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University TODAY TOMORROW [ meetin] Ag, don'l n Aggie art of th*» 14 th YEAR • ISSUE 24 *12 PAGES COLLEGE STATION • TX See extended forecast. Page 2. THURSDAY • OCTOBER 2 • 1997 he stiffreipD investigates cant be a _ ° iselvesor possible arson ymembffl^ e y n | verslt y p 0 |jce Depart- nise ls ®| ell tis investigating a Sept. 22 ar- J you r seirj ncident jn D 0rm 3 on t(-, e nwitbth^rangie. j Bob Wiatt, director of the UPD, vl withouljgt 2 a.m., an air filter soaked in heconser-. acce | eran t was ignited and slid un- r ever y° nE ifthe door to the room of a female e changed ^ 0 f cadets staff member. The fire was extinguished by the te right and jidents. The carpet and door nth A&Mis ; fe damaged. ou will take wiatt said there are no suspects :e to receiv|(notives. c center of He said the University is con- med about the incident because the place and victim. The victim of arson is a female sop/rorartithe Quad,” Wiatt said, "and nics major ere is the question of hazing. We {investigating the incident.” Wiatt said samples from the fire te sent to a lab in Austin fortesting. The College Station Arson In stigators, who are assisting with investigation, said results «n tests will be available within weeks. urnalist to speak McVeigh trial Bruce Thomas from the Dallas I oming News will speak about the | mothy McVeigh trial today at 11:45 j m. at the John B. Connaly Building. (Society of Professional Journal- | Isis sponsoring the event. The barbecue, dessert and dis- sion costs $8 for members, stu- its and first-time guests and .Ofor nonmembers. I&M implements Ixchange program iTexas A&M and Kyonggi Universi- ffthe Republic of Korea will sign Irmal agreement today for a stu- I exchange program. |Ihe event will be at 1:30 p.m. in el. Wayne Stark University Center eries. |Kyonggi University will send 10 dents next summer to study at asA&M’s English Language In- Rute in College Station. |The Korean Delegation will cover {agreement signing and visit dif- lent parts of the campus. lexas executes Oth prisoner [HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A convict- Probber was executed Wednes- inight for gunning down a San ftonio businessman who tried to lop him from fleeing a bank pup nine years ago. | Dwight Adanandus, 41, went to ath row for killing Vernon Hanan, p.who was shot in the chest Jan. ,1988, as he wrestled with dnandus in the foyer of a bank on (so Antonio’s north side. {execution was the 30th this arin the state of Texas. route nears completion George Bush Complex Library receives plaque of Iron Curtain A plaque-mounted portion of the Iron Curtain will be present ed to the George Bush Presiden tial Library today at 10:30 a.m. in 1095 Academic Building-West of the library complex. The plaque memorializes the fall of the Iron Curtain and em phasizes Hungary’s appreciation to former President George Bush for his leadership in ending the Cold War and for his friendship toward the Hungarian people. The plaque will be presented by Laszlo Kovacs, foreign minis ter of the Republic of Hungary, and Gyorgy Banlaki, ambassador of the Republic of Hungary. By Joey Jeanette Schlueter Staff writer Construction on George Bush Drive near Wellborn Road should be completed in time for the opening of the George Bush Pres idential Library in November, the Texas Department of Transporta tion said. TxDOT officials said the road is 90-percent complete. When finished, George Bush Drive will be a four-lane divided road with a median and sidewalks. Building the median is the last phase of the construction project, which began in May 1996. George Bush Drive will be one of the main routes to the Bush Li brary from Texas Avenue. Drivers may travel down George Bush to FM Road 2818 to enter the library. Pat Williams, director of engi neering for TxDOT, said if the road is not completed by November, signs will be posted to direct traf fic to alternate routes during the week of the dedication. Entrance to the library will be open from Raymond Stotzer Parkway (Uni versity Drive) and FM Road 2818. TxDOT is trying to make George Bush Drive as much as possible like another of its con struction projects — Texas Av enue. The avenue should be com pleted by August 1998. After construction is complet ed, Texas Avenue will be a six-lane divided road with a median and sidewalks, similar to University Drive. To finish the project, TxDOT must build a median and com plete paving and sidewalks. Texas A&M is responsible for construction on Olsen Road, which was completed in August 1997. However, Olsen connects to George Bush Drive near Wellborn Road. Some students say the inter section of Olsen Road and George Bush Drive can be dangerous. Kenneth Thomas, a senior ac counting major, said he thinks con struction was the cause of an auto mobile accident he saw this year. “The traffic on George Bush Drive is horrible,” he said. “I take a new route home now after that wreck. The construction is a mess and dangerous.” Local clinic to sponsor bone marrow drive lifestyles By Rachel George Staff writer The Scott and White Mar row Donor Program will hold a bone-marrow drive for the National Marrow Donor Pro gram (NMDP) from 12 to 5 p.m. today at the Reynolds Medical Building. NMDP provides marrow transplants from volunteer “If you are a match, your sample will go through follow-up and DNA testing. Then you will be scheduled for a paim less day surgery in the Dallas^Fort Worth area.” DEBBIE MABRY COORDINATOR FOR NMDP donors to patients with leukemia, anemia and other life-threatening diseases. Debbie Mabry, coordina tor for NMDP, said she looks forward to the College Sta tion drive each year. “The students at Texas A&M are responsive to the drive and are very giving,” she said. Donors must be in good health and be between the ages of 18 and 60. Donors cannot be diagnosed with diseases requiring medica tion. These include heart disease, asthma and dia betes. The NMDP registry needs people of ethnicity to do nate. NMDP expects between 40 and 50 donors this year. Mabry received funding for this year’s drive, so donors will not have to pay the usu al $10 processing fee. Donors must fill out a consent form. The procedure involves drawing two vials of blood which goes through tissue sample testing. Results are then listed into the registry. A donor may remain on the registry until they are 65 years old. Mabry said most people tested will not be asked to be a donor. “If you are a match, your sample will go through fol low-up and DNA testing,” she said. “Then you will be scheduled for a painless day surgery in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.” If donors are not able to attend the drive today, an other drive