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Mobley to resign as A&M system chancellor By James Bernsen and Jan Higginbotham The Battalion Dr. William Mobley announced Mon day his plan to resign as Texas A&M Jniversity System chancellor and re- mi to teaching. “After 14 years in administration, I im ready to recharge my academic bat- mes and return to the classroom,” he aid. “I also would like to have more ime to spend with my family and espe- ially with my new granddaughter. “With a talented group of new vice hancellors in place in the System of- ices, an outstanding new president in ilace at A&M and new leadership on he Board of Regents, I believe this is he time to consider a fresh, fully ener- [ized chancellor for the A&M System,” le said. “I think the administration will be in ood shape; my resignation will not lave an effect on it.” Mobley will step down Aug. 31 and ake a faculty development leave during he fall semester. He has served as "After 14 years in administration^ I am ready to recharge my academic batter ies and return to the classroom." —Dr. William Mobley, A&M system chancellor chancellor since Sept. 1. Mobley will begin teaching next spring in the College of Business Ad ministration and the Graduate School of Business. He has requested a salary reduction to a level appropriate to his peers in the college. Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M president, said Mobley’s decision caught him by sur prise, but he understands it. “My impression is he felt like he had achieved many goals,” he said. “He felt like we were in a good position to begin the legislative session with our new leadership.” Mary Nan West, chairman of the Board of Regents, said she can under stand Mobley’s desire to spend more time with his family. “What Dr. Mobley has been doing for the last 14 years has been time consum ing,” she said. “I’ve heard him say sev eral times that he’d like to go back into teaching. It’s his first love. “I know I speak for the entire Board when I say we will miss his guidance, insight and superb understanding of higher education in Texas and national- Career leads Mobley back to Business In Spring 1995, Dr. William Mobley will return to teaching in the College of Business, where he began his 14 years of administrative service to Texas A&M. Mobley, 52, became chancellor Sept. 1, leaving his five-year post as A&M’s 20th president. He replaced Dr. Herbert Richardson, who stepped down as chancellor to return to faculty duties in A&M’s College of Engineering. Mobley joined Texas A&M in 1973 as head of the department of management in the College of Business Administration. He was appointed dean of the col lege in 1983, where he served until he became deputy chancellor for academic and resource development for the System in 1986. He served as executive deputy chancellor from 1987 until 1988 when he became president. Mobley holds a B.A. degree in psychology and economics from Denison Uni versity in Granville, Ohio, and a Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology from the University of Maryland. ly,” she said. Margaret Freedman, former presi dent of the Aggie Mother’s Club, said she will miss Mobley’s open-door policy. “We are sorry to see him go. We have enjoyed the close contact we have with him,” she said. “His door has always been open.” Dr. Mark Weichold, Faculty Senate speaker, said he doesn’t think Mobley is quitting because of any negative publici ty the University has received. “I don’t think Mobley’s resigning be cause of the heat from the press,” he said. “Dr. Mobley is not the kind of per son to give in to that kind of pressure.” Please see Mobley/Page 6 jssary. nina at stion: 1. 106 i Eng. 3-8955 There ie two >egioo ationa; son o er Te6 n wit' roon 1 Tenter Frenz African jesday .M. i n selin9 arris at on-P' -of|t Item 5 days I” licatlo 11 If not b« Under oath: Federal investigators question Clintons on Whitewater affair Darrin HHI/The Battalion High and dry A&M diving team member Jason Aguirre practices at the Wof ford Cain Pool last Wednesday. Aguirre, a junior biomedical en gineering major, said he dives every day not only for the training but to relax from his studies. Library to store Bushs public documents By Sara Israwi The Battalion The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Center, opening in 1997, will have a col lection of documents, pho tographs and memorabilia avail able to anyone interested in the former president’s life. Dr. David Alsobrook, acting director of the Bush Presidential Materials Project, said the li brary will keep all records and documents from Bush’s public life. There will be 3 million pa pers, 40,000 museum objects and 1 million photographs at the library. The documents are primarily from Bush’s presidency and vice presidency. Unofficial and personal pa pers dealing with other political positions he occupied including director of the CIA, United States congressman and ambas sador to the United Nations will also be included. The presidential library will be available to writers, re searchers and other scholars in terested in events during the Bush administration. Videotape documents include those of Bush’s baby years, his baseball years at Yale and his World War II years, including the time when he was shot down in a plane. Besides select items Bush will give to his children, the majority of his belongings will go to the li brary and museum. Under fed eral law, anything worth more than $180 given to Bush while he was in office became federal property. Patricia Birchfield, curator of the library and museum, said the presidential museum will keep the public interested and involved with what is going on at the library. There will be a 3,000-square- foot area intended for traveling exhibits from other presidential libraries and rotating exhibits. “It will keep the public in volved,” she said. “The commu nity will see something new every time they come.” Birchfield said the museum will have a theme, but it hasn’t been decided on. “An exhibit designer will be hired some time in the next year and come up with an exhibit sto ryline,” she said. Alsobrook said the museum will be versatile so people of all ages can relate to it. “The museum must be flexi- Please see Library/Page 6 Terrorist claims responsibility for 1988 Lockerbie airliner explosion WASHINGTON (AP) — Pres ident Clinton and his wife, Hillary, were put under oath by federal investigators and ques tioned in separate interviews about the Whitewater affair and the suicide