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WEDNESDAY
February 17, 1999
Volume 105 • Issue 94-14 Pages
College Station, Texas
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Opinion 13
Thursday’s issue
Lying may be deemed unethical
but it has become a necessary
evil for Americans
sports
• A&M Baseball moves
to 5-2 with Tuesday win
over Southwest Texas
State University.
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BY APRIL YOUNG
The Battalion
Rep. Kevin Brady stressed the
iportance of the United States’ re-
tionship with Israel during a din-
I er yesh'iday at thr 1 lillel lewish
udent Center.
If Brady spoke to the Jewish Stu
Rnt Association, students, t'acuh
p , stall and members of the eom-
I unity.
' Du t i ng the speech, Brady
t * ie ’ m P ortance of the Unit-
3 iStates’ relationship with Israel.
DfivinO * su PP° rt for Israel is critical,”
•''ady said. “It is important to foster
with q id facilitate Israel, not dictate.”
Listeners expressed concern
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’ Brady also explained the main
>al is improving United States-Is-
^.el relations.
“My main goal is to secure peace
the Middle East,” Brady said,
’here is no other goal. This is crit-
al to America as well as to Israel.”
Aaron Horvitz, coordinator of
e dinner and a senior political
ience major, said he hopes Us
hers gained an understanding of
e accessibility students have to
embers of Congress.
“I hope that students gained a
ihter connection with the Con-
essman and learned that he is a
rson here for our interests,”
rvitz said.
Peter Tarlow, rabbi for the Jew-
h Student Association, said re-
?nt events in Washington made
ie program important.
“So much has gone on in Wash-
tgton that this is a chance for rec-
nciliation between the govern-
lent and the United States,”
irlow said.
Brady said U.S.-Israel relations
npact students and the country as
whole.
“Instability in the Middle East
r war would be costly, not only in
loney, but in human lives,” Brady
lid. “Students should understand
lat a peaceful world means more
ade, better jobs in America and a
igher standard of living.”
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Jacob Grauke 9 (Left) , Natuan Belford, 12, and Mike Belford prepare a rocket for flight on
the polo fields. Mike Belford said they had tried shooting the rockets at Lamar Elementary
but the area was too small to contain the rockets, one of which can reach an altitude of 2,000
ft before descending.
Planned Parenthood
celebrates opening
• Independent ribbon
cutting ceremony held
after Planned Parent
hood pressured to pull
request from Chamber
of Commerce.
BY MEREDITH MIGHT
The Battalion
Planned Parenthood will host a
ribbon-cutting ceremony today for
its new Bryan clinic, despite being
discharged from the Bryan-College
Station Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber canceled the
memberships of Planned Parent
hood, Brazos Valley Coalition for
Life (BVCL) and Hope Pregnancy
Center after controversy erupted
over Planned Parenthood’s new
Bryan clinic, which will offer abor
tion services.
The controversy prompted
BVCL to start a fax campaign urg
ing other chamber members to op
pose the clinic.
Planned Parenthood withdrew
their request for a ribbon-cutting
ceremony after the faxes flooded
the chamber. The chamber termi
nated the memberships of all three
organizations the following day.
The new clinic will have an un
official ribbon-cutting ceremony
and an open house. The ceremo
ny and open house are open only
to those who have been sent invi
tations.
Dyann Santos, executive direc
tor for the clinic, said she expects
about 100 people at the event.
“We invited supporters, dona
tors and our board of directors from
Houston, as well as volunteers,”
she said.
Santos said supporters in the
community have signed “yards and
yards” of ribbon to be cut during
the ceremony.
“We are going to celebrate the
fact that we opened our new build
ing,” she said. “We are glad to be a
part of the community. Really, it’s
a celebration. We’re very proud of
our new facilities.”
The Rev. Howard Moody, a sup
porter of abortion and recipient of
a national Planned Parenthood
award in 1998, will speak at the
ceremony.
Lauren Donahue, executive di
rector of BVCL, said there will be a
prayer vigil and a peaceful protest
at the clinic during the open house
and ceremony.
Santos said pro-life demonstra
tors have been peaceful and re
spectful at other events.
“They are entitled to demon
strate if that is what they want to
do,” she said. “We hope there
won’t be any problems.”
The new clinic has an in-house
security advisor. Santos said secu
rity systems will be in place.
Bryan Police Department
Sergeant Ernie Montoya said police
officers are aware of the potential
for trouble, but the biggest con
cern will be traffic.
“We want everyone to be safe,”
he said. “Parking is limited, and
we’re concerned about the traffic
flowing without interruption.”
Montoya said BPD is not plan
ning to send officers unless a prob
lem arises.
“We’re prepared to handle it as
it comes,” he said.
Religious debate addresses concerns
BY EMILY R. SNOOKS
The Battalion
The idea of objective morality, the
origin of evil and God’s role and exis
tence were among topics discussed by a
panel Tuesday night.
The question-and-answer session
was in response to the “Meaning of Evil
and Suffering” debate presented at the
Faith and Science Forum last Thursday.
