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rim- 106 YEARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY iday • September 10,1999 College Station, Texas Volume 106 • Issue 10*12 Pages our country,‘V *ho reached the) 5 is a good-bye -;' »il has been stir:.; ao have helperi; jrsts of machij te the compote Must here”ifU\, : student leader to be identifiec; simply kill allof| nit of East Timet ued to terror®i ti mated thatupt the territory’s^ t several days, oiled West Tina uljacent EastTj refugee campy le were takings Standoff ends quietly After a seven-hour standoff police take a woman into custody (top, partment’s Tactical Unit was summoned to the scene (bottom left). BY EMILY R. SNOOKS The Battalion I A seven-hour stand-off yester day between police and a suici dal Bryan woman suffering from mental-health disabilities ended peacefully when she was taken into custody unharmed. " Sgt. Ernie Montoya, Bryan Po lice Department public informa- tion officer, said at 11:10 a.m. yes- [terday morning a Brazos County rheriff’s deputy attempted to erve a mental health warrant to female resident at 2701 E. Villa aria Road, across from the , BUDRlGA.ft treaking twoi iso vo's Ameria ted downonp oiling two pet four, U.S. pen day. nowhere the lica Cvetkovie; ? shell that hi!; glass and $e auds of dust, n’t know who- was coming: Danjela, said 3 the yard." linutes, theys: heir villager ?sday evening an elderly wor in her yard, a male village ips serving in; peacekeeping k m! one eorlier . village olRan&\)|| ely frequent Incid iminishedtomf rally mixed ea: ice under their than two deadline k the rebel Kosov; (LA), internal i attempts to 1 increase. Somj ire thought to I sed to demilfc i to allow thee? tin as a refomt I emergency a||; k came onei Reveille V will be buried tomorrow with her four liers patroUiifllbw mascots at 10 a.m. in a temporary gravesite ihot and kil l Cain Park in a military-style memorial, ley disregards From 1984 to 1993 Reveille V served as Texas )gtwowouniii&M University’s mascot and highest- ranking istead openeDeJnber of the Corps of Cadets. She was euthanized 'pers. nllune 25,1999, because of her failing health and Id age. The memorial service was delayed until to- torrow so the entire student body would have the pportunity to attend. “Cl I pfj pTraig Serold, chair of the military-style memori- ** committee and a junior computer engineering ma- 3r, : served as mascot corporal in the Corps of Cadets ho year. He said the memorial service is open to the A vl^ublic and will include an honor guard, a prayer led iy |the Corps Chaplin, the playing of “Taps” and re- L UViarks from former mascot corporals who served on llvtuty from 1984 to 1993. lyDr. Joe E. West, a clinical pathologist for the Texas 'N, Sierra Leo*. ■en freed frouf id promoted i im the equivi aveled to ai aggielife rountries, mf • Eat and be merry id attended.' Caldwell readies for Blinn College campus in Bryan. Montoya said the woman re fused to cooperate and would not open the door. The deputy then went around to a side window and removed a screen to see in side, where he saw the woman holding a gun in her mouth, threatening suicide. The Bryan Police Department’s Tactical Unit, or “tact team”, was immediately summoned, to the scene for assistance. He said in the early evening the woman attempted written communication with the officers and began throwing notes out JP BEATO AND GUY ROGERS/Thk Battalion bottom right). The Bryan Police De- her window . At approximately 6:40 p.m. the Sheriff’s Department was able to peacefully take the woman from her home in hand cuffs and into custody. Clyde Collins, Brazos County chief deputy, said the identity of the woman will not be released. “Because this is a mental is sue it is a very touchy subject, and we cannot reveal any in formation like that [name],” he said. Collins said the woman was see Standoff on Page 2. Students await reason behind bill’s rejection BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion Texas A&M students, faculty and staff are still waiting for University President Dr. Ray M. Bowen to give a reason other than legal ramifica tions for his disapproval of a recent proposal to revise Article II in the Student Rules Handbook to include sexual orientation. Article II as it is currently includ ed in the Student Rules Handbook reads: Each student shall have the right to participate in all areas and activities of the University, free from any form of harassment and any form of illegal discrimination and without regard to any subgroup clas sification or stereotype. Following a bill authored by the Student Senate, the Faculty Senate proposed the handbook to be re vised. The proposal from the Senate was worded as follows: Illegal or imper missible discrimination or harass ment that deprives an individual of his/her rights under the law, dignity as a person or ability to pursue his/her academic career and ability to pursue in all areas and activities at Texas A&M University does not discriminate on the basis of factors including, but not limited to race, color, religion, age, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or dis ability in accordance with the Ameri can Disabilities Act (ADA). David Kessler, author of the