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The Battalion 102 ’ No - 168 (6 pages) Serving Texas AdrM University Since 1893 THE BATT ON-LINE: http://bat-web.tamu.edu Monday • July 22, 1996 two-hour breJ a video. DurJ, ng, they h and expert; r, according tfi om the Depi-r ture. ' the class s for the futil 'ommunicatio; fets students - Rescuers search For man after blast SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — • n P I* 2 'Beseueris were searching for a T lg j worker missing after a sugar refin- 'i ^ and be e) . explosion that leveled seven " 1( ar 150-foot-tall silos, scattered sugar , Ip to a mile away and left four n, a senior jg 0 p] e hospitalized. ^ ? a i 0 c ■ Investigators were sifting nglish-Sp!w ro ugh the rubble of the Western i the class,$t!-g U g ar plant, trying to find Gene irst time m£.-l ier g enSj 3^, e acceafi tottB ^ fellow employee said that he liought Juergens was working on ig we B couldw top f] oor of a sugar silo at the efore, StantJjng 0 f the blast Saturday night, the technoloB “Perhaps some pockets developed .can commuijlhere fhe rubble did not have a ically. Itst:m. us hing effect,” said Scottsbluff :an add totMj a y 0r Mark Harris, lore, and sri; ■ Authorities said it could be get friendshpLyg before they knew what laused the explosion, which sxico StudJp ew ed plywood and sugar around am willbe:|^j s western Nebraska city of r honors cl£W4 ) 100 people, just 20 miles from Students > n:f lie Wyoming state line. ;act GuillerJ; Company officials said sugar sco in the Dflust might have been ignited, tecture. m “We had reports of a bomb, fire- MINN. Explosion at sugar plant NEBRASKA Lincoln © COLO. 100 miles KANSAS Associated Press works, a cruise missile and light ning all hitting the factory,” said Deputy State Fire Marshall Jerry Larson. “That’s understandable given the suddenness and size of the explosion.” The blast leveled seven of the plant’s eight silos and initially in jured 15 of the 31 employees in side the refinery. Four remained hospitalized Sunday night. One of them, a 49-year-old woman, was in critical condition with chest and abdominal injuries. Concern over pace of salvage operation mounts EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — Feder al officials are concerned over how long it is taking to get clues from the wreckage of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 and that a terrorist might be getting away. “It frustrates me,” says FBI assistant director James Kallstrom. “The reality is, I need this forensics evidence. Because if I do have a terrorist, here — I’m not saying I do — but if I do, it’s another day’s head start that this individual has to do what ever he’s doing to cover his tracks.” For the first time, Kallstrom defined what scenarios the FBI was considering: “There was a bomb on the plane, the plane was hit with a rocket or there was a mechanical, electrical or some mal function on the plane that caused the plane to explode.” All 230 people aboard the flight died in the nation’s second worst air disaster. Navy workers trying to map out what is believed to be the main piece of wreck age from the TWA flight were stymied Sunday when equipment failure kept them from videotaping the scene. Investigators planned to try again to day to identify the 15-foot-high object ris ing from the ocean floor. A Navy ship left Norfolk, Va., early this morning to deliver an unmanned, underwater robot that will help divers search for wreckage. “Hopefully, we will find this airplane,” Kallstrom said. Searchers planned to videotape the crash site, which could be as wide as a mile, before sending down divers. Divers were sent out Sunday to search for bod ies, however. The Boeing 747’s two recorders for cockpit conversations and flight data, the so-called black boxes, had not been found, nor were investigators hearing any telltale “pings” that are released from the recorders. Investigators said if the boxes were ly ing under certain types of metal it might prevent the sounds from being picked up. While officials said there was still no evidence the plane was downed by a bomb, they were eager to inspect the fuse lage for clues. Time was running short, they said, since the chemical remains of plastic explosives would begin to fade af ter a week. The debris may also hold the passen gers whose bodies have not been recov ered, Kallstrom said. Also Sunday, families of the victims gathered at dozens of memorial services across the country. Many said they be lieved officials were not doing enough to identify the victims. “Anger is without question the predom inant feeling,” among the families, said Red Cross counselor Dottie Brier. “It is in creasing and increasing.” Of the 101 bodies recovered so far, 46 had been positively identified by Sunday night, said Suffolk County Medical Exam iner Dr. Charles Wetli. Wetli said identifying the rest of the recovered bodies could take “several more days.” Gov. George Pataki ordered more pathologists to the scene so the medical exams could continue around-the-clock. Pataki said victims’ families would at tend a waterfront memorial service today at Smith Point County Park, on a point of land closest to the site. 1 Page 1 a senior ma:! aid althoufl tries to hel; )roblem “ret *e it smells; ait at the bt| nsection treets for .. It’s rea lez said, n to some every yeai. y roost ran et is one»! y return to trea at 7 ach year wners havf ■ther to re Culture Concerto uartet brings chamber music to A&M ents learn ole, they aessment c, a tool students omething t,” Coon- By Heather R. Rosenfeld The Battalion Marion Peraza Ugel, Carlos Alberto Rubio, Luis Enrique Vargas and Marta Fontes Sala are members of the Venezuelan quartet. An international quartet hopes to heighten cultural awareness through music in Rudder Theater tonight. The Cuarteto De Cuerdas America (The String Quartet of America), includes mem bers of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orches tra from Venezuela. Marcos De Donato, president of the Venezuelan Student Association and doctoral student at Texas A&M, said the association