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EDITORIAL: College Republicans should take
responsibility for the fliers which offended many
students and guard against repeating their mistake.
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The Lady Aggie volleyball will
face the No. 25 Lady Cougars
tonight in Houston.
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WEDNESDAY
October 12, 1994
Vol. 101, No. 33 (8 pages)
“Serving Texas A&M since 1893"
>. troops take Haiti’s
tional Palace
-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) —
reds of U.S. troops took over the
nal Palace on Tuesday, sweeping
lay the last vestiges of Haiti’s
litary-backed administration before
ident Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s
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ler ministries, escorting out
of the government set up by
ilitary leaders who overthrew
jidein 1991.
This to facilitate an orderly
iition of power. No members of the
| government will be allowed back
I rmy Lt. Col. Ed Sullivan said.
ristide’s Cabinet ministers fired all
fployees hired under a civilian
irehead government installed in May
f military leader Raoul Cedras, who
ned Monday.
rims in implant case
grease 60 percent
OUSTON (AP) — The number of
en registering for a $4.2 billion
jobal settlement of breast implant
wsjits has shot up about 60 percent
â–  six-week period, an administrator
â– e claims said Tuesday,
latest figures available show that by
l-September, 145,000 women have
egistered for the their right to
jrticipate in the fund, approved Sept.
I6y a federal judge in Alabama.
fThat’s up considerably from six
ks earlier on Aug. 1, when 90,000
Jnen had registered to keep their
iition alive in the settlement fund
ptiated between women’s lawyers
implant manufacturers.
Former Houston judge Ann
bran, who leads the the claims-
inistration office process, attributed
ncrease to a flurry of registration
in mid-September.
“'Negot a real deluge of mail about
the 13lh of September through the
20th Ms. Cochran said. ‘‘A massive
Wlume of mail."
Nobel committee split
over Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The
itional secrecy around the Nobel
ce Prize seemed torn Tuesday, just
s before the award announcement,
» »l)en a newspaper reported a bitter
lispute over the choice of Yasser
fefat as co-winner.
1 |The Oslo newspaper Aftenposten,
tits top front-page story, reported that
fiePLO chairman and Israeli Prime
linister Yitzhak Rabin would be
[ lounced as winners Friday.
And the newspaper said a
nmittee member, Kare Kristiansen,
|o has labeled Arafat a terrorist,
resign if the Palestinian leader
ares the $933,000 prize.
There was little surprise about the
tries of Rabin and Arafat, who have
en mentioned for months as likely
nners for the historic treaty they
ned last year, granting Palestinians
f-rule.
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rashes into Venus
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■PASADENA, Calif. (AP) —
fegellan hurtled to its demise
ftiesday in the gaseous atmosphere
•I Venus, ending its four-year
. , topping mission with one last
e offering ||periment: a study of the spacecraft’s
rodynamics as it descends.
Since there was no way to return
gellan to Earth, scientists ordered
e craft into a slow dive to gather
I formation that will be used in other
fissions.
The researchers at NASA’s Jet
opulsion Laboratory began firing
agellan’s thrusters at 7:21 a.m.,
w location'I toding it through miles of Venus'
Srbon dioxide and sulfuric acid
{NckuoL 1 ' ' I foods.
. Magellan was expected to lose
lower and contact with Earth ending
ie $900 mission. Exactly
hat happens to the craft may never
>e known.
It may get toasted and flutter
own. It won’t go in like a meteorite,”
roject manager Douglas G. Griffith
rid. "It will heat up. Maybe things will
art to burn into cinders, but we don’t
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Minorities demand apology from r ^ ^publicans;
VP for publicity stands by action° o to resign
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fliers
By Amanda Fowle
The Battalion
More than 200 minority students de
manded a public apology at a College Re
publicans meeting Tuesday for the orga
nization’s distribution of fliers they say
See Editorial / Page 7
portray racist stereotypes.
The fliers, which have been posted on
campus during the past few weeks, de
nounce reverse discrimination, while
stating the College Republicans support
minority students at Texas A&M.
