Henderson: In any language^
"English-only laws" translates into
"bad idea."
OPINION, PAGE 9
Dallas Baptist cruises
past the Aggie
Baseball Team.
SPORTS, PAGE 7
Battalion
Serving Texas A&M University Since 1893
Monday • April 8, 1996
Stew Milne, The Battalion
Carl Baggett is lifted and congratulated on his win in the run-off elections for student body
president.
run-off election
By Tara Wilkinson
The Battalion
From an above-the-crowd perch on
the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, a
Texas A&M Student Government mem
ber announced to 150 expectant students
and their family members Thursday
night that Carl Baggett will serve as the
1996-97 student body president.
Baggett, a senior accounting major,
received 57 percent of the votes cast in
the April 3 and 4 run-off election, beat
ing Ryan Shopp, a senior electrical en
gineering major.
Student body president was one of
10 positions decided by 4,500 students
who voted in the run-off elections.
By 73.6 percent, the student body
also approved renewal of the Student
Government constitution, which ex
pired March 31.
Baggett and his campaign manager.
Will Hurd, a freshman computer sci
ence major, attributed the success of
their student body president campaign
to a wide base of support.
Hurd said Baggett’s sincerity and
warmth earned the student body’s respect.
“He is achievement oriented and sin
cere,” Hurd said. “He wants to bring
everybody together, and that’s the key.”
Baggett said he will use other candi
dates’ ideas to supplement his own
platform and serve the student body.
“My whole goal is to represent every
one,” Baggett said. “Their (other candi
dates) ideas will definitely be imple
mented and so will some of their people.”
Along similar lines, Baggett said his
See Baggett, Page 5
Student Election Run-off Results
Student Body President
Carl Baggett
Residence Hall Association President
lesse C/telusta
Class of 1999 President
Gregg Nichols
Class of 1999 Social Secretary
Courtney Mathews
Class of 1998 Vice President
Jennifer Wicecaryer
Class of 1998 Treasurer
Jessica Hebert
Class of 1998 Secretary
Mike Kirk
Class of 1998 Historian
Abby Mud roc h
Class of 1997 President
K.( . Allan
Class of 1997 Vice President
Courtney Lyons
Awareness week addresses gay issues
By Marissa Alanis
The Battalion
Texas A&M’s Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Aggies will educate
the community and promote its
causes today through Friday
during Gay Awareness Week.
KEOS 89.1, a Brazos Valley
community radio station, will
start the week’s activities by air
ing the first broadcast in the Bra
zos Valley addressing gay and les
bian issues. The program will run
today from noon to 3 p.m.
Daniel Bontempo, an A&M co
ordinator of the GLBA Speaker’s
Bureau, and Tammy Bradley,
GLBA’s public relations chair and
junior math major, will host the
show, which will spotlight famous
gay and lesbian artists.
To dispel some of the myths
regarding aspects of gay life,
such as dating, Mary Ann
Moore, an A&M Student Coun
seling Center staff psychologist,
will be the featured speaker to
day at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder in a
presentation titled “Dating and
Intimacy vs. Sex.”
Bradley said that to the best
of her knowledge, the presenta
tion will draw a more definitive
line between sexual behavior
and romantic intimacy.
“The biggest myth for people
against homosexuality is that
they confuse behavior with ori
entation and continue to think
we choose homosexuality as a
behavioral choice instead of an
inner orientation,” Bradley said.
Krista May, an English grad
uate student and GLBA mem
ber, said Gay Awareness Week
will stress campus visibility.
The gay community will dis
play its pride at a march and rally
sponsored by Allies, an A&M or
ganization of supportive staff and
faculty members, on Wednesday
at noon by Rudder Fountain.
After the rally, the partici
pants will march across campus
holding hands in recognition of
their unity.
Bradley said a good turnout
would send a strong message in
support of Gay Awareness Week.
“If a lot of faculty and staff
show up, then maybe that would
be the strongest message of all,”
Bradley said. “Then maybe the
members will think the Univer
sity is there for them after all.”
Some A&M students believe
homosexuality is wrong.
Brad Bauerschlag, a fresh
man business administration
major, said that though he is not
homophobic, his Christian be
liefs lead him to believe that ho
mosexuality is wrong.
“Regardless of how or why ho
mosexuals have their tenden
cies,” Bauerschlag said, “they
have the choice to not act on it.”
Gays, lesbians and bisexuals
will be able to discuss their con
cerns and feelings at a special
rap group Thursday at 7 p.m. in
404 Rudder.
“It’s an informal, relaxed at
mosphere,” May said. “At the rap
group, it’s a chance for you to
speak what’s on your mind.”
