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Students go through unusual
training to become bus
drivers at A&M.
Aggielife, Page 3
Baxter: Bryan-College Station may not be
the cultural mecca of New Orleans, but
increased liberalism is changing the area.
Opinion, Page 9
Lady Aggie middle blocker
Cindy Vanderwoude keeps
A&M's defense sharp.
Sports, Page 7
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Mexico stand ready for
deployment.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herze-
[ovina (AP) — Cruise missiles
badly damaged Bosnian Serb air
defenses, NATO said Monday,
vowing to keep up its attacks un-
tilthe skies over Bosnia are safe
[or Western warplanes. The
Serbs were defiant, warning that
the attacks could endanger the
peace process.
The 13 Tomahawk missiles
tired from the USS Normandy
late Sunday caused “severe dam
age” to Serb anti-aircraft sys
tems, Group Capt. Trevor Mur-
raysaidin Naples, Italy.
But he said the defenses were
not entirely destroyed, and at
tacks would continue — possibly
with more of the $1.3 million
Tomahawks — until they are.
Murray said NATO had no in
dication that the missiles killed
or wounded civilians, as the
Serbs claimed.
With the Serbs reeling from
NATO's bombs, the Bosnian gov
ernment took advantage of their
weakness to capture a strategic
village and gain control of a route
linking government holdings in
northern and central Bosnia.
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadzic said the attacks showed
that NATO was working together
with the government army, and
warned that they threatened to
derail a diplomatic breakthrough
last week that set the stage for
possible peace talks.
“It is clear that the most pow
erful military alliance on earth is
openly taking the side of our ene
mies,” Karadzic wrote in a letter
to Western leaders. “The entire
peace process could be wrecked.”
The cruise missiles, used in
Bosnia for the first time, were
fired at radar, anti-aircraft mis
sile sites and communications
stations near the northern Serb
stronghold of Banja Luka.
Murray, NATO spokesman,
refused to say what the missiles
hit. Although they damaged
Serb facilities, he said, the air
defenses were still working.
“If suitable, we may well use
(Tomahawks) again, as we will
use other types of weapons,”
Murray said.
Serb television in Banja Luka
said Monday night that five of
the Tomahawks hit radio relay
stations in the Kozara moun
tains, 30 miles north of Banja
Luka. They caused massive
damage, the report said without
elaborating or saying where the
other missiles hit. There was no
footage of the damage.
In southern New Mexico, pi
lots of F-117A “stealth” fighters
at Holloman Air Force Base
were alerted that they might be
called in for NATO missions
over Bosnia, officials said. The
officials gave no timeline for de
ployment of the $46 million
black, bat-winged radar-evad
ing airplanes.
The Bosnian government said
its army captured the village of
Vozuca in central Bosnia, giving
it control of a direct route link
ing the northern government
stronghold of Tuzla with its
holdings in central Bosnia.
“Our forces had a lot of suc
cess yesterday and today in the
region of Vozuca, and I hope in
other regions,” said Bosnian Pre
mier Haris Silajdzic.
Bosnian state television also
reported government army
gains near the Serb-held town
of Jajce in central Bosnia.
Bosnian Serb media said Jajce
was shelled on Monday.
Under Western pressure, the
Bosnian government promised
Sunday not to attack Serbs
around Sarajevo if they withdraw
their heavy weapons. The Serbs
say they can’t remove the arms
because they fear such attacks.
The U.N. commander in the
former Yugoslavia, Gen.
Bernard Janvier, met with Bosn
ian Serb commander Gen. Ratko
Mladic on Sunday to try to con
vince him to withdraw the
weapons. Mladic refused, and
NATO launched the cruise mis
sile attack hours later.
NATO did not fire cruise mis
siles on Monday, but jets at
tacked Serb positions. The Bosn
ian Serb military said “dozens of
planes” dropped bombs near
Sarajevo and Banja Luka.
Since Aug. 30, NATO has bom
barded an array of Serb targets
across Bosnia, including ammuni
tion depots and command and
communication centers.
The campaign was launched
two days after a shell exploded
in Sarajevo, killing 38 people,
and was designed to force the
Serbs to ease their siege of Sara
jevo and halt all attacks on U.N.
“safe areas.”
The airstrikes have met with
strong condemnation from
Moscow, a close Serb ally.
NATO and Russian officials
met Monday in Brussels, but
failed to resolve their differences.
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TEEX sponsors patrol
officer survival workshop
jltems for discussion this week in
clude advanced shooting techniques
ind handcuffing tactics.
:> Michelle Lyons
The Battalion
Officers from across the country will unite in College
itation this week for the Advanced Patrol Tactics for
leer Survival workshop sponsored by the Texas En-
'ineering Extension Service’s Law Enforcement and
security Training division.
The course being held through Sept. 14 at the TEEX
iiverside Campus in Bryan, is designed to address sit-
lions officers must face on a day-to-day basis.
Larry Michalscheck, division head of the Law En-
hreement and Security Training Division, said the
workshop will cover a variety of officer tactics.