The minority students are also ask
ing for the resignation of Bo Armstrong,
College Republicans’ vice president for
publicity who was responsible for the
distribution of the fliers, which have
been taken down.
Armstrong was forced to resio-r,
late Tuesday night because of ^
the unauthorized distribu
tion of the fliers, ac
cording to a news
release
ceived by
The
Bat
talion
today.
At the
meeting,
Armstrong
said the
meanings of
the fliers were
misunderstood.
“I’m afraid that
too many students
did not read the hot
tom of the fliers,” he
said. “The fliers have a
theme. We Eire all Ameri
cans. We are all equal. It
were
very patriotic theme.
iS a Many of the minority
students attending
the meeting
said they
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fend
ed by
one of
the fliers
that
states,
You’re
black, you’re
female, you
have a 2.0, you
have a job. You’re
white, you’re male, you have a 4.0, your
point. College Republicans support equal
employment opportunity.”
The fliers were made and distributed
by a committee of four members of Col
lege Republicans and were not approved
by the officers of the organization.
Chad Walter, president of the College
Republicans, apologized to the students
at the meeting.
“Even though the organization as a
whole had nothing to do with these fliers,
we would like to apologize,” he said. “In
the future, we will be more careful where
our name is used.
Armstrong said he would not apologize
for what the fliers said, but apologized
for offending some students.
He told the minority groups that he
believes that all students are equal and
that no one needs affirmative action.
“We are all equal,” he said. “There is
no race. We are all Americans.”
The leaders of the minority groups
who attended the meeting want personal
apologies from the College Republicans
to their organizations and a printed apol
ogy in The Battalion.
David Washington, president of Alpha
See Fliers/Page 2
Awareness of danger key
to safety, officials say
By Stephanie Dube
The Battalion
Awareness is the key to safety,
which has become an increasingly
important issue among college
students following a rash of re
cent murders.
Officer Janice Kemp, crime
prevention officer for the College
Station Police Department, said
students need to be aware of
their surroundings.
“People need to watch what is go
ing on,” Kemp said. “Most crimes oc
cur because people made themselves
available to be a victim. Being
aware is most important.”
Sgt. Choya Walling, crime pre
vention specialist for the Bryan Po
lice Department, said people can re
act faster to a dangerous situation if
they are aware.
“The first indication of trouble
for most is when it has already
started,” Walling said. “By being
cautious and checking out your
surroundings, you can deter an at
tack in the first place.”
Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, crime pre
vention specialist for the University
Police Department, said people need
to be aware at all times.
“You need to hold your head up,
make eye contact and know who is in
front of and behind you,” Kret
zschmar said. “You need to make
yourself a tougher target.”
Kemp said people can make them
selves less aware of their surround
ings by digging in their purse while
walking or overburdening them
selves with packages,.
“You need to walk and act like you
know where you’re going,” she said.
When parking, people need to
park in a well-lit area, close to the
entrance. They also need to scan the
parking lot before they return to
their car later, Kemp said.
“If something seems susnicious.
call and have a police officer check it
out,” she said. “Do not go ahead and
walk in the parking lot.”
Students need to trust their in
stincts, Kretzschmar said.
“If you see something suspicious
or out of place, you should try to get
out of the situation as soon as possi
ble,” Kretzschmar said.
Often, people buy weapons to try
to increase their safety. Many
weapons, including stun guns, hand
guns, whistles, Mace, clubs and
knives, are available for consumers,
Walling said.
When purchasing a weapon,
consumers need to consider if
they will use the weapon without
hesitation, Walling said. In addi
tion, they need to consider the
weapon’s effectiveness.
Kemp said people who buy
weapons need to know they can be
used against them.
“Get the proper training if you
use a weapon,” Kemp said. “It can
be a false sense of security if it
does not work.”
When a person uses Mace dur
ing a struggle, for example, the
spray can hit the victim also and
cause a reaction, making the vic
tim less capable of fighting the as
sailant, Kemp said.
