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this n howdown with the world, upgraded
form heir arsenal with tanks and other
)rison::.rmor seized from their U.N.
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strok tepped up pressure by sending thou-
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But it remained unclear whether
were J.S. Marines, crack British troops
end a French aircraft carrier are rid-
nglto the rescue of the confused U.N.
nission or to pull peacekeepers out
n de feat.
US he Bosnian army reported the
f^joerps making new moves to stymie
^dl an y outside rescue of the approxi
mately 370 trapped U.N. peacekeep
ers. It said Serbs unleashed heavy
artillery attacks on the main road
that Western troops would use to
reach Sarajevo.
The road connects the Bosnian
capital with Split, the Croatian port
city where British troops are headed.
The shelling was near Mostar, about
50 miles southwest of Sarajevo.
Britain said it would send up to
6,200 troops to Bosnia, with the first
expected to arrive Tuesday in Split.
The Ministry of Defense warned the
Serbs of “very severe consequences”
if any of the captives are harmed.
Britain already has 3,300 soldiers in
the U.N. mission in Bosnia.
About 2,000 U.S. Marines were be
ing sent to the Adriatic Sea, where
the aircraft carrier Theodore Roo
sevelt also was headed. National se
curity adviser Anthony Lake said the
Marines were sent “as a precaution
ary measure” and no decision had
been made to send them into Bosnia.
France has threatened to with
draw its 3,800 peacekeepers — the
largest contingent in Bosnia — un
less the U.N. mission is strength
ened. France also has sent an air
craft carrier to the Adriatic.
The German newspaper Die Welt
reported, without naming its sources,
that Britain, France, the United
States and Canada were preparing
commando-style raids to rescue de
tained peacekeepers.
U.N. officials said Serbs were
treating the peacekeepers reasonably
well and had released some Rus
sians, who traditionally have been
Serb allies.
But the Serbs showed no signs of
blinking in the fourth day of their
faceoff with the United Nations,
NATO and world leaders. By Monday
afternoon they had upgraded their
arsenal of more than 200 heavy
weapons around Sarajevo with 36
U.N. armored vehicles, including six
light tanks, said U.N. officials.
Move toward off-campus
Aggie Bucks use continues
□ Students will be able to use
the debit card system at local
businesses by the end of the
summer.
By Michael Simmons
The Battalion
Texas A&M administrators
currently are developing a plan
to allow students to use their
Aggie Bucks at off campus
businesses in accordance with
recent state Legislation.
The bill passed through
both the state House and
Senate and has been signed '
by Gov. George Bush.
The bill, proposed by Rep. Steve
Ogden, states that a student debit
card may be used to purchase merchan
dise and services similar to those sold
by the institution. All state schools must
comply with the established legislation
by Aug. 15, 1996.
Thomas Taylor, assistant vice presi
dent for budgeting and administrative
planning, said the University is still con
sidering the structure of the new Aggie
Bucks program.
“We’re still trying to understand what
the legislation says,” Taylor said. “We’ve
got a year to determine how we will ap
proach the program,” he said.
Taylor said efforts to draw a
definitive plan have been stifled
by the renegotiation of Barnes
and Noble Bookstore Inc.’s
contract. Barnes and Noble,
which operates the MSC
Bookstore and currently has
exclusive access to the Ag
gie Bucks system for the
purchase of books.
Dr. Jerry Gaston, interim vice
president for finance and administra
tion, said negotiations for the Barnes and
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A man sees a woman he thinks is attractive. He finds
limself extremely attracted to her, and is aroused by the
jrospect of hunting and conquering her. He plans his ap-
)roach, executes it and walks away. He is walking away
rom a crime scene and a lifetime of turmoil for his victim.
Dr. Michele Tomarelli, psychology lecturer, used this
scenario to describe a rapist and his crime.
■ ,m ^ §§f‘We have found that rapists are generally not crazy,”
Fomarelli said. “They plan their actions and are inclined
;o/think of themselves as hunters.”
■0731 . ^Tomarelli also said that the people who commit rape
.pften believe a woman who gets raped leads herself to it.
-2b/“ T'Date rapists are the worst,” she said, “because they
■262fi c v’ t think of themselves as rapists, just people out to
have a good time.”
■965* »Tomarelli said the repercussions for the rapist are
minimal, but the victim often faces many problems, both
'' physically and mentally.
