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Corrington said the center will lose a large
amount of income without the sale of passes.
He made his decision after consulting with
Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. J. Malon
Southerland when the recreational market
questioned the legitimacy of such passes to
non-students.
Local gym managers applauded the director’s
decision to discontinue the passes.
“We think it’s the right thing to do,” Steve
Lumpee, manager of Gold’s Gym, said.
Lumpee said his and other gyms such as Aerofit
disagreed with the continuing pass policy.
“The Rec Center said they were not trying to
sell to non-students,” Lumpee said.
Lumpee said he believes if people aren’t en
rolled for the semester they want to use the Rec
Center, they are non-students.
Larry Isham, marketing director at Aerofit
and Class of ‘91, said the Rec Center policy
should be more consistent with policies for
other on-campus services.
He believes students cannot use health ser
vices or the library during semesters they are not
enrolled in class. Library and health center offi
cials were not immediately available to confirm
or deny this assumption.
Isham said he agrees with Lumpee that peo
ple not enrolled in summer classes are non-stu
dents. But Isham said he is not competing with
the Rec Center for enrolled students. He believes
if these students are paying fees they should be
allowed to use the Rec Center.
However, Isham said if the Rec Center is sell
ing memberships to non-students, then it is
crossing over into the general public market.
“My concern is the rest of the market,”
Isham said.
Many students see the issue differently. Tom
Moreau, a senior accounting major, said he has
a friend who loves to work out but will not be able
to this summer because of the new policy.
“It’s a raw deal. So many people take off for the
summer to work, but are still planning to attend
next semester,” Moreau said.
Other students believe the fees they pay should
allow them to use the facilities when they want to.
Christine Redy, a junior marketing major, said
the new policy is unfair to students.
“ We pay so many fees,” Redy said. “The facil
ity is a lot better than any other workout place in
town. If students are enrolled in the fall, they
should be able to use the Rec. ”
Students enrolled in the fall can start using the
Rec Center the day after final exams are held for
the Summer II session, Corrington said.
State AIDS programs make significant strides
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ODESSA (AP) — Five years, two crit
ical audits and “countless deaths” later,
Mike Juhl is witnessing something he
thought he’d never live to see: The
state’s HIV services system is finally on
the right track.
“Statewide, everything is improving;
slowly, but improving,” said Juhl, an AIDS
sufferer who is wrangled with the Texas
Department of Health and local care
providers for three years over misappro
priated funds and questionable service.
Juhl and others recognize that the
state’s implementation of the 1990 Ryan
White Care Act, which mandates local
control of AIDS-related services, has im
proved. Heads still are being scratched as
to why it took so long.
A1992 report by state auditors first crit
icized the state’s oversight of such pro
grams, which disperse federal and state
funds through 26 local consortia.
“(TDH) should establish policies and
procedure to determine whether programs
are achieving objectives and expectations,”
the October 1992 report stated.
Since that report, the TDH has identi
fied serious fiscal problems in Midland-
Odessa, Lubbock and Galveston, but only
after thousands of dollars were lost or
misappropriated in each case. The TDH
has no figures tallying the losses.
Dr. Charles Bell, chief of theTDH’s Bu
reau of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Dis
eases Prevention, said that contractual
language with administrative agencies
served as the “policies and procedure”
mentioned in the report.
“The problem with the consortia is we
didn’t have a contract with the consortia,”
he said of the community boards that al
located state and federal funds. “We have
contracts with administrative agencies.”
Bell said that perhaps the TDH took
the Ryan White law’s ideals of local con
trol too far.
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Mike Juhl
AIDS sufferer
“To be honest with you, I think if we
had it to do all over again, we may not
have (given local consortia) the power of
allocating funds,” Bell said.
It was 1992, the same year of the criti
cal TDH audit, that AIDS care began to
sour in the Midland-Odessa area. Once
the now-defunct Permian Basin AIDS
Coalition folded — owing $150,000 to
creditors — Lubbock-based South Plains
AIDS Resource Center stepped in.
Juhl said there were “countless deaths"
in the Permian Basin area that he believes
didn’t need to happen while SPARC was
the area’s AIDS care administrator fron
October 1994 to December 1995.
Ector County Health Department ip
numbers show that 36 of SPARC’s 98 reF
istered clients died of the disease ij
1995. Last year, after SPARC’s departure,
only nine of 136 clients died under the
current administrator, Clover House As
sistance Services.
While medical advances have slowed
AIDS death rates and increased quality of
life in the last tw o years, Juhl said that dy
ing patients frequently were denied prop
er medication in the SPARC era.
Repeated phone messages left with
former SPARC Director David L. Grader
were not returned. The TDH fired Grader
and eight staffers in the spring of 1996, al
leging gross mismanagement.
Obituary
A&M student dies in
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Kevin Patrick Morgan, a senior genetics
major from Dallas, died in an automobile ac
cident in Lee County, Texas, June 1.
The 22-year-old was a Texas A&M Uni
versity lab technician and a member of the
A&M Science Club.
