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The Battalion
Volume 10 5 • Issue 82 • 12 Pages
The Ball Online: http:// bat-web.tamu.edu
Thursday, January 50, 1997
nidentified stalker harasses student
By Laura Oliveira
The Battalion
exas Department of Public Safety’s forensic
st Karen Taylor has composed the physical
ness of an unidentified man suspected of ter-
stic threats and harassment,
aylor drew the composite after aTexas A&M Uni-
ity student described the man’s facial features,
he Texas A&M University Police Department
the student first came into contact with the
on Oct. 23, 1996, after receiving a message
: an unidentified caller threatened to kill her
her if certain demands were not met.
/lajor Josie Hoelscher of U PD said the case is
sual because the victim does not know the
ker.
[‘It is very unusual that we have a stalker that is
nown to the victim,” she said. “We cannot fig-
out the motive.
I'Usually it is a boyfriend who will not accept a
"ak-up because he is still in love with the girl.”
UPD reports he was first seen by the victim,
who lives on campus, on the evening of Oct. 28,
1996, in the bushes of her sorority house.
Later that evening, she returned to the sorori
ty house and saw the man in the bushes again.
The victim spotted him once again on Oct.
31, 1996, in one of her classrooms, but no con
tact was made.
The man has made additional phone calls to
the victim since the incident.
UPD reports the unidentified stalker was last
seen by the victim on Nov. 26, 1996, at Bonfire.
The girl was separated from the group she
went with and saw the man in the crowd. He
grabbed her arm and threatened to kill her. She
then ran back to her residence hall and reported
the incident to the police.
The victim has reported one phone call
from the man this semester. The case is still un
der investigation.
See Stalker, Page 5
Texas Department of Public Safety's
forensic artist Karen Taylor has
composed the physical likeness of
an unidentified man suspected of
terroristic threats and harassment.
Anti-Stalking Law Details
AUSTIN (AP) — Some details of an anti-stalking law signed by Gov. George W. Bush Tuesday:
LEGAL DEFINITION:
— Action on more than one occasion, and pursuant to the same course of con
duct, that is directed specifically at another person and that the offender knows
or should know the victim, the victim’s family or members of the victim’s house
hold will regard as threatening; causes the victim or members of the victim’s
family or household to fear bodily injury, death or a property offense; and would
cause a reasonable person to fear such injury.
PENALTY:
— First offense, class A misdemeanor, up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.
— Subsequent convictions, third-degree felony, two to 10 years in jail and an
optional fine of up to $10,000.
OTHER PROVISIONS INCLUDE:
— Law enforcement agencies would have to notify the victim before releasing a
person arrested for stalking.
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Former students look back
on leadership roles, positions
„ By Marissa Alanis
The Battalion
The common adage, “There’s a first time
for everything,” was the case for two former
A&M student leaders who broke new ground
for leadership positions on campus.
Brooke Leslie, the first female Student
Body President, and Ronnie McDonald, the
first African-American yell leader, held lead
ership roles never carried out before by any
one of their gender or race.
Leslie, Class of ’95, feels lucky to have had
the opportunity to be the 1994-1995 Stu
dent Body President at the age of 21.
“The whole year really reaffirmed my be
lief that there is no greater blessing than
having the chance to work for something
you believe in,” Leslie said.
Leslie, who is currently attending the
University of Texas Law School at Austin,
said her presidential tenure was an invalu
able experience, especially because of the
hard hours and sacrifice she made.
“I wouldn’t trade that year for anything
because of the professional skills that I will
forever use in the business world as well as
social [skills] in my community,” Leslie said.
She said when she ran for office some of her
friends told her she would not win because she
was a female and it was not the appropriate
time for A&M to have a female president.
“I never felt it (being a woman) was a lim
itation for me at all,” Leslie said.
Leslie said the thought of being A&M’s
first female student body president did
hang over her head, but she never felt any
discrimination or intimidation.
McDonald, Class of ’93 and a former yell
leader, said during his campaign for yell
leader, he wanted students to vote for him
as Ronnie McDonald, the person, and did
not want his race to be a factor since the Ag
gie Spirit can take many forms.
