The Battalion
ol. 102, No. 149 (6 pages) Serving Texas AdrM University Since 1893 Monday • June 17, 1996
Morales rallies for support in B^CS
!y Melissa Nunnery
md Tauma Wiggins
Ihe Battalion
In his “no frills” campaign
our through East Texas, De
mocratic Senate nominee Victor
kales brought his trademark
•lute pickup truck to a stop in
irazos County Thursday.
Sec related EDITORIAL, Page 5
Morales held two rallies, one
| in the Brazos County Court-
ouse and the other at Her-
age Park in Bryan.
“I saw a need for change in
overnment, that’s why I ran,”
kales said.
Morales avoided specific po-
iical issues, but stressed his
acerity and the simplicity of
i campaign.
“I try to live within my means,”
kales said. “I don’t need any-
iing fancy to prove myself.”
He said it is important to
him to be able to feed his fami
ly and to have a good job and
the respect of his neighbors.
He called himself a hard
worker with a strong Catholic
background.
Morales said he recognizes no
one makes it alone and he appreci
ates the support he has received.
“Never will I say I got here
by my own work,” Morales said.
Kristi Perez, president of
Aggie Democrats and an edu
cational psychology graduate
student, said Morales has the
support of Aggie Democrats.
“What money he has he rais
es in a gas can,” Perez said, “he
does it all on his own.”
He called himself a “fiscal
conservative” for the first time
in his campaign and said he
wants to balance the budget by
chipping away at it.
See Morales, Page 6
Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
Victor Morales shakes hands with his supporters at his political rally at
the Brazos County Courthouse Thursday.
Deadbeat Patrol
follows Morales
By Melissa Nunnery and
Tauma Wiggins
The Battalion
Democratic Senate nominee
Victor Morales met with opposi
tion Thursday during his Brazos
County campaign stop.
An organized group of Texas
college students called the Dead
beat Patrol are following
Morales across the state to draw
attention to his wife’s delinquent
college loan.
Morales said his wife received
an American Indian grant with
the understanding she would
pay it back by working on an In
dian reservation.
“She applied to work on a
reservation but was turned
down,” Morales said.
He said they were told to file
for a hardship waiver but found
out thirteen years later they did
not qualify.
Lesley Howe, a member of
the Deadbeat Patrol, said
See Patrol, Page 6
Yeltsin leads
Russia election
\ runoff election will be
\eld late June or early July
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris
Itltsin held a narrow lead over
; Communist rival early Mon-
iy as Russia’s weary, worried
got its first real chance to
aide the nation’s future. A
M was almost certain, and a
adidate running third, a
tjh-talking former general
isays he supports law, order
^democracy, emerged as a
ssible kingmaker.
With 72 percent of the vote for
■ssident counted, 34 percent of
lers were backing Yeltsin,
»se political
i economic
florins have
io spawned
berime and
I rruption.
irnmuni s t
e n n a d y
iganov, who
rniises a re-
m to the
ibal might
1 controlled
Homy of the
net era, had
percent, the Central Election
^mission reported.
|It was almost certain that nei-
t Yeltsin nor Zyuganov would
S 50 percent of the vote for a
ft-round victory. The runoff in
June or early July may de-
i largely on the strength and
kies of the other candidates.
Chief among them Sunday
Mormer general Alexander
>ed, running a strong third
h 15 percent of the vote.
fPy scenarios have Lebed
YELTSIN
throwing his support to Yeltsin
in a second round, although the
Communists also have sought
his support.
Lebed, 46, brought a para-
troop battalion to help Yeltsin in
his showdown with hard-liners
in 1991. He quit the army after
lambasting the top brass for cor
ruption and incompetence in
handling the war in Chechnya,
and has openly aspired to be de
fense minister.
Lebed refused early Monday
to speculate about a deal be
tween himself and Yeltsin, but
told Russian television: “I see
my main task as preventing this
country from being plunged into
the depths of bloody chaos. ... I
will do everything to preserve
the country as a civilized state.”
Liberal economist Grigory
Yavlinsky followed Lebed in
Sunday’s voting with 8 percent
and ultra-nationalist Vladimir
Zhirinovsky was fifth with 6
percent. Yavlinsky voters likely
would support Yeltsin in a
runoff, and many of Zhiri
novsky’s backers are expected to
shift to Zyuganov.
Sunday’s voting followed a
bitter campaign, offering what
many voters found to be only
unpleasant choices.
Tears welled in the eyes of a
70-year-old Moscow woman
named Milyana as she ex
plained why she voted for
Yeltsin, even though she and
her husband have seen their
once-decent standard of living
decline into poverty.
