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Cadets Continued from Page 1 “Damages of $800 are a Class A misde meanor, punishable by up to a $4,000 fine and up to one year in jail,” Baron said. He said these two violations were “flat-out never reported,” and if no one makes a report, UPD cannot do anything about it. Baron said on-campus buildings (including Corps dorms) are controlled by proctors who may choose not to alert police when handling incidents occurring within the buildings. Sue Foster, assistant director of Residence Ed ucation, said if a student is caught in a criminal act, such as vandalism, hall officials would most likely report the instance to University police as well as Student Conflict and Resolution Ser vices. “Some people feel this places the student in double jeopardy, but 1 don’t believe so,” she said. “This individual has a responsibility to the larger society in addition to the community in which they live.” Lori Brock, a senior combined band recruit ing officer and a senior animal science major, said she had talked with the male cadet re sponsible for the vandalism prior to the inci dent. “I had conversations with him before, and it didn’t seem to me that he hated having women in the Corps,” Brock said. Rob Dornier, a senior information systems major and Brandon Beardon, a senior animal science major, and both members of 1-1 outfit, said any harassment or vandalism taking place in the Corps is not directed at females in partic ular, but that a few, random instances are gain ing all the attention. “Outfits with female cadets don’t get much respect from other outfits, but what are we go ing to do?” Beardon said. “We can’t run women out because if the Tfigon finds out they’ll get rid of our outfit.” Brock said there are some cadets in the Corps who hold the opinion that women should not be a member of the Corps but not as many as it may seem. “A few incidents have been blown out of pro portion,” Brock said. “1 am not going to say that nothing goes on, but I haven’t been prevented from achieving in the Corps because of the opin ions of others. ” Mills said the retention rate for women in the Corps is 80.5 percent. He said that last year, the Corps was comprised of 6 percent females. Mills said three of the six Cadet Colonel po sitions were held by women last year. Last year, the Aggie Band was led by the first female commander in its 123 year history. Women also have held the position of Air Force ROTC wing commander and deputy Corps of Cadets commander. Brock said the nationwide attention this in cident has caused generates “misinterpretations of what it’s really like to be in the Corps.” She said she would not be surprised if the women who will be joining the Corps in the fall decided not to join after hearing reports which describe life for women in the Corps as nega tive. Brock said that when incidents did occur, ac tions were taken immediately to ensure they would not happen again. “After the peeping Tom incident, locks were put on all of the doors of the women’s re strooms,” she said. Dane Campbell, a senior wildlife and fishery sciences major and a member of the Corp’s air force division, said the incidents mainly account for the bad seeds in every organization. “There are bathroom doors marked ‘women,’ and that’s exactly who should be in there,” Campbell said. Officials investigat possible hate crii DALLAS (AP) — The death of a black man in East Texas is being investigated as a possible hate crime because the primary suspect is a white teen-ager, federal authorities said yesterday. U.S. Attorney Mike Bradford said information provided to him by the Dallas office of the NAACP warranted “a full investigation” into the death of H.W. Walker, 53, of Greenville. A news conference was scheduled to- m™^*^**** day in Emory to discuss details of the inquiry. Walker’s decomposed body was found June 2 about 50 miles east of Dallas in a remote, wooded area of Rains County. An autopsy has not been completed, but the man is be lieved to have been tied to a tree and burned. A 16-year-old Lone Oak boy has been in custody since June 3, Rains County District Attor ney Frank Long said. He could be charged as an adult with murder, but no de cision has yet been made, Long said. The DA declined to label the case a hate crime and provided no further details. Bradford, however, said his office will look into the incident for signs that a hate crime was committed. “We were contacted by the NAACP, and they gave us information that led them to believe this was a hate crime,” he