Page 2 • Tuesday, June 29, 1999 In the bag ANTHONY DISALVO/The Battaijon J.R. Crochet, a junior genetics major, confines genetically engineered tobacco plants with paper bags Monday at the Crop Technology Building on West Campus. The bags are placed over the plants so that they will not pollinate among themselves. Schools deb displaying religious ten NEWS IN BRIEF Graves appointed as new chancellor During a Board of Regents tele phone meeting Monday, Howard D. Graves was officially appointed as the new chancellor for the Texas A&M University System. His responsibili ties will include overseeing the nine universities in the System, eight agencies and health sciences cen ters which serve over 88,00 stu dents and reach more than 3.5 mil lion others through outreach and con tinuing education programs. At the May 27 Board of Regents Meeting at Prairie View A&M Univer sity, Graves was named the single finalist out of 80 candidates to succeed Barry Thompson as the chancellor of the System. Among his many leadership posi tions, Graves was the superintendent at the U.S. Military Academy. In a re cent Battalion article, Graves said he would like to develop and maintain close personal relationships so that he and others could work together for a shared vision. “It’s important for me to get a lot of insights and ask a lot of questions of the people who are leading and working the A&M System,” he said. Graves will officially assume the ti tle of chancellor on Aug. 1 but will work with Thompson until Thomp- sons’s retirement on Aug. 31. Parking graves Continued from Page 1 the rate to 50 cents during the day, but there are conflicts with the [planned] parking garage.” Richard Benning, owner of Duddley’s Draw, said having to pay for parking is a fair trade-off for the improvements made dur ing recent construction around Northgate. Monica Wofford, a junior Eng lish and history major, said she sees the parking lot as a major in convenience. She said many times she will end up going and paying for a couple of hours, but then she and her friends will decide to stay longer. They usually have to go back and wait in line for another half-hour to pay for additional parking time. “Another problem is that I dri ve by myself up to Northgate to meet my friends,” she said. “Women are always going to be subject to cat calling, but there’s all kinds of guys going in and out of those bars, and there is no security posted there.” "... There's all kinds of guys going in and out of those bars, and there is no security posted there." — Monica Wofford Northgate patron Tom Brymer, assistant city manager, said that although the proposal to lower the day rates was reviewed by an advisory committee and brought forward to council last November, it was turned down because of con cerns that it might not work in concert with the planned parking garage. “Although right now only one of the facilities exists, both facil ities have to work together as a system,” Brymer said. He said the main concern with lowering the rate of the Prome nade lot was that it would create competition between the two parking facilities Brymer said the proposal was. brought up again at the last Northgate Revitalization Board meeting. “The thrust of their argument, that the lot is underused during the day, actually follows the trend our parking forecast pre dicted, he said. “The shortage during the day is because right now we have quite a bit of on-street parking that will eventually be removed for the parking garage.” BY SUZANNE BRABECK The Battalion Bryan and College Station school administrators said they are awaiting the U.S. Senate's decision on a bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in public schools before making a comprehensive decision on whether or not to display them. See Related Column on Page 7. The Juvenile Justice Reform Act, which would allow the Com mandments to be posted without compromising the principle of the separation of church and state, has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and is awaiting approval in the U.S. Senate. Sarah Ashburn, superintendent of the Bryan Independent School District (B.I.S.D.), said B.I.S.D. will wait until the legislation has passed through all of the hurdles and committees until it takes any action. The school districts’ action will also depend on how the bill is written. She said it would depend on how much control would be given to teachers because the leg islation could potentially make posting the Commandments mandatory, but that is doubtful. “This is an emotionally charged issue that may take many different forms,” Ashburn said. Tina Cooper, president of the Guns Continued from Page l take,” Baron said. “If we can see a hunting rifle in someone’s truck then we usually leave a certified memorandum that states the offense of having a firearm on campus.” Baron said that, technically, UPD could file charges, but it is not likely that the District Attorney would prosecute because of the cir cumstances. If a student is found to have a concealed weapon, then different action is taken. “The situation is first addressed through the Conflict Resolution Center of Student Affairs,” Baron said. Parent Teacher | (P.T.O.) of Brand School in Bryan, i Christian, so I am They [the Commar: good moral codeicJPl live by. “From onereligia most of the religious! ilar in their basicb| havior.” Cooper said ifll is proposing thisleg., \ duce violence, itisilpfe wrong direction. “Parents need to selves for behavtafe with their children. She said it isdifi parents of the TOOi their schools invoiii schools. She saidted ing pushed too lari ucate children abet f communicate wit, and even howtoiir^ hallway properly, '.y- “Our teachersa:T to be the main se.J lor children,” she;::! Cully Lipsey, aj member of the Pa Student Organizatr Bryan High Sch:: P.T.S.O. will not tab. the matter. “We wouldn't anyone,” he said, this matter to thed if it passes.” The UPD canal; through the District 1 fi ce. Ca tryi ng a handy! without a conceiteil mit is a Class Arostej ishable by oneytahri to a $4,000 fine. Carrying a haodgffi versity campus is ad felony punishableb] years in jail and/o: fine. Lemay said thatsoird students bring guns e:j they do not know I ting such a seriousofe'j “We try to get asc mation out as possible! a felony on a colleges students need to kne said. Killer escapes from Huntsville HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers fanned out across the swampy mosquito- and snake-infested terrain along the Trinity River northeast of Huntsville to hunt for a convicted killer who escaped from what is supposed to be the state’s most secure prison. Clifford Jones, 33, whose con victions include a murder in Dallas and attempted murder for firing a shotgun at a Dallas police officer, fled Sunday from the high security section of the Estelle Unit about 12 miles northeast of Huntsville. The prison shares state property with the Ellis Unit, where last Thanks giving seven condemned killers broke out of death row. One of them, Martin Gurule, managed to climb over two fences and flee, prompting a similar search. Gurule was found a week later, dead in a creek nearthe river. An autopsy showed he had drowned shortly after the escape. NUTZ Would you like score with that piha colada? 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