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THE PRINCETON REVIEW (409) 696-9099 (800) 2REVIEW The TAMU Buck Weirus Spirit Award 1997-1998 Sponsored by the Association of Former Students Buck Weirus Spirit Award Applications are now available for undergraduate and graduate students in the following locations: President’s Office, 8th Floor Rudder The Association of Former Students Reception Desk Vice President for Student Affairs, 10th Floor Rudder Office of the Dean of each College Office of Graduate Studies Student Activities Office, Suite 125 Koldus Building Multicultural Services Department, Suite 137 MSC Commandant’s Office, 102 Military Sciences MSC Student Programs Office, 216 & 223 MSC This Award recognizes students for outstanding contributions to the student quality of life program at A&M and honors Richard “Buck” Weirus ‘42 Industrial Education. Highlight accomplishments of Mr. Weirus, Executive Director Emeritus of the Association of Former Students: Served as Executive Director of AES from 1964-1980, established the first computerized alumni association in the country, established the Century Club, the initiation of the President’s Endowed Scholarship program and the Visitor Information Center, was an active member and past president of the San Antonio A&M Club. Applications Due by 5:00 p.m., February 9, 1998 at the Clayton Williams Alumni Association Reception Desk. Gook Luck. The Texas A&M University MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture Presents TDn® Mifflin AnmnumaiD )dDimffllnw@s{t Sfflmdtennft (DM On February 6-7, 1998 oi T> e 'T, oi $30 per High School Student $35 per University/College Student $45 per Faculty/Advisor ** We will be offering a special rate for groups larger than 10 people Persons with disabilities please call 845-151 5 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. MSC Box Office Accepts: Cash • Checks Aggie Bucks • Credit Cards on the campus of Texas A<SfM University Topic Sessions The Future of Affirmative Action Voter Apathy Theatre as a Form of Activism Hispanic Literature Community Service Political Issues And Much, Much More! For more information or to be ik placed on the mailing list: ii VV Phone: (409) 845-1515 JL WW Fax:(409) 845-5117 WW E-mail: art-jr@tamu.edu 11 http://wwwmsc.tamu.edu/MSC/CAMAC/conference.html Wednesday • Febmar Activists gather to protest executii HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Rachel King, holding a sign that read “Exe cution is Not the Solution,” made the trip from Philadelphia to the doorstep of Texas death row be cause she says she felt compassion for Karla Faye Tucker. “We do feel a connection with Karla Tucker because she’s a woman,” said King, a Temple Uni versity law professor. “I guess we can more easily identify with her fate and her life. Texas has been killing men without thinking about it. Now they’re going to start killing women without thinking about it.” Baltimore resident Stephanie Gibson sat next to King holding a sign that read: “I Oppose the Death Penalty. Don’t Kill for Me.” The Tucker case has increased aware ness of the death penalty, giving ac tivists a chance to seize the spot light, Gibson said. “Anything that raises awareness is a good thing, but it’s a horrible price,” she said. Protesters gathered at an inter section on the corner of the Huntsville unit Tuesday as Texas executed its first female inmate since 1863. Several hundred demonstrators, one dressed in an executioner’s robe and clutching a Bible, crowd ed the intersection but were still outnumbered by the hordes of re porters on the grounds of the prison. TV trucks packed a parking lot usually reserved for prison em ployees as camera and micro phone-toting reporters swarmed on the demonstrators’ intersec tion or on a lawn across the street from the prison. The protesters were about 200 feet from the front door of the long brick building, which resembles a schoolhouse, except for the bars on the window. When the news reached the crowd that TUcker had been execut ed, a cheer rose from death penalty advocates as some sang "Na Na Na Na...Say Goodbye.” “I think it was a step for justice,” said Ran Nelson of Waco, who said he was cheering with everyone else. Lisa Jackson, who opposes the death penalty and traveled from Michigan, was disheartened by the boisterous reaction. “I think God is sovereign,” she said. “He gives life and he takes life.” “This is hateful,” she said of the cheering and taunting. Some death penalty abolitionists made longer trips than others. “We want Texas to know that they can’t execute people any more,” said Alberta Rocca, who i raveled from Romewi nization “NesunotoccLj “1 lands off Cain.” Rocca said Italians^ ropeans are outragec. hear about the numt- ' executed in the United: "We are very ashamT cause the United States! concerned about hui she said. Actually, more thi people called theTesj ment of Criminal lust to talk to Tucker. Calls! as far away as Iraq,!i| land and Sweden. "They’re disappoic not doing anythingtol said a corrections de] rotary who did notw< tilled. “They can’tund! we’re allowing thist ried out.” Viewpoints vary on Tucker’s execution