mber2, I994
"
Frontiers
Researchers in A&M's College of
Veterinary Medicine attempt to
create a genetic blueprint of cattle.
Page 2
Opinion
ELIZABETH PRESTON: Clinton has provided enough
gossip to keep the tabloids boiling over with excitement
for years to come.
Page 9
Sports
lo provide help for
services, on-
ilwork and the
2 Rudder. For
ihnson Alexander
ng auditions from
ation call 845-5974.
p Seminar on “how
sk will be held at 2
i call Julie Agee or
at 8:30 p.m. in 410
at 847-0291.
s will be held at 8
rrmation call
o all residents will
and execs need to
enda at 847-6480.
ig of the year will be
pics include
re information call
5.
5 miles Monday
Meet in front of G.
rdless of running
696-2464.
g for the 94-'95
35B Zachry to
’or more
sts non-profH
ios Items should
in advance of the
es and notices are
:'s Up. If you have
om at 845-3313.
Sophomore tailback Iceland
McElroy helps A&M tame the LSD
Tigers in Death Valley.
Page 5
MONDAY
September 5, 1994
101, No. 6 (10 pages)
“Serving Texas A&M since 1893”
ilbert charges A&M officials with misconduct
rged not to
operate with
CAA, he says
n staff and wire reports
aimed Texas A&M booster Warren
ert Jr. charged Sunday that Univer-
officials urged him not to cooperate
. the NCAA in its investigation into
fcummer jobs scandal that led to the
pall team’s five-year probation,
p. Gilbert told the Dallas Morning
[s in a copyrighted story Sunday that
ler A&M vice president Robert Smith,
U head football coach R.C. Slocum
(other A&M officials encouraged him
i meet with NCAA investigators.
lr. Gilbert said in the article that
|th and Slocum continued to contact
even as the University told the
that Mr. Gilbert had ceased com-
lication with A&M.
Evidence of institutional representa
tives being untruthful during an NCAA
investigation would be grounds for the
NCAA to reopen the probe and possibly
sanction those involved, according to
NCAA rules.
Mr. Gilbert said Slocum
advised him how to answer
questions from NCAA inves
tigators.
“The only thing R.C. told
me was, ‘Here’s what the
questions are going to be
and here’s the way you
ought to answer them,”’ Mr.
Gilbert said.
Pattie Gilbert, Mr.
Gilbert’s wife, said she and
her husband “spent days,
weeks and months of either Robert Smith
or R.C. calling to say, ‘Warren, shut up.
Don’t say anything. Well handle it.’”
“Every time Robert Smith would call
me, his statement to me was. You do not
reveal anything to anybody or talk to
anybody until I tell you. Don’t tell any
body anything until we get our final re
port in to the NCAA,’” Mr. Gilbert said.
Smith’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told
the Morning News that Gilbert’s accusa
tions were, “a damn lie” and that Smith
was "incensed” about the allegations.
According to DeGuerin, Smith said
"Every time Robert Smith would
call, his statement to me was, 'You
do not reveal anything to anybody
or talk to anybody until I tell you/"
— Warren Gilbert, A&M
banned booster
there are documents that show the efforts
of both himself and the University to get
Gilbert to cooperate.
Mrs. Gilbert told the Morning News
that at one point she had to keep a list of
all the off-campus phone numbers used
by Slocum. She said Slocum was evi
dently afraid of violating the directives of
Smith. Smith, then vice president for fi
nance and administration, was in charge
of the University’s in-house probe.
Mrs. Gilbert said she once met with
Slocum in a darkened parking garage in
Dallas so that Slocum wouldn’t be seen
with Mr. Gilbert during
the investigation.
Mr. Gilbert said he
went public with the
charges because he
thought he was being
used as a scapegoat for
the scandal.
Mr. Gilbert said he
thinks A&M officials in
tentionally laid the
blame solely on him to
~ avoid greater penalties.
In January, the Uni
versity disassociated Gilbert from A&M
athletics in order to comply with sanc
tions handed down by the NCAA after
the organization found he paid nine foot
ball players for work not done from 1990
to 1992. As a result, the NCAA placed the
athletic program on five years probation.
