20, 199; sncy his du sizing the r finance with the s, should is. -6 years," nk I can - changes continue the next gEWT GINGRICH'S TRUE COLORS slew Speaker of the House starts new year with thud. Opinion, Page 11 THE ! finished ton said, • Friday’ ) BEEF VS. CHICKEN Both beef and chicken are important parts of a healthy, balanced diet. Page 2 HOME SWEET HOME Aggies improve perfect home mark, look to take success on the road. Sports, Page 7 l. 101, No. 78 (12 pages) * “Serving Texas AdrM since 1893 ’’ tiisitil i Monday • January 23, 1995 SBSLC weekend conference ends in gunfire An unknown DOr is al, st ore and ib land, 1 people you can il’s ele- session, er mid- he bat- e black she be- ik pan- fui, so lals at eotape her. though British South es. ere set ds Act lout a mnman fired hots during the SBSLC party early Sunday morning. iy Kasie Byers he Battalion I Gunshots fired on campus ear- 1\ Sunday morning interrupted the Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference party. The shots were fired towards DeWare field house around 2 a.m. As of Sunday afternoon, no one had been taken into police custody. Bob Wiatt, director of the University Police Department, said that although it was appar ent from what direction the shots were fired, the atmosphere of the party made it impossible to determine who fired the shots. “The shots came from the di rection of Clark and Lamar Streets,” Wiatt said, “but the place was a madhouse with peo ple dancing in the streets. There was no way of knowing who was involved in the incident.” Bruce George, a Texas A&M student who witnessed the inci dent, said the shots caused a panic. “A friend and I were going to get something to eat when the shots occurred,” George said. “As soon as we heard the shots we saw people running across the grass toward Cain Hall. We didn’t wait around to see what "Two of the shots hit DeWare field house, one about ten feet high, the other about four feet high." — Bob Wiatt, director of the University Police Department happened after that.” After the crowd from the par ty dispersed, UPD found three rounds from a 9 mm pistol and evidence that two shots had hit the side of the field house. “Two of the rounds were spent and one live round was found,” Wiatt said. “Two of the shots hit DeWare field house, one about ten feet high, the other about four feet high.” University officials including Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president of student affairs and Kevin Carreathers, the advisor for the SBSLC, said they were unaware that such an incident had occurred. “I have yet to receive a report of the incident,” Southerland said. “I hope by Monday the full details of the matter will be made known to me.” University Police will release the police report today. group s learn /ith the iculties ch you ig little jerson j have ncerns while vill be sdays Searching for sunken treasures Amy Browning/THE Battalion Nine-year old Jodi Singer and her friend, ten-year old Emily Rockett, play in the MSC fountain Saturday afternoon. The girls were part of a Methodist Youth Fellowship group from Caldwell that was at A&M to watch the basketball game in G. Rollie White. Panel undergoes restructuring for changing needs □ The former Students Rights Appeals Panel has been expanded and renamed the Illegal Discrimination Appeals Panel. By Lynn Cook The Battalion Students who feel they have been discriminated against by Texas A&M faculty or staff can seek recourse from the new Illegal Dis crimination Appeals Panel. Dr. Ray Bowen, Texas A&M President, approved the revised pur pose and procedures for the new panel Jan. 4. Last May, then Inter im President Dr. E. Dean Gage appointed a task force to look into questions raised by students and faculty concerning the Students Rights Appeals Panel. Dr. Bill Kibler, assistant vice president for student affairs and chair of the task force, said the Illegal Discrimination Appeals Panel evolved from the old Students Rights Appeals Panel. The new pan el, however, has a clearer purpose and definition of the types of dis crimination it will hear cases about, he said. “We have redefined the description and purpose of the panel,” Ki bler said. “We hear cases and incidents of illegal discrimination. In reality, the Illegal Discrimination Appeals Panel is far better than the Students Rights Appeals Panel. The Students Rights Appeals Panel involved a lot of steps and affirmative action. It was too onerous.” Illegal discrimination, as defined in a letter and proposal sent to Bowen, is discrimination based on but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disabilities, the right to free speech and the right to freedom of the press. Dr. Ruth Schaffer, professor of sociology emeritus and former chair of the of Students Rights Appeals Panel, said the revising and restructuring were necessary. “We worked for many months on this and there were just See Panel, Page 5 Earthquake leaves Japanese with endless frustrations h are orce, f the best it the ilem- jr to and ises ient ;elf- her Quake survivors battle rain, fear of disease KOBE, Japan (AP) — Bone-chilling rain Sun day grounded relief flights, delayed search opera tions and bred fears of disease among survivors of Japan’s deadliest quake in more than 70 years. The death toll neared 5,000. Resentment and frustration appeared to grow among thousands of survivors. Many showed signs of deep psychological scars, while others struggled to get by without basic services. “We just need a bathroom,” Mun Wah Soon, a Korean, said as she puttered about the tent she and her husband share with about 20 others. There’ s no water. We can’t wash anything.” Five days after the 7.2-magnitude quake, police Put the death toll at 4,936, with 171 people still Hissing. Nearly 26,000 have been injured. Doug Copp of the San Francisco-based Ameri can Rescue Team said there was a “good possibili ty” more survivors could be found. A strong aftershock shook Kobe overnight. iTere were no reports of damage or injury. The aftershock measured 4 on the Japanese 7-point Scale. Tuesday’s quake measured 7 on that scale, which cannot be converted to the standard inter- aational scale. Underscoring the danger still facing this once- Hbrant port city, three people were trapped Sun- Jay when a quake-damaged building collapsed, locking the entrance to their home. Rescuers saved them. The search for 30 people missing in nearby Nishinomiya had to be called off for fear of mud slides caused by the rain. The rain also made conditions even more miser able for nearly 300,000 people left homeless by the