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Editorial:
The Board of Regents has an obligation to
establish a student regent position
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Weather
Tuesday will have isolated
thundershowers, low of 75,
high of 95
— National Weather Service
THE
New marshall in town
} Roger Caddell was sworn in June 1 as
Bryan's first city marshall.
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MONDAY
June 13, 1994
Vol. 93, No. 155 (6 pages)
“Serving Texas A&M since 1893”
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NEWS
North Korea warns
against intervention
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
Accelerating the drive toward
sanctions against North Korea, the
three principal backers agreed
Saturday to seek a series of punitive
steps that would gradually increase
in severity.
The talks between U.S., South
Korean and Japanese officials came
amid increasing optimism that China
would abstain in any U.N. vote on
sanctions, rather than vetoing the
measure.
The United States and others
intend to seek U.N. sanctions this
week.
North Korea made new threats to
retaliate for any punitive steps over
its nuclear program. A government
newspaper’s commentary said
support of sanctions was “an act of
self-destruction” for South Korea.
Car bomb kills five
near Mexican hotel
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) —
A car packed with powerful
explosives blew up outside a luxury
hotel Saturday, killing at least five
people and wounding 15. Police
sources said the bombing may be
linked to Guadalajara’s drug gangs.
The Camino Real Hotel was
evacuated after the early morning
explosion, which occurred as 300
guests were winding up a debutante
ball for a 15-year-old girl.
Investigators at the scene, speaking
on condition of anonymity, said the
girl’s family is known to have ties to
drug traffickers.
Body parts were found up to 300
yards away. Emergency workers
picked severed limbs and pieces of
skin from tree branches. A
spokeswoman for an emergency
medical service in Guadalajara said
two severed heads were found.
Norma Leticia Gutierrez, deputy
director of the state forensic service,
said Saturday afternoon that pieces of
the bodies were so scattered that her
team had been able to piece together
only two bodies, neither of which was
identified.
Rwanda militiaman
holds 170 hostage
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Hutu
militiaman who boasted he was
without pity rounded up 170 people
hiding in a Roman Catholic church
and took them off to slaughter, two
priests who escaped said Saturday.
The priests spoke to reporters
moments after reaching the rebel-
held section of Rwanda’s divided
capital. They said they saw the dead
bodies of only 10 of the people who
had been taken Friday from the
church, but presumed the others met
the same fate.
"They told us many times: ‘We will
kill your people,’” the Rev. Otto Mayer
said of the government-trained
militiamen.
An estimated 200,000 people have
died since the civil war erupted anew
in April, most of them minority Tutsis
murdered by militiamen from the
majority Hutu ethnic group.
TVansplant patient
allowed to die
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) —
Over the state’s objections, a teen
age transplant patient won a judge’s
permission Saturday to return home
and stop taking the medicine that
could prolong his life.
Benito Agrelo, 15, who has
undergone two liver transplants, said
the anti-rejection drugs gave him
headaches and made him irritable.
His mother said Benito might live
only a month more without the drugs.
But she said it would be a more
comfortable life.
“Benny was granted exactly what
he deserves,” said his mother,
Armanda Agrelo. “He will get to live
his life the way he wants. There will
be no forcing of drugs for him.”
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Getting drunk way too often...
Study shows college students indulge in binge drinking
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
A national study which discovered an
increase in alcohol consumption among
college women has put Texas A&M and
local officials on the lookout for any
signs of trouble.
A federal report, “Rethinking Rites of
Passage: Alcohol Abuse on America’s
Campuses,” indicated that 51 percent of
college men and 37 percent of college
women reported going on drinking binges
of five or more drinks at a time, with 35
percent of men and 21 percent of women
binge drinking at least once a week.
The national statistics show a sharp
rise in the percentage of college women
who drink to get drunk, from 10 percent
in 1977 to 35 percent in 1994.
Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president of
Notre Dame University and chairman of
the private Commission on Substance
Abuse at Colleges and Universities, said
binge drinking has devastating conse
quences, from rape and violence to acad
emic woes.
“Alcohol abuse must not be accepted
as simply a part of the ‘rites of passage’
of college students,” Malloy said. “It is
unhealthy and contra-educational.”
Dennis Reardon, program coordinator
of Student Affairs, said the Bryan-College
Station area is moving toward the same
national trend concerning abusive drink
ing in women, but he can’t say for sure
until a Texas A&M survey about alcohol
is completed and the results tabulated.
“Studies are finding alcohol has become
more accessible to women in recent
years,” he said. “And as women are given
more opportunities in society and the
stress associated with these pressures
rise, sometimes binge drinking is the re
sult.
“In the 1990s, women are coming to
college and facing the same difficult
Please see Alcohol/Page 6
Rockets take two
Houston's big lead evaporates,
but Cassell holds court to win
with clutch three-pointer, 93-89
Game 1: Rockets win, 85-78
Game 2: Knicks win, 91-83
Game 3: Yesterday at NY
NEW YORK (AP) — Houston’s lead had
disappeared. The pressure was heavy. So
spindly rookie Sam Cassell calmly stepped
up in front of a hostile crowd in the NBA’s
biggest showcase and won the game for the
Rockets.
In the last 32 seconds, the backup point
guard who flopped down
the stretch in Game 2,
scored Houston’s last sev
en points as the Rockets
rallied for a 93-89 victory
over New York on Sunday
night and a 2-1 lead in the
NBA Finals.
“I know it’s the finals
and there is a lot riding
on it,” Cassell said. “I’m
having fun out there.”
Coach Rudy Tom-
janovich’s faith in the fre
netic rookie stood firm de
spite Cassell’s mistakes
directing the team in the
fourth quarter of Game 2,
won by New York 91-83.