Bradley said the best thing
GLBA members can do for the
A&M community is to continue
to participate in activities such
as Bonfire and Replant until
they are accepted.
“I say that because we are Ag
gies too, and we’re just as in
volved as everyone else,” Bradley
said. “We’ll never be accepted if
we continue to meet in a room
every Thursday night.”
Week-long blood
drive begins today
By Lily Aguilar
The Battalion
Texas A&M and BloodCare
will give away T-shirts and
coupons for free Chick-Fil-A
sandwiches this week during the
annual Spring Blood Drive.
Beginning today, students,
faculty and staff who are 17
years of age or older and who
weigh at least 110 pounds are
invited to donate blood.
Monday through Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., donors
can give blood at Sbisa Dining
Hall, Rudder Fountain, the
Commons, the Zachry Building,
Lounge E on the Quad and be
hind the Kleberg Building.
Donations will be accepted
Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
any of the six campus sites.
A&M has sponsored the an
nual blood drive since 1959.
Jennifer Tally, Texas A&M
Blood Drive coordinator, said
said each unit of blood donated
at the drive will be sent to Dal
las and will earn A&M a credit
with the blood bank. These cred
its can be used by campus orga
nizations to sponsor someone in
need of blood.
“Last semester, the Corps of
Cadets chose to sponsor a man
See Blood Drive, Page 5
Suspect’s trail leads from
Montana to California
Police search for connection between Kaczynski, Unabomber
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — As
federal agents searched for
proof that Theodore Kaczynski
left Montana to mail bombs,
two people said Sunday they
had seen the hermit in Sacra
mento, Calif. — in the area
where the Unabomber mailed
his last four bombs.
Frank Hensley, a desk clerk
at the Royal Hotel, next door to
the bus depot in downtown
Sacramento, told The Associated
Press he saw Kaczynski in the
neighborhood or staying at the
hotel almost annually during
the last five years. He stayed at
the hotel two or three times,
usually in the late spring or
summer, Hensley said.
“If it wasn’t for all this. I’d
be expecting to see him about
now,” Hensley said, referring to
Kaczynski s recent arrest.
At a Burger King restaurant
next to the bus depot, manager
Mike Singh said he saw
Kaczynski a few times in re
cent years. On one occasion,
Kaczynski was carrying an
armload of books.
“He said he
was doing re-
search,’’
Singh said.
“He looked
like one of
those bums
who come in
in the morn
ing and have
a sandwich
and cup of
coffee and
walk out.”
FBI spokesman George
See Unabomber, Page 10
Unabomber
Trading Places
Bowen, student
exchange roles
for United Way
Dave House, The Battalion
Dr. Ray Bowen, Texas A&M president, used the campus shuttle
bus to get to and from classes during his day as a student.
By Lisa Johnson
The Battalion
Will Matthews, a Texas A&M
senior history major, took over
for Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M presi
dent, on March 4, while Bowen
attended classes, rode the bus
and lugged a backpack around
campus all day.
This activity was not a
bizarre demotion for Bowen;
nor was it a dream.
It was the result of an A&M
United Way Pack project to
raise awareness and money for
the Brazos County United Way.
Matthews was chosen to be
Bowen for a day when his
name was drawn and an
nounced on radio station
KORA on April 1. Tickets were
sold the week prior to the
drawing for Si each. All pro
ceeds benefit the Brazos Coun
ty United Way.
As part of the bargain,
Bowen agreed to wear student
attire, attend Matthews’ class
es and take notes. However,
Bowen failed to honor the final
part of the agreement.
“He’s in for a real big sur
prise,” Bowen said. “Will does
n’t know it yet, but I didn’t
take any notes. I just sat back
and enjoyed the lectures.”
Although Matthews knew
he would be attending an
awards banquet for graduate
students in Bowen’s place, he
said he did not expect to speak
at the event.
“At the graduate student
awards, I gave a speech that I
didn’t know I was going to,”
Matthews said. "When I got
there, they asked me if I would
mind saying a few words, and I
just felt this huge lump come
up in my throat.”
Matthews spent most of the
day with the University vice
presidents and Dr. Pierce
Cantrell, Faculty Senate speak
er, as Bowen walked to and
from classes, taking a bus back
to his office at the day’s end.
Bowen said some students
were surprised to see him
strolling around campus.
“I think that a lot of stu
dents really didn’t know who I
was; they just saw some old
guy walking around campus,”
See Bowen, Page 10