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Schools offer zero-tolerance for gun-toting youths
"The time has come to get tough on guns in
schools. The message has to be to parents that it
is wrong to carry a gun into a public school."
— Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In several Texas
school districts, teen-agers who bring drugs or
weapons to school and/or commit an assault on
school property are expelled. No second chances.
No excuses.
It’s part of a “zero-tolerance” policy that also in
cludes alternative schools for expelled students —
an idea the American Federation of Teachers
wants adopted nationwide.
“There has to be a message we are not going to
tolerate certain behaviors,” John Cole, president of
the Texas Federation of Teachers, said Monday at
the AFT’s national convention here.
In a 1993 survey by Metropolitan Life, more
than one in ten teachers and nearly one in four
students reported they had been victims of vio
lence in or near their schools. Thirteen percent of
the students said they had
brought a weapon to school at
least once.
The Council of Great City
Schools said violence was the ma
jor concern in the country’s urban
school districts.
“There is a tragic climate in
which there is no respect for
school, for the teachers, for the rights of others,”
Cole said.
Educators are fighting back, with locker search
es and metal detectors. The National Association
of Secondary School Principals is asking students
to sign a pledge that they will not bring weapons
to school.
In Washington, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said Monday that
they would offer an amendment to pending educa
tion legislation that would require any school dis
trict receiving federal funds to expel for a year any
student who carries a gun on school grounds.
“The time has come to get tough on guns in
schools,” said Feinstein.
“Schools must undoutedly be safe houses for
learning. The message has to be to parents that it
is wrong to carry a gun into a public school.”
The amendment was passed by Congress earlier
this year as part of the Goals 2000 education bill,
Since state participation in Goals 2000 is volun
tary, including it in the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act gives it broader reach, including
virtually every school district in the country.
At its convention the AFT called for a national
summit on school safety and violence and greater
distribution of programs and curriculum that have
been proved effective in teaching students how to
solve conflicts peacefully.
AFT delegates also approved, without debate, a
resolution calling for the adoption of strict codes of
student conduct along with zero tolerance of
“drugs, weapons, crimes and acts of violence on
school campuses.”
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Shootin' for a strike
Luis Angel, a senior agricultural engineering Monday afternoon in the MSG. Luis is an inter
major, gives his bowling arm a good workout national student from Bogota, Colombia.
Mexican food high in fat, sodium
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toss serving the nation an extra
the tacos, bypass that burrito gram of fat from time to time.”
and just say “no” to the refried “In fact, there is absolutely
beans, guacamole, sour
cream and tortilla chips.
The consumer group
that attacked the fat in
movie popcorn and in Ital
ian and Chinese meals now
warns that most Mexican
food dishes in restaurants
will saddle you with up to
a full day’s worth of fat and
sodium and more than
1,000 calories.
But unlike Chinese and
Italian food, the Center for
Science in the Public Inter
est said it found few ways
consumers could improve
the nutritional value of
Mexican restaurant food.
“Mexican food is not
seen as health food,”
Michael Jacobson, the ex
ecutive director, acknowl
edged at a news conference
Monday, “but I think the
numbers will shock any
body who has had any con
cern about health.”
Herman Cain, president of
the National Restaurant Associ
ation, said the independent
study “feeds the nation’s para
noia about the food system” and
that it “may be far worse than
Skip the trimmings
nothing wrong with Mexican
restaurant food for customers
concerned about nutrition as
long as they make the right
choices,” Cain said in a state
ment. “The low-fat, low-choles
terol items are there.”
The center’s nutritionists
bought take-out portions of the
fifteen most popular Mexican
dishes at table-service
restaurants in Chicago,
Dallas, San Francisco
and Washington.
Equal portions of the
same dish were mixed,
and a sample of each was
sent to an independent
lab for testing, said Bon
nie Liebman, director of
nutrition for the center.
Liebman said there
was no single culprit in
Mexican cuisine, but that
the problem starts with
the side dishes — Mexi
can rice, refried beans,
sour cream and gua
camole — and is magni
fied by the added entree.
