The Battalion
olume 103 • Issue 9 • 20 Pages
Thursday, September 12, 1996
The Batt Online: http://bat-web.tamu.edu
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n disappearance Bar owners must restrict pitcher sales under state law
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The Battalion
Police in Arkansas discov-
ed Don Davis’ abandoned
arat a Little Rock motel
ednesday, giving police the
rst big break in their search
ir the Texas A&M graduate
id rape suspect.
Law enforcement officials
[enowinvestigating airlines
see if Davis left through a
Me Rock, Ark., airport.
BobWiatt, director of
leUniversity Police De-
artment, said Davis’ red
issan was discovered ear-
Wednesday morning by
noff-duty police officer
'ho was working as a secu-
t)'guard at a Little Rock
oliday Inn.
After running a computer
tieckon the vehicle, the offi-
irdiscovered the car be-
mged to Davis. The Little
ock Police Department then
otified law enforcement offi-
ialsin Bryan-College Station.
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do not
know how
long the
car had
been
parked at
the motel.
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Davis
operating
with
LRPD, the Arkansas State
Police and the Texas De
partment of Public Safety
in efforts to find Davis.
The motel where Davis’
car was found is adjacent
to the Little Rock Airport,
Wiatt said, possibly indi
cating Davis may have
boarded a plane.
Police are checking air
line documents to deter
mine whether Davis used
his real name if he boarded
a plane, Wiatt said. His
name was not on the hotel
See Davis, Page 13
By Kendra S. Rasmussen
The Battalion
For some of the 2,500 Texas A&M
seniors receiving their Aggie rings
today, dunking the treasure will be
half the tradition it used to be.
Recent occurrences at the Dixie
Chicken prompted owner Don Can
ter to ban students from dunking
their rings in 60-ounce pitchers of
beer. He will offer a 32-ounce
schooner instead.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com
mission agents arrested an under
aged student after dunking her ring
Sept. 4.
The arrest brought to the surface
the illegality of selling an entire
pitcher of alcohol to one person for
individual consumption.
Randy Field, TABC agent and the
arresting officer, said the restriction
on pitchers falls under the “happy
hour” law passed in 1990.
The purpose of the law, Field
said, is to prohibit “any promotion
that encourages the over-consump
tion of alcohol.”
The state considers selling a
pitcher of alcohol to one individual
for consumption overselling. Most
bars post signs requiring two con
sumers per pitcher.
Canter said the ban is necessary
to protect the Dixie Chicken’s
liquor license.
“We, as a purveyor of spirits,
need to govern the fact that there
needs to be two or more people that
are going to consume [the alcohol],”
he said. “Otherwise, we could lose
our license.”
TABC, Canter said, is serious
about stopping the activity.
“They came down on us pretty
hard,” he said. “They were pretty
mad.”
The Dixie Chicken, Canter said,
does not want to stand in the way of
Aggie tradition, so he worked out an
agreement with TABC.
“In order to try to stay in the spir
it of the ring dunking thing, we
came up with a schooner, a 32-
ounce schooner.”
The schooner, Field said, is con
sidered a single serving of alcohol
and is not prohibited under the hap
py hour laws.
Canter said that although he real
izes he must abide by the laws, he is
not happy about the change.
“I don’t like any of this, but I’m
helpless in the jaws of the law,” Can
ter said. “I have got to obey the law
See Dunking, Page 13
Boenig honored
at benefit concert
ByCarla Renea Marsh
The Battalion
Hundreds of people
lowed into the Rudder Au
ditorium to honor former
Student Body President Toby
Boenigat the Singing Cadets
fflmtWednesday night.
was injured when
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ith friends on the
Guadalupe River in May. The
accident dislocated two of
Boenig’s vertebrae, leaving
liim partially paralyzed.
Boenig continues to re
cover at Warm Springs Re-
habilitation Center in
Gonzalez.
Doctors have told him
lie would never walk again,
but Boenig looked the doc
tors in the eyes and said, “I
will walk again.”
Boenig was over
whelmed by the crowd of
family, friends and dedi
cated Aggies that showed
tip to support him.
Tears streamed down
oenig’s face when asked
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how he felt about having a
benefit concert dedicated
to him.
“It brings tears to my
eyes,” Boenig said. “I’m glad
to see all my friends.”
Friends and supporters
flocked to Boenig as he en
tered the auditorium.
• Texas A&M President Ray
Bowen and Vice President of
Student Affairs J. Malon
Southerland came out to
support Boenig as well.
“Toby is an individual of
character and has skills that
are an influence to others in
life,” Southerland said. “It is
nice to say welcome back to
A&M and we’re thinking
about you.”
The Singing Cadets be
gan the benefit concert by
singing the “Spirit of Ag-
gieland.”
Brooke Leslie, former stu
dent body president, wel
comed the crowd with
stories about the friendships
Boenig shared with many
students at A&M.
