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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.
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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.
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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
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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.