“I think he’s coura
geous. I think he’s fear
less and sometimes that
gets him in trouble,” Tomjanovich said.
“The bigger the challenge the more he
steps up. He hates to lose.”
The challenge couldn’t have been more
immense Sunday, as Houston blew a 77-71
lead. In the second game, the Rockets went
without a field goal over the last 6 1/2 min
utes. They nearly lost the opener when
they let a 12-point lead drop to three with
2:13 left.
New York had taken the lead with 1:28
left in the game on a jumper by Patrick
Ewing that made it 86-84. It was 88-86 af
ter Derek Harper’s basket with 52 seconds
to go.
Game 4: At NY, 8 p.m. June 15
Game 5: At NY, 8 p.m. June 17
*Game 6: At Hou., 6 p.m. June 19
*Game 7: At Hou., 8 p.m. June 22
* Game 6 & 7 will be played only If necessary
Then Cassell took over.
He passed the ball into center Hakeem
Olajuwon, who had complained that his
teammates didn’t get it to him enough in
the second-game loss. But Olajuwon was
surrounded by three Knicks, so he threw it
back out to Cassell.
The brash rookie never
hesitated. He swished a
straightaway jumper that
put the Rockets ahead to
st^y, 89-88, with 32 sec
onds remaining. It was
only Houston’s second 3-
pointer in its last 10 at
tempts.
“Dream (Olajuwon)
created it all,” Cassell
said. “I was wide open.
He made the pass, and I
made the shot.”
And then he made
some more.
After Ewing was called
for an offensive foul,
Derek Harper fouled Cas
sell. He made both shots
with 22 seconds to play.
Then he finished the scor
ing by making two more free throws with
2.4 seconds left.
His performance guaranteed that if the
Kmcks come back to win the championship
they’ll have to do it away from the raucous
New York crowd.
Houston, a loser in its only two finals
appearances in 1981 and 1986, can win the
best-of-7 series with victories Wednesday
and Friday in New York.
Olajuwon had 21 points, 11 rebounds,
seven assists and seven blocked shots for the
Rockets, while Robert Horry had 16 points
and Cassell 15, nine in the fourth quarter.
Please see Rockets/Page 4
Stew Milne/The Battai.ion
A banner day
Fish Camp counselors work on the banner for the “Camp Richards Rowdy
Wrangler Redfish” in the Zachry building on Saturday.
Support increases for establishment of student regent
By Shellie D. Jenkins
The Battalion
The possibility of having a
student on the Board of Regents
is gaining more support in the
Texas A&M community than
ever.
Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M presi
dent, said he would be comfort
able with a student regent be
cause he has worked in a simi
lar situation before at the Uni
versity of Kentucky.
“The University of Kentucky
has been doing it for years,” he
said. “I don’t see anything
wrong with it.
“I would be very comfortable
working in that environment,”
he said.
Student Body President
Brooke Leslie plans to discuss
the idea with the Board because
she thinks it will help communi
cation between students and re
gents.
“I think that gap is getting
smaller and smaller, but stu
dent input is important,” she
said. “It’s been a long time
since the regents have been in
school.”
"I would like to establish the kind of relation
ship with students where we can sit down and
talk about issues."
— Michael O'Connor, A&M Regent
Mary Nan West, Board of Re
gent chair, said she has no prob
lem with a student regent and
thinks it will bridge the gap she
believes exists between students
and regents.
“I know there is a big gap be
tween students and regents and
I intend to narrow that gap,”
she said. “I intend to sit in on
student government meetings to
find out what is going on.”
She said the Board is there
for students and she wants to
know what is going on with
them.
“I want to know what they
think,” she said. “I want to
know what they want and
I want to hear if they have
any complaints.
“Frankly, that’s what we’re
here for,” she said. “We’re here
for the students.”
Rep. Jim Turner (D-Crock
ett), sponsored a Student Re
gent Bill last summer that
called for the creation of a non-
Please see Regent/Page 6
Haiti's military-backed president declares state of emergency, invokes voodoo god
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
(AP) — The army-backed presi
dent declared a state of emer
gency Sunday, invoking voodoo
deities and Haiti’s long battle for
independence in hopes of uniting
the country to withstand tougher
economic sanctions and a possi
ble invasion.
The videotaped message,
broadcast before dawn on na
tional television, brought denun
ciations from the United States
and other backers of Haiti’s ex
iled president, Jean-Bertrand
Aristide, ousted in a 1991 coup.
It was unclear what mea
sures would accompany the
state of emergency. There was
no sign of increased military
patrols in the capital Sunday
and streets were calm.
Emile Jonassaint, installed as
provisional president by the mil
itary May 11 in a move interna
tionally condemned as illegal, or
dered the military to “prepare
for every eventuality.”
The 81-year-old former judge
said Haiti “is faced by extreme
danger — denigrated, ridiculed,
humiliated, strangled. Haiti now
risks invasion and occupation. It
will be defended. ... Haiti must
not die.”
He said the United Nations
was persecuting Haiti because it
did not have the atomic bomb,
an allusion to North Korea. But,
he added, “Haiti has protectors
they don’t know about,” ending
the speech by invoking the
voodoo god Agawou.
The declaration is seen here
as the latest low-level irritant
since the United States and
Canada intensified an economic
embargo on Haiti’s military coup
leaders Friday, banning bank
transactions and commercial
flights.
The military-backed govern
ment has been careful not to bla
tantly provoke an invasion of the
poor Caribbean nation.
U.S. Embassy spokesmar
Stanley Schrager called Jonas
saint’s declaration illegal undei
Haitian and international law.
“We regret that the illega
regime seems determined to in
flict yet further suffering on th<
valiant Haitian people who votec
Please see Haiti/Page (>