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fo\. 102, No. 177 (6 pages)
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■The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
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icross campus at night during the
all and spring semesters, but not
jpough cadets stay on campus dur-
ng the summer to staff a full
}uard Room. Therefore, women
nust walk by themselves at night,
vhich can be dangerous.
■The Corps has organized an es-
:ort pilot program from August 5 to
L3 during the hours of 9 p.m. to 1
i.m. Male volunteers from various
organizations will take shifts
n i,he Guard Room. The Memorial
Student Center (MSC), OL-’ AGS,
(nterfraternity Council, Alpha Phi
Danega, class councils, and Student
Government organizations will par
ticipate in the service.
The Guard Room will be open four
hours, divided into two two-hour
shifts. Two members from one of the
organizations will work two hours
while a cadet is also present in the
Guard Room.
Kyle Sparkman, a junior biomed
ical science major, organized the
program. He said the program has
the potential to continue during the
summer of 1997.
“There’s no way of knowing if it will
be successful, but I’m really optimistic
about it working out,” Sparkman said.
“This is a problem that we’ve got to do
something about. We’ve at least got to
try and see if it works.”
Murray Van Eman, a senior animal
science major and vice president of the
MSC, was approached by Sparkman to
participate in the pilot program. He
said the MSC decided to participate in
the program because they have a re
sponsibility to operate and manage
programs for students.
“This is one way we can help out
where we typically haven’t before,” Van
Eman said. “If it (the escort service)
can’t run during the summer, that does
n’t mean criminal activities stop.”
Van Eman volunteered to work in
the Guard Room for a two-hour shift
because he thinks it is a positive pro
gram on campus.
“I think it’s a good program,” Van
Eman said. “I have a lot of respect for
Corps guys who work the Guard Room
during the year. Some of those guys
work for twelve hours at a time. It’s a
good campus service.”
Many female students are pleased
an escort service is being provided.
Joyce Brown, a freshman civil engi
neering major, said the program
makes her feel safer.
“I get paranoid walking by myself at
night,” Brown said. “A&M is one of the
safest campuses in Texas, but it is a
good precautionary measure to have
an escort. I would call for an escort.”
Jennifer Patterson, a sophomore el
ementary education major, said the
program is a good idea because the
campus is sparsely populated during
the summer months.
“It’s a good idea, especially during
the summer,” Patterson said. “The
campus is empty. There’s not as many
people on campus. It’s more likely
something would happen during the
summer when no one is around.”
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Cindy Digesualdo, a wildlife center technician, pets "Emma," a female
white-tailed deer who is one of the many exotic animals at the center on
West Campus.
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Dole vows to ‘finish the
job Ronald Reagan started’
The GOP candidate unveiled his economic package Monday
CHICAGO (AP) — Making a bold bid
to capture a skeptical public’s attention.
Bob Dole proposed a $548 billion tax cut
and asserted Monday he could balance
the budget at the same time and “finish
the job Ronald Reagan started.”
Laying out the details of his cam
paign centerpiece, Dole proposed cut
ting the income tax rate 15 percent
across-the-board, halving the capital-
gains tax rate and giving lower and
middle-income families a $500-per-
child tax credit. He also vowed to “end
the IRS as we know it” as part of his
long range plan for a “simpler, flatter
and fairer” tax system.
“As of this moment, Bill Clinton and
his party are the defenders of the sta
tus quo,” declared the Republican pres
idential candidate. “We are the party
of change.”
President Clinton countered that
Dole’s proposal would “balloon the
deficit, raise interest rates and weaken
the economy.”
“It will hurt the American people ...
I am unalterably opposed to going back
to the mistake we made before and
having big tax cuts that are not paid
for,” Clinton said, referring to the
deficit deepening 1980s.
The Clinton campaign immediately
launched TV ads throughout much of
the nation attacking Dole’s plan: “Amer
ica’s economy is coming back. Now Bob
Dole is endangering it all with a risky
last-minute scheme...”
See Dole, Page 6
Clinton to fight terrorism with
sanctions against Iran, Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aggravating tensions with allies,
President Clinton ordered sanctions Monday against foreign
companies that invest in Iran and Libya. “You simply can’t do
business with people by day who are killing your people by
night,” the president declared.
Germany and France denounced the move as a barrier to
international trade. The 15-nation European Union also
protested. And Iran predicted the new law was “doomed to
failure” because of the allies’ objections.