is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 12 in Lounge B on the Quad rangle. Company C-l will host the drive. Mabry said donors give recipients a chance at life. “Aggies have been ex tremely supportive of the drive,” she said. “They have always been willing to help us in the fight for marrow donors.” Got milk? BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Jennifer Broughton, a sophomore biomedical science major, prepares a cow for milking Wednesday morning at the dairy cattle center. Professor stresses quality over race By Brandye Brown Staff writer A sociology professor from the Uni versity ofTexas said last night integra tion in the U.S. Army was successful because it focused on the quality and opportunity of soldiers, not race. Dr. John S. Butler said during a speech at the Sam Houston Corps Cen ter the Army concentrated on defend ing a nation rather than focusing on racial issues. “The Army has always had the atti tude of‘Bring me any person and we will make a soldier out of them,”’ he said. “The Army provides the structure to become successful and to have op portunity by providing training. The Army never lost focus on preparation for participation.” Butler, co-author of All ThatWe Can Be , which chronicles the reasons be hind African- Americans’ success in the Army, said the Army was integrated during the Revolutionary War. Although at times the Army was segregated dur ing U.S. history, he said, by 1947 former President Harry Tmman had integrated it. Butler said the Army always has in sisted on quality soldiers to fill leader ship roles. “One of the most suprising things we found in research is no one said people were in position because of race,” he said. “It is always based on quality. Few civilian organizations maintained quality and participation. And interestingly, even as the number of blacks increased within the Army, the prestige of the organization also increased.” Butler said civilian organizations must manage situations and under stand attitudes to be successful. He said promotion in the Army is based on supply rather than demand be cause it promotes from a qualified group of soldiers. “The military is not a panacea of race relations, but it has offered equal -pay and equal-opporutunity structure , which is a problem in America today,” he said. “It shows that white racism is not the problem, but black opportuni ty is what must be improved.” untry singer Lee Ann lack headlines concert (ith Clay Walker tonight. See Page 3 sports Tight ends Derek Spiller and Daniel Campbell play ing big roles for A&M. See Page 7 ster: A&M students exhibit ^deness and lack of respect Massroom environment. See Page 11 online http://bat-web.tamu.edu iok up with state and itional news through The re, AP’s 24-hour online sws service. Center monitors ag policy By Rachel Dawley Staffwriter The Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC), a part of the Department of Agri culture Economics at Texas A&M, analyzes the impact of U.S. government policies on farmers, agribusinesses, taxpayers and con sumers. The AFPC responds to legislative re quests for analysis of agricultural and food policy options, identifies emerging policy is sues and develops educational programs and publications to explain the results of AFPC research. Dr. James W. Richardson, a professor of agriculture economics at A&M, is recog nized nationally for research allowing the AFPC to evaluate the implications of policy decisions at the farm level. “Policy people are always looking at alter natives to reach goals,” he said. “The AFPC tells them the consequences of each. We do analysis based on congressional issues and take complicated policy analysis and bring it down to an understandable level.” Richardson said a benefit to the AFPC is its educational extension. The center trains more than 200 undergraduate and 24 grad uate students each year. Students leave with a better understanding of policy conse quences and the ability to evaluate options, Richardson said. The AFPC was created by the Board of Re gents in 1983. As a land-grant university, A&M shared the AFPC with the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station and the Texas Agriculture Extension Service as a joint activity . Dr. Ronald D. Knutson, director of the AFPC and a professor of agriculture eco nomics, said the AFPC was formed because leadership figures in Texas agriculture want ed to have greater input in policy develop ment. To do that, they needed to have analy sis of the impact of policies on their farm and ranch operations. The center has expanded to include re search on the national level through special appropriations grants. “We could not do this type of indepen dent, third-party analysis if we weren’t affil iated with A&M,” Knutson said. “If we oper ated as a consulting organization, we would be dependent on producing results consis tent to those paying the bill. Our present re sults are objectively sound and in the pub lic’s best interest.” Please see Policy on Page 5 Former Fish Drill Team members teach techniques By Rachel Dawley Staffwriter The Association of Former Fish Drill Team Members demonstrated marching techniques to inmates at the Hamilton State School in Bryan yesterday. Association members presented a marching exhibition and worked with school supervisors on drilling techniques and commands. The association, which was established in the 1960s to raise money for the team, has continued to operate with fewer mem bers after the team was disbanded this summer. The association raises money by selling march-in pictures of Corps of Cadets outfits. Half of the funds are donat ed to the Corps Foundation. Ben Webb, president of the association and a senior biology major, said working with students at Hamilton is an opportuni ty for members to contribute to the Bryan- College Station community. “As association members, we want to give something positive back,” he said. “This is something we can do to help peo ple.” The Hamilton State School is the largest Texas Youth Commission facility. Delinquent youths from 10 to 21 years of age are housed in the juvenile correction facility. Robert Woods, superintendent of the school, said changes in youth corrections in Texas has prompted changes in the sys tem. “Students are no longer allowed to wear their own clothes and shoes or have long hair,” he said. “The Texas Youth Commission now re quires kids to have military haircuts and wear uniforms. Students have 16-hour, mil itary-style days.” Wood said the Hamilton administration is seeking help from outside the school be cause of the changes. He said the purpose of the demonstra tion was to help the teen-agers develop dis cipline. Please see Drill Team on Page 5