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Jol. 102, No. 180 (8 pages)
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p SAN DIEGO — Until this week,
delegates to the Republican Nation
al Convention in San Diego saw lit
tle to be excited about. With their
presumed presidential nominee.
Sen. Bob Dole, floundering in the
polls and the national media declar
ing the race all but lost, many dele-
gltes just seemed content to enjoy
the sights and sounds of southern
California. But when the former
senate majority leader anointed
Jack Kemp his vice presidential
candidate, everything changed.
Rodger Lewis, Brazos County
Republican chairman, said
Kemp is everything the Texas
delegation could have hoped for
in Dole’s running mate.
“I’m sure we could possibly find
some point of disagreement on some
issue,” Lewis said, “but I can’t think
of it at the moment.”
Even experienced Texas Repub
lican Party insiders were caught
See Delegates, Page 8
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With an opening
night splash of political all-stars, Republi
cans launch their harbor-front convention
today hoping to lift Bob Dole’s struggling
campaign and redeem his promise that
“the era of Bill Clinton is about over.”
Dole and running mate Jack Kemp
brought an air of excitement to this conven
tion city where nearly 1,990 delegates —
ages 18 to 93 — were eager to turn from
partying to politics. “Here in San Diego, the
real race begins,” Dole declared.
Filling his time before accepting the
nomination Thursday night. Dole planned
a mid-morning speech at a solar turbine
plant to tout the tax-cutting plan that is
the centerpiece of his campaign — and the
target of jabs from Clinton.
Down in the polls — but perhaps pulling
up — Dole proclaimed, “It’s a fresh start for
us.” Two surveys showed Clinton ahead by
about 10 points, half his lead in earlier
polls. But two others suggested Clinton’s
advantage was nearly 20 points.
Kemp, who has differed with Dole on
many policies, declared unwavering alle
giance. “Let me just tell you here today,
unambiguously. Bob, you are the quarter
back and I am your blocker and we’re go
ing all the way,” Kemp said, drawing on
imagery from his football career.
With security tightened after the
Olympics’ pipe bombing, the San Diego
Convention Center was ringed with a
chain-link fence, metal detectors and police
officers. Concrete barriers lined the streets.
The four-day convention was scripted
for television, fast-paced with a 10-minute
limit on speeches and big-screen videos
showing “average Americans” with “above
average accomplishments.”
The first-night headliners were not so
average: former Presidents George Bush
and Gerald Ford, soldier-turned-statesman
Colin Powell and Nancy Reagan, standing
in for her ailing husband Ronald Reagan.
A slew of Republican candidates for Senate
and House seats also got a turn at the mikes —
a sign of the GOPs hopes of holding on to con
trol of Congress after two years at the helm.
Aside from the speeches, the main order
of business was the ratification of the GOP
platform with its bitterly debated anti-abor
tion plank and a proposed statement of “tol
erance” relegated to the appendix.
Three governors who support abortion
rights, California’s Pete Wilson, New
York’s George Pataki and Massachusetts’
William Weld, were denied or gave up
prime-time speaking spots.
Overall, the platform is a staunchly
conservative document that urges elimi
nation of four Cabinet departments and
denial of automatic citizenship to children
born in America of illegal aliens. It de
clares opposition to same-sex marriages
and quotas and preferences under affir
mative action. Dole said he hadn’t read it
and wouldn’t be bound by it.
Dole’s primary rival, Pat Buchanan,
staged a rally with supporters and took
credit for the platform’s conservative fla
vor. But in a show of unity, Buchanan also
declared, “It is time for a party truce in
the name of Republican victory.”
VIore troops head to Mideast
■WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite two
errorist bombings aimed at forcing
unerican troops from the Persian Gulf,
he U.S. military is intensifying its
ower in the region, not depleting it.
/ About 5,000 soldiers, airmen and
ther military specialists are heading
o the area on temporary duty to par-
icipate in land, sea and air exercises
jpughout the strategic area. Some
ml be bolstering defenses for air
Stews living in the region.
mThey will be joining the 21,000
roops already there. Of that number,
About 15,000 are afloat on 20 warships
nthe Persian Gulf and nearby waters,
lllran contends such activities
mount to “provocative acts,” and
:laimed last week that U.S. war-
jlanes violated its air space twice
luring the ongoing exercises. Wash
ington denied it.
But Pentagon officials say the latest
round of military maneuvers, some of
which will last into December, are evi
dence of U.S. resolve to maintain peace
and stability in the area.
“We will not be driven out,” Defense
Secretary William Perry vowed in the
wake of the June 25 truck bombing
that claimed 19 servicemen’s lives in
Dhahran. In November, a bomb attack
in the Saudi capital of Riyadh killed
five Americans and two Indians.
The exercises include:
— “Intrinsic Action 96-3,” in which
1,200 Army soldiers from Fort
McPherson, Ga., and Fort Hood,
Texas, rush to the former battlefields
of Kuwait to show how quickly they
can deploy the armored tanks and
weaponry stored there.
The exercise, which began over the
weekend and will last through Decem
ber, is one of a series conducted by U.S.
troops since Saddam Hussein’s forces
were driven from the emirate during
the Persian Gulf Weir in 1991.
“This is part of the forward pres
ence we’re maintaining in the Gulf
that allows us to respond very quickly
and forcefully to any emergencies
that might arise there,” Pentagon
spokesman Kenneth Bacon said.
