "Frankly, A&M would be
a laughing stock."
The article reported Texas isn't the only
state challenging tenure.
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