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Texas A & M University TODAY TOMORROW COLLEGE STATION • TX See extended forecast. Page 2. THURSDAY • OCTOBER 16 • 1997 s: We ng at 6 i“™ ; ;Fb rmer chancellor estions cot 6. Hopgood named in hazing lawsuit receives food prize |Dr. Perry L. Adkisson, professor it Council' 3r P er ' tlJS en t omol °gy at Texas .. .... . ^&IV1 and former chancellor of the 8 Cal!S' Ar University System, was tore infort aWarclecl Tuesday for his work in developing pest-control methods. jAdkisson and Dr. Ray F. Smith, ommittee: SCUSS upcti ptBfessor emeritus of entomology atthe University of California-Berke- p nn : ley, were named co-winners of the ififnrriPh'll 97 World Food Prize Tuesday. MThe World Food Prize is the tStudent' nternat ' onal award in recognition of individuals whose ting about; , , . , m*rk has improved the quantity, i. to 10p /oneiswel quality and availability of the world’s food supply. in, contact.; TV anchor to give irans * advice on careers 3 jl^ he ^ at ' onal Association of ' J ' Black Journalists will have an infor- ' r c,LJ ® ( ?J c mal meeting tonight featuring KBTX- '' TV anchor Sherry Williams. ^Williams will give advice to stu- / gonorr on yyhat do after gradua- p 1 tion, such as how to search in the nformafc j 0 b market _ Jo-1211 meeting will take place at 7 iu - edu - inj205 MSC. >t Asso«Water lines to be ;c etl wiiii.flushed today 5ics eveni -jB The City of College Station Wa- 'tionS'Ca 1 tor/Wastewater Division will begin ,lrdJ flushing water lines today at 10 p.m. ■ The process will reduce or elimi- j. - [;,• nafc problems that occurred this ' (1 summer with discolored water. The city’s water system will be vents i divided into sections, and a differ- rtild beMt section will be flushed each throe dulweek for 10 to 12 weeks. Hired riK!8' I The first section to be flushed is . ^ijdiy batwcen FM 2818, Texas Avenue, I w ||jootlitB 3 ham Road and Wellborn Road. (f MiJi If customers experience problems witn water service during this time, they can call College Station Public Utilities Dispatch at 764-3638. andlelight vigil bserved tonight The Brazos Valley Candlelight Vigil I be observed tonight to remember [people who have suffered and died ecause of domestic violence, v The vigil will be at the City of Bryan i/lunicipal Building at 7:30 p.m. I Joe Brown, public information )fficer for Bryan, will be master of leremonies. The event is sponsored by oebe’s Home and the Brazos Coun- omestic Violence Task Force. 'ositions open in itudent Senate The Student Senate has an- Ounced there are now five senate osition openings, one in the College Business, one in the College of Agriculture and three for off-campus enators. Applications for the positions are ue by Friday at 5 p.m. Applications h be picked up at 127 Koldus. ■ lifestyles -Mo A Reflection on Death: A&IVI Theatre Arts program pre sents Wilder’s Our Town. See Page 3 inior transfer Zerick Rollins irves as an anchor for A&M tensive line. See Page 6 opinion by: Purpose of television is to entertain viewers, not to te a moral barometer. See Page 11 online http://bat-web.tamu.edu Hpok up with state and tional news through The ire, AP’s 24-hour online news service. By Robert Smith Senior staff writer A Galveston district court judge ruled Friday for a deposition from Texas A&M officials on hazing in the Corps of Cadets during the past three years. District Judge Samuel Kent or dered Maj. Gen. M. T. “Ted” Hop- good, Corps commandant; Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice presi dent of student affairs; Maj. Gen. Thomas G. Darling, executive di rector of student affairs develop ment and former Corps com mandant; and Capt. Robert Dal ton, former faculty adviser of the Fish Drill Team, to give deposi tions by Nov. 13. William Hommel, an attorney representing former Fish Drill Team member Travis Alton, said that four weeks ago he filed an amended complaint ordering the depositions in Galveston. “We made some changes in our pleading to reflect our ongoing in vestigation,” he said. Alton initiated hazing charges last year - against student advisers of the Fish Drill Team. Texas A&M has been cleared of charges, with the 11th amend ment giving sovereign immunity to the state. Darling and Dalton declined to comment on the court order. Hopgood could not be reached. Hopgood, Southerland and Corps commander Danny Feather disbanded the Fish Drill Team in August following hazing charges against nine former team advisers from the University and a Brazos County grand jury. The University suspended eight former Fish Drill Team ad visers for various amounts of time and expelled one adviser for hazing following A&M judicial hearings in July. A&M charged 16 more students with hazing in July. University offi cials said the charges stemmed from A&M judicial hearings for the nine former advisers. Some of the hearings for the 16 students have been completed. If found guilty by a University judicia ry hearing board, punishments for the students could range from a warning letter of reprimand to sus pension or expulsion from A&M. Chapel offers counseling for students By Karie Fehler Staff writer The Texas A&M All Faiths Chapel offers free counseling to students who have religious prob lems or with questions about faith. Counseling services are available Monday through Thursday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the clergy are available for drop-in coun seling sessions, and appoint ments are not necessary. Mark Crawford, chap lain for the Episcopal Stu dent Center, said mem bers of the Campus Ministry Association (CMA) take turns counsel ing students, and the schedules are posted in the All Faiths Chapel. “We try to each keep a regular time once a week, so if someone would like to see a Catholic priest, they know what time someone is avail able,” he said. Crawford said many stu dents come to the chapel for conversation and ques tions about church services and faith. “We are available to counsel students with per sonal problems, but people also come in to see if they can get married in the chapel or if their organiza tion can use the chapel for a specific purpose,” he said. Crawford said some stu dents are under the miscon ception the All Faiths Chapel is another building on campus like other class rooms or buildings. “The chapel, which is lo cated conveniently on cam pus across from Beutel