McDonald said seeing a diverse audi
ence in the Academic Plaza the night he was
elected was an indication to him he had
achieved his goal of motivating the masses.
“When you see a rainbow, you just don’t
see one color,” McDonald said. “You see an
accumulation of colors coming together to
enhance the beauty of that rainbow.
See Leaders, Page 5
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Erin Walker, a landscape maintenance east
employee, cultivates the grounds around
Albritton Tower Wednesday afternoon.
Town Hall aims for musical diversity
By Jackie Vratil
The Battalion
Bringing quality entertainment to Texas
A&M and the surrounding community is the
purpose of MSG Town Hall.
A cooperative effort by each of five Town
Hall branches helps reach the public by
bringing everything from comedy shows to
big-name artists like Sponge, Tori Amos and
Harry Connick Jr. to the A&M campus.
Town Hall programs include concerts,
small clubs, comedies, special events and
“Coffee House.”
Rob Lewicki, chair ofTown Hall and a se
nior psychology major, said Town Hall is
concentrating on bringing new and up-and-
coming artists to A&M.
“I see our goal as developing a diverse lo
cal music scene on campus and in the Col
lege Station area,” he said.
Town Hall’s main focus is the campus.
However, they bring artists which appeal to
the community as a whole as well.
Lewicki said when Town Hall booked the
Harlem Globe Trotters two years ago, the
community and students benefited.
“Our first goal is the students,” he said.
“Then we try to bring shows that the com
munity will like as well.”
Jennifer Schmidt, vice chair of concerts
and a junior political science and bio-envi
ronmental science major, said working on in
creasing programming within the communi
ty has become a major goal ofTown Hall.
“We have programmed artists to play in
Rudder and G. Rollie White,” she said. “But
we also got Sponge last year to come to Wolf
Pen and we would like to work with the
Third Floor or the Dixie Theater to bring
somebody in there, too.”
Town Hall puts on“Say Anything, Play Any
thing,” which involves setting up a stage and
bringing out instruments and microphones for
students to sing, play, or just speak their minds.
“Say Anything, Play Anything” lasts one hour
and is held every other week at the MSG. The
next one will be held Feb. 5.
Liz Conejo, Town Hall’s vice chair of club
shows and a senior biomedical science ma
jor, said “Say Anything, Play Anything” is a
fun break for students.
See Town Hall, Page 5
Regent Wisenbaker ends term
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By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
The Battalion
Board of Regents member Royce E. Wisenbaker’s
vice to the Texas A&M University System comes to
end this year after three six-year terms.
Wisenbaker’s term expires Feb. 1, 1997.
Wisenbaker was appointed to the Board by Gov.
Iph Briscoe in 1979. He was reappointed by Gov.
irk White in 1981. In 1991, he was appointed to a
rd term by Gov. Ann Richards.
Wisenbaker, an oil and gas producer from Tyler,
cas, got his bachelor’s degree in engineering from
M in 1939. He completed his master’s degree in en-
leering in 1940.
He has endowed a chair in engineering and estab-
led two permanently endowed graduate fellow-
ps for the College of Engineering.
In January 1987, the Board of Regents renamed an
Sneering building the Royce E. Wisenbaker Engi-
ring Research Center. Wisenbaker reflects on this
'Sn great honor.
B'That is a great day for me and one which I will for-
|er remember,” Wisenbaker said. Wisenbaker insist-
V Wfiere! ^ including the names of those who were killed in
„ j/^jUfrldWar II from his class of 1939 with the naming of
OM-CAN-m ^ building. He had 62 classmates die in the war.
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the time of his discharge. He married and began a
|ctice of consulting engineering, a successful busi
es which lasted 38 years.
dsenbaker also was interested in land develop-
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i and farming.
le and his wife, Clorinda (Petey), have been mar-
l for 47 years and live in Tyler, Texas. They have four
children and 11 grand
children.
In 1973, Wisenbaker
received the Universi
ty’s Distinguished
Alumnus Award, one of
A&M’s highest honors.