said. “We are going to in- “The area law enforcement... [is] hell-bent on not calling it a hate crime/' — Bill Glenn Greenville NAACP vestigate this to see if it involves any vie federal law. We think there’s enoughnj warrant a full investigation.” Bradford also said several FBI been assigned to the case and arecunaej ducting interviews. Bill Glenn, who runs the Greenvillec of the National Association for the Advand of Colored People, alerteej bers in the Ballast learned of the detailsoij leged murder. Dallas chapter presih Alcorn contacted federal! tigators and the Texaslr on 1 late Crimes abouttl ter. They later discuss; case in a private meetird 23. Among the NAACPsj ances was the fact Rains County Sherrif’sD ment and Long hadnotp further investigation of the matter since | rest of the juvenile. "The area law enforcement and many • are hell-bent on not calling this a hateo Glenn said. “But the fact is, it probablyi the police just stopped investigating." Glenn said he believed that morel person committed the murder becausej young man’s small stature in compans: Walker’s large build. Language Continued from Page I “This program will not only help prepare students for the challenges that they will face when they enter the interna tional job market,” he said. “It will also help expand their mind and open them to op portunities they would have not seen otherwise.” Linda Cleboski, program development coordinator for the International Office of Agricultural Programming at A&M, said student interest in the program was revealed after Bush a survey was conducted in the three respective colleges by Tiiu Laane, associate professor of German and director of pro gram development in the De partment of Modern and Clas sical Languages. The survey revealed 49 per cent of the students in the Col lege of Agriculture and Life Sciences were interested in participating in foreign lan guage certification programs, and nearly 80 percent'were in terested in further Spanish lan guage training. Curry said part of this grant will be put toward sending lan guage professors to a week- long proficiency trainii gram by the the And Council of Teachersotfi Languages (ACTFL). I Once trained, the pto:| will be able to offerj| ondary-level language cation program at the which, the professors*; sign individual studentii guage proficiency ratirij.| upon ACTFL. “Employers around tion and world will be look at this rating what the student cani how fluently he ors'j speak the language, said. 1 Corp JJates ^ s 24 95 .t„ > 2. Weekly Single Rate^ 0 +Tax $ 19 50 3 Monthly Single Rate 15 00 Daily (No Tax) HBO & Cable TV CALDWELL MOTEL Kitchenettes 567-4000 1819 Hwy. 21 W. 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Thomas Wehrly, speaker of the Faculty Sen ate, said the commissioner's action was “not a big deal” to the faculty, and the senate has been preparing for the separation. “What the Faculty Senate is more con cerned with is the implementation of the in dependence,” he said. “And how it effects fac ulty, teaching, tenure and promotion and the selection of the new dean.” HOPE PREGNANCY CENTERS OF BRAZOS VALLEY FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE IT ALONE. ♦ Free & Confidential Pregnancy Tests ♦ Pregnancy, Adoption & Abortion Education ♦ Practical Assistance ♦ Post Abortion Counseling ♦ Adoption, Medical & Community Service Referrals He said the Faculty Senate madeltiaj cents clear at the last senate meetingii where the Senate discussed a reportc by an ad hoc committee on the separal»| The suggestions on how the senates! be involved in areas ranging from the s of the dean for the Bush School totheis'l tenure within the School were madeinb port, which was presented to the Ur president and the provost. Stout said that while faculty w volved in the selection of the newdeanl| School, which will begin in the fa! will not be involved in the search foraiij im dean. “It is very likely that [Robert] Gates [ail director of the CIAJ, will be named theifj dean for the Bush School, but an, has not been made yet,” she said. 846-1097 3620 E. 29TH ST • BRYAN so qe a W ‘Calling of pager airtime PrimeCophonessiM ■wjEy.'ii'.iiyy), / -j k S -1 hilt The J.J. Make money while exercising your brain flef-eu SOVo o£students’ inpneo-ious experiments earnedmore t/han $22. ° $0 to $15 ■$15 to $30 a$30 to $45 o $45 + This Weekend @ The Economic Research Lab register to participate in experiments: online: http://econdollars. tamu. edu or call: 862-8796 Sallie Turner, Managing Editor ! 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