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JOSEF ELCHANAN: We blast ourselves for being so entertainment-
oriented ... Without our poetry, our movies, our literature, our
music, would we, as a people, be worth anything?
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Sports
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TUESDAY
October 18, 1994
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Isident Jean-Bertrand Aristide
iched anew for reconciliation from
Jnd his bulletproof shield Monday,
|rs after a mob torched the family
e of Haiti’s new army commander,
ifteen buildings were set afire and
man killed in the coastal town of
aives after a false rumor spread
day night that Maj. Gen. Jean-
ude Duperval had led a coup
mpt against Aristide.
After three years of army rule,
tide faces a major challenge in
jading his nation to put aside the
ire for vengeance.
Concern for Aristide’s security has
fically made him a prisoner of the
onal Palace.
The mob attack in Gonaives, 100
Ies north of Port-au-Prince,
curred after Aristide summoned
Ifirval to the National Palace on
jiday to discuss how to dismantle
[military.
Midwife accused of
bducting child
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A district
jrney is investigating whether a
wife falsified birth records for
ulyna Botello, who’s accused of
aling another woman's baby from a
xican clinic.
Botello is awaiting extradition to
xicoon charges of snatching Laura
jo's baby on Sept. 1, 1992.
Lugo claims that Botello and her
Iter, Rosa, befriended her and lured
[to a Mexican clinic about 14 days
ifore her due date. Lugo says
ictors drugged her and performed a
esarean section, and then Rosa
jtellotook the baby.
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do, says Lugo had agreed to give
tile child to Rosa Botello — then
t her mind and concocted the
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lore maternity clothes in August
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HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A
ndemned killer won a stay Monday
jilt just three hours before he was
be executed for killing an Abilene
an nearly 15 years ago.
The U.S. Supreme Court
Wed the stay for Clifton Russell,
lio had said he was looking for
t iprcy and had changed from the
| Id teen-ager who grew up with
tally no supervision and wound
pon death row.
The 33-year-old Taylor County
fan was convicted of the Dec. 2,
79, robbery, abduction and slaying
Hubert Tobey, 41, in Abilene. His
brney, Stan Brown, had sought the
iy, saying jurors should have been
lowed to consider the fact that
isseil's youth was dreadful.
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Pples to zip codes, endangered
emocratic House members are
[uting the most parochial of issues
ithey seek to survive voter anger.
In the Philadelphia suburbs,
ep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
making sure everyone knows she
ilped get a zip code boundary in
ontgomery County changed to
lieve residents of certain sales
ixes and higher insurance
temiums.
Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has
iched his efforts to increase sales of
fit to China, Japan and Mexico in a
akima Valley district that produces
ill the nation’s apples.
For threatened Democrats across
ie country, close-to-home campaign
ernes have become one of the few
taws to cling to in a year when just
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By Kari Whitley
The Battalion
The life imprisonment sentencing of
Jimmy Ray Hardy for the slayings of
Reginald Broadus and Crystal Miller af
firmed the desire of their friends at Texas
A&M for justice to be served.
A Dallas County jury convicted Hardy,
a 16-year-old who was tried as an adult,
on two capital murder charges after delib
erating for 90 minutes.
Kevin Carreathers, director of multi
cultural services, said the life sentence
seemed fitting for the murders.
“The life sentence is very appropriate
for the crime,” Carreathers said.
Dr. Alvin Larke, Jr., associate profes
sor of agricultural education, said that
the sentence, for now, is appropriate,
but that eventually Jimmy Hardy will
be back out.
“He should suffer because he was con
scious of what he was doing,” Larke said.
Sheri Schmidt, coordinator of diversi
ty education, said four lives ended with
this incident.
She said she is still sad and angry
about the murders of Broadus and Miller,
who were both honor students.
“I have mixed feelings about the
death penalty and can not really say
how I feel about the decision that was
made,” Schmidt said. “Hardy acted as
an adult, but he was a product of his
own hopelessness.”
Broadus and Miller were found dead
near Red Bird Mall in Dallas on May 23,
1993. Broadus’ car and other valuables
had been stolen.