In the article Mr. Gilbert said he was
aware that if he if he implicated A&M of
ficials in any cover-up it could lead to fur
ther penalties against the University
such as a potential NCAA sanction that
could suspend the football program.
“I didn’t want to do one thing to
cause the death penalty to the Universi
ty,” he said. “That is one reason I de
layed ever wanting to testify before the
NCAA.”
Gilbert said he never hired anyone
that Slocum didn’t ask him to hire.
The Gilberts told the Morning news
they agreed to talk about what they per
ceived to be a cover up because of outrage
over the University’s initial refusal to
send them their allotment of four season
tickets.
Mrs. Gilbert received her tickets
Wednesday, but was told by the Univer
sity that if her husband used the tickets
NCAA rules would be violated.
A&M head football coach R.C. Slocum
and A&M athletic director Wally Groff
could not be reached Sunday.
University President Dr. Ray Bowen
said A&M officials will meet today to dis
cuss Mr. Gilbert’s charges and the course
of action the University should take.
Metmrv
Affirmative action ruling brings
focus on universities’ policies
By Stacey Fehlis
The Battalion
A federal judge’s ruling which
upheld affirmative action has
drawn attention to the necessity
of affirmative action policies in
universities, even though the de
cision found the University of
See Editorial, Page 9
Texas’ policy in 1992 discrimi
nated against four white law
students.
U.S. District Judge Sam
Sparks ruled the 1992 admis
sions policy violated white appli
cants’ constitutional guarantee
of equal protection.
After ruling their rights had
been violated, Sparks also recog
nized the need for affirmative
action policies in universities
and upheld the school’s right to
use affirmative action.
“It is regrettable that affirma
tive action programs are still
needed in our society,” Sparks
wrote in his decision. “However,
until society sufficiently over
comes the effects of its lengthy
history of pervasive racism, af
firmative action is a necessity.”
Gary Englegau, executive di
rector of admissions and records
at Texas A&M, said the need for
affirmative action policies is ob
vious by comparing the number
of minorities in Texas public
schools to the number of minori
ties in Texas universities.
“Looking at 1992 and 1993
profiles of Texas public elemen
tary and secondary schools,
there is no majority,” he said.
“No race constitutes 50 percent
or more.
“Most universities, including
Texas A&M, are no where near
that,” Englegau said. “There is a
definite majority.”
Jay Jacobson, executive direc
tor for the American Civil Liber
ties Union (ACLU), said diversi
ty is a very important compo
nent of a learning environment.
“Diversity brings something
to the student body to open the
eyes of other students,” he said.
Please see Action, Page 4
International cultures requirement
study to conclude in fall semester
%
J W
Watching the Aggies Roll
A&M’s mascot Reveille VI watches the football team defeat the LSU Tigers 18-13 in Baton
Rouge, La. on Saturday.
By Stephanie Dube
The Battalion
A committee researching the addition of U.S. and
international cultures requirements to Texas A&M’s
core curriculum is expected to conclude its study this
semester.
According to a proposal by the Faculty Senate,
the U.S. cultures requirement will focus on the mi
nority perspective of U.S. history. Thirty-three per
cent of any course applicable to this requirement
must cover minorities or women. Similarly, 33 per
cent of any course applying to the international re
quirement must address international issues.
Dr. Paul Parrish, an English professor and for
mer associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts,
said former Interim President Dr E. Dean Gage
asked former Provost Benton Cocanougher to ap
point a committee to review the larger issues of
these requirements.
Dr. Sallie Sheppard, the chair of the ad hoc com
mittee studying the proposals, said the committee is
reviewing the requirements’ possible impacts, in
cluding their cost and academic efficiency.
“The committee consists of faculty, students, and
administrators with the president of the Association
of Former Students acting as an ex officio mem
ber...,” she said. “We should finish the study within
the month.”
Before the study is finished, Sheppard said, the
committee must determine several factors, including
if there will be enough classes available for students
to have a wide range of choices when picking classes
to fit the requirements.
The committee must also determine if each
course will have sufficient seating to accommodate
student enrollment.
Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M president, said once the
committee finishes its study, he will consult with
Please see Requirement, Page 4
few complexes to help housing shortage
lamber of Commerce estimates
P,000 units available by end of ‘94
Angela Neaves
Battalion
’he housing shortage that has
Tied Texas A&M students in
past several years is coming
halt with the construction of
r multi-family complexes in
an-College Station.
'CA,OK.,T^flrtBWA
May’s Ba
jjassified
4
bntiers
2
Opinion
9
ports
5
bons
3
[feather
3
hat's Up
10
Allison Smith, coordinator of
the office for Off-Campus Stu
dent Programs, said the con
struction of several new apart
ment complexes in Bryan-Col-
lege Station has had a major im
pact on the availability of hous
ing.
“The new complexes have
eased the pressure,” Smith said.
“Also, some new duplexes have
been built in the area which
have also eased that pressure.”
Smith said last year at this
time, housing occupancy in the
area was at 100 percent capacity.
She said of the 13,322 housing
units registered with the off-
campus office, 532 units are still
available.
“This makes for a much easi
er, quicker process when looking
for housing,” she said.
The Texas A&M University
System Board of Regents re
quested a study of student hous
ing in Bryan-College Station last
year after students and parents
complained about the shortage.
The study showed that 4,744
multi-family units were con
structed in the area from 1982 to
1992, but Texas A&M enroll
ment grew by 6,397 students,
which caused a shortage.
In late 1993, construction on
several new apartment complex
es began in Bryan-College Sta
tion, according to a report from
the Bryan-College Station Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Enclave at Holleman, a
340-unit luxury complex featur
ing controlled access gates, mi
crowaves, washers and dryers,
ceiling fans and other amenities,
is one of two large housing com
plexes which opened for occupan
cy this semester.
The 104-unit West University
Oaks complex in Bryan began
leasing in May.
The Chamber of Commerce
report said duplex construction
in the area is also on the rise.
University Tower, a private
dormitory on Texas Avenue, an
nounced in February it would no
longer offer its hotel accommoda
tions and will lease all rooms as
dorjnitories.
According to the Chamber of
Commerce report, more than
19,000 housing units are expect
ed to be constructed and avail
able for occupancy by the end of
1994.
Ted Jones, chief economist for
the Texas A&M University Real
Estate Center, said increased
housing availability does not nec
essarily mean lower rental rates.
“If construction costs go up,
rental rates will rise,” Jones
said. “To compete with the
amenities new complexes are of
fering, some complexes might
need to raise their existing
rental rates. For students not
willing or able to pay top dollar,
that could pose a problem.”
Smith, however, said the in
creased availibility will cause
rates to go down.
“As a result of there being
more availability, we’re seeing
the rates go down,” she said. “It
has a lot to do with the occupan
cy rate.”
Compromise on birth
control very close’
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - On
the eve of the opening of the
U.N. population conference, a
U.S. official said Sunday that a
compromise on the sensitive is
sues of abortion and birth con
trol was
“very close.” . .
Pope John f
Paul II, j
meanwhile,
capping one
of the most
heated cam
paigns of his
16-year lead
ership, blast
ed the gath
ering anew
with an at
tack on the
“dangerous shortcut” of reduc
ing birth rates by any means.
The pope’s diplomatic and
religious crusade against abor
tion and contraceptives, which
has allied the Vatican with fun
damentalist Muslim states, has
captured headlines. But sup
porters of a tough plan for
slowing the world’s population
boom are fighting back.
The world’s current popula
tion of 5.7 billion people is
■ wing by more than 90 mil-
i a year.
Timothy Wirth, a U.S. un
der-secretary of state and
Washington’s top official on
population issues, told re
porters that a “very promising’
compromise was being worked
out on the thorniest issues in
the conference’s final docu
ment.
Vice President Al Gore, ar
riving in Cairo, said the Clin-
ton administration opposes lan
guage suggesting there is an
international right to abortion.
“We have continuously made
it clear that we will insist on
language that the subject of
abortion is one that each indi
vidual nation should deal
with,” he said.