Health Center, is meant to be a place of worship, a place for quiet and prayer,” he said. Frank Yates, United Campus Ministry (UCM) director and the president of CMA, said the counsel ing program began last fall, when UCM and CMA met with the Student Counsel ing Center. Please see Chapel on Page 10. Earth mover BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion FYancisco Arredia Tirado of Contemporary Landscape Services tills outside of Bizzell Hall East Wednesday in preparation for the dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library Celebrity brings comedy act to Texas A&M Hispanic Heritage Month By Brandi Ballard Staff writer H ispanic Heritage Month wraps up tonight with a performance at Rud der Auditorium by comedian Paul Rodriguez. Jose Sanchez, president of the Hispanic Presidents’ Council and a senior marketing major, said Rodriguez will be the biggest His panic entertainer to come to Texas A&M. Sanchez worked this summer to book Rod- griguez’s performance. “We’re doing this because it benefits the entire community — not just the Hispanic community,” he said. Tfre Hispanic Presidents’ Council worked with MSC CAMAC and MSC Town Hall to bring Rodriguez to the University. Dave Salmon, adviser for MSC Town Hall, said Sanchez brought the possibility of bring ing Rodriguez to A&M to him. “He came up with idea and we immedi ately said yes,” Salmon said. Sanchez said he thought of the idea two years ago. He said before this year he was nev er in a position where he could bring the co median to campus. “Now that I’m president of the Hispanic Presidents’ Council, I could do something to get Paul Rodriguez here,” Sanchez said. Paul Rodriguez is not the only Hispanic celebrity to come to A&M this year. Dr. Dionel Aviles, a member of the Texas A&M Board of Regents, spoke at the Hispan ic Open House at the beginning of the fall se mester. Victor Morales attended the Hispan ic Unity Rally last month. Sanchez said this is the best Hispanic Her itage Month in his years at A&M. “The groups just seem closer knit—the or ganizations really came together and sup ported each other,” he said. “Of course, there is always room for improvement.” Salmon said MSC Town Hall wanted to bring in diverse entertainment. “We specifically wanted to target the Mex- ican-American community because we have in a sense neglected them [in] the past years,” Salmon said. “Rodriguez was chosen because he is one of the most talented comedians in the business.” Please see Comedy on Page 10. UPD: Trust your instincts Crime-prevention experts say awareness key to safety By Colleen Kavanagh Staff writer The University Police Depart ment (UPD) said Texas A&M stu dents need to trust their instincts to protect themselves from dan gerous situations. Betty LeMay, a certified crime- prevention specialist for UPD, said some students put them selves in situations where they could be hurt. “We see late-night female jog gers and people who are alone in isolated areas every day,” LeMay said. “People won’t stop certain ac tivities, but there are a number of precautions they can take.” LeMay said students should have a buddy with them as much as pos sible and should tell someone where they are going when they leave the house, because isolation makes peo ple more vulnerable to crime. The UPD is working to make Texas A&M a safer campus, she said. “We have added more lighting and phones on jogging trails and isolated areas,” LeMay said. “But anybody;anywhere, can be the vic tim of crime. In one of two stranger rapes here in 1995, the woman was abducted in the middle of the day.” LeMay said people need to be aware of their surroundings and to walk with confidence, showing aware ness and control of the situation. “The most important thing peo ple can do is trust their instincts,” she said. “If you feel something is wrong, then get out of the situation.” Jay Merkeley, a self-defense teacher at A&M, said self-defense be gins with understanding something can happen to you. The key to crime prevention is awareness, he said. “People can be relaxed but alert 24 hours a day,” Merkeley said. “I try to teach students to make sure nothing escapes their attention, whether it’s someone walking towards them or someone near them doing some thing out of the ordinary.” Merkeley said constantly moni toring situations is necessary, be cause there always is the possibility something will happen. Instincts tell you if you are in danger, he said. Merkeley said a woman who was raped on campus three years ago no ticed her attacker when she was jog ging but ignored her instinct to re move herself from the situation. Merkeley said the woman thought she was being paranoid. LeMay said after recognizing the potential problem, people need to report the problem to the police. No tifying the police makes the authori ties aware of the situation so they can respond with knowledge and check out the situation. Please see Trust on Page 9. Law-school caravan offers admission info By Robert Smith Senior staff writer The Law School Caravan will make its annual stop at Texas A&M from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the MSC Flagroom. Karen Severn, pre-law adviser at A&M, said representatives from 84 law schools will be at A&M to speak with students interested in law school. “It should be a really great day,” she said. “It will provide law schools access to top-quality stu dents at A&M.” Students attending the caravan can discuss qualifications for ad mission, ask questions about vari ous law school programs and ob tain applications from the schools. Severn said the variety of law schools will give students a chance to compare schools. “All of the law schools are dif ferent, and they can find the ones that fit their needs the best,” she said. “Students can see schools from across the nation and will be exposed to schools they really haven’t considered.” Representatives from all nine Texas law schools will be at the cara van, as well as representatives from other schools, including George town University, Vanderbilt Univer sity and New York University. Jennifer Silverman, a senior English major, said she will at tend the law school fair. “Personally, I am excited be cause I’m applying for law school in the fall,” she said. “You can get a real feel for what the law schools have to offer because they bring a lot of information with them.” Please see Caravan on Page 9.