Broadus, a psychology major, was
awarded a posthumous degree in Au
gust. Miller, an accounting major, will
be honored with a posthumous degree in
May 1995.
U.S. District Judge Hal Gaither decid
ed that Hardy could stand trial as an
adult after hearing testimony and receiv
ing a petition that was circulated and
signed last July by over 1,200 A&M stu
dents, faculty and staff.
Patricia McGruder, a graduate student
in sociology, was among those who orga
nized the petition drive. She said the
killings could not be justified with any
type of sentencing.
“The signing of the petition showed
how much love and respect Reginald
and Crystal had to the jury,” McGruder
said. “The petition showed that they
were wronged.”
A memorial service was held in Sep
tember for the two students. Two benches
were dedicated in front of Rudder Foun
tain in the students’ names.
Hardy’s accomplice, his half-brother,
20-year-old Broderick Lavon Hardy,
awaits trial next month.
T orrential
Weather fouls phone I
service, closes roads I
rains drench B-CS
Blake Griggs/THE Battalion
One of the many victims of the heavy rain, this car didn’t make it through the high water on Highway 30 near
Highway 6.
By Stephanie Dube
The Battalion
Heavy rain and flooding caused damage in some
areas of Bryan-College Station Sunday night and
Monday morning.
Mary Jo Powell, associate director of University Rela
tions, said the damage and problems experienced oh
campus were minimal.
“The problems were not different than during any oth
er storm,” Powell said. “It was pretty routine.”
The storm-related problems on campus included leaks
in some buildings and power outages.
“A tree close to Thompson Hall fell,” Powell said. “But
the only fatality was the tree.”
Officer Paul Martinez, of the Brazos County Sheriff
Department, said he estimated that at least 60 cars were
stalled or abandoned as a result of the storm and at least
half were damaged by the water.
The damage and stalling occurred throughout B-CS
and was not confined to any certain area, Martinez said.
Many of the cars stalled because people attempted to go
around barricades or drive through high water, he said.
Many highways were closed because of the rain. Sun
day night, all the highways leading out of Bryan were
closed. Later Monday morning, Highway 21 and 30 were
opened, but Highway 50 remained closed.
“Highway 50 always closes,” Martinez said. “It’s usu
ally the first one to flood. Highway 6 rarely does close,
but it did Monday morning.”
Martinez said the amount of rain from the storm
was unusual.
“From Sunday night to 7 a.m. (Monday morning)
when I came into work, there was sixteen inches of rain,”
Martinez said. “It has been unusual, we haven’t had that
much rain in awhile.”
Bill Erwin, public affairs manager for GTE, said GTE
experienced service problems from the heavy rain.
The problems began between 8:30 and 9:30 Sunday
night and were almost completely resolved by 8:20 Mon
day morning, Erwin said. During this time, the areas af
fected could not receive or send calls, he said. Anyone
trying to call the areas would hear the phone ring, but
would not get an answer.
The areas affected were those with phone number pre
fixes of 260, 268, 845, 846, and 847. This includes the
area from Villa Maria to University Drive, and the entire
A&M campus.
These areas experienced problems because the ca
ble splices affecting the major telephone cables of
these areas got wet, he said. This occurred because
more water was getting into the cable vault than
could be pumped out and the cables could not be
dried out quickly, Erwin said.
GTE should not experience any more problems from
the storm because the pumps in the cable vaults have
been replaced with larger subpumps that can handle the
extra water, Erwin said. However, GTE worked to have
the majority of the problems fixed before working hours
began, he said.
“We have not had any rain like that in recent times,”
Erwin said. “We apologize profusely for the problems.
But we have never had that much water at one time. It
was a very rare occurrence.”
Tonya Mullins, assistant manager for Parkway Circle
apartments, said the complex experienced flooding from
the rain.
In some areas, the water reached the roofs of the cars
parked outside the apartments because the apartments
are located on a slope, Mullins said.
“A lot of the cars wouldn’t start,” she said. “There
were a lot of tow trucks Monday morning. The insides of
some of the cars were probably ruined.”
