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sploring business possibilities
the Balkans. Pentagon offi-
:ials in Washington said 27 pas-
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ATO-led peace mission. A se-
defense official in Washing
ton said there were no indica
tions of hostile action against
the plane.
“We’ve got a pretty clear air
picture in that area,” the official
said. “Early indications are it
has more to do with tough
weather and a tough approach.”
Zuzul said four planes, includ
ing one he was flying on, landed
at Dubrovnik shortly before
Brown’s plane was due, and the
landings went normally.
But residents in Velji Dol said
Brown’s plane crashed during one
of the worst storms in decades.
The head of Croatia’s civilian
air traffic control, Miljenko
Radic, told Croatian state TV
that the plane had been cleared
to land at Dubrovnik airport. It
approached “left of the usual
route,” he said.
“It should not have been
there.”
The Air Force said because of
the bad weather, the plane was
on an instrument approach
when contact with air traffic
controllers was lost.
Croatian President Franjo
Tudjman announced a top-level
commission of inquiry into the
plane crash and cabled Presi
dent Clinton that he was “deeply
shocked” by the news.
“Mr. President, I and the en
tire Croatian nation are feeling
our deepest sympathies in this
moment of pain,” Tudjman said.
Unabomber
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Helena and Lincoln.
Federal officials would not
say the legal basis upon which
he was being held.
A source close to the investi
gation said late Wednesday that
the FBI was concerned because
agents had not found what they
hoped to find in the cabin. The
source, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, said the FBI was
bringing in a specialist to try to
determine whether some materi
als that were found could be
used in bomb making.
The search for the Un
abomber — who is thought to be
responsible for three deaths and
23 injuries over nearly 18 years
— appeared to have no connec
tion to the standoff between fed
eral agents and the anti-govern
ment separatists known as
Freemen near the town of Jor
dan, 350 miles to the east.
Butch Gehring, a neighbor,
said the small cabin being
searched was the home of a Ted
Kaczynski, described as being a
resident since 1971.
“He was real shy, real quiet.
His conversations were short,”
Gehring said, describing
Kaczynski as a hermit.
“We like the looks of this guy
as the Unabomber, but we don’t
have make-or-break evidence
yet,” one federal law enforce
ment official told The Associat
ed Press. “We have some writ
ings that match up, but we
don’t have his tools yet. We
want the irrefutable mother-
lode of evidence.”
Members of the man’s family
found some old writings of his,
which raised the family’s suspi
cions, according to two federal
officials speaking on condition
of anonymity.
The family approached an
attorney in Washington, who
called the FBI, to alert them.
Federal agents later got con
sent to search the former
Chicago residence.
Students join together to protest court decision
Left: More than 150 students
join together to march in protest
of the Hopwood vs. State of
Texas decision.
Below: Donovan Wheatfall, a
sophomore business analysis
major, speaks to a rally at
Rudder Fountain immediately
following the march.
Bottom: Dr. Ray Bowen fields
a question from Andrie
Leday, a sophomore
marketing major, about the
implications of the Hopwood
decision in an open forum
held after the march and rally.
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and staff.
“I don’t know about you ... but
I’m sick and tired of being sick and
tired,” Donovan Wheatfall, a sopho
more business major, said. “It’s
time to go out and shake the pillars
of this University.”
Other student leaders, includ
ing Tina Harrison, Black Aware
ness Committee chairwoman and
a junior finance major, talked
about the case’s implication for
minority scholarships.
“Not only do they not want to ad
mit us to this University, now they
are going to make sure we can’t af
ford to come,” Harrison said.
Other speakers included Kevin
Carreathers, director of the De
partment of Multicultural Services;
Dr. Marco Portales, executive as
sistant to the University president;
Shawn Williams, NAACP presi
dent; Toby Boenig, student body
president; Felicia James, assistant
to the vice president for Student
Affairs; and Octavia Evangelista,
NAACP political actions chair.
The biggest response was gener
ated by Rodney McClendon, A&M
coordinator of student retention
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“(Hopwood) is the law,” she said.
“And we (the University) need to
conform our behavior for the law.”
Bowen said that although race
can no longer be considered for ad
mission, the University is still al
lowed to focus on other criteria.