— “Rugged Nautilus,” primarily a
naval exercise which involves about
2,000 servicemen and women. It began
in July and will last through August to
test their ability to rapidly organize
U.S. military forces in the area.
Planes, ships and troops on the
See Troops, Page 8
Expansions provide leadership
opportunities for Corps members
lawn Lauderdale, platoon and recruiting
geant for new regiment outfit B-1, and )oel
ylor, first sergeant for new regiment outfit A-2,
lead two newly-formed Corps outfits.
1 Tauma Wiggins
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Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
By Ann Marie Hauser
The Battalion
Two new companies and a new
brigade will contribute new tra
ditions and provide leadership
opportunities for the Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling,
former commandant of the
Corps, authorized these expan
sions to give more leadership
positions for cadets.
“I think it will provide addi
tional leadership opportunities
which has been the main objec
tive over the past three years,”
Darling said.
Army ROTC split to form a
second brigade because it had
grown almost twice as large as
the regiment, wing and band.
Steve Foster, Corps commander
and a senior political science major,
said the new outfits will benefit nu
merous cadets because they offer
more leadership opportunities.
“This gives everybody a
chance to work on their leader
ship skills,” Foster said. “It’s an
incredible opportunity for mem
bers of the new outfits.”
Shawn Lauderdale, a new up
perclassman of B-1 and a junior
marketing major, said recruiting
this summer was their only chance
to recruit the incoming freshmen.
“Myself and A-2 share a unique
challenge because the usual paths
for recruiting have not been avail
able to us,” Lauderdale said.
Both outfits are ranked within
the top five for the success they have
had in recruiting this summer.
Joel Taylor, first sergeant of
A-2 and a junior civil engineering
major, said a lot of progress has
been made this summer.
“We’ve had to do everything
on our own, picking all new
things to start an outfit,” Taylor
See Corps, Page 8
Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
ROPIN' THE WIND
Jesse Carver, a junior animal science major and a junior herdsman for the Texas A&M
Show Team, halters a heifer Friday. The Show Team puts on grooming and showman
ship clinics for FFA and 4-H clubs.
inals put stress on students
Texas A&M students might
i busy preparing for the fall se-
lester, but they must make it
‘rough this week’s final exams
rst. All the work can make
>me students stress out.
Day Diltz, a senior elemen-
iry major, said she has experi-
iced stress while studying for
nd taking exams this summer
id is presently studying for two
Sams she will take Wednesday.
“Any time I take a test, I get
fetty anxious,” Diltz said. “(With
lath tests) I sometimes look at all
ie numbers and start to panic.”
The Texas A&M Student
tunseling Service offers as
sistance to students going
through academic-related
stress and other problems.
Ellen*, a volunteer for the Stu
dent Counseling Service help line,
said many students seek help for
stress during exam time. She said
the counseling center offers sever
al different solutions.
“(For exam stress), we advise
them to on-campus services such
as a study-skill program,” Ellen
said. “If they’re really stressed
out — and it’s more than an aca
demic struggle — we suggest
they can go see a counselor (for)
up to 10 free sessions.”
Ellen said the Student Coun
seling Service offers many pro
grams and workshops, such as a
See Exams, Page 8
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FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
10-Week Semester, Tuesday August 13 and Wednesday, August 14
August 13, Tuesday
August 13, Tuesday
August 13, Tuesday
August 13, Tuesday
August 14, Wednesday
August 14, Wednesday
August 14, Wednesday
August 14, Wednesday
8-1(5 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
1-3 p.m.
3:30-5:30 p.m.
8-10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-l 2:30 p.m.
1-3 p.m.
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
classes meeting MWF 8-10 a.m.
classes meeting MWF 10 a.m.-noon
classes meeting MWF noon-2 p.m.
classes meeting MWF 2-4 p.m.
classes meeting TR 8-10 a.m.
classes meeting TR 10 a.m.-noon
classes meeting TR noon-2 p.m.
classes meeting TR 2-4 p.m.
Second Term, Wednesday, August 14
1996
August 14, Wednesday
Vigust 14, Wednesday
August 14, Wednesday
August 14, Wednesday
8-10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
1-3 p.m.
3:30-5:30 p.m.
classes meeting 8-9:35 a.m.
classes meeting 10-11:35 a.m.
classes meeting noon-1:35 p.m.
classes meeting 2-3:35 p.m.
■ iii^ he Texas A&M presiden-
T m tial mansion might look
^ m like a million bucks, but it
■ only cost the University
M.. around $60,000 to build.
The majestic 7,000-square-foot
home sits atop a knoll surrounded by
the evergreen oak trees that typify
Texas A&M. The large driveway circles
perfectly at the doorstep, and has re
ceived distinguished guests for over 35
years. Inside, high ceilings, wooden
floors and antique-style molding create
a roomy yet comfortable atmosphere.
The furnishings have belonged to
A&M for years. Some pieces were sal
vaged from a fire that burned the first
president’s house to the ground. In the
formal dining room, a large wooden
table with 12 chairs is accented with a
handsome silver collection donated by
former student Buddy Benz. A grand
piano, antique couches, large paintings
and a statuesque fireplace make up
the formal living room.
Mrs. Margaret Rudder, the widow
of former A&M president Earl Rudder,
said much of the home was donated by
Pat lames, The Battalion
See Mansion, Page 8 The A&M Presidential Mansion sits on the southside of campus.