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TODAY TOMORROW See extended forecast. Page 2. WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 17 • 1997 Paparazzi not to blame i-a-lot ount. n.-9 p.m.), !:30 p.m.). 'alk-ins welcome. w. ’ARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — tors have diagnosed former i. Barry Goldwater as being in early stages of Alzheimer’s dis- ,e, his family confirmed Tuesday, ut aside from some short-term mory loss and occasional bouts onfusion, the 88-year-old con ative icon remains as ornery as r, his son said. He looks you straight in the . His handshake is just as firm it’s always been,” Barry Goldwa- Jr. said at a Tuesday news con- nce. year ago, Goldwater, the 1964 iublican nominee for president, a stroke which caused damage he frontal lobe of his brain, ch controls memory and person- /, his wife Susan said. dge allows cable tverage of trial ORT WORTH (AP) — Cable tele- on viewers will be able to watch trial of a former military cadet used of a love triangle slaying, a ge ruled. State District Judge Joe Drago eed Monday to let Court TV carry murder trial of Diane Zamora, selection starts Sept. 29. Zamora, 19, is charged in the :ember 1995 shooting death of J ?n & Men gift available 1997 y Service & Cut Down I Polish I Set v/coupon ing Center I'm) an • 764-9582 lay 9:00-8:00pm _ 12-31-97 Q Although the paparazzi have been blamed for Princess Diana’s death, three Bryan-Col- lege Station media professionals said yester day in a photojournalism discussion that the public’s obsession for celebrity news and the driver of the limousine were responsible for the tragedy. The MSC Great Issues discussion, held in 292 MSC, featured Donnis Baggett, editor and publisher of the Bryan-College Station Eagle; Dr. Douglas Starr, a professor in the Texas A&M Department of Journalism; and Mary Helen Bowers, deputy director of University Relations. Starr said several factors were involved in Diana’s death, but the driver caused the car accident. “To say the paparazzi was at fault is going too far,” he said. “They may have been a con tributing cause, but a drunk driver is not good under any circumstances.” The tabloids and mainstream press are separate businesses, Baggett said, but the line between the two is becoming blurred. Starr said a distinction needs to be made between the paparazzi and the news media. “Paparazzi photographers are not mem bers of the news media,” he said. “They are freelance photographers who sell pictures to whoever will buy them. The news media have nothing to do with that.” Baggett said the actions of the paparazzi are not those of responsible journalists, but that a market exists for their photographs. “The focus should be on the insatiable ap petite people have for news and gossip on celebrities,” Baggett. “It is the darker side of humanity. If we didn’t buy it, they wouldn’t produce it.” Bowers said strict English libel laws en- “It is the darker side of humanity. If we didn’t buy it, they wouldn’t produce it.” DONNIS BAGGETT EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE EAGLE courage the paparazzi. “Journalists are not allowed to write cer tain stories, but photographers can take pic tures of those same stories that can be pub lished,” she said. She said images are strong, and people are not as likely to read a newspaper without photographs. “It is hard for University Relations to pro mote A&M without pictures of students and faculty,” Bowers said. “Publications are not the same without pictures because the im ages stick with them.” Starr said Princess Diana was a popular fig ure worldwide who supported many charities. Diana used the news media to publicize her work, he said, but the paparazzi also con centrated on the details of her personal life. “Diana liked the paparazzi and the press when they promoted her causes,” Starr said. “But once she became a public figure, she lost privacy and would always be in the public.” year-old Adrianne Jones. owboys’ accuser lied for 90 days )ALLAS (AP) — The woman who jsed Dallas Cowboys Erik lams and Michael Irvin of partic ing in a sexual assault and then jnted was sentenced Tuesday to Jays in jail. Jina Shahravan, 24, also must a $1,500 fine. The Mesquite lan could have received proba- or up to a year in jail and a XX) fine. cz Con ghlights \IIS nil Set -0698 St.) for appt. only ; • Matrix vo Air Force jets Hide off coast OMONA, NJ. (AP) — Two Air e fighter jets collided Tuesday it off the coast of New Jersey, the pilot of one F-16 managed nd safely while the Coast Guard ued the two pilots of the other e from the ocean, officials said, he crash occurred about 60 s southeast of Atlantic City over Atlantic Ocean, said Maj. Roger , an executive with the Air e’s 177th Fighter Group, ne pilot returned to the Fighter |up at Atlantic City International ort, Pharo said. He did not know le pilot, who was in a one-seat F- was injured, although the plane damaged. he pilot had kept the other two Its in sight after they had ejected their two-seat F-16, said Coast rd Lt. Bill Green. SPECIAL rs or tournaments % It does the body good; Students are encouraged to pick up the greens. See Page 4 sports nior Farrah Mensik fills 'id as setter for 16th ranked ixas A&M Volleyball Team. See Page 9 ;ale Resale) • Expires 2/98 : 8i5 ! OFF i I Full Set Nalls | ».) | (Regularly $85.00) J Wild horses Shannon Dutschke, nursery supervisor, plants Scarlett roses by the sculpture commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. The sculpture is located at the George Bush Library Complex. Clinton fights for trade authority WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunging into a difficult fight, President Clinton led an aggressive lobbying effort in Congress on Tuesday for passage of legislation de signed to promote future trade deals. Or ganized labor countered with a costly ad campaign in opposition. While senior aides provided details of the long-delayed legislation to key law makers of both parties, Clinton journeyed to the Capitol for a meeting with rank-and- file Democrats, many of them skeptical about the proposal. In brief remarks before departing the White House, Clinton said that 12 million jobs are supported by exports. The nation “must embrace global growth and expand American exports,” he said. The