Aggieland Revisited
Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
Tom Robb, Class of '43 electrical engineering major, and his wife, Gloria,
"hump-it" in front of Spence Hall as part of the Aggie Hostel program.
AggieHostel
brings Ol' Ags
back to A&M
By Amy Protas
The Battalion
A ggieland has changed dramatically in the
past 45 years. This week, through Ag
gieHostel, former students aged 65 and up
get to see just how drastic that change is.
Wynn Rosser, director of campus programs for
the Association of Former Students and a member
of the class of 1990, said AggieHostel allows for
mer students to return and reexperience A&M as
it is today.
“AggieHostel is a program of the Association of
Former Students designed to bring former students
over the age of 65 and their spouses or guests back
to campus for a week,” Rosser said. “It’s an educa
tional program that also has a social aspect. It gives
them a chance to learn and have fun.”
The former students will take classes on techni
cal and humanities issues, tour the Recreation
Sports Center, participate in a Ring Dance and
conclude the week with a graduation banquet at
the Clayton Williams Alumni Center.
The music and atmosphere at the Ring Dance
will be reminiscent of OT Army days.
“At the Ring Dance, we will have a replica of
the Aggie Ring,” Rosser said. “There will be an or
chestra playing music from the ’40s and ’50s. It’s
kind of like a ballroom dance at the MSC, and
everybody gets to dress up. Campus leaders, ad
ministrators, hosts and hostesses are all there.”
Huel Tucker, class of ’53, and his wife celebrate
their wedding anniversary every year at AggieHos
tel. This year will mark their 48th anniversary.
“We like to come back whenever we can,” Tuck
er said. “You don’t find this atmosphere anywhere
See Aggie Hostel, Page 6
.ollapalooza festival
leaded out of town
Cristina Buffin
Battalion
■ s '
|jke of the biggest music festivals of
-summer is no longer coming to
^ College Station.
'morrow, Lollapalooza officials will
knee the music extravaganza will be
in Ferris, Texas on July 25.
! > lot of dates were bantered
H” Lisa Vega, a spokesperson for
'Palooza, said. “We’ve been looking
he best place to hold it and we de-
' I Ferris was it.”
,Yas rumored that Lollapalooza
not coming to the Texas World
Mway because community leaders
kt want the concert to disrupt the
^ But a spokesperson at County
! e Al Jone’s office said Lollapalooza
I H applied for a permit,
i Action among A&M students Lolla-
Vs decision was mixed,
j iison Schroeder, a freshman busi-
knd finance major, said she was
kd about the type of people the con-
kight attract.
hose kind of things attract the
Dave House, The Battalion
Lollapalooza was originally scheduled to
be held at the Texas World Speedway out
side of College Statiog.
freakos,” she said. “But it might have
been fun. People seem to like Lolla
palooza and it is a big deal since bands
like Metallica are playing.”
Vanilla Macias, a junior biology major,
said she was looking forward to it taking
place at the Speedway.
“I am a little worried about the ticket
price,” she said. “Everyone was excited
See Lollapalooza, Page 6
UNBEATA-BULL
Bulls clinch NBA championship
Michael Jordan was named NBA
Finals MVP for the fourth time
CHICAGO (AP) — The final
horn sounded and Michael Jor
dan grabbed the basketball, drop
ping down to the United Center
court. He hugged the ball, as if
guarding the Hope Diamond,
even as Randy Brown and Den
nis Rodman climbed on his back
and celebrated with him.
Jordan, obviously overcome
with emotion, stood and stag
gered off the court and into the
Bulls’ dressing room. Once
there, he again fell to floor,
cradling the ball and crying.
Yes, he was happy that he led
the Chicago Bulls to their fourth
title in six years and that he was
honored as NBA Finals MVP for
the fourth time after Sunday
night’s clrpching game against
the Seattle SuperSonics. But he
also was thinking of his mur
dered father on Father’s Day.
“I had to get out of the gym
and be by myself,” said Jordan,
whose father, James, was killed
in 1993. “I just had a lot to think
about ... what was most impor
tant to me, which was my family
and my father not being here to
see this. This was for dad.”
No other player has won four
NBA Finals MVP awards. Only
one other. New York’s Willis
Reed in 1970, has been most
valuable player of the finals,
regular season and All-Star
Game in the same year.
“Who would have ever writ
ten this season?” said Jordan,
who led the Bulls to an un
precedented 72-10 regular sea
son followed by a dominant 15-
3 postseason.
“Everything’s a possibility.
See Bulls, Page 3
Associated Press
Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan was named NBA
Finals MVP.