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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1998)
(PLORING HISTORY ilebration of Columbus Day rta debate over the real \act of h is ‘discovery. ’ KlIELIFE, PAGE 4 FLYING COACH • Texas A&M Football coach R.C. Slocum rides the wave of a big win versus No.2-ranked Nebraska. SPORTS, PAGE 7 -,v CHECK OUT THE BATTALION ONLINE http://battalion.tamu.edu MONDAY October 12, 1998 Volume 105 • Issue 32 • 10 Pages The 105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY gs surprise Nebraska, 28-21 City Council decision ignores committee CAAhii; leand as weig [he sunt athletes icational lake cr ts such nins, tthlete: ine creai ave ivenotK 'Out creai stlysubis players It ing, is used, had more wasl spring, it on their a.secooit al trainsj >y and n 1 ritec int| has beet off sincj ced no lid he because) sical heai mage itake. n creating sc s • i Aw A. * BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion liman fullback Ja’Mar Toombs celebrates after his fourth-quarter touchdown run sealed A&M’s victory over Nebraska Saturday. BY JEFF SCHMIDT The Battalion Ike comedian Rodney Danger- 1, no one gave Texas A&M Foot- |any respect. A&M was a 10- 1 underdog against Nebraska Jute owning a 45-4-1 home in the ’90s. The Aggies |edby inferior teams while the id-ranked Cornhuskers rolled. ■I was full of surprises Sat- |y,holding off a late rally to de- tebraska 28-21 at Kyle Field, cornerback Sedrick Cur ry’s interception with 59 seconds left in the game sealed the biggest victory in A&M history. The Corn huskers are the highest-ranked team ever defeated by the Aggies. A&M defeated No. 4 Tlilane in the 1940 Sugar Bowl and No. 4 Texas Christian University in 1956. A&M captured the 1939 National Cham pionship with the win over Tlilane. Nebraska’s loss snapped a 19- game winning streak, longest in Di vision IA, and a 40-game regular- season conference winning streak. The Cornhuskers’ last conference loss was against Iowa State in 1992. “This is the biggest win of my career,” A&M coach R. C. Slocum said. “It makes us 2-0 in conference and we beat a team that has done what no one else in college football has done. It is more meaningful be cause we did it against a legitimate team like Nebraska.” “This is a huge win for us,” se nior safety Rich Coady said. “For anyone who has ever worn an A&M jersey, this is unbelievable.” A&M used a Nebraska trademark, a strong ground game and an at tacking defense, to defeat the Huskers. The Aggies outrushed the ’Buskers 259-141 yards. A&M’s yardage was the most by a Nebraska opponent in the last two years. A&M junior running back Dante Hall and freshman fullback Ja’Mar Toombs had 113 and 110 yards, re spectively. Each scored a touchdown. “Anytime you can have two backs over 100 yards, they don’t know what to defend,” A&M offensive co ordinator Steve Kragthorpe said. see Football on Page 8. BY BETH MILLER The Battalion Thursday’s College Station City Council meeting drew a crowd of more than 100 people, many of whom left the College Station City Hall disappointed with the outcome. A large percentage of the listeners had gathered to hear the city coun cil’s decision concerning the Munson Avenue proposal presented by the Munson Avenue Traffic Committee. Rodger Lewis, a committee member, opened the presentation to the city council with background information on the Munson Av enue situation and the reasoning behind the three phases of the committee’s proposal. After hearing arguments from committee members and College Hills residents, the city council re solved to implement an entirely different plan. The plan involves permanently closing the intersection of Munson Avenue and Dominik Drive, remov ing the speed humps and stop signs on Munson Avenue and monitoring the amount of traffic on other Col lege Hills streets with the hope of re ducing the traffic on the streets. Steve Esmond, a city council member, said the current barri cades at Munson Avenue and Do minik Drive will be replaced by what he thinks is a more pre sentable barricade called a 911 gate. The gate will allow only emergency vehicles to access the restricted neighborhood streets. Traffic counters will be used to calculate the amount of traffic on other College Hills streets. David Hickson, a city council member and Mayor pro tempore, said he believes the city council de cided to take action Thursday night because of the disagreements be tween