Of the 15 dishes, the
survey found the only
“safe bet” to be chicken j
fajitas with flour tortillas,
but only when eaten
without the trimmings.
The worst choice was
the chiles rellenos platter. “You i
might as well eat a stick of but- j
ter and one and a half teaspoons i
of salt,” Liebman said of the
weighted cheese-stuffed, deep-
fried pepper topped with cheese j
and red sauce.
Side orders and extras don’t help,
but careful selections can.
• Beef-and-cheese nachos: A serv
ing has more than 1,300 calories and as
much fat as a stick of butter. Half an order
equals three-fourths of the recommended
daily allowance of 65 grams of fat.
• Chicken burritos: Second-best, al
though fattier than fajitas because of the
cheese on top and the refried beans inside.
• Taco salad: Each has a day’s worth
of fat and saturated fat and 1,100 calories,
excluding the dressing. It can be made
healthier by skipping the beef, cheese, gua
camole, sour cream and tortilla shell.
— Center for Science in the Public Interest
Pebble Creek
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ent from other courses in the area because it has a
modem design.
“The design is more modern in terms of fair
ways.” Lane said. “The fairways are concave and
more generous in retaining the ball than the older
style golf courses.”
Lane said Pebble Creek was designed different
ly than older style golf courses because the archi
tect designed each green for that specific hole or
particular shot.
; Pebble Creek’s modem design makes it a popu-
■ clar course for tournaments, he said.
t—, The bigger tournaments are scheduled on Mon
day because the course is usually closed, he said.
“We don’t like to schedule tournaments that
will interfere with members playing time,” he
said. “Our main goal is to try to provide a quality
product and good service to members.”
Bill Woodson, member of Pebble Creek and on
premise manager for Brazos Beverages, said he
enjoys playing golf at Pebble Creek.
“I joined Pebble Creek when it opened in 1992,”
Woodson said. “It looked like the kind of golf
course I wanted to play and judging from the
plans it looked like the kind of place I wanted to'
be a part of.”
Police Beat
The following inci
dents were reported
to University Police
Department between
June 24 and July 10:
Driving While Intoxicated
East Main - An intoxicated motorist was arrested.
Felony Theft
Sports Recreation Center Construction Site - A
chop saw, a cutting torch with gauges, two weld
packs and two grinders were stolen.
Fire
Turbomachinery Laboratory - A heater ignited in
sulation in a first floor room. College Station Fire
Department personnel checked the area and extin
guished the smoldering material. No evidence of
structural damage was detected.
Assault
Read Building - At the end of a basketball game, a
person was struck on the left side of his face by a
person on the opposing team.
Criminal Mischief
Parking Area 50 - A 1990 Chevrolet was damaged
with a sharp instrument.
Ross Street - A cyclist reported his bicycle was
struck by a hit-and-run motorist. The motorist
said his vehicle had been damaged by the cyclist
who climbed on the hood and beat the windshield
with his fists. The motorist also noted a scratch on
the rear passenger’s door.
Criminal Trespass/Failure to Identify
Bizzell Street - Two juveniles who chose to ignore
a previously issued criminal trespass warning
were arrested. One of the juveniles was also
charged with failure to identify himself. Both ju
veniles were taken to the Brazos County Juvenile
Detention Center.
Burglary of Building/Criminal Mischief
Firemen’s Training School - The door to the Con
trol Unit Building was pried open and the contents
of the building were moved around. A pair of
gloves and boots, normally stored in the building,
were found on the east side of the structure. A
pair of bolt cutters, a pair of bunker gloves and a
yellow bunker coat were stolen.
Burglary of Vehicle
Firemen’s Training School - A radio was stolen
from a 1985 Ford van parked on the property.
Misdemeanor Theft
Various Campus Locations - Three bicycles were
stolen.
Theft of Service
Academic Building - A second floor office was en
tered, and several unauthorized long-distance tele
phone calls were made.
Driving While License Suspended
F&B Road - Following a traffic stop, a motorist
was detected operating a vehicle without a valid
driver’s license.
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