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rvember 17,15 istan late aylor regents consider candidates for diversity president. Op Sports ik blamed bureau- itions for the delay ud prevents devel-. n-controlled Gaza will be a failure to e) process in the ill be violent, destine will be fghanistan,” he 1 area, including he Arabs, every- ,d.” President Hafez ants to conclude a ” but that Assad id work for peace. 1 be concluded be- said, “before the 3 in Israel and the FRANK STANFORD: It's such a shame when so many lives can hinge on a foreign president's party affiliation. It's just politics Page 13 The Texas A&M football team prepares for this weekend's game against the TCU FHorned Frogs. Page 9 FRIDAY November 18, 1994 Vol. 101, No. 60 (14 pages) “Serving Texas A&M since 1893" NEWS RIEFS rmstrong pleads >t guilty to assault ubarak said the iTexas A&M linebacker Antonio oc“u me lh s t ron g pleaded not guilty m victims oi eco-B erc j a y t 0 an assau |t charge. rmstrong is charged with the 10 early morning assault of A&M ior Jason Wirt outside J.D. Wells sanctions should q implements mands that grew Kuwait in hood ce returning to ly calling for uni- ation. ristide’s priestly gained him sup- his backers said t be troubled by arvey Road. rmtrong’s defense attorney iven Steele said Armstrong is not jilty of the charge. 1‘Antonio’s position is that he was g to break up a fight between Mr. |l and his (Armstrong’s) brother,” ele said. “He was interceding to ak up a fight or the beginning of a fit and doesn’t feel he is guilty of charge.” Associate Judge C. Randall Michel d Armstrong’s trial would not be (Bid until after A&M’s semester ak, probably in February or March, Jensure that witnesses, who are dents, can be present at the trial. The assault charge against strong is a Class C misdemeanor, nishable by up to $500. No jail ie is included. Who’s who in Gingrich brain trust ng early Monday, e. sported 114 dead >ut 20 miles west Radio Metropole jad in the south- icmel and 40 in T-au-Prince. Ra- 4 reported 400 a statesman. The dimension of the it the religious, it d,” said Gerard , a leader of the avalas political ristide. , the death toll . Storm Gordon !WASHINGTON ( A P) ~ Dick Haiti with heaw fc y A/ J ° hn Kas,ch ’ J° m ? eLay h a ^ fob Walker may not be household Imes — but just wait. I They are the brain trust for Newt I K igrich, a cadre of House makers who stand at the speaker- )e’s right hand as the Republicans pare to take control. These four men — combative, iservative, middle-aged, white — at the core of the tough-talking, d-ball strategy that helped put the IP in the driver’s seat. Armey will be the House majority ider. Walker and DeLay, currently s. competing for the majority whip position, also are sure to get top leadership positions. Together, Gingrich’s lieutenants are firing out a strategy for the transition lo power — from deciding which staff members will get the ax to itting the legislative agenda. Trucker confesses to loth er’s slaying RICHARDSON (AP) — A ichardson truck driver indicted in the urder of a Greenville man has nfessed to killing his mother for her 1991 Chevrolet Corsica and $50 ish, authorities said. Terry Lynn Brown, 29, remained iled Thursday at the Richardson etention Center charged with capital urder in the slaying of Sandra zonne Brown. Brown, who faces numerous other barges, also is a suspect in at least le other murder in East Texas, said ichardson police Capt. David Golden. There are some unique imilarities, and because of that we lieve there may be a pattern there,” blden said. "The mere fact that he is a truck river and has access to travel round the country is a cause for ncern among police investigators cause he could be in one state and mmit a crime, then be in another |tate three days later and commit nother crime.” Aan charged for steal- ng condom machine WATERFORD, Mich. (AP) — A tian was charged with stealing a ondom machine from the men’s estroom at a bar. "All we can figure is, he was nticipating a big weekend,” said Hficer John Grimm, a police pokesman. Keith Bradford, 34, was arraigned n larceny charges Wednesday after ilegedly dislodging the machine from |9wall at the Irish Tavern. Bradford had three beers early uesday before heading into the >athroom, bartender Jodi Malone aid. She told police she looked out a window a while later and saw Bradford walking down the street, arrying the machine. ‘There were dozens of witnesses. And he went straight lome,” Grimm said. iff •9 ht m" 3 ’t" gpgpi§ Classified 10 Extra Mail Call 12 Opinion 13 Toons 8 Weather 8 What's Up 9 Women cadets celebrate 20th year in Corps By Lisa Messer The Battalion Twenty years ago 51 women eager