legislation would give Clinton the ability to negotiate international trade ac cords subject to a “yes-or-no” vote in Con gress, and without possibility of amend ment — a procedure known as “fast-track.” Clinton and other presidents have had such authority over the years, but it has lapsed. In a concession to majority Republi cans, the administration’s proposal does not contain the provisions many Democ rats had sought to bar other countries from exploiting their workers or sacrificing en vironmental protection to gain advantage over American firms. Instead, Clinton pledged to use his executive authority to negotiate side agreements covering labor and the en vironment . A time for unity Students gather to celebrate Hispanic heritage and culture opinion ckson: Community service quirements for graduation iprove student morality. See Page 11 online http://bat~web.tamu.edu ant more Mail Call? en read more Mail Call on e Battalion Online. By Jenara Kocks Staff writer The Hispanic Heritage Unity Rally, held yesterday at Rudder fountain, celebrated the Hispanic community and its culture at Texas A&M. Students gathered to listen to Hispanic music and guest speak ers and to watch Hispanic dancers. Guest speaker Victor Morales, 1996 Democratic senatorial can didate and a high school teacher, said running for the office was not easy, but that he was proud to be the first minority U.S. senatorial candidate in the history of Texas. He said students need to be “true to themselves” and their cultures, but also must remember they are part of the American culture. “We should be proud of our roots, but we’re still here,” Morales said. “This is our country. This is America. This is our land. We al ways need to keep hold of that in trying times, like this Hopwood case, when the anger starts to well up. Grab onto something in the past.” Morales said he remembers Unlikely odds Class shows difficulty of lottery contest By Jenara Kocks Staff writer Need money for next semester’s tuition? Got a dollar? Think paying for your tuition is as easy as buying a lottery ticket? Texas A&M students in Dr. Ted Anthony’s BANA 303 and 305 classes know better. The students’ first assignment this semester was to generate 100 6-digit numbers using the EXCEL spread sheet program. Anthony, an associate business professor, told the class any student who produced the winning numbers for the Sept. 6th Texas Lotto Drawing would receive an A’ for the course. The winner would still have to attend classes and take all tests for the course. Anthony said none of the students won an A. According to lottery results on the Texas Comptrol ler’s homepage, no one in the state of Texas won the $8 million jackpot. An eight-inch high stack of papers with lists of num bers sits on Anthony’s desk. "This stack wouldn’t have won a thing,” Anthony said. “It (the stack) would have been worth $55,000.” Leticia Vasquez, a spokesperson for the Texas Lot tery Commission, said the commission does not try to hide the odds of winning. “We usually tell people that you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than to win,” Vasquez said. She said a person has a 1-in-600,000 chance of get ting hit by lightning, but only a 1-in-50,890,000 chance of winning in the Texas Lotto game. Anthony said he gave the lottery number assign- ‘ ment for the first time about a year ago to a BANA 458 class. In that class, students turned in lists of 1,000 num bers twice a week before the Wednesday and Saturday Texas Lotto drawings for ten weeks. “In that (assignment) we invested $1.1 million, and no one won,” Anthony said. Please see Lottery on Page 6. Jackson joins protest against UT professor RONY ANGKRIWAN/The Battalion BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Victor Morales speaks at the Hispanic Heritage Month Unity Rally Tuesday afternoon. when his white second-grade teacher used to bring him assign ments when he was sick. He said she was his inspiration to become a teacher. Morales also said students should work together. “Be 100-percent proud of who you are,” he said. “You come from a proud people who know work, who know sacrifice and who are contributing a lot to this nation.” Please see Rally on Page 6. AUSTIN (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson told University ofTexas stu dents Tuesday to boycott classes of m See related story, Page 6 . a law professor who said black and Mexican American students are not academically competitive. “We’re not the problem, he is the problem,” Jackson told the nearly 5,000 students gathered be low the steps of the campus’ main tower. “You have no obligation to be in his class.” Lino Graglia, a 67-year-old pro fessor of constitutional law at the university’s law school, has become the center of controversy since his comments last week. “Blacks and Mexican-Americans are not academically competitive with whites in selective institutions,” Graglia said then. “It is the result pri marily of cultural effects. They have a culture that seems not to encourage achievement. Lailure is not looked upon with disgrace.” University officials have de nounced Graglia’s comments, and some students and state legislators have called for his ouster But Jack- son said that would make only make Graglia the victim. “If we fire him he will sue and that will make him a martyr,” said Jackson. “What we must do is iso late him as a social pariah.” The civil rights leader said the in cident shows why the university needs a more ethnically diverse stu dent body. He said Graglia and uni versity officials also must answer for what the law professor said. “Those that hired him had good grades. Those who hired him had PhDs Those who gave him a tenured professorship — they had grades, but they had a blurred vi sion of humanity,” he said. “He has legal grounds for free speech, but no moral ground and no scientific ground for racist, fas cist, inaccurate speech.” In a written statement released Tuesday afternoon, Graglia said his comments “have given rise to mis understandings and inaccurate statements.” “My opposition to racial prefer ences does not, of course, constitute opposition to equal access and op portunity,” he said. Graglia stood by his opposition to affirmative action programs, but he said he “regrets that the re sult has been an emotional con frontation.”