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■ol. 93 No. 136 (8 pages)
Serving Texas A&M since 1893
Friday, April 22, 1994
erbs kill dozens in shelling of Gorazde hospital
: Associated Press
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[SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina —
ijorning the United States’ tough talk,
fsnian Serb forces shelled a hospital an-
Ix and Red Cross refugee center in be-
i sieged Gorazde on Thursday. Dozens of
■ople were reported killed.
I Doctors and town officials contacted by
lm radio said Thursday’s bombardment
the worst of the three-week Serb of-
lensive against the Muslim enclave.
ight Night raises
honey for MDA’s
bout with diseases
B Melissa Jacobs
lye Battalion
I The Kappa Alpha Fraternity kicked off
Ight Night ‘94 Thursday night, and or-
■nizers of the event hope to raise
’■4,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy As-
Rciation.
■ Fight Night is a boxing competition
lor students.
■ Bridgett Tims, a program coordinator
Br the Muscular Dystrophy Association,
■hich is a volunteer agency committed
j:t< fighting 40 neuromuscular diseases.
Kid records of how much has been
■ised at past Texas A&M University Fight
are not clear.
However, we do know that in
acogdoches a fraternity raised $18,000
fine year,” she said.
The event raises money through ad-
ission sales and T-shirt sales. Admis-
Jion is $7 and T-shirts are $10, Tims
Said.
The event will continue tonight and
Jaturday night at the L.U.L.A.C. Commu-
|ity Center in Bryan.
The event starts at 7 p.m. and ends at
idnight on both nights.
Though this is the 1 8th annual Fight
fight, this is the first year the Kappa Al-
ihashave sponsored the event.
]ohn Cary, Kappa Alpha philanthropy
iJiairman, said his fraternity decided to
Sponsor the event because some of their
fuller chapters were making a lot of
noney from it.
"This year it will be better for specta-
lors and fighters than it has been in the
|ast,” he said.
The Kappa Alphas plan to sponsor the
ivent next year as well.
“By next year it will be a very big
Ivent, hopefully twice the size as this
’ear," Cary said.
Participants began signing up for the
ivent March 21.
"Anyone was allowed to sign up as
ong as they are not professional fight-
rs, Cary said.
The fighters are required to follow
ules to protect their safety.
Medical personnel will be on duty at
he event.
"The fighters have to go through
raining that teaches them the USA box-
ng rules,” Cary said.
Winners will be awarded trophies.
“Counting the dead and wounded
doesn’t make sense any more,” said Esad
Ohranovic, a local official.
Ohranovic said four wire-guided rock
ets landed near a building that houses U.N.
aid workers and military observers, killing
or wounding 2 5 people. There was no
word on whether U.N. staff were hurt.
On Wednesday, President Clinton urged
NATO to “make the Serbs pay a higher
price” for the continued carnage by au
thorizing air strikes to protect civilians in
Gorazde and the other safe areas. Fie also
called for tighter sanctions against Serbia.
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
called Clinton’s approach a ‘‘fatal mistake”
and said there would be no more peace
talks without a full lifting of sanctions
against Serbia.
. NATO diplomats reacted favorably to a
U.N. request for wider use of air power in
Bosnia, but delayed a final decision pend
ing military consultations.
A convoy of 100 U.N. peacekeepers and
41 medics was allowed to leave Sarajevo
for Goradze on Thursday, but was blocked
about 10 miles north of its destination. Al
though the peacekeepers would boost
morale of the trapped and desperate peo
ple of Gorazde, they are not equipped to
stop the Serb attack.
Two cannon rounds slammed into a
hospital annex Thursday afternoon.
‘‘When I entered the devastated build
ing, I saw heaps of flesh and metal,” Dr.
Ferid Tutic said.
Aid workers reported up to 20 killed.
Tutic said only seven of 35 patients in the
building were rescued.
Soon after, a mortar shell hit the en
trance of a neighboring building, killing
five people, he said.
The hospital itself was hit dozens of
times, Ohranovic said.
He estimated that throughout the
town, at least 100 people were killed and
250 wounded Thursday, but he did not
have details.
The final salute
Cadets battle birth
defects in annual
march to Brazos
By Stephanie Dube
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
will continue the fight against birth
defects Saturday with its annual
March to the Brazos, the nation’s
largest fund raiser sponsored by a
college organization.
The march, which begins at 8
a.m., raises money for the March of
Dimes.
Adlen Walker, March to the Bra
zos chairman and a senior health
education major, said the march
usually raises about $60,000 a year.
Walker said this year each outfit
will sponsor an Ambassador Child
who has benefited from the March
of Dimes, and this allows Corps
members to see what the March of
Dimes has accomphshed.
“In February, we contacted the
29 families of the Ambassador Chil
dren and set up a big dinner in
Duncan so they could meet the
Corps,” he said. “Since the dinner,
the members of the outfits have
kept in contact with the families.
Some set up picnics with families,
scnne invited the families to see
what the Corps does. We get to
know the families on a more per
sonal standpoint.”
The March of Dimes, Walker
said, gives monetary, emotional and
mental support to families of chil
dren with birth defects.
Walker said approximately one in
seven babies will be born with
some birth defect, ranging from fe
tal alcohol syndrome to whooping
cough.
“Many of these families do not
have the funds for medical care,”
he said.
Virginia Andrews, division direc
tor of the Brazos Valley March of
Dimes, said the organization is
grateful to die Corps for their time
and effort.
