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EDITORIAL: Politicians and the media should not use
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Sports
Sophomore Larry Walker Jr. impressing
A&M with 41 tackles this season.
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ONES DAY
October 26, 1994
Vol. 101, No. 43 (8 pages)
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for Haiti’s Aristide
I PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) —
The difficulties assembling a new
government were illustrated Tuesday
by the cumbersome process required
to name the next Haitian prime
minister, wealthy businessman
imarck Michel.
The president of Haiti’s lower
house announced Tuesday that
resident Jean-Bertrand Aristide had
signaled Michel as Haiti’s premier-
i-waiting.
Frantz Robert Monde showed the
t Chamber of Deputies a letter from the
1 newly returned president and said
' [Aristide was expected to convene the
if body within 48 hours to ratify Michel.
| But the Constitution requires that
l|Aristide consult with the heads of both
houses before officially announcing
' [his choice as prime minister. Monde
I laid he met with Aristide on Monday,
I but Senate President Firmin Jean-
Houis has been nowhere to be found.
I Worker compensation
[costs continue to rise
WASHINGTON (AP) —
ompensation received by American
/orkers continued rising at a record
tow pace in the three months ended in
leptember, the government said today.
The Labor Department said worker
ompensation increased at an annual
rate of 3.2 percent in the third quarter
of the year, the same as in the 12-
month periods ending March 30 and
June 30. Those increases were the
smallest on record. Economists said
after the last report that inflationary
pressures from the employment
lector appeared in check.
I The government created the index
in 1982. it measures changes in
wages, salaries and costs to the
employer for worker benefits such as
|iealth insurance, vacations and sick
leave. Analysts consider it one of the
best gauges of wage inflation.
The Labor Department said
ages and salaries, which constitute
72 percent of total worker
compensation, edged up 2.9
ercent, even less that the modest 3
percent reported three months ago.
Benefit costs were up 3.8 percent,
the same as the previous figure.
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By Michele Brinkmann
The Battalion
Republican supporters
rallied at a Grand Old Party
to the tune of the Texas Ag
gie War Hymn in the Texas
Hall of Fame Tuesday night.
George W. Bush, Republi
can candidate for governor,
and Jack Fields, U. S. Con
gressman for the 8th Dis
trict of Texas, and the Re
publican team of candidates
led 1,000 supporters in a
grass-roots style rally.
Fields said the Hall of
Fame was a great place to
have the rally because it
represented a simple, down
to earth campaign.
“This (the Hall) shows the
grass roots of the Republi
can Party,” Fields said.
“Brazos County is one of the
largest Republican areas in
the state,” he said. “It has
very conservative people
who want less taxes and a
defense that is no less than
the best.”
Fields, the master of cer
emonies for the rally, told
the crowd to “get energized
for the biggest victory our
country has ever seen.”
Fields predicted that the
Republicans will rule the U.S.
Senate and, for the first time
in 40 years, will rule the U.S.
House of Representatives.
He said with Republicans
ruling the Senate and House,
President Bill Clinton will
have a balanced budget and
no new taxes to sign.
Bush told an energized
crowd he was glad to be in
George Bush country.
“I now know why George
Bush put his presidential li
brary here,” Bush said.
“There is no place like Bryan-
College Station and Texas
A&M for an energy boost.”
“I have worked hard to
show Texas there is another
George Bush in this state.”
Bush thanked the A&M
College Republicans for
their support.
“You have figured out
the future of Texas before a
lot of other Texans have,”
Bush said.
Bush said he has the ex
perience in business and the
“real world” that his oppo
nent lacks.
“I have 18 years experi
ence in the business world,”
he said. “My opponent has
18 years in the public sector.”
Bush said he is a sup
porter of small business
and of taking chances to be
successful.
“You have to be willing to
risk capital so anyone who
wants a job can have one,”
he said. “I will stand up for
what is right for the people
of Texas.”
Bush said he is a support
See GOP/Page 4
Blake Griggs/THE Battalion
Republican gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush made his last B-CS appearance
before the election at a College Republican rally at the Texas Hall of Fame last night.
Oil spill clean up ex
pected to take longer
HOUSTON (AP) — Cooler
weather Tuesday hampered oil-spill
cleanup efforts in the San Jacinto
'River, and the Coast Guard said it
would probably take most of the week
to finish the job.
Sunshine had helped oil evaporate
into the atmosphere, but that process
slowed under cloudy skies Tuesday.
Some hard-to-reach shorelines also
were taking longer to clean, Coast
Guard Capt. Richard Ford said.
Ford previously had expected the
cleanup to be done Wednesday, but
he amended that prediction to Friday
or Saturday.
About 600.000 gallons of petroleum
products spilled last week after four
pipelines in the rain-swollen river
ruptured, causing a massive inferno.
The fires had dwindled to a controlled
burn that continued Tuesday.
Colonial Pipeline Co. said it lost
400,0 0 0 gallons of gasoline and
diesel fuel, most of which either had
evaporated or burned off in the fires.
Madonna’s brother
turns self in to police
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) —
Madonna’s brother Martin Ciccone is
back in jail, apparently at his
own request.
Ciccone, 37, of Rochester Hills
was jailed on charges including
drunken driving after a July 9
accident. A Detroit merchant posted
his $2,500 bail Oct. 13, but he
returned to the Oakland County Jail
the next day and asked to be locked
up, The Oakland Press reported
Tuesday. He is being held on
$5,000 bail.
Why Ciccone wants to stay behind
bars is a mystery. He's allowed to call
out on Wednesdays only, and he
hasn’t returned any messages.
