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from staff and wire reports
Sport Management Program
creator named president of NASSM
Frank Ashley, associate dean for un
dergraduate studies in the College of
Education, was just named president
of the North American Society for
Sport Management.
The organization's members in
clude 230 professionals and 124 stu
dents, emphasizing special interests in
sports marketing, conflict resolution,
leadership and so on.
Developed in 1988 by Ashley, the
Texas A&M Sport Management Pro
gram has broadened from eight un
dergraduate students to more than
250.
From a University Relations wire re
port, Ashley was quoted as saying, "I
have always been a strong advocate
for the students." "I have always felt
that they are our future, and I will con
tinue the efforts to get students more
involved in our organization."
Police search for murder suspect
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Police are seeking a 15-year-old Brownsville middle
school student after he allegedly bragged about gunning down three teens
during a robbery.
Brownsville police say the suspect is being hidden with the help of a family
in Matamoros, Mexico. Mexican police have been unable to find him.
Brownsville police say the suspect, whom they have been seeking for more
than a week, is believed to have killed Jason Sexton, 14, Roberto Moreno, 18,
and Ricardo Mata, 19, during an April 25 robbery.
The victims, shot multiple times, were found alongside a desolate road in
Brownsville. Sexton and Moreno were pronounced dead at the scene, and
Mata died at a nearby hospital.
Police obtained a capital murder warrant for the suspect on June 9.
"Not only did he commit this totally repulsive act, but he has also gone on
to brag about it," Brownsville police Lt. Orlando Rodriguez told The Brownsville
Herald. "If he can do this once, he can do it again."
Rodriguez said the victims met the suspect riding around in Moreno's Camaro.
The suspect was a passenger in a Ford Mustang driven by another man,
who is cooperating with investigators and has not been charged.
After drag-racing a few times, the victims asked the suspect and the other
man if they knew where they could buy marijuana and beer, Rodriguez said.
Mata, Moreno and Sexton followed the Mustang. Rodriguez said after they
stopped, the suspect approached Moreno's car and pulled out his gun.
He said the victims were forced out of the car and the suspect shot Moreno.
Investigators believe the juvenile was after cash and was not interested in
stealing Moreno's car.
Welfare cap
Study focuses on time limitations for government financial aid reap!
BOSTON (AP) — A new study based
on interviews with welfare recipients re
veals many on public rolls may actually
support time limits on how long they may
receive benefits.
Led by researchers from Johns Hopkins
and Penn State universities, the study gives
voice to those directly affected by the dra
matic changes in welfare policy that have
swept the nation.
"We're quite familiar with the literature,
but we wanted to hear from residents,"
James Quane, one of the authors of the
study and associate director of the Jobless
ness and Urban Poverty Research Program
at Harvard University, said. "We wanted to
hear from the moms themselves and hear
what they face."
Current and former welfare recipients,
along with their family members, were in
terviewed in 15 focus groups in Baltimore,
Boston and Chicago between November
1996 and November 1997. Each of the
groups were composed of 12 participants.
The study was designed to see how low-
income families were faring after the pas
sage of federal welfare reform in 1996.
The report, much of which is told in the
participants' own words, yielded some con
clusions contrary to what is popularly be
lieved of those on welfare.
— The majority of the participants fa
vored time limits on receiving welfare.
— Participants supported work require
ments, as long as exceptions were made for
parents who could not find adequate child
care or had children with special needs.
— The majority favored "family cap"
provisions which deny increases in cash as
sistance to mothers who have additional
children while on welfare.
— Many argued that non-cash benefits
welfare provides, including Medicaid and
child-care assistance, were more important
than cash benefits.
"Two years is long enough for you to get
moving and go to some kind of school," a
Boston man who, like others included in the
up and!i opula
rotk
study, was not identified by name,
"That is plenty of time for you
look for a job if you get
about every day."
Massachusetts, one of the nation
ers in welfare reform, has a time IS
months for receiving welfare in ar
year period.
"Welfare is to help you ... theybrofB
about to help us to stand, to stand oSH
tie more until we can do bettei; aCl 1 !j|
woman said. "It wasn't meant for us
on for years and years and years.
Many of those interviewed wefT
afraid of welfare reform because they*
confident in their chances of findmt*
ployment, Quane said.
"We want to follow them over the*
few years and see if they're actually 1
make it off the rolls," he said.
The report is part of a larger study
effects of welfare reform on childrerj
families that will take place in 0
Chicago and San Antonio next year
Economical resources, potential of International Monetary Fund discu^
ABILENE (AP) — United States
Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence
Summers stressed again Monday
the importance of ensuring ade
quate resources for the Internation
al Monetary Fund.
Speaking to reporters before a
luncheon speech to the Agricultural
Council, Summers renewed calls to
Congress to pass funding for the
IMF, which faces historically low lev
els of finances at a time when Asia's
economies remain in turmoil.
The IMF, Summers said, has $40
billion to $45 billion in reserves, $30
billion to $35 billion on hand in avail
able resources and another $10 bil
lion to $15 billion to lend.
"It has become increasingly clear
the IMF is a great investment,"
Summers said.
Because no country has default
ed on any IMF loans in the past
decade, the IMF hasn't cost the U.S.
a single dime, he added.
Summers also characterized the
world economy as doing well, but
added that steps can be taken to fur
ther bolster economic growth
worldwide — including funding the
IMF, which helps countries with fail
ing economies, and encouraging
Japan to take the necessary steps to
boost the yen.
"Japan faces important chal
lenges. What's important is that they
take decisive steps to in'
parency, and shore up H
credit - just as the U.S.
'80s," Summers said
The Deputy Treasury
declined, however,
to an#
tions on foreign exchange®
vention to support the ai mg
June 1 7, U.S. and Japanese^
authorities jointly intervene
currency market to suppo«‘
through dollar sales
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