Pepper spray usually works better
than Mace for defense, Kretzschmar
said. Mace is an irritant, and may
See Safety/Page 2
Breaking away
Nick Rodnicki/THE Battalion
Members of the Texas A&M Cycling Team embark on a training ride Tuesday afternoon.
Cyclists meet in front of the Academic Building at 3:30 p.m. before riding.
Freshman Run-off Election Results
McKinney (75 percent) Social Secretary - Laura (53 percent)
Vice President - Chad Beth Vogt (57 percent) [Numbers in parentheses are
Jones (68 percent) Treasurer - Will Jenkins percentage of vote won.]
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The Gulf Crisis
U.S. officials skeptical about Iraq's
withdrawal from Kuwaiti border
KUWAIT (AP) — The United States and its
allies aren’t ready to declare the showdown with
Saddam Hussein over as Iraqi troops withdrew
from positions near the Kuwaiti border.
Washington is pursuing a huge military
buildup, assembling its biggest force since the
1991 Gulf War, all the while
keeping a skeptical eye on
Iraqi troop movements.
The Pentagon said some
Iraqi, forces had shifted away
from their combat positions
Tuesday, five days after the
crisis began. “There’s fairly
broad movement” among the
80,000 Iraqis assembled at the
Kuwaiti border, said Gen.
John Shalikashvili.
But “considerable (Iraqi)
units” remain in the area, he
Christopher
said. “I’m not at all prepared to say the crisis is
over in any way.”
Secretary of State Warren Christopher was
meeting with the foreign ministers of Britain,
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Oman today to discuss
the Iraqi moves.
“We have to make sure that the threat Sad
dam Hussein has mounted is removed, and then
we have to see how it can be prevented in the fu
ture,” Douglas Hurd, the British foreign minis
ter, said as he arrived for the meeting today.
“The first thing is to make sure that threat is
averted,” he added.
Baghdad claimed only two brigades, about
8,000 men, remained near the border. The offi
cial Iraqi News Agency, monitored in Cyprus,
quoted Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-
Sahhaf as saying the pullback was largely com
pleted Tuesday, and that the remaining troops
will withdraw soon.
Journalists on the road to Basra said troops
and military equipment were moving in both
directions Tuesday, with heavy artillery head
ing south.
Baghdad had claimed the buildup was a rou
tine rotation and training exercise. But the mo
bilization was alarmingly similar to the one that
See Movements/Page 2
Pacific Rim is emerging
economy, officials say
By Amy Lee
The Battalion
Asian countries are emerg
ing as economic leaders in the
world trade market, MSC Wi
ley Lecture Series guest lectur
ers said Tuesday.
The Wiley Lecture Series com
mittee sponsored the symposium,
“Goldmine or a Minefield: U.S.
business opportunities in Asia
and the Far East.”
Dr. Julian Gaspar, director of
Texas A&M’s Center for Interna
tional Business Studies and mod
erator of the discussion, said that
the United States needs to know
more about Asia.
Gaspar said that in the year
2000, the combined gross nation
al products (GNPs) of Asian coun
tries will be $13 billion and the
growth of Asia in 2000 will be 7.6
percent, almost twice as large as
the a developed nation’s.
He said Asia will control the
largest world-wide economy.
“The twenty-first century will
be the year of the Pacific Rim,”
Gaspar said.
Brett Lippencott, Asian affairs
anailyst for the Heritage Founda
tion, said that China is going to
be the world’s biggest superpower
in the year 2020.
“They will overtake the U.S.
not in exports that will take
longer, but their GNP will be
higher,” he said.
Lippencott said if 90-year-old
Deng Xiaopeng, China’s leader,
dies, economic reform will contin
ue because of concern from the
Chinese people.
“For the past three years
their economic reform, corrup
tion and internationalism has
topped the list of concern for
the people,” he said.
Lippencott said that China’s
growth will impact Hong Kong.
“Before China swallows Hong
Kong, it will have to chew it up,”
Lippencott said. “China realizes
they need to keep Hong Kong as a
financial center. They will keep it
on a leash, and a short one.”
See Asia/Page 3