Morgan is survived by his parents Larry
and Gloria Morgan and his sisters Missy Mor
gan and Lisa Morgan, all of Dallas.
A vigil service will be observed June 3 at 7:30
p. m. Funeral services will be June 4 at 10 a.m.
Both services will be held at All Saints
Catholic Church in Dallas.
A second Mass and burial will be held in
Mounds, Illinois, at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Morgan will be honored at the September
9 Silver Taps.
Star-Telegram writer wins Batten Medal |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tim
Madigan, senior writer for the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram, has won the
first Batten Medal, awarded to a jour
nalist who shows concern for people
and tries to touch them through
newspaper work.
Madigan, 40, a reporter and
writer for the Star-Telegram since
1984, currently works in the fea
tures department.
Judges said his portfolio “demon
strated a remarkable versatility and
sensitivity.” They praised his
“warmth and the sustained quality of
his writing and reporting.”
“Every piece carried me relent
lessly to the end,” one judge said.
The award, accompanied by a
$2,500 prize, is named for the late Jim
Batten, an award-winning reporter,
editor and executive for Knight-Bid
der newspapers, who focused on im
proving life for people who read his
newspapers. He died in 1995.
Judges also paid special tribute to
Dudley Althaus of the Houston
Chronicle and Judith Gaines of The
Boston Globe.
Madigan’s entry included stories
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eluding an in-depth look at twosepsti
vice-academy lovers accused of to
killing a 16-year-old girl, and a story,
about a child molester trying to haiffGI
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Madigan, who grew up in
Crookston, Minn., and graduated DHL
from the University of North
Dakota in Grand Forks, will receive
the medal at a ceremony in his sco
newsroom in July. The Batten j
Medal competition is open to j
journalists at U.S. daily and week- ‘No
ly newspapers. WSl
Legislature started ambitiously, then fizzled I
Weather
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A.R Beutel Health Center’s Dr. Don Freeman and
Jayne Goetz, R.N. said if one plans to be out in the heat
for long periods of time, there are some general guide
lines to follow.
The use of sunscreen and hats helps protect most
parts of the body from the damaging rays of the sun.
Loose, light-colored clothing should be worn to stay
cool. Most importantly, one should drink plenty of flu
ids, Goetz said.
“Carry around a mug full of water,” Goetz said. ‘A sip at
a drinking fountain every once in a while is not enough.”
Water and electrolytic beverages such as Gatorade
are best to drink. Caffienated beverages and beer only
dehydrate further.
Weakness, mental confusion, headaches and chills
are signs of heat fatigue. Beutel’s immediate care cen
ter provides aid in dehydration cases.
Although the last recorded tornado in the Bryan-
College Station area was seven to eight years ago, North
said community residents should not ignore the threat
of tornadoes.
“It is impossible to predict them or their intensity in
advance,” he said.
In Jarrell, Texas, where a tornado occurred on May
27, warnings were issued ten minutes before the tor
nado struck. However, the tornado was so powerful that
even with the warning, people did not have the time to
escape.
Most Texas houses do not have a cellar or basement
to take shelter in during a tornado. Some Texas cities
have siren warning systems to alert citizens of torna
does, but College Station does not.
Areas at most risk for tornadoes are those in “Tornado
Alley,” which runs from the Austin area to Illinois.
This hurricane season is predicted to be more active
than in year’s past. Dr. Billy Gray of the University of
Colorado publishes an annual prediction of hurricane
activity. Based on increased tornado activity and oth
er weather patterns, Gray forecasts a rise in hurricane
activity this year.
AUSTIN (AP) —The 1997 Legislature maybe remem
bered more for what it didn’t do than for what it did.
Make no mistake, there were substantive reforms passed.
The state will have a drought management plan for
the first time; uninsured children should have greater
access to health insurance; nursing home operators
face increased penalties for violations; Texans will vote
on using their homes as collateral for loans; minors
will face penalties for smoking; and state colleges have
been sent a message about treating all students equal
ly when it comes to admissions.
But from the failure of a sweeping property tax cut plan
to the “Memorial Day Massacre,” in which 52 bills died
due to a technical objection, the 75th Legislature was left
pondering what didn’t get done.
“It was a hollow session based upon the lofty goals we
set at the beginning,” said Rep. Scott McCall, R-Plano. “We
didn’t hit the bar on many of them, but I think the people
of Texas will be just fine by our lack of follow through. The
state will go on.”
Rep. Rob Junell, D-San Angelo, the House Appropria
tions Committee chairman, said it’s difficult to compare
Bullock
this session with 1995, when thelegis- ijl.
lature tackled changes in education, ju- *
venile justice, civil lawsuits and welfare, m
“Last session, we had four or five
major things,” Junell said. "The major
issues have been addressed and now J
you have to tinker on the edges. I Ar
think it is a successful session any "I
time you have a budget that doesn’t :st( |
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Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock said it was a *
session “known more for its steady Aerlj
progress than it was for its flashy headlines.”
