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iday • September 10,1999
College Station, Texas
Volume 106 • Issue 10*12 Pages
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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
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ley disregards From 1984 to 1993 Reveille V served as Texas
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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-
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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-
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llvtuty from 1984 to 1993.
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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.
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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.
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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. â– 
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.