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TUESDAY • SEPTEMBER 9 • 1997
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111 ' e e fgudents and $100 for non-students.
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Bush School celebrates opening
After attending dedication ceremony, former President George Bush will meet with charter class
Registration will begin Sept. 11 at
Ja.m. in the Sue and Radcliffe Kil-
lam Library West Lobby on the A&M
International campus and continue
Sept. 12 at the Killam Library from 9
tobacco Lawyers
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
The dedication of Texas A&M’s
George Bush School of Government
and Public Services will be celebrat
ed tonight and tomorrow at the
Academic Building-West at the li
brary complex on West Campus.
The Bush School has announced
former President George Bush will
receive the dedication at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday. His son Gov. George W.
Bush will introduce him.
At tomorrow’s dedication, the
Bush School’s goals of expanding
the A&M public administration
program and enhancing students’
leadership skills will be presented.
An academic conference on the
president’s use of military force in
post-Gold War politics will begin
this morning with presentations
and discussions by professors from
various universities. The theme was
chosen by President Bush and will
feature respected scholars of in
ternational policy.
Tonight’s events will conclude
with a forum featuring key speaker,
Richard “Dick” Cheney, former Sec
retary of Defense under Bush’s ad
ministration, and former U.S. Sen
ator Paul Simon. Cheney’s
presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in Rudder Theater and is open to
the public free of charge.
After tomorrow’s dedication,
President Bush will meet privately
with the charter class of graduate
students in the Bush School.
Dr. Charles Herman, director of
the Bush school, said it is an honor
for the former president to come
and receive the dedication.
“The 19-member charter class
is outstanding,” Herman said,
“and they are looking forward to
meeting both President Bush and
Governor Bush.”
Please see Bush on Page 12.
Bush School Dedication-
Tuesday
10:00-11:30 Panel l: The Eulnre Em* ot ILS. Armed Foree: I’resitfontial Policy
1:45-3:15 Panel M : Domestic Considerations in the President’s Use of the Military
3:30-5:00 Panel 111: implications of Recent Cases
7:30-0:00 Forum: Reflections on the Use of Force
Wednesday
8:30-10:00 Panel IV: U.S. Military and Budgetary Considerations in the Future
Use of Force
10:15-1! ;45 Panel V: Emerging World Conditions and the Future t ise of Force
2:30 Former President (icorge Hush rcolevos dedication
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vow not to settle
I TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) —
, State attorneys asked a federal
l M " , ' court today to order the release of
reatby-prodom^cuments in Texas’ $14 billion
old Steve Austin., WL SU ^ a g a j ns t the nation’s tobac-
s timMieningto co com p an j eS) while industry
„ , . lawyers vowed to go to trial.
a - Dude Love, a gif j UThe tobacco companies are ei-
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ng adults. Starting in Texas. This case is a
odman havebeffliEj nst;rearn case that needs to go
ilso stepped ni! totr j a | " o an Webb, the lead attor-
.evin Greene wasccBy representing the tobacco indus-
() y ni ‘ )R try. said outside the courtroom,
with the WWF. m y exas Attorney General Dan
non, with compel Up r ales agreed that a trial was immi-
, s , j ta * enC; »nt, and likely would last into 1998.
be settled in a stee ?
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J ■ r. Jack Kevorkian to help her end
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pey said Monday that Kevorkian
©unseled the 43-year-old Arling
ton woman for two months before
she became his 49th assisted sui-
cibe. It was his third assisted sui-
cwe in 10 days.
Officials scrap plan
for new water park
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a Harlingen developer to build on a
59-acre tract of beachfront property
southern end of the island.
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I Antonio Ortiz, a junior electrical engineering major and president of the Aggie One-Wheelers club,
I rides his unicycle while jumping rope with Chris Holmes, a junior computer engineering major and
vice-president of the Texas A&M Jump-rope Team.
Hearings draw to close
for 16 A&M students
Staff Reports
Texas A&M administrative hearings for
16 students charged in July with hazing
have been completed.
The 16 students were either mem
bers of or upperclassman advisers to
the Fish Drill Team, which was dis
banded in August.
Five of tlie 16 students remained in the
Corps of Cadets, and eight are enrolled at
A&M but are not in the Corps. Three of the
16 are no longer at the University.
Six of the 16 students were found “not
responsible” for the hazing charges.
The sanctions for the other 10 students
ranged from deferred suspensions to let
ters of reprimand.
Texas A&M cannot reveal the names of
the students involved or the sanctions
handed down to them under the federal
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
The hazing charges against the 16 stu
dents arose during A&M judicial hearings
in July for nine other former Fish Drill
Team advisers.
The University suspended eight of the
nine former advisers and expelled one for
hazing following the hearings.
The nine former advisers also were
indicted by a Brazos County grand jury
in May.
The students who were still enrolled at
A&M participated in the hearings during
August and early September.
The hearings were conducted by
Kim Novak, coordinator of Student Ju
dicial Service in the Department of Stu
dent Life, and Col. Lee McCleskey, chief
of operations and training in the Com
mandant’s office.
Novak and McCleskey also served as
hearing officers in the hearings for the
nine former advisers in July.
Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice presi
dent of student affairs, said in a press re
lease that A&M will continue to investigate
any hazing charges.
Advocates demand action
Group representing prisoners appeals to Gov. Bush
AUSTIN (AP) — A
group representing the in
terests of prisoners Mon
day accused the state of
turning its back on inmate
abuse and called on Gov.