Other awards he has
received include Out
standing Service Award
from the National As
sociation of Mental
Health in 1974, Out
standing Humanitari
an award from the citi
zens of Rusk, Texas, in
1975, and Engineer of
the Year Award in 1981.
He is the only Aggie
to serve as both presi
dent of the Texas A&M Association of Former Students
and president of the 12th Man Foundation.
In addition to his many accomplishments, Wisen
baker also originated the President’s Scholarship pro
gram and has endowed five $25,000 scholarships him
self. The first was named in honor of Earl Rudder.
He endowed a sixth President Scholarship of
$40,000 in 1992. Today, more than 600 scholarships ex
ist in the program. The program has been duplicated
by many other colleges and universities.
Wisenbaker’s son, Royce E. Wisenbaker Jr., said he
is very proud of his father’s accomplishments.
“The proudest day for me was when I received
my diploma, but as far as my father, all of the many
accomplishments, hard work and love for his uni
versity, what impresses me most was in November
1987 when the Royce E. Wisenbaker Engineering
Research Center was named in his honor,” Wisen
baker, Jr. said.
With his term on the Board of Regents ending,
Wisenbaker said he will continue to support A&M and
remain active in many organizations.
SCS offers group, personal counseling
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
Students who need to talk about
subjects ranging from personal re
lationships to learning skills can
find someone to listen at Student
Counseling Services.
Personal and group counseling
services are available to A&M stu
dents along with HelpLine, a phone
service taking calls 24 hours a day.
Dr. Wade Birch, director of
Student Counseling Services,
said counseling benefits stu
dents by speeding up the prob
lem-solving process.
“Most of the time in life, people
tend to figure out solutions to
their problems,” he said. “What
counseling does, is you can reach
a solution ... more quickly... and
the quality level of the decision is
a higher one.”
Birch said more than 50 percent of
students who come to the service
need help with their academic life,
such as learning skills or choosing a
major. The service does not help stu
dents find specific jobs, but does help
them focus on their career choices.
“We’re the initial process for
a student that’s undecided,”
Birch said. “We’re at the front
end of the process.”
The service offers help on read
ing textbooks, taking tests, math
anxiety and time management.
Birch said career counseling coin
cides with personal counseling when
students are in a major they do not
like, but feel pressure from family
members to stay in that major.
Personal relationship counseling
focuses on issues concerning dif
ferent students relationships. This
includes roommate conflicts,
boyfriend-girlfriend problems, pro
fessor-student relationships and
the parent-child relationship. Pre
marital and marriage counseling
are also available.
Birch said these are typical prob
lems encountered by all people.
“That’s all the normal Mom, apple
pie stuff we go through,” he said.
Counseling on human sexuality
concentrates on male and female
gender roles in society rather than
birth control and reproduction.
The workshops and group
counseling sessions provide stu
dents with an opportunity to
share their experiences with oth
er group members.
Dr. Laura Bettor, a Student Coun
seling Service psychologist, said group
counseling can validate a student’s
feelings about a problem. They can
talk with a group of students, who
have the same feelings they have,
rather than one professional.
“Group counseling overall is re
ally effective,” Bettor said, “because
you have connections and get sup
port from your peers.”
Dr. Nick Dobrovolsky, a Student
Counseling Service psychologist, said
group counseling can improve a stu
dent’s academic performance and im
prove their relationships with other
students and professors.
“The way that it (group counsel
ing) can help A&M students is that
it will allow them to more effective
ly deal with the stresses of academ
ic life,” he said.
Help is available for students after
business hours through the HelpLine,
which has received over 1,000 calls
since it began two years ago.
The HelpLine is staffed by 48
undergraduate and graduate stu
dents who have been through 40
to 50 hours of training. They an
swer students’ calls at night and
during the weekend.
“[There is] virtually never a
time when you can’t get a hold of a
person,” Birch said.
Students can listen to self-help
tapes through the CounseLine,
which are three to four minutes
long and offer advice on a problem
students may have.
See SCS, Page 5
The Battalion
INSIDETODAY
CARAVAN: The Astros
came to Post Oak Mall yes
terday to discuss the off
season personnel changes.
Sports, Page 7
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