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Keith Neagle, a sophomore English major and member of the Aggie Players, gets into character before a production
on Thursday night in Rudder. The play, Andromache, was originally a work of the ancient Greek Euripides.
000 platforms reviewed at Bush
p Brady Creel
the Battalion
The presidential race is not
Iver yet, but if the election were
day, Vice President Ai Gore
ould win, said Haynes Johnson,
member of a panel discussion
in presidential campaigns held at
e George Bush Presidential
Conference Center Thursday
ight.
“If the people vote on issues,
ore will win,” Johnson said,
Iding that he would not bet mon-
on it because the race is very
close, with one full month of cam
paigning left.
The panel discussion was mod
erated by Roger Mudd, an estab
lished national television journalist.
The panel discussed presidential
campaigns since the inception of
the United States and comprised
Haynes; Michael Deaver, deputy
chief of staff and adviser to Ronald
Reagan for more than 20 year s; and
Dr. Robert Remini, an author and
historian of Jacksonian America
and 19th century presidencies.
The discussion consisted of sev
eral questions presented by Mudd
and a forum among the panel
members. It served as the official
commencement of the tour of
“Portraits of the Presidents” — a
four-year tour of presidential por
traits, sculptures and photographs
from the Smithsonian National
Portrait Gallery.
The portrait collection will stop
at seven places in the United States
while the Old Patent Office Build
ing — the permanent home of the
collection — is renovated. The
George Bush Presidential Library
and Museum is the first of the stops.
Mudd began.the panel with the
topic of campaign debates.
Deaver, the man known as the
architect of Reagan’s communica
tions program, said that debates
should not be a staged camera event,
but rather be held in front of Con
gress. He said congressmen should
be given the opportunity to question
candidates, giving the American
people an idea how the candidates
could work with Congress.
Deaver said that although can
didates do not travel cross-country
See Panel on Page 6A.
By Rolando Garcia
The Battalion
A recent health inspection of the 12th
Man Cafeteria in the Memorial Student
Center (MSC) yielded a failing grade.
Inspectors from the Brazos County
Health Department gave the cafeteria a
grade of 66 out of 100, after finding a
number of minor health violations dur
ing an unannounced tour Oct. 2, said
Julie Anderson, a health department of
ficial. She added that a follow-up in
spection Thursday revealed that the
problems were corrected, and the cafe
teria got a 100 evaluation.
The violation that most concerned in
spectors involved the sinks where cafe
teria workers wash their hands. Health
standards require that the water be at a
temperature of at least 110 degrees
Fahrenheit, but the water coming out of
the faucets was about 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Washing with hot water is important
for sanitation, Anderson said.
“It helps to liquefy the grease on
your hands so the soap reaches the
skin,” she said.
Food handlers must wash their hands
every time they change tasks, such as
moving from vegetable preparation to
making sandwiches.
The lukewarm water was caused by
faulty valves that drew cold water into
the hot water spigots, but the plumbing
probkira.hqs been fixed, Andersyn said.
Other violations included the im
proper dating of meat. When a pack
age of meat was opened, it was left in
the freezer and marked with the date it
was opened. Health standards require
that packaged meat, when opened, be
marked with a “consume by” date
when the contents must be thrown
away, Anderson said.
“In this case, the worker was sim
ply not aware of the rule, so that was
corrected,” she said. “It’s not like the
meat had gone rotten and they were
still serving it.”
Inspectors also noted crowded con
ditions in the kitchen and inadequate pa
per towel and soap dispensers.
Even though the 12th Man Cafeteria
received a failing grade, Anderson said,
the cafeteria was not shut down because
the violations were not serious enough
to pose a health hazard to customers.
“There were a few problems, but I
talked to one of the inspectors, and he
said he had no qualms about eating there
himself,” Anderson said.
Cynthia Zawieja, associate director
of the Food Services Department, said
the failing grade was an aberration and
not reflective of food services at A&M.
“It’s embarrassing for us to receive
that score,” Zawieja said. “We’re usual
ly in compliance, but we just had a bad
day that day, and we’ve taken corrective
measures. People need to know that it’s
still safe to eat there.”
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ceived a grade of 80 or higher.
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Lieberman, Cheney spar over tax cuts, budget surpluses
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Dick
Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman dis
agreed firmly but politely Thursday night
about military readiness, tax cuts and the fu
ture of Social Security in a debate of campaign
understudies.
Sitting a few feet apart around a small table,
the vice presidential candidates agreed that
President Slobodan Milosevic should give up
power in Yugoslavia after an election loss, but
both opposed the use of American troops to
force him out.
In a debate that ranged broadly over cam
paign issues, Lieberman, a two-term Con
necticut senator, said Republicans want to “raid
the Medicare trust fund to pay for their tax
cuts.” But Cheney said there was more than
enough money to go around, and it is “totally
reasonable” to give relief to all taxpayers.
The argument that “somehow ... all of it is
going to tax cuts isn’t true,” Cheney said of the
huge surpluses forecast over the next decade.