of deputy counsel Vincent Foster. The president was questioned for 90 minutes Sunday by Whitewater special counsel Robert Fiske and an assistant. Later, Mrs. Clinton was inter viewed for an hour. Both ses sions took place in the White House residence. It wasn’t the first time a pres ident was questioned under oath. Ronald Reagan and then- Vice President George Bush gave sworn testimony about the Iran-Contra affair. Jimmy Carter also gave sworn testimo ny in investigations. The Clintons were questioned by Fiske about events surround ing the death of Foster, a close friend who once was a law part ner with the first lady. They also were interviewed about White House contacts with Treasury regulators about the status of an investigation into a failed Arkansas thrift owned by the Clintons’ Whitewa ter business partner. A dozen administration officials were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury on that mat ter and White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum was forced to resign. Clinton’s special counsel, Lloyd Cutler, indicated in a statement that the Clintons were not asked about the first lady’s trading in the commodi ties market, where she made a $100,000 profit, or other busi ness dealings in Arkansas that are known to be part of Fiske’s investigation. White House aides expect Fiske to interview the Clintons again when his investigation turns to specifics of their White- water land dealings. “That’s up to Mr. Fiske, and the Clintons have said if he has additional questions, they’ll co operate,” Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. She said she did not think the Clintons refused to answer any questions. “They have chosen not to claim any privileges,” she said. Looking into Foster’s death, Fiske investigated whether White House officials impeded the investigation of the appar ent suicide. Foster had done personal legal work for the Clin tons on their Whitewater land investment. A rambling note found after his death said, among other things, “The public will never be lieve the innocence of the Clin tons and their loyal staff.” The note did not mention Whitewater. Further, although police ruled Foster’s death a suicide, enough questions were raised to prompt Fiske to look into it. Sources close to Fiske have said he has concluded that the death, in deed, was a suicide. Cutler said Fiske was in the process of concluding the Wash ington phase of his inquiry. That would open the way for Congress to hold its own White- water hearings. The lawyer said the Clintons were cooperating fully with Fiske and voluntarily agreed meet with him when the inter views were requested. Faculty Senate fails to make quorum BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — A Palestinian terrorist being tried in the assassination of a Jordanian diplomat stunned a Beirut court room Monday when he claimed he blew up Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. The investigating magistrate quickly cast doubt on the claim. Parents of Flight 103 victims also expressed skepticism, speculat ing it could be an attempt to take interna tional heat off Libya over the bombing that killed 270 people. The bombing of the jetliner over Locker bie, Scotland, was first linked to Iran and Today's Bati Classifieds 4 Comics 6 Sports 3 State & Local 2 then Syria. But U.S. and British authorities later charged two alleged Libyan intelli gence agents, and the U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Libya in an at tempt to force their extradition for trial. Youssef Shaaban, 29, is a follower of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council, which is head ed by terrorist Abu Nidal, who is believed living in Libya. Shaaban offered no details to substantiate his claim to have staged the Pan Am bombing. “I personally blew up the Lockerbie plane,” Shaaban told the six-person Judicial Council, the highest trial court in Lebanon. “I’ve told the investigating magistrate about it before, but my confession wasn’t docu mented. I say it again now.” The court, presided over by Judge Philip Khairallah, admitted the confession into the minutes without comment. The trial later recessed for a week. Examining Magistrate Saeed Mirza, who Please see Terrorist/Page 6 By Jan Higginbotham The Battalion The Faculty Senate was unable to take action on any scheduled agenda items Monday because the group did not have enough members present at its monthly meeting. A quorum, more than half of the number of members, is required for the Senate to take action on any vot ing matters. Dr. Mark Weichold, Senate speak er, said it is not unusual for the Sen ate to have low attendance at sum mer meetings. “The summer meetings are always rather slow,” Weichold said. “It’s not a big surprise to me that we did not have a quorum.” Although the group was unable to take any action, the Senate dis cussed a proposed amendment to the Senate bylaws. The amendmept would create a Budget Information Committee to study the University budget and meet with University officials to help prepare the budget. Stan Carpenter, a senator from the College of Education and a member of the Executive Commit tee, said he is against the amend ment. “I believe it would be better located as a sub-committee of the Planning Committee,” Carpenter said. “It does not deserve the status of a standing committee.” Dr. James Morgan, a senator from the College of Engineering, said he is also concerned with the proposed amendment. Morgan suggested creating an ad- hoc committee to accommodate the proposed group. “This would serve as an easier mechanism to bring in expertise from individuals who are not sena tors,” Morgan said. The Senate was not able to make any final decisions on the proposed amendment due to the absence of a quorum. Weichold said it would not be ap propriate to vote on the measure Monday. “I felt it would not be a good idea to vote on an amendment to the by laws without a quorum present,” he said. “Had I not questioned whether we had a quorum, we would have proceeded with the vote.” At the conclusion of Monday’s meeting, Weichold read a press re lease announcing the resignation of A&M System Chancellor Dr William Mobley. Dr. James Wild, a senator from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, suggested the Senate’s Executive Committee discuss the is sue of faculty governance now that a new chancellor will have to be chosen. “Faculty governance is something that is used only when it is needed, otherwise it is not,” Wild said.