Mullins said the rain was not uncommon, however.
“It was not really unusual with that much rain,” she
said. “The last time we had a lot of rain was last year,
but that was a lot worse.”
Rain will continue throughout the day but will begin
to diminish by nightfall, according to a report from the
A&M chapter of the American Meteorological Society.
Israel, Jordan draft peace treaty
Accord resolves
disputes over water
rights, borders
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jor
dan and Israel initialed a draft
treaty Monday to end nearly a
half-century of hostility, intensi
fying pressure on Syria to move
toward ending one of the world’s
longest-running conflicts.
The accord, reached after an
all-night session that resolved
disputes over water rights and
borders, was expected to be
quickly ratified by the Jordan
ian and Israeli legislatures. The
Israeli Cabinet approved it
within hours after it was signed.
After Monday’s ceremony, Is
raeli President Ezer Weizman
said Syrian President Hafez As
sad “should look around and see
... He may be the last in line” to
make peace with Israel.
But in Damascus, where gov
ernment-run newspapers have
said daily that Israel was not to
be trusted, Syrian Foreign Min
ister Farouk al-Sharaa said:
‘^We hope the Israeli govern
ment will realize the fact that
without achieving peace with
Syria and Lebanon, there will
be no peace in the region ... This
is the reality.”
See Israel-Jordan/Page 8
Israel and Jordan sign draft for peace
Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin and
Jordan's King Hussein
signed a draft of a
formal peace accord
Monday. They hope to
sign the actual pact by
the end of the month.
YITZHAK
RABIN
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Once a Jewish
underground leader.
Has been involved
in Israeli politics
since the nation was
established in 1948.
Military commander
in ’67 war; prime
minister since 1992.
Some terms of the accord
Israel will return to Jordan Israel will lease certain
152 square miles of areas that include Israeli
desert and farmland it settlements or farms,
seized after the 1948
Middle East War.
KING
HUSSEIN
Ascended to
throne in 1953.
Opposed 79
Camp David peace
treaty between
Egypt and Israel.
Has since
supported
U.S. efforts toward
peace.
The nations will start new
projects on the Yarmouk
River to increase water
flow to Jordan.
AP/Terry Kole
Elephant Walk 1994
to use Old Army Style
By Amy Lee
The Battalion
An Old Army Style Elephant
Walk is in Texas A&M’s future,
following a recent meeting of sev
eral of the groups involved with
this year’s event.
The meeting was held to deal
with concerns that different de
partments had dealing with the
traditional senior event which, in
the past, has become a
large mess. This year,
junior and senior
class council
members
are hoping
Elephant
Walk will be
more of a dignified tra
dition as it was it “ole
army days.”
Representa
tives from orga
nizations such as
grounds maintenance, bus oper
ations, parking, transit and
traffic, Kyle Field, and the Uni
versity Police Department at
tended the meeting.
The overall feeling of the meet
ing was a positive one, Jennifer
Watkins, chair of the Traditions
Council, said.
“Things have been cleaner, and
it’s becoming a respected tradition
again,” she said. “The concerns (at
the meeting) were very small and
very positive. All the departments
at the meeting felt like this year it
wouldn’t be a problem.”
Decisions are still being made
concerning Elephant Walk.
“Part of what they’re deciding
with all this is the route,” Watkins
said. “The route is totally secret,
that keeps underclassmen involve
ment out.”
There may be a different route
since Elephant
Walk will be after
Bonfire. In the
past, Elephant
Walk has coincided
with Bonfire, the
game against the
University of Texas
and Thanksgiving.
At UT’s request,
however, the
Southwest
Conference
scheduled the
game with A&M for Nov. 3.
Whereas Bonfire will still coincide
with UT game, Elephant Walk
will still be held during the week
of Thanksgiving.
In the past, the seniors ended
up at Bonfire site at the end of
Elephant Walk, but this year.
Bonfire will have burned.
Some people still believe that
See Elephant Walk/Page 6
ELEPHANT WALK ‘94