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Attention Liberal Arts Majors
Make your vote count and elect
ALLEN WILLIAMSON
#5 on the Ballot
Texas A&M Senate
Pd. for by the Committee to Hlect Allen Williamson, Michael Rutledge Treas.
Holy Week at
The Episcopal
Student Center
Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Supper
7:15 p.m. Tenebrae - Service of Darkness
March 31st - 8:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday
April 1st - Good Friday 12:15 p.m. Stations of the Cross
April 2nd - 11 p.m. -1 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil
Canterbury House
902 George Bush Dr.
Phone: 693-4245
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MSC Black
ess Committee
Wednesday
March 30
7:00 pm
Rudder Theatre
Students: $4.00
Non-Students: $5.00
Tickets available at
Rudder Box Office
845-1234
Arrangements for the appearance of
Ruby Dee were made through the
Program Corporation of America,
White Plains, NY
&
Persons with disabilities, please call
us at 845-1 515 to inform us of your
special needs. We request notification
three (3) working days prior to the
event to enable us to assist you to the
best of our ability.
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SERIES
Memorial Student Centeh
April 8, 1994, 8:Q0 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
Texas A&M University
• Mr. Lev Aspin
Fohner U.S. Secretary of
\ Defense
Mr. William F.
Buckley, Jr.
Moderator
Some say\the U.S. is no longer in a position to be
the world's policeman. President Clinton hgs
attempted to redefind U.S. involvement in the
international, community. Kirkpatrick and Aspin
will exaitnine both sides of this controversial issue.
Tickets available at the MSC Box Office, or call 845-1234.
Page 12
Missing, indicted
judge kills self in
Las Vegas hotel
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A former judge
committed suicide, ending a
four-year flight from justice after
he was charged with stealing
$1.8 million entrusted to him in
his private law practice.
John C. Fairbanks, 70, of New
Hampshire was found with a
plastic bag over his head in his
hotel room, where he left a note
taped to a mirror, Metro Police
Homicide Sgt. Bill Keeton said
Monday.
Fairbanks disappeared on Dec.
28, 1989, a day after he was in
dicted. An extensive investigation
yielded few clues, despite the
help of national TV crime pro
grams such as “America’s Most
Wanted.”
He checked into the MGM
Grand Hotel on Thursday under
another name and overstayed the
two nights he paid for, Keeton
said.
On Sunday, hotel employees
broke into the room, which was
locked from the inside with a
deadbolt.
“He left a note that can be in
terpreted as a suicide note,” Kee
ton said.
“In the note he said his real
name was John Fairbanks, and to
contact a son in Denver for posi
tive ID.”
Coroner Ron Flud said an au
topsy determined Fairbanks died
of asphyxiation. He ruled the
death a suicide.
The indictment charged that
for more than five years, Fair
banks transferred into his per
sonal accounts money entrusted
to him by clients or belonging to
beneficiaries of trusts and heirs
of estates that were administered
by him.
At least 25 former clients or
their estates filed claims totaling
more than $6 million. Some of
his clients were elderly retired
people who entrusted their life
savings to him.
In 1991, claimants settled for
about 1 5 cents on the dollar. The
money came from a state fund
set aside to cover fraud by attor
neys, and from the Fairbanks
family.
Fairbanks resigned after more
than 30 years as a Newport Dis
trict Court judge in June 1 989.
He also tried to resign from
the state bar, but the New Hamp
shire Supreme Court would not
accept his resignation so it could
retain disciplinary jurisdiction. It
did suspend him from practicing
law.
“It would have been better for
him to have faced the courts than
to end up this way,” said Soterios
Saggiotes, Fairbanks’ friend and
business associate.
Sullivan County Attorney Marc
Hathaway said: “Are we glad it’s
over? Sure, but it’s a great tragedy
that it had to end this way.”
“He was a trusted local attor
ney who took the opportunity
afforded by that trust to make
himself millions of dollars
through theft,” state Rep. Peter
Burling of Cornish once said.
"And he stole from the weak
est and most vulnerable people.”
The Battalion
Tuesday, March 29,
Campaign violations low says
student election commission
By Kim McGuire
The Battalion
Vol. 93
The student body elections are running smoothly
compared to past years with very few campaign vi
olations being cited.
Election Commissioner Michael Crain said as of
Monday, only $100 in campaign violation fines had
been issued.
“A few people have blatantly tried to break the
rules but for the most part its been relatively
smooth,” Crain said.
He said the most fines have been issued to candi
dates who have hung fliers in restricted areas, such
as exterior doors and windows of Corps dorms.
The only
make changes in the election police.”
Crain said if candidates compile enoughfc.
and exceed their budgets, the commission can:|
move the candidate from the race.
Michelle Cook, 1993 election commissions
said the biggest problem her commission faced!
year was organizations bringing lists to
places naming their candidates.
