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Page 8A NATION Friday, September 8,2000 THE BATTALION Friday, September Press barred from hearings Overweight child’s custody battle takes place in N.M. £ s\ <■ O % /\ bv 4 As members of the Aggie community you have a responsibility to be familiar with and to follow TAMU Student Rules. STUDENT-RULES.TAMU.EDU Hard copies may be obtained at TAMU Printina Services (Reed McDonald Bldg. A violation*!;:::^ is • vvuil III (I IIIUII |HI» rui SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld a ban on news coverage of custody hear ings for a severely overweight 3-year-old girl who was taken from her parents. On Wednesday, the high court turned down an appeal of Children’s Court Judge Tommy Jewell’s decision to bar reporters from the hearings, which resumed Thurs day. The state and the girl’s family have also agreed to keep silent. “Essentially, the Supreme Court has allowed a black out on one of the most compelling abuse and neglect cas es in this country,” said Martin Esquivel, lawyer for the Associated Press and other news organizations. Jewell barred reporters from Tuesday’s hearing, say ing “the court has basically lost control” of the case be cause of the intense international publicity. State law allows for the media to attend custody hear ings as long as the child and family members are not iden tified. Esquivel argued that the names were already public. Anamarie Martinez-Regino’s parents, who have not been charged with a crime, have gone to court to regain custody of their daughter, who was taken by the state Aug 25. At the time, she weighed 120 pounds and was 3 1/2 feet tall. Doctors tested Anamarie for a variety of condi tions, but court documents do not specify the cause of the weight gain and rapid growth. The parents defend the care of their only child, al though an affidavit filed by a social worker says Ana- marie “will surely die” unless she uses a breathing ma chine when she sleeps, follows a special diet and exercises more. See related column on Page 5B. 24.3.7 Illegal Drugs/Paraphernalia - 1st Violation SUSPENSION 24.3.8 Alcohol * 1st Violation Minor In Possession (MIP) - CONDUCT PROBATION Public Consumption CONDUCT PROBATION Public Intoxication (PI) DEFERRED SUSPENSION Driving While Intoxicated DEFFERED SUSPENSION News in brief STUDENTS ON CONDUCT PROBATION OR UNDER DEFERRED SUSPENSION ARE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS: Ineligibility to hold an office in any recognized student organization. Ineligibility to represent the university to anyone outside the university community in any way. • Possible loss of scholarships. * Not in “good standing" with the University. For more information contact: Student Conflict Resolution Services 201 YMCA Bldg. © 847-7272 Q SCRSfTAMU.EDU STUDENTLIFE.TAMU.EDU/SCRS Texas A&M University Aryan Nations fined $6 million COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded $6.3 million to a woman and her son who were attacked by Aryan Nations gua/ds outside the white supremacist group’s north Idaho headquarters. The jury found that Aryan Na tions leader Richard Butler, the group and its corporate entity, Saphire, Inc., were negligent in the selection, training and super vision of the security guards who assaulted Victoria and Jason Keenan two years ago. The Keenans' attorney, Morris Dees, had asked the jury to award more than $11 million in punitive damages. Dees said he hoped the penalty would be se vere enough to bankrupt the Aryan Nations. Jurors recommended that the Keenans receive $330,000 in compensatory damages for being chased, shot at and assaulted by the guards. The jury awarded $6 million in punitive damages. Russian Security Service questions Pennsylvanian Aggi read STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A college researcher who was de tained in Russia along with an Amer ican colleague accused of spying said he knows nothing about the alleged purchase of secret data. Daniel H. Kiely, head of energy and power systems at Pennsylvania State University's Applied Research Laboratory, was released after being questioned by Russian authorities. But Edmond Pope, a former senior researcher at the lab, has been jailed there since his April 3 arrest. “I was questioned privately about my relationship with Mr. Pope. Everything we were doing was straightforward," Kiely told the Centre Daily Times in Thursday's editions. The Federal Security Service, a successor agency to the KGB, maintains Pope illegally bought plans for a high-speed torpedo. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted. Pope denies doing anything illegal. The case has generated tension be tween the United States and Russia. Kiely said he was questionedtls day of Pope’s arrest in a room which several Russians were present By Jason Linc The Battalion The Texas, urday will giv the Wyoming running. The Aggie man tailback F Weber and jun plow the Cow Last week i the Cowboys t in the air. But the 17" who have star Last week; with 119 yard; Toombs and V erage, a signif In the mear ning for 71 yai The Wyom gies’ backs to create a diffen 66 Against the A&M's top th on college turi struggled. His showed his spi form at Kyle F Everything we were doing was s tra igh tforwa rd.' — Daniel H. Kiely head of energy and power systems Pennsylvania State University In the late f other threat to limited when / A&M went to should be a dil Kiely, who does not speak Russ ian, said he conversed with the on!' Russian present who spoke English. Kiely said he was told that h; faced no charges. I Was Always An Aggie And Didn’t Even Know it. As a kid, I was almost like family to Df. M.E. "Buddy" Brandt '66, and his wife, Linda. 7| Doctor Buddy always told me I would gradu- ® ate from A&M someday and have an Ring just like his. My usual response was I Texas f ■ to continue t , "No way!" ; looks to Satu Even after my family moved to Michigan, | the Brandt's kept in close touch with us, J Doctor Buddy continued to insist that I would I someday be an Aggie. I continued to insist 11 wouldn't. In the end, Doctor Buddy was right. I 1 did become an Aggie after all. Before passing | away, his kindness and determination for | me to become an Aggie were demonstrated by his setting money aside for my Aggie Ring. If it hadn't been for him, I could not have | purchased my Ring when I did. Looking at | my Aggie Ring, I often think of my angel ; in heaven who wanted me to be an Aggie, r 1 #s ■. . ■■ i t .. i The Association" OF FORMER STUDENTS tA/e asie. 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