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Ministers from Israel and Jordan
il publicly for the first time
ednesday on the shores of the
Sea and vowed to make their
ams of peace come true.
The Dead Sea, silent and deep,
iy become a symbol of new life,”
r eign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel
Ithe session, attended by Secretary
State Warren Christopher.
"These are indeed vital and critical
ments which historians shall cherish
poets shall relish,” Prime Minister
dulSalam Majali of Jordan said.
"They will be recorded in the
iials of history in block letters, for
iy separate the age between peace
dwar, construction and destruction,
deven life and death,” he said.
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near a banana plantation
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(eshadowed the disease and
nation facing this filthy, teeming
mpofl million Rwandan refugees.
Cholera has claimed its first victims,
(doctors predicted one in every 100
(gees would be infected. Already,
zens of corpses wrapped in reed
Us were on streets and sidewalks,
ed by thirst, hunger and sickness.
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said Dr. Jacques de Milliano,
sident of Doctors Without Borders.
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— Already marked by
bombardment of a dozen
euntain-sjzed comet pieces, Jupiter
to be slammed by what one
tronomer called "the greatest one-
'o-three punch” ever when three
'links hit near the same point within
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Fragment P2 hit Jupiter
ednesday morning, becoming the
ft piece of comet Shoemaker-Levy
to batter the giant planet.
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ft is Q2. It will be followed by two
ftr large boulders that will drill into
toiler’s cloud, tops at about the
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'True' Action
Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Jamie
Lee Curtis star in the latest shoot
up, 'True Lies.'
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THURSDAY
July 21, 1994
Vol. 93, No. 177 (6 pages)
“Serving Texas A drM since 1893“
NEWS
RIEFS
ormer UT employee
arged for stealing
A former University of Texas
iployee was indicted by a Travis
iunty grand jury Monday on first-
oree felony charges of embezzling
jethan $300,000 from the school.
Lynn Harvey Deer illegally
iposited checks for as much as
12,700 in two personal bank
-counts while working as an
jountant in the College of Fine Arts.
Deer was charged in January with
icond-degree theft and was
leased on a personal recognizance
jdafter her arrest.
Ihe grand jury listed 100 offenses
[Deer, beginning in January 1991.
Sfconvicted, Deer could face a
jmum penalty of life in prison.
iiother interest rate
icrease expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal
teve Chairman Alan Greenspan put
nation on notice Wednesday that
(central bank probably hasn’t
ished raising interest rates this year.
Greenspan's tough talk rattled Wall
reef sending both stock and bond
ces lower as investors worried that
hr rate hikes could be imminent.
eDow Jones industrial average was
m more than 20 points in late
moon trading.
In delivering his twice-a-year report
Congress on monetary policy,
eenspan warned that the Fed was
Sinning to see increasing threats of
lire inflation, which he said could not
allowed to get out of hand.
An increase in inflation would
me at considerable cost,” he told
Senate Banking Committee,
larsher policy actions would
entually be necessary to reverse
upsurge in inflationary
liabilities. We are determined to
event such an outcome.”
ordan, Israel begin
eace negotiations
A&M installs Ethernet in dorms
By Amanda Fowle
The Battalion
Merging onto the information super
highway will be easier for Texas A&M stu
dents living in certain residence halls this
fall. All rooms in eight of the halls will be
equipped with Ethernet connections.
Ethernet is a network that allows
people to connect their computers to
other computers.
Students will have access to the inter
net and will be able to send and receive e-
mail through Ethernet connections.
Every dorm room in Moore, Keathly,
Legett, Lechner, McFaddin. Dunn Halls
and Dorm 2 will be wired with Ethernet
lines.
Hart Hall was originally planned to be
included in the program, but asbestos un
der the building prevented workers from
installing the lines.
Larry Bowles, a computer systems man
ager working on the program, said that ei
ther Spence Hall or Underwood Hall will
be wired with Ethernet instead of Hart.
“Underwood Hall will more likely be
used since it is already equipped with
fiberoptics,” he said.
Tom Murray, associate director of
student affairs, said these halls were
chosen because they represent the stu
dent body.
“We chose halls that represent a vari
ety of residence halls, as well as men
and women,” he said.
Murray said the connections will al
low students to join Ethernet without
having to use their modems, which
would tie up their phone lines.
He said students will have to buy
Ethernet cards, which will cost less than
S100, to insert into their computers for
the connections to work.
“If I were living in one of these halls,
I would get a group from the hall togeth
er and buy the cards in bulk from a local
vendor,” he said. “This way they may be
able to get a lower price.”
Murray said cards can be shared and
can be sold once the student is finished
with it.
Bowles said he expects to have the
connections completed this fall.
“We plan to have everything ready,”
he said, “so that residents will have to
buy the card and a pigtail cable for the
connection, and they will be ready to
go-”
Butch Kemper, Computer Informa
tion Systems project director, said he is
not certain when the University will add
the connections to other halls not in
cluded on the original list.
“We need to see how much usage
these get and the headaches they
cause,” he said, “and then we’ll decide
what the next phase will be.”
A&M being sued
Pesticide company accuses
university of botching test
results, seeks $200 million
By Angela St. John Parker
The Ba in align
A Texas chemical company
is planning to sue Texas A&M
for $200 million for allegedly
conspiring to hinder market en
try of a new fire ant pesticide,
company representatives said
last week.
According to Bushwacker
Associates, Inc., the company
will file a lawsuit saying that
Texas A&M disseminated false
test results through the Uni
versity’s agricultural extension
services, despite agreeing to de
lay the dissemination until the
dispute had been settled, said
George Bethurum, president
and chairman of Bushwacker
Associates, Inc.