The panel consisted of advocates
from the naturalistic view, Hindu view
and Christian view.
Michael Neely, local director of the
Christian Leadership Ministry, and Ja
son Romero, president of A&M Atheist
& Agnostic Student Group and a senior
computer science major, collaborated
on the production of the event. Neely
said he wanted to make sure students’
questions and concerns from Thurs
day’s event were answered in front of a
more diverse audience.
Romero addressed questions from a
naturalistic viewpoint. Dr. M.M. Rao of
the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Lab and Dr. N.K. Anand, mechanical
engineering professor, both fielded
questions from the Hindu viewpoint.
The fourth panelist, A&M philosophy
professor Richard Stadelmann ad
dressed questions from the Christian
viewpoint.
Neely introduced the four guests and
allowed each 10 minutes for opening
statements. Questions were taken from
the audience and from questions writ
ten during the debate last week.
Romero’s recurring statement was
the naturalistic universal way of per
ceiving morality.
“The rational way to look at morali
ty is the way humans try to maximize
pleasure and minimize pain,” he said.
Anand and Rao defined the basic el
ements of the Hindu religion and how it
cannot be simply labeled as Eastern.
Anand stressed that Hinduism, like
Christianity, believes in one God, whom
they are trying to reach throughout their
lives.
Stadlemann emphasized his belief
that God empathizes with humans’
pain.
“God feels suffering right along with
us,” he said, “and God helps us to cope,
especially when we are faced with the
three d’s — divorce, disease and death,”
he said.
Carino Casas/Tiil Battalion
Richard Stodelmann (right) presents a Christian view
point in his opening arguments to Agnostic (far left) and
Hindu (middle) representatives Jason Tomero, Dr. Reo,
and Dr. Anend at a question and answer session held in
response to the “Meaning of Evil and Suffering" debate
last Thursday.
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BY RACHEL HOLLAND
The Battalion
P~eek Week begins today as fra-
irnities and sororities compete in
pllecting pennies for the Brazos
alley Chapter of the American
IrCross.
TWelve sororities and 11 frater-
ities will participate in a penny
/ar, trying to collect the most pen-
ies outside the MSC today through
riday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Matthew Widmer, Greek Week
o-di rector and a senior manage-
lent information systems major,
aid competing fraternities and
ororities can put money other
Han pennies into each other’s jars
a subtract from the total number
f pennies.
“For instance, if l put a quarter
ions kick off Greek Week
into another fraternity’s jar, 25
cents will be subtracted from the
chapter’s total,” he said. “But, of
course, all the money still goes to
the Red Cross.”
Widmer said Greek Week is an
opportunity for A&M fraternities
and sororities to work together and
demonstrate their service role on
campus.
“We want to work together to
show not only the positive aspects
of being Greek, but also the posi
tive aspects of being an Aggie,” he
said. “People think of the good
times and socializing that come
with being Greek, but there is also
a big service and leadership aspect
of being Greek.”
All Greek Week fundraising ac
tivities will benefit the Brazos Val
ley Chapter of the American Red
Cross. TOpping Daisy will perform
at the Texas Hall of Fame Thursday
at 8 p.m. as part of Greek Week.
Tickets are $8 in advance and
are available at the Texas Hall of
Fame, Disc-Go-Round and Rother’s
Bookstore at Southgate. Tickets
will cost $10 at the door.
Greek Week will end Saturday
when the fraternities and sororities
assemble care boxes for the Brazos
Valley Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
“We are going to be collecting
items for basic care boxes that the
Red Cross gives out as a first re
sponse in emergencies,” Widmer
said. “These boxes have basic toi
letry items including toothpaste,
toothbrushes, wash cloths and
see Greek on Page 2.
Greek Week Events
•Intramurals (Thur. & Fri.)
•Intramural Finals (Sat.)
•Wacky Olympics (Sat.)
Benefiting Red Cross:
•Penny Wars
(Wed. - Frl: 10a.m. - 2p.m.)
•Tripping Daisy (Thur.)
•Care Packages (Sat.)
Students practice, fine
tune illegal hacking skills
BY SALLIE TURNER
With the goal of learning how
computer hackers work, students
in Computer Science 635, Ad
vanced Network Security, are de
veloping the skills needed to de
fend their organizations against
breakdowns in security.
Willis Marti, director of the pro
gram and a senior computer sci
ence lecturer, said the graduate-lev
el class includes a lecture and lab
called “the sandbox” where stu
dents may ignore regulations
against illegal hacking activity and
invade their classmates’ systems.
“The class is divided up into a
‘gold team,’ the good guys, and
four ‘black teams,’ the bad guys,”
he said.
The black teams begin their at
tacks on the gold team’s networks
security systems today.
Marti said Texas A&M is the
only university that offers hands-
on network security practice.
“[The class] is isolated from the
rest of campus,” he said. “People
need to practice, but a lot of the
things they are doing are damaging
and illegal.”
He said students learn about the
vulnerability of systems and how
to protect them.
“Part of the difficulty in the real
see Hacking on Page 2.