“There were some Corps members whol
lists to the polling places with all the Corps mmW he Ass(
hers names on it,’ Cook said. I IRVII'
areas candi
dates can
hang fliers
is on the
three kiosks
on campus,
university-
sanctioned
bulletin
“A few people have blatantly tried to break the
rules but for the most part its been relatively
smooth.”
boards, and on residents’ doors if permission is given.
Other problems Crain and the Election Commis
sion have faced are candidates campaigning in
dorms that have banned them.
“It’s up to dorms to decide whether they want
candidates to come by door to door,” Crain said.
“But it never fails, we will still have people come by
and pass out flyers.”
Most violations are reported by other candidates
rather than other students because candidates are
aware of the rules, he said.
Typically, the commission will issue a verbal
warning before the candidate is fined.
Then, if the candidate fails to remove an illegal
flier, they will be issued a fine.
“Some of the candidates think it’s a dumb poli
cy,” Crain said. “But our response to them is if you
want it changed get involved with the Student Sen
ate because they’re the ones who are authorized to
Cook said.
“They appealed it to the Judicial Board and: with Da
our ruling overturned. Tuesday
Cook said the Judu ial Board was able to revtl gowls ii
the commission's ruling because <>i a "gray area"! V work
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lling sites.
Crain said if pre-printed material is brotighi j
polling places, it will he confiscated and the accf
dates it endorses will he fined.
“This is a really tough job, probably the tough!
in Student ('■-nrrmn. nt." ('ram said. "It’ssoiirr #
tant that students realize it’s not the ElectionC®H
mission who decides the m: me. it's the
body. That’s why it’s so important to vote.
Students should bring their ID in order to v
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursdau
the following sites: the MSC Flagroom, Zachryhl
gineering Center, Kleberg Animal and FoodSciecT 1
Center and the Sterling C. Evans Library. |f ) ^ ce ^
Crain said the results would be announcij? a ''
around 1 1 p.m. at the Sul Ross Statue.
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Leslie said her key priority is to
fight to protect the $210 million
Permanent University Endowment
Fund which funds A&M and the
University of Texas.
"The best way to protect the PUF
fund is to fight to make sure other
universities receive the $50 million
earmarked from the HEAP fund that
was designated to them by house
bill 1207,” Leslie said. “That’s the
best way to keep them from trying
to take away from our funds.”
Jones said he would work with
the Legislative Study Group, a stu
dent government organization
which collects research on issues of
higher education the legislature will
be addressing.
Russell Langely, speaker of the
Student Senate, asked the candidates
to point out the weaknesses in their
opponents platforms.
Jones said the biggest problem
with Leslie’s platform was a lack of
initiative.
“My platform is based on leader
ship,” Jones said. “I see a lack of ini
tiative on Brooke’s campaign. Most
of the things she’s proposing have
been proposed before and have ei
ther failed or are beyond her power.
This is hard for botli of us because
we’ve tried to keep it clean.”
Jones said one of Leslie’s plat
form issues, the Book Swap, was
proposed in 1976 but failed, and
another, construction of Camp Ag
gie, was beyond her control.
Leslie defended the Book Swap, a
program which would set up a
computer in the library and allow
students selling books to enter the
information into terminal, by saying
her proposal would work necause
the set-up fee was nominal.
In addition, Leslie said Camp Ag
gie, a proposed student retreat cen
ter near Easterwood Airport, wasn’t
final and needed a final push.
Both candidates agreed awareness
about Student Government should
be increased when RHA President
Chris Thompson asked how could
RHA could be promoted.
Leslie wanted appointed vice
presidents to attend campus organi
zation meetings to inform them of
happenings ofStudent Government.
Jones wanted to utilize The Bat
talion.
“I’d like to have a weekly column
in The Battalion so the president
could be able to talk to students one
on one,” Jones said. “Also, I’d like to
hold student forums like the one
Student Senate had to discuss multi
culturalism so students could dis-
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dent, asked how the candidi]
would address increases in stuiil
fees.
Jones said lie supported al]
passed by the Student Senatewla
would require fees to be appf ', |
by the Senate before they are icy J j j
mented.
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know a fee has been increasedi
it shows up on their statemeit
Jones said. ‘This way they’
say.”
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our student health center feefo who
cuss issues.
Fred Moore, representative from
Off Campus Aggies, asked the can
didates their stance can multicultur-
alism.
Both Leslie and Jones supported
the Student Senate’s bill that pro
posed students have over 100 choic
es of classes that would satisfy a six
hour multiculturalism requirement.
Jones said he worked with the
Senate to make sure students have a
wide choice of classes.
“I do believe students should
have a broad curriculum and be of
fered many choices," Jones said. “I
$25 to $55,” Leslie said, “li
there is a proposal to take tkei
off tuition which currently alo 1
$2 increase per year. Without
cap, they could increase at will
student body president, 1 w«
lobby to prevent this.”
Candidates also addressed
Texas Ranger and FBI invest^-
of allegations of official miscontf
by several high ranking
cials.
Leslie said she would call lot
resignation of an A&M offict
they were indicted, and Jones
the administrators should bell
accountable for their actions.
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