The United States already was under fire from Canada, Mex
ico and other allies for a measure Clinton signed that penalizes
foreign businesses that invest in property the Cuban govern
ment confiscated from current American citizens.
Clinton said he expected the allies would eventually come
around to his way of thinking. But he also said, “Where we
don’t agree, the United States cannot and will not refuse to do
what we believe is right.”
With Americans still awaiting answers to the TWA disaster
and the Olympics bombing, Clinton spoke out against terror
ism in an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony and in a speech at
George Washington University.
‘Terrorism is the enemy of our generation and we must pre
vail,” the president said. He singled out Iran and Libya as “two
of the most dangerous supporters of terrorism in the world.”
Clinton was joined at the White House by relatives of victims
of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scot
land. Also present were two of the Americans who had been held
hostage at the American Embassy in Iran at the end of the
Carter administration.
Clinton said the sanctions bill would heighten pressure on
Libya to extradite two suspects in the Pan Am explosion.
And Victoria Cummock, president of Families of Pan Am
103, responded, “Today marks an important day in America’s
war against countries that use terrorism as an instrument of
national policy against American citizens and the free world.”
The new law, which cleared Congress on July 23, requires
the president to penalize foreign firms that invest $40 million
or more annually in the energy sectors of Iran and Libya.
^orps members
pend summer at
raining camps
Ann Marie Hauser
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For many, summertime brings happy thoughts of
laxing at the beach and sleeping late. But members
the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets with military con-
acts have other plans.
Whether sailing the seven seas or flying F-15 fight
's, select cadets are pushing to their limit in prepar-
g for a future in the military.
Various summer training camps take place
ifoughout the United States for the Army, Air Force
id Marines. The Navy sends future sailors on sum-
er cruises around the world.
Cadets have the option (not guaranteed) of serving
vessels such as aircraft carriers or submarines.
Ensign Ian Wolfe, a Class of ’96 graduate, said
dets on the cruises can experience a sampling of
erything the Navy has to offer.
Cadets get to actually experience what it’s like to
fin the Navy,” Wolfe said. “They get a taste of avia-
on, surface warfare and submarine propulsion.”
Navy foreign exchange programs give the cadets
le opportunity to serve abroad in foreign ports such
s Japan, Guam and Singapore.
The summer programs differ for each military
r anch, but most last about four to six weeks.
Army cadets from A&M spend six weeks at Ft. Lewis,
'ash. At the camp, cadets practice leadership, physical
taess and marksmanship along with other skills.
Maj. Robert King, an assistant professor of military
lienee and detachment executive officer, said the
aining camp is a significant part of a cadet’s future.
“It is the one most important thing Army
OTC cadets do before their commission,” King
iid. “It is one major indicator for how well they
ill do (once commissioned).”
See Corps, Page 6
Oil
Students find true love at A&M
By Tauma Wiggins
The Battalion
/ ; tudents attend Texas A&M
\ ' to gain a quality education.
Al But while attaining future
% job skills, some students are
^ getting a little more out of
/ their college experience — a
.. —future marriage partner.
All over campus, students are asking
“The Question”, making wedding plans
and tying the knot.
Students are using all kinds of tech
niques to “ask the question.”
Melissa Gay Melton, a senior bioengi
neering major, said her fiance Scott
Boedeker, whom she met at A&M, pro
posed to her in a romantic setting.
“We were sitting in my fiance’s boat in
San Diego and there was music outside
from a concert,” she said. “He asked me if
I wanted anything to drink, and then
when he came back up he had a bucket
with a bottle of champagne and then he
kneeled and asked me to marry him. I
was about to die!”
Many A&M students were surprised to
find love in the college grind.
Mary Taboado* a senior nutrition ma
jor, said meeting her future husband at
A&M was unexpected.
“I didn’t come to A&M thinking I was
going to find my husband,” Taboado said.
She said her fiancee proposed to
her in a traditional manner, and said
she was surprised.
“It’s all kind of a blur,” she said. “He got
down on one knee and all of the sudden
there was this box in his hand. I think he
said, ‘Will you marry marry me?’”
Asking “the question” can make even
the strongest people scared.
Casey Schaeffer, a senior finance ma
jor, said he was nervous the night he pro
posed to his girlfriend.
“My face was beet red, and I was really
nervous all through dinner,” Schaeffer
said. “We had gone out to dinner with my
roommate and his girlfriend, and I had
already given them a dozen roses and a
card that they put on the bench (under
See Love, Page 6
Engagement begins the long process of wedding planning for
many students.
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