to join A&M’s ROTC program entered the Corps of Cadets, ending it’s 98-year all-male tradition. Those women belonged to W-l, the all-fe male unit created under The Minerva Plan, the 1973 outline designed to integrate women into the Corps. Under the plan, W-l was to be added to Corps Staff during 1974, and after five years, the unit was to officially join the Corps. The plan, however, progressed faster than schedule, and W-l became a company of the Third Battalion after one semester. The Minerva Plan didn’t provide for Corps housing or uniforms so the women lived in civilian residence halls or off cam pus and were identified only by nametags. They were required to sign in twice a day and meet in the afternoons for drill. The upperclassmen of W-l were all male because the 51 women who joined the Corps entered as freshmen, despite their Universi ty classifications. Don Roper, the first commanding officer of W-l, said he volunteered to be C.O. the same night the First Sergeant told cadets that women were going to be admitted into the Corps. “W-l was just a vision and a written plan,” Roper said. “It was a part of the his torical transformation of A&M and the Corps of Cadets. It had been a male institu tion, and a lot of animosity was there. We knew we had our hands full.” Ruth Ann Schumacher Burns, the first female commander of W-l, said the women faced “a hostile world” when they entered the Corps in 1974. “We received negative feelings from the ’ cadets, female students and even profes sors,” Bums said. “It was very difficult, es pecially as commander of W-l. I had a Bat talion commander who never spoke to me the whole year.” According University archives, male cadets refused to ‘whip out’ to the women and asked the women what outfit they were in (the re sponse to which is a company yell) so many times that it often took ten minutes of yells for the women to cross the Quadrangle. Women’s spirit signs were bombed, pig ma nure was dumped in their rooms and a live piglet was placed in occupied female showers. When W-l passed in review at the Corps’ traditional Final Review, male cadets turned their backs on the unit. Twenty-five women finished that first year in the Corps. The next year women were fitted for uni forms, and female residences were available on the Quad by fall 1976. Senior women ordered their first knee high cavalry boots in 1979. Women joined Corps’ special units, such as the Aggie Band, for the first time in 1985, after a five-year sex-discrimination battle between cadet Melanie Zentgraf and the See Women/Page 12 Highest By Lisa Messer The Battalion When Amanda Schubert the Corps of Cadets in fall not think that she would be tory, but she did Scott spent foi _ ^ at A&M, becoming the first woman selected for Corps staff, the first fern; member of the Ross Volunteers and 1 highest ranked woman in the Corps ever. “When 1 joined as a freshman, I interested in a military career,” Scol “I saw the Corps as an extracurricular a tivity. It wasn’t very popular to join as female, but I thought, if I was a guy I join for sure.” Scott came from an Aggie JL%^JILXaXA^^ a father who served in the Fight- Band. ' said. “They were always me. My dad was known as the movie camera attached They were supportive of every- involved in or set my mind to. very important to making it.” jmale cadets often faced neg- by people in and out of the the guys would hang out , Scott said, “and call out That was supposed to insulting, but we got a kick out of it. No, every See Cadet/Page 11 Battalion File Photo UT student body president shows his true colors A&M/UT bet begins new tradition for rivals By Melissa Jacobs The Battalion The man in the Texas A&M sweat shirt at the Dixie Chicken Thursday night wasn’t just another proud Aggie, he was the University of Texas Students’ Association president. John Black fulfilled his end of the bet he proposed to Brooke Leslie, A&M student body president, before the Nov. 5 football game between the Aggies and the Long horns. The bet stated “the student body presi dent must pose in higher ‘loser’s regalia’ for a photo opportunity by both school’s newspa- Leslie said wearing maroon and white doesn’t make Black an Aggie. “John Black can only hope and wish and dream about being an Aggie,” she said. Black said he thought the Longhorns would play up for the occasion, which is why he made the bet. “I guess this is the price you pay when you put your pride on the line,” he said. “It’s always a little embarrassing when your school is put in this situation.” Leslie said the appearance of Black in Ag gie clothes promotes school spirit. “This will be great for Texas A&M spirit considering we beat the hell outta t.u. 