“We have consulted with our
attorneys,” he said, “in order to
find ways to incorporate demo
graphics and other considerations
to find ways to keep our Universi
ty diverse.”
Bowen said he fears the
court’s ruling will only compli
cate efforts A&M has made to
achieve diversity.
Students in the audience, how
ever, questioned the University’s
commitment to becoming more eth
nically diverse.
Curtis Watson, a junior busi
ness administration major, said
A&M has taken too long to
achieve a minority population,
which still fails to resemble the
make-up of the state.
“It has taken 13 years for this
University to achieve 3 percent,” he
said, referring to the University’s
black population.
Bowen, however, said A&M has
and development, who encouraged
the crowd to take action.
“America has an arsonist known
as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,
and your house is on fire,” McClen
don said. “The brothers and sisters
and next-door neighbors that will
come after you are in the house
asleep having big dreams about
their future.
“Don’t sleep the night away; get a
hose, and put out the fire.”
Guerra, Curley and a few other
students set up an area in the
Comfnons Lobby where they devel
oped strategies, mapped out final
marching paths, finalized the
speaker list and created chants.
Guerra and Curley said they de
cided to coordinate the march and
rally in part to show support for
Dan Morales, Texas attorney gen
eral, who is taking this decision to
the Court of Appeals.
"America has an arsonist known as the 5th Circuit Court
of Appeals, and your house is on fire."
— rodney McClendon
Texas A&M coordinator of student retention and development
Nikki Guerra, a senior civil engi
neering major, and Eric Curley, a
sophomore chemistry major, came
up with the idea of the march and
rally after hearing administrators
detailing the Hopwood case in the
Commons.
After gaining the support of sev
eral campus organizations, they
printed fliers and handbills an
nouncing the march and rally.
They attached blue ribbons,
representing peace and justice, to
the handbills. Blue ribbons were
also worn by participants in yes
terday’s events.
The evening before the rally,
continued to make strides during
the past few years and that minori
ty enrollment is on the rise.
Beth Yohe, a seruor speech com
munications major, challenged
Bowen’s contention, claiming that
A&M’s minority admissions are
down by 33 percent.
Bowen said the low numbers
were caused by a change in Univer
sity application procedures, but
that, overall, A&M’s minority ad
missions are steadily increasing.
Other concerns expressed by
students included how the ruling
will affect financial aid and. how
the University will compensate for
the money that could be lost as a
result of the decision.
Many audience members grew
agitated when Bowen mentioned
that legacy will continue to be a cri
teria for admission to A&M.
Andrie Leday, a sophomore mar
keting major, asked Bowen if the
University would be willing to re
move legacy from the list of criteria
considered for admission.
Leday said legacy creates a dis
advantage for minority students
because the University did not al
low certain races to attend A&M
until the 1950s.
Bowen responded, saying that
legacy is not a problem in admis
sions and that he would not con
sider removing it as one of the cri-
“We not only want to show sup
port for Dan Morales in his ef
forts, but we also want to get a
commitment from President
Bowen in regards to the steps tak
en to keep the idea of promoting
diversity thriving on this cam
pus,” Curley said.
Directly following the rally, stu
dents were urged to participate in
a forum hosted by the administra
tion to address student concerns.
“I think this rally is letting the
University know that we do care
what happens to us and that we
will no longer be a silent minori
ty,” Harrison said.
teria. He said legacy affects very
few applicants.
Removing legacy, Bowen said,
“would end up hurting a lot of peo
ple you don’t want to hurt.”
Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice
president for Student Affairs, said
the forum was beneficial to both
students and administrators.
“I think the original purpose of
this forum was met,” he said.
“Purposeful discussion took
place, and there was lots of inter
est, concern and misinformation
that proved that we needed this fo
rum. We heard facts and emotion
on the concern, and the students
needed to vent.”
Southerland said that although
the University is still committed to
diversity, it will take some time to
adjust to the implications of the
Hopwood decision.
“Short term, we are focused on
the stay or appeal of the Hopwood
case,” he said. “Right now, we are
locked into what the law is.”
Bowen said the Hopwood deci
sion has confused things, but
that the University has not lost
sight of the needs and concerns of
the students.
“I don’t blame anyone for wanti
ng answers right now,” he said. “If
I were to exchange seats with the
students, I would feel the exact
same way.”