George W. Bush to ap
point a prisoners’ rights
advocate to the Texas De
partment of Criminal Jus
tice governing board.
Members of the group
Texas Citizens United for
the Rehabilitation of Er~
rants (Texas CURE)
based their demands on
hundreds of letters from
state inmates alleging
abuse, ranging from
beatings by guards to the
neglect of medical needs.
They pointed to a
videotape from a Brazo
ria County private
prison that surfaced last
month showing
deputies shocking pris
oners with stun guns,
making them crawl on
their bellies and allow
ing dogs to bite them.
“People in prison are
being beaten, being
killed, suffering physical
and mental abuse and
suffering from neglectful
medical treatment," said
Lois Robison, the chair
of Texas CURE who has
one son on death row
and another in prison.
Karen Hughes,
spokesperson for Bush,
said the governor’s next
appointment to the
criminal justice board
will be based on “talking
with current members of
the board and determin
ing what expertise and
specific talents they feel
they need to do a better
job of running the
prison system.”
December grads must submit application by Friday
By Jenara Kocks
Staff writer
December degree candidates who
punched in the diploma fee code when they
registered for fall classes may not graduate
unless they complete a degree application by
Friday.
Texas A&M students who plan to graduate
in December must go to the Degree Audit
Room in 105 Heaton Hall and fill out a degree
application form to receive a diploma at the
commencement ceremony Dec. 20.
Don Gardner, associate registrar, said of
the 3,000 undergraduate degree candidates
for December, probably 90 percent will fill out
the application. But he said the other 10 per
cent is the problem.
“Graduation is an emotional thing any
way,” Gardner said. “We don’t want anyone to
come in at the end of the semester and say
they didn’t know what to do.”
Gardner said students must come to
Heaton Hall in person to apply for a degree.
He also said every year some sophomores and
juniors accidentally punch in the code for the
diploma fee.
Gardner said the $20 diploma fee will be
assessed at Heaton Hall if it is not included on
the student’s fall tuition fee statement.
Gardner said degree application deadlines
are printed in the fall class schedule book and
the undergraduate catalog. He said the regis
trar also broadcasts public service an
nouncements on the radio.
Gardner said despite efforts to inform de
gree candidates, some students will come
into Heaton Hall after the final grade sheets
for graduating students are released and ask
why their names are not on the list.
“We don't want anyone to come in
at the end of the semester and say
they didn't know what to do.”
DON GARDNER
ASSOCIATE REGISTRAR
Gardner said one of the reasons A&M has
an early deadline to fill out the degree appli
cation is to ensure that diplomas will arrive
before graduation.
He said after students fill out the appli
cation, the registrar runs a preliminary de
gree audit on the student. This audit, which
the degree candidate will receive in mid-Oc
tober, will tell the student if there are any
missing courses required for their degree.
If the student is not missing any require
ments, he or she will graduate pending final
grades for the fall semester.
Gardner said the degree audit process
must be completed before diplomas can be
ordered. Diplomas take eight to ten weeks to
be shipped to the registrar’s office.
“A&M is one of only a handful of universi
ties that give diplomas at graduation,” he said.
He said some other universities, such as
the University of Texas, mail diplomas to
graduates after the commencement cere
mony.
Nightclub to appeal to keep license
Hurricane Harry’s remains open pending outcome of appeal ofTABCs decision
By Robert Smith
Staff writer
An attorney representing Hurricane
Harry’s, a College Station nightclub, said
an appeal will be filed this week over the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s
(TABC) decision to remove the club’s
liquor license.
Jay Goss, a Bryan attorney repre
senting Harry’s, said the club has until
Sept. 14 to file an appeal. If the appeal
is granted, it will be taken to a district
court in Bryan within 10 days.
The bar remains open pending a de
cision on the appeal.
In August, aTABC official denied a re
quest for a hearing over the cancellation
of the license.
Administrative Law Judge Cathleen
Parsley recommended after a three-day
hearing in February 1997 that Harry’s
have its permit suspended for 15 days or
pay a $15,000 fine.
Randy Yarbrough, assistant adminis
trator ofTABC, overturned Parsley’s rul
ing and removed the club’s license.
Yarbrough did not return phone calls
made to his office Monday afternoon.
ATABC investigation, which began in
November 1995, looked into whether bar
tenders at the club sold alcohol to an in
toxicated Doug Sparks, 27.
After leaving Hurricane Harry’s,
Sparks wrecked his car and Joseph Cot
ton, 24 of New Baden, was killed.
Sparks was sentenced to six years in
prison for intoxicated manslaughter.
Goss said Parsley’s ruling should not
have been discounted.
“Our bartenders could not tell that he
was intoxicated,” Goss said. “He
slammed 2 or three drinks right before
he left and then went out to his car and
had another beer.”
Silver Taps to honor students
The Silver Taps ceremony will be conducted tonight at
10:30 in front of the Academic Building in honor of the
following students:
Anand Swaroop Appala
Ajamu Abdulla Ross
Bridget Alicia Bancroft
Jeremy Daniel Eiben
Joshua Paul Baker
Kevin Patrick Morgan
Don Gordon Czeschin Jr.
Devi Jean Spencer
Valerie Lopez
Tiffany Lynn Hunnicutt
Amnaj “Ott” Phonephrachanh
Billie Chanda Merryman
Junji Sekiguchi
These students also will be remembered at the Muster
Ceremony April 21, 1998.