The Legislature opened with ambitious plans for |
rewr iting the state’s tax code. It was the subject ofayear-
long campaign by Gov. GeorgeW. Bush, who said the state At'rl
could no longer rely on property taxes to provide the ma- i: I
jority of funds for public schools. ' PtJ
In the end, however, lawmakers settled for using a $lL
billion budget surplus to give homeowners an addition-
al $10,000 homestead exemption, a savings of roughly f h|
$140 per year. o|
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McVeigh
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The bomb went off at 9:02 a.m., turning
the morning into a swirl of flying glass, col
lapsing walls and crumbling concrete. Nine
floors collapsed into an area the size of three,
crushing the victims, in the words of one res
cuer, “like grapes.” Among the dead were 19
children, most of whom had just been
dropped off at the building’s day-care center.
The hunt for the bomber yielded one of
America’s own, the fresh-faced former
Army sergeant who was raised in the small
town of Pendleton, N.Y., and was decorated
for his actions as an armored-vehicle gun
ner in the Persian Gulf.
When the verdict was read, McVeigh
stared at the judge. None of his attorneys
comforted him or said anything to him.
As jurors were polled as to whether
they were sure of their decision, the fore
man stared at McVeigh and answered in a
loud firm voice, “Yes.” Two red-eyed jurors
held tissues in their hands and appeared
close to tears.
After Matsch dismissed the jury,
McVeigh was escorted out by four U.S. mar
shals. He shook lead attorney Stephen
Jones’ hand and the two exchanged whis
pered words. Just as he was taken out of the
courtroom, he shook hands with another of
his lawyers, Christopher Tritico.
McVeigh was convicted of conspiracy
and using a weapon of mass destruction —
both punishable by the death penalty. In
addition, he was convicted of murdering
eight federal law enforcement officers in the
^ ^ ... no single verdict can bring
an end to your anguish. But your
courage has been an inspiration to
all Americans.”
President Clinton
“It’s not over until he’s dead,” she said.
Prosecutors Joseph Hartzler and Patrick
Ryan spoke at a gathering of more than 100
victims’ relatives and survivors at a nearby
church that they had been using as a haven.
Complimented on their handling of the
case, Hartzler replied that the work “was a
labor of love.”
Hartzler left the federal courthouse to the
applause of hundreds of
people assembled on the
sidewalk. Hartzler, who
has multiple sclerosis,
stopped his electric
wheelchair to speak
briefly to the crush of re
porters.
“We’re obviously very
pleased with the results.
We always had confi
dence in our evidence,”
he said. “We’re ready to
move on to the next
line of duty. Each of those eight counts is
punishable by the death penalty.
Peggy Broxterman, who listened to the
verdict in an auxiliary courtroom, called it
an “absolute thrill,” but said vindication for
the death of her 43-year-old son and others
wasn’t complete.
stage.”
Jones, who had walked across the court
room to shake HartzleTs hand after the verdict,
congratulated prosecutors and the FBI and
said, “We will be ready for the second stage.”
In Washington, President Clinton said
the verdict heralded “a very important and
long overdue day for the survivors and fam
ilies of those who died in Oklahoma City.”
“Today, I say to the families of the vic
tims, no single verdict can bring an end to
your anguish,” Clinton said in a statement.
“But your courage has been an inspiration
to all Americans. Our prayers are with you.”
The verdict came just over two years af
ter the explosion gutted the nine-story fed
eral building.
Immediately after the bombing, there
was speculation among members of the
public that the attack, like the World Trade
Center bombing two years earlier, was the
work of foreign terrorists. McVeigh’s arrest
instead cast a spotlight on America’s mili
tia movement and like-minded right-wing
extremists who see Waco and the 1992 FBI
siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as evidence the
federal government is extinguishing the
constitutional rights of its citizens.
McVeigh was arrested 75 minutes after
the explosion about 80 miles north of the
blast site. He was pulled over by a state
trooper for failing to have a license plate
on his yellow Mercury Marquis. He was
traced to the bombing through a compos
ite sketch of the man who rented the Ry
der truck.
In the speedy 18-day government case,
prosecutors called people close to McVeigh
to testify he divulged detailed plans to
bomb the building months before the at
tack and devoured the anti-government
novel “The Turner Diaries,” which describes
the destruction of a federal building to
spark a civil war.
The government also produced rent:
documents, phone records and witnesse
who identified him as the man who reni
ed the Ryder truck under the alias Robe: l(K
Kling. Other evidence pointed t
McVeigh’s efforts to buy and steal bomb
making supplies.
The defense countered in its compact!
1 /2-day case that McVeigh was swept upil
a rush to judgment and tried on the basisoj n en
lying, opportunist witnesses and scientifi
evidence tainted by FBI mishandling an
lab contamination.
But McVeigh’s attorneys were barred b
the judge from pursuing the its most contre
versial theory — that the bombing was pat §,
of a larger conspiracy involving overseas tei
rorists or American white supremacists.
And, the defense raised the specter of
second, unknown bomber who may hav
died in the blast.
All were rejected by the jury, just as the
had been rejected by the victims’ families.
“Lie’s not human,” said Charles Tomlin
who lost a grown son in the bombing. “Thi
is a monster that blew up a building."
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