The report in question was
published using results from a
field test conducted in July
1991 by Dr. Bastiaan Drees, as
sociate professor of entomology
and extension specialist; Dr.
Charles Barr, extension associ
ate and Dr. S. Bradleigh Vin
son, professor of entomology.
“When we heard about the
test having been conducted, we
told [the University] we wanted
to be a part of the testing to be
sure that they used the proper
protocol,” he said. “They said
there would be no publication
of it until we all agreed on a
protocol.”
He said Vinson wanted to
make out the protocol and
would then get Bushwacker’s
approval.
“He sent us the first copies
of the protocol as he envisioned
it, and we immediately went
through it and sent back a let
ter saying we needed to make
some changes,” he said. “At
that point we got word from an
inside source that they had al
ready published the report we
were arguing about.”
Bill Helwig, assistant gener
al counsel for A&M, said an an
swer suited to the claims and
allegations will be filed with
the court.
“Texas A&M University, the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service and the Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station un
equivocally will deny all of the
claims and allegations of
Bushwacker Associates, Inc. and
will stand ready to present their
well-founded and scientifically
supported defenses to such
claims and allegations,” he said.
Drees said all officials have
been told by the general counsel
not to comment on the lawsuit.
“All I’m going to say is that
all charges are unfounded,” he
said.
Barr and Vinson could not
be reached for comment.
According to the report,
three separate plots of land
were used in the test. One plot
was treated with Bushwacker;
another was treated with Am-
dro, a different fire ant pesti
cide and the third plot was left
untreated to serve as a control.
“Following treatment, no sig
nificant differences in the num
ber of active red imported fire
ant mounds were documented
between the Bushwacker and
untreated plots,” the report said.
“The broadcast Amdro treat
ment significantly reduced ac
tive mound numbers 88, 68 and
83 percent at five weeks, three
months, and seven months re
spectively, following application
relative to the untreated plot.”
Bethurum said the re
searchers must not have used
the correct protocol because his
products have always proved
100 percent effective.
“Our products have always
been, and still are to this day,
100 percent effective, as shown
through our tests,” he said. “It’s
unfortunate when government
agencies are incompetent, but I
think it’s criminal when they de
liberately mislead the public or
withhold important information
from the public.”
In the report A&M published
on the Bushwacker product,
University researchers cited
two other reports on tests con
ducted by Bushwacker Associ
ates that supported the product
before the A&M test. Both re
ports indicate no control plots
were reported to have been es
tablished or monitored.
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Campus focuses on Richards, Bush Brvan considers teen curfew
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By James Bemsen
The Battalion
The outcome of the Texas gu
bernatorial race will depend on
how Texans perceive Ann
Richards’ record versus George
W. Bush’s qualifications, local
party officials said.
Dr. Richard Stadelmarm, fac
ulty adviser for the College Re
publicans, said the race could
go either way at this point.
“It’s a little too early to tell,”
he said. “But all of the polls in
dicate that this is likely to be a
close race.”
Dr. Gary Halter, faculty ad
viser for the Aggie Democrats,
said voter turnout will be the
key to the election.
“If we have a low turnout, I
will expect George W. Bush as
governor,” he said. “If there is
a high turnout, then Ann
Richards will win.”
Halter said Bush will have
an advantage because of name
recognition, but that alone will
not determine the election.
“I think he’s got a tough bat
tle,” he said. “Governor
Richards has a good record.”
Stadelmann said Bush sees
Richards record as indicative of
poor leadership.
“He feels Governor Ann
Richards has been incompetent
in one area she has the most in
fluence in - appointment of the
boards,” he said.
In one well-publicized case,
Lena Guerrero was appointed to
the Texas Railroad Commission.
It was later discovered that
Guerrero had never graduated
from the University of Texas as
she claimed.
Jim James, chairman of the
Democratic Party of Brazos
County, said he doesn’t see
Guerrero’s case, or any other,
as undermining the campaign.
“I’m sure you can take some
appointments, and they’ll
probably hurt,” he said. “But I
don’t see that as a major cam
paign issue.”
Jody Withers, state chair
man of the College Republi
cans of Texas, and a member
of A&lVTs chapter, said the Re
publican party will stress
Richards’ record.
“We’re going to make her
accountable for her record and
for the increasing state bud
get,” he said.
Withers said Bush’s strong
point is business management
and his understanding of how
the economy works.
“George W. Bush does not be
lieve the government creates
Please see Race, Page 4
By Sara Israwi
The Battalion
Local teenagers could be call
ing it an early night if the Bryan
City Council opts to pass a cur
few to curb crime by teens.
After a Bryan citizen went to
the city council requesting a pos
sible teenage curfew, the police
department and city council
have been researching the idea.
Lee Freeman, chief of the
Bryan Police Department, said
there are many questions that
need to be looked into before
such a curfew could be imple
mented.
“There are logistics involved
that people wouldn’t under
stand,” he said. “We are neither
for or against it.
In the last six to eight
months, the city has been look
ing at other major cities that
have a teenage curfew.
One question being examined
is whether similar curfews in
other cities have been effective
and whether the police depart
ment has been enforcing them.
“We have been looking to see
what problems or solutions it
will create,” he said. “I'm not in
a situation to say, ‘yes it would
be good’ or ’no it wouldn’t.’”
Freeman said some people
think the curfew takes away
teens’ rights of freedom and
question whether teens’ rights
are worth being sacrificed to
prevent crime.
He said that in some cities,
the curfew hours are in the
range of 11p.m. to 6 a.m. on
week nights and 12 a.m. to 6
a.m. on weekends.
The busiest time of the night
for the police would be the first
hours of the curfew time, Free
man said.
Police are often tied up with
service calls during this time, he
said, which could become a prob-
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