The two men sparred as they sat together for
their only debate of the fall campaign. The at
mosphere on a specially constructed stage at
Centre College was far more relaxed than
Tuesday night when presidential candidates Al
Gore and George W. Bush met in Boston for
See Debate on Page 6A.
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Moving: NW 13 mph
Sustained winds: 75 mph
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A hurricane
slammed into Mexico’s Gulf coast near
Tampico on Thursday, forcing evacuations,
ripping roofs from homes and causing floods
before weakening to a tropical storm.
Keith was packing 90 mph winds when it
hit the Gulf coast above Tampico, about 280
miles south of the U.S. border. No injuries or
deaths were reported Thursday evening, as
Keith lost strength over land.
“Corrugated metal roofs blew off several
wooden houses, trees were blown over and
electrical posts were knocked down,” said
Tofik Salum, director of the civil defense
agency in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Hardest hit was the town of Gonzalez, about
110 miles northwest of Tampico, Salum said.
The storm lost strength as it moved inland
and forecasters predicted it would rapidly
weaken. All warnings were called off, except
for a tropical storm warning north from Tampi
co to the port city of La Pesca.
At 8 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm
Keith was about 35 miles south of Ciudad Vic
toria, Mexico. The storm was moving toward
See Keith on Page 6A.
By Brady Creel
The Battalion
Weatherman Ted says Aggies no longer have
to consult the television or radio for the current
conditions and forecast for Bryan-College Sta
tion. They do not even have to look out the win
dow —just at their computer screens.
Ted Ryan, a junior meteorology major, is in
his second year of giving Aggieland the heads-
up on weather via the Internet.
“I’m always watching,” he said. “I enjoy
watching severe weather, but I have never gone
storm chasing because it is a lot harder to storm
chase than it was in the movie Twister.”
Ryan’s Website — located at http://weath-
er.resnet.tamu.edu — is updated at least twice
daily with current conditions and forecasts. He
said the big update comes every day at 4 p.m.,
but he makes changes as often as necessary to
keep up with Mother Nature.
“I like to say that I am very accurate because
I am here in College Station and because I am
only forecasting for College Station,” Ryan
said. “The National Weather Service can’t do
that because they forecast for 100 square
miles.”
Ryan said his project started out of necessi
ty because his friends always wanted him to
keep them updated on weather forecasts.
“I decided it would be more practical to set
See Weather on Page 6A.
olloway elected freshman class president
By Courtney Stelzel
The Battalion
s™ Joseph Holloway and Meredith Talley were
sleeted president and vice president, respectively,
j fpr the Class of ’04.
Neil Simpson, election commissioner for the
indent Government Association (SGA) and a ju-
| lior recreation, park and tourism sciences major,
innounced the results in front of the Lawrence Sul-
van Ross statue Thursday night.
Holloway, a business administration major, re
ived 58.4 percent of the freshmen vote, beating
felissa Baumann, a renewable natural resources
|major.
decided to run for class president because I
Iwould rather have myself lead than have someone
Iflse do it and risk them doing a poor job,” he said,
attributing his success to the positive people he sur-
[rounded himself with throughout his campaign.
He added that he wanted “to expand on what the
Class of ’04 has to offer and make it even better.”
Holloway will be assisted by vice president Tal
ley, a general studies major. Talley received 57.2
percent of the vote, beating Katie Lowe, an Eng
lish and anthropology major.
Talley said that positive feedback from sup
porters helped to keep up her spirit in the race for
vice president. Talley said her campaign strategy
was to sjpeak to various organizations, adding that
she wants “the Class of ’04 to make a strong stand
ing throughout our time at A&M. I am just excited
to be a part of it all.”
The Freshman Council, composed of the presi
dent, vice president, secretary, treasurer, historian
and social secretary, is co-directed by Aaron Dobbs,
a senior journalism and political science major, and
Katy Guercio, a senior marketing major.
“Fish Council encompasses the whole class and
we are just a resource outlet for the council mem
bers,” Dobbs said.
Guercio said the duties of president and vice
president are as large as they want them to be and
really have no bounds.
“Students on Fish Council have a lot of leeway
to explore their role and the possibilities for the
Class of ’04; we are just here to advise and help
when needed,” she said.
The overall voting results were lower than ex
pected, but typical for a freshman election, Simp
son said. Eighty-six votes were placed online.
Simpson informed candidates that they have 48
hours to appeal the voting decision if they feel an
injustice was done, but SGA offices will close at 6
p.m. Saturday. This means that all complaints re
garding voter turnout must be in by this time to be
considered.
Simpson warned that candidates can be fined,
regardless of the election outcome, if their cam
paign fliers are not removed from the various cam
pus sites by 10 p.m. Saturday.
The roles of the freshman council president and
vice president will begin immediately.
BERNARDO GARCIA/Tm Batialion
Joseph Holloway congratulates Meredith Talley after they were announced
as president and the vice president of the freshman class, respectively.
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