committee members. He said he believes the city council chose to close the intersection of Munson Avenue and Dominik Dri ve permanently because of the pos itive results thus far. He said he be lieves the current barricade has dispersed traffic well. “The existing numbers showed that it worked very well,” Hickson said. “We had to make a decision to help the whole area.” see Munson on Page 2. \9 champs xeive rings er. d be take: and mild ape athletes a athlete atine she r derivati! e creatine > to be nuscle d into the ae wi tine siio®embers BY JOE SCHUMACHER The Battalion of the 1939 Texas 1 University National Champi- up Football Team were pre- ed with their championship and honored at half time dur- aarboiivc he Nebraska game. pe rings were presented to the negati'i at a ceremony preceding the reatineii! einG. Rollie White Coliseum, agree tit! r400 people were in attendance, napetelf! event was comprised of an td ceremony, the screening of a light video, and concluded with ” Clark* iformance by the Singing Cadets. The presentation of the ring ^ culmination of a great life,” ‘ tard Shelton a member of the it said. Shelton was one of the Oj riizers of the event. ^ The fact that we would be re- Pettilt toered after 59 years says a lot Jtthe University,” Shelton said. ' is event typifies the greatness le University, ” Iwas highly honored that they e around and gave the boys erings,” James “Jimmie” Park- lid. Parker was the manager for championship team. 'arker recently suffered a stroke broken hip. He said the ring an incentive to quickly reha- h He, but what was perhaps just Qll nportant was the chance to be lited with other team members. Iwould do anything to on the Brady supports Clinton impeachment inquiry BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Carl Geer, a halfback from the ’39 A&M team, shows off his championship ring at halftime of the Nebraska game, field with the boys again,” Park er said. Shelton said they were all very closely knit, and had a brotherly connection. “There is a friendship that is such a deep feeling it is hard to re ally explain. It is a genuine feeling though,” Shelton said. The idea for the rings was con ceived when it was noticed that the ’39 team were not presented with championship rings. When the idea was presented to Dr. Ray M. Bowen, president of Texas A&M, he donated $5,000 to the cause. This amount was matched by John Blocker. Gabe Anderson, Class of ’39, then donated the difference of $8,000. see Champs on Page 2. By Meredith Hight The Battalion The U.S. House of Representa tives Judiciary Committee will be gin work on the impeachment in quiry of President Bill Clinton that was approved by a 258-176 vote last week. Congressman Kevin Brady, who represents the 8th District which includes Bryan and Col lege Station, is among the 258 House members who voted for the inquiry. “I support the fair and thorough inquiry recommended by the Judiciary Committee,” Brady said in a statement. “Ulti mately, this will get us to the truth sooner by focusing on all evi dence relevant to the allegations.” “This vote guarantees a fair, thorough process by directing the Judiciary Committee to verify all relevant evidence and allow all sides, including the President, to openly present their case on whether impeachment articles are warranted.” Democrats accounted for 175 of the 176 votes against the inquiry. Four Democrats from Texas — CLINTON Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall, Nick Lampson of Beaumont, Charles Stenholm of Stamford and Jim Turner of Crockett — joined the 31 Democrats who vot ed for the inquiry. Judiciary Committee Chair Henry Hyde told reporters the vote was “a victory for the Con stitution.” Jon Bond, a professor of polit ical science at Texas A&M, said the inquiry, while certainly con stitutional, is similar to the two other impeachment hearings in U.S. history. Bond said the im peachment hearings involving Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon were motivated by parti san concerns. “Andrew Jackson’s impeach ment hearing was based almost ex clusively on partisan and political differences,” he said. “The im peachment charges were primari ly political. With Nixon, the De mocrats didn’t like him. But there were also very serious actiops that subverted government agencies, like the FBI and the IRS, to punish political enemies. Along with par tisan motivation, it revealed seri ous abuse of