brought the quartet to A&M in hopes of educat ing students and the community. “Texas A&M has a great variety of people,” De Donato said, “But, many people here don’t inte grate much with people of other cultures, I feel this would be different if there was more expo sure to other cultures and their traditions.” The quartet performed last week in the Inter national Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. Carlos Alberto Rubio, violinist in the quar tet, said the group overcame tough competition to be selected to play at Round Top. “Five quartets were selected worldwide,” Ru bio said. “We were chosen from the best in the United States, and the best from Europe. ... We were the only ones to represent Latin America. Marion Peraza Ugel said Texas A&M pro vides the quartet with a new opportunity. “Performing at this University is a very dif ferent experience,” Ugel said. “There are many different citizenships here, and there are high expectations of us to bring quality music from our country.” Daniel Hernandez, a junior international business and management major, said the quartet’s performance will be more than an en joyable evening out. “A&M is constantly becoming more interna tional and more diverse, and it is important that people from other countries see that our University is one that is interested in learning about other cultures,” Hernandez said. “In re turn, it enables other those from other coun tries to see our University and the culture we have here.” See Quartet, Page 6 Pat James, The Battalion GOLF GURU Joe Saucedo, a senior business management major, practices a golf swing before playing in an intramural tournament Sunday. imunica- e College press re- .ms were ng saifl- 1 experi- he work- itudents t intern nts la s J cept 20, rrently the De nature e this,” pes re- ipport- yg the iway f° out, we sr said' z>le it 8 rn pro - 37. ftfIL 1996 OLYMPIC TELEVISION . SCHEDULE MONDAY JULY 22 09 a.m.- noon Gymnastics-Men’s team competition Swimming-Qualifying heats Rowing-Qualifying heats L30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Gymnastics-Men’s team final Swimming-Finals -Women's 400m freestyle -Men's 100m freestyle -Women’s 100m backstroke -Men's 200m butterfly -Women’s 4x100m freestyle Basketball-U.S. men vs. Angola Volleyball-U.S. women's game 11:41 a.m.-1:11 a.m. Volleyball-U.S. women’s game Boxing Water polo-U.S. vs. Ukraine Wrestling-Greco-Roman matches Weightlifting-Featherweight final The H.E.A.T. is on Program helps stop auto theft By Erica Roy The Battalion Car thieves looking for an easy time should steer clear of some Texas automobiles. The statewide Texas H.E.A.T. (Help End Auto Theft) program was established by the Department of Public Safety in November 1993 to help prevent automobile theft. The voluntary H.E.A.T pro gram enables police officers in Texas to stop cars with the H.E.A.T stickers on them, and ask the driver to prove ownership of the car between the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sgt. Choya Walling of the Bryan Police Department said, “If you don’t usually drive your car during the early hours in the morning from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m, then you can register in the H.E.A.T. program.” Registering with H.E.A.T. does not prevent drivers from using their cars during these hours, but does allow police officers permis sion to stop them if they do use their car. To register for the program, vehicle owners must go to a par ticipating law enforcement agency, such as the Bryan or Col lege Station Police Department. University Police Department (UPD) does not issue the stick ers, Lt. Bert Kretzschmar of UPD said, but it does enforce the pro gram by stopping cars with the H.E.A.T. stickers on them. Any car registered in Texas can participate in H.E.A.T. by present ing a valid driver’s license, certifi cate of title and proof of insurance or vehicle registration receipt at any police station. Two decal stickers are attached to the car. The rear decal is circu lar with the words H.E.A.T. and the State of Texas written on it. It is red, white and blue and mount ed on the lower-left comer of the rear windshield or on the left side of the rear bumper. There are two different front decals, depending on which pro gram in which the car is regis tered. The white H.E.A.T. sticker gives permission for an officer to stop a vehicle any time it is cross ing from Texas into Mexico. The yellow H.E.A.T. sticker al lows police officers to stop the car crossing into Mexico between the hours of 1:00 a.m and 5:00 a.m. Registration costs 1 cent. Patty Gonzales, the H.E.A.T. program supervisor of the De partment of Public Safety, said, “It (H.E.A.T.) is funded by the Automobile Theft Prevention See H.E.A.T., Page 6 Residence halls get connected to Ethernet By Brandon Hausenfluck The Battalion The Texas A&M Depart ment of Resident Life and Housing is connecting dormi tories across the campus with Ethernet, a campus-wide com puter access network adminis tered by Computer Informa tion Services (CIS). Ron Sasse, director of Resi dent Life and Housing, said once all residence halls are connected to the Ethernet sys tem it will be a convenient tool for students on campus. “The Ethernet will allow stu dents to have direct connection to the University computers,” he said. “This will allow students to access information much faster and easier than they could be fore. We’re trying to develop a plan to get everyone hooked up as soon as possible.” Sasse said 10 residence halls are already connected and three more should be completed by the end of the summer. Once connected with Ether net, students will be able to have direct access to the Inter net, e-mail, the World Wide Web, the library on-line cata log, academic computers, Nin tendo and other computer re sources on campus. Raymond McCauley, sys tems analyst for the Depart ment of Resident Life and Housing, said getting hooked up to the system will be easy for students. “They (students) will have to buy a card to be installed on their computers,” he said. “Then basically all they will See Ethernet, Page 6