“The March to the Brazos raises
more money than any other event
we do,” she said. “So without
them, we would raise only about
half our money. The Corps is fo
cused. They are willing to give so
much time and effort. We oversee
it, but they do the work.”
Kyle Hendrick, a junior account
ing and finance major and first
sergeant for the March to the Brazos
committee, said this is his third year
to participate in the march.
“Last year my outfit, B company,
came in first place in the Corps by
raising $8,000,” he said. “This year
we are coming in first place again
with $10,500 so far.”
Andrews said the money raised
for the March of Dimes is used to
educate the public and help babies
born with birth defects.
“The March to the Brazos makes
the community aware of what the
March of Dimes is all about,” she
said. “The money is used to find the
cures and causes of birth defects.”
In addition to raising money,
Walker said die March to the Brazos
is also an event where cadets find
out what their positions for next
year will be. While at the river,
cadets will compete with different
outfits in a variety of events.
Once the Corps is ready to
march back to campus, the seniors
will be bused back and the juniors
will take the lead, Walker said.
Roger Hsieh/TTie Battalion
The Ross Volunteers fire one of the three volleys for the 21-gun salute during Muster Thurs
day night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Muster is an annual gathering of Aggies throughout
the world to honor the students and former student who have died in the past year.
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Officials to change phone
registration procedures
By Juli Rhoden
The Battalion
Confusion and delays during
phone registration for summer
and fall classes this week have
caused Texas A&M’s Office of the
Registrar to plan changes in the
procedure before next semester.
Students registered for both
summer and fall semesters at the
same time, and instead of three
days for each classification, they
were cut down to only two days.
“We’re never going
to do things like we
did this year again.
This was all trial
and error — and ob
viously more error.”
- Don Gardener,
associate registrar
Associate Registrar Don Gar-
! dener said the University has to
i go back to the drawing board to
i and a better solution for phone
; registration.
‘‘We’re never going to do
; things like we did this year
: again,” he said. “This was all tri
al and error — and obviously
I more error.”
Gardener said the system was
I overloaded Monday because too
; many people tried to register.
i
“Instead of having just seniors
register on Monday, the Academ
ic Operations Committee (AOC)
wanted the student-workers to
also register,” he said. “That
caused major confusion and
there were too many joeople try
ing to get on the lines. ’
Gardener said instead of reg
istering between 4,000 and
4,500 students Monday, 8,600
students actually registered.
“There are about 2,700 stu
dent workers who started regis
tering at 9 a.m.,” he said.
“Thats over half of our normal
registration number, and 96 tele
phone lines can’t handle all
that.”
Residents in the 693 and 690
exchanges in College Station
were having to wait 25 seconds
for dial tones, and the Humana
Hospital area was completely
shut down, he said.
Bob Erwin, GTE’s division
public affairs manager, said
Monday’s registration confusion
was a complete surprise.
“We weren’t aware of the
changes the University made in
the registration process,” he said.
“Businesses and other customers
that aren’t in relations with A&M
couldn’t understand why their
service was being interrupted.”
Erwin said although GTE’s
system is one of the most mod
ern, the phone processors
weren’t ready for that kind of
usage.
See Registration/Page 4
Historical marker graces train station site
By Jan Higginbotham
The Battalion
The train no longer pulls up to
the station, but the depot that lent
its name to the city of College Sta
tion became a permanent part of
Texas history Thursday.
In a ceremony near Albritton Bell
Tower, the Brazos County Historical
Commission dedicated a marker
near the site of the original train de
pot built in 1883.
Dr. Gary Halter, chairman of the
College Station Historic Preservation
Committee, said the railroad is a
significant part of A&M history.
“For many students attending
A&M, their first view of A&M was
of the station,” Halter said. “The
railroad linked College Station to
the rest of the state and without it,
A&M might not be located here.
In fact, it could have been located
in Austin.”
Larry Ringer, mayor of College
Station, said the station was a major
factor not only to Texas A&M, but
also to the city.
“The station itself was significant
to College Station, not only because
it was a stop for students attending
A&M, but also because the residents
of College Station voted on the
name of the city in the depot and
the station gave the city its name,”
Ringer said.
Ringer said the marker vyill be
important to the preservation of
the past.
“It will help remind us of the
debt we owe to those people who
came before us and who made
many things possible.for all of us,”
he said.
Dr. E. Dean Gage, interim presi
dent of Texas A&M University, said
he is pleased the marker was dedi
cated on such a momentous day for
the school.
“Today is a day for all Angies to
remember their heritage. Gage
said. “How significant that we
would unveil this marker on
Muster Day.”
Gage said the depot was impor
tant to the Class of ‘44, which was
honored at this year’s Muster cere
mony.
“Many of those class members
caught their first glimpse of A&M
from the railroad station,” he said.
“In May of 1943, many members of
the Class of ’44 boarded the train
there to begin their service in World
War n. Eighty members of the class
did not return. The depot was truly
their last glimpse of Texas A&M.”
Halter said the site of the marker
was chosen because of its visibility.
An effort is currently under way
to rebuild die railroad depot, Halter
said. If the station is rebuilt, the
marker will quite likely be moved.
Gage said the Brazos County His
torical Commission deserves much
recognition for their hard work in
bringing the marker to College Sta-
don and the Texas A&M campus.
“Most people are not aware of
how long the process takes for re
ceiving such a marker,” he said.
“The installation of one of these
markers is a credit to the historical
commission.”
Dr. Charles Schultz, chairman of
the Brazos County Flistorical Com
mission, said the marker is the 40 th
to be dedicated in Brazos County
and is one of over 12,000 markers
found in the state of Texas.