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Cards ^ Mugs ^ Posters ’ Stationary ^ Books ^ Frames ^ 2000 Calendars ^ Screen Saver and Mouse Pad ^ Scrap Booking Materials Magnets ^ Pillows ^ and More! In 108 Hours: 10-6 Mon-Sat www.maryengelt E " 1 M * 11 TEXAS AVENUE Luby * < I I i ^ ^ ^ 5 1 \ g • yeitxSTTT— Bryan 846-0512 Saturday, Sept. 25 • se^nnwi, inn^ Gates @ 5:30pm MWOffimirtlVILIUI pS On Sale IMouu! Fiesta • Foley's • Kroger (713) 629-3700 www.ticketmaster.com •ALL TICKETS SUBJECT TO SERVICE CHARGE. DATE AND VENUE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. CONCERTS TAKE PLACE RAIN OR SHINE, www.woodlandscenter.org >TT For general information call 281-364-3010 Page 6 • Friday, September 24, 1999 s TATE Bush unveils new defense pla GOP hopeful announces &20 billion military budget, rev, i Battal WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising a “new ar chitecture of American defense,” Republican pres idential candidate George W. Bush said yesterday he would spend $20 billion more on futuristic weapons research, build a national defense against ballistic missiles as quickly as possible and cut back on overseas peacekeeping by American troops. Speaking at The Citadel military academy in Charleston, S.C., Bush accused the Clinton ad ministration of breaking faith with service men and women by deploying them too frequently and paying them too little. He said the administration has failed to use America’s technological prowess to create a more lethal and mobile military. “The last seven years have been wasted in in ertia and idle talk,” Bush, who served in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, said. Bush, who holds a large lead in the polls, said the Clinton administration had weakened the na tion’s defenses by embarking on “vague, endless and aimless” missions abroad. As president, Bush said, he would order a top- to-bottom review of the military — its structure, strategy and spending priorities — and give his secretary of defense a mandate: “Challenge the status quo and envision a new architecture of American defense for decades to come.” The Texas governor spoke to an overflow au dience of about 600, including about 400 cadets in gray uniforms. Several cadets pumped their fists in the air as he was introduced. “With that kind of reception, you’ve got amnesty,” Bush told the cadets. “I don’t care what the general says. ” Bush’s address — part of a series of speeches designed to spell out his presidential agenda — is an answer to critics who say Bush is not ready to be president and that his views on public policy are undeveloped. A spokesperson for Vice President A1 Gore, who is seeking the Democratic nomination, made light of Bush’s foreign policy credentials and his history of confusing names of countries. “The governor’s foreign policy expertise begins with Slovenia and ends with Slovakia, and even these have proven to be too much of a challenge,” Chris Lehane said. Many of Bush’s prescriptions for a healthier military are similar to those pursued by President Clinton, including pay raises for troops and inno vations to make U.S. forces more adaptable and easier to deploy on short notice. Their differences are mainly a matter of degree. Bush, for example, would spend $5 billion more on pay raises over the coming five years, and he would commit more quickly to deploying a na tional defense against missile attack. “The last seven years have been wasted in inertia and idle talk.” - GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH “At the earliest possible date,” his administra tion would deploy anti-missile systems to protect not only U.S. troops abroad and allies but also to shield the U.S. homeland from “attack and black mail.” He did not spell out how extensive the national system would be, but aides said it would be more complete than Clinton envisions. The Clinton administration plans to decide as early as June 2000 whether to deploy a limited national defense system. Bush said he would have the United States withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Tteaty with Russia if Moscow refused to accept amendments allowing the testing and deploy ment of a national missile defense. The Clinton administration is pressing Moscow to accept such changes and has said withdrawal from the treaty remains an option. A key distinction emphasized by Condoleeza Rice, the candidate’s top foreign-polio. Bush’s intent to move the military War-era structure by emphasizingini» next-generation technologies. Bush said, for example, that hevvoi at least 20 percent of the Pentagon’s we curement budget for programs that pi ica “generations ahead” in militarytec He mentioned such possibilities as ship” packed with long-range missile manned aircraft capable of long-rar; strikes. Bush said he would