Stu dent Senate Bill and a senior English and history major, said the bill came about after a program called “Dis pelling the Myths of Homosexuali ty” by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual Association (GLB- TA), and the Student Action Com mittee in October of 1998 in which a panel of GLBTA members spoke at various places on campus. “State laws don't protect against sex ual orientation, so this could put us in legal jeopardy." — Lane Stephenson University Relations After the bill was passed by the Student Senate, Kessler said it went to the Rules and Regulations Com mittee of the Faculty Senate and the Graduate Student Council. “The Faculty Senate decided it wasn’t within its jurisdiction to re vise the University Statement on ha rassment and discrimination,” Kessler said. “It then went back to the Faculty Senate Executive com mittee and passed and a memo was sent to Bowen dated Apr. 23, 1999. “It then came back disapproved on Aug. 2. We had no explanation as to why it was disapproved.” Lane Stephenson, deputy direc tor for University Relations, said the bill was disapproved because of le gal reasons. “Bowen is accepting of everyone at this University and wants to make it all-inclusive,” Stephenson said. “The reason this can’t be approved is because federal and State laws don’t protect against sexual orienta tion, so this could put us in legal jeopardy.” Kessler said other universities, in cluding the University of Texas in Austin and Southern Methodist Uni versity, have added to sexual orien tation in “matters of personnel con sideration, admissions or academic evaluation.” Kim Novak, coordinator for judi cial services for the Department of Student Life, said she believes Bowen wants to make Texas A&M an inviting university. “What somebody wants and what reality is are two totally differ ent things,” Novak said. Novak said these rules do not protect against discrimination, giv ing the example of a gay student. “For example, if there is a girl who is a lesbian and her car is van dalized by people writing hatred re marks, the people who committed the crime would be cited for van dalism, “ she said. see Bill on Page 2. eveille V to be laid to rest BY EMILY R. SNOOKS The Battalion Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Laboratory, and his family have served as Reveille’s surrogate family since March 7, 1994. West said he remembers the day the school gave her to them and that they will remember her forever. “We are very grateful. She was very special,” he said. “She was a connection with many current and former students, administration and friends of Texas A&M.” Jon Anderson, a senior political science major in Mascot Company E-2, said he expects the cere mony to be similar to that of Reveille IV who died in 1989. “There were about 40-50,000 people at the cere mony for Reveille IV,” he said. Serold said this tradition of a mascot funeral be gan after cadets participated in a World War II fund raiser in 1944 to get Reveille I commissioned as a general in the military. Therefore, after her death a year later, they felt it was appropriate to give her a military funeral. TV program features Ags BY RYAN WEST The Battalion Several students and faculty members from the Texas A&M College of Education will appear on “The Merrow Report: Teacher Shortage: False Alarm?’,” a nationwide television program examining youth and education, Friday at 9 p.m. central time. John D. Tulenko, producer of “The Merrow Report,” said he chose the Texas A&M Department of Education because the sub-standard training for new teachers dri ves many of them out of the classroom, and that, in turn, has a direct impact on teacher shortage. “Our documentary is bound to upset some people,” Tulenko said. “(Texas A&M) has one highly innovative, highly effective program for teachers but it enrolls just a small fraction of the education students.” The broadcast takes a look at the Department of Ed ucation’s Professional Development School (P.D.S.), a program that allows students to spend time in near by elementary, junior high and high schools before they begin their student teaching semester. Jennifer Supach, Class of ’96, took part in the P.D.S. program at neighboring Somerville Junior High School; she is currently a sixth-grade social studies and science teacher there. “I can’t imagine how hard my first year would have been if I hadn’t gone through the program,” she said. Supache now has a P.D.S. student in her classroom who observes classroom routine and management and, by the end of the semester, will design and car ry out a lesson for the class. INSIDE again, 15th annual kolache klatsch,’ celebrating the Czech pastry and id ice. r Sankoh,„ . . .. „ Dne's fe,Hed Czech herrta S e - ed Front ret lome. sports reaty signed .Aggies host GTE Soccer Classic Page 3 eight years lange for a 'rnment thal A&M will play host to the U.S. Naval Academy and others. Page 7 amised torett le. TWo mont nising. Page 11 opinion •Bullworth in the White House? he lived ata ^/ arren Beatty is i e wer 0 e™ g * launcWn S the next celebrity bid at 'e, he travels politics, frican count ria for the Of The Battalion Online iheck out the Web edition at lattalion.tamu.edu for special e once his trip) features not in the print version, i and governs le may — yet; s absence. in Unity suitf he has long-s nar Gadhafi. s said he Statue on Quad to be dedicated BY STUART HUTSON The Battalion The most decorated officer in A&M’s history, Lt. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth, will have a statue dedicated to him today at 4:30 p.m. on the Quadrangle. Attendance will include distin guished military personnel from around the nation, including the general himself. Frank M. Muller, senior vice president of The Coastal Corpora tion and a member of the Class of ’65, said the idea for the statue originally came from the 1995 Corps Commander Matt Segrest, who was so impressed with Hollingsworth as a role model. The Texas A&M Board of Re gents in September of 1997 au thorized the creation of the stat ue, which has been independently funded by supporters of the Corps of Cadets including Frank Muller. “Hollingsworth deeply influ ences everyone he touches,” Muller said. “When you meet the general, you feel as if you have just met the grandfather you nev er knew you had.” Hollingsworth was a cadet in the A&M Class of ’40. During World War II he participated in seven major campaigns including the occupation of Berlin, Ger many in 1945. He lead the Army’s 24th Corps in Vietnam, and was instrumental in the battle of Saigon. ■ Hollingsworth later served as special assistant to the Army’s Chief of Staff where he helped cre ate a program that doubled the number of scholarships given to ROTC students. After retiring from the military in 1979, Hollingsworth went on to become president of the Wash ington D.C. based, Hollingsworth Consultants Inc. Major J.H. “Doc” Mills, media relations coordinator for the Corps of Cadets, said Hollingsworth has always stayed close to his roots at Texas A&M by endowing several scholarships and serving on advisory boards at the University. Muller said Hollingsworth of ten returns to speak to A&M stu dents about his past experiences. “He has touched the heart of so many young people,” Muller said. “He exemplifies the unique courage and leadership of Texas A&M.” Jaime Aparicio, a Corps of Cadets member and a junior en gineering technology major, said seeing Hollingsworth speak is a motivational experience. “He makes you feel proud to be an Aggie,” Aparicio said. “He makes you feel like someone special.” The 700-pound, seven-foot-tall bronze statue was sculpted by Lawrence M. Ludtke, the same artist who sculpted the statue of late Texas A&M University Presi dent James Earl Rudder. It rests upon a base made from the same clay which composes the base of the statues of both Rudder and Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Hollingsworth has been award ed three Distinguished Service Crosses, four Distinguished Ser vice Medals, four Silver Star Medals, three Legion of Merit medals, three Distinguished Fly ing Crosses, the Soldier’s Medal, four Bronze Star Medals for valor, 38 Air Medals, the Army Com mendation Medal, and six Purple Heart Medals. BRADLEY ATCHISON/Thi: Battalion The dedication of the Lt. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth statute, lo cated in the Quadrangle, will take place today at 4:30 p.m. JEFF SMITH/THE BATTALION Jane Conoley, dean of education, said over the past three years the number of students in involved in the program has more than doubled. “We know that program is successful, but it’s also incredibly expensive to maintain,” she said. (The pro gram costs an extra $1000 a year per P.D.S. student) Professor James Kraut, assistant department head of the college of education, said the P.D.S. program is valuable for both the teachers and students involved. Kraut said special sections of the University’s coursework are tailored to the students’ elementary and secondary school experience, and teachers are used from those schools to co-teach the courses. “University professors know the most recent sci ence and research used, but they may be a little rusty on working with the with the third and fourth graders,” he said. “Teachers (of elementary and secondary schools) may not be as up-to-date with new findings — so the partnership pays off.” Fire still under investigation BY CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion State fire investigators will begin looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed the Delta Chi fraternity house at 6133 Chick Lane in Bryan Wednesday evening. Joe Ondrasek, chief of the Brazos County Precinct 4 Volunteer Fire De partment, said the origin of the fire is under suspicion because there was no obvious cause. “This was an un usual fire because the utilities, pow er, electricity and gas were not turned on,” he said. “The house had been vacant for a while.” The fire spread from the house, which was the point of origin, to a shed which was 100 to 150 feet away,” he said. “It burned approxi mately 30 acres of grass on the prop erty and surrounding properties.” Two full diesel tanks that also were on the property “a good dis tance” from the house did not catch fire, he said. “The fire spread towards the tanks, but our guys put it out before it got to the tanks,” Ondrasek said. He said it is not unusual for homeowners to have full tanks on their property.