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.
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(P.T.O.) of Brand
School in Bryan, i
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is proposing thisleg., \
duce violence, itisilpfe
wrong direction.
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selves for behavtafe
with their children.
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parents of the TOOi
their schools invoiii
schools. She saidted
ing pushed too lari
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communicate wit,
and even howtoiir^
hallway properly, '.y-
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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.”
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through the District 1
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without a conceiteil
mit is a Class Arostej
ishable by oneytahri
to a $4,000 fine.
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felony punishableb]
years in jail and/o:
fine.
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students bring guns e:j
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mation out as possible!
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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.
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