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THURSDAY • OCTOBER 2 • 1997
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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.
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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