■7821 ■‘‘Physically, rape involves an unwilling party in sexu-
^al I intercourse, leaving it a violent and painful crime,”
Tomarelli said.
Sj^HDr. Mary Ann Moore, a psychologist for Student
“ “'Counseling Services, said most rape victims are in shock
and disbelief about the crime.
■ “Many rape victims are numb to the idea that they
have been raped,” Moore said. “They are not connected
tojthe crime.”
■ Emotionally, most victims suffer from what is
known as Rape Trauma Syndrome,
Moore said. This often involves
making excuses and plac
ing the blame on them
selves.
“Women have really crazy
logic after they have been
raped,” Moore said. “They start
making up rules for themselves, ex
cluding simple actions from their
lives because they are desperate to
prevent being attacked again.”
Tomarelli said the list of symp
toms of Rape Trauma Syndrome is ex
tensive.
“Women can face very vivid memories of the rape,
hallucinations of the event, fearfulness, anxiety and low
self-esteem,” Tomarelli said.
Relationships are also often affected, she said.
» “Sexual relationships often end because the woman
cannot bring herself to be intimate with her partner,”
she said. “The man involved in a relationship with a
rape victim is often bothered by the woman’s flash
backs, feels guilty and is often angry because he could
not protect the woman.”
Socially, the acquaintances and co-workers of a rape
victim may have difficulty dealing with emotions,
Tomarelli said. Those people find themselves making
excuses for why that person was the victim, and how
they will never put themselves in a similar situation.
As a consequence, maintaining relationships with co-
workers and acquaintances can be difficult.
“I think that part of the problem is that we have no
social mechanisms for responding to rape,” Tomarelli
said. “Unless you are a close friend, it is hard to ap
proach a victim to try and comfort her, or even admit
you know about the rape.”
Bob Wiatt, director of the University Police Depart
ment and member of the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Cen
ter board of directors, said that emotional problems are
high after a rape, but reporting the crime and notifying
law enforcement is very important.
“Many women are afraid to report rapes because they
re concerned about anonymity,” Wiatt said. “In the two
ecent cases on the A&M campus, both victims have re-
ained anonymous. And if we find a suspect and the
ase goes through the justice system, the women can re
am known as Jane Does even if they testify.”
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Businesses band together in light of construction
□ Northgate business owners are
working together on joint advertis
ing to encourage people to continue
patronizing them while construction
is underway on College Main street.
By Jill Saunders
The Battalion
Construction on College Main is slowing traf
fic through some Northgate businesses, store
workers said.
Tomorrow will be the groundbreaking for the
area of College Main between University Drive
and Church Street, which closed to motorists
May 25. The area will not reopen until Aug. 1.
This $900,000 project, funded from communi
ty development funds, will replace underground
utilities and install new concrete street paving,
decorative sidewalks and decorative crosswalks.
The project is separate from the recent
$500,000 1995 bond package for the reconstruc
tion of Northgate.
Marcel Pride, salesperson for Marooned
Records, said he has seen a decrease in business
since the area was closed.
“You can tell where business has slowed,”
F*ride said. “It’s hard to tell because the summer
semester has just started.
“Between the spring and summer things are
sometimes slow, so hopefully things will pick up.”
Todd Traylor, manager of Marooned Records,
said this week will be the true test to see con
struction’s effects on businesses because all the
students will then be back in town.
Traylor said the United Parcel Service and
U.S. Mail services have also been complaining
about the inconvenience.
Peck Phillips, manager of the Northgate
Loupot’s Bookstore, said he believes people may
not visit the bookstore either.
“The real problem is a perceived problem of
access,” Phillips said. “People are scared away
by the barricades.”
Judsen E. Loupot Jr., president of Loupot’s
Bookstores, said construction never happens at
a good time.
“We’re gonna live with it,” Loupot said.
He said that while the city has the right to
maintain its utilities, this could have a devastat
ing impact on small businesses.
Bernie Gessner, owner of Aggie Cleaners,
said he hopes his regular clientele will continue
to use his services but thinks the construction
will present problems.
“We are here at Northgate for the students,”
Gessner said. “This will be a financially diffi
cult summer.”
Gessner said he felt the big challenge he faces
is getting to the students and letting them know
his services are still available.
Traylor said most of the businesses in the
area are getting together to find a way to at
tract customers.