‘Some of the topics covered in the workshop include
'iress management, different philosophies on appropri-
fe survival tactics, advanced shooting techniques,
landcuffing tactics, advanced building-search tech-
liques and philosophy for a single officer handling mul-
iple suspects,” Michalscheck said.
Twenty officers from around the country are enrolled
in the workshop. Most are uniformed street officers.
Dr. Mike Buckley, a University Police Department
officer, attended the workshop a few years ago and rec
ommends it to others.
“One of the things they try to teach the officers is
that they have to have the will to survive a confronta
tion,” Buckley said. ‘You must have a certain mind-set.”
Buckley said the workshop has a strong focus on
weapon improvising and techniques that allow officers
to remove themselves from difficult situations.
“You learn to use what you can to survive,” he said.
“It’s more directed toward line officers and line supervi
sors — the police officers on the streets.”
Brad Szalwinski, marketing manager of TEEX and
a coordinator of the workshop, agreed that the course
teaches officers to stay in a certain state of mind.
“The course teaches how to have the right kind of
mind-set in psychology — to stay one step ahead of the
bad guy.” Szalwinski said.
Szalwinski said there are several goals the work
shop sets for the officers.
“This is an advanced course for police officers to
help them to perform better, to make them better of
ficers and to keep them one step ahead of the crimi
nal,” he said.
Amy Browning, The Battalion
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tions are compiling pho
tographs and oral histories to
use as reference for College
Station and A&M histories.
lavier Martinez
The Battalion
Ed Madley’s drugstore once stood where
Rother’s Bookstore now stands in South-
gate. For most of the 39 years the drug
store was open, the city manager’s office
was just upstairs.
“Everybody knew everybody,” Madley
said. “City officials knew everybody and
everybody’s wife’s name.”
These are the almost forgotten days of
College Station’s early years that the city's
Historic Preservation Committee and Con
ference Center Advisory Committee are try
ing to preserve.
Several times a year College Station
residents are asked to come forward with
photographs, documents or any other
memories they may have of College Sta
tion since it was incorporated in 1938
through the 1950s.
The project began last July with a meeting
to discuss the Northgate area. A similar
meeting was held for the Southside area, and
the next meeting is planned for Sept. 27 from
9-12:30 a.m. to discuss Eastgate, the area en
closed by Texas Avenue to the East Bypass
and University Drive to Harvey Road.
See PAST, Page 4
Nick Rodnicki, The Battajuon
Deware Fieldhouse is targeted by historical or
ganizations as part of Southside history.
Aggies miss out on
Harry Connick, Jr.
□ Because several MSC
events are taking place
the weekend of Oct.29,
the singer will not be
performing here.
By Kasie Byers
The Battalion
The MSC Council Executive
Committee decided Friday not to
schedule Harry Connick, Jr. for a
performance at Texas A&M this
semester due to its conflicts with
pre-scheduled programming.
MSC Town Hall was ap
proached by the musician’s man
agement early this summer for
possible dates in September
when he could perform. After
changing the tour route and
dates to be performing in Texas,
Connick’s staff handed Town
Hall a performance for Sunday,
Oct. 29 as the only possible date.
Patrick Conway, MSC Coun
cil president, said the MSC
Council Executive Committee
began discussions last Wednes
day on whether to allow the per
formance, but decided to recon
vene the meeting on the follow
ing Friday because of several
conflicts with the weekend of the
See Connick, Page 2
Students should exercise caution when using credit cards
j Students should have only
one credit card.
Melissa Keerins
The Battalion
Credit card companies are pressuring
! students to apply for the credit with their
companies, but students should be wary
■ of getting over their heads in debt.
Dr. Joyce Cavanagh, Texas Agricultur
al Extension Service family economics
* specialist, said students should be careful
to understand what they
are getting into.
“Studehts need to know
how long it will take them
to pay off their credit cards
if they only pay the mini
mum payments,” Ca
vanagh said. “If they are
going to have a problem,
then they should have no
more than one credit card and use it only
in case of emergencies.”
Cavanagh said students should buy
items on credit only if they are able to pay
the bill when it comes.
“Students need to
understand that the in
terest will carry,” she
said, “and what they
bought could end up
costing a lot more than
they would have paid if
HSBfipr they had used cash.”
Dinah Zeiger, Knight-
Ridder News Service, in a 1991 article,
wrote that college students used to have
difficulty getting credit cards because
they typically had low incomes and were
employed part-time.
However, the article stated that times
have changed, and college students are
the prized targets of bank card issuers.
Geri Detweiler, executive director of
Bankcard Holders of America, said in the
article that it is irresponsible to grant
large, unsecured lines of credit to stu
dents without a major education effort.
“Students are a favorite target for the
big issuers,” Detweiler said. ,“But it’s no
favor to anyone to put them in debt with
See Credit, Page 6
Correction:
In a Page 1 Battalion story
Monday, the following quote
should have been attributed
to Sue Morrisey, a chemistry
graduate student.
“Most horror stories you
hear from graduate students
are followed by a good reason.
; Usually the students are not
holding up to their responsi
bilities and just goofing off,
then decide they want to
graduate in four years.”