HUNTSVILLE (AP) — The following are quotes concerning the execution of Karla Faye Tucker: • Karla Faye Tucker “I would like to say to all of you — the Thorn ton family and Jerry Dean’s family — that I am so sorry. I hope God will give you peace with this. ... I am going to be face to face with Je sus now. I love all of you very much. I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you.” • Gov. George W. Bush: “Like many touched by this case, I have sought guidance through prayer. I have con cluded judgment about the heart and soul of an individual on death row are best left to a higher authority. May God bless Karla Faye Tucker and God bless her victims and their families.” • Richard Thornton, husband of victim Debo rah Thornton: “I want to say to every victim in the world: demand this (execution). Don’t ask for it, de mand this. This is your right. The life of a mur derer should never be glorifed. You are not here to remember my wife. Y’all are here to cel ebrate a murderer, a pickax murderer. My reli gion says to forgive. Turn a cheek. I still can not do it. I’ve heard her words. I don’t think they are heartfelt. I don’t believe her conver sion. I don’t believe her Christianity. This day belongs to Deborah Ruth Davis Thornton. ... Her killer has been sent to the place that we’re ail going to go sometime, someplace my wife already is. She will deal with Karla Faye Tuck er. I promise you, it won’t be pretty.” •Lisa Jackson, who opposes the death penal ty and traveled from Michigan: “I think God is sovereign. He gives life and he takes life. This (the cheering and taunting) is hateful.” • Pat Robertson, a television evangelist who normally is a death penalty supporter:: “This thing is vengeance. It makes no sense. This is not the same woman who com mitted those crimes.” ► A look at some key events in Tucker's case 1983 June 13 —The bodies of Deborah Ruth Davis Thornton, 32, and Jerry Lynn Dean, 26,; bedroom of Dean’s apartment in northwest Houston. Police find the murder weapon- — embedded in Thornton’s chest. Valuables are left untouched but Dean’s 1974 pickupisE July 20 — Karla Faye Tucker, 23, and Daniel R. Garrett, 37, are arrested and chargd I murder in the deaths. Detective J.C. Mosier said the murders apparently resulted fromaij ing grudge between Tucker and Dean. Dec. 6 — Tucker attends drug counseling and religious sessions in jail for thefirstt 1984 April 19 — Tucker is found guilty of capital murder in Dean’s death. April 25 — Tucker, who testified during the punishment phase of her trial thatev ghr axed would not be sufficient to atone for her crime, is sentenced to death by lethal inj- ,jd |J Nov. 2 — A second capital murder charge lodged against Tucker in Thornton’s deal, at the recommendation of prosecutors. Nov. 20 — Garrett is convicted of capital murder. Nine days later, he is sentenced tc:l 1992 Feb. 27 — State District Judge Pat Lykos rejects Tucker’s request for an evidentiary!!; May 29 — Judge Lykos sets Tucker’s execution for June 30. i khki June 22 — Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays Tlicker’s execution and orders evil e g i£ ing into claims by co-defendant James Leibrant, who was charged with burglary in thi n perjureci himself while testifying in Tucker’s trial. 1993 Jan. 13 — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses Garrett’s capital murderc is url question about proper jury selection and orders a new trial. term June 14 — Garrett dies at a Houston hospital of cirrhosis of the liver and internal bit ling] day after the 10th anniversary of the murders. sen Oct. 21 — Even though a Court of Appeals stay remains in effect, Judge Lykos sets; recrl cution date forTucker — a move, observers believe, is meant to remind the higher cor omc of the appeal, now more than a year old. file Nov. 9 — The Texas Court of Appeals reinstates Tdcker’s indefinite stay of executio; ;sfn| 1995 ipec Jan. 30 — Court of Criminal Appeals lifts the stay of execution and denies all relieUo 1 June 25 — In a proxy ceremony off the prison grounds, Tucker weds prison ministry" Brown. Brown later visits the Gatesville prison where his bride is held, driving an autoi a honeymoon trip. Prison officials — as per policy — deny them a contact visit. 1997 Dec. 8 —The U.S. Supreme Court rejects Tucker’s request to review her case. Dec. 18 — State District Judge Debbie Stricklin sets Tucker’s execution for Feb. 3, lfe| 1998 Jan. 20—Attorneys forTucker ask the Court of Criminal Appeals to postpone herexec them time to challenge the state's clemency procedure. Jan. 22 — Tucker officially asks the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to lessen heif-J to life imprisonment and to delay her execution. She also asks Gov. George W. Bush top execution 30 days. Jan. 28 — Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denies Tucker’s appeal. The ■ ■ ■■ ■ iiiiilililliiliil Be Upwardly Mobile. Imagine being part of a select team that sets the pace for the entire vertical-lift industry. At Bell, the opportunities are wide open. See why so many top aerospace professionals wouldn't work anywhere else. 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