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Council Travel 2000 Guadalupe St. • Austin, IX 78705 512-472-4931 Wondering which way to turn ... find it fast IN THE BATTALION CLASSIFIED 845-0569 Page 2 STATE & LOCAL Wednesday • June 22, Anthropology centerpperis Increased emphasis placed upon environmental archaeology at A&M iaagga&aaaaM By Craig Lewis The Battalion The Texas A&M University anthropolo gy department opened the door for future growth with the establishment of a new Center for Environmental Archaeology. The CEA, a part of the College of Liber al Arts, will replace previous research fa cilities in the Archaeological Research Laboratory. Establishment of the center has come after nearly a year-and-a-half of delibera tion within the Texas A&M System. The System Board of Regents approved plans for the center at its May 27 meeting. Dr. David Carlson, director of the re search lab, said he welcomes the expan sion of the department. “The principle reason for creating the center was that we were discovering over the last 10 years, the lab has developed from a fairly small-scale operation to a much larger one,” he said. Archaeological research will continue to focus on past environments and the so cieties that occupied them, Carlson said. The CEA is also aimed at increasing the scope of these projects. “On one level some of the projects will be similar or the same,” he said. He said one primary purpose for the new center is to attract research outside of Texas, which the current lab has not done extensively. Carlson wrote the proposal that was sent to the Board asking to change the name of the laboratory. Mary Nan West, chairman of the Board of Regents, said there was no real opposi tion to the proposal. “We really wanted to know what exact ly environmental archaeology meant,” West said. Carlson attributed the proposal’s long turn-around time to changing policy with in the Board. “At the time, the University and the Board of Regents were re-thinking how to create centers,” he said. “So at one point they simply suspended considering any new centers.” The CEA will exist entirely from exter nal funding. Archaeological research at A&M has brought up to $1.25 million a year and will continue to be self-sufficient, he said. Dr. Vaughn Bryant, head of the anthro pology department, said establishment of Craig Lewis/The Dr. David Carlson, associate professor of anthropology, proudly displays a rock^ discovered while participating in a local dig of a 9000-year-old civilization. the center will make A&M more competi tive with other Texas schools. “Both The University of Texas and Southern Methodist University have cen ters of this magnitude,” he said. “Those are our main competitors.” Bryant said students will continue to have access to the center in the lab. “Currently we employ a large number of our graduate students to assist us in pe: forming many of these tasks,” Bryant said Undergraduate students are employe: primarily in work-study programs. Bryant said the CEA will not conflitl with any existing or proposed program and is another logical step in the growl! of archaeological studies at Texas Ad! University. Father testifies in murder-for-hire case Prosecutors accuse woman of soliciting teenagers to kill father, stepmother for inheritance FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — He awakened in the “dead of night,” Jack Koslow recalls, to the sounds of intruders breaking down a door and run ning up the stairs. “They’re in the house!” screamed his terrified wife. He heard the shrill buzz of the home alarm, people shouting and what he thought was a gunshot. “We’re here to rob you,” some one cried. But they came to kill. Minutes later, Koslow, his skull fractured and his throat cut, regained consciousness and rushed to his wife, Caren, lying face down in a pool of blood. “I knew then she was either dead or dying,” Koslow said. “I was filled with enormous rage and hatred.” A packed and silent court room sat spellbound Tuesday as Koslow wrapped up the first day’s testimony in the capital murder trial of his 19-year-old adopted daughter. He faced further question ing and defense cross-examina tion today. The state alleges that Kristi Koslow solicited her boyfriend and another teen-ager in March 1992 to kill her father and stepmother, promising to pay them with her multimil- lion-dollar inheritance. Caren, 40, an heir to an oil fortune, was killed in the post midnight siege. Koslow, 51, an ex-banker, barely escaped with his life. In statements given police two weeks after the attack, Kristi Koslow said she did in fact discuss killing her parents and mentioned an inheritance of $10 million to $15 million. “But it was just a joke,” she maintained. “I didn’t think peo ple would take me seriously.” But her boyfriend, Brian Salter, and his high school bud dy, Jeffrey DOlingham, did. A jury convicted Dillingham, now 21, of murder last year and assessed the death penal ty. Salter, now 22, pled guilty in exchange for a life sentence and an agreement to testify against Miss Koslow. On Tuesday, state District Judge Bob Gill denied a de fense motion to suppress Kris ti’s “confessions,” ruling