Leslie’s talk of Boenig’s
courage and inspiration left
tears in the eyes of the audi
ence. “Toby, we’re so proud
of you,” said Leslie.
Amy Patterson, a senior
elementary education major,
said the benefit was a way
for the University to give
something back to the for
mer student body president.
“I came out out support
Toby Boenig and his fami
ly,” she said.
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Don Canter, owner of the Dixie Chicken, will offer a 32-ounce schooner
instead of the traditional 60-ounce pitcher.
Council protests
vendor guidelines
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Former Student Body President Toby Boenig was honored at the Singing Cadets con
cert in Rudder Auditorium last night.
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
The Student Body Execu
tive Council objected this
week to the University Con
cessions Committee’s new
guidelines for on-campus
vendors, which was signed
Wednesday by Dr. J. Malon
Southerland, vice president
for student affairs.
The new guidelines re
quire that items sold by any
recognized student organi
zation on campus must in
dicate the purpose of the
organization.
A sign displaying the name
of the organization must also
be visible to the public.
A memo written by K.C.
Allan, Class of ’97 president
and a senior accounting
major, said she disap
proved of the new guide
lines for several reasons.
In the memo, Allan said
there was no student input
on the new guidelines.
Amy Bigbee, Student Gov
ernment chief of staff and a
senior chemical engineering
major, said the lack of stu
dent input is a main objec
tion to the new guidelines.
“We are concerned that
student input hadn’t been
heard fairly,” Bigbee said.
But Stephen Dunn, cam
pus concession administrator
and student activities adviser,
said two undergraduate and
two graduate students serve
on the committee, and at
least one of them was present
at the first meeting where the
new policies were discussed.
Bigbee said the new
guidelines harm smaller or
ganizations on campus.
“Specific examples of
where it would be detrimen
tal are smaller groups on
campus where this may be
their only source of fundrais
ing,” Bigbee said.
“I recommend that stu
dents communicate their
concerns to Mr. Brent Pat
terson, chair of this com
mittee,” Allan wrote.
“Student input should be
utilized to reconsider the
solution to this problem.”
Dunn said the guidelines
were under review because
the number of vendors was a
concern to the members of
the University Concessions
Committee.
“It had become almost a
circus atmosphere,” Dunn
said. “We were concerned
with the vendors taking
advantage of students as
consumers.”
Dunn said protecting
the students and student
organizations from ven
dors is one of the goals of
the new guidelines.
“Our intention was to
bring the campus back to the
point that student organiza
tions could conduct their
business, but not be overrun
by vendors,” he said.
The Student Body Execu
tive Council agreed with Al
lan’s objections to the new
guidelines, and it is sending a
letter to Patterson outlining its
problems with the guidelines.
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Opinion, Page 19
By Laura Oliveira
The Battalion
It has been plastered on
students’ doors and ogled on
the Internet.
No, it is not this month’s
Playboy centerfold, but The
Battalion’s off-the-wall, situa
tional comic strip, “Ewe Hall.”
John Lemons and Ed
Goodwin are two of the three
original creators who
brought the strip to life. They
recently adopted newcomer
David Hoffman to the team.
Hoffman, a sophomore
general studies major, sold
himself to the veterans with
his quick-wit sense of humor.
“David is a really funny
guy,” said Lemons. “He would
hang around and make sug-
This is the third of
a four-port series
on the cartoonists
of The Battalion.
gestions that would always
crack us up.”
Lemons, an electrical en
gineering graduate student,
created the cartoon. He said
his motivation solely was to
make people laugh.
But Lemons said the trio is
careful about what they use
in the strip.
“We run a family comic
strip,” he said. “We have to
keep it clean for the kids.”
Goodwin, a junior busi
ness major, draws the strip. A
longtime artist, Goodwin said
his art got him some strange
reactions as a youngster.
“I started drawing people
with huge heads and small
bodies in kindergarten,” he
said. “My teacher told me I
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might need therapy.”
Goodwin continued to
scribble away through high
school, but it was not until
his talent was noticed by
Lemons that he began draw
ing cartoons.
Although all three car
toonists said creating “Ewe
Hall” has been a fun and
worthwhile experience, the
trio said its future plans do
not necessarily include a pro
fessional cartooning career.
In the meantime, the three
keep producing “Ewe Hall,”
albeit for different reasons.
Goodwin said the gratifica
tion of knowing the readers
are entertained is enough to
keep him drawing.
“It’s really rewarding when
you see “Ewe Hail” on some
one’s door,” he said. “That’s
when it’s cool.”
Hoffman’s motives for cre
ating the cartoon have a
more extravagant angle.
“I do it to get the chicks
and for the money and
fame,” he said. “What other
reasons are there?”
Stew Milne, The Battalion
(clockwise from top) John Lemons, Dave Hoffman,
and Ed Goodwin work together to create the situation
al comic strip "Ewe Hall."