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• '.VL-i' V v Page 7 • The Battalion state &c local Wednesday • April 26, 1995 Council: Bryan city leaders praise outgoing mayor Continued from Page 1 of the best neighborhoods in Bryan and continue the rapid pace at which we have been spending electricity account and oil and gas money that we may never fully recover, all to the benefit of Blinn College,” Meer said. Blinn College and City of Bryan officials began the Blinn Project in spring 1992. The plan calls for a new Blinn campus to be built on 75 acres near the intersection of Villa Maria and East 29th Street in Bryan. The campus would consolidate the three Blinn campuses already open in the Bryan-College Station area. In April CURB, a group of about 90 Bryan residents, filed a lawsuit seeking to stop con struction of the campus. The suit alleges that the city kept plans secret and that the bonds used to finance the project were forbidden by the Texas Consti tution. CURB also argued that the campus would cause unneces sary harm to local subdivisions by increasing traffic and de creasing property values. Tate, serving at his last meeting as mayor, declined to answer Meer’s remarks. “I will be at the next meet ing, and I will have something to say,” Tate said. After Meer finished his statement, City Council mem bers overwhelmingly voiced their support for Tate, citing his former performance as mayor as proof of his character. Councilman Dan Galvin praised Tate and apologized for Meer’s remarks. “I admire how you have sat there and taken this in a gen- tleman-like fashion,” Galvin said. “I apologize for your hav ing to hear these unsubstanti ated rumors.” Mayor pro tern Lonnie Sta bler said Tate has always fol lowed the letter of the law while serving as mayor. “You have gone well beyond what the law calls for in these matters,” Stabler said. Councilman Pies Turner said he did not believe Tate was guilty of any wrongdoing. “If you made a mistake I for give you,” Turner said. Leadership: Campus groups seek stronger cohesion Continued from Page 1 Voelkel said. “I feel it’s vital for the Corps to get out and become involved in organizations to edu cate everyone (in the communi ty) on what we do.” Conway said past cadet par ticipation has been low because of a lack of communication be tween the two groups. “That is definitely improving this year,” he said. 1994-95 Corps Cmdr. Matt Segrest said cadets have not been as involved in the past be cause they did not know about the MSC’s activities. “I would like to see more in volvement from the Corps,” Seg rest said. “I know the MSC Council can’t cater to just one or ganization, but they could do something like put applications in the Guard Room." Voelkel said past involve ment outside the Corps had not been a priority. • “I don’t think it’s been stressed enough for cadets to get involved in anything other than the Corps,” Voelkel said. “Ju niors, seniors and fifth-year cadets get more involved be cause we have learned to budget our time better.” Neerman and Voelkel have brainstormed for ways to im prove relations, and will concen trate on heavier recruitment of upperclassmen. “In the fall we will have the Council members speak to the cadets,” Neerman said. “We’ll break them into classes and con centrate on the juniors and se niors, because they generally have more spare time.” Neerman said the Council is also interested in seeking cadet input in areas such as selecting future guest speakers to visit the University and other events at A&M. “The MSC committees focus on a lot of international, foreign relations and political issues that would interest many cadets who plan on pursuing military careers,” he said. Voelkel said he is trying to find a way to allow cadets to side-step study hours in order to attend some MSC events. “Currently the Corps has mandatory study hours that pre vent the cadets from going to some of these events,” he said. Neerman said he wants entire Corps units to be more involved with the MSC. “We want to get whole outfits to come to some of the events,” he said. Neerman said the Corps has already become more involved with MSC activities by attend ing the Council’s meetings. “In every Council meeting there are places set aside for the RHA president, student body president and Corps comman der,” Neerman said. “In the past few years the Corps comman der’s seat has been empty. “At the last meeting, Tyson couldn’t come so he sent a repre sentative in his place. This is the first time there has been a repre sentative from the Corps since I’ve been involved in the MSC.” Voelkel said he plans to ei ther personally attend, or have a designated representative, at tend all future Council meeting. Neerman said he is excited about Voelkel’s being selected by Texas A&M’s leadership to be come the new Corps commander. “He’s going to get along great with the Council,” he said. “He’s met all the members, and every one is very enthusiastic about working with him and the Corps.” Plans call for future meetings between the two leaders. HOT. Burn, baby, burn —disco inferno. MAC. Not the burger, pal—the killer computer. DEALS. Cheap. Not as cheap as a taco, but hey. RIGHT NOW AT YOUR CAMPUS RESELLER. Being a student is hard. So we’ve made buying a Macintosh 8 easy. So easy, in fact, that the prices on Macintosh personal computers are now even lower than their already low student prices. Letters prove lawmakers opposed raids on militias □ Politicians tell Janet Reno that action is 'a precursor to martial law/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department was the tar get of an “orchestrated complaint” by several members of Congress cautioning Attorney General Janet Reno against what they suggested was an impending raid against militia groups. Justice spokesman John Rus sell said Tuesday that a handful of members of Congress had written Reno regarding a possi ble government raid “as a pre cursor to martial law.” Russell called the allegation of a law enforcement action against citizen militias “nonsense.” It had previously been known that Rep. Steve Stockman, a Re publican from Texas, had writ ten Reno a letter on March 22nd. Tuesday, Russell said sev eral other members of Congress from Western states wrote simi lar letters. Russell said he couldn’t pro vide their names but added that “it was obvious it was an orches trated complaint.” In his letter, Stockman said a “number of reliable sources” had warned him of a raid that would take place at 4 a.m. on March 25th or 26th. “A paramilitary-style attack against Americans who pose no risk to others, even if violations of criminal law might be imput ed to them, would run the risk of an irreparable breach between the federal government and the public, especially if it turned out to be an ill-considered, poorly planned, but bloody fiasco like Waco,” the Houston-area law maker wrote. The cult debacle in Waco, oc curring exactly two years be fore the Oklahoma City bomb ing, quickly became a rallying cry for right-wing, extremist groups angered by the govern ment’s assault on the Branch Davidian compound. A spokeswoman for Joint Task Force Six, alleged in Stock man’s letter to have coordinated the raid, also categorically de nied any planned action against militia groups. The Defense De partment task force, based at Fort Bliss in El Paso, combats drug trafficking along the Southwest border. Stockman’s letter was circu lated widely on the Internet in recent weeks but came to media attention only after last week’s bombing in Oklahoma City. The Texan, who is one of the loudest gun-rights voices in Con gress, has come under fire for the letter. Oliver “Buck” Revell, a for mer FBI deputy director for op erations who retired last August as agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas office, is harshly critical of the lawmaker’s action. “He’s lent himself to these paranoid goings-on among these (anti-government) groups instead of as a responsible pub lic servant. Stockman defended the letter earlier this week. Doe: National dragnet for bombing suspect continues Under investigation Continued from Page 1 of vaguely resembling the first sketch of “No. 2.” Often, their releases were based on the lack of an eight- inch tattoo of a snake or serpent that law enforcement officials have said was spotted on the suspect’s upper left arm. So investigators began to re trace their steps Tuesday in the dragnet for the man believed to have been with McVeigh in Kansas when he rented the Ry der van. An FBI agent and Army criminal investigation division officer reinterviewed Lea Mc- Gown, manager of the Dream land motel in Junction City, where McVeigh stayed alone April 14-18. Timothy McVeigh McVeigh, 27, is tied to anti-government paramilitary groups. Won 1 Army honors in the Persian Gulf War. Has been a bodyguard for Mark Koernke, a militant talk-radio host; was enraged by the government’s 1993 attack on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. •N. 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