that the state can play the taped in terviews for the jury. At day’s end, Koslow took the stand and described Kristi as a problem child and a troubled teen-ager. He was surprised, then, he said, when Kristi and Brian drove up to his Rivercrest home in early March, less than two weeks before the attack. “She said she wanted to stop and give me a kiss,” he said. Moving to the early morning hours of March 12, 1992, Koslow recalled that the in truders intercepted him as he ran for the gun closet. They or dered him back to the center of the room. “Caren was sitting on the side of the bed,” he said. “She could not move. She was total ly petrified.” Once the intruders got the couple on the floor, the beat ings began. “I remember the whole world turning black,” Koslow said, his voice firm but his hands shaking and his body trembling. “I remember him beating me and beating me and beating me until I didn’t remember anymore.” Army denies any safety risks from warfare testing CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Army says there were no risks to the public from biological warfare tests it con ducted off the Gulf Coast near Corpus Christi in 1962. Tiny particles of zinc-cadmi um sulfide were dropped off the shoreline of Port Aransas along a 30-mile path to determine how far the fluorescent particles would be carried inland under different weather conditions, of ficials said. Army officials released some details on the tests at a public briefing Monday. Despite the reassurances that no one was harmed, the Army plans a follow-up assessment based on 1994 health standards. State and national agencies, including the Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commis sion, will review the report, which is due in late July. In all, 405 pounds of zinc-cad mium sulfide were disseminated over seven days in late June 1962, said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Jackson. Although more than 85 per cent of the particles were small enough to be inhaled by residents, the Army’s prelimi! nary assessment showed m health risk, he said, citing limited time and extremely larjt area over which the release ot' curred. Jackson said no tests havt been performed on residents liv ing in or near the Port Aransa; area. He does not know hoi long the chemical compoun! would have remained in a per son’s lungs. No biological agents wen, dropped, Jackson said. “If the information that hai been provided by the Depart ment of Defense is complete ar: accurate, I am satisfied thate activity in Corpus Christi... <t : not have a harmful impact ot our environment or to the heal of our citizens,” said U.S. Rep Solompn Ortiz, who organize! the briefing. Corpus Christi was amonf several sites nationally in whick the Army conducted the tests. “I know what they told us to day,” added County Commis sioner Carol Karter. “But they certainly didn’t ask these people in June of 1962 whether they wanted to participate in some thing like this.” ■mmm The following incidents were reported to University Police Department between June 10 and June 17: Criminal Mischief 6/13 - Mclnnis Hall - Someone spray-painted graffiti on the sidewalk on the north end of the building. Driving While Intoxicated/Possession of a controlled substance 6/10 - Houston Street - A motorist was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and the passenger was arrested for public intoxication. Police found suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia while searching the vehicle. Additional charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia were filed against the suspects. They were taken to Brazos County Jail. Driving While Intoxicated 6/11 - Wellborn Road - An intoxicated motorist was arrested. 6/11 - Main Drive - An intoxicated motorist was arrested. Misdemeanor Theft 6/13 - Heldenfels Hall - A wallet containing $30 and several credit cards was stolen from a first floor room. 6/14 - Koldus Student Services Building - $117 was removed from an office. 5? 6/15 - Appelt Hall - A wallet and $150 were removed from a room. 6/16 - G. Rollie White Coliseum - A wallet containing credit cards and $130 was stolen. Various campus locations - Two bicycles were stolen. Evading Arrest or Detention 6/11 - Texas Avenue - A motorist was seen driving on Texas Avenue with no headlights. An officer pulled the vehicle over in the parking lot of a restaurant. Upon stopping the vehicle, the motorist exited the vehicle and ran toward a hotel. Responding police officers were unable to locate the subject. A subsequent investigation led to a possible suspect. Public Intoxication 6/16 - Courtyard west of Aston Hall - An intoxicated person was arrested and taken to Brazos County Jail. DOUGLAS JEWELERS Class of’75 1667-B Texas Ave. Culpepper Plaza 693-0677 Texas A&M University Watch by SEIKO A Seiko Quartz timepiece officially licensed by the University. Featuring a richly detailed three-dimensional recreation of the University Seal on the 14kt. gold finished dials. Electronic quartz movement guaranteed accurate to within fifteen seconds per month. Full three year Seiko warranty. 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