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4^y TUESDAY March 2, 1999 Volume 105 • Issue 103 • 10 Pages College Station, Texas 105 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY sports • Women s Basketball Team faces the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Tuesday in a first-round contest of the Big 12 Tournament. PAGE 7 today’s issue Toons 2 Road Rage 3 Wednesday’s issue An ancient Indian art form, hehnoi (also known as henna), offers alternative to tattoos. opinion Surviving as a broke college student: State of being poor is a positive force in an Aggie's educational career. PAGE 9 SNTES'h Bush grave sites reach completion onstructwn is expected to spring. BY MELISSA JORDAN The Battalion ieM- Hlhe George Bush Library Foun- ;;i daiion will oversee the completion, tnenffjMg spring, of the final resting SipMces of President and Mrs. ihetei --- George Bush. The site is located in the wooded area behind the George Bush Library. beyond the pond to the rear of the library. It will consist of a fab ricated steel bridge crossing the creek next to the pond and a grave site surrounded by a fence bearing the presidential seal. Jordan Commercial L.P. con struction company of College Sta tion is constructing the site. Dr. Don Wilson, former execu tive director of the Bush Library Foundation, said the construction of the site began in November 1998 and should be finalized this spring. “Hopefully it won’t be used for 20 years,” Wilson said. Wilson said the foundation wanted to construct the site during the completion of the final library details. Chuck Hermann, director of the George Bush School of Govern ment and Public Service, said the Bushes decided to have their grave sites constructed near the library after becoming familiar with the area. see Bush on Page 2. CARING CASAS/The Battalion Bart ok) Delgadillo (left) and Bob Macey weld together fencing, estimat ed to cost $800 a foot, for the Bush es’ graves that will be located behind the George Bush Presidential Library. P-2 sophomore considers possible future legal action tieit.l der i’three si th lejusttli jnd It Llama Love GUY ROGERS/The Battalion Rebecca Grey, a freshman wildlife and fisheries major, feeds Jethro, a llama, a late afternoon snack. Jethro was born at the Wildlife and Exotic Animal Center five years ago. BY MEREDITH RIGHT The Battalion The sophomore Corps of Cadets outfit P-2 member ac cused of propositioning a fresh man in his outfit to perform oral sex on him said he was falsely accused and is evaluating his le gal options. In November 1998, a fresh man Corps member filed a com plaint with University Police De partment against the sophomore. Once the freshman signed a non- prosecutive affidavit, the com plaint was withdrawn from UPD and no criminal charges could be pursued. Student Conflict Resolution Services (SCRS) handled the mat ter from that point, but Shawn Travers, coordinator of student judicial services for SCRS, said all cases handled by SCRS are confidential, and no one from the office could comment on the case. The sophomore said he did not see the freshman the Satur day night the alleged incident took place. “Three people, including my roommate, saw me asleep in my bed at the time the sophomore said it occurred,” he said. “I did n’t see him until Sunday night at an outfit activity, and I saw him throughout the week at Bonfire stack and other outfit activities.” Another freshman in the out fit, who did not want to be named, said the freshman told him that week that he had been raped over the weekend. “He [the freshman] said, and I quote, because this was burned in my mind, T got raped this weekend, and I couldn’t get him off of me.’ ” The freshman said P-2 com mander Bryan Hager held a meeting to inform the cadets about the alleged incident, and he was told a different story from the one the freshman told him. The sophomore said he does not know the content of the freshman’s statement to UPD. The sophomore said he is evalu ating his legal options, but he is not planning to take action against the University or the Corps of Cadets. The freshman has left the Corps, but the sophomore is still a member. “I will finish it out until my se nior year,” he said. “I will wear my senior boots. ” The sophomore said P-2 has not been affected by the incident. “I don’t feel it has hurt the outfit,” he said. “It hasn’t hurt re cruiting.” The sophomore said one ex ception was verbal harassment the unit endured during Bonfire from non-Corps members. “There was serious taunting and not in the normal Bonfire way,” he said. “They said things like, ‘Hey P- 2, why don’t you suck my d—k? I heard you’re good at it.” The freshman and sophomore lived at opposite ends of the hall way on the same floor, but the sophomore said he did not know the first name or any other per sonal information of the fresh man at the time the accusations were made. Attempts were made to con tact the freshman, but they were unsuccessful. Ceremony kicks off ternational Week BY MELISSA JORDAN The Battalion The International Student As- [iation (ISA) officially began In- jiational Week 1999 yesterday (i an opening ceremony in the ilSC Flagroom explaining the his- and purpose of International j?k. Lily Zhang, director of the cere- liy and a junior biochemistry for. Zhang said everyone who Jicipates in this week’s activities luld be prepared for a memo- |e experience. [It will be a week’s experience [th a life time's remembrance,” Ing said. btudents representing various Ions throughout the world [ched in after Zhang’s welcome, played their nations’ flags and bduced themselves with tradi- [al greetings. [atsuki Ohashi, president of and a senior international [lies major, said the purpose of rnational Week is to promote Imational awareness at Texas and within the Bryan-Col- Station community. [We want everyone to symbol- ite ically hold hands in friendship,” Ohashi said. Ohashi said mutual efforts made by the community and in ternational students to reach out to each other are the first steps toward obtaining harmony in the commu nity. Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president for student affairs, was the guest speaker at the ceremony and encouraged students to be come acquainted with people of different cultures. Southerland emphasized the importance of being familiar with other cultures as society globalizes. “Your life is going to be dramat ically affected by events all over the world,” Southerland said. Southerland encouraged atten dees to visit booths in the MSC to day and to participate in other In ternational Week activities. “It does give you a quick glimpse of what the world looks like,” Southerland said. Tina Watkins, director of special projects for International Pro grams, gave a brief history of the origins and development of Inter national Week and said the week is an ISA contribution to the Uni College of Architecture presents service award BY MEGAN E. WRIGHT The Battalion The College of Architecture will present the International Activities and Service Award today at 3:30 p.m. in the Langford Architecture Center. The college is promoting inter national artwork and photographs that will be on display throughout this week, as a part of International Student Week. Dr. Vivian Paul, associate dean for international programs of the College of Architecture, said the events help illustrate the importance the college gives to international students. “This underscores the impor tance that the College of Architec ture has consistently placed on in ternational activities and on the ability of our see Award on Page 2. IVIIKE FUENTES/Tm: Battalion Bunmi Ogunleye, a sophomore chemical engineering major from Nigeria, posts the Nigerian flags for International Week 1999. versity and the community. “It’s a great gift from the stu dents to the rest of us, but it’s also a great leadership-training pro gram,” Watkins said. After students performed tradi tional dances, Lonnie Stabler, may or of Bryan, and Lynn Mcllhaney, mayor of College Station, declared March 1-5 International Week. Silver Taps will be held tonight at 10:30 in front of the Academic Building. Tonight’s ceremony will honor the memory of: • Barry Joseph Vail II, a freshman ocean engineering major • Allyson Marie Hollman, a junior psychology major All lights on campus should be turned off from 10:20 to 10:50 p.m. After marching across cam pus to the Academic Building plaza, the Ross Vol unteer Honor Corps will fire a volley salute and bu glers from the Aggie Band will play a special arrangement of “Taps." The Albritton Tower Bells will toll at the end of the ceremony. Vail’s and Hollman’s names will be called during Muster, on April 21.