commit an lion to defense research and develi tween 2001 and 2006. That would be in addition to theapr $173 billion the Clinton administratic posed over a similar period. Responding to Bush’s speech, Da chief spokesperson for the White Hi tional Security Council, said it wasw the administration had overused thei “The president has made one of h tional security priorities making sun armed forces are the best-trained, be best-equipped fighting force in thewi said, adding that the ad ministration hi the first sustained increase in overa spending since the late 1980s. Bush said one of his first priorities w: “renew the bond of trust” between the and the military. Clinton, he said, hasun morale by using today's smaller militan for open-ended missions like the peaces fort in Bosnia that began in 1995 and: with no end in sight. “Something has to give, and it’sg said. Bush said his administration woul U.S. troop commitments abroad -ac of long standing like South Korea and with an eye toward an “orderly andtini drawal" from Bosnia and Kosovo. “We will not be permanent peacekei viding warring parties,” he said. “Tki: strength or our calling.” ■ mid Missouri Wiih its ■him ■oil bile’ road tc ■". to ■rsity ■e Lc W eig ■l Coc 1, with ;n( e pla ■e ma ■8 The L bota car ■d Pei M M \ Saddle Tramps may go coed Texas Tech organization accused of discrimination )0( LUBBOCK(AP) — They hoot when the Red Raiders win and holler like maniacs after a loss. For 64 years, the rowdy and rau cous Texas Tech University Saddle TYamps have been known across West Texas as a famed and exclusive spirit club. And as far back as anyone can remember, the group has included only men. Then came Jennifer Slattery, the first woman ever to apply for mem bership. The Saddle TVamps say she was not denied admission this spring be cause she is a woman, but the 50- member group has applied for male- only legal designation that would exempt it from an anti-discrimina tion law. The controversy has evolved into a case of tradition versus tolerance. “I don’t know why they can’t just go on like they’ve been going on,” Rick Murray, a member of the orga nization in 1957, said. “I’m not sure why this issue al ways has to come up. It even comes up with the Boy Scouts.” Ttamps executive board member Matthew Hines would not comment on why Slattery was kept from join ing but said the group does not keep women out. • He said the group’s meeting are private and that he is “not allowed to discuss what goes on.” “We have never discouraged fe males from coming to rushes,” Hines saidi “I have not noticed a lot of females ever being interested in joining. We’re a spirit organization here and we suppprt male athletics. “We have our own section in Jones Stadium provided by the ath letic department. We ring bells, do chants and get everyone spirited.” None of which cannot be done by a woman, Slattery said. “[Saddle Tramps] have never discouraged females from coming to rushes/ 9 Matthew Hines Tramps executive board member “There really is no reason why a woman shouldn’t be able to join,” the Tech junior said. “If they get sin gle-sex status, I don’t think it’s fair they get my money or other females’ money.” Tech officials said the Saddle TVamps receive about $2,000 a year in student fees. School officials say the group may not discriminate against women — or anyone else — but added there is no evidence Slattery was excluded because of her sex. “Apparently there had been some incidents that occurred in which the female student made comments about the organization that made them feel she wasn’t interested or didn’t think much of the group,” Mike Shonrock, Tech’s dean of stu dents, said. “If we had found they had dis criminated they would no longer be considered an official organiza tion at Texas Tech. We take this very seriously.” Hines said the group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to offi cially recognize it as an all-male or ganization, exempting it from the Ti tle IX anti-discrimination law. The designation would allow the group to continue receiving public money. Jay Jacobsen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the group being historically male is no basis for an exemption. “There has always been slavery; There has always been segregation,” Jacobsen said. “Those same argu ments have always been made. The idea that a public group’s history will allow them to be ex empt from discrimination laws is ridiculous. “If they receive public money and make use of public resources then they will have to let women join. Ti tle IX specifically says you cannot ex clude a student from a student ac tivity on the basis of gender. ” Hines said the only require ments for joining are school spirit, leadership skills and a 2.0 grade- point average. 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