34- "John Black can only hope and wish and dream about being an Aggie." — Brooke Leslie, AdrM student body president Tim Moog/THE Battalion University of Texas Students’ Association President John Black proudly dis plays his Gig ‘Em while wearing an A&M sweat shirt as part of a bet he made with Texas A&M Student Body President Brooke Leslie. pers. The losing student body president will display the opponents’ ‘hand sign’ during the said photo opportunity.” Leslie said the decision to have Black wear maroon and white at the Dixie Chicken was a group decision. “The Dixie Chicken is such an Aggie tra dition and we decided it would be a good place for John to wear his Aggie sweat shirt,” she said. When Black arrived, Leslie announced to everyone at The Dixie Chicken that Black was there because A&M beat t.u. 34-10. “I’m going to be sure that all the Aggies know,” she said. “The announcement is to let everyone know who he is.” After putting on maroon and white. Black held up the Gig ‘Em hand sign and posed for a photograph. Black said he felt really different wearing maroon and white. 10,” she said. Black said he hopes the bet adds to the rivalry, camaraderie and school spirit of both schools. “I think it has,” he said. “I think it in creases spirit and it promotes rivalry.” Black said there is a lot of history be tween the two schools. “I think this is pretty positive,” he said. Black will wear the A&M sweat shirt all day tomorrow, including when he is on UT’s campus. “I have an Athletic Council Meeting in the morning and I don’t think it’s going to go over to well,” he said. “They are going to wonder what the hell I am doing.” Black said he will probably propose more bets to Leslie, but he will be a lot more careful. “Hopefully we will have more of an ad vantage in any future bets,” he said. But, Black said, you have to take risks. Changes to Wellborn, railroad may create high-speed roadway By Stephanie Dube want to enable people to have a high- way, he said. Wellborn and the railroad below strt By Stephanie Dube The Battalion The Texas Department of Transporta tion will spend the next year studying the possibilities of making Wellborn Road into a high-speed roadway and moving the railroad to a more efficient location. Bob Appleton, advance planning engi neer for the Bryan district of the Texas Department of Transportation, said the department’s Austin headquarters is re viewing a possible consultant to conduct the study. The consultant engineering firm Rust Lichliter/Jameson could finish the study within the next year, Appleton said. “We are looking for a way to get better access to the west side of town for people traveling north or south,” he said. “We want to enable people to have a high speed access to the west part of town. Denise Fischer, public information offi cer for the Texas Department of Trans portation, said that because so much studying has to be done on the possibili ties, it could be several years before any construction would actually begin. “The cost of the project will depend on the consultant’s recommendation,” Fischer said. “After it comes back with a recom mendation, the Department will put a price on it and then decide on the funding.” Appleton said the consulting firm will review possible options for providing this access and then make a recommendation based on its study. One possibility would be ,to make Wellborn Road into the high-speed road way, he said. Since A&M attracts a lot of people for its special events, Wellborn Road could be a means of providing that type of access,” Appleton said. However, if Wellborn is not a feasible option, the firm could also consider mak ing a connection from state Highway 6 to 2818, he said. If the firm decides to use Wellborn, substantial modifications will have to be made to the already heavily congested roadway, Appleton said. “Widening will have to be done to Well born at some point regardless,” Appleton said. “The problem is that there is not room to widen it because of the campus and the railroad.” The firm could also consider lowering Wellborn and the railroad below street level and leaving the pedestrian paths at street level, Fischer said. If Wellborn is widened, pedestrian ac cess would be even more difficult than it is now, Appleton said. “Right now, all the options are equal,” he said. Another possibility would be to move the railroad that runs parallel to Well born farther west, Appleton said. Moving the railroad would make more land avail able for widening Wellborn, he said. “The problem is that the railroads are private and to get it moved we must show how moving will benefit them or we will have to pay to have the railroad moved,” See Roadway/Page 12