His next court appearance on the
drunken driving charges is set for
Nov. 10.
Nick Rodnicki/THE Battalion
Up, up and away
Glen Meloy, a sophomore computer engineering major,
takes advantage of the breeze from yesterday’s cold front
to fly his kite on Simpson Drill Field in front of the Memorial
Student Center.
Negative political
ads tarnishing
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Richard
Bryan, a Democrat in no apparent re-election
trouble in Nevada, airs a commercial tagging
his rival as a “special interest lobbyist in
Washington D.C.”
Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey, in a relatively
easy race for re-election, shows an advertise
ment accusing his Nebraska challenger of sit
ting on a corporate board that “moved Ameri
can jobs to Mexico.”
And Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who seems com
fortably ahead in his Maryland re-election
campaign, has an ad saying his Republican
opponent, as a lawmaker from Tennessee,
“voted against the start of Medicare, the Vot
ing Rights Act and the minimum wage.”
Even some Democratic senators in relative
ly good shape are attacking their rivals in
television commercials this fall.
“This is a year when voters are quick to
believe the worst about politicians,” says
Geoff Garin, advising Bryan’s re-election ef
fort. “Incumbents and even the best-off in
cumbents can’t afford to play these cam
paigns on defense.”
Polls say Bryan holds a lead of 20 percent
age points or more over Hal Furman. He had
been airing commercials that depicted him as
an independent-minded senator working to
fight crime and cut government waste.
After Furman began attacking him, Bryan
See Ads/Page 4
New century, millennium
create pessimistic beliefs
about society as a whole,
says A&M professor
By Lisa Messer
The Battalion
People are experiencing gen
eral feelings of pessimism and
cynicism in politics, religion
and economics as the end of the
century and the millennium
draw near.
Stjepan Mestrovic, a profes
sor of sociology at Texas A&M,
said pessimism is often seen at
the end of a century, or “fin de
siecle” as the French first called
it in the 1880s.
“The term literally means
‘end of century,’” Mestrovic said,
“but it also has connotations for
‘end of millennium’ and ‘end of
era.’ There’s also an apocalyptic
connotation for ‘end of world.’”
Mestrovic said evidence of
pessimism can be seen through
Americans’ disenchantment
with politics.
“Clinton succeeded in Haiti,”
Mestrovic said, “hut people still
don’t like Clinton. They dis
trust him.
“The polls show Americans are
in lousy moods. No matter who is
in power in politics, I think the
American people would vote
against them right now.”
William McIntosh, a professor
of sociology, said most people are
looking for a large scale change.
“A particular party or ideolo
gy on the scene plays itself out
after about 30 years,” McIntosh
said. “That’s probably because
all individuals make promises
they can’t keep. It is fairly evi
dent people are pessimistic
about politics. I think we’re
probably headed for a period of
change to conservatism.”
Mestrovic said people’s pes
simism is evident in a worldwide
apocalyptic fear.
“Cults all over the country
are preaching the end of the
world is at hand,” Mestrovic
said. “The mass deaths in
Switzerland of Luc Jouret’s Or
der of the Solar Temple and
David Koresh’s following in
Waco are examples.”
Mestrovic said organized reli
gions are a part of this apocalyp
tic fear.
“People say they have seen
apparitions of the Virgin Mary
in Medjugorje, Bosnia saying
that if the world doesn’t repent
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Brooke Leslie
will be wear
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Longhorns
sweat shirt,”
he said.
The bill
states “the stu
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football face off
The University
of Texas students’
association presi
dent has upped
the stakes for the
Nov. 5 football
game between UT
and A&M.
John Black,
UTs students’ as
sociation presi
dent, and other members of the students’ associ
ation passed a hill requiring the losing school’s
president to wear the winning school’s colors for
one full day.
Brooke Leslie, A&M’s student body president,
said she accepted the bet.
“I’m not worried about it,” she said. “I’m sure
A&M will pull through, but it does give you
something to think about.”
Black said he takes credit for the idea.
“Brooke and I have had the opportunity to
work together on a business and a personal lev
el,” he said. “Brooke and I have become good
friends and whenever she comes to Austin I give
her a hard time about the match-up.”
Leslie said this year the student body presi
dents have bridged the gap between the
two schools.
“I’ve gotten to know the student body presi
dent and members of the student government
really well,” she said. “We’ve built up a friend
ship and I guess they thought this would be
fun to do.”
She said she will get a 12th Man jersey for
Black to wear.
Black said the sweat shirt he will get for Leslie
to wear is going to be the brightest orange he can
find, and it will simply read Texas Longhorns.’
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pose in his/her
loser’s regalia’ for a photo opportunity by both
schools’ newspapers. The losing student body
president will display the opponents hand sign’
(Homs) during said photo opportunity.”
Black said the photo opportunity will be de
termined by The Battalion and The Daily Texan.
“If you want. I’ll drive up to College Station
and the Aggies can embarrass me in any way
they want to because I’m sure Brooke will he
wearing orange,” he said. T’m really looking
forward to Brooke putting up her horns. I
think it’s something she’s been wanting to do
for a long time.”
Black said the bet fosters goodwill and pro
motes interaction between the student
governments.
The bill states “The University of Texas Stu
dents’ Association wishes to promote campus-
wide joy by heating the hell outta’ those brain
washed, NCAA violatin', no good mascot havin’,
crew-cut wearin’, all dressed up in white and
yellin’, “WHOOP” screamin’, alcohol voucher
fakin’, silly tradition havin’. Cotton Bowl
chokin’, bonfire buildin’ military neophytes in
College Station.”
See Bet/Page 4