The Battalion ;; IE TERA Tuesday • January 27,19 -ues< Bush moderates leadership forum Former President George Bush and a panel of representatives from the political and entertainment are nas discussed leadership in a fo rum yesterday. Bush joined the President and CEO of The Hearst Corporation, Frank Bennack Jr.; the first lady of Texas, Laura Bush; former Secretary of Com merce, Robert Mosbacher; and actor Chuck Norris in the talk, held at the Bush School’s Presidential Library. Texas A&M’s Eisenhower Fellows, Bush Fellows, MSC Leadership, Student Government Leadership and journalism students attended the discussion. Scientists prepare for Glenn’s orbit AUSTIN (AP) — Texas scientists researching ways to stop or mini mize the bone and muscle loss of humans in space are hoping to learn from John Glenn’s second ride around the Earth this fall. Since researchers long ago found many parallels between the bone, muscle and heart problems of aging and spaceflight, Glenn’s return to space may help answer many of the questions that remain about human adaptation to microgravity. “It’s a very unique opportunity,” said Susan Bloomfield, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of kinesiology — the study of the anatomy and movement. “Starting with lower muscle mass and bone density than a younger person, will he experience losses faster? Or, if you start at a lower level, will you lose less?" Medical data compiled before, during and after Glenn’s flight in 1962 could be compared to his space shuttle experience, TAMU SYNCHRONIZED SWIM CLUB 1st Meeting Tues. Jan. 27 7 p.m. in Rec Sports Rm 272 No experience required Questions?? 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The Batojon (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University. Second class postage paid at College Staton,TX 77840. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Battalion, 015 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Staton, TX 77843-1111. Cadet trial to begin soon FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Some of the stories about the al leged murder of a 16-year-old girl by two former military cadets have been more fiction than fact, a pros ecutor told potential jurors Monday. “I can guarantee you, you don’t know all the facts,” lead prosecutor Mike Parrish told a pool of 90 pos sible jurors in the capital murder trial of ex-Navy midshipman Di ane Zamora. “I can also guarantee you some of the facts you have heard are wrong.” Testimony is scheduled to be gin Monday. Most of Parrish’s questions fo cused on gauging jurors’ ability to ignore what they have already heard about the case, which has been intensely covered by local me dia and been the subject of two books and a television movie. “The first thing, the only thing, I will ask of you if you’re on this jury is to promise that you’ll decide this case based on evidence, not on im age,” Parrish said. Parrish also may have given a glimpse of the prosecution’s strate- “ln the state of Texas, there’s no such thing as accomplices or accessories.” Mike Parrish lead prosecutor gy when he explained Texas’ law concerning murder. “In the state of Texas, there’s no such thing as accomplices or ac cessories,” Parrish said. “Here, if you participate in any part of the crime, you’re guilty of the worst crime being committed.” According to statements from Zamora and her former fiance David Graham, the couple lured Adrianne Jones to a secluded road, Zamora hit the girl with a dumbbell weight, then Graham shot her in the head when she tried to flee. Zamora was a freshman at the Naval Academy and Graham was in his first year at the Air Force Academy when they were arrest ed in September 1996. The slay ing, which is believed to have been in retaliation for a one-time sexual encounter between Jones and Graham, occurred in Decem ber 1995. Prosecutors have agreed not to seek the death penalty if either for mer cadet is convicted. Maximum punishment would be a life sen tence. Graham will be tried later. Bush: Taxpayers at ri of paying $2.3 billion infi Probationers often allowed to violate terms Over 10 percent of felons on probation are jailed for new crimes munity supervision. — Of those revoked, just more than half (51.2 per cent) were sent to prison for violating terms of their probation — not for committing new crimes. —The rate of revocation fell from 8.6 percent in the first year of probation to 6.4 percent in the third year. The overall revocation rate for all criminals on pro bation is about 7 percent, the department said. At the end of October, the latest figure available, there were 422,469 people on probation in Texas. Of those, 241,604 were felony cases. CJAD oversees 122 local Community Supervision and Corrections departments, formerly known as pro bation offices. AUSTIN (AP) —Just more than 10 percent of Texas felons placed on probation later are sent to jail for new crimes committed while on probation, according to state officials. Diane Clements, president of Houston-based Jus tice of All, also is concerned that probationers not re voked are committing new crimes or violating terms of their probation without getting caught. The probation arm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — the Community Justice Assistance Division — said a three-year study of4,245 felons sen tenced to probation in October 1993 shows: — Fewer than one in four (about 1,020) had their probation revoked in the first three years of com- AUSTIN (AP) —-Gov. GeorgeW. Bush says Texas taxpayers are at risk of having to pay some of the $2.3 billion the state owes in attor neys fees in connection with a $15.3 billion settlement with the tobacco industry. Bush on Monday again praised Texas Attorney General Dan Morales for suing tobacco companies over health-related claims and landing the historic deal, which U.S. District Judge David Folsom finalized in Texarkana last week. But the governor continued to hammer Morales for deciding how the first $1.2 billion of the set tlement would be spent — most ly for healtli purposes — and for authorizing fees totaling 15 per cent of the $15.3 billion to be paid to private attorneys who repre sented the state. Bush said Monday he would support legal challenges to the settlement in order to make sure state lawmakers are the ones de ciding how the money is spent. Dusek and Railroad Com missioner Barry Williamson, who opposes Cornyn in the GOP primary for attorney gen eral, accused Cornyn of politi cal grandstanding. “This is a transparent and desperate attempt by a third- string candidate to get publicity for himself,” Dusek said. “He is asking Jtis former colleagues on the Texas Supreme Court to grant him a political favor.” Williamson said, “These types of frivolous actions, donel for partisan political gain! to distract and delay thel mate efforts of our elected! ship concerning this matt Under the settlement,! is obligated to pay attorn^ of S2 Moral: repeat;: content thattk co k yi will pa. Bush , ith a 11| fe t ecmli , Tli. 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