“We’ve all been having meetings for the last
month or so to prepare for this,” Traylor said.
“The city hadn’t taken bicycle parking into con
sideration, so we’re trying to improve that.”
Traylor said the businesses are working on
advertising campaigns with newspapers and
radio stations.
“The ads won’t just be about Marooned,” he
said. “They will mention that all the businesses
are open in spite of the construction.”
The city is also helping to get the word out
by putting up signs to alert motorists of pedes
trian traffic.
Robert Forrest, owner and manager of Sarge’s,
said he does not expect great things for business
this summer. His main concern is that construc
tion will be finished by the Aug. 1 deadline.
Traylor said that if the construction is com
pleted by the deadline, the businesses will
not complain.
“If they run over a week, I don’t think it will
really kill us,” Traylor said.
“Many of us feel that if the students do not
come to us within the first few weeks of a se
mester, they may never give us their busi
ness,” he said.
Traylor said the businesses will hold another
joint meeting after the public meeting May 31.
The public meeting will take place in the Col
lege Station City Council Chambers, where the
consulting firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kass-
abaum will report on the Northgate study and
residents can voice their opinions.
Stew Milne, The Battalion
"Detour" and "Road Closed" signs mark the University Drive entrance to College Main. Construction
is scheduled to be completed by Aug. 1.
Officials search for ways to
increase faculty salaries
□ Studies show that A&M
professors' average nine-
month pay is about nine
percent lower than the
average.
By Javier Hinojosa
The Battalion
Some Texas A&M officials are
concerned that some faculty mem
bers may move on to other higher
paying institutions if faculty pay is
not raised soon.
Studies done by the Universi
ty’s Planning and Institutional
Research Office show the average
nine-month salary for professors,
associates and assistants to be
$57,964.
This salary is about nine per
cent lower than those of other in
stitutions, which pay their faculty
an average of $63,218.
Bill Perry, dean of faculties, said
the Legislature has not allocated
any money for raises since 1992.
Other institutions may begin to
offer higher-paying positions to
A&M faculty members, he said.
“There is a general concern that
if it deteriorates further there will
be some pressure from the out
side,” Perry said.
Perry said the turn over rate of
faculty members leaving for other
jobs or retiring each year has been
constant at about three percent.
Perry said pay is a big factor in
faculty members’ choices to leave,
but they are also making profes
sional career decisions.
Texas A&M Chancellor Dr. Bar
ry B. Thompson, expressed concern
for some members of the faculty
who deserve raises but have not
received one in two or three years.
“We are taking a very careful
look into system-wide merit rais
es,” Thompson said.
Thompson said he could not
promise that funds would be made
available for faculty pay raises.
Dr. Jerry Gaston, interim vice
president for finance and adminis
tration, said faculty pay raises sire
on everyone’s mind.
“We know that there’s been a
considerable dry period since the
last state-funded pay raise,” he said.
Gaston said the general use fee
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j Police arrest A&M employees
for marijuana possession
□ The drugs were found growing in the Landscape
Maintenance Compound last week after a tip from a
confidential source.
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Two Texas A&M employees who were arrested for possession of
j marijuana have been released on bond, the University Police
Department said.
Brad Alien Starling and Paul Reyna, workers in Plant Services in the
Physical Plant Department, each posted $1,000 bond May 24, the same
day of the arrest.
H. Allan Baron, the UPD officer who made the arrest, said the arrest
5 was made through information from a confidential source.
Baron said the informant told him that two marijuana plants were
| growing in the Landscape Maintenance Compound on South College Ave.
and that the plants were being maintained by Reyna and Starling.
The informant also told Baron that Reyna and Starling regularly
[ smoked marijuana while working.
Baron confirmed the location of the plants on May 12.
“There’s a little wooded area just off a little creek in the area,” Baron
! said, “and that’s where the two plants were.”
Baron and two other officers made the arrest a week later with the as
sistance of a narcotics-detecting dog.
“We brought a drug canine in and found some marijuana on their
vehicles and on the University vehicles also,” Baron said. “They had
hidden some under the driver’s seat and in the pocket of the door of a ;
University van.”
The officers found a total of less than two ounces of marijuana, includ-
! ing the plants by the creek.
Both men admitted to owning the marijuana found in the vehicles and :
to growing the plants, according to the UPD.