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Established in 1893
Wednesday • June 14, 1995
two men for drug, weapon possession
The suspects were in pos-
ssion of illegal weapons
Rfl pftnp approximately $350 of
arijuana.
icott McMahan
’hi Battalion
Two men arrested on campus Mon-
night for drug and weapons
charges were released from the Brazos
County jail Tuesday after posting bail.
University police made the arrest
on the corner of South College Avenue
and Inlow Street after stopping a vehi
cle for a defective headlight.
The driver of the vehicle was ar
rested for possession of between 2 and
4 ounces of marijuana; possession of
drug paraphernalia — a scale and
rolling papers; unlawful carrying of a
weapon — two illegal knives and a .44
magnum handgun; and possession of a
prohibited weapon — brass knuckles.
The passenger of the vehicle also
was arrested for possession of between
2 and 4 ounces of marijuana and pos
session of drug paraphernalia.
Travis Lively, UPD patrolman, said
the marijuana found was valued at ap
proximately $350.
Lively and Kary Shaffer, UPD pa
trolman, transported the two men to
the Brazos County Jail after the ar
rest was made.
The police stopped the car around
9:30 p.m. Monday, Lively said. As he
approached the car, he could smell
smoke, he said.
Lively said the driver stated there
was a handgun in the car.
The officers reported finding a .44-
caliber magnum handgun between the
driver’s seat and the inner console.
The officers saw a clear plastic con
tainer and a plastic bag containing
what appeared to be marijuana.
The officers reported that further
search of the car revealed another plastic
container that contained marijuana, two
knives with blades longer than the legal
limit of 51/2 inches, brass knuckles and
drug paraphernalia including a scale and
rolling papers.
Police positively identified the sub
stance in the containers as marijuana
after field tests were conducted.
The ammunition in the handgun
had explosive primer on the tips,
which would cause the ammunition to
explode on impact.
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□ The display features fashions
from different periods.
By Libe Goad
The Battalion
; Women live in a supported world of bras, gir
dles and bodysuits.
m In the 1890s, though, “support” required a dif
ferent definition. Women wore restrictive clothing
and lived in a domestic bubble.
I “Try This On : A history of clothing, gender
and power,” a touring exhibit at the J. Wayne
Stark Galleries, located in the MSC, plots fash
ion’s history of clothing
since 1890.
1 For the next three
weeks, the Smithsonian
Institute exhibit will
feature fashions
DOW
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and
from different periods and show how those fash
ions changed with social norms.
“The exhibit is textually driven,” Catherine
Hastedt, registrar and curator of the Stark Gallery,
said. “There are buttons to push, doors to open.”
Sections featuring beauty memorabilia from
the late 1800s and World War II era cosmetics,
including leg paints women used when nylon
hose was scarce, are in
cluded in the exhibit.
Boards posted in the
exhibit ask visitors their
opinions about current
fashion trends.
One board asks,
“How have people
learned about the
| latest dress rules?”
lllilp’ Visitors have
penciled in re
sponses ranging
from “Goodwill” to
“MTV” and “fash
ion magazines.”
Hastedt said that
although these an
swers vary, most
people agree that
there is an influence
from the media.
“People seem to
agree with the ques
tions that talk about
the influence of the
media, and people
are writing about TV
and magazines,”
Hastedt said.
Hastedt said
See Exhibit,
Page 2
n A&M continues to upgrade lighting
[□The Security Awareness Commit-
Tee is considering 26 more parking
areas for additional lighting.
By Scott McMahan
The Battalion
I Texas A&M’s Physical Plant recently installed
lighting in five parking areas, in an effort to in
crease safety on campus, and will soon install
58 . lighting in nine more parking areas.
L Requests for additional lighting are made by
^ A&M’s Security Awareness Committee and are
passed on to the Division of Finance and Admirds-
W tration. Approved requests are then implemented
by the Physical Plant.
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i Date
UT student group banned as
investigation of death continues
The Texas Cowboys
ire barred from any
rampus activities for
the next five years.
&y Wes Swift
'he Battalion
The University of Texas at
Austin suspended the Texas
Cowboys from campus activi
ties Monday until the year
2000, following a university
investigation spurred by the
April 29 drowning death in
Bastrop of one of the spirit
group’s pledges.
The suspension is the third
penalty in as many years for
the Cowboys, best known as the
guardians of “Smokey the Can
non” for UT football games.
The group was stripped of its
campus organization status.
This prohibits the Cowboys
from bringing the cannon to
home football games, using
campus facilities, participating
in intramural athletics, posting
signs or raising funds on cam
pus until May 31, 2000.
See UT, Page 2
Nick Rodnicki, The Battalion
This is one of the many displays on exhibit at the MSC Stark Galleries as part of the "Try This On: A his
tory of clothing, gender and power" touring exhibit.
Elmer Schneider, Security Awareness Committee
chairman, said more lighting was needed in certain
parking areas because the University is expanding.
Schneider also said that some of the parking areas
that once were used only during the day are now be
ing used at night for residence hall parking.
Schneider said lighting was recently installed
in parking lots 9 and 42, near the Law Hall and
F*uryear Hall. The need for lighting in these areas
was expressed by the students, the Division of
Student Affairs and the Student Senate, he said.
“The priority was those lots that had no lights
at all,” Schneider said.
Lighting also was added to the parking lot 25,
near the Southside parking garage, and lots 2 and
3, near the residence halls along University Drive.
See Lighting, Page 6
A&M s wind tunnel facility
receives grant from Navistar
□ The money will be used
to upgrade the computers,
and the new equipment
should be in place by the
end of summer.
By Javier Hinojosa
The Battalion
Texas A&M will use a $30,000
grant from Navistar International
Transportation Corp. to update com
puters at the Texas A&M Low Speed
Wind Tunnel, located near the old
Easterwood Field terminal, facility ad
ministrators said.
The wind tunnel facility is a simula
tor which produces relative conditions
that vehicles experience during opera
tion. By testing a model of a vehicle un
der controlled conditions, the engineers
can make measurements of the forces acting on it.
Eugene Olson, a Navistar representative, said
the tunnel facility has decreased the drag, a re
tarding force caused by wind, on their trucks 30 to
40 percent. The reduction of this frictional force
has improved the fuel economy by over 20 percent.
“The Texas A&M Low Speed Wind Tunnel is
our primary facility for aerodynamic testing,” Ol
son said. “Our gift is a recognition of how much
they have helped us.”
Olson, an A&M graduate, said Navistar has
Roger Hsieh, The Battalion
A&M’s Low Speed Wind Tunnel is located near the old Easter
wood Field terminal.
used the wind tunnel since August 1981 and will
continue to use it.
“We consider it a top-quality facility for its
size,” he said. “It has sufficient capability for
what we need.”
Oran W. Nicks, wind tunnel director and re
search engineer, said the money will be used to
upgrade the wind tunnel facility’s data-acquisition
system and data- reduction capability.
“We measure forces, moments, pressures and
See Tunnel, Page 2