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Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra Dr. Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director ON THE PROGRAM: The Creation Haydn Jess Wade III, guest conductor Hyangsuk Shin, soprano Maria Gabriela Garcia, soprano Javier Abreu, tenor Corey John Trahan, baritone Orival Bento-Gongalves, bass-baritone Brazos Valley Chorale Texas A& M Century Singers Pre-concert Lecture Dr. Laurine Marlow, Associate Professor, Dept, of Performance Studies, TAMU 3:00 P.M., Rudder Complex, Room 292B Sunday, November 14, 1999 4:00 P.M., Rudder Auditorium Tickets may be purchased at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234 Tickets cost: $20.00 adults, $5 •00 StuddltS and children <v22o) Additional support provided by Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies 11| 1 and the Arts Council of Brazos Valley Page 6 • Thursday, November 11,1999 s TATE ^Kttalion Trial begins for final suspect in Byrd mur< prosecuting attorney changes court stratejjnti JASPER (AP) — Shawn Allen Berry was an active participant in the dragging death of a black East Texas man last year and may have been influenced by the racist beliefs of two other white men now on death row for the same killing, pros ecutors said yesterday. “Maybe some of what they were saying rubbed off on him,” Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray said as Berry’s trial began. “Maybe he was a thrill seeker. ... Maybe he wanted to play with a rat tlesnake and see what happened.” Berry, 24, faces life in prison or death by injection if found guilty of capital murder in the June 7, 1998, chaining and dragging of James Byrd Jr. Byrd, 49, was walking along a Jasper County road after midnight when he was offered a ride by Berry, who had King and Brewer in his truck. The four then drove to a remote area where a scuffle broke out. Byrd was attached to the truck with a 24- foot logging chain, then dragged nearly three miles along a bumpy country road in what authorities said was a racist hate crime. Byrd’s shredded and dismem bered body was found after day break. “I think by the end of the case, you’re going to decide Shawn Berry is simply not the kind of guy that would do something like this,” Joseph C. “Lum” Hawthorn, Berry’s attorney, said in opening remarks to the jury. The trial began yesterday after State District Judge Joe Bob Golden denied a defense motion to move the trial from Jasper, about 125 miles northeast of Houston, be- , cause of intense media coverage and jury prejudice. In the previous two trials, it was near the conclusion of the testimo ny when prosecutors showed jurors the logging chain and played a video that retraced the killing route. Yesterday, however, Hawthorn played a copy of the video the first morning of testimony during cross examination of a police detective. The defense attorney also gave jurors a look at the heavy chain, de fusing a dramatic moment prosecu tors had built in their cases against King and Brewer. Bush disputes Byrd AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A spokesperson for Gov. George W. Bush yesterday disputed a claim by James Byrd Jr.’s family that he never telephoned his condolences or offered to attend the funeral af ter the Jasper man was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck. “That’s wrong,” Bush said yesterday in South Carolina when asked about the family’s claim. He said he called a mem ber of the family and “has the ev idence to prove it.” kSHlNGTOl *tt)f abnormal! gh' 990 came 5C(|nnected not ; gai i what shou ' 1 .vi/rx/ 1 “You need to pay attention to the chain because that’s going to come up later and it will be rele vant,” Hawthorn said, but de clined to elaborate. “It’s a pretty good move,” Gray said of the chain’s early entrance. “We really didn’t intend to rattle the chain in this one like we did in the first.” Attorneys for both sides agreed Berry lacked the same racist his tory as King and Brewer, known Later in the spokesperson Scott ri|d of cruise| provided The AssociateBportation S< with a copy of the telep-jd yesterday, that shows a two-minSTSB Chair from Bush's private pheyilg the first l governor’s office on theam the plai June 10, 1998, to Jame^corder, said t la Byrd’s home teleprter the autopi Jasper. T| York-t( The Byrds contendipas what app< the front-runner for the )lh d descent’ can presidential nominate about 19,000 er contacted the family. |»ie recorder - Bird and the for their white suprenB toos, writings and belief: King was sharing an with Berry at the timeo der. Brewer, who serve; time with King, had am his home in Sulphurf; northeast Texas CT earlier and was staying. 511 '' 1 1re . ak f l0 r- ^ a d a’ ui Hiputer failur Gray said Byrd S bl«r»; ithisl , e> Berry s clothing and 4 , that Berry drove in his the chain was his. . j n sonle S y.;[, Blinton, who 111, Bashingtc Television stations broadcast false report of shootl SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Erroneous reports of a shooting at an elementary school alarmed par ents and embarrassed broadcasters who later said they had relied on secondhand information. The misunderstanding began when a janitor at Coker Elementary School told police TUesday morning that six bullets had hit his car as he drove to work. Francisco Flores, who said he sustained minor injuries from shattered glass, filed the report after arriving at the campus. Two television stations and at least one radio station, relying on information gleaned from monitoring police and emergency medical service radio transmissions, reported a shooting at the school. One report said up to 14 students had been hurt. “When you consider Columbine High School and the overenthusiasm [of local reporters], those elements went together to result in the wrong in formation," Victor Garcia, a spokesperson for the North East School District said. “We believed we had con firmed the story, but we were wrong. 9 — Jim Boyle KSAT news director Dozens of parents who heard the reports rushed to the school, where they learned their children were safe. “When you hear that there was a shooting at your daughter’s school, you age 50 years and your ■ on the nati tatithe federal; B’s date rollc Ilf we work t stomach just drops,” Julie Sarsavera.or mire that this parents who pulled their childrenei;: ered as the last for the day said. ;v ■ crisis of the “1 was freaking out thinking that r iwn minutes be ter had been hit or maybe killed, " pa Ru said “ I u as getting ready to go toj heard 14 kids had been hit by flyinggla| went to pieces.” Television stations KSAT and KENS,alf radio station KTSA, took up to 15m rect the reports. KSAT news director Jim Boylesaidhel thorized the report. “We believed we had confirmed the s| we were wrong,” he said. “Ueneedtoc- ter job double-checking ourinfomtion. KENS news director S/rtS/amt’m’s. jL reporters wanted to givp mvffSacwSufy mation from police as LAW TALK from STCL Join Professor of Law Helen Jenkins and a panel of attorneys taking live call-in questions Tomorrow Friday, November 12,1999 at 8:00 p.m. on KAMU - TCA Channel 4 Each show in this monthly series will focus on a different topic. This Friday, the program will deal with domestic violence. STRC3IVWJOLI - HOAGII tvic^dium One $3-50 tor trera- rrtGiavery j 40: The Perfect Gifts for Your Aggie Graduation. a|m (acutal size) 14K Gold Aggie Pendant $24 45 Citizen Watches with Official A&M Seal Gold-Tone $ 179 00 Two-Tone $159 ,,H Quartz Movement. 3 yr. Warranty. Water Resistant. *Call for Quantity Prices Available in Mens and Ladies Sizes Sorry no mail orders John D. 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