government.” Bond said the inquiry of Clin ton falls somewhere between those two. see Clinton on Page 2. Fans display support of Maroon Out effort BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Thirty-one thousand fans bought Maroon Out T-shirts to be worn during the Texas A&M-Nebraska game Saturday at Kyle Field. BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion As the Aggies claimed an upset victory over Nebraska this past weekend, the bleachers at Kyle Field were packed with maroon with 60,798 fans in attendance. Kyle Valentine, one of the founders of Maroon Out and Class of ’00 president, said the class councils sold 31,000 Maroon Out shirts which was well above what they had predicted. Maroon Out was widely promot ed through television commercials on channels such as MTV, ESPN and Fox Sports Southwest, as well as advertisements on local radio sta tions and in newspapers. The Zone also helped fund the Maroon Out Project with a $15,000 donation. “There was incredible participa tion from current and former stu dents,” Valentine said. “It was just a tremendous sight. A big thanks goes out to all the students because they took it upon themselves to make this such a great event and ul timately helped us win the game.” Maroon Out not only received sup port from students but was lauded by the players and athletic staff as well. Senior safety Rich Coady said it looked like a “sea of maroon” at the game. “The fans were amazing today,” he said. “At times, it got so loud on the field, you had trouble hearing yourself think. They did a great job and were in it from the beginning. They’ve been supporting us the whole season. It’s nice we could pull the upset and win it for our fans.” see Maroon Out on Page 2. Campus organizations celebrate National Coming Out Week BRANDON BOLLOM/The BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion Coming Out Week (COW) is be ing held throughout the nation this week and different events are be ing held at Texas A&M. One of the executive officers of the student organization for Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual and Transsexu al Aggies (GLBTA) said the main reason for COW is to help people make the transition easier. “A lot of people think, ‘Oh my God. I’m at A&M so I’m the only one battalion here’,” the officer said. “If there is a whole week for it, then it lets the person who wants to come out real ize that they are not alone and helps give them an empowering feeling. ” Although National Coming Out Day was yesterday, the week will kick off here with an open house for Parents, Families and Friends of Les bians and Gays (PFLAG) at Friends Congregational Church at 7 p.m. Kim Novak, coordinator for Stu dent Conflict and Resolution Ser vices and an adviser to GLBTA, said the meeting is to discuss sexual-ori entation issues. “The primary emphasis of the PFLAG meeting is talking about is sues regarding sexual orientation and how to cope with it,” she said. On Tuesday night there will be a presentation by Rainbow Christians with Reverend Jo Hudson as the speaker. Hudson will be speaking about how to incorporate religion into being gay or lesbian. An officer in GLBTA said Rain bow Christians is open to everyone. “This meeting is non-denomina- tional,” the member said. “You don’t even have to be part of GLBTA to come, because I know a lot of people have questions. A lot of people have trouble understanding how one can be a Christian and still choose to live the ‘alternative’ lifestyle. They say that in one passage of the Bible is says that ‘It is a sin to be gay and that men shouldn’t sleep with other men,’ but also in that same passage it says that people shouldn’t wear linen. “Basically, people will just take what they want to take out of it. What everyone has to remember first and foremost is that God says we shall not judge each other.” On Wednesday, GLBTA will have resource tables at the MSG and Rudder Fountain Area. “We usually attract a larger crowd to join the organization during COW, but they still are not really comfort able,” one officer of GLBTA said. COW will end Friday with an open house sponsored by Gender Issues Education Services from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in YMCA 211A. Another service provided for stu dents here on campus is a group known as ALLIES. Novak said AL LIES is a group of